The beautiful nightmares of Zdzislaw Beksinski Artist Zdzislaw Beksiński is best known for his immense, obsessively detailed paintings of catastrophic landscapes, surreal humanoid figures and afflicted nudes. Born in 1929, he grew up in southern Poland, then traveled to Krakow to study architecture where he subsequently spent several miserable years working as a construction site supervisor. His work from that era is primarily photography and sculpture. In his mid thirties, Beksiński shifted his focus to painting large, purely abstract pieces on wooden boards (he preferred wood to canvas). Beksiński’s post-apocalyptic vision, much like Giger’s, is uniquely disturbing owing in part to a highly developed architectural eye. Although he depicts a harrowing world, Beksiński claimed that much of his work is misunderstood. Like a cathedral or skyscraper, many of his paintings are strangely life-affirming in a shock-and-awe sort of way. But yeah, heebie jeebies nonetheless… Thus began a very tragic era for the man.
Phoenix Tears TuneNabber - download music from YouTube DockbarX: Experimental Dockbar for Linux ~ Web Upd8 DockbarX is a taskbar with grouping and group manipulation with some "experimental" features compared to Docbark (it is not a fork of Dockbar, but a branch of DockBar holding new "experimental" features). "Experimental" features (Features that aren't in DockBar 0.21):- New look for popups.- Launchers- Notifications for focused window on group button as well as on window button- Minimize animation is aiming for the group button of the program.- All mouse button actions are configurable- Behavior when multiple workspaces or viewports are used are configurable- Windows are raised on drag-and-drops- "Opacify" Here are some screenshots: Screenshot 1 and 2 is taken with compositing on (Compiz) and screenshot 3 is taken with compositing off (Metacity - read how to replace Compiz with Metacity). To install it in Ubuntu use the following commands: -For Ubuntu Karmic: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa -For older Ubuntu versions: Then simply run this command in a terminal:
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The ultimate grow room In the previous issue of Cannabis Culture, we interviewed a veteran Canadian commercial marijuana grower named BC Hardcore, and visited several of his commercial grow houses (CC#47, BC's million dollar grow shows). In that article, we explained how commercial growers maximize security and yield by using clever risk-avoidance techniques, and by retrofitting and enhancing electrical systems of regular houses so that the houses become hundred-light cultivation factories. This installment of our commercial grow series explains the revolutionary Closed Growing Environment (CGE) method, which allows growers to create indoor microclimates ideal for plant growth while also enhancing grower security. CGE is used by the best commercial growers, but CGE techniques are useful for all growers. Even small-scale cultivators may be able to benefit from adopting some of these methods. CGE eliminates problems caused by exchanging air with the outside world. Feed the breeze Air conditioning Clone encounters
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How a beautiful software system becomes Frankenstein “Ruin in community is not caused by witches with broomstick but it’s something that starts in people’s heads.” – Prof. Preobrazhensky (Michail Bulgakov’s “The heart of a dog”) The newborn software system looks beautiful inside after the few weeks of development. Several talented programmers put their souls together into this amazing software idea. But week after week the system become older and uglier. Three reasons There are hundred objective reasons why it could happen – complex technology, changing customer needs, management pressure, time to market and many more. Degradation of the system starts in the people heads and there are three main reasons: Incomprehension – developers don’t understand the purpose, ideas, design or technology behind the systemInarticulateness – developers unable to express ideas through clear and effective architecture, design and codeInconsistency – developers cannot act consistently or don’t care about the system Incomprehension – don’t understand Before start
Einstein for Everyone Einstein for Everyone Nullarbor Press 2007revisions 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Copyright 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 John D. Norton Published by Nullarbor Press, 500 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 with offices in Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222 All Rights Reserved John D. An advanced sequel is planned in this series:Einstein for Almost Everyone 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 ePrinted in the United States of America no trees were harmed web*bookTM This book is a continuing work in progress. January 1, 2015. Preface For over a decade I have taught an introductory, undergraduate class, "Einstein for Everyone," at the University of Pittsburgh to anyone interested enough to walk through door. With each new offering of the course, I had the chance to find out what content worked and which of my ever so clever pedagogical inventions were failures. At the same time, my lecture notes have evolved. This text owes a lot to many. i i i