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December 17, 2016

...IH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 17, 2016 30 Beautiful Firewood Log Arts https://t.co/RbREEuCusY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 17, 2016 Top 10 cats in literature https://t.co/AIdIUweE8I #Caturday — St. Margarets Sounds (@SM_Sounds) December 7, 2016 Podcast interview with memory champion and Memrise founder Ed Cooke https://t.co/Ov55rpweTG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 16, 2016 Podcasting’s positivism problem https://t.co/vYyGh...

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Music and Math by Hand

Mr. Homegrown

May 18, 2018

Design, Thoughtstylings

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...of assigning each part of the hand a certain note, thus, by pointing to a part of his hand, a group of singers would know which note was indicated and sing the corresponding note. Here’s a video describing the method in more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBq-S_QdU2U Should you want to learn a handy and similar method of using your hands for mathematical calculations there’s a whole video channel devoted to a method popular in India. Plea...

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Nanotecture: Tiny Built Things

Mr. Homegrown

July 20, 2016

Animals, Cats, Design

...ve got a library copy), but I’ve spent a many evenings leafing through the pages. On a side note, many of the objects in this book are temporary outdoor art installations, something you see a lot of in Northern Europe in the summer. I don’t know why we don’t see more of these types of art and design shows in the U.S. They’re popular and a nice use of public space. The book has inspired me this morning to cut the blogging short and head to my works...

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There she goes, my beautiful world

Mr. Homegrown

June 24, 2020

Design

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...ago I heard “When times are good, make art. When times are bad, make more art.” Also, Neil Gaiman said, ” When things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art… Make it on the good days, too.” In that spirit, in the midst of the quarantine/curfew I spent some time organizing my garage workshop so that I can continue to make furniture for the house. I took on the much delayed and deadly dull tasks of organizing the disorganized hardware...

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Starbucks Moderne

Mr. Homegrown

December 4, 2019

Design

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...njoy slices of pie and a cup of coffee on the way to their Eyes Wide Shut parties. Further evidence of the age of the artist or, more likely, that the coffee cup company hasn’t updated its art in 30 years is that there’s a be-crowned figure reading a physical newspaper instead of gigging on Fiverr for pennies an hour on a phone or laptop. Keep turning the cup and you’ll find more bargain-basement cubism, masked, hegemonic figures and another slice...

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