Sebbylite

Ok, so I’ve found my next project. For those of you too lazy to follow the link (honestly, how much effort does it take to push that button on your mouse?), it shows how to turn an old cooler into a set of speakers for an iPod (or other media device). And you can still use the cooler to keep things cool, too. How neat is that?

Yes, I did just say “neat”. I don’t know, I may be coming down with some kind of cold. I apologize, I’ll try to never let it happen again…

I just moved into a new apartment in the beginning of December. As of right now, everything that I own is still on the floor (a bed, a futon mattress w/o frame, TV, DVD player, VCR, laptop computer, clothes, etc). I just got a table and two chairs the other day, but then I left for home for the holidays, so I don’t have anything on it yet.

Regardless, I think that I found a plan to make a bed frame for my bed. This Pipe Bed seems like a pretty sweet bed frame to make, and probably pretty cheap too (especially if I can find some cheap stuff at the Re-Store). I can even customize it to my needs. For instance, I’ll make it a tall bed, since I’m tall. And then I can also put stuff underneath for storage (and also a place for my dog to hide).

Oh, and Merry Christmas y’all. I wanted to post some videos for you to watch, put I haven’t figured out how to do that with WordPress yet.

See the Couchbike. You can also see the couchbike in action here (8.3 MB).

I’m finding it hard to resist making some sort of joke concerning Canadians, Norwegians, the police, and a couch on wheels. Suffice to say that I am not surprised that this happened in Canada (honestly, if it had happened in the US, the couch would have been motorized. Oh wait, that already happened), nor am I surprised that the police never once made them move the couch off the road (how long do you think it would be before the couch was towed in Los Angeles? or before the riders were ticketed for not wearing helmets in Seattle?). I’m just disappointed that a fellow Norwegian was mixed up in all of this. So much for “ancestral pride”.

This is probably the best and most concise list of advice that I’ve seen in quite a while. If you like, it goes on to describe each item in detail at this page.

1. Ignore everybody.

2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to change the world.

3. Put the hours in.

4. If your biz plan depends on you suddenly being “discovered” by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.

5. You are responsible for your own experience.

6. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.

7. Keep your day job.

8. Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity.

9. Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.

10. The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.

11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.

12. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

13. Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside.

14. Dying young is overrated.

15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.

16. The world is changing.

17. Merit can be bought. Passion can’t.

18. Avoid the Watercooler Gang.

19. Sing in your own voice.

20. The choice of media is irrelevant.

21. Selling out is harder than it looks.

22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.

23. Worrying about “Commercial vs. Artistic” is a complete waste of time.

24. Don’t worry about finding inspiration. It comes eventually.

25. You have to find your own schtick.

26. Write from the heart.

27. The best way to get approval is not to need it.

28. Power is never given. Power is taken.

29. Whatever choice you make, The Devil gets his due eventually.

30. The hardest part of being creative is getting used to it.

I just wish that I had listened to #7 a long time ago. Instead, I’m working a day job and what I really want to do has been pushed to the side.

I can’t really think of what I would make first. Would it be a sebbylite sign? Or would it be something else? Like “Meatsicle”?

I might just start with the Tavern sign, as suggested.

Or I might try and modify it, so that each light was on a different switch. Then, in front of each light would be a different word (it could be moods [angry, sad, happy, horny, mellow, hungry, etc], it could be locations [kitchen, bathroom, couch, etc], or it could be something completely inane [Mars, Potlatch, Gnarly Gnines, Easterns, Fools Fest, etc]), which would light up when each light was on. Hmmm, vewy vewy intewesting.