tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610915646507790432024-03-13T08:41:09.843-07:00What is Good?Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-28933279711066116822010-09-20T11:06:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.336-07:00TIN CANDLES<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CANDLES FROM LILYFLAME</span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An intense, fine fragrance type scent. With top notes of Incense and Amber. One of our most luxurious and opulent Christmas Scents</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Wild Jasmine Candle from LilyFlame" border="0" src="http://www.macgillivrays.co.uk/scottishgifts/images/uploads/jasmine2.jpg" title="Wild Jasmine Candle from LilyFlame" /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">These scented tin candles simply offer more than similar tin candle products. The raw materials are carefully selected and the fragrances are skilfully blended to be accurate and distinctive. Coupled with a larger tin & volume of wax these candles burn for over 60 hours.</span></span>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-65987166857610485502010-09-20T09:14:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.337-07:00VINTAGE TINS<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was browsing online for vintage tins and came across the site steptoesantiques.co.uk, and it was actually so good. There were so many tins ranging from the 1930's to all era's. A lot of them were really quite a reasonable price as well, was quite tempted by a couple of them, love the tins.</span><br />
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cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">stream their entire new album a week before it hits stores</a>.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;">September's Radio Show!</b><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/radiodl/4570855/niallant/b95c94827d6da20392411275a01b8015/c291bmRjbG91ZC5jb20vaHlwZW0vMjItaHlwZS1tYWNoaW5lLXJhZGlvLXNlcHQtMjAxMC9kb3dubG9hZD91dG1fc291cmNlPWh5cGVtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXVzZXI=" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Download the entire show</a> or <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/radio/4570855/niallant/bec38631d33317d57220800e1f2b926d/aHlwZW0uY29tL3JhZGlvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9aHlwZW0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249dXNlcg==" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">stream online now</a>.<br style="line-height: 20px;" />Featuring the month's hottest music from Ra Ra Riot, Glasser, Small Black, Vivian Girls, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and the bloggers behind Chipped Hip, Tympanogram, and My Old Kentucky Blog.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Sincerely,<br style="line-height: 20px;" /><a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/taylor_profile/4570855/niallant/66b139b14d8dbb185746cd02bebe3f8e/aHlwZW0uY29tL2d0bWNrbmlnaHQ/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1oeXBlbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj11c2Vy" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">George Taylor McKnight</a></div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 20px;"><b style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"><a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/profile/4570855/niallant/8534691af1275fe4fea706f3703fc6ba/aHlwZW0uY29tL25pYWxsYW50P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9aHlwZW0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249dXNlcg==" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Your Weekly Activity »</a></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; float: left; font-size: 50px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 50px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;"><a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/dashboard_0/4570855/niallant/aa8c8499753605e91ed1310386abcf11/aHlwZW0uY29tL25pYWxsYW50L2hpc3Rvcnk/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1oeXBlbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj11c2Vy" style="color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 65px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">70</a></div><div style="color: #555555; float: left; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/dashboard_0/4570855/niallant/aa8c8499753605e91ed1310386abcf11/aHlwZW0uY29tL25pYWxsYW50L2hpc3Rvcnk/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1oeXBlbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj11c2Vy" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">played<br style="line-height: 22px;" />tracks</a></div><br style="clear: both; line-height: 20px;" /><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 20px;"><b style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px;">Artists you've heard the most this week</b><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">11</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_artist_week_0/4570855/niallant/3b3f89f215fcb4f5930dbd11e9aaca92/aHlwZW0uY29tL2FydGlzdC9iZW5nYS8xLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWh5cGVtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXVzZXI=" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 24px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Benga</a><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">7</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_artist_week_1/4570855/niallant/ea58db519eae14e3eb219ba7badf8047/aHlwZW0uY29tL2FydGlzdC9jb29raWUgbW9uc3RhLzEvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9aHlwZW0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249dXNlcg==" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 24px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Cookie Monsta</a> <br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">4</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_artist_week_2/4570855/niallant/97be82f9b0ba053862b156b3d685c74e/aHlwZW0uY29tL2FydGlzdC8vMS8/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1oeXBlbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj11c2Vy" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 24px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"></a><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">4</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_artist_week_3/4570855/niallant/b5cdb0a065536a9a7120fc5ff217ca74/aHlwZW0uY29tL2FydGlzdC9kdWNrIHNhdWNlLzEvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9aHlwZW0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249dXNlcg==" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 24px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Duck Sauce</a> <br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">3</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_artist_week_4/4570855/niallant/846648e1daa8824f7abeaa10c11772c8/aHlwZW0uY29tL2FydGlzdC9kaiBjYWJsZSB2cy4gdGVtcGEgdCAmIHJ1c2tvLzEvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9aHlwZW0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249dXNlcg==" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 24px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Dj Cable Vs. Tempa T & Rusko</a> </div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 20px;"><b style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px;"><a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/play_history/4570855/niallant/aa8c8499753605e91ed1310386abcf11/aHlwZW0uY29tL25pYWxsYW50L2hpc3Rvcnk/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1oeXBlbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj11c2Vy" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Your most played songs this week »</a></b><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">5</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_song_week_0/4570855/niallant/21e748dd618f08851a6346b9c2964caf/aHlwZW0uY29tL3RyYWNrLzExMjU2MDU/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1oeXBlbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj11c2Vy" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 18px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Benga - 26 Basslines</a><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">3</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_song_week_1/4570855/niallant/80ccf2ffe8c2d35fcd63c062a1e3a016/aHlwZW0uY29tL3RyYWNrLzg2NzIzND91dG1fc291cmNlPWh5cGVtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXVzZXI=" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 18px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">DJ Cable Vs. Tempa T & Rusko - Mr. Muscle's Hype</a><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #dddddd; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 36px; margin-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;">3</b> <a href="http://hypem.com/go_e/c/fav_song_week_2/4570855/niallant/5bb38b9c64cc66c6090daa0aa3abd35b/aHlwZW0uY29tL3RyYWNrLzExOTE4MjM/dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1oeXBlbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj11c2Vy" style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 18px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)</a></div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; 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</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Scented candles can be included in the field of aromatherapy as it has been found that aromas can change your mood. If you have had a stressful day then chose an aroma that has a relaxing effect. If you are feeling a bit sleeping light a scented candle that has an aroma that will give you some energy.