The Geography of Happiness

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It didn't help that I had to wait thru half the day for the sun to come out. Since I planned on putting roll roofing over the new shed, I wanted some sunshine to warm the asphalt a little. A few flakes of snow fell thru the entire morning and were still falling as the sun broke thru at 1pm. Afternoon high: 37F.

It didn't help that I didn't have enuf roll roofing for the shed. The leftovers from roofing the greenhouse 10 years ago and the house 3 years ago weren't going to cover it! By the time I'd gotten the tar paper on and tacked down the flashing, it was too late in the day to get to a building supply for the roofing!

Then there are family problems and that includes health problems, even some of mine.

Where to go?

I could use this as a guide: The Geography of Happiness According to 10 Million Tweets, (click). I respect their efforts and am only modestly skeptical. For example, Utah has some real high mental health hospital admission rates, that sort of thing.

Well, where might I go without leaving the south window over the next few days when it is supposed to be snow and rain on every single day for the remainder of the week? (with no real roof on the shed :/). I decided to make a list of my where-to-go places for a quick vacation, just whenever . . .

cabin porn ~ the biggest & best!
the design vote ~ where I've been showing up the longest!
shedworking ~ I get a kick outta it!
self architecture ~ she has such an eye!
trendir ~ wow!
the modern cabin ~ more!

digitS' :)
 

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Digit, is there a way for to set things so that when I click a link it'll open a new tab instead of taking me away from this page?
 

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I don't remember now, Smiles.

One new way I have found to search is to do a google image search using a url. First of all, an image search often shows where people are a little more serious than just mentioning something in text. I often look for seeds that way and will find catalog sources.

Another thing to do is if you find an online image is to go to the google image search page and click on the little camera. Google will ask you to either upload an image or paste a url address in the box. Google will then show you where it has seen that image elsewhere on the internet.

You can then allow your cursor to hover over an image and see what the url address is for that one. You will find webpages with content that has something you are interested in - probably. I did that recently with an image of a "potato clamp." I found 1 on a commercial site. It didn't really look like they were serious about winter spud storage :rolleyes: but I used their image to search for somebody who was . . .

BTW - it is sometimes almost hilarious to see what google thinks is a "similar" image :p.

Steve
 

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digitS' said:
BTW - it is sometimes almost hilarious to see what google thinks is a "similar" image :p.

Steve
LOL - ya-think?

Last summer I heard someone on the radio talking about the painted lady butterfly (or moth...?) anyway I googled to see what it looked like.... :ep I could'a got fired for that!!!
 

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Here is another one:

its about interior :)

And yet, they are the ones that he/she has tagged "architecture" so, it kind of isn't about the interior.

Something Marshall said about pots on Smiles' thread: "The most important part of a pot is the hole on the bottom." It is like how one might just say, "Ah, it's just enclosed space." ;) Well, that person collects images of buildings that might have been impossible for me to even imagine. I don't believe in any "sacredness" to buildings. They may be "art" in the hands of very creative people but they enclose space and that is their usefulness even if I am overwhelmed by their impossibilities :p.

Steve
who had 2 college roommates at different times, architecture students, the both of them.
 

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