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Extreme downsizing: up for grabs: my plant

19-May 2009

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This is a really nice little plant. Just give it about 2 cups of water every other day and it’s happy. I’ll probably give it to my mom, but you want it, let me know and you can pick it up today.

Update: This plant is now happily living at The Sellery

extreme downsizing : it’s a new breadmaker

11-May 2009

Here’s an unused bread maker that’s been hanging out in my closet. It’s free for the taking, so let me know if you want it.
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update: The Veev has already taken this

extreme downsizing: raving and caving

10-May 2009

Here are my unused glowsticks and accessories, and some old pads I used to use for caving. All are still fully functional, clean, and in pretty good condition.
The glowsticks are super-bright and last for about 15 minutes. Great for putting on a good lightshow. I never honed my glowsticking skills to the point where I thought that I deserved to light them up.
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Extreme downsizing: couch and bed

9-May 2009

Here are the big ones: my couch and bed are up on craigslist, ready to be haggled over.

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Update: these have both been sold to patrons of Craisglist.

extreme downsizing : cool shoes are up for grabs

8-May 2009

Let me know if you want these for free…. ’cause I don’t need them anymore. All will fit size 12US + / 0.5.
The trippy ones on the left have been know to garner comments such as “wow,” and “you win” from close friends.
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moving and extreme downsizing

7-May 2009

My lease is up on 8-June. By this time, I plan to have whittled down my immediate possessions to only include what is on the list at the bottom of this post.

In preparation for the move-out date, I will be getting rid of one significant thing per day. Today, I cleaned out my kitchen shelves and will be getting rid of most of my cookware and serving dishes. Make me an offer because they are going to Goodwill by the end of Friday.

So, blog, I am making a commitment to you right now that each day, I will make a post about at least one of my significant possessions (over $50 in value) that I am going to get rid of by the end of the day. If I don’t get any offers, I’m going to take it to Goodwill, or to consign on eBay through The Sellery, depending on how much I think it’s worth.

To keep score, this is what I plan to keep after I get rid of everything else:

  • bicycle
  • bike lock
  • laptop
  • laptop power supply
  • 7 changes of clothes
  • 2 pairs of footwear (leather shoes and sandals)
  • toothbrush
  • inflatable bed
  • sheets
  • plastic water bottle
  • phone and charging cable
  • digital camera and charger

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using HTML + CSS for print-based layout

3-May 2009

I was charged with making an advertisement for my eBay consignment shop for the 2009 O.Henry Pun-off. Half as an experiment, and half out of necessity, I decided to see what I could come up using HTML + CSS to make halfway decent-looking advertisement for print.

The result uses SVG, so the only browser that renders it properly right now is Safari, but since it was being printed, all that mattered was that I could get a PDF from it at the end of the day.

The only real problem was Safari’s lack of honesty when interpreting units in millimeters for printing to PDF; 1mm in Safari v.3.2.1 actually means 1.125mm when printed.

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