Villa Dei Pini (work in progress)

at 44.379856, 9.059553

I just posted model "Villa Dei Pini (work in progress)" to my warehouse and this is a geo located villa that still needs a roof and photos of the exterior walls painted onto the basic shape.

However, at this stage when I position the building into the terrain, the terrain is not adjusted for the grading to the grounds adjacent the the model walls. Thus the uphill portion of the model is buried while the downhill side of the model is suspended in the air. What is the procedure to correctly place the model? Do I need to also create the terraces in the terrain around the building?

I am a guest here for 10 more days and I would like to get as much finished on this project as possible so any immediate comments will be much appreciated.

view: cross section screen grab


view: model on terrain

view: model on map

Ariel view by maps.Google and TeleAtlas

Hiking behind Fondazione Bogliasco

in front of Parrocchia San Giogio di Barvi, Genova, Italy

After school on February 22nd 2011 in plaza of the central historic distric of Genova.

Centro Storico di Genova

Bogliasco Poem

da un ingorgo di sogni
non ho alcun potere
trovo il mio amante nel mare
pirati nel cielo mi distraggono

youtube.com/watch?v=GmSrM-2lj7s

Fishing Boat Haul Out in Bogliasco

The method of embedding wooden beams across the boat ramp is smart. The hull is hauled over the forgiving wooden beams rather than roughly abraded on a beach, rock or cement shingle. The principle advantage of not putting the trailer in the salt water is the wheel bearing do not get wet and the trailer suffers less rust. A public electric cable winch pull as the men guide the hull.

Shot: iPHone. Edit: FCP.

Fondazione Bogliasco

Feb 7 to March 11, 2011
Attending fellows with companions:
Stanley Gontarski, Theater with Marsha Gontarski
Terese Svoboda, Literature - Creative Writing with Steve Bull
Benedetto Sicca, Theater
Claudio Serughetti, Film
Maria Elena Gonzales, Visual Arts - Creative
Flavio Ermini, Literature - Creative Writing with Ida Travi
Laurie Stailings, Dance Choreography
Pete Wyer, Music Composition with Kate Saunders

Decollage example informs and amuses me

New International Dictionary, 2003. Altered book. 12 × 9 × 7 inches. by Brian Dettmer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dettmer This image was found on wikipedia and sourced to packergallery.com

Emperor

I took a beginning Tarot seminar from my longtime friend Donna Henes and this was the first card I pulled in a self directed one card reading. Tarot provides an interesting contrast to the stricter demands of my usual citizen scientific investigation, engineering and coding practice. As a follow up Tarot exercise I vow for one month to pull a card a day and read the flow.

Two feet of snow

Blizzard NYC, December 2010

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

"Every year, people in all 50 states and across six continents see birds in their own backyards that begin their lives on the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to more than 200 wildlife species including polar bears, musk ox and caribou. Wildlife and mankind are already under stress from the impacts of climate change. Put this cause on your agenda and focus your energy to designate this area a National Monument and you will protect a critical habitat for wildlife and help preserve biodiversity."

Everyday my email in-box has petitions from worthy causes that I have supported in the past. I endeavor to respond to one of them each day and delete the rest. The copy above was added to an automated letter to be sent from me to President Barack Obama. This service was expedited by the Sierra Club. The link to the USA federal government Arctic National Wildlife Refuge site is http://arctic.fws.gov/. Here is Wikipedia's entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge. This is authentic living 11/11/2010 and I personally support this message. Meet me to verify.




Creative commons details. Photo credit: Steven Chase, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

aZza Gallery as Flickr group

In conjunction with my pending launch of aZza app for iPhone and iPad, I created aZza Gallery as a Flickr group. This gallery will be melded into the aZza website experience at aZza.mobi

AEOLUS in Nantucket

AEOLUS is nesting with other dinghies at Children's Beach in Nantucket. She was there this last weekend to transport the Lochridge family members around the harbor at their 4th annual reunion on the island. In the background is the ferry EAGLE of the Steamship Authority that transported Aeolus to this destination.

Track weather (Earl) on your mobile

Check out Earl's latest position with nifty storm track weather map overlays on your wireless device at http://stevebull.mobi/weather11965.php.

I built the page two years ago for myself and shipmates when I was a relief purser and deck hand on the North Ferry Co. http://www.northferry.com/.

Steal this code and write your own custom weather page for your mobile page. My source is Wunderground

AEOLUS - double ended skiff

AEOLUS is a double ended rowing and sailing skiff that my son Frank and I finished in 2009. This photo is taken at the inaugural launch from Preston's dock in Greenport NY. Aeolus is a lapstrake hull of stitch and glue construction from a kit supplied by Chesapeake Light Craft. She is 15 feet long and weighs only 95 lbs. Note her cotton lanteen sail from Lamu, Kenya.

Desktop tidbits

While cleaning up my desktop I rediscovered this mix from the Cellphonia: Blues June 2010 installation that still puts a smile on my face. Check it out at http://cellphonia.org/blues/audio/mix-20100602atAI.mp3 :)s

Cellphonia: Blues / Analagous Projects / ICMC 2010

Cellphonia: Blues was selected and presented by Analagous Projects for the 2010 International Computer Music Conference (icmc2010.org) and this installation version received favorable reporting in the column Nocturnalist | Taking the Canvas Digital by Sarah Maslin Nir with photos by Béatrice de Géa for the New York Times. For the next two weekends in June visit the Cellphonia: Blues installation at Devotion Gallery.

Listen to the latest mix.

Thank you all for your participation.

Kelvin Paddle Launch

"In cases where the size of the propeller approaches the total draft available, it is necessary to adopt either the tunnel stern or the paddle wheel....It is efficient up to moderate speeds, and specially suited for towing." Kelvin Paddle Launch circa 1913.

Lloyd Lochridge - Oldest Boy Scout in USA

Austin, Texas, February 6, 2010 - Lloyd Lochridge rode at the front of the Austin Boy Scout parade this morning in an open white BMW convertible together with a 14 yr old Eagle Scout. Mr. Lochridge is said to be the oldest Eagle Scout in existence! - Austin American Statesman
Later I joined uncle Lloyd's Boy Scouts of America troop in Forest Hills, Queens, New York -- no camping or open fires permitted.

PHP Links

Google results with string: php resize image on upload

Resizing images with PHP - I will try this one first, it processes three common image types
PHP: Upload and Resize an Image - an interesting variation of above w/ useful bg info
Code Examples -> Image Upload And Resize Script - note catch of errors