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Ok I've been reading a LOT about Yellowstone,and the various areas to see... I have a question, I am planning to spend a day heading from Old faithful area- Mammoth hot springs, spend one night in cabin at Mammoth- but in spite of all the wonderful pictures I see, it seems like most people don't want to spend time in Mammoth...why? it looks absolutely incredible.... I was thinking arriving there aroung dinnertime,stay overnight,see some early a.m. stuff and head out...
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It was pretty much dry(when we saw it). I suppose if it were the first thing you saw, then it might impress you.
You will see a lot of elk in this area. You could also soak in the Boiling River area(near the entrance)
I suggest a full day or more at Upper Geyser Basin
See Old Faithful, Castle, Riverside, Daisy, Great Fountain, Beehive. Chances are you won't catch all of these, but I really like the first three.
A lot of people like to hike to Fairy Falls
See Fountain Paint Pots/Artist Paint Pots
Perhaps see Midway Geyser Basin.
You can spend the better part of a day driving thru Hayden and Lamar Valleys. Stop at Tower Falls.
You will want to spend 1/2 day or so at Canyon area most likely.
Might want to do a Lake tour and spend a little time there.
I wouldn't exclude Mammoth, but it would be the first thing I would cut if you are short on time. We stayed one night each at Roosevelt Lodge, Lake Hotel, Old Faithful Inn, and Colter Village Cabins in the Tetons. Really should have had one more night in Yellowstone.
Do consider driving Beartooth Hwy.
We usually do a lot of hiking in National Parks. This is one that we never had time to. There is that much to see and do right by the roads. I can only imagine that it must be just as awesome a couple of miles from the road. It is a very complete park--something for everyone. I don't really think you can go wrong any way you do it here really.
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thank you for the advice....so far I plan to stay 2 nites at Colter village, 2 nites at Old Faithful cabins,1 nite at mammoth,and 2-3 nites at Canyon (or possibly a nite in Cody) not sure 100% but was thinking if we stayed in Mammoth it means less driving that nite....
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I'd drop Old Faithful before I missed Mammoth!
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I totally disagree with Sylvia about dropping Old Faithful over Mammoth.
I think you will have enough time to include Mammoth area on your trip though.
Have a great trip!!! sounds like you have it planned out nicely.
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Old Faithful; reminds me of the Chevy Chase Vacation movie. Trials and travails to get to the Grand Canyon, and he looks ove the edge, says "uh huh, uh huh, back in the car!"
Seriously, visited the park for 40 years, even worked there, and the Old Faithful geyser can be quite underwhelming. However, it's a good location for visiting other geyser basins.
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The first time you see it, Old Faithful is just fantastic. I've been to Yellowstone twice, and I cannot imagine going there and not seeing Old Faithful. Mammoth was fascinating too. It's not either/or, it's both.
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If I get the chance to go again, Old Faithful is "must see" for me again. I know different strokes for different folks, but this one I would never understand
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I think your plan is nicely laid out. I wouldn't omit either Mammoth or Old Faithful.
I spent 3 days in Mammoth a year ago this month, and found plenty to do there. The geyser basin was a beautiful walk for a few hours in the late afternoon when the sunlight was just perfect, and there are several park sponsored tours that you can take.
We saw all kinds of animals on a day long wildlife tour, including a pack of wolves, and a lone wolf who crossed the road right in front of out van! And there were bison right outside the Mammoth Lodge everyday, and elk on the hill right above the Lodge.
While Old Faithful itself might be underwhelming to some - it is hardly the only attraction in the area. I spent 3 days walking along the trails and boardwalks in the geyser basin. The area is spectacular and not to be missed.
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thank you all! I do want to see both areas, but so many people on these forums seemed to not like mammoth very much...since I've never been there,it's hard to tell from pictures what is worth stopping for....Ok,so I'm going to continue as planned, because some of those ranger led tours sound very interesting! planning this is so exciting!
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Good decision, hsmamato.
While I think it's helpful to get opinions from people, I don't think you should ever not do something you really want to do, just because some people say they didn't like it.
In fact, I had heard similar negative opinions about Mammoth before I went, but I really enjoyed it, so you should go and form your own opinion.
And BTW, the restaurant at Mammoth Lodge is excellent.
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I think 1 night in mammoth would suffice. For me it' 2 nights at GTNP, 2 nights at old faithful area (access the lakes from here too), 1 night at the canyon area, 1 night at the roosevelt area, 1 night at mammoth. This is minimum. I would add nights if you have it.
In yellowstone lake, you can kayak and see a different perspective. Doing the thumb area walking then getting on a boat and paddling is seeing it from very different perspectives.
IN GTNP, we did an overnight kayak trip in grass island which was incredible. we did both paddling trips with oars.
i highly recommend doing the beartooth highway (from roosevelt/lamar valley area and even stay the night at red lodge montana - a very cool little town. make sure to visit the red lodge brewery from there. BTH is just absolutely a GORGEOUS drive!
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i meant oars the outdoor adventure company, not simply oars of a boat.
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tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577 terriko terriko terriko 2014-11-11T07:15:27Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:158926 Book reviews: more brief than usual 2014-11-11T07:09:23Z 2014-11-11T07:15:27Z public 0
Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits by Matt Fraction, David Aja (Illustrator), Javier Pulido (Illustrator), Steve Lieber (Illustrator), Francesco Francavilla (Illustrator) — 1 more, Jesse Hamm (Illustrator)

This was decent, but I found it a lot more confusing than the last volume and was starting to wonder if it was overhyped the way some movies are when people don't understand them and don't want to admit it.

X-Men, Vol. 1: Primer by Brian Wood, Olivier Coipel (Illustrator)

X-Men Volume 2: Muertas by Brian Wood, Terry Dodson (Illustrator), Kris Anka (Illustrator)
X-Men. Vol. 1, Primer and X-Men. Vol. 2, Muertas

My goodness, it's much nicer to read these in collected volumes instead of single issues full of ads interspersed every few pages. Seriously, I don't think I'm ever buying single issues in this series again.

