I am starting a new thread that is about other threads. You can talk about other discussions taking a place in Archinect and make cross references to a particular link, picture, response and whatever else you deem necessary or entertaining or thought provoking about the other thread. thus the name: Thread Central
here are some examples of comments that comes to mind:
* hey did you read on --------- thread ------- thinks frank gehry is good. hahahaharhar..
or,
*i can't believe he said that. how stupid of him. asshole.on top of it he is got hundreds of posts. gimme a break.
or,
* this is the best thread.. fuck the others..
or,
*****Thread Alert******
read the -----thread yet??? there is a dog fight going on between ----- and-----.it is about gondolas and pollution in Venice..see you there.
or,
* yeaah, i don't read that thread either. its kind a boring.
or,
*i am thinking about starting a discussion about ------------- ---- ---- will you guys in Thread Central post in it and say wow it a great thread?. it was about time 'somebody' (insert my name please) picked up on it.. and discuss it?
like whatever..
myriam
Jun 11, 06 12:23 am
A subcontractor on one of my jobs pointed to the RCP the other day and asked me what "EQ" meant. The job is about to start trimwork.
WonderK
Jun 11, 06 12:41 am
I can't believe I forgot to post this, but it's appropriate to the current string of thought......
The super on one of my jobs faxed me a sketch last week of some mechanical work they did in the ceiling.....the entire sketch was full of "ducks". There was a 12" duck, a 10" duck, a 14" duck, and another 12" duck. Bet you didn't know there were so many "ducks" in an HVAC system!
He's actually a really nice guy, very attentive, but it's sad thinking that he's gone his entire life spelling that word wrong. I highlighted the sketch and put it up on my wall.
will galloway
Jun 11, 06 3:00 am
i think i prefer the super's spelling.
i was taught to call "the littl EL-shaped cast-in inserts for welding sash clips to" DUCKS (in Japanese of course)....turns out that is NOT what they are called except in my office, and hell if I can remember what the right name is (in Japanese)...so I just go on calling them ducks and the contractors are learning to deal with it....;-)
language is lovely.
vado retro
Jun 11, 06 8:29 am
i have coffee and in a half an hour my laundry will be done. i could go to the beach. if there was a beach and if the sun was out and if it was warmer than sixty. but then again for vado thats perfect beach weather. oh liberty bell took me for a ride in her miata on friday.woohoo
Steven Ward
Jun 11, 06 2:29 pm
wonderk, your contractor must only use gen-u-ine 'duck' brand [duct] tape. his ducks are top notch.
Here is a picture of my boy on his new 3rd birthday trike:
Do you guys understand how embarassing it is for me to walk around the neighborhood with my child on this trike? I'm not embarassed here, in the company of architects, in fact here I want to say "Look at this cool Italian trike my kid got for his birthday! Ergonomic design! Rainscreen! Enclosed chain! Italian!!", but in my suburban neighborhood surrounded by non-architects it just feels too-too...something, I don't know the word, but it's embarassing.
Grandma bought it. I was ready to go to a garage sale and get an old-fashioned one for 5 bucks, but oh well.
And it IS pretty cool, yeah? sporadic, it's on Flickr, sorry, but if you want to see the trike go here italtrike.
liberty bell
Jun 11, 06 5:51 pm
And myriam your comment cracks me up. Like when the drawing has a big "DO NOT SCALE DRAWINGS" note and you walk onto the site to find a carpenter laying his tape on the plan...sigh.
vado retro
Jun 11, 06 6:18 pm
liberty you wont be embarrased if you accompany angus with one of these...
brian buchalski
Jun 11, 06 7:22 pm
damn...why does liberty bell get to have kids with cool italian tri-cycles and i don't even get to have pants? this is bullshit.
WonderK
Jun 11, 06 7:25 pm
puddles, that was hilarious.
abracadabra
Jun 11, 06 7:37 pm
that trike is great. smart design and step towards this;
granma knows better.
liberty bell
Jun 11, 06 7:39 pm
WonderK, I have totally avoided the Yale blows thread - but when I saw just now that you had posted I had to peek. What can I say: you are so smart, so calm, and so cool - and if the protagonists can't rebut you seriously (which they can't) well they will have proven themselves for what they are. Bravo, dear, braaaaaaavo.
