Gettin Hitched

Vanessa and I tied the knot on June 8th, 2013, on Governor's Island during the annual NYC Figment Project.  We used the Pirate Fiesta as a wedding chariot,

which carried Vanessa to my arms.

Then Bex and the Sense of Motion company performed a hula hoop performance called Love.  I was so moved that I pretty much checked into the magical dream realm.

From here we moved in a procession to Benjamin Jones's tree house.

Where the Dr. Reverend David Adamovich, aka Throwdini, delivered the rings on Houdini's knife.

Then we kissed,

and lives happily ever after.

Vanessa Highlights Eden Thrillz Hair

Eden Thrillz gets a Highlight

Hey Whole Foods, What's with the salt?

I like whole foods very much but we on occasion I've noticed that the food is overly salted.  We just bought the 365 32 ounce Medium Salsa and I read the list of ingredients.  Salt is higher up on the list than cilantro.  This is accurate, I'm not making this up.  There is more salt in the jar than garlic or cilantro.  Two tablespoons of salsa give a whopping 9% of the daily dietary intake.  I just checked the 365 crushed tomatoes, the 28 ounce can.  Guess what.  It has more salt than basil, while by no means as much as the salsa, is still very high in salt.  I'm returning the salsa.

Bike Rim Prayer and Pin Wheels

Burning Man Temple 2012
http://templecrew.org/juno.html

Pin Wheels
http://youtu.be/gJq_qDRJWdQ

Same artist, different Pin Wheels
http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/giant-pinwheels-talking-trees-and-not-so-temporary-tattoos-swerve-festival-photos_b3914

Bike Rim Wind Mill
http://youtu.be/ITXqFe_aG1I

Prayer Wheels - you've got to see this, turn up the volume
http://youtu.be/fSiwDEYIEZ0

Ideas?

Carol Does Hair

I love working with Carol Jensen over at 3 Salon. She's really built a beautiful business that makes all of her clients happy. One of her specialties is corrective color. She's located in the East Village.

Vanessence

It's been so much fun working with Vanessa Afshari and helping her get her new concept rolling, Vanessence.com. She calls it Vanessence - The Essence of Hair Styling.

Here are some links to some of the great photos at Vanessence.com

http://Vanessence.com

Operation Spy de Orange

Today we learned the actual name the NYPD uses when deploying their orange webbing. It is 'Operation Spy de Orange'. We still have yet to learn the name of the orange netting, only those code words for deploying it.

I brought down a 15' long by 4' high section of orange construction webbing to Liberty Park (Zucotti Park). We wrapped ourselves in it, walked like a group of animated Monty Python characters, and made an instant protest.  After a trip on the sidewalk spinning in circles heading west at the north side of the park, with 5 of us inside the netting, the NYPD spy tower deployed and some of the younger ones in our group took pride in taunting it and the NYPD foot patrol.  We did a photo shoot with the Spy Tower as a back drop and then headed back east.  When we hit Broadway we turned south and someone comes up with the idea to chant, "Pepper Spray, Pepper Spray, Pepper Spray…", as if we wanted to be sprayed.  I could see some of the white shirt captains in the back of a gaggle of them giggle.  They thought it was funny, we thought it was funny and there were hundreds of pics taken, so hopefully some will hit the mark.  We used a 15ft section today which I left there for a prop with Alex from Media, who is a good contact and fearless.  Tomorrow I'm bringing 2 - 30' sections and will leave them as well.  If you have ideas for props or skits or a way to get the media out, ask for Alex.  And don't forget to bring your props and deploy them.

Nurse Betty Amublance

Top Secret? Not if I'm putting it up on the blog. So I think we need to start working on the Nurse Betty ambulance. What day does that take place, Wednesday? It should be modular and fit onto the Heli Cart base 2.0 in about 10 to 30 minutes.



These are both very similar but this is the idea that's caught in my head.



Getting the curves on this Packard Ambulance might be a little harder.

Heli Pics

The Wilking Heli Shuttle was fun for dancing on.


It was about 8.5'high and about 12' long.


and it was great for taking photos.

Four Wheeled Modular Bike Part Helicopter Cart Upcycle Welded with the Trenton Atelier, Partially Dismantled with Baltick & Winckel and Other Assorterd "Hangers-On," Dude

The main problem we are having right now is finding a way to make head tubes to hold the bearing assembly in place. For the first generation we cut off the bike from the tube and grinded down the rough parts. That's a lot of waste and time for de-engineering to get a needed part. Basically to make a head tube we need to expand the ends of a 1" tube to hold the bearings.


Here is a pic of the base in the process of being made, first generation.

The cart needs to be modular and be able to fit into the trunk of a car. It currently has that capability.

There exists a horizontal slide-in system for the wheels and housings and there is too much torque at those points.

I think we want to use a vertical slide in system, see my diagrams, and put a little more depth on the frame at the points where they are attached so the torsional stress is removed.

It would be nice if the frame hinged in the center from the underside and could be folded in half. It currently is made of 2 halves and then bolted together in the center and along the sides with supports.

Engineering for the steerable fork housings.

It has been suggested that rather than use the double plates on the fork to use a rectangle piece of steel over the top of the fork tube. Hmm. . .

This is the engineering I see for the fixed forks.

This was the Wilking Heli Shuttle on its maiden voyage at the Winkel and Balktick New Year's Eve Party in New York.

And here is the groovy aftermath from the party.
















More pics of the party can be seen here:
http://newyork.metromix.com/events/essay_photo_gallery/winkel-and-balktick-present/2384472/content