I really like this one, but have nothing clever to say about it. What caption would you give it?
Nailed
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Nailed
June 22, 2011 by Saar Drimer
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Party
June 21, 2011 by Saar Drimer
Last evening I went to Darwin College Master’s Garden Party. It was good.
Symmetric party
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Drawn and quartered
June 20, 2011 by Saar Drimer
This one reminds me of my home city. Pun intended.
City drawn and quartered
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Some background
June 18, 2011 by Saar Drimer
Since I’m putting up my drawings on display, I was advised to say a little about my background, motivation and influences. So here goes…
My work explores the relationship between postmodern discourse and midlife subcultures. With influences as diverse as Blake and Roy Lichtenstein, new tensions are generated from both traditional and modern textures. Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by the ephemeral nature of the human condition. What starts out as hope soon becomes corroded into a dialectic of power, leaving only a sense of chaos and the chance of a new synthesis. As temporal forms become frozen through emergent and diverse practice, the viewer is left with a glimpse of the limits of our future. More…
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Pathfinder
June 17, 2011 by Saar Drimer
Sometimes there is no light at the end of the tunnel, and the idea must die.
Blocked on both ends
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Brain drain
June 16, 2011 by Saar Drimer
Brain drain usually means the loss of human capital. Some days my brain feels drained, or like a drain, where no thought can stick around for more than a few seconds; something like this:
Some days feel like this
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Gates in space
June 15, 2011 by Saar Drimer
Designing with FPGAs requires the understanding that the function of each physical logic gate changes with each design. Here are some gates on the way to their next mission:
Gates on the way to a new mission
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Hot peppers
June 14, 2011 by Saar Drimer
I’ve been growing Cayenne peppers in pots indoors this spring. I’ve got about four plants, and one of them grew to be quite big. That big one is magnificent… I love how it branches off like a clock tree or binary tree, thickening and darkening at the joints. The tragedy is that the flowers keep falling off and not maturing into peppers. I’m not an expert — I may have watered too much, or too little. It could also be too much fertilization, which encourages growth on account of bearing fruit. (I shouldn’t have fertilized.) Last night I read that it might be that since the plants are indoors they may not get pollinated, so I gave them a hand with a brush this afternoon. I also drew this sketch for the fallen ones:
For all budding peppers who didn't make it
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Still alive
March 24, 2011 by Saar Drimer
Thoughts of resurrecting this blog have been more frequent lately so I at least patched it and slapped a gratuitous theme on top. Other than that, I’ve been working on my fledgling company, boldport, for the past few months; I’m trying to make hardware/FPGA design easier using modern tools. I hope that this solves some problems for some people. If you’re interested in being a beta tester, let me know.
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year four
January 24, 2009 by Saar Drimer
This is the fourth anniversary of the weblog. If you look a couple of posts down you’ll see one about “year three”, meaning that I have not written much in the interim. Maybe my life’s boring, or maybe I lost the drive to share. Maybe I’m too busy, or not busy enough.
It’s the time of the PhD when people ask me what I plan to do next (as if the PhD is in the bag, which it isn’t). I say that I don’t know. This is the truth, not an attempt to weasel out of a lengthy discussion. The world is in the gutter, and who knows what will it look like in six months. Regarding my own short term future, I suppose that the best answer I can give is that I’ll go where the best opportunity is. (OK, I am weaseling here, because I’m not defining what kind of opportunity I’m after… I’ll leave it for some other time, though those who know me can probably guess ;)
As per tradition, I provide you with a picture of myself to cheer everyone up. This time I’m squinting and smirking at the Tatra mountains in Zakopane, Poland.
All the best to us all.
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