Nathalie Walker - quicksand thievery corporation remix

Tonights Bedtime Music ~HUGE hugs to the WORLD, ~S

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND GENERAL MOTORS IN HAWAII - TheCypressTimes

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND GENERAL MOTORS IN HAWAII - TheCypressTimes

Can someone please explain to me: Why we are not using geothermal micro turbine engines to produce electricity in Hawaii and Guam? Ie. It's the ring of fire like philippines: produces 27% of its electricity via Geo thermal for thousands of tiny islands (or Iceland Geothermal) why can't we? If you are worried about seismic activity created by H20 injection use a closed natural topside water pond cooled loop system....Just my 2 cents...

Pretty Little Boxes: Part 3 of WHY Portland Rocks!

So I get a few days notice that my fellow BRC citizen will be in PDX. Right after I leave . I am really bummed....because she IS NOT ONLY unique but a GEEK GIRL! (well most BRC people are unique...but for that matter...She is PURE Radiant Gift Culture ENERGY!)! The Alchemy of life always prevails if you have an open mind and open heart....listen to what it tells you....make sure to be aware...

So needless to say if I were any other person on the planet: I would think to myself WTF: Why is this "random chick" (me) trying to give me a hand and see if we can get a hacker space! However, that is the special thing about the Random BRC universe. The things you can do if you only ALLOW yourself to imagine (without fear :)!

I commented about several things today but dear to my heart and soul is the following:

This video truly shows the amazing fusion of what bringing a collective "family" can do to together: art fueled by passion of the collective synergies (think creativity, design, engineering, technology and the ability to DREAM outside the box) of different talents through the conduit of open minds, hearts and brought together by some dust in the wind in the desert of NV.....It's a beautiful thing called Burning Man :





To Lynne~

Thanks for dreaming and being you! You are appreciated. Let me know the next place you drop in and the community will again come together and find the "right place to be, at the right time....Just where we are all supposed to be when we are supposed to be there"...Until then, be well my fellow BRC Citizen...Remember sometimes when we are alone we are stuck in the weeds, but gather all the weed wacker's around and look what beautiful paths we can create! "Be the change you wish to see in the world: ~Gandhi     Hugs to the world, NOW let's go WACK some WEEDS! ~S

"Thanks PDX 2 being AWESOME! "Portland rocks ETextile innovations at their local hackerspace The Brain Silo with physical therapy knee braces, RFID necklaces and some glow! I love you PDX!" ~Lynne Bruning!


And the post from the amazing: www.sparkfun.com/news/502

Home | News - 2010.12.10
E-Textile Meet-Up
by Emcee Grady | December 10, 2010 | 10 comments

Today we have a guest post from our friend Lynne Bruning, E-Textile master:

Last week I embarked on a hasty trip to Portland to see Rose City Vaudeville, visit a very pregnant girlfriend and size-up the Stump Town geek factor.

Within a couple of hours I found cheap airfare, called my friend and blindly emailed the Portland Dorkbot , home of the Teensy++. They agreed to host a free E-Textile meet-up at the BrainSilo hacker space on Friday night. With only a few days notice, very little planning and a rainy evening, I anticipated a few friends, a six pack of beer and a couple of curious inventors. If I had known it would be standing room only with about 30 artists, hackers and researchers I would have thought twice about speaking. Seriously, ‘this’ was my holiday? Fortunately - they brought PBR, a space heater, great projects and a sense of humor.

I brought samples of conductive fabric and threads, Lilypads and Aniomagic Schemers, shared sewing tricks and talked about e-textiles, adaptive technology and the best blogs to follow the wearable computing trends. Monty asked about the dangers of lithium batteries and we contemplated destroying one. Loki discussed the semantics of ‘eTextiles’, ‘wearable computers’, ‘smart clothing’ and ‘glamtronics’ yet none of us came to a conclusion for accurate terminology.


Shannon Henry brought her Skirt Full of Stars - a Lilypad, accelerometer and fiber optic confection.



Janna from Third Brain Studio shared her physical therapy LED project that motivates a patient to complete their physical therapy through LEDs.



Amy Johnston arrived fashionably late, however she offered up a fresh pomegranate and a project I was super excited to learn more about. Hidden Agendas is a necklace composed of 45 RFID tags that are programmed to display an image, quote, or question that address the topic of tracking, surveillance and identity. The necklace is currently on display at the Science of Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh.