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Of all the candles that are sold over are scented candles. These candles are slightly more expensive than non scented candles but the consumer doesn’t seem to mind as they love the scents. These candles are made just like other candles except for one step; fragrance is added to provide the scent.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">There are many different types of candle fragrances available and they come in all different forms. You can find scents as solid perfume chips, natural herbs and liquids. It may take a little searching online but you can find any scent that you want. The variety is endless, just think of all the different scented candles found in candle stores. The more solid fragrances tend to be easier to use then the liquid fragrances.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When creating a scented candle you want to wait until right before you pour the wax. Fragrances will evaporate when heated and if you add the fragrance too early it will all disappear before you have the chance to pour the wax. You also do not need to use as much fragrance if you wait until just before pouring.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">One of the most common mistakes when making scented candles is that individuals tend to add too much fragrance. If you add too much fragrance then this can cause the wax to pit or mottle and this not only does not look good but can make it very difficult to release the candle from the mould.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You will need to be careful with the wax and type of fragrance that you chose to use. Some waxes may not work well with certain types of fragrances. Sometimes the oil may form crystals when it is added to the wax and you will need to reheat the wax to eliminate the crystals.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When choosing a fragrance you want to make sure that it is oil based. Fragrances can also be water based or alcohol based and these two compounds do not mix with wax. The structure of wax is very similar to oil so an oil based fragrance will mix quite easily.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A good rule of thumb to follow is that you want to add one ounce of scent per one pound of wax. This results in a 6% scent for the candle. If you are experimenting with fragrance then always start with the least amount and increase from there. You also should write down the amounts you use in case you come across a perfect amount and want to recreate that scented candle.</div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-28435846631297457552010-09-20T05:34:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.338-07:00HYPE 2009 SURVEY<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">On the Hype Machine Blog I saw that they had done a 2009 survey, finding out all information of what people think of the site and how and why the use The Hype Machine.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the information I found.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-----\\</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Our annual user survey went over really well this year. Over 2600 of you responded and we gave away some great prizes. Below are some highlights, but check out </span></span><a href="http://hypem.com/demographics" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">our demographics page</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> for the full stats and charts.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Our audience</span></span></strong></div><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">51% are 18 to 24 years old</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">35% are in college, 30% are college grads</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">69% are male</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">73% spend money on concert tickets</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">46% spend money on MP3s</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">30% spend $21-$40 per month on music</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">31% spend $41+ or more</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">61% attend 1-2 concerts every month!</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">20% are music bloggers</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">20% are DJs</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">24% are musicians</span></span></li>
</ul><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">For the first time we asked a series of questions to better understand how and why you use The Hype Machine. Thanks to </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/gotoplanb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Dave Stanton</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> at </span></span><a href="http://eikosdata.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Eikos Data</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> for helping us interpret this data!</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Cluster A</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> (52% of total respondents)<br />
Males who use music sites to:<br />
1. Find new music in familiar genres<br />
2. Find music before it’s popular<br />
3. Find music they don’t already know</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Cluster B</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> (21% of total respondents)<br />
Females who use music sites in the same ways as Cluster A plus:<br />
4. Find bands recommended by word of mouth</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Cluster C</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> (27% of total respondents)<br />
These are male and females have even, heavy reliance on the above four uses plus:<br />
6. Want to see what people are saying about music<br />
7. Share music</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">How would you describe The Hype Machine to a friend?</span></span></strong></div><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Great place to find music by artists you haven’t heard of yet</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">the most awesomest awesome music site on the Internet</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Love in a jukebox on the internet</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The collective consciousness of the online music world.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">This website has psychic abilities, it knows which tracks are going to be hits before anyone else…and its easy to use.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The Hype Machine is the most user-friendly MP3 blog aggregator and a fantastic tool for both bloggers and fans.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">A fine place to find new songs for an ambitious music taste.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">A place where you’ll always find what you never knew you’d like.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The best thing the internet has ever seen, not counting porn.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Omy freak leak loop amazingness you gotsta check out this whip snippy doodle doo music site I found. It goes by the name The Hype Machine, and they have uber huge no splooge amounts of brain tuck duck muck fuckingly spec music. Check it out, if not for the sake of friendship, at the least to braingasm spasm love happiness yourself into audible epiphany!</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Eclectic and eye opening.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Imagine Google Reader as a playlist. Now imagine it comes ready with all the best music blogs you don’t even know exist.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Way more fun than watching your itunes visualizer after snorting Columbian nose candy.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">If you’re into music, there’s no way you can miss this.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">HM = real time information about the music you like and will like</span></span></li>
