brucine (broo'-seen), 1) n. Pharm., Chem. a bitter, poisonous alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, obtained from the nux vomica tree; 2) n. Bruce Bortin's 'low-impact' weblog

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Fruit Bowl


Fruit Bowl, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

BAART office

Monday, November 29, 2010

Gin Lane


Gin Lane, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Cadillac!

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies


Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

With chopped walnuts

Finished



Finished, originally uploaded by dumbeast.
~5' x 4'.
~30 stitches/running foot,
900 stitches/square foot
~18,000 stitches total. Give or take. I wan't counting

Thanksgiving


Thanksgiving, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

At Silka & Dagmar's with Nessie & Mary, Samba & briefly Pixi

Booker T at Yoshi's


Booker T, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Playing the Hammond C3, Yoshi's 11/22/2010

Clouds


Clouds, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Roar


Roar, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

14th St Oakland

Autumn Palms


Autumn Palms, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Late at Night in the Garage


Late at Night in the Garage, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Oakland by Night


Oakland by Night, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

National Security


Does anybody beside me find it kind of irritating that the government that's so intent on peering up everybody's tuchus at the airport can't be bothered to encrypt its own communications over diplomatic channels?

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Crochet Afghan Finished


Crochet Afghan, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Took about a year. Making Grampy Rectangles got me through many a Case Conference and commute.

Cannot Install Software



Cannot Install Software, originally uploaded by dumbeast.
Arduino-o-o-o-!

I bought this from the Maker Shed. It would have been nice if, up front, somebody had told me that it won't work with Windows XP short of reanimating an extinct Slobovian goat, learning the Unix kernel by heart, and composing a Petrarchian sonnet to the goat without using the if/elif/if/else structure. I found and installed the driver. Now there's a sync problem, whatever that is. Still won't accept a program via the USB connection.

Good job, cyber-hipsters. Glad you can do all those fancy things with your LEDs. Got to admit, I'm a little bit frustrated & bitter over here.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Poem by Pam



Poem by Pam, originally uploaded by dumbeast.
Pam is a poet who sells her work at the Civic Center Plaza, a buck for a poem. Here's the one I bought last Thursday, on the requested themes of chartreuse pigtail rubberbands and the intransigence of modern bureaucracy. Thanks, Pam!

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