Month: September 2003

Goddamn it, what the hell is this. A while ago Bob the Angry Flower had a strip titled “Everybody Loves Jello.” In it Bob is about to give a presentation to “the board” on his product idea, but on the way there he has to fight a Gelatinous Cube.

If you don’t know what a Gelatinous Cube is, you are not a gamer. There may be hope for you (here’s a quick summary). For the rest of us, there is righteous indignation.

So I stumble onto this site, The Gelatinous Cube (Hexahedron Pectinous), A Study. What is wrong with this tool?!? He’s based an article about Gelatinous Cubes using only that one Bob the Angry Flower strip as reference. Hello! Did you not wonder what the hell they were talking about? It’s a JOKE dude. A REFERENCE. I guess you didn’t get the one with the Ur-Quan either. Bringing the typical lazy-ass attitude of the “Can’t be bothered to do any research on my article” mainstream media home to the web, where looking anything up, no matter how obscure, takes a single minute.

There’s also CubeWeb, which makes reference to a Gelatinous Cube, but it otherwise isn’t related at all. At least they know what a Gelatinous Cube is though!

• From the Book of Ratings, a goofy site with cartoon illustrations, the D&D monsters ratings, pages 1,
  2, and
  3
• This guy Peter Lee
  made this miniature out of resin
• How-To Guide to make these minatures
• Another tutorial

So I stumble onto this site, The Gelatinous Cube (Hexahedron Pectinous), A Study. What is wrong with this tool?!? He’s based an article about Gelatinous Cubes using only that one Bob the Angry Flower strip as reference. Hello!

Web link of note: 9/11 Families For Peaceful Tomorrows
(At http://www.peacefultomorrows.org/)

Web link of note: Veterans for Peace
(At http://www.veteransforpeace.org)

Web link of note: Veterans for Common Sense
(At http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/)

Web link of note: Veterans Against the Iraq War
(At http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php)

Web link of note: Military Families Speak Out
(At http://www.mfso.org/)

Web link of note: I Don’t Care About The Air
(At http://www.idontcareaboutair.com/)

Best Bets: Local enamellists (California)

• Palo Alto “Enjoy” Program
  ( 650.463.4900 )
  • Sandie Bradshaw
    – I took a class from her, it was very good. Former member (co-founder?) of Aegis Gallery
  • Sandie referred us to Stephanie Kaylor
  • Deborah Lozier teaches at California College of Arts and Crafts
  • Jewelry lab was at the Cubberly Center
• April Higashi
  – San Francisco
• Metal Arts Guild lists:
  • its members’ websites
  • other guilds
• list of artists appearing at the Berkeley Artisans Studios
• Caifornia instructors from the Enamel Classes list:
  • Jean Vormelker – Orange, CA
  • Carolyn Williams – San Diego

Other artists sifted from the web:

• The Enamelist Society
  (they also have a list of guilds and organizations)
• gallery at netconnect.au:
  • Sharon Scalise
  • Louise Pass
  • Lisa Hawthorne
  • Linda Gebert
  • Susan Douglas
  • Yvonne Cupolo
  • Mary Manuel, Amy Burkholder
• Kelly A Stowe
• Alexa & Peter Smarsh Key Largo, FL (found from directory Artshow Artists)
• Enamelist Webring:
  • Margaret Langdell Amherst, MA
  • Jaime Frechette Ohio
  • Karen L Cohen
  • Merry-Lee Rae California
  • Kristin Anderson Florida
    Long dream gallery)
• Christopher Palko Ontario Canada
• Allan Heywood Austraila

Way out- not sources of commissioned work:

• Japanese Artist Yohko Yoshimura
• The Crucible
• Glass on Metal Magazine
• Schlaifer’s Enameling Supplies
• British Society of Enamellers

Web link of note: Leaf propaganda
(At http://www.psywarrior.com/leafleaflets.html)

The H2 gets 10-13 miles per gallon, according to GM. They don’t have to tell you on the lot because the vehicle is so heavy it is exempt from federal reporting requirements. Of course you have to figure people who buy the H2 know it’s not going to be the most fuel-efficient car in the world, and they probably don’t care…

The ESA just launched their unmanned moon probe, “SMART”, which is short for Small Missions for Advanced Research and Technology. It is equipped with an experimental “ion drive” system, which is basically what they use on Star Trek. To quote CNN:

To power the drive SMART-1 is carrying just 60 liters (about 15.8 U.S. gallons) of fuel for a journey of 100 million kilometers (62 million miles).

In automotive terms that converts to an enviably efficient fuel consumption rate of 3,911,671 miles per U.S. gallon — the average American family car consumes somewhere in the region of 30 miles per gallon.

So the SMART is over 300,000 times more efficient than an H2.