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  1. DeeDub

    Vintage Title Art -- sort of

    That Star Trek: First Contact trailer is a hoot. :eusa_clap
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    Waiting for Classic Style Magazine

    This just in... I received my first issue in the mail yesterday. I can't say the wait was extraordinarily long, as it's only been a couple of weeks since I subscribed. It just felt like forever! This is a beautiful magazine, with a style unlike anything I've seen recently. It's informative...
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    Shoe Repair

    I think we've been conditioned to expect everything we buy to be disposable. After all, we have to make room for all the new stuff we're buying at the mall each week. I had my Florsheims resoled at a little shop in Cupertino some years ago, mainly because I didn't have the scratch to toss...
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    Favorite comfort food . . .

    I was always one of the peanut butter + celery crowd myself. But I tried peanut butter with apples several years ago and found it an enjoyable alternative. Note that the effect is very different with tart apples, such as Granny Smith or pippin, than sweet apples, such as red or yellow...
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    Favorite comfort food . . .

    I find mish mosh soup comforting. Or matzo ball soup, or chicken in a pot. As a child, when I stayed home sick from school, my mother gave me fried eggs in a bowl with torn-up, buttered toast mixed in. I still find that comforting. My wife had something similar, but owing to her Japanese...
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    Favorite comfort food . . .

    Somebody Please Open a Cracker Barrel in California! Everything at Cracker Barrel is gooooooood! Unfortunately, there are none near the Bay Area, but I look for opportunities on the road. On one trip to Las Vegas, my wife and I got a hankering for Cracker Barrel and drove all the way...
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    Typewriters

    Sure. Right after rigor mortis sets in. ;)
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    Typewriters

    I love typewriters, but use computers more I have three typewriters. For most things, I use a computer and printer, but I always look for a reason to use a typewriter. I use an IBM Selectric II for filling out forms, typing file labels, and other things that aren't easily done with an inkjet...
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    Maybe the wrong place, but how do I shine the chrome on a 59 Kirby?

    I'll second that. Buffing wheels can scratch. Simichrome polish is popular with the car show and custom motorcycle folks, where I first heard about it. You should be able to find it in most auto supply stores or motorcycle shops.
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    Wallets

    Try an All-Ett It's not retro and it's not fashionable, but I've been carrying an All-Ett for years. It's made of synthetic sail cloth and arranges the cards differently than most wallets. I first bought an All-Ett at the Del Mar Fair and transferred everything from my leather wallet while I...
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    Art (by Dinerman)

    The photo is nice. But you can't beat that handmade halftone look. It may have been hard work, but judging by the result, it was worth it. The reflections in the windows are a nice touch; it's the details like that that bring life to artwork.
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    Art (by Dinerman)

    Please, tell us more If it wouldn't take away the mystery for others, would you be willing to share more about how these works come to be? For example, the software and features you used, (e.g., Adobe Illustrator Live Paint, Photoshop filters, etc.); techniques, (e.g., scanning a pen drawing...
  15. DeeDub

    Big Band Music All day!

    Jazz-On-Line If you like to get your jazz online, bookmark http://www.jazz-on-line.com/. They've got all the greats.
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    Life Without Music

    No music, no time, no life Very often, music is closely linked to other arts. Compare music, visual art, clothing, and architecture of the Baroque era, you'll find similarity there. The impressionist painters hung out with the impressionist composers and apparently influenced one another...
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    What Are You Reading

    My recent reading and a comment on a previous post: I read Mohicans recently, then rented the movie with Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye. I was shocked at the shameless rewriting of the story to fit the usual sexual themes of recent Hollywood schlock. This is a convenient place to put in a...
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    Art Deco Home Theater PC

    Quick! Somebody help me get my jaw off the floor! Those are some of the most beautiful machines I've ever seen. :cheers1:
  20. DeeDub

    Illustration, Old and... New?

    I just ran across an online museum exhibit that I thought would be of interest here. It's a retrospective on the work of an illustrator named Arthur Radebaugh, whose illustrations were used in magazines and newspapers from the 1930s to the 1960s. Although the reason for current interest in...
  21. DeeDub

    Geatest designs of WWII

    About the ME-262... I heard a story about the swept wing design. Haven't verified it anywhere, but it's something to think about. We now know that swept wings are useful at higher speeds to defer formation of shock waves from the wings. This reduces drag. Presumably, that's why the...
  22. DeeDub

    When Is Your Birthday?

    Today! It being after midnight Pacific time, today is my birthday. December 31st. Well, I wasn't born today. And as they say, I wasn't born yesterday. It was 1955, the year Albert Einstein died. And I sooooo want to believe in reincarnation!
  23. DeeDub

    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Well, since you asked... Like several of my fellow newbies, I discovered the Fedora Lounge by way of a Google search on a related topic. I followed the discussions as a Guest for a period of months, then got an overwhelming urge to post a reply to one of the threads. By the time I got signed up...
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