Now in my understanding, life/existence as I know it exists in 4 dimensions (X, Y, Z and Time):
I am trying to understand physics, it does my head in when they talk of strings and the need for 11 dimensions to make sense of them.
Busy day, a modular to bridge the gap. This nice little modular by David Petty.
Happy with this as a first fold. Other things in the pipelines.
It was announced today that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer passed away today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer:
It is my considered opinion that Apple Computers lead a revolution in personal computing for many reasons, an important one being the re-introduction of the computer mouse as an integral pointing device for a graphical user interface that drove the computer.
They did not invent it – that particular landmark belongs to Douglas Engelbart’s computer mouse, whose patent was issued in 1970 for a X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System, but I think the Macintosh computer helped popularise it and it seemed to take the PC world years to catch on to this great idea – Jobs saw it immediately.
The world needs visionaries – good visionaries persist as figureheads of successful ventures and Apple’s success in part is directly attributable to the charisma and marketability of the man. Rest in Peace Steve Jobs.
A more complete photo diagram is here:
Have a go at it using this diagram
When I was a kid, an old black and white telly series from Japan called “Samurai” captured my attention – corny stories of good guys in white versus ninjas in black:
They threw star knives as one of their many skills (jumping, film reverse, back up into corners roof corners was another). A year 6 student brought me a ninja star he had made for him (mum or dad folded it) after I inquired if he could teach me.
After a small amount of deconstruction, the elegantly simple construction was evident – strength and simplicity in what looks like an intricate machine. I liked it so much I made a coloured one, using some lovely little washi squares Mary bought for me (love your work Cass’)
Happy with this, particularly as the star moves upon itself and the “blades” retract into a lovely octagonal ring – very clever
Another parental milestone today. We are going with our daughter and her fiancé to look at a wedding and reception venue:
Lots on, important however to attend to that which really matters – family and friends.
Designed by Joseph Wu to me folded at the reception of a wedding (to give the guests an “ice breaker” activity to get to know the people at their table), a figurative “Happy Couple” – nice and simple.
Going batty here trying to decide what to fold, late after a QSITE meeting … so:
I folded a Bat – quite a tidy model, plump little body and nice wing span
Unusually made from an equilateral triangle, relatively few folds actually for a well proportioned bat