Other than that... it's X-men. This series made a minor splash because it's really the x-women -- the main team is pretty female dominated, just because that's the way it happened to be. But they don't make a big deal out of it. I liked the first volume quite a bit, but I think I was missing some key backstory to really feel for the characters in the 2nd. This is unfortunate because I'd thought this was supposed to be a pretty good starting point for new readers, but I'm not sure it really is... and I'm not even a really *new* reader. Still, if you don't mind feeling like there's some history you haven't seen, the art is great and the story is interesting even if it feels a little all climax no backstory without knowing the characters better.

Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 8 by Kiiro Yumi, Kiiro Yumi (Illustrator)

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Library wars : love & war. 8-10

I can't remember if I reviewed this series before, but it's set in a future japan where censorship has run rampant and only public libraries stand in the way of the censors. We're following the story of a young woman who is the first woman on her library's Special Defence Forces, a paramilitary organization that protects the libraries, the books, and the patrons. These volumes dive more into the politics and machinations around the library, and I'm really enjoying the series.

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After the previous novel in the series, which I found good but incredibly disturbing, I needed a break from the October Daye series. But I was reminded of it when I encountered a short story from the author on tumblr that gave a sweet little happy ending to part of this story, and realized I wanted to know what else had happened. The series is great, but dark, however, this was less nightmare inducing than the last book, and left me eager for more. Maybe it's time to finally get caught up again!

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The second in the series of library mysteries. It's a pleasant little cozy set in a town with our main character as a librarian and periodic sleuth. It's got pretty much everything I want from a cozy: fun characters, mystery, a nice backdrop and now even a cute dog. I've already gotten the 3rd one out of the library!

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 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:158254 Buttons! 2014-10-21T17:01:02Z 2014-10-21T17:01:02Z public 1 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

The first time I got to use a button machine, I was a kid. It was at the Ex (a fair with livestock, music, and a midway, not unlike state fairs in the US only with fewer deep-fried things), and I was kind of astounded by this giant button press because I'd never really thought about how a button was put together, let alone that this might be done by a human-powered machine.

Fast forward, years later, and one day it just occurs to me that as an adult with some income (not much; I was still a student) there was absolutely no reason I couldn't just buy a button machine and make silly one-off buttons whenever I wanted.

I've used them for costumes, for befriending random people off the internet who like snarky kitten commentary, for hanging out at abq maker faire and helping people make their own, and for anything else that might amuse me.

Since I sometimes bring the whole machine with me to places like quelab or abq mini maker faire, I often get asked about where I got it and how much it costs, so I figured I'd make myself a post that contained all the info so I can find it easily. This is that post!

The button machine

Here's what my personal machine looks like:

I have a 1.5 inch button machine. It has a visible "top" area of around 1.37 inches, with a bit more visible space wrapping around the edge of the button. The circles I cut are 1.87 inches wide.

Although I realize this listing won't stay live forever, here's a current listing equivalent package I bought. It's the Tecre model 150 1.5inch button machine with 1000 button blanks, and as of this writing it costs $264 (although I think it might have been a bit less when I got it).

For when that link no longer works: The vendor is called "button boy" and goes by the username "politicsstinks" on ebay. Here's a link to the ButtonBoy ebay store. The latest stuff I bought from them also recommended the ButtonBoy etsy store.

It's a small machine although very heavy, but I did a lot of research and the Tecre machine seemed to be the best type of machine for my needs: It's physically easy to use, hard to damage, reasonably well designed so that with a bit of adult supervision kids can make their own buttons. I went with the 1.5 inch size because it was large enough to have reasonably legible text or enough space to colour, but small enough to be cuter and easy to fit on a bag strap.

If I were to buy a second machine I'd probably go with the 1″ because I'd love to try the magnetic jewelery stuff they have now, but I expect I'd still want my 1.5 inch because visible text is important a lot of the time!

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Button punch

My number one recommendation is that if you're going to do any larger runs of buttons, it's worth investing in one of the button hole punches. Especially if you're letting people colour their own buttons, it's annoying to colour a teensy piece of paper, so I find it's more pleasant to punch things out on the spot after the colouring is done rather than cutting the circles in advance. The punch is also great for using magazines or wrapping paper, like I did for these Christmas buttons (although I didn't have the punch at the time so these were done by tracing circles with the mylar and cutting them out with scissors):

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Scissors work just fine. Invest in a comfortable pair rather than doing like my sister and I did on our first big button run where we gave ourselves bruises cutting out 200 buttons by hand, though.

I do *not* recommend trying to use a a cheaper adjustable circular cutter from the craft store. I have one, and there's a couple of problems with it:

1. The center has a point, which makes a teensy but noticeable hole in your design. I can feel this through the mylar cover on the finished button and it annoys me. I stuck a piece of rubber on it to compensate, but that just makes it more finicky.

2. It's very hard to line up the design nicely (at least compared to a hole punch or scissors)

Basically, it turned out to be more annoying than drawing circles and cutting them out with scissors. The punch, however, is way better.

Some folk at my former hackerspace have pointed out that a cricut machine would be excellent for this, and probably the laser cutter would work as well. Both of these are a lot more expensive than a punch, but if you've got them, why not? The only downside is that neither is as convenient for on-the-fly button making using magazines or quite as convenient for maker faire purposes.

Paper Guillotine

If you're printing 8.5×11 sheets of buttons to cut out, you may also want to invest in a paper guillotine. This is handy if you want to hand out smaller segments for kids to colour, and great if you're using a button punch that can't punch holes in the middle of a piece of paper.

Again, scissors work just as well, but when you're spending all day making buttons, little things that make life easier like that are worth it. So once again, I recommend it if you find you're doing a lot of buttons, but it's not needed for small runs.

