create fifty-two » release http://create52.com/blog making things, one week at a time Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:39:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 3/52: cookbook wiki and some mathematical notes http://create52.com/blog/2007/12/28/352-cookbook-wiki-and-some-mathematical-notes/ http://create52.com/blog/2007/12/28/352-cookbook-wiki-and-some-mathematical-notes/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:59:51 +0000 redlex http://create52.com/blog/2007/12/28/352-cookbook-wiki-and-some-mathematical-notes/ Not very exciting, this one, and even less exciting to do…

I realised at least one thing I want to do depends on collating/checking some old maths notes/calculations. And I’ve wanted to make them into electronic notes for a while anyway.

So I’ve just created a create52 cookbook wiki.  And checked and collated some old maths notes that I’m going to be needed for something else.

I never want to see another equation in my life!

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flow: a thermalite sculpture

View the photos at flickr.

The material I worked with here has a boring grey colour (lighter coloured variants are available) but I quite like the rough texture of it, and the air bubble holes. You can always paint your creation when you’re finished, but it doesn’t always improve it – I think the swirly biscuit thing was better unpainted…

By the by: cement dust is really, really bad for your lungs and you need to wear breathing protection if you ever do this. (Also, if you wet the surface you’re working on it prevents quite a lot of dust getting in the air.)

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I’m going to create a general jumping-off page for all the items sometime soon. But not yet, patience child!

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