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Sunday 21 April 2013
Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 22, 2013)
Which Way?
You'll put me in your mouth almost every day,
And when you reach me you decide, which way?
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You'll put me in your mouth almost every day,
And when you reach me you decide, which way?
Check Braingle.com for the answer.
Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Apr 22, 2013)
Twilight!
We aren't talking about the beauty of sunsets or sunrises in this quiz. Instead, you will be tested on how well you remember bits and details of Stephenie Meyer's first installment of the "Twilight Series". If you have not read the book, please do not take this quiz. Good luck!
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We aren't talking about the beauty of sunsets or sunrises in this quiz. Instead, you will be tested on how well you remember bits and details of Stephenie Meyer's first installment of the "Twilight Series". If you have not read the book, please do not take this quiz. Good luck!
Take the Quiz at Braingle.com
Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Saturnine
sat-ur-nine
adj :: Of a gloomy or surly disposition.
"I could tell I was in trouble by the saturnine expression on the face of the officer who pulled me over."
adj :: Of a gloomy or surly disposition.
"I could tell I was in trouble by the saturnine expression on the face of the officer who pulled me over."
Creativity : Color Hunting
Look around the room and try to find as many green things as you can. Plants, people's eyes and money are examples of things that might be green. This exercise helps you become more aware of your surroundings and helps improve your attention to details. If green is too easy for you, try combinations of colors. For example: objects with red and purple.
You can do this exercise whenever you are sitting around doing nothing, whether it's on the bus or in a waiting room. If you have a friend with you, make it a challenge to see who can find the most objects.
You can do this exercise whenever you are sitting around doing nothing, whether it's on the bus or in a waiting room. If you have a friend with you, make it a challenge to see who can find the most objects.
Memory : Walk Into a Room
If you have ever walked into a room and forgotten why you walked in there, you have experienced one of most common types of absentmindedness. If this happens to you, look around the room and see if something jogs your memory. Mentally retrace your steps and think about what you were doing when you decided to go into the room. If you still can't remember, go back to what you were doing. Frequently, when you stop trying to remember something it will pop right into your head.
To prevent this from happening in the future you can try two things. When you decide to go into another room, visualize yourself doing what you need to do, or tell yourself what you are going to do. For example, "I need to get my shoes." By doing either of these things you are ensuring that the task gets into your short-term memory.
When you are walking to the other room, try not to get distracted. This can delay you long enough for your short-term memory to forget what you need to do.
To prevent this from happening in the future you can try two things. When you decide to go into another room, visualize yourself doing what you need to do, or tell yourself what you are going to do. For example, "I need to get my shoes." By doing either of these things you are ensuring that the task gets into your short-term memory.
When you are walking to the other room, try not to get distracted. This can delay you long enough for your short-term memory to forget what you need to do.
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What's on Monday - New York Times
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Brain teaser at Trimstone - North Devon Gazette
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Walnut Puzzle Picture Frame
This Black Walnut Picture Frame was built using Mortise and Tenon joiner, it is finished with Boiled Linseed Oil and
Amber Shellac. I has a corresponding blog entry http://lumberjocks.com/molan/blog/35446 talking about how I built if for those interested
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Crafty Puzzles
Longbow
This is a Father / Daughter Project to build a Longbow, my Daughter is a huge fan of the Hunger Games and wanted a crack at Archery so we built this!
Its made of English Oak and Pine. Oak is a traditional Longbow wood in England, although Yew is more popular. Oak is an outstanding compression wood, the Pine is there to add a bit of spring.
There is a cross section diagram to explain how we put this together. We used a spokeshave to shape the wood, testing the draw as we went. We managed to get a well balanced draw and a very powerful bow with a range of around 100yds. Its a bit too strong for my Daughter so we will be making another one, this time a laminated one.
The arrow is fletched with Pheasant Feathers instead of goose, but its accurate enough for our purposes.
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2013 Vernonia Half Marathon Recap - OregonLive.com (blog)
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Garage Sales - What Sells?
Thought this would be an interesting topic. Has anyone tried selling things that they’ve made at garage sales with the intent of making a buck or two (not just to clear out space) and had any luck? What kind of things sell well?
We just had a community garage sale in my neighborhood, so there was a decent amount of traffic. I thought this would be a good opportunity to try to make and sell some pens. Made about 20 of them, of varying quality, from common woods in slimline pens to more exotic woods in nice rollerball kits with a CA finish. The prices varied from $6 to $20, but I guess that didn’t much matter since I didn’t sell a single one (managed to unload a bunch of old video games and clothing though).
Some people offered a buck or two, but honestly I’m obviously not doing it for the money, so I would rather have given one of these pens away to someone who would appreciate it than to sell it for less than it’s worth – kind of felt like it would have cheapened what we do. I ended up giving a couple of them away to neighbors (I suppose payment for having to put up with the noise of my saws :) ) and it’s nice to have some extras laying around.
I had thought that there would be at least a somewhat existing “impulse purchase” market, but I guess that didn’t overlap with the garage sale crowd. One possible mistake I made was not targeting the “marketing”... I only had a sign for hand-made wooden pens, but one of the neighbors mentioned that it would have probably been a good idea to also mention something about them being a good gift for father’s day. That might have sold a pen or two.
Down but not out though. We usually do these community sales twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. I’d like to give it another go in the fall, but not pens. I was thinking furniture, maybe side tables, things like that. I was thinking about doing some outdoor furniture this time around but didn’t have the time. Also thought about picture frames too as some pre-fab ones that I had sold pretty well and it’s possible to batch those kinds of things out.
Any ideas? Anyone have any different experiences?
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