Inkscape

I've found inkscape to be the most consistently good tool for making buttons because it's so easy to whip up a template (1.85in circle with inner 1.375in circle) and import things into it. It lets you do things like fit text to a path, trace bitmaps so they can be converted to fewer, easier to read colours, etc. It's fast for duplicating buttons and laying them out as a sheet for printing, too. And it's free software that runs on linux, mac, and windows, all of which I occasionally use to make buttons. http://inkscape.org/

Really, any drawing program will do, but I think Inkscape is particularly nice for letting you set sizes and fix alignments quickly and easily, so although I'm also reasonably capable a few other art tools (I use photoshop, for example, to do photography work), Inkscape is my tool of choice for buttons.

Non-button things!

If you look through the Tecre catalog, you'll notice that depending on the size of machine you have, you can make a few things that aren't buttons. Not all of them are available for my size of machine; for example, some of the larger machines can be used for small hand mirrors and some of the smaller machines can be used for jewelery-buttons.

I've thus far tried the flat-backed magnets (the magnet goes inside the button) and the smaller split-ring keychains. Unfortunately, neither came with instructions so here's some notes on what did and didn't work for me:

Flat-backed Magnet instructions

The way the button machine works, you crimp the top half together, then you crimp the top onto the bottom. In the case of these magnet blanks, the magnet part goes with the bottom half (because the machine doesn't have space for it in the top half die). It's a nice strong magnet… which unfortunately means that it can pull the top half down if you're too slow when you flip the machine around and crimp it the second time, and if it gets pulled out of alignment you get a messed up button. I messed up two before I figured out what was going on, and since then it's been pretty easy to avoid the problem, but hopefully I can save someone else some annoyance.

I don't know if this is true with other magnet backs, which may have less strong magnets, but if you're having trouble it's worth trying to go faster and see if it helps!

I am *very* pleased with the feel of the flat-backed magnets. They're smooth and strangely pleasant to hold in a way that I was not expecting.

Short split key-ring instructions

In this case, the bottom half of the blank has a small hole in one side. You crimp the top and bottom together, then insert the keychain clip into this hole (note to self: take some pictures of this later).

Things to note:

1. The instructions I found online implied that you had to be super careful about how much you crimp. It seems like the version I have is pretty well designed to avoid this problem, because the bottom half has a slightly raised edge over where the hole is, and clamping the machine all the way down does not seem to squash the hole, so don't be *too* nervous about getting it right.

2. While the clip can be inserted either way, if you insert it so the sticking up part of the clip faces the front of the bottom, the piece sits more flat relative to the back of the button.

All in all, I found the magnets harder than expected and the keychains easier.

Conclusion

When I bought the button machine, I really wasn't sure how much I'd use it, but it's turned out to be even more fun than I hoped. The highlight was probably that first big giveaway my sister and I did at the Cute With Chris show. When we walked down to the front to give out buttons before the show started, people actually cheered for us! And then we went around talking to each person at the show while they chose their designs, which was pretty neat.

But there's been lots of fun stuff since then. In the past year alone, I've made buttons for open source projects (real and most desirable), given out slightly subversive buttons at defcon, made silly buttons for one-off jokes and IRC bots, watched literally hundreds of kids and adults make buttons with my machine, even wound up making some blank ones to serve as a temporary whiteboard-style expression-changing doll face for a friend's guerrilla photography and crafting project!

It's a bit of a weird hobby, but each button is so cheap that it's one you can share with a lot of people! (At the current rate of blanks, each button costs me under 10 cents) And as someone who always enjoyed getting free stuff, it's fun to be on the side of designing and giving!

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:158169 Back from France! 2014-10-09T07:24:41Z 2014-10-09T07:24:41Z public 2 I was in France last week for work, but I've been home for a few days now.

I am pleased to report that my French was adequate for basic stuff like getting directions and translating menus into English for my Polish colleagues. My French colleagues were highly amused that I spoke the language at all, since I guess no one warned them that I was moderately fluent. No one was offended by my weird accent, or even seemed to have much trouble understanding me. I couldn't handle full on eavesdropping on the train, but I could get the gist of a lot of conversations when I had some idea of the subject.

I didn't try to carry too much stuff because my ankle is still sore from hurting it after my trip to Poland, but I was able to walk quite a bit even if I had to do it carefully and a bit slowly. 100k steps! It's especially impressive given that my leg still hurts all the time. Walking, as always, is much easier than standing still, so the 30 minute walk to the office was easier than standing in line at the airport. I am sore, but it seems to be mostly the usual chronic constant thing plus some bonus knots from sleeping on planes and trains and strange beds.

They stole my knife-free Leatherman at the Charles de Gaulle airport. It was especially frustrating because several of the agents pointed out to the guy who took it that it was absolutely fine under their rules, but he decided it wasn't despite their best efforts. The thing's under $20 and I sort of assumed I'd lose it eventually, but I was still upset because it was just so unnecessary and wasteful. Have ordered a new one. I may give up on traveling with it outside north america, though, as I expect I'm going to have to fly through France again. (Amsterdam, mind, had no problem with it.)

Jetlag is hitting me hard this time, with the headaches and all. I miss when this wasn't a guaranteed thing, but at least I have Serious Painkillers and coworkers who are pretty understanding about travel miasma. I did not donate blood this week because I was not well enough and not because I am miffed at the red cross for phone harassing me all week (seriously, I think they called 7 times without ever leaving a message) and then after I told them I was unwilling to schedule an appointment because I often get sick when I travel, they gave me two days of silence then called me at 4am while I was adjusting to the time zone in France. So now they're a blocked number, and I'm not sure I'm going to unblock them, although I'll probably donate again when I'm not cranky about it.

Anyhow, recovery will go better with more sleep, so I'm going to do that now!