And puddles, do we need to take up a collection to get you some pants?!? Hilarious, indeed.
will galloway
Jun 11, 06 7:41 pm
hah, puddles....grandparents are a secret weapon all by themselves.
i don't think i have bought more than a few socks for either of my kids cuz the granparents are always buying them things and sending in the mail...an don't get me started on great granparents!
my daughter was likewise gifted with a designer gift for her 2nd b-day, sort of a mini-sized version of saarinen's grasshopper chair, wee little thing, but built properly so an adult can actually sit in it if desired, it's that strong...so now my daughter has a designer chair and her parents are stuck with the stuff from the mail order catalogue...;-)
vado retro
Jun 11, 06 7:58 pm
puddles. pants can be dangerous and we dont want you to hurt yourself.
WonderK
Jun 12, 06 12:56 am
lb, I appreciate it. I mean it's not like everytime we say something it has to be wildly profound for it to be a post. The point that I was trying to make was, what are they bringing to the table? Besides hearsay and mean-spiritedness? Nothing so far. Anyway. Hopefully it will die soon.
Erin Williams
Jun 12, 06 10:54 am
I'm alive. My computer decided that it didn't like the internet for a few days there.
AP
Jun 12, 06 10:56 am
also alive.
ya, dubK, best response to that non-sense for sure...well said.
puddles, maybe you could start with shorts - less likely to hurt yourself if you go that route. baby steps.
D.C. was a blast. Along w/ Angus, I aged 1 year on Friday. Power to the Gemini clan! The only Italian gift that I got was some bruschetta, though...maybe next year. ;-)
WonderK
Jun 12, 06 9:15 pm
Thanks AP. Apparently it was all for naught. At least I tried. I have to say I cannot fathom having to deal with people who are so thoroughly disrespectful. I find that I'm rather glad none of the Ivies are on my list for grad school apps.
Speaking of Geminis, as a Libra, I feel it is my duty to inform you that you are my cosmic buddy. No really, us and Aquarians are supposed to get along fabulously. I tested this theory with the two Supers - SuperHeavy, who just had a birthday, and SuperBeatledud, who is a February baby - and although we fought like siblings at times, we usually came out ahead in the end. BTW, the Supers are on hiatus but they still love you all, I promise.
oe is right; there must be a lot of disappointed men out there.
liberty bell
Jun 12, 06 10:23 pm
I totally don't get it, either, Javier - I totally, totally don't get it. I spend time and money to avoid reading spam, software companies make money selling software to allow people to avoid reading spam.
Why do people WANT to go somewhere to read spam? You've started some kind of very odd phenomenon, here. I don't understand, at all.
vado retro
Jun 12, 06 10:38 pm
thread central is a place to rant rave and rock n roll
attract any woman now alchemist is... well its just poetry.
Tim Do
Jun 12, 06 10:47 pm
if you google women + alchemist. the thread is number 1. i don't know why you would though...cough cough.
Javier Arbona-Homar
Jun 12, 06 10:59 pm
yeah, but if you happened to need to google the words "thread central", you would find... Thread Central.
Tim Do
Jun 12, 06 11:47 pm
cool. i was just trying to throw you a bone.
sporadic supernova
Jun 13, 06 1:45 am
hahah .. yeah .. I'm sure it's the "woman" in the title !!
sporadic supernova
Jun 13, 06 1:57 am
and DubK .. I loved that response in "yale blows" ... but it just fed them more material to keep yalking !!! ...
I'd love to see that thread dead !! .. ( hey that rhymes!!)
French
Jun 13, 06 5:16 am
Hi yall.
Been away from my computer for a while.
For the first time of my life, I was building something. For those of you interested (abra and lb for instance), there are a few pictures of the opening night in the events gallery.
Too bad it's already over and the installation is pretty much completely destroyed. It feels like it never existed. I sort of miss it.
It was a lot of work for four days of exhibition, but it was worth the effort. The result was great and we had a lot of positive feedback from the public (not so much from the architects but we're used to it, these people are hard to please); and I met fellow archinecters amongst the others participants.
