I guess it is human nature to ask yourself if you might have chosen a different career path? Educators, like many others, sometimes have second thoughts about their teaching profession during our long, cold winter. My solution for such mid-winter “blues” is to compare the tasks that others must do in order to better appreciate my own job. I attempted to capture this strategy in my “Design” assignments that are the focus for Week 5 in my DS106 course. The one I selected to begin with was named “Warning” and was described as:
Lots of things today have warning labels. Create warning labels for things that exist only in movies or your imagination.
We all have seen warnings to help prevent the injuries that are caused by repetitive tasks whether it be tendonitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or rotator cuff strain. As an educator I placed a tremendous value on my eye sight. However, I think that, like-minded, readers will be thankful that we do not work on the assembly line at the U. Khant Duit Corp.
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Take care & keep smiling 
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February 16th, 2012 at 7:20 am
I love the way your design looks here. How did you do it? Great work.
February 16th, 2012 at 8:16 am
Thanks Jim … I would be delighted if I could take credit for the design of this optical illusion but that is not the case. Unfortunately, I am “creative design challenged” and am still struggling to learn the how to use the tools in “Photoshop Elements 6″ and use them efficiently. In my credits at the bottom of the post, I indicated the source of the optical illusion blueprint (or should I saw “blackprint”?. This challenging design, in a variety of formats, has been “floating around” for more than 40 years. I can still remember my Dad, who was a machinist, bringing home a carefully folded piece of paper. At supper, as the family sat around the kitchen table, he reverently unfolded a copy of the design and with a straight face announced “This is what the boss wants me to fabricate!”
However, lest you think that it is impossible to manufacture these components, I encourