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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 3h

Your photo can satisfy more than one criteria. After you have a whole bunch of images, then choose the best three and outline why you felt they worked the best.”

This isn’t rocket science…

gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 3h

“You aren’t supposed to take a bunch of random photos and then try to shoehorn them into the criteria you are supposed to provide.

Take your photos with intent. If you see something that satisfies negative space, then capture it and concentrate of remains to make it about negative space.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 3h

A discussion with a student last week who was showing me photographs for an assignment.

After the third “do you think this is okay for (random thing they are supposed to be concentrating on)?”

Me: “this is t how you are supposed to be doing the assignment…. ->”

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 4h

It seems to be how the far right gain traction, and goes back much farther than gamergate. Anonymous bullying online was probably prevalent in the earliest online forums.

gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 4h

Three other people reached out and asked me to continue and all I said was “go talk to the cranky person. If they apologize and ask nicely maybe I will come back”

And I never heard from them again

It’s weird how overly aggressive people can shut down conversations, even without intimidating others

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 4h

One person: “would it be so hard to upload photos in a reply so we don’t have to scroll past your shit?”

My really: “yes, it would. I won’t ever post here again” and never did.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 4h

Just received a notification from livejournal…

I haven’t used that platform since 2009 or so. I used to upload several images, and got good feedback. I lapsed tor a few years and came back, did the same thing.

But by then people were using phones to access lj.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 14h

I love these guys exploring cool buildings and spaces…

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 17h

This is well done…

Also … the fidgeting is spot on…

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

Brief planning strategy for … unfolding a closet. Specifically a closet with graffiti that is hard to visualize within a traditional AR setting.

It’s made more complicated because there is an angled intersect for the bottom of a stairway in the space.

gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

I leapt in The pile
of leaves you built carefully
Fun! Make it again!

(random ‘helpful’ dog)

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

You do need a special sewing machine, but I can just imagine what couture designers can create with these, where the zippers truly get hidden.

Not to mention having less bulk for some uses. A set of gloves that are form fitting with this along the heel of the hand, for instance… or boots…

gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

This is interesting…

They removed the tape from zippers. The fabric is still there, a cord running through all of the teeth, but the traditional tape isn’t.

flip.it/C0Tgwa

The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years

By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a work day, but I would rather be going back to the thrift stores where I saw weird things yesterday. That men’s travel kit would be nice to score… and that mirror/brush set has some interesting art potential…

gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

That space could be better with a bus sign, though. Something that would announce the arrival of busses to the area, so people don’t wait outside in the cold…

gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

There is a raised seating areas along the hall, with boring seating. Some other areas have unique, albeit dated integrated chairs and at the far end is a coffee kiosk, traditionally overpriced like most at ucalgary.

But it is still well balanced, and a great space to study.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

The NW YMCA is one example of that. A beautiful building but the seating areas inside are like little islands of boring appeal.

Much of the university, too… but there is one sitting area near the bus loop which has that integrated look, albeit very poorly maintained.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

I think that’s why some people gravitate towards industrial spaces… repurposing the grand aspects with personalized corners.

It’s also why some larger civic buildings fail, where there is a disconnect from the grand concourse to a commercial kiosk with generalized seating.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

A long hall connecting one space to another but also serves as a solar heat collector or shade bath, instead of a larger space designed solely for greeting people with an awe-inspiring emptiness.

I waffle, when it comes to dream houses, from the smaller well designed space to the larger mall hall.

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

I have noticed that the large, supposedly “grand” houses don’t use their scale properly, emphasizing entrance halls and interior vistas that basically amount to “larger rooms you can’t use”…

This is in contrast to having larger spaces that extend usefulness.

Sometimes a long walk-through is better

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

My favourite for all of these is Curly Lab…

The concrete and copper tile based lounge looks really nice. I could totally see a wall like that in a sunroom for a house designed to use a solar mass for night hearing (or cooling)

Most Canadian houses are too small for that, tho.

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Eight hair salons that are a cut above

For our latest lookbook, we've collected hair salons that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional, including a salon with a galvanised-steel sound wall and one with a "dripping shampoo" c...

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

The disruption will be the way glasses get made… not just the AR features.

I would love to see brushed or anodized aluminum like their phone lineup… alternative hinges and bridge pads.

And think of what they could do with Corning and lenses…

I say bring it on… stylish. Well designed, etc…

gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 1d

I foresee that Apple will definitely enter the AR glasses era, but with a major difference: they will design and build the glasses internally.

No RayBan and no monopolistic company controlling every frame company.

This is what will revolutionize it… just like they did with the phone…

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 2d

the US government has arrived on bluesky

4 panel comic

Panel 1: A group of people just having a lovely time. Everyone is laughing

Panel 2: An absolute Federal Agent appears in the middle of the group laughing like an obnoxious robot

Panel 3: The group quickly disperses, leaving the gross creepy agent by himself

Panel 4: The agent touches his ear and says “arrest their moms”

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gersart.bsky.social @gersart.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe the can turn the speech engine off and on again, or maybe they turned it off last night and just forgot to turn it on.