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this really interesting and seemed completely appropriate. It matched exactly what I would have thought, people left great comments of the site and really brought together the whole feeling of the site and the community with in it. </span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For sure I am Cluster A. </span></div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-14810422699760721502010-09-20T05:13:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.339-07:00AN ONLINE COURSE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeDcpkUINMECjFKiXh6kqBC5aakycjJSz9l72ZyWOxBb1kLljPsv51f_bRPc0qrswnJrXrvErILr9HE2HXgPl8YZYnfSfhaBv1ormd0CMXjfkl7ZpETx-2P2zUzc8gvERt-JVDY1IcvQu/s1600/CANDLEMAKER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeDcpkUINMECjFKiXh6kqBC5aakycjJSz9l72ZyWOxBb1kLljPsv51f_bRPc0qrswnJrXrvErILr9HE2HXgPl8YZYnfSfhaBv1ormd0CMXjfkl7ZpETx-2P2zUzc8gvERt-JVDY1IcvQu/s400/CANDLEMAKER.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeDcpkUINMECjFKiXh6kqBC5aakycjJSz9l72ZyWOxBb1kLljPsv51f_bRPc0qrswnJrXrvErILr9HE2HXgPl8YZYnfSfhaBv1ormd0CMXjfkl7ZpETx-2P2zUzc8gvERt-JVDY1IcvQu/s1600/CANDLEMAKER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWGtPyBt4m9h0ITIk-_8hl4FTFneR8TZ58s6gPijKohBzHrlmxGkynXUIY_UGYDfHOuZ4lMSN2a2e7oOsX_pz4ZtyM1uC3-JDeC6gWOwYM_hDEnNS1bITl9HCHTzSqIVaqX9qv1rr43xa/s1600/COURSE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWGtPyBt4m9h0ITIk-_8hl4FTFneR8TZ58s6gPijKohBzHrlmxGkynXUIY_UGYDfHOuZ4lMSN2a2e7oOsX_pz4ZtyM1uC3-JDeC6gWOwYM_hDEnNS1bITl9HCHTzSqIVaqX9qv1rr43xa/s320/COURSE.jpg" width="166" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As bad as the graphics and design are, this website is very useful, and I have found a lot of good information on here. Just wished it looked better, but I decided to trust it anyhow and sign up for this mini-course here to see what would happen.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well soon enough i got my e-mail through giving me a brief history of candle making in America. I didn't actually learn how to make candles at all from Lesson 1 but it was still very interesting.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately for some reason or other I never did receive another lesson. I was kind of gutted, but never tried to get it going again, I probably should have. Its good, shame didn't feel like a mini-course though.</span>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-89213981548317813572010-09-20T04:29:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.339-07:00SHARE AND DOCUMENT YOUR LISTENING HISTORY<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<div class="storycontent" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some of the benefits of having a Hype Machine user account are cool new ways to share the music you discover.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Connect your account to Twitter and the machine will auto-tweet your favorite songs, bands and blogs. Connect to Last.fm and you’ll be able to keep track of everything you listen to on your Last.fm profile! Here’s how:</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-size: 20px;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Click on the Twitter tab and fill in your Twitter username and password. Then check the boxes if you want songs, blogs, searches and friends automatically tweeted.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="step3" src="http://blog.hypem.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/step3.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: left; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: When you favorite something on the Hype Machine, it will automatically be posted to your Twitter account!</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-size: 20px;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-size: 20px;">Connect to Last.fm</b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="step1" src="http://blog.hypem.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/step1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="step1" />Step 1: After you are logged in, hover on Dashboard, then click on “settings”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="step4" src="http://blog.hypem.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/step4.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Click on the Last.fm tab and fill in your Last.fm username and password and make sure the scrobbling box is checked.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="step6" src="http://blog.hypem.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/step6.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: Songs will automatically show up on your Last.fm profile page!</div><div><br />
</div></div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-10570827867191729202010-09-20T04:23:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.339-07:00MAKING YOUR OWN CANDLES<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">Information sourced from candlemakersecrets.com. This website is really interesting, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">and does in fact make learning about candle making incredibly easy and simple.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have a real interest in making candles or already do so it is definitely more cost effective to buy in bulk. There are many wholesale candle making stores that will offer their goods to both candle professionals as well as the at home creator.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">You will find many choices before you as you browse through the many aisles of molds, wax, wicks, fragrances and dyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">You can also find many candle making starter kits at wholesale stores. These kits will provide everything you should need to make your own candles; the equipment to melt the wax, wax, wicks, molds, dyes, fragrance sand a starter book. This can be a great gift to someone interested in candle making or if you are having a party for kids then a kit makes sure that everything starts out with the same materials.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">You know you have found a good wholesale supplier when the company not only has a huge assortment of supplies to choose from but can also provide you with all the information you could want about candles and different candle making techniques. Certain waxes are preferred for certain types of candle such as paraffin wax or soy wax for container candles.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">The least expensive way to get candle additives is through candle wholesale suppliers. These additives include textural products, fragrance and dyes to name but a few. Many of the fragrances they provide are also used in other industries such as perfumes and for food products.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are just starting out making candles then the basic supplies that can be obtained from a candle wholesale company include dye or fragrance, mold sealer, candle molds, wax, wicks, melting pot and hot plate if you don’t want to use your stove. You do not need to purchase many different molds or waxes when just starting out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">By buying supplies in wholesale you are able to master using those supplies and then are able to move onto a new type of wax or mold. You also will have plenty of supplies available to make these candles again in the future. When we are just starting out it normally takes a few tries to produce the types of candles we want so having plenty supplies on hand is always a good idea.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">The first step in the process is to cut up the sheets or cubes of beeswax into small pieces. These should then be placed in a melting device such as a double boiler or an old pan. You need to heat the wax slowly and be careful not to let it scorch or burn, a medium heat is required. Once it begins to melt you need to stir it continuously so that the heat is evenly spread out. You need to get the molten wax to a temperature between 170 and 180 degrees Fahrenheit (77 – 82 degrees Celsius).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Once you have achieved the correct temperature you can add any dyes or fragrances that you would like. Do not go overboard. Add a few drops of color until you feel it is the shade that you want. If you have melted half a kilo of beeswax then you can add around 30 ml of liquid scent.