Good morning sporadic - is it afternoon for you? I was so tired last night (up late night before) that I went to bed and instead got up a bit early this morning to get these drawings done.
But if it's the word "woman" in the "attract any woman alchemist" that attracts so much attention, how come the "hottest female architect" thread didn't attract more - I mean it even had pictures! I just don't understand why people are looking at other people's spam. As vado said, must be the poetry factor - but then how come WonderK's poetry thread isn't seeing more hits?!?? I'm flummoxed.
Oh yay French you got it done! It looks amazing - the structure in the first image is great, the perforated flooring and inset lights, looks so minimal and cool with slight utilitarian/industrial flavor, and that ceiling plane is really immaterial in contrast! Great job - plus people looked like they are having fun interacting with it. Any funny stories to tell of how people used it?
Congratulations - looks like a lot of work! Fantastic. Thanks for posting the pics.
sporadic supernova
Jun 13, 06 6:06 am
wow .. liberty ... what are you doing up at this time ? .. it's good afternoon for me ..
I just got back from site ..... so damn HOT !!! .... and I forgot to bring a change of cloths today .. so i'm all drenched in sweat !!! i hate it ..
about the "woman" factor ... if the "hottest female architect" was renamed as "attract any female architect" i'm sure it would have had more hits !! ;)
but i've got an idea on what to do with all that spam ... i'm gonna compose a song and use them as lyrics .. :)
sporadic supernova
Jun 13, 06 6:08 am
French !!.... very nice ... am very impressed !!
vado retro
Jun 13, 06 9:43 am
i am in a conference call right now!!!!
brian buchalski
Jun 13, 06 10:09 am
so vado, what are you wearing?
AP
Jun 13, 06 10:29 am
good night sweaty sporadic, good afternoon French, good morning everyone else.
that looks great indeed, French. great job...and this is obvious, but architecture is for the People! damnit! forget the hard to please architects and enjoy the public's reception. ...
my theory on the attraction of the spam thread
De-Familiarization: the content - often overlooked, typically un-solicited, annoying in most cases - has been placed in an un-familiar territory. This allows for an un-familiar experience. Curiousity alone causes people to engage the thread (whether by just reading the spoetry in its new context, or by searching their own spam for similar gems).
we'll have to see how long this odd phenomenon lasts...
vado,
AP
Jun 13, 06 10:31 am
... vado,
i forgot to delete that part. i really had nothing worth saying...
shorts, puddles. one step at a time.
French
Jun 13, 06 10:39 am
Lb
The teleport became pretty much a crazy dance floor for the whole opening event. We have invited a DJ that's a friend of mine (his name is Ben Dover, like a famous porn star I've heard) who plays minimal techno and stuff like that. A very nice party (I was a bit too tired to enjoy it completely but special substances helped me stay awake and smile to all the people I had to meet).
The kids, my daugther included, were paticularly excited by the smoke effects. They were all crazy. Adults were often pretending they were choosing their ideal destination. Others were laying down on the platform to be completely surrounded by smoke.
A group of participants (their name is Ground Zero, don't ask me why) organized a long jump contest from the platform to the ground of ashes that was laying next to it.
A lot of fun with a lot of work, just as I like it. My partner Vincent and I were really happy with the whole event.
Thank you all for your nice comments.:)
liberty bell
Jun 13, 06 11:02 am
Wow, French, it sounds amazing! Glad it is not only a piece you can be proud visually of but also was a fun opening party! I think making something that inspires someone to lay down on it in public is always a sign of success. Bravo!
liberty bell
Jun 13, 06 11:03 am
Also, special to both vado and Steven - I'm drafting as fast as I can and my My Morning Jacket "Z" cd is keeping me going....thank you.
WonderK
Jun 13, 06 5:35 pm
So I have to ask colcol, and since I've sworn off the Yale Blows thread once and for all (trolls can never be satiated, I tell you), I will ask it here.
colcol, is that person really YOUR mother?
vado retro
Jun 13, 06 5:54 pm
baby it aint gonna suck itself...
colinrichardson
Jun 13, 06 8:40 pm
no, i'm sorry. not actually my mother. my mom is an art warrior.
That is the most exciting and optimisitic thing I've heard in a long while. Yay for dubK - wish this was the bottom of the page so I could write:
WonderK, I want to hear about your date!
Erin Williams
Jun 13, 06 11:41 pm
hmmm, I'm starting to think I was RIGHT when I mistook parallel for tvg a few pages ago. Maybe they really are one person, they agree so well.
go WonderK!
upside
Jun 13, 06 11:48 pm
im begining to suspect that parallel 38 is Stern's jilted ex-lover
dia
Jun 14, 06 1:04 am
The cause of parallel38's irrational hatred of Yale is Rory Gilmore - after she decided to go to Yale instead of Harvard like she always said she would, and took parallel38's place...
I am starting a new thread that is about other threads. You can talk about other discussions taking a place in Archinect and make cross references to a particular link, picture, response and whatever else you deem necessary or entertaining or thought provoking about the other thread. thus the name: Thread Central
here are some examples of comments that comes to mind:
* hey did you read on --------- thread ------- thinks frank gehry is good. hahahaharhar..
or,
*i can't believe he said that. how stupid of him. asshole.on top of it he is got hundreds of posts. gimme a break.
or,
* this is the best thread.. fuck the others..
or,
*****Thread Alert******
read the -----thread yet??? there is a dog fight going on between ----- and-----.it is about gondolas and pollution in Venice..see you there.
or,
* yeaah, i don't read that thread either. its kind a boring.
or,
*i am thinking about starting a discussion about ------------- ---- ---- will you guys in Thread Central post in it and say wow it a great thread?. it was about time 'somebody' (insert my name please) picked up on it.. and discuss it?
like whatever..
A subcontractor on one of my jobs pointed to the RCP the other day and asked me what "EQ" meant. The job is about to start trimwork.
I can't believe I forgot to post this, but it's appropriate to the current string of thought......
The super on one of my jobs faxed me a sketch last week of some mechanical work they did in the ceiling.....the entire sketch was full of "ducks". There was a 12" duck, a 10" duck, a 14" duck, and another 12" duck. Bet you didn't know there were so many "ducks" in an HVAC system!
He's actually a really nice guy, very attentive, but it's sad thinking that he's gone his entire life spelling that word wrong. I highlighted the sketch and put it up on my wall.
i think i prefer the super's spelling.
i was taught to call "the littl EL-shaped cast-in inserts for welding sash clips to" DUCKS (in Japanese of course)....turns out that is NOT what they are called except in my office, and hell if I can remember what the right name is (in Japanese)...so I just go on calling them ducks and the contractors are learning to deal with it....;-)
language is lovely.
i have coffee and in a half an hour my laundry will be done. i could go to the beach. if there was a beach and if the sun was out and if it was warmer than sixty. but then again for vado thats perfect beach weather. oh liberty bell took me for a ride in her miata on friday.woohoo
wonderk, your contractor must only use gen-u-ine 'duck' brand [duct] tape. his ducks are top notch.
it had to be done...
>>>scary!<<<
Here is a picture of my boy on his new 3rd birthday trike:
Do you guys understand how embarassing it is for me to walk around the neighborhood with my child on this trike? I'm not embarassed here, in the company of architects, in fact here I want to say "Look at this cool Italian trike my kid got for his birthday! Ergonomic design! Rainscreen! Enclosed chain! Italian!!", but in my suburban neighborhood surrounded by non-architects it just feels too-too...something, I don't know the word, but it's embarassing.
Grandma bought it. I was ready to go to a garage sale and get an old-fashioned one for 5 bucks, but oh well.
And it IS pretty cool, yeah? sporadic, it's on Flickr, sorry, but if you want to see the trike go here italtrike.
And myriam your comment cracks me up. Like when the drawing has a big "DO NOT SCALE DRAWINGS" note and you walk onto the site to find a carpenter laying his tape on the plan...sigh.
liberty you wont be embarrased if you accompany angus with one of these...
damn...why does liberty bell get to have kids with cool italian tri-cycles and i don't even get to have pants? this is bullshit.
puddles, that was hilarious.
that trike is great. smart design and step towards this;
granma knows better.
