In this age of the ‘experience economy,’ I don’t think I have ever seen a crate that matched the art inside of it. So, I spent some time with those stencils (previous post) today, and hit both sides of the crate. On the upper left is “This side up, Liquid!” on the right; Fragile! (say it like an Italiano.. it’s way more fun), and on the bottom right, my favorite; S.C.B.H.G.S. property of D I O S P E X. I may add one more to indicate that there are live plants aboard as well:

Now that I’ve got the aesthetics down, tomorrow and Wednesday I’ll spend some time working on the inside in order to support the S.C.B.H.G.S. (Self-Contained Bionic Hydroponic Growing System). I have to write a manual outlining any contingency plans for bionic-hydroponic worst-case scenarios as well.

More exciting, earlier today before I even touched those stencils I spent some time perusing the thrift stores of Coeur d’Alene. Again, I was looking for the oldest functional VCR that I could find. The one that I had installed in the Off The Bench show currently up at the SAP, quit working after about a week of use… or maybe it was the tape.. I should check.

Anyway.. a few weeks back I stumbled into a little place called ‘Miracle On Thrifty 4th Street.’ They had a 1958 Zenith Space Command 300 TV with a sticker that said $25.00, works, and ‘make offer.’ Well, the insanely heavy, tube-driven TV was still sitting on the floor in the back hallway today. I offered them $10 and loaded it up in my trunk. According the wikipedia article on remote controls, the Space Commander remote was developed in 1956 by Robert Adler. It was the first wireless remote control. You push the button, and it strikes a bar inside the remote that creates a high frequency pitch (… yes… it’s mechanical!@). There is a receiving microphone on that TV that hears the specific pitches.. (there are only two buttons..), and in turn, makes the TV do crazy tricks:

Lastly, that sure-to-grow that I planted the grass seed in seems to be doing the trick: