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Kimball House Square Truth

December 2nd, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, news, website, video, household, WTFOMG

Please visit and link to my new site kimballhousesquaretruth.com
I’ve been trying to move into a condo here for the past 10+ weeks. I’ve been extremely
dissatisfied with the way that I’ve been treated during this experience, and I wanted others to learn from it, so I created this site.

I’ve signed a contract early to get into a good loan after being told that I’d have a place to live in a month. It’s been 6 weeks past “a month” and the place that I’m paying a mortgage on still isn’t complete. The final “move in” date was supposed to be Friday Nov 30th after the condo had received it’s final CO (Certificate of Occupancy), but the place has in inoperable toilet, a leaking sink, and the faucet is installed incorrectly.

Kimball House’s delayed progression has:
+ cost me the monthly mortgage for a place I can’t live — $2600 so far
+ cost me money in rent while I wait for the place to be completed — $800 so far
+ cost me sales and revenue from 7dv — approx $300+
(no place to store inventory = no inventory = no sales)
+ cost me money for storing my furniture, items, etc. in New Hampshire — $470
+ so that’s $4500 plus the emotional stress to me and my girlfriend.

If you’re planning on purchasing a condo at Kimball House Square you might want to be ready for:
+ poor communication from the builder and the agents
+ unwillingness to put completion dates into writing
+ incorrectly measured square footage that results in incorrect prices in their favor
+ poorly or incorrectly installed fixtures
+ miscommunication from your contractors
+ a “finished” living space that’s unfit for living

Please comment or write me if you’d like more information on my experience with Kimball House Square. cavancanavan@kimballhousesquaretruth.com

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Crayon Physics Delux

November 18th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, auto, travel, schools, household, friends of 7dv, WTFOMG

Simply Amazing

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WTFOMG

October 15th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, video, WTFOMG

Wind Suits… nuf said. These guys are my new heroes. If I ever grow a pair and go to Switzerland, this is what I’m doing. Here’s more info at Wiki.

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Hipster Olympics…

September 9th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, fashion, entertainment, video, hipster

I was in Atlanta this weekend…
It was great to see friends (thanks for boarding me Okan), but I saw enough tight pant wearing, Vice Magazine reading, obscure band loving(hating?), square rim glasses rocking, American Apparel V-neck showcasing, iPhone texting, anything I like hating hipster douchebags to make me want to throw away all my t-shirts, sneakers, and watches, and just buy a collared polo, khaki pants, and Hillary Duff CD and be fucking done with it. As one friend put it , “hipsters are just geeks from high school that got made fun of and somehow became asshole elitists”. What the hell happened? Plus, I was fine with the whole “strung out girl” look when it was localized to actual strung out girls, but now every freshman in college is trying to look like one of these back alley, indifferent coke heads….I liked it better when girls were pretty…

Hipster Olympics

Annoying Hipster Douchebags…”let’s have a comb-over contest…hilarious…
Thanks to Tuee for the links.

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Image Resizing…

August 22nd, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, design, design tools, video, graphic

First post in a long time. I’ve been in the middle of relocating, and I’m still trying to figure out a few things, but I saw this and needed to post it. Insane image control of scaling, resizing, and erasure. I hope that Adobe has jumped on this; it would make the stamp tool almost obsolete. The idea that there are seams of visualization in the world gives me a weird feeling that they just erase a person by adding that person to the “unnecessary seams” list. Crazy.

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Prometheus…

June 15th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, news, google, video, bluesky

Amazing video on the future of the digital world. A moving interpretation of how things might be…and a unique way of pronouncing Tyrannosaurus.

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Edge Brownie Pan

June 13th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, edible, household

The Edge Pan gives all the people out there who like edge pieces the best part of the brownie every time. I’m a center piece fan myself, but if you like the edges, then this thing is for you.

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DesignerSlashModel

June 13th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, design, video

z-space…

thanks to Justin for the link.

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Brabus Ad

June 13th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, advertising

Brilliant Ad using a drawbridge and a Smart Brabus.

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Wildcharger: Wireless Charge Station

June 13th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, gadget, gear, science

The new Wildcharge charging station allows you to charge your gadgets wirelessly using a process called induction–we’d explain it here, but it would make your head asplode. Just set your gadgets on the station, and they charge automatically. The system will be available July 9th with Apple and Motorola probably not too far behind.

(EDIT) The Wildcharge station doesn’t us induction as it’s powering technology. The concept is pretty much like a toy train or the slot-car racers where there needs to be direct contact. So lame… Doesn’t make my head asplode at all…

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Digital Gramophone

June 13th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, gadget, kitsch, audio

Cute mix of digital meets analog with this recreated CD player.

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DiTullo Skectches

June 12th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, kicks, design tools

Portfolio of Mike DiTullo from Nike with some great work and tutorials on footwear design and rendering.

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Kozai Designs

June 12th, 2007

Posted by sevendv in All, gear, furniture, studio, household

Vancouver based design studio Kozai Designs has some amazing pieces that show their strong Japanese influence. The lamp above is made from hundreds of tiny bent bamboo strips that create ominous and moody shadows when lit.