WonderK, I have totally avoided the Yale blows thread - but when I saw just now that you had posted I had to peek. What can I say: you are so smart, so calm, and so cool - and if the protagonists can't rebut you seriously (which they can't) well they will have proven themselves for what they are. Bravo, dear, braaaaaaavo.
And puddles, do we need to take up a collection to get you some pants?!? Hilarious, indeed.
hah, puddles....grandparents are a secret weapon all by themselves.
i don't think i have bought more than a few socks for either of my kids cuz the granparents are always buying them things and sending in the mail...an don't get me started on great granparents!
my daughter was likewise gifted with a designer gift for her 2nd b-day, sort of a mini-sized version of saarinen's grasshopper chair, wee little thing, but built properly so an adult can actually sit in it if desired, it's that strong...so now my daughter has a designer chair and her parents are stuck with the stuff from the mail order catalogue...;-)
puddles. pants can be dangerous and we dont want you to hurt yourself.
lb, I appreciate it. I mean it's not like everytime we say something it has to be wildly profound for it to be a post. The point that I was trying to make was, what are they bringing to the table? Besides hearsay and mean-spiritedness? Nothing so far. Anyway. Hopefully it will die soon.
I'm alive. My computer decided that it didn't like the internet for a few days there.
also alive.
ya, dubK, best response to that non-sense for sure...well said.
puddles, maybe you could start with shorts - less likely to hurt yourself if you go that route. baby steps.
D.C. was a blast. Along w/ Angus, I aged 1 year on Friday. Power to the Gemini clan! The only Italian gift that I got was some bruschetta, though...maybe next year. ;-)
Thanks AP. Apparently it was all for naught. At least I tried. I have to say I cannot fathom having to deal with people who are so thoroughly disrespectful. I find that I'm rather glad none of the Ivies are on my list for grad school apps.
Speaking of Geminis, as a Libra, I feel it is my duty to inform you that you are my cosmic buddy. No really, us and Aquarians are supposed to get along fabulously. I tested this theory with the two Supers - SuperHeavy, who just had a birthday, and SuperBeatledud, who is a February baby - and although we fought like siblings at times, we usually came out ahead in the end. BTW, the Supers are on hiatus but they still love you all, I promise.
I can't seem to make sense of this...
TC: 2528 posts, 18021 views
Attract any woman now alchemist: 119 posts, ¿ 22003 views ?
oe is right; there must be a lot of disappointed men out there.
I totally don't get it, either, Javier - I totally, totally don't get it. I spend time and money to avoid reading spam, software companies make money selling software to allow people to avoid reading spam.
Why do people WANT to go somewhere to read spam? You've started some kind of very odd phenomenon, here. I don't understand, at all.
thread central is a place to rant rave and rock n roll
attract any woman now alchemist is... well its just poetry.
if you google women + alchemist. the thread is number 1. i don't know why you would though...cough cough.
yeah, but if you happened to need to google the words "thread central", you would find... Thread Central.
cool. i was just trying to throw you a bone.
hahah .. yeah .. I'm sure it's the "woman" in the title !!
and DubK .. I loved that response in "yale blows" ... but it just fed them more material to keep yalking !!! ...
I'd love to see that thread dead !! .. ( hey that rhymes!!)
Hi yall.
Been away from my computer for a while.
For the first time of my life, I was building something. For those of you interested (abra and lb for instance), there are a few pictures of the opening night in the events gallery.
Too bad it's already over and the installation is pretty much completely destroyed. It feels like it never existed. I sort of miss it.
It was a lot of work for four days of exhibition, but it was worth the effort. The result was great and we had a lot of positive feedback from the public (not so much from the architects but we're used to it, these people are hard to please); and I met fellow archinecters amongst the others participants.
url=http://www.archinect.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=9&pos=0]image gallery[/url]
Good morning sporadic - is it afternoon for you? I was so tired last night (up late night before) that I went to bed and instead got up a bit early this morning to get these drawings done.