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">The next stage is to secure the wicks into the molds. Most shop bought wicks should have a small metal tab on the bottom that you place into the bottom of the mold. Now you can very carefully pour the molten wax into the molds. Be careful not to spill any on to yourself. It may help to use a funnel.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Once the wax begins to set you can position the wick more centrally in the mold. The final step is simply to cut the wick to size.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;">DONE</span></div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-30904758713057448792010-09-19T10:09:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.339-07:00STYLES<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The principal tools for a calligrapher are the pen, which may be flat- or round-nibbed, and the brush. For some decorative purposes, multi-nibbed pens—steel brushes—can be used.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, works have also been made with felt-tip and ballpoint pens, although these works do not employ angled lines. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A dip pen (or nib pen) consists of a metal nib with capillary channels, like that of a fountain pen, mounted on a handle or holder, often made of wood. A dip pen usually has no ink reservoir and must be repeatedly recharged with ink while drawing or writing.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dip pens are now mainly used heavily in calligraphy.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvekxVyh0l-KudgWixDIKaX7n6IyAWrBDN9JwuAuMbhac9fCPq-vRigLb94LV_2xzPiMMrDVolxeHOxVZcKXDUQUiALVhGhK4Zli1U5p3MTKfBSwIXorXoatNQp5epImWGt3KgBPyqOAS3/s1600/340px-Pointed_pen_parts.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvekxVyh0l-KudgWixDIKaX7n6IyAWrBDN9JwuAuMbhac9fCPq-vRigLb94LV_2xzPiMMrDVolxeHOxVZcKXDUQUiALVhGhK4Zli1U5p3MTKfBSwIXorXoatNQp5epImWGt3KgBPyqOAS3/s320/340px-Pointed_pen_parts.svg.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ink brush is the traditional writing implement in East Asian calligraphy. The body of the brush can be made from either bamboo, or more scarce materials such as red sandalwood, glass, ivory, silver, and gold.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Calligraphy brushes are widely considered an extension of the calligrapher's arm. Today, calligraphy may also be done using a pen, but pen calligraphy does not enjoy the same prestige as traditional brush calligraphy.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've really liked these candles from MUJI for quite a while, and in doing so started to build up a little collection. The scent of the candles tend to be really original and strong, the first one I got was Elderflower Champagne and is definitely my favourite. Had it three times now, its good.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tins on there own are pretty great too to be honest, probably why I like these candles so much. Exactly how MUJI descirbes them, just nice and uncomplicated.</span><br />
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</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A tin can, tin (especially in British English), steel can, or a can, is an air-tight container for the distribution or storage of goods, composed of thin metal, and requiring cutting or tearing of the metal as the means of opening. Cans hold diverse contents, but the overwhelming majority preserve food by canning.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Tin" cans are made of tinplate (tin-coated steel) but may also be made of aluminium or other metals.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tin can was patented in 1810 by the English inventor Peter Durand, based on experimental work by the Frenchman Nicolas Appert. He did not produce any food cans himself, but sold his patent to two other Englishmen, Bryan Donkin and John Hall, who set up a commercial canning factory, and by 1813 were producing their first canned goods for the British Army.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early cans were sealed with lead soldering, which has led to lead poisoning. Famously, in the 1845 Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin, crew members suffered from severe lead poisoning after three years of eating canned food.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1901, the American Can Company was founded which, at the time, produced 90% of United States tin cans.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More my type of tin, looks so good. Literally such good design.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's kept very simplistic, and is incredibly classy and yet strong at the same time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">‘The story of writing is one of aesthetic evolution framed within the technical skills, transmission speed(s) and materials limitations of a person, time and place ‘ (Diringer 1968: 441). </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A style of writing is described as a script, hand or alphabet.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Modern calligraphy ranges from functional hand-lettered inscriptions and designs to fine-art pieces where the abstract expression of the handwritten mark may or may not compromise the legibility of the letters. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">‘Classical calligraphy differs from typography and non-classical hand-lettering, though a calligrapher may create all of these; characters are historically disciplined yet fluid and spontaneous, improvised at the moment of writing’ (Pott 2006 and 2005; Zapf 2007 and 2006).</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Calligraphy continues to flourish in the forms of wedding and event invitations, font design/typography, original hand-lettered logo design, religious art, announcements/graphic design/commissioned calligraphic art, cut stone inscriptions and memorial documents. It is also used for props and moving images for film and television, testimonials, birth and death certificates, maps, and other works involving writing.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Calligraphy is the art of writing script in such a way as to express the beauty of what is being written in the formation of the letters themselves.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Calligraphy claims ancient roots in the first recorded forms of expression: the cave paintings of our ancestors some 25,000-30,000 years ago.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Latin brings us to the beginnings of what many people think of as modern calligraphy. It was the language of the all-powerful churches of the Middle Ages when monks were among the only literate members of society. One of their tasks was committing the word of God to paper, by scribing ancient texts into ornamental volumes to be read by holy elite and royalty. The monks infused the script with a flourishing style that would add glory to the letters themselves as if to make the inscriptions worthy of the holy words they were conveying. The style was also economically narrow to save expensive paper. It became known as Gothic and was the original form of European calligraphy as we think of it today.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">By the mid-15th century the printing press was rolling out Bibles in Gothic print preempting the need for monks' calligraphy skills. Beautiful penmanship became vogue among educated society for personal correspondence, formal business and social invitations. As the Renaissance took root and flourished, so did the art of calligraphy and Italians contributed their own script, italic. Then, like the printing press before, engraved copperplates imitated the new italic script and interest in calligraphy once again waned.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">By the 19th century the flat-edged pen we associate with calligraphy had been replaced with round-tipped pens, making it difficult to produce the artistic lines needed for calligraphy. The art of calligraphy all but died until British artist and poet, William Morris (1834-1896), took an interest in the lost art of beautiful penmanship. Towards the end of his life he reintroduced the flat-edge pen, reviving the art of calligraphy to its former glory.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I think calligraphy is so good, there is such detail and skill in crafting. It is handwriting, but decorative handwriting, I think that might be why I like handwriting so much because I think it looks so good already and its not even trying to be decorative.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><!--EndFragment--> </span>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-72161587419519735612010-09-17T06:17:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.341-07:00ZEITGEIST<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zeitgeist meaning ‘The Spirit of the Age’. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hype Machine do a best of the year. Artists, albums and songs, but as The Hype Machine states forget magazine editors, marketing, this music listed has been chosen by the most passionate music fans and bloggers.</span><br />
