Rubinium.org » Living Spaces http://rubinium.org/blog The Element of Aron and Heather Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:04:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Model Blogging http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2007/08/20/model-blogging/ http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2007/08/20/model-blogging/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:10:27 +0000 A R Baboon http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2007/08/20/model-blogging/ So my posts fizzled a bit but I am continuing to model local buildings. About one every day or two even if they are a little rough. I figured I would start with the largest buildings in Marlton first and then branch outwards. I think it is easier to constrain oneself to an area so I decided that I would stay in Marlton/Evesham for a bit. Actually Evesham is the largest town in the largest county (Burlington) in New Jersey. What I am wondering now is whether I need to create lower level-of-detail (LOD) models for the same in order to improve the performance of GE when the models are turned on. Maybe some one in the GEarth community would care to answer.

The Promenade
Evesham Municipal Complex
Marlton Elementary School
Indian Spring Country Club
Cherokee High School

]]> http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2007/08/20/model-blogging/feed/ 1 Egads a Fowl Eglu http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/03/01/egads-a-fowl-eglu/ http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/03/01/egads-a-fowl-eglu/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:38:07 +0000 A R Baboon http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/03/01/egads-a-fowl-eglu/ Omlet.co.uk Eglu

D*S came accross this bit of nice design for small outdoor animals. This looks like a awesome way to expand my guinea fowl capacity without looking like a full up farm.

[Via:Design*Sponge]

]]> http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/03/01/egads-a-fowl-eglu/feed/ 1 Time For Wood http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/02/16/time-for-wood/ http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/02/16/time-for-wood/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:34:19 +0000 A R Baboon http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/02/16/time-for-wood/ Modern decor does not need to be inorganic. Two years ago at the Philadelphia Furniture Show I saw a hand carved wooden gear clock that made me drool (can’t find the picture, sorry). I love exposed gears in gadgets and the art of the carved wood plus the exposed gears was just over the top. I noticed Gizmodo posted a wooden gear clock kit last month that I just had to go buy for the baby’s room. This beautiful clock will hopefully produce a soft tick that should be calming (not the manufacturers claim, this is my own hope).

Today Gizmodo posted another wooden clock product that I just must have. This one apparently has a piece of veneer over an OLED digital alarm clock (this is my guess). Once again marrying warm organic form with digital function. The list price for this clock is a little too steep though. I will have to build it myself. I’ll consider posting the designs and material sources.

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Ok, so I am not exactly a card carrying but I did buy a plot in the (aka NJ ) a year ago and I have no plans on moving. The Pine Barrens have many enemys and few advocates. I believe I have no choice but to resort to a certain level of to help protect my home and surrounding land. I’m sure Samost is planning to develop it next. He will likely sue me for this post like he has sued many of my neighbors and his own father to get what he wants.

Maybe we could develop an animatronic Jersey Devil to scare the developers off. And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!

I hope to produce a number of posts related to Pinelands Preservation and living half off grid as we do here. Maybe this will help bring awareness to the land whoring that goes on in this state.

]]> http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2006/01/02/piney-power-ho/feed/ 0 How a Technophile Washes Undies http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2004/12/30/how-a-technophile-washes-undies/ http://rubinium.org/blog/archives/2004/12/30/how-a-technophile-washes-undies/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:52:37 +0000 A R Baboon So I embarked on a great hunt for a clothes washer and dryer that would fit into our new 1300square foot house (and satisfy my craving for home gadgetry). I was searching for a all-in-one unit (as I always thought they should be). When I say all-in-one I don’t mean stacked, I mean in the same space as one of the units occupy conventionally. This quest was one of my easier ones because there is just not that much out there. The available brands are LG, Haier, and Equator. Out of these, only one did not get negative reviews. Yeah, the highest priced unit – LG. But this machine ends up to be an engineer’s dream. Not only does it have blinkenlichten and piepenton but it is designed around the non-gender-roled societly we now live in. If you live in one of those families where the woman of the house or maid does all of the laundry once a week (or so), do NOT buy this machine. However, if you have only enough time to throw in a load now and then and you do have the time or focus to monitor, this IS designed for you. It will even toss your clothes every minute or so to prevent wrinkling when you forget it in the machine. And is has sensors out the wazoo to determine, for example, how heavy your load is or when your clothes are at the right moisture level.

Model: LG WM3677HW

Features:
Horizontal tumbler
Digital controls (speed, temp, soil level, dryness, extra cycles)
Sensors everwhere
Detergent dispensing bins
Ventless (lint goes down the drain too)
120volt 60Hz (high voltage and electrician visit optional)
High temp (167 F) disinfection cycle
Quiet as a desktop computer
Ultra low water usage
Ultra low electric usage
Wrinkle preventing toss
22 lbs wash load
11 lbs dry load

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I have tried my hardest to be polite, but she has gone too far this time! Yesterday she approached my husband when he was walking our two dogs and told him that she was going to do everything in her power to make us have to get rid of one of our dogs. She is lucky it was my very congested husband she ran into and not me. Our female is just over a year old and 13 pounds and the male is twelve weeks and seven pounds… huge and furious lap dogs. I mean, give me a break. There are plenty of people in the condos with really large breed dogs, as well as multiple dogs that piss all over the place. Sure the bark when the doorbell rings, or when we come home, but isn’t that what all dogs do? I mean you don’t have to be a canine behavioral specialist to figure that out.

I should also mention that the people who we bought the house from racked up $20,000 worth of condo fines from HER! No joke. They had to sell. Yeah sure, some of the violations they received were completely valid, but I’m sure some of them were just her being malicious. Our “lovely” neighbor had friends on the board at that time. But now, so do we. And most of the board as she knew it resigned, because a nice portion of our condo fees were unaccounted for and there were no services being rendered for our $150 a month!

Both of my dogs are well trained. I know what you are thinking, and yes, including the puppy. We started training him the day we got him. Besides the fact he sleeps 80% of the day, because that is what puppies do. They do not have free roam of my home. He is penned in the kitchen, we’ve gated off the top of the stairs so she can’t go down to the front door area and all doors are shut. We also have a friend who comes over and checks on them and walks them a few times a day. Not to mention the are sweet and cute as anything! My little Ewoks! Everyone, besides said crotchety old woman, loves them. People stop us every time we walk them to say hello and get puppy kisses. Including the new condo association president.

I can only imagine what would go down when we have kids. She might propose to draw and quarter them for crying! Sorry, I just needed to let off some steam. I don’t think I have to worry. We’ll take it as it comes. Besides, Hell will freeze over before I give up one of my furry babies. As for her malicious actions…… KARMA Baby! What goes around comes around!

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