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:157811 Birchbox August 2014 2014-09-24T04:21:52Z 2014-09-24T04:25:35Z public 0 You might have thought I'd given up on my subscription boxes, but no, I just take pictures and forget to post them, like usual. And then I write posts and save them and forget to post those too.

Here's August's box, though!

5 samples, 4 of which were random and the 5th of which I actually chose.

Let's start with the one I was least excited about:

Harvey Prince Ageless Body Cream

This is perfectly reasonable body cream, not terribly-strongly scented once applied, although I think it's still a bit too volatile to be a good choice for me to take to work where it might irk others. And frankly, it smells like grapefruit (not my favourite scent) and it's hideously pink. But it *does* contain shea butter, so it's pretty pleasantly rich. So it's fine, and I'll use it, but I don't think I'll be ordering more.

Actually, one weird thing to note is that unlike a lot of the birchbox samples I received, this one had a little tinfoil "sealed for your protection" thing. which wouldn't be that notable, except the darned thing left a glue film that became a flap that blocked all flow of product. Inconvenient, and something I've not seen in many of my boxes. But then I saw exactly the same separating-glue problem with the next product in my box:

nügg Beauty Revitalizing Face Mask

So yeah, I'm sort of wondering if their warehouse got a bit dry or something.

Anyhow, here's what it looked like before that:

This is an absurdly minty face mask, enough to make your face tingle and your eyes water when you first apply it. I find this amusing and kind of fun, and enjoyed sitting around with it on (unlike some face masks I could mention...).

Unfortunately, I'd be lying to myself if I said I thought it did anything for my face. Here's three shots:

Before:

With face mask applied (mm, slimy and minty...):

After:

(Aside: this is one of those series of pictures where I wonder what the heck is wrong with the people who say I don't look very Asian. Even if you don't recognize the facial structure of my awesomely mixed genetics, have you *seen* my eyes? Really?)

The redness in the after picture is mostly from washing it off my face (note abq sun damage pattern showing when I'm warm), not from a bad reaction to the face mask. No particularly noticeable difference in my skin to an outside viewer, but my face felt slightly slimy for hours thereafter, even after I had a shower that evening. It was a bit better the second time when I applied a bit less. I want to say that maybe this would be nice in the winter when I could use a bit more moisture... but honestly, I'm not sure if I'm just making excuses for it because I thought it was fun to apply.

Bottom line: if you want to play around with a fun minty face mask treatment, thumbs up to this! If you want it to be useful and not feel like you applied face lube afterwards, maybe not so much. I am actually more in the former category with face masks ("was this an excuse to lie around for a while with goop on my face? score!") so I'm pleased by the product, but probably not enough to buy more unless I was hosting a girl-style sleepover and wanted something I'd tested and not hated to share.

Neil George Shampoo 3.38 oz
Neil George Conditioner 3.38 oz

This is supposed to be gooseberry scented, but I don't know where Neil George gets his gooseberries because it doesn't smell much like any gooseberry I've ever noticed. I like to imagine that this is the concentrated attempt at a weaponized version of gooseberry scent. I actually quite liked it: it's sort of a spicy and less fruity scent, and while it's much stronger than real gooseberries, it's still gentle enough that it doesn't linger once my hair dries or overwhelm me in the shower. It feels a bit more masculine while still being not overly gendered, and I like it. I actually sort of wish it lingered a bit more because I enjoy it so much.

As products, these are both nice but not overly remarkable:

- The shampoo is a bit thin and does not lather much, but it cleans quite well.
- The conditioner is a bit thicker and leaves just enough slickness on my hair to make combing it out after a shower easier, but not so much that it feels weighty.

All in all, pleasantly effective product with an unusual scent. I might actually consider buying this again!

Laura Geller Beauty Cool Lids Cream Eyeshadow

I'd never tried cream eyeshadow, and if this sample is representative, I have been missing out. Goes on smoothly, lovely colour, lasts better than most on my eyes (that's not saying much actually as I've never had much luck with eye makeup).

I haven't taken pictures of myself wearing it on account of my insane "let's travel every few weeks and eat all your weekends" schedule, but perhaps I'll do that later.

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:157598 Winking Microview 2014-09-17T07:10:55Z 2014-09-17T07:10:55Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

With my travel and work schedules, I haven't had time to hack my original MicroView, but the replacement ones arrived while I was out at ABQ Mini Maker Faire! So of course, I had to try *something* now that I can actually flash things to it.

Here's my current very simple program: a smile with a wink!

Although it's probably better with video…

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And of course, it's more fun if you can also check out the code so I dumped it into my git repository. Here it is in case you're not feeling like clicking through:

 /* * microview_wink: a simple winking face animation for the MicroView * * Created by: Terri Oda

( Error: Irreparable invalid markup in entry. Raw contents behind the cut. )

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:156700 Project for Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire 2014-09-09T16:31:01Z 2014-09-09T16:31:01Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

In that way that we have, John and I are working together on a last-minute project for our next event, the Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire. I'm too tired to write a whole lot of text, so I took some photos instead. With no explanation, can you tell what is starting to take shape in our house?

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:156214 Experiments in Starry Sky Photography 2014-08-27T16:15:24Z 2014-08-27T16:15:24Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

I'm not much of a night photographer for a variety of reasons, such as "wandering around in dark, isolated places with expensive gear and when you are a smallish woman is not recommended" and "I never carry my tripod because it's awkward and extra weight" but thankfully I have friends who mitigate the first and cars that mitigate the second, so then it all works out.

My photographer excursion to Crater Lake is one of those rare times it worked out. We had a "wait, it's too nice to go to bed" bit of folly, given that our plan was to get up at 4am to catch the sunrise. Alas, the lake was in cloud at sunrise, so those photos never happened, but the night ones totally did.

Here they are before editing:

This was 30s exposure at ISO 3200, which is still rather noisy for my tastes, even with some post-processing to clean it up a bit. I think in future I might have to try cranking that down a fair bit.