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</span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">50 ARTISTS</span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The Top 50 Artists of 2009 according to how frequently the blogs listed on The Hype Machine posted their songs.<br />
50 visual artists were invited to create a new piece of work inspired by and including the band name."</span></span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The designs and artworks for the top 50 are really good, they are all differ entirely from one another and try and really capture the artist themselves.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the top 10 chosen for ZEITGEIST</span></div><div align="left"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NE_dAF1aYS-OKkvWCsfRxGAJoVOBIN9zETtqynf9eCu3fxe9adYpQPH9I0oRj_EMUI7BIZEv8hJmq0IoLmcvNEBQR29462tMcBd9i5L-9MWFf2eRwD2bOSBt6RmAYOeIwwctR8h94HNX/s1600/fever+ray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NE_dAF1aYS-OKkvWCsfRxGAJoVOBIN9zETtqynf9eCu3fxe9adYpQPH9I0oRj_EMUI7BIZEv8hJmq0IoLmcvNEBQR29462tMcBd9i5L-9MWFf2eRwD2bOSBt6RmAYOeIwwctR8h94HNX/s320/fever+ray.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. FEVER RAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Evan Meister</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjy_8XItcn5UusNcifVjyJHf_cTd6p5zoo-iN38iLkKePpeFgN59qtLfyJMBhtD1uo7m2HUcorx-2nEj3HJaVdqVODa_Qq0DZVBgolZdK2QAsxfyfzSgo_SvluJMmWWStF7OzC4n_cWpS/s1600/royksopp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjy_8XItcn5UusNcifVjyJHf_cTd6p5zoo-iN38iLkKePpeFgN59qtLfyJMBhtD1uo7m2HUcorx-2nEj3HJaVdqVODa_Qq0DZVBgolZdK2QAsxfyfzSgo_SvluJMmWWStF7OzC4n_cWpS/s320/royksopp.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">09. ROYKSOPP</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Mark Silipo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VQ2nX5_2ziVjH0Gy-_MFio9IUgDGP69p81N0sjt8UgZ_L8EthmNLhCzU8AmUyn2qHu1F_NroDIUqql_Pts3N-fiaossVPASdIR_eAfE4V80MYby2U39uyjqU22lW_BkVsedHYb6IKMcK/s1600/micheal++jackson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VQ2nX5_2ziVjH0Gy-_MFio9IUgDGP69p81N0sjt8UgZ_L8EthmNLhCzU8AmUyn2qHu1F_NroDIUqql_Pts3N-fiaossVPASdIR_eAfE4V80MYby2U39uyjqU22lW_BkVsedHYb6IKMcK/s320/micheal++jackson.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">07. MICHAEL JACKSON</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Yiying Lu</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4j050cL9IsSiQnSKc2BEIHnUddxLsdZIv9MVwp9bJR6k9yP9_BJE8n4BEhQIHDZN5LzZypOvZBQBOW6oX_SGnVbVPl3lcinY9TbrB_GIfjLaoOU-3UVgAMkPhV4V8vjVD9_YCIhBABnB/s1600/the+xx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4j050cL9IsSiQnSKc2BEIHnUddxLsdZIv9MVwp9bJR6k9yP9_BJE8n4BEhQIHDZN5LzZypOvZBQBOW6oX_SGnVbVPl3lcinY9TbrB_GIfjLaoOU-3UVgAMkPhV4V8vjVD9_YCIhBABnB/s320/the+xx.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">06. THE XX</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Meredith Gran </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYHHBMAcYMiN3inEqxcwA_BPeYIX4wsQTSyTrc8beLSYuJ1B-OYgWUD8RenndsbfsvZjhsB5DQkBh0gZNaD90qLzJJ2DqpDoXDTBb-rtAyPxLVPDLI4u0-iSZwkK3Ws9s8eHuDWdwxlCt/s1600/grizzly+bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYHHBMAcYMiN3inEqxcwA_BPeYIX4wsQTSyTrc8beLSYuJ1B-OYgWUD8RenndsbfsvZjhsB5DQkBh0gZNaD90qLzJJ2DqpDoXDTBb-rtAyPxLVPDLI4u0-iSZwkK3Ws9s8eHuDWdwxlCt/s320/grizzly+bear.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">05. GIRZZLY BEAR</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Mike Perry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is not known specifically where and when candle clocks were first used; however, their earliest mention comes from a Chinese poem, written in 520 by You Jianfu. According to the poem, the graduated candle was a means of determining time at night. Similar candles were used in Japan until the early 10th century.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Although candles could not be used to find a specific time they were instrumental in able to indicate passage of predetermined periods of time. For example the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great (c. 849 - 899) used graduated candles also known as candle-clocks. He used this candle to divide up his day into equal periods of study and prayer, royal duties, and rest. There were lines around the side to show the passing of each hour. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Later, 24-hour candles were invented based on the same concept. During the Sung dynasty in China (960–1279) calibrated candles and sticks of incense measured time. The concept of this clock utilized six different threads with weights on the end. These were draped over an incense stick at regular intervals and as the incense burned, the threads simultaneously burned one by one and the weights dropped onto a sounding plate below. Sometimes the sticks of incense had varying so that hours were marked by a change in fragrance.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oil-lamp clocks, these early timekeeping devices consisted of a graduated glass reservoir to hold oil — usually whale oil, which burned cleanly and evenly — supplying the fuel for a built-in lamp. As the level in the reservoir dropped, it provided a rough measure of the passage of time.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxDdn7pR9op1_6eokcdTZhyrBdVG0mNU6kW7gVpqxgMq7VGZKwvCYB3_X-joTqiUsot0ckltIZ5H3cIm7Pa2Qj80Sw6wJbO5Vp0XUCsh_qTRf7nDSafR-_rrKvqDqr-vUAcSz-JPTCIBw/s1600/274px-Oil-lamp_clock00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxDdn7pR9op1_6eokcdTZhyrBdVG0mNU6kW7gVpqxgMq7VGZKwvCYB3_X-joTqiUsot0ckltIZ5H3cIm7Pa2Qj80Sw6wJbO5Vp0XUCsh_qTRf7nDSafR-_rrKvqDqr-vUAcSz-JPTCIBw/s400/274px-Oil-lamp_clock00.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The candle clock was also used as a timer. A heavy nail inserted onto the candle at the indicted mark would fall down onto a hard surface after the wax surrounding the nail melted</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmToHXjIQ1pBtIVtUsOVCctyc2fkNN0Ksy712G7OrAWRU2LVqapMr1Id5XR-_iIxbQf07cOBZHXeJxYSVIjvq3ov6fH0yYBBXZ7AG34DHRyzLx65B1hNsaWZCzEt-Hr6BL0TXDvHjAZLJx/s1600/Kerzenuhr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmToHXjIQ1pBtIVtUsOVCctyc2fkNN0Ksy712G7OrAWRU2LVqapMr1Id5XR-_iIxbQf07cOBZHXeJxYSVIjvq3ov6fH0yYBBXZ7AG34DHRyzLx65B1hNsaWZCzEt-Hr6BL0TXDvHjAZLJx/s320/Kerzenuhr.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In the days leading to Christmas some people burn a candle a set amount to represent each day, as marked on the candle. The type of candle used in this way is called the Advent candle, although this term is also used to refer to a candle that decorates an Advent wreath.</span></span></span></div><!--EndFragment--> </span></span>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-74377007527274477282010-09-16T08:03:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.341-07:00HYPE BURN<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hype Machine wood burn.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought a wood burn of the Hype Machine would work really well, simple it down and see it look really raw done on wood.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also thought it would be more of a challenge to the type of wood burning that i've been doing recently, not just focussing on the type, but having type and image together. It took some practising for the straight lines and was very different from working with a solid block, like type. Happy with it in the end but still have to improve!</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In India, wax from boiling cinnamon was used for temple candles. During the first century AD, indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest fused oil from the eulachon, or "candlefish", for illumination.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Europe, the Middle-East and Africa, where lamp oil made from olives was readily available, candle making remained unknown until the early middle-ages.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a fish called the eulachon or "candlefish", a type of fish which is found from Oregon to Alaska. During the first century AD, indigenous people from this region used oil from this fish for illumination. A simple candle used to be made by putting the dried fish on a forked stick and then lighting it. The first candles to appear in Europe were made by nomadic tribes in the late Roman era, but are thought to have been in use much earlier in the colder climates of Northern Europe, where olive oil was scarce. These early candles were made from tallow, or animal fat.