But if it's the word "woman" in the "attract any woman alchemist" that attracts so much attention, how come the "hottest female architect" thread didn't attract more - I mean it even had pictures! I just don't understand why people are looking at other people's spam. As vado said, must be the poetry factor - but then how come WonderK's poetry thread isn't seeing more hits?!?? I'm flummoxed.
OK, to work for me.
Oh yay French you got it done! It looks amazing - the structure in the first image is great, the perforated flooring and inset lights, looks so minimal and cool with slight utilitarian/industrial flavor, and that ceiling plane is really immaterial in contrast! Great job - plus people looked like they are having fun interacting with it. Any funny stories to tell of how people used it?
Congratulations - looks like a lot of work! Fantastic. Thanks for posting the pics.
wow .. liberty ... what are you doing up at this time ? .. it's good afternoon for me ..
I just got back from site ..... so damn HOT !!! .... and I forgot to bring a change of cloths today .. so i'm all drenched in sweat !!! i hate it ..
about the "woman" factor ... if the "hottest female architect" was renamed as "attract any female architect" i'm sure it would have had more hits !! ;)
but i've got an idea on what to do with all that spam ... i'm gonna compose a song and use them as lyrics .. :)
French !!.... very nice ... am very impressed !!
i am in a conference call right now!!!!
so vado, what are you wearing?
good night sweaty sporadic, good afternoon French, good morning everyone else.
that looks great indeed, French. great job...and this is obvious, but architecture is for the People! damnit! forget the hard to please architects and enjoy the public's reception. ...
my theory on the attraction of the spam thread
De-Familiarization: the content - often overlooked, typically un-solicited, annoying in most cases - has been placed in an un-familiar territory. This allows for an un-familiar experience. Curiousity alone causes people to engage the thread (whether by just reading the spoetry in its new context, or by searching their own spam for similar gems).
we'll have to see how long this odd phenomenon lasts...
vado,
...
vado,
i forgot to delete that part. i really had nothing worth saying...
shorts, puddles. one step at a time.
Lb
The teleport became pretty much a crazy dance floor for the whole opening event. We have invited a DJ that's a friend of mine (his name is Ben Dover, like a famous porn star I've heard) who plays minimal techno and stuff like that. A very nice party (I was a bit too tired to enjoy it completely but special substances helped me stay awake and smile to all the people I had to meet).
The kids, my daugther included, were paticularly excited by the smoke effects. They were all crazy. Adults were often pretending they were choosing their ideal destination. Others were laying down on the platform to be completely surrounded by smoke.
A group of participants (their name is Ground Zero, don't ask me why) organized a long jump contest from the platform to the ground of ashes that was laying next to it.
A lot of fun with a lot of work, just as I like it. My partner Vincent and I were really happy with the whole event.
Thank you all for your nice comments.:)
Wow, French, it sounds amazing! Glad it is not only a piece you can be proud visually of but also was a fun opening party! I think making something that inspires someone to lay down on it in public is always a sign of success. Bravo!
Also, special to both vado and Steven - I'm drafting as fast as I can and my My Morning Jacket "Z" cd is keeping me going....thank you.
So I have to ask colcol, and since I've sworn off the Yale Blows thread once and for all (trolls can never be satiated, I tell you), I will ask it here.
colcol, is that person really YOUR mother?
baby it aint gonna suck itself...
no, i'm sorry. not actually my mother. my mom is an art warrior.
oh fiddle sticks WonderK
You're right, odp1 will never be happy...oh well
Ok, please see my last post here.....
I'm sorry I couldn't resist!
That is the most exciting and optimisitic thing I've heard in a long while. Yay for dubK - wish this was the bottom of the page so I could write:
WonderK, I want to hear about your date!
hmmm, I'm starting to think I was RIGHT when I mistook parallel for tvg a few pages ago. Maybe they really are one person, they agree so well.
go WonderK!
im begining to suspect that parallel 38 is Stern's jilted ex-lover
The cause of parallel38's irrational hatred of Yale is Rory Gilmore - after she decided to go to Yale instead of Harvard like she always said she would, and took parallel38's place...