And a special shout out to members of Makers Local 256 from Huntsville, Alabama who took time out of their busy travel schedule to attend the meeting and invite me to their hackerspace for some southern hospitality. I think that means moonshine and a pig roast!

Portland, you impress me with your desire to foster a community of creative thinkers. Your food carts, fashion and brew pubs. And most of all your ability to embrace innovation, especially on short notice. I’ll be back for more, until then please keep the beer cold and the BrainSilo warm.


Blogs Lynne follows (Me too but I'm just a "newbie without an awesome sewing machine and glue gun)....but I'm working on saving the world efficiently too, but until then...~COVETING these Blogs! :

Talk2MyShirt
http://www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/

Fashioning Technology
http://www.fashioningtech.com/

Computational Textiles
http://computationaltextiles.blogspot.com/

How To Get What You Want
http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/

Institute for Unstable Media
http://www.v2.nl/

Soft Circuit Saturdays - how to projects
http://softcircuitsaturdays.com/

LillyPond - craft project bb http://lilypond.media.mit.edu/projects

"Do you have one to add to the list?" Let the world know so we can HELP!


Thanks to all to cool people out there who listened to what the universe told them! ~S

ALL of US TOGETHER WILL do ANYTHING! Go 2 the END of the World!

I have hope: For the whole...~Thanks 2 DMB


And For Tonights Bedtime Music: Courtesy of Mr. Freewell of Palo Alto, CA: DMB ( I danced and sang with Soph before bed tonight with this one...An amazing compilation of artists...Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall hanging for this one! ~HUGE hugs to the WORLD, ~S



You And Me lyrics

want to pack your bags something small
take what you need & we disappear
without a trace, we'll be gone, gone
The moon & the stars follow the car
& then when we get to the ocean,
we're going to take a boat to the end of the world...
all the way to the end of the world
oh and when the kids are old enough
we gonna teach them to flyyyyyyy

you & me together we can do anything, baby
you & me together yes, yes
you & me together we can do anything, baby
You & me together yes, yes

You & I we're not tied to the ground,
not falling but rising like, rolling around
eyes closed above the roof tops
eyes closed we're gonna spin through the stars
our arms wide as the sky, we gonna ride the blue
all the way to the end of the world,
to the end of the world

oh and when the kids are old enough
we gonna teach them to flyyyyyyy

(chorus)
you & me together could do anything, baby
you & me together yes, yes
you & me together we can do anything baby
You & me toghter yes, yes

we can always look back at what we did
always remembering you & me baby
But right now it's you and me forever girl
you know we could do better than anything that we did
you know that you and me we could do anything

you & me together c' do anything, baby
you & me together yeah, yeah

two of us together we c' do anything, baby
you and me together, yeah yeah
the two of us together yeah, yeah
the two of us together, we can do anything baby


something small, told her at least, the end of the world,

Marble Sounds - The Time To Sleep (2010 Video & Lyrics)

<<<<I Need Sanctuary>>>>

To tune out the background chatter,  focus and breathe!!!

You're falling in a lower gear
A little rest is what you need
You're rolled up on the seat
Your arms around your knees

We met by chance, talked on the phone
We kept in touch
I took you home
Sure, it proves we get along
And it will only get better from now on

We found a place to which we drive
And i offer you the time
To sleep - to dream
To wake up when we arrive

We found a place to which we drive
And i offer you the time
To sleep - to dream
To wake up when we arrive

Right moments come out of the blue
But when there's one it's up to you
Even when the time was up I couldn't stop
I was floating all day long

We found a place to which we drive
And i offer you the time
To sleep - to dream
To wake up when we arrive

We found a place to which we drive
And i offer you the time
To sleep - to dream
To wake up when we arrive

What is really logical anyway? Other strangely thought provoking conversations...

As the obvious alchemy continues to rain down into my world (that is a positive thing not negative) and as the patterns emerge I see a common conversation continuing to surface in my head.  


Let me back up for a moment and explain: I met this gentleman (and yes, an actual gentleman) by random coincidence through a friend of mine. He had come to pick up my companion for the week....a fluffy little ball of barkie spunky love of a Maltese whom I adore to no end (that said I like almost any animal but especially loving ones).  He had come to take Mr. Fluffy to his house to watch for me while I went on travel. 


You see I didn't really want to leave my fabulous sun room, fluff ball of a friend and embark on an adventure, I was quite content working in the silence of the empty house with the ball of love at my side.  However, I had triple pinkie swore to do two things and I had already been delayed by 4 days do to other overwhelmingly emergent "stuff"!  