Below is my first attempt at processing the photos base on what I knew to do off the top of my head. They're not bad, but as I said, I haven't had a lot of opportunity to practice night photography, and that includes processing as well as the physical taking of photos. You can definitely see some more colour and definition even in the small versions I've put here so you can see them all at once:

So I read through a night photography tutorial and these are the images that resulted:

The first one's maybe not that different from my own attempt, but the second one really pops, no? I guess I need to spend more time reading photo processing tutorials. Processing has been my weak point in terms of just getting it done, but it's pretty impressive to see how much more I got out of that last image with a little help, I think.

[Note: I somehow failed to schedule this post when I was written, so that's why you're getting it so late after the photos were uploaded, in case anyone who follows my flickr stream was wondering, but I doubt anyone actually pays that much attention.]

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:155973 The WTF necklace 2014-08-25T16:02:47Z 2014-08-25T16:02:47Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

This one barely counts as a maker-y thing, in that all I really did was string some letters onto a faux-leather strap, but I think it's hilarious and needed to be shared:

  <snap class="wpimgcaption">WTF Necklace</snap>

Actually, this was much harder than it should have been. The necklace strap came pre-assembled and had to be disassembled so I could thread the letters on, which normally wouldn't be too hard but I can't find the relevant jewelry pliers so I wound up using these round ones which were totally unsuited. And then once I got it off, it turns out the darned letters have holes that aren't quite big enough to easily thread the pleather through (or equally, the pleather was a bit too sticky for the length of threading required), so then I had to MacGyver this threading implement with a piece of wire that had been originally used to hold the bead in the package. My original plan of wrapping the wire around the pleather didn't work because the wire was too thick, and then I wound up accidentally stripping half the wire inside the bead when I tried, and finally I had to find a needle and poke a hole in the end of the pleather and convince the wire to get into this much smaller hole so that I could hook it around and finally get the darned beads on the strap.

So, um, yeah. Totally easy, of course!

I can't really take credit for the idea exactly: I saw a gal at defcon with a beautiful monogrammed purse that said WTF all classy-like (in as much as one can) and then beads were on sale when I went in to get stuff at the craft store and I was going to get my initials (which are funny enough in and of themselves) but then I decided I needed this too, because I am such a classy individual.

The instagram-clone filters prove it:

  <snap class="wpimgcaption">WTF Necklace</snap>

The thing that bugs me about this is that the holes in the beads aren't exactly at the same height, so my necklace has a kerning problem. Can you see it? I really can, but I suppose I don't actually have to look at my own necklace all day, and everyone at work is much too polite to stare randomly at someone else's chest, so I figure it's only the font geeks who'll catch it.

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:155573 MicroView: the bad, the good, and the awesome 2014-08-21T07:17:33Z 2014-08-21T07:17:33Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

I backed this cute little thing on kickstarter called the Microview, which is basically a teensy arduino with an oled display attached. It was too adorable to pass up: I've wanted a little programmable necklace for a while, and this meant that project would be really easy to build.

  <snap class="wpimgcaption">My MicroView (Adorable Arduino with OLED display)</snap>

I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the MicroView and it finally came today. So I popped open the instructions page and the first thing I see is a big apology. Uh oh…

So I check my email and sure enough, there's an email about a big problem. Short version: they sent out a whole pile of units without bootloaders, so it runs the demo but won't run any new code. Both of my MicroViews, it seems, are in the affected batches. More details here:

https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1575

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1516846343/microview-chip-sized-arduino-with-built-in-oled-di/posts/959475

So that's disappointing, but they're shipping out replacement units, and I suppose I can wait a bit longer to play. It's not like I don't have other toys to play with.

But here's the super awesome news: it's possible to dissect the unit and fix it!

So… with a bit of hacking, and assuming I don't break anything, I may have double the number of MicroViews by the time this is done, and I'll have had an excuse to dissect my new toys.

I've never been so pleased about receiving a defective product.

In the meantime, I guess I can play the tutorial game:

  <snap class="wpimgcaption">MicroView running the tutorial "game": Connect a jumper between pins 5 and 8</snap>

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:155179 Book review: Stormdancer 2014-08-19T04:53:08Z 2014-08-19T04:53:23Z public 0 I haven't really kept up on reviewing much of anything lately, even though I still read lots of books and try makeup and stuff, but life is busy and I'm pretty sure I'm less likely to regret missed reviews than I will other things, so I don't feel that guilty.

That said, here's a book review:

Stormdancer (The Lotus War Book One) by Jay Kristoff

It was a snippet describing this book as "Japanese Steampunk" that made me curious enough to request this from the library. I'd personally describe it more as "feudal Japanese dystopia" than steampunk, but I seem to have a penchant dystopian young adult stuff, so that works out ok for me. There are some robot-suits and flying machines so it fits the bill if you're looking for steampunk rooted in something other than victorian England culture. Frankly, it's worth a read just for that cultural quirk, although the technical-cultural aspects are barely touched upon in this volume.

Stormdance is mostly the tale of Yukiko, daughter of the famed "Black Fox" -- a hunter whom the shogun has sent on what seems a fool's errand: he is to find and bring back a "thunder tiger" (griffon) in a land that is so polluted and poisoned that there are barely any animals left. As Yukiko accompanies the hunters on their quest, the way she sees her father, other people, and the world winds up irrevocably changed, and she soon finds herself on a quest of her own...

I admit, I found this one a bit hard to get into: it starts with lengthy descriptions and more Japanese-style pacing than I'm used to in my young adult novels, and I found having to learn terminology sent me on enough tangential trips to the glossary that I had trouble immersing myself. But once I did, it's a great story with a few great characters and a fascinating world.

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:155120 Back from defcon! 2014-08-15T07:37:48Z 2014-08-15T07:38:25Z public 4 Back from defcon. Almost recovered from con crud.

Defcon is a con that doesn't have a great rep among women, so I'd given it a miss despite being curious until I'd collected a posse. It worked out well.

