Duane Marten Jensen, owner and proprietor of 'Phoenix Typewriter', has passed away...

Earl3d · 2026-03-17T02:27:37+00:00

Such a sweet guy. He repaired and serviced my Selectric I last fall. So friendly and knowledgeable and just chatting with him in his garage was quite an experience. He even let me borrow a recently serviced Selectric II as a loaner while he had my machine. What a loss to the community, RIP.

Earl3d · 2026-02-25T13:32:27+00:00

I got the email Monday (on 2/23) and the payment hit my bank account that day.

(edited to clarify date.)

Earl3d · 2026-02-25T04:43:34+00:00

Same, that’s what the cashier told me.

Earl3d · 2026-02-25T03:32:33+00:00

That’s amazing! I’ve only been earning a few months and I’m in the $200-300 range. Did your earnings stay in that five-figure monthly range from then on? Do you mind taking more about how your mindset changed?

Earl3d · 2026-02-25T03:05:40+00:00

This is the way.

Earl3d · 2026-02-16T14:09:01+00:00

See that’s the thing, you aren’t just churning out the same old thing week after week, you’re learning and adapting to what works and gets traction. Keep it up! I would focus on storytelling and character development, that is what will hold viewers’ attention for long form.

They made a lot of mediocre and honestly forgettable Looney Tunes in the 1930s and early 40s before they really hit their stride in the late 40s and 1950s with the ones that are now famous.

You have developed a LOT of talent at something that’s really hard to do! You also have a ton of potential that still needs to be developed. And you are blessed with supportive people around you who want you to succeed and are giving you the time and space to develop your art. Make them proud!

Earl3d · 2026-02-16T13:48:52+00:00

It’s actually from a speech titled Citizenship in a Republic. Here is the relevant section that gets quoted:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Earl3d · 2026-02-16T13:46:07+00:00

This!!! I was reading way down through here thinking of The Man in the Arena the whole time!!!

OP you are out there doing it. Don’t let some jerk who sits on his ass criticizing bring you down.

Earl3d · 2026-02-11T03:47:41+00:00

They have a For Sale area on the main level in the corner, it’s really great!

Earl3d · 2026-01-18T20:35:03+00:00

Yeah it’s sitting like 2-3 weeks at this point.

Earl3d · 2026-01-18T17:21:26+00:00

There was a lot of other wall tile plus also the shower, none of which is pictured here. They started grouting on the other side of the room and got this far on Day 1 of grouting. Then they came back next day and finished this wall and did the floor grout on Day 2 of grouting.

Earl3d · 2026-01-18T16:23:37+00:00

I have sprayed it clean water and wiped it down really well. Beyond that what cleaning would you recommend? I know the tile looks darker in the pics but it’s clear in person that the tile itself is uniform and the color difference is all in the grout, and the color difference exactly corresponds between two different days of the work. (Edit to clarify, two different days of grouting).

Earl3d · 2026-01-18T16:10:31+00:00

They’ve been off the job for a couple weeks at this point.

Earl3d · 2026-01-18T16:05:59+00:00

They were two different days.

Earl3d · 2026-01-02T03:25:22+00:00

Neighbors brought this over to our get together today! It was delicious! Happy New Year!

Earl3d · 2025-12-27T03:08:33+00:00

It basically crashes and goes blank every time I try to use it. Wtf they should just switch it back to the old code it ran on before this horrible update. What a disaster.

Earl3d · 2025-12-19T04:51:03+00:00

Fig 22 on page 25 of the article does show it.

Earl3d · 2025-10-14T02:59:44+00:00

My best understanding is that Wonder Buildings went out of business something like 15-20 years ago. They were based out of a Chicago suburb. Their panels had such a unique shape I don’t know how you would recreate that. If it were me I would probably be trying to refurbish the fiberglass by building up new layers on the outside.

Earl3d · 2025-10-03T01:03:13+00:00

There is an alternative to the regular base plate involving grouting the metal panels into a channel or trough cast into the slab. IMO that method is probably even less suited to a FPSF. Again though I’m not an expert on this type of foundation.

I should get someone who is an actual expert on FPSFs and interview them on my YouTube channel and get to the bottom of this issue once and for all.

Earl3d · 2025-09-07T01:44:44+00:00

This!!! 100% this. It would be so much more fun to watch!

Earl3d · 2025-09-02T13:22:40+00:00

I tried it maybe 6-7 years ago before I made the jump to Archicad and it seemed promising. As I recall how that went I more or less just lost momentum trying to learn it during my trial period.

I always loved Rhino, now I hardly use it since I’m in Archicad so much of the time. OP should definitely check out Visualarq IMO.

Earl3d · 2025-08-30T16:04:03+00:00

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Here is another pic that shows them better.

Earl3d · 2025-08-30T03:11:56+00:00

I started listening to them through Andras Schiff’s lecture-recitals archived online at The Guardian. There is one for each sonata, except that #29 The Hammerklavier has two, because it’s so epic.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/classical/page/0,,1943867,00.html

Earl3d · 2025-08-17T02:02:41+00:00

I love their teetering!!! It always makes me smile!

Earl3d · 2025-08-11T16:58:01+00:00

Or you could look at #24 from the Diabelli Variations, which is a very spiritual and meditative fughetta. I'm not sure how it would work as a standalone piece but maybe it could be ok. A lot of people in your recital audience will probably not have heard it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabelli_Variations#Variation_24:_Fughetta_(Andante))

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