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the fall of the Roman Empire, when the availability of olive oil became increasingly scarce, and therefore expensive, the use of tallow candles spread across Western Europe. Later wax candles made from various plant extracts replaced tallow as the preferred source of illumination.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The unpleasant smell of tallow candles is due to the glycerine they contain. For churches and royal events, candles from beeswax were used, as the smell was usually less unpleasant. The smell of the manufacturing process was so unpleasant that it was banned by ordinance in several cities. The first candle mould comes from 15th century Paris</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The oldest candle manufacturers still in existence are Rathbornes Candles, founded in Dublin in 1488. In 1616 the Candlelight Law decreed that every fifth home should display a light for passers-by. Later in the seventeenth century, Rathbornes Candles was contracted to supply street lighting in Dublin. It still does a range of candles, varying from paraffin wax to pure beeswax.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Candles were also commonplace in many households scattered throughout Europe. In England and France candle making had become a guild graft by the 13 century. These candle makers (chandlers) went from house to house making candles from fats saved from the kitchen or sold their own candles from within their shops.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joseph Sampson was granted a United States patent for a new method of candle making in 1790 (this was the second patent ever granted by the US).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1834, Joseph Morgan began to industrialise the production of candles. He devolved a machine that allowed for continuous production of molded candles by using a cylinder with a moveable piston to eject candles as they solidified. This more efficient mechanized production produced about 1,500 candles per hour, which allowed candles to become an easily affordable commodity for the masses</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not until 1850 did paraffin become commercially viable, when James Young filed a patent to produce it from coal. Paraffin could be used to make inexpensive candles of high quality. Distilling residue left after crude petroleum was refined also processed paraffin. It was a bluish-white wax, which was able to burn cleanly, and leave no unpleasant odor, something the predecessor could not achieve like the tallow candles. Although paraffin had a low melting point the discovery of stearic acid solved this problem. Stearic acid was hard and very durable which helped elevated the melting point of paraffin. It was being produced in mass quantity at the end of the 19th century. By this period, most candles being manufactured consisted of paraffin and stearic acid.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 20th century as candles started to wane as the major light source due to the introduction of the light bulb, they became a more decorative item. Candles were suddenly available in a broad array of sizes, shapes and colors, and consumer interest in scented candles began to escalate. During the 1990s, new types of candle waxes were being developed due to an unusually high demand for candles. In the U.S., agricultural chemists began to develop soybean wax, which was a softer and slower burning wax than paraffin. On the other side of the globe, efforts were underway to develop palm wax for use in candles.</span></span></div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-68542431042468914712010-09-16T06:26:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.342-07:00CANDLES<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The fourth subject I have chosen to start research on is Candles. I mostly prefer scented candles, you can actually get such good ones and if you are going to have a candle I see it pretty much as why not be scented. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However to fully research into candles, scented or not, I think it is important just to know as much about candles in general. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CANDLES</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Candles really are such an interesting lighting system - the fuel itself is the package. A candle is a solid block of fuel (commonly wax) and an embedded wick, which is lit to provide light, and sometimes heat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Today, most candles are made from paraffin. Candles can also be made from beeswax, soy and other plant waxes, and tallow (a by-product of beef-fat rendering). Gel candles are made from a mixture of paraffin and plastic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Someone who makes, or sells candles is known traditionally as a chandler. Various devices have been invented to hold candles, from simple tabletop candle holders, to elaborate chandeliers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">HOW THEY WORK</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The heat of the match used to light the candle melts and vaporizes a small amount of fuel. Once vaporized, the fuel combines with oxygen in the atmosphere to form a flame. This flame provides sufficient heat to keep the candle burning via a self-sustaining chain of events: the heat of the flame melts the top of the mass of solid fuel.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The burning of the fuel takes place in several distinct regions (as evidenced by the various colors that can be seen within the candle's flame). Within the bluer regions, hydrogen is being separated from the fuel and burned to form water vapor. The brighter, yellower part of the flame is the remaining carbon being oxidized to form carbon dioxide.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The wick needs to be naturally absorbent, like a towel, or it needs to have a strong capillary action (as in glass fibre wicks used in oil lamps). If you buy a length of un-waxed wick at a craft store and play with it, you will find that it feels like soft string and absorbs water very well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This absorbency is important in a candle because the wick needs to absorb liquid wax and move it upward while the candle is burning.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As the mass of solid fuel is melted and consumed, the candle grows shorter. Portions of the wick that are not emitting vaporized fuel are consumed in the flame. The incineration of the wick limits the exposed length of the wick, thus maintaining a constant burning temperature and rate of fuel consumption. Some wicks require regular trimming with scissors (or a specialized wick trimmer), to promote slower, steady burning, and also to prevent smoking. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In early times, the wick needed to be trimmed quite frequently, and special candle-scissors, referred to as "snuffers" until the 20th century, were produced for this purpose, often combined with an extinguisher. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Nowadays, however, the wick is constructed so that it curves over as it burns, so that the end of the wick protrudes into the hot zone of the flame and is then consumed by fire—a self-trimming wick.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">FUEL</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The candle can either be made by one of the following</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Paraffin (a byproduct of petroleum refining)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Stearin (now produced almost exclusively from palm waxes)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Beeswax (a byproduct of honey collection)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Gel (a mixture of resin and mineral oil)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Some plant waxes (generally palm, carnauba, bayberry, or soy)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tallow (rarely used since the introduction of affordable and cheap wax alternatives).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The candle is produced in various colors, shapes, sizes and scents. The size of the flame and corresponding rate of burning is controlled largely by the candle wick.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A candle typically produces about 13 lumens of visible light and 40 watts of heat, although this can vary depending primarily on the characteristics of the candle wick. In comparison, a 40-watt incandescent light bulb (the emission of light from a hot body due to its temperature) produces approximately 500 lumens for the same amount of power.