Mafe Maria: A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz
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For a long time I’ve shied away from attempting to create what I consider “difficult” vector art. I think the tool is hard to master, and the thought of it used to remind me of my very old failed attempts to convince recruiters that I could become a consultant… With the difference that as bad [...]
If I have ever painted a decent watercolor portrait, any of its goodness can mostly be attributed to the lessons I’ve learned from “Painting Watercolor Portraits That Glow” by Jan Kunz. I’m not a professional artist, so whenever I paint I need photographic material as a reference. One of the key lessons I got from [...]
Exhibit A Uniandes (college) My friend Beatríz and I discover that our favorite burger place on campus, where we usually camp between classes, rents games, and hey! we didn’t know each other played chess… We rent a chess set and start playing. A few friends start coming from class, and noticing we’re playing, stop at [...]
This morning, as I downloaded the log files for my sites I realized that today’s date is 06.06.06. I thought “Hmmm three sixes… I think that’s the devil’s number”. I googled 666, and sure thing it’s called “the number of the beast”. Scared, because every 666 link in Google has a devilish title, and I [...]
First I thought I would write a post about our experience this morning. Then I decided it wasn’t worth it. But the discomfort in my stomach is still there after a few hours, so I can only guess that our visit to DirectBuy has gotten me so upset, that maybe I should write an entry [...]
Last weekend, Joey and I spent both days planting a few rose bushes in our backyard. The job took a lot of time and effort, and today I’ve got sore muscles, very dirty clothes, and a sunburn in really painful places… BUT, I am sooo happy we did it… It had been a while since [...]
Many moons ago, on the last year before I could graduate as an Industrial Engineer, my program required me to take three elective courses in the Social or Humanities areas. I went for really enjoyable choices: Human Sexuality, Theater Theory, and Seminar in Music Literature.
Having a boring day? I have a suggestion for ya: Make a digital snow flake. A few nights ago I spent an hour playing and made these 15 pieces. As an experiment, I tried to make a real one by folding a sheet of paper and attempting to cut it… FAILED MISERABLY. With so many [...]
My mom told me this as a big secret, so shhhhh.. Don’t tell anyone… She recently discovered that her cable T.V. account had accrued 3000 “stars”, a fortune she could use to get any pay-per-view movies. She checked the movie listings and found this cool and intriguing movie called “Los Cinco Sentidos” (The Five Senses). [...]
Not yet. I do know some day I will want to have had children. So does Joey. But I’ve just never been the kind of woman that dreams of being a mom. I like babies and children… Sure… (when they are well behaved). But I’ve never seriously pictured myself with one living in my house. [...]
Photo Credit: “The Rage” by theorem . . . . . . . . . . Okay, so this is the kind of stuff that makes me jealous of not living in a big, fun, crazy city… The event is called “Bring Your Own Big Wheel”. It’s a big wheel race down Lombard Street (Yeah… [...]
Although there are several fine and elegant applications that provide webmasters with consolidated access statistics for their web sites, I find it impossible to live without my own site logs analysis routine. I have become a shameless voyeur of my sites’ access logs, and I find that this practice is good for business and also [...]
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