Just to note when/if I ever  triple pinkie swear it is serious business.  (I don't do crossie's or backsie's EVER) I would rather die trying than not give it everything I have.  Most serious of any type of commitment I will enter a contract about.  Kind of like having to see the family Vastu for a reading in India before signing a deal....I digress (a whole story for that one...remind me some day).


Just ask my kids.  Their father thinks that "pinkie swearing doesn't count" you just promise.  Nothing bad on his part (he's just very black and white) but for me a promise is a word and yes you promise with the word and you seal it with an action of trust a triple pinkie swear.  When I promise: I promise to do the best I can at making it happen and managing expectations if for some un foreseen reason I can not complete what I had said what I would do.  Now that said:  If I promise with a pinkie swear...watch out world...I'll be damned if something is going to get in my way to completion. 


So I triple pinkie swore I would help one of the most giving kind amazing women I have met in my lifetime move into her new place.  (I still am very excited for her as I sit here typing after finally finishing the computer re engineering in her new place.  She finally bought a place of her own.  I am thrilled beyond belief to have the opportunity to be a part of such a joyful occasion.  So I was 4 days late due to circumstances beyond my wildest imagination.  I never in my life would have thought my week would go as oddly as it did. 


I was able through friends to maintain my triple pinkie swear.  How from 5 hours North?  I called in my personal Calvary.  Without my personal Calvary I would not continue to exist on this planet.


So a huge shout out to the following members of my personal Calvary:  GC, JST, MK, G&PL, RIL, C, BRB, JMT, CA (too many to list if I don't do your initials you know you are loved I just have to get back to unpacking :) and my virtual cheering squad. As always I must thank you for your unwavering friendship and pinkie swearing commitment  from infinity in the universe.  


Now this was supposed to be about an entirely different subject but I need to get back to unpacking for my wonderful friend.


So just a thought until later regarding the next extended topic:


So the gentleman and I had a two and a half hour long discussion on "what really is reality or is this reality or are we just dreaming"


Which reminded me of one of my favorite songs in which I completely identified with the lyrics while "illegally" listening to them on my sister's 8 track tape Hi Fi Stereo of which I was NEVER allowed to breath on let alone touch!  Good thing she liked to go to the library :D


Well since I've outed myself for my serious indiscretions of violating her forbidden property, I suppose I won't be receiving a holiday card with the obligatory family picture and associated updates this year.....Oh well then, less tree's killed, less recycling it will all work out in the end :D 






The Logical Song lyrics
Songwriters: Davies, R; Hodgson, R;

When I was young
It seemed that life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees
Well they'd be singing so happily
Joyfully, playfully watching me

But then they send me away
To teach me how to be sensible
Logical, responsible, practical
And then they showed me a world
Where I could be so dependable
Clinical, intellectual, cynical

There are times when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep for such a simple man
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am


I say, "Now what would you say for they calling you a radical
Liberal, fanatical, criminal?"
Won't you sign up your name? We'd like to feel you're
Acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable
Oh, ch-ch-check it out yeah

At night when all the world's asleep
The questions run so deep for such a simple man
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned?
I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am
Who I am, who I am, who I am

'Coz I'm feeling so illogical
D-d-digital
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Unbelievable
B-b-bloody marvelous

Beautiful......~Toni Childs

I was introduced to the music of Toni Childs at the right time and the right place.  1991 DVC Thanks to my amazing friends who broadened my scope of music and life.  Thank you Toni Childs for your music and work!

Beacuse You're Beautiful from Michael Shaun Conaway on Vimeo.

I see angels
i see devils in me too

and yes

i am angry and frustrated too
im no different, different than you

and I've been hurt
and wounded

and yes, I've been abused

now i can see you
holding out your hand
hoping that, someone will, finally understand

that you're beautiful
yes you're beautiful
you are beautiful
you are beautiful

deep in the silence, before the dawn
the wounded, the battle scarred
the nicks and the cut

don't let it define you, let it all blow away
reach for the stars, the moon please
find your way

don't you know you're beautiful
cause you're beautiful
cause you're beautiful

i see angels
i hear devils in me too

and yes, i am human
and i want nothing from you

don't you see you're beautiful
yes you're beautiful
we are beautiful
yes you're beautiful

its the time to choose, what you want now
its the time to declare, who you are now
its the time to, reach for the stars now
its the time to believe in yourself now

dream with me now
dream with me now
dream with me now
dream with me now
dream with me now
dream with me now