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SMOKE</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Smoke can be produced when a candle does not burn the wax fuel completely. A scented candle can be a source of candle smoke deposits. Trimming candle wicks to about 6 millimeters (¼ in) or shorter will keep smoking to a minimum. A flickering flame will produce more smoke, therefore a candle should be burned in an area free from drafts.</span></div></span></div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-7171792992566243032010-09-15T08:09:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.342-07:00POST<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MERCHANDISE</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Love Pack</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whilst browsing through the Hype Machine shop, saw this merch, and thought sounds pretty cool.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It cost $8.00, quite an impulse buy and I had even forgotten I had bought it until it came in the post and when it came I was excited, it looked so good.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such a good envelope, seemed so personal as well, loving it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I actually bought, and what came in the post was pretty cool too.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Love Pack, included two hype machine badges, well they say buttons.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">four hype machine die cut stickers (gramophone and heart bubble)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08YTsLQAWFVYhYK_KaHQrUF2OH1hhMF2YS5GuIWsv-sG_98RF9-tkAWFY3Sjnq1exov7v012cbVhTfjtzR4LKr7GfIrg0ao1Qcqv1WqnkUqmLxLLC68FHTPByk1GXHkZK3MPnN8JZQ_zA/s1600/SAM_0660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08YTsLQAWFVYhYK_KaHQrUF2OH1hhMF2YS5GuIWsv-sG_98RF9-tkAWFY3Sjnq1exov7v012cbVhTfjtzR4LKr7GfIrg0ao1Qcqv1WqnkUqmLxLLC68FHTPByk1GXHkZK3MPnN8JZQ_zA/s320/SAM_0660.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basically I was pretty pleased with it, I really like Hype Machine graphics, so this a cool thing to have i thought, it was nice.</span></div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-24402704237756221962010-09-13T03:52:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.342-07:00GRAPHOLOGY<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Handwriting analysis</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">graphology</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, is the science involved in producing a personality profile of the writer by examining the characteristics, traits and strokes of an individual's handwriting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The amount of detail that can apparently be sourced from an individual doesn’t sound realistic but a trained graphologist can gather an astonishing amount of information about the writer just from analyzing their handwriting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides creating a complete personality profile, there are various other things that could be revealed from a person’s handwriting, such as;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">health issues, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">morality, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">past experiences, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hidden talents, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mental problems etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The analysis of handwriting can be thought out once you actually think how you brain guides your hand, everything put on paper is a result of a two-way circuit between your brain and the motor reflex muscles of your hand. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To some handwriting can almost become a polygraph, a read-out of your "complete self." To you, it's just handwriting, but to a handwriting analyst, it paints a picture of the person "behind the pen."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graphology has been controversial for more than a century. Supporters appreciate the evidence may be seen as anecdotal of hearsay, but thousands of positive acknowledgments of graphology have created good reason to trust in its personality evaluation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is now generally considered a pseudoscience. Therefore a belief, or practice that is claimed to be scientific, or that is made to appear to be scientific, but which does not adhere to an appropriate scientific methodology, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, or otherwise lacks scientific status.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to Gary Thomas---<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“When analyzing writing style, first look at the handwriting in general, much like you would a painting. Make mental notes of the most outstanding traits and try to get a general feeling of the writer. (After 20 years of experience I can usually put the writer in a category right away.) Then, determine the emotional energy of the writer. This is the most important factor of the personality of the writer. The emotional energy has a direct impact on every other trait displayed in the handwriting. Emotional energy is determined by how much pressure the writer uses when he writes. If you examine the writing you can determine how much pressure was used by how "dark" the writing is. Also, if you turn the page over and feel the underside you can feel how much pressure was used (especially if the sample was written on a soft surface).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emotional energy is a combination of the physical and mental energy level. Writers with heavy pressure are usually highly successful. They have a lot of vitality and their emotional experiences last for a long time. Writers who write with average pressure are usually moderately successful and usually have enough energy to make it through the day. Those with light pressure try to avoid energy draining situations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The slant is the second indicator to look for. The slant indicates the writers emotional response to external forces. A right slant (////) signals one who responds strongly to emotional situations. They are caring, warm and outgoing-- their heart rules their mind. A vertical slant (llll) writer tries to keep their emotions in check-- mind rules their heart. A left slant writer (\\\\) will conceal their emotions and is observed as cold and indifferent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Putting it Together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hype Machine is an MP3 blog aggregator created by Anthony Volodkin, it simply searches through music blogs from all over, gathering and bringing together an extensive database. This is all found on the one website and therefore giving you the ability to listen to a huge range of songs without any grief.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hype Machine was created in 2005 by Anthony Volodkin, a sophomore computer science major at Hunter College. The site was borne out of Volodkin's frustration with music magazines and radio stations. He said, "I discovered MP3 blogs like Stereogum and Music for Robots. I couldn't believe there were people spending their time writing about music, putting up tracks so you could hear them. And I thought, there has to be a way to bring this all together."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2005, Volodkin sent his site address to pioneers in the online music domain, including Lucas Gonze of Webjay, in order to gain feedback. Instead of sending a response, Gonze and others posted the link online. Volodkin observed, "[Hype Machine] got launched without ever being launched.