sonya’s blog

Goodbye, Vox

2007-11-04T01:00:36Z

I'm sorry...it's been fun, and you have a lovely interface...but I'm leaving you. The one thing I can't get past in our relationship is this: you don't let people comment unless they have a Vox account. And apparently people don't want to sign up ...

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Findableness

2007-11-03T18:17:41Z

I was just reading about a new search engine that's in the works, called "Powerset," which led me to this blog post by one of its developers. In it, he mentions that an acquaintance gave him his business card, on which was printed only his first a...

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Dear trick-or-treaters...

2007-11-01T03:39:04Z

...where are you?? I have a lot of candy left - no, really, a lot. And I don't want to keep it around, so I'll have to take it to work tomorrow. So come and get some! I got the caramel Reeses peanut butter cups....

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Third bee woodblock print done

2007-10-29T14:32:08Z

I don't like it. Seriously, I've been looking at this thing in various stages for over a week (almost 2 weeks) and I'm sick of it. Is that normal? I feel like I gave birth to a deformed baby. A lot of work and I don't even like to be in the same...

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First woodblock prints - done!

2007-10-18T14:49:44Z

And here it is...it's just a one-color (black, obviously) print, since this was my first try at woodblock printing. The wood was a piece my teacher gave me; it's poplar plywood. The wood was kind of splintery, especially once I got through the ...

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Reduction linocut print

2007-10-09T04:56:59Z

Well, it took most of the weekend and Monday evening, but I finished a little class project: a 4-color linocut block print. Here's a little step-by-step tour of the process. After doing some thumbnails and color studies, I transferred my final dr...

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A pleasant late-summer (or is it early fall yet?) weekend

2007-09-24T03:53:47Z

Days like today are just about perfect, to me. It's cold enough to wear a sweater outside, but the sun's shining anyway, with that orange-ish light that makes everything glow a little. Yesterday was nice, too. I met an online friend; she and her...

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NCD Saturday

2007-09-15T05:04:51Z

Tomorrow is No Computer Day. All day long. I need to clean my office and get some other stuff done. In other news, this story and photo made me smile. Happy Friday!

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Que Sera, Sera

2007-09-14T01:43:34Z

Copied this idea from Alex's blog, but very amusing: 1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com. 2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark. 3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions. 4. Post the top fifteen results. Now this is interesting...

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Lazy end of summer

2007-09-10T05:01:43Z

It's been a good weekend; even the previous week wasn't the pit of hell I expected it to be. The coming week might be a challenge, but I feel up to it, after a nice, long, creative, sunny weekend. I did a little drawing over the last several days...

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