Archive for March, 2008

Stickley #602

March 31st, 2008

Recently I discovered the online woodworking community… something which I never even thought of looking for online.

Through the searches and feeds I’ve amassed – I’m finding a lot of inspiration and a ton of projects I’d like to build. The first of which is a reproduction Stickley tabouret.

I’m not finished yet – I just finished staining it tonight and I’ll put topcoat on it in the next few days. But, building it was quite a pleasure, as there’s a lot of good construction and joinery techniques to practice in it.

It’s an excellent little table/stool, with good proportions and a nice size.

Stickley #602

Thanks to TreeFrogFurniture for the inspiration.

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Plurk’in Away

March 12th, 2008

A good friend of mine (and a fantastic UI designer) ran away to seek fortune and fame with a vc firm in Canada. After I started pouting, he sent me an invite to their latest creation, and I’ve been using it for the last month or so.

It’s called Plurk.com

Screenshot for proof:
Plurk!

The site is pretty nifty… and, as they say, targeted towards HSTG (high-school teenage girls)… but it has some interesting social networking aspects to it.

I would classify it as IM on steroids, or Twitter with threaded responses.. and I can see this being a new gossip channel for those that do that sort of thing. :-)

New features are rolling out quickly, but it really is a nifty little talk channel – and with integration with a Jabber client you can easily keep in touch with what your friends are doing.

I’ve posted my invite link in case anyone wants to try it out… if anything it could be useful to get an idea of what young kids are doing.
http://plurk.com/redeemByURL?from_uid=229&check=-2142784318
And finally, way to go Alvin! The site looks really fantastic and we miss you.

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