I was expecting the exhaustion, the chaos, but I wasn't expecting to feel artistically inspired.

I spent hours searching for a robot army and, when I found it, the robots danced with me.

I went to an elevator talk which wasn't about pitching to CEOs but was rather about hacking elevators. All other elevator talks are going to be disappointing now, but elevators are going to be more interesting.

I played a game that started with soldering a badge and meeting strangers that somehow plunged me into a little augmented reality that I was desperate to see more of.

I designed a t-shirt that a whole bunch of people wore, and more people asked me where to buy one.

I discovered that casinos are pretty much all the migraine triggers at once and that as a result it was sometimes more relaxing being on the con floor than leaving it.

I talked about teaching and learning through games. I learned a few things through a game, including that there are still times where my desire to make games is much greater than my desire to play them.

I wish I'd gone sooner, but suspect I also made the right choice by waiting until I had backup.

I came home with a head full of things I wanted to build... and also full of congestion and mucus so it hurt too much to do anything.

... but I got back to building a game today, so maybe I'll get some of these other grand plans in motion too.

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:154256 WAT 2014-07-14T23:08:07Z 2014-07-14T23:08:07Z public 0 I can't tell if this is a real message or some sort of spam trolling...

Hello Ms.Terri

My name is $NAME,

i just start to learn linux and i visit ur website http://terri.toybox.ca/me/resume/

could please help me to learn and improve myself about sysadmin

Thank you

$DIFFERENT_NAME

What's up at that url is a modern, fairly recent version of my resume, one that includes no mention whatsoever of my sordid sysadmin past. I guess I mention Linux in there, but that's about it.

Also, if you read my resume and still address me as Ms. instead of Dr., you get an automatic -10 points. Just saying.

I'm probably just jetlagged and tired and cranky, but I don't think I'll bother answering that one. What would I have to say, anyhow? "Run now, sysadminning is rapidly becoming the unpleasant janitorial work of the tech world?"

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:153999 Three generations of women, one hat 2014-06-23T17:11:16Z 2014-06-23T17:11:16Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

Here's a project that's been sitting in my queue of things-to-post for a while!

This is a hat I made for my grandmother. It was a post-Christmas present, a project that I brought up so I'd have something to do over the holidays.

Pattern

The pattern is the Cup of Tea Cabled Touque by Jessica Dekker. It's a pretty neat little pattern with a bunch of different types of cables. You can see the cables in slightly more detail here:

Incidentally, SLR selfies are silly, as you can see.

I adjusted the pattern to add a crocheted faux-fur edging, in part because I thought it would look cute, and in part because I'd made my grandmother a scarf with the same yarn and thought they'd make a pretty matching set that way. I believe my pattern for that went something like this:

0: Take finished hat brim and fluffy eyelash yarn, sc around picking up stitches as you go.

1: triple-crochet around to make something very fluffy.

2: wrap the crocheted brim up on the front of the hat, and single crochet around pausing every few stichtes to crochet through the hat so that the brim will stay up.

More Photos

So you've seen me wearing the hat… what about the other two generations of women?

Here's my mom, who graciously agreed to pose since I wasn't sure I'd be able to convince my grandmother to do so:

And my grandmother, who was kind enough to pose with the hat and scarf:

She loves the colour purple, and it certainly complements her nicely! I kind of wish I'd inherited or learned her apparently innate sense of colour and style; she often finds these beautiful jewel-toned jackets and things that are amazing.

And here's one more photo:

I'm not great with flash photography, but I like how the flash picked up the shininess of the scarf!

While I may not have my grandmother's sense of style, one thing we do have in common is a penchant for altering existing patterns and creating new ones. She used to make so many stuffed animals for me, including ones based on characters in shows that I loved as a kid (Muffy the mouse!). I grew up wearing winter tuques and scarves she crocheted for us grandkids every winter to match the snowsuit we fit into that year, so it's been fun to return the favour with knitted gifts myself!

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:153714 Butterfly Baby Sweater (simplified top-down one piece cardigan for self-striping sock yarn) 2014-06-19T17:02:25Z 2014-06-19T17:02:25Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

Remember my post about pictures of knitting in sunlight? I think it's about time I post a few finished photos to go with that, isn't it?

The project was a baby sweater, again for baby V, who probably qualifies as a toddler now that she's, well, toddling!

My pattern is based off Eyelet Baby Cardigan pattern from Looking Glass Knits.

Which was in turn based off this baby cardigan pattern from DROPS Design

I'd originally intended to just do the Eyelet Baby Cardigan pattern as written, but I thought it was too busy to have the eyelets with the self-striping yarn, and then on top of that I found the way the pattern was written had me doing too much math as I knit which broke my flow of creating. I must have knit and unknit this 3 times before I gave up and just wrote out my own pattern:

Pattern

Size: 9 months

Gauge: 8 st = 1 inch

inc – k front and back?

In my case, that was knitpicks felici and size 3 needles.

Yarn:

Main colour: One ball of knitpicks felici (sock yarn). If I'd had more, though, I would have used one-and-a-bit-more.

Edging colour: some fluffy baby yarn that I've long since lost the label for. It is probably sport weight, not sock yarn weight.

0: CO 84 st.

