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Nov. 13th, 2014 07:25 pm
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Bought this evening at the Old Navy Outlet, Five Oaks Plaza, Sevierville.
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This weekend is Tax-Free Weekend in Tennessee (sales taxes are dropped on clothes and other items to help parents supply their kids' needs for the school year). Dad and I took advantage of it yesterday to get some clothes--and both of us got new cheap pairs of sneakers.
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At the Rusty Wallace Toyota dealership in Morristown, the showroom has on display this driving kit set of Mr. Wallace's; the helmet visor has his autograph. (For those of you who don't know NASCAR, he had been one of the stars on the track till just a few seasons ago; he's now a trackside personality for FOX Sports' coverage of the races, and his "ride" has since passed through the hands of Kurt Busch to Brad Keslowski.)

I tried taking a few photos of the suit overday for research and planning purposes, but as you can see, it was too bright around for me to avoid capturing reflections from the display case glass.
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Newport Dry Goods is still open, and still the best place in this part of Tennessee to get a Men's "sport coat".

Maybe if I got one I'd feel better about looking for work again.
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Yes, I turned 45 a couple days ago, and couldn't talk about it much here because of the fact that it was also the end of the fiscal month and I was out of bandwidth till the next day.

The cake was not a lie. Thanks Jessica!

My other main gift is a black hoodie. I tried to take a picture of myself in it, but was frustrated by the digital camera's failure to focus properly. It makes no difference as I plan to get some iron-on transfers and alter its aesthetics, and due photography will happen thence.

Bought myself some older model kits, which had been part of a stash that belonged to a modeler who is no longer with us. He bequeathed his holdings to our Knoxville IPMS chapter, and buddy Paul is selling them off with the proceeds split between the club and the man's heirs.
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A Snuggly Brown Blanket.
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Another Idea I Have NO WAY To Exploit

The other day, the news had a story about two local high school kids who were using a Kinect to develop orthotics (replacement limbs and other such devices) technology.

I just had a more commercial idea, spurred by a conversation at [profile] ps238principal.

In theory a Kinect can be programmed to take your measurements for apparel sizing. This could even be incorporated into a game software so kids can try being fashion designers. But the "killer app" would be with actual clothiers. They could request this data from customers, and then use it to build virtual mannekins upon which to show off their products.

I don't own an Xbox or a Kinect. I don't know their language. I don't know anybody in the programming or games industry. I do know some people in fashion, but they are all low-tech. Where can I take this idea?
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For my Week 4 entry in the Wishlist sweepstakes at Amazon.com...over on saferacer.com I found the version of Alpine Stars driving suit that The Stig wears on Top Gear. They're on special this season, but I'll never be able to afford to buy one myself. I could probably get a huge chunk of my existing Wishlist for what this one article of clothing costs!

For somebody who can't exactly watch the show I'm becoming a big fan.

As for the Power Lap project, I did a little research. I'd done an estimate from the drawing I had here earlier that it was probably around 1.5 miles around--and then I found a source that told me it is 1.76 miles. If so, completing the circuit in exactly 60 seconds makes the average speed just over 105 mph.

Actually, this makes sense as there are no places to really go flat out, and a lot of hard braking and cornering is involved.

So a little cribsheet to compare to the numbers for The Stig's runs and Celebrity In A Reasonably Priced Car:

Speed to Lap Time
170 km/h = 0:59.7
100 MPH = 1:03.4
160 km/h = 1:03.5
95 MPH = 1:06.7
150 km/h = 1:07.7
90 MPH = 1:10.4
140 km/h = 1:12.5
85 MPH = 1:14.1
130 km/h = 1:18.1
80 MPH = 1:19.2
75 MPH = 1:24.5
120 km/h = 1:24.6
70 MPH = 1:30.5
110 km/h = 1:32.3
65 MPH = 1:37.5
100 km/h = 1:41.5

And anything slower than that, is not important. (To paraphrase Raul Julia in The Gumball Rally)
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I want one of those rugby headsock things so I can convert it into a Steampunk aviator's helmet. (PS: They are called SCRUM CAPS.)
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Yesterday on Facebook, the FB presense for HobbyTown USA asked, "What hobbies haven't been invented yet?" to which I replied "Fashion Fabbing."