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hype Machine offers a few ways to find new music through the site, creating what I feel as a really good atmosphere of a website. There is ease of use and clear design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Latest: What's going on right now in the blogosphere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This tends to be the freshest music, as soon as the music is posted in a blog and The Hype Machine have it set up to collect all information from them in pops up in this section for all to play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Popular: The most popular artists, searches and blogs on the internet right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As this website has an broad community spirit and works on users having an ability to love songs, this information collects the most popular songs at the time. Most loved songs from the charts within the past three days, or the previous week depending on your choice, keeping music as fresh as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Twitter: Interactive music chart of songs being posted on Twitter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Popular songs based on users using Twitter. The Hype Machine monitors Twitter as people post ‘tweets’ linking directly to tracks found on The Hype Machine. This then corresponds to how popular the person is on Twitter, such as how many followers and friends they have (the most influential twitter users) and then a rating is given to the post itself therefore placing it appropriately on the Twitter Popular Chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Radio: An eclectic non-stop radio stream of blogged tracks from the past week</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is actually a monthly showcase of the hottest music and bloggers from around the world, so says The Hype Machine. This is linked directly to Popular on the site and works really nicely as feature. It can be downloaded, or listened to straight from the site. The page gives information of both featured tracks and featured blogs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Spy: Snoop on what other people are listening to on our site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of the sites nature to show what people love, this feature is really interesting, the second someone ‘Loves’ a track it appears on this constant flow of what other people are listening to. With the chart updated as often as each second you can hover over a track to not lose it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Zeitgeist: The best 50 artists, albums and songs of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zeitgeist, ‘The Spirit of the Age’. Exactly what is meant by Zeitgeist as The Hype Machine simply do a best of the year. Artists, albums and songs, but as The Hype Machine states forget magazine editors, marketing, this music listed has been chosen by the most passionate music fans and bloggers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">• Dashboard: A customisable view of your favourite tracks, artists, blogs and users.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dashboard is where The Hype Machine becomes your own, this by creating your own log in. This records all your Loved Songs, as well Watchlist Songs, for your favourite blogs, people or searches, it also remembers your Listening History. I love going on The Hype Machine and just listening to my Loved songs, Love it.</span>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-35199809205267885792010-09-06T03:31:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:13:06.343-07:00GOOD WOOD BURN<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GRAYHOOD is the work of Dan Gneiding. He is a senior graphic designer at urban outfitters, a sometimes adjunct professor at philadelphia university and is available for freelance work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found the this work on his website grayhood and I was fascinated with the detail and basically just the style of it. Such a decorative and gothic approach to this old styled letter E.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the age of around two to three children have what is called emergent writing where children are taught to explore just with pen to paper. Whether straight lines, and then curved lines, it is the stepping stone to help children to learn to write. The classroom is set up so writing can be a vital part of any classroom activity, whether it is an art area, numeracy area, or role play area, this is to try and instigate the child to write without being forced.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">At some UK schools the preferred handwriting style has a straight letter k. This font has an f with a tail.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">This school font has a straight letter f (with no tail) and a straight letter k.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">This school font has a straight letter f (with no tail) and a straight letter k. The q has a curved tail.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><u>CURSIVE</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh614dmTBLymKYXmwOc_Hg_-ZLS5D-v1lJm7Dgw6-o-CsPBTIf7ikInhmfW5Ju5y__bULbEHhdww4BdGTgKyekWmpBCMcm5eJ4T0CZVcz9rGW0wSE1K_VQgNFpMHt35ItOikHsIBt_-vPyC/s1600/C1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh614dmTBLymKYXmwOc_Hg_-ZLS5D-v1lJm7Dgw6-o-CsPBTIf7ikInhmfW5Ju5y__bULbEHhdww4BdGTgKyekWmpBCMcm5eJ4T0CZVcz9rGW0wSE1K_VQgNFpMHt35ItOikHsIBt_-vPyC/s320/C1.png" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><u><br />
</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The cursive handwriting style is gaining popularity in UK schools. Each letter is taught with a lead-in (entry) stroke with every letter starting from the line. This makes joining much easier to learn whenever the child is ready.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhWk1nx0gbvHb12zWVo0lL3O1pQuzDKyhufFubOHVAZw_3ykWorRtK_qGqyHfLtPE9vbc-WnKIRn6IKzICLh9ox-6u25PgZ7SvfCAdbCt17NELmrUlM3yaKyyFxdWhA2MQ1rnd5Wsr-hU/s1600/C2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhWk1nx0gbvHb12zWVo0lL3O1pQuzDKyhufFubOHVAZw_3ykWorRtK_qGqyHfLtPE9vbc-WnKIRn6IKzICLh9ox-6u25PgZ7SvfCAdbCt17NELmrUlM3yaKyyFxdWhA2MQ1rnd5Wsr-hU/s320/C2.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This cursive school font version has a 'curly' <b>x</b> and a letter <b>z</b> with a tail loop for joining. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My first attempt at wood burning, following a design put on the wood instantly made it easier and I was happy with it, only since going on and doing more obviously I got better and have started to realise the little things. Looking closely at the wood burn, you can see the marks being made are quite scratchy and rough, more work needs to be put in to correct this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is kind of hard to see on this bottom picture but with this wood burn I really tried to make it all quite straight, well the burns to be straight as possible. Just like any colouring in, but I felt it really made a difference to the quality of the whole wood burn. By working at it slower and being more patient with it, it has made the burn a lot darker, but I definitely think I am a fan of this, making the contrast even greater.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-12632271666886535892010-08-30T06:20:00.000-07:002010-11-12T07:10:17.805-08:00HISTORY OF WESTERN HANDWRITING<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Romans in Southern Italy eventually adopted the Greek alphabet as modified by the Etruscans, Ancient Italians, to develop Latin writing. Like the Greeks, the Romans employed stone, metal, clay, and papyrus as writing surfaces. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Handwriting styles which were used to produce manuscripts included square capitals, rustic capitals, uncials, and half-uncials.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Rustic capitals (in Latin capitalis rustica) is an ancient Roman calligraphic script. As the term is negatively connotated supposing an opposition to the more 'civilized' form of the Roman square capitals. Rustic capitals are similar to Roman square capitals, but are less rigid, influenced more by pen and ink writing on papyrus or parchment than the writing used for inscriptions. The letters are thinner and more compressed, use many more curved lines than do square capitals, and have descenders extending below the baseline.<o:p></o:p></span></div></span><br />
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</span></span></div>Niall Hargravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586937935381318141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161091564650779043.post-71425019143704487332010-08-25T13:04:00.000-07:002010-08-30T05:19:20.566-07:00HANDWRITING<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Handwriting or Penmanship is the art of writing with the hand and a writing instrument. Styles of handwriting are also called hands or scripts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The earliest example of writing is the Sumerian pictographic system found on clay tablets, which eventually developed around 3200 BC into a modified version called cuneiform. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cuneiform is from the Latin meaning “wedge shaped” and was impressed on wet clay with a sharpened reed. This form of writing eventually evolved into ideographic system (where a sign represents an idea) and then to a syllabic system, (where a sign represents a syllable). </span><br />
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