SoC #27

John — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:23:35 +0000

its strange to wish for somethings and have them appear so regularly sometimes
it makes you think that you should have been more ambitious
I envisioned scrap wood and acrylic pieces and they appeared on my walks
that weekly metrocard that appeared when my legs got tired
the exact piece of plywood I’m using now as a base for a lightbox
perhaps I should be more selective in my visions
that white translucent # 2447 plexglass arrived a day early and I cut and assembled the
back and sides of the lightbox – I wish I could cut a straighter line
with the jigsaw, but given the limited woodworking projects so far
its not that bad, or the sander straightens what the jigsaw wrought
its fun to make something that involves LEDS, acrylic and wood working
which really is a foundation for future projects and
I don’t know if this something new and can’t be bought elsewhere
or if it will in the end prove to be something that just seemed a great idea
still as lightboxes go, this will be fairly cheap compared to pre mades
next steps are to check spacing and quantity of flat white LEDs and to figure
out how to assemble them – either use PCBs or just connect them
directly to the plywood base somehow
picked up a shop vac that will connect somehow to the lightbox for vacuuming away
tiny glass and acrylic dust which is harmful if breathed
which reminds me I didn’t pick up masks
the Euro just woke up and in typical 6AM Greenwich fashion but there
appears to be resistance around 1.4730
which reminds me there are a few AHK projects I wanted to do on the computer
that got hip checked out of the way by the woodworking projects
and somehow I want to fit in some running and Yoga now
that I rearranged and have more floor space
but how to blend all this into a week and still get 7 hrs sleep a night?
oh, there she blows! - Euro breaking out above resistance
bouncing off the 10 daily SMA today
FOMC is this week, I doubt there will be any changes for the next few months
but the tone could send a jittery market a flutter
falling back from 1.4745 now, but it looks like it will travel all the way up to the 4hr UBB
that is the Upper Bollinger Band around 1.4755
now to figure out how to fit in that running, so that the sleeping is better, so I have more energy
so that I can focus better, and trade more actively, so that I can have more time…
if it wasn’t so late I’d reach for the camera and snap a few shots of the unbuilt lightbox
figure out if the minute chart is resetting to bounce up here while the stochastics is running down below 20
but I think its enough for today.

Coincidence

John — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:49:05 +0000

I don’t read enough, so I randomly will segue into different areas by random clicks on web pages, or by whimsical strolls down unfamiliar aisles in bookstores. Its like a physical randomization while walking in NYC- you sometimes find something new and unique, or at least you get some exercise.

I last used the nickname of one of my kids schoolmates, and came across an interesting book about a storyteller. It interspersed a story between chapters that unfolded about a trying period in the life of the author, Ben Izzy. [Izzy short for Isabella] I recommend the book- its a quick read, with some interesting old world stories – some which were familiar to me, others that came fresh. The short folk stories span the world, covering the bible, the Greeks, some Jewish and some Zen.

My latest wandering comes in the form of “Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven”, which finally came off my reserve queue at NYPL. So long ago that I didn’t remember how I chanced upon it. Its part memoir and travelogue. The provocative title and cover photo do catch your eye, but there was then something familiar… I couldn’t quite place it, then I did a little digging online, and it turns out that the author was a high school classmate. We weren’t close, but we must have had some classes together, as her back cover photo made me scratch below the surface.

Coincidences are funny- I’ll write again when I’ve read it.

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SoC #27

Coincidence