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• Green Electronics the Battle is On

  Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

  The battle to turn the masses green promises to be a long one, but thanks to sites like 2greenthumbsup.com the messages are crossing the lines of communication. We’re talking about the environmentally friendly shade of green, not the St. Patrick’s Day green.
  2greenthumbsup has started posting Simple Green Ideas to spread the good green word […]

• A Deep Inquiry Into… Kitchens

  Sunday, February 24th, 2008

  If you like neat stuff for your kitchen and great kitchen designs, you’ll love Ymholiad.com. I know, you’re asking, “what does ymholiad mean?”
  Well, according to their site, ymholiad is a Welsh term meaning “enquiry, hunting, questioning or systematic investigation in order to establish current facts or acquire new knowledge… …about kitchens” […]

• Staging - A Beautiful Thing

  Friday, February 22nd, 2008

  This is the most recent addition of to a real estate agent’s tool box used to sell properties. It is an important aspect to showing the beauty of your home as potential buyers come through to see if “your property” meets the search criteria of their “dream home.”
  Not Neccessarily An Expensive Project
  This does not need […]

• Golden Ratio - Mask of the Perfect Face

  Friday, October 19th, 2007

  This video focuses on the elements of the facial mask that is derived form the golden ratio. This mask marks the distinctions of faces that are most attractive to humans. After placing the mask on various celebrities that are considered beautiful, or attractive, one can clearly see that there is a remarkable correlation […]

• Log Cabin Chinking - Purity and the Art of the Line

  Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

  The task of applying daubing or chinking between the logs on a log home does not, on the surface, bring to mind any sacred mathematics, geometry, or golden mean however the author approaches the subject with the passion of an artist.
  In the articles he speaks of form and function and the importance of presentation of […]

• An Explanation of The Golden Ratio - Video

  Friday, October 12th, 2007

  In the 13th century, a mathematician named Leonardo Fibonacci discovered an important number sequence. It’s a very simple sequence of numbers, starting with the number one, twice, each succeeding number in the sequence is the sum of the two preceding numbers, so the sequence goes: 1, 1, 2, 3 , 5 ,8 and so […]

• What is phi Φ, or the “Golden Ratio”?

  Friday, October 5th, 2007

  Also known as “the Divine Proportion”, the Golden Ratio or, phi ( Φ ) has been the mystery, cause, hope and fixation of many of the world’s foremost mathematicians, artists, architects, musicians, scientists, theologians, philosophers and mystics.
  Here is briefly the basic mathematical understanding of “phi”, or the Golden Ratio:
  AB/CB = CB/AC = 1.618…
  “The golden section […]