1-3: k across (garter stitch)

4: make buttonhole (k2, yo, k2tog), k to end

5-8: k across (garter stitch)

9: k4, p to last 4 stitches, then k4

(We'll do this for all odd rows, really)

10: k, increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [92]

 eg: k4 (border), k3, inc (k10, inc) * 7, k3, k4 (border)

12: k, increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [100]

 eg: k4 (border), k4, inc (k11, inc) * 7, k3, k4 (border)

14: k, increasing by SEVEN spaced evenly [107]

 eg: k4, k1, inc (k15, inc) * 6, k1, k4

** In original, pattern row was here **

(See "additional lace details" below if you want to know my embellishments)

16: k

**

18: buttonhole, increasing by SIXTEEN spaced evenly [123]

 eg: (k2, yo, k2tog), k5, inc (k6, inc) * 15, k4, k4

20: k, increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [131]

 eg: k4, k1, inc, (k16, inc) * 7, k2, k4

22: k, increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [139]

 eg: k4, k2, inc, (k17, inc) * 7, k2, k4

24: k, increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [147]

 eg: k4, k3, inc (k18, inc) *7, k2 k4

26: k, increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [155]

 eg: k4, k4, inc (k19, inc) * 7, k2, k4

**

28: k

30: k

32: buttonhole (k2, yo, k2tog), k

***

34:k increasing by SIXTEEN spaced evenly [171]

 eg k4, k6, inc, (k9, inc) * 15, k6, k4

36: k4, k increasing by SIXTEEN spaced evenly [187]

 eg k4, k7, inc, (k10, inc) * 15, k6, k4

38: k4, k increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [195]

 eg k4, k2, inc, (k25, inc) * 7 , k2, k4

40: k4, k increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [203]

 eg k4, k3, inc, (k26, inc) * 7 , k2, k4

42: k4, k increasing by EIGHT spaced evenly [211]

 eg k4, k4, inc, (k27, inc) * 7 , k2, k4

**

44: k

**

46: buttonhole, k increasing by TWENTY FOUR spaced evenly [235]

 eg (k2, yo, k2tog), k10, inc, (k8, inc) * 23 , k9, k4

48: k4, k increasing by NINE spaced evenly [244]

 eg k4, k1, inc, (k28, inc) * 8, k2, k4

50: k4, k increasing by NINE spaced evenly [253]

 eg k4, k2, inc, (k29, inc) * 8, k2, k4

Buttonholes: continue every 14 rows (at 60, 74, 88, 102…)

Divide stitches for arms:

Row 52: k39, slip 51 st to holder, k 73 [back], slip 51 st to holder, k39.

Work body (151 st):

Work in stockinette until… well, in my case it was until I was almost out of yarn, but in theory the original pattern said 10″.

Work edging:

Swap to edging yarn. In my case, this was a white baby yarn that was actually a bit thicker than the sock yarn used for the main body.

Work feather and fan as per original pattern, repeating this three times:

Row 1: knit.

Row 2: k4, p to last 4 stitches, k4.

Row 3: k5, (yo, k1) three times, (k2tog 6 times), *(yo, k1) six times, (k2tog 6 times); rep from * until last 7 stitches, (yo, k1) three times, k4.

Row 4: knit.

Work two rows of garter stitch and bind off.

Work sleeves:

Put 51 arm stitches on a needle.

Knit in stockinette until desired length is reach. I wanted short sleeves, so that was 4 rows for me. Note that this will make intentionally wide sleeves. I hear dressing babies is hard.

Swap to edging colour, and add an eyelet edging to suggest the lace of the feather and fan in the bottom:

1 (RS): k all the way across

2-3: k across

4: repeat (p2tog, yo)

5-7: k across

bind off

Additional lace details

And one final photo:

As you can see, I actually didn't use the most basic pattern. I added in lace details in the sections marked with ** above.

In the two one-row sections (rows 18, 44), this was

repeat: (k2 tog, y0)

And in the larger section, I used the following pattern, with appropriate padding to make it line up nicely (i.e. a few extra k stitches at beginning/end).

28: repeat (k1, yo, sl1 k1 psso, k3, k2tog, yo)

30: repeat (k2, yo, sl1 k1 psso, k1, k2tog, yo, k1)

32: repeat (k3, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo k2)

(purl on the odd rows as per rest of pattern).

To be honest, I wasn't sure if the lace details were necessary on this particular self-striping yarn, but they do look cute enough.

Wrap-up

This one actually lasted for a couple of wearings, helped along no doubt by the fact that I chose colours that matched better with baby V's existing wardrobe. (A lesson learned about trying for subversively non-pink clothes in the past… alas!) I even managed to see her wearing it when I was in town after PyCon!

I used one ball of felici because that's what I had (I'd bought it when she was much tinier!) but I probably could have used a little bit more so it wouldn't be so short. Even with the fluffier, larger lace edging, it was still a bit short. Not so bad since it wound up being a spring sweater, but not ideal!

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:153431 Sheep Hat 2014-06-16T17:14:08Z 2014-06-16T17:14:08Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

Another baby gift! This one I made just because I thought the pattern was adorable:

My picture isn't great, but…

1. Little sheep feet in the grass!

2. Adorable sheepy texture!

3. 3-D sheep head!

4. Perky sheep ears!

And my favourite:

5. Puffy little tail!

Pattern

This one came from a book called 60 Quick Baby Knits put out to show the glory of Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash. Alas, I didn't have any on hand, so I used Caron Simply Soft. I don't really recommend acrylic for this project since it made the stranded colourwork for the feet a bit harder to do. However, I like the yarn for amigurumi (it's cheap, soft, washable, comes in many colours, and can withstand babies), so that's why I have it on hand.

60 Quick Baby Knits: Blankets, Booties, Sweaters & More in Cascade… by Sixth&Spring Books

Ravelry Pattern Link:

Sheep Hat by Renee Lorion

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:152981 Pi Baby Sweater 2014-06-09T15:22:19Z 2014-06-09T15:22:19Z public 0 This is crossposted from Curiousity.ca, my personal maker blog. If you want to link to this post, please use the original link since the formatting there is usually better.

My first degree is in mathematics, so MathSoc wound up being the focus of my university social life and an important sanity outlet valve for the duration of my undergrad. A couple of the lovely friends I met through Mathsoc announced they were expecting a child, and I knew immediately what I wanted to send to the shower. I mean, these are the friends who mounted their framed diplomas at right angles to each other due to mis-adjusted frames and laughed when we made mathy jokes about it looking perfectly normal.