Turns out I wasn't that far from the mark. Today I got the latest issue of Laser Focus World and its cover story is about printable 3D metamaterial. Just as stereolithography can make solid objects, it could also make fabrics. Already they are talking about fabrics that light up, change colors, even display video (imagine a movie theater without the need for physical projectors!--or laptops without the mass of a video unit!).

In theory, you could have your measurements on file, get a design file, and have a suit constructed by a fabbing machine with absolutely no tailoring and it would fit you perfectly, as well as have features that you can't get from a store-bought suit. How about a t-shirt that cycles through a variety of graphic "screens"? A travel jacket with a built in GPS so all you have to do to get directions is look at a sleeve? A space suit or wet suit that is seamless and completely impermeable?

We ARE living the future.

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Probably the gray suade/knit cardigan sweater I'm wearing now. It's a strictly in-the-house piece, tho'.

Shirts 2011

Apr. 5th, 2011 01:35 pm
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My sister bought me this t-shirt from her trip to New Orleans over the weekend. If you can't tell, the design is a sternwheeler riverboat flanked by a pair of Dixieland musicians.

I don't look too hot these days, do I?

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Bought a new pair of shoes today at the Bass Outlet in Belz Mall at Pigeon Forge. List price: $110; marked down to: $20. They're sturdy, comfortable and a little classier than my usual sneakerage.
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Because of my long-time desire to own a Fifty-Mission Crush hat of some variety, I've been looking over sites such as Soviet Power and Soviet Military Stuff to see what's available.



Above: Drozdov White Guard.



Above: Soviet Air Force; WW2 Pattern.



Above: Red Army Military Police.

These are just a few samples. There are a bunch of different kinds available. Of course, if I got one I would replace the original hat badge with something more in character with my own personality.

But what's odd/morally perplexing is the fact that for the price on one of these plus shipping, I could just go to a local uniform supplier and get a modern policeman's cap. Is one idea more ethically right than another?

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Nobody has EVER accused me of looking chic. This question FAILS.
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Never forget that it's at foremost a practical matter.
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The above graphic (the official military symbol for a detonation of a weapon of mass destruction) plus the slogan Strikes Like Thunderball.
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We really aren't this time around. We have candy for any kids who may show up, but there haven't been these last several years. I'm wearing my Desert Storm-vintage "chocolate chip" battledress top and pants--as per FreeWill Astrology's advice to emulate a "peaceful warrior", but that's the extent of my cosplaying. We haven't done any decoration and we aren't going to any parties or anything like that.

Halloween is a lot more fun for kids than adults these days. I have to agree with the types who say that mass media horror has gotten so saturated in the culture that the joy is drained out of the holiday in these times.
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I don't anymore. Not much point to it, being where I live and how old I am and the fact that I don't have any kids. I've got a skull-&-crossbones t-shirt with a glow-in-the-dark graphic on it...and that's about as far as I go. I wish I could get a new Jolly Roger shirt with the same gimmick, but that's not going to happen anytime soon, I fear.
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As the next door neighbors have finally appeared to run out of fireworks ammo, I suppose I can write now.

School has gone relatively well; much of the stuff being covered in class at the moment is stuff I took in Flight School, plus some of High School. Helps to have the refresher work, tho'. Electronics is coming soon and I don't know how I'll handle that--because I flunked Electronics in college.

Can't believe my Dad is actually sitting through Curse of the Pink Panther on Th¡s.

Sister visited us today, helped Mum alter some gift clothes, we did lunch. She told us she and some friends are starting a political organization called the Squee Party, devoted to "cute" policies such as pre-K education, solar power, light rail transportation and so on. They want to find a cute town to host their national convention someday. Any ideas there? What's the cutest town you've seen in America?

Need to do some shopping for school supplies on the morrow.

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