Since math nerd baby clothes aren't exactly the sort of thing one picks up at toys-r-us, I spent a lot of time at PyCon knitting up a gift. After not too long, the theme of I was making started to get obvious to the people around me…

I found the idea of knitting a pi sweater at pycon pretty funny. Alas, since PyCon was later this year, it was not also pi day!

Here's the sweater front and the back design viewed together before it was finished in case your imagination hasn't already done the rest:

The pattern for the sweater comes from a book called Style Your Own Kids' Knits by Kate Buller, which gives you basic sweater patterns in a variety of sizes with a huge number of options. I used her font for the numbers on the bottom and my own hand-drawn pi symbol for the chest motif.

Style Your Own Kids' Knits: Simply Choose a Pattern and Select a… by Kate Buller

I also made up a simple ribbing variation for the hem and cuffs that went something like this:

1-3: k stockinette with purl facing RS

4-6: 2×2 rib (k2, p2 on RS; p2, k2 on WS)

1-3: k stockinette with purl facing RS

I'm not going to write out all of the sweater instructions in here since I imagine the author would rather you buy her book if you want more details about sleeve variations and edgings and whatnot, but I do want to provide my charts for the front and back in case any other math nerds need a baby sweater!

Back chart:

And unblocked back piece:

Front chart:

And unblocked front piece:

Note that it's all rumply because it hasn't been blocked. While the mercerized cotton I chose was lovely to knit with and had great bright colours, it does look a bit lumpy in part due to my lack of experience with stranded knitting and in part due to the lack of blocking to set the stitches straighter.

I don't have post-blocking pictures because I actually didn't do the blocking, because I ran out of time before my flight home and I left the sweater in Ottawa with my sister so that she could bring it to the baby shower. She (apparently with some instructional help from my grandmother) did the blocking and sewed the buttons on, and was kind enough to send me a picture of the mom-to-be holding the finished sweater:

I amused myself greatly with this project, and I hope it'll amuse my math friends and their new baby.

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:152664 You can leave academia, but you can't get the academic spam out of your inbox 2014-05-31T05:19:41Z 2014-05-31T05:19:41Z public 2 When I used to do research on spam, I wound up spending a lot of time listening to people's little pet theories. One that came up plenty was "oh, I just never post my email address on the internet" which is fine enough as a strategy depending on what you do, but is rather infeasible for academics who want to publish, as custom says we've got to put our email addresses on the paper. This leads to a lot of really awesome contacts with other researchers around the world, but sometimes it leads to stuff like the email I got today:

Dear Terri,

As stated by the Carleton University's electronic repository, you authored the work entitled "Simple Security Policy for the Web" in the framework of your postgraduate degree.

We are currently planning publications in this subject field, and we would be glad to know whether you would be interested in publishing the above mentioned work with us.

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 I was contacted today by a representative of Lambert Academic Publishing requesting that I change the title of my blog post "Academic Spam", ...

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 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:266577:152327 PlanetPlanet vs iPython Notebook [RESOLVED: see below] 2014-05-31T03:53:15Z 2014-06-05T03:59:38Z public 4 Short version:

I'd like some help figuring out why RSS feeds that include iPython notebook contents (or more specifically, the CSS from iPython notebooks) are showing up as really messed up in the PythonPython blog aggregator. See the Python summer of code aggregator and search for a MNE-Python post to see an example of what's going wrong.

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One of the things we ask of Python's Google Summer of Code students is regular blog posts. This is a way of encouraging them to be public about their discoveries and share their process and thoughts with the wider Python community. It's also very helpful to me as an org admin, since it makes it easier for me to share and promote the students' work. It also helps me keep track of everyone's projects without burning myself out trying to keep up with a huge number of mailing lists for each "sub-org" under the Python umbrella. Python sponsors not only students to work on the language itself, but also for projects that make heavy use of Python. In 2014, we have around 20 sub-orgs, so that's a lot of mailing lists!

One of the tools I use is PythonPython, software often used for making free software "planets" or blog aggregators. It's easy to use and run, and while it's old, it doesn't require me to install and run an entire larger framework which I would then have to keep up to date. It's basically making a static page using a shell script run by a cron job. From a security perspective, all I have to worry about is that my students will post something terrible that then gets aggregated, but I'd have to worry about that no matter what blogroll software I used.

But for some reason, this year we've had some problems with some feeds, and it *looks* like the problem is specifically that PlanetPlanet can't handle iPython notebook formatted stuff in a blog post. This is pretty awkward, as iPython notebook is an awesome tool that I think we should be encouraging students to use for experimenting in Python, and it really irks me that it's not working. It looks like Chrome and Firefox parse the feed reasonably, which makes me think that somehow PlanetPlanet is the thing that's losing a


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This great product in peacock-blue from our department Men and Hoodie category can be printed just for you in the size and style you like. The design Ghost Monster Face was created by badbugs and uploaded to Spreadshirt for you to have printed on a Hoodie. Next to a host of other great designs, you can find this Ghost Monster Face design in Spreadshirt's Halloween category. If you are interested in topics like Dark or Dracula, then you'll love Ghost Monster Face designs by badbugs. Spreadshirt also offers a huge selection of personalised T-shirts, hoodies and accessories for the category Halloween as well as top Ghost clothing. badbugs's designs have already impressed many of our customers, so we are sure that we've got right stuff for you! Spreadshirt is your shop for great designs of all kinds – whether it's Dark, Dracula or Ghost. We are sure that you will find something nice in our shop, there are many amazing personalised Halloween T-shirts, jumpers or accessories for you to find! Tags: Design ID: 14281283
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Easy Email SMTP can be used to compose and send messages via SMTP.
Easy Email SMTP extends another class (Easy Mail) used to compose e-mail messages. It overrides the messages sending function to use an SMTP class to send the message via an SMTP server rather than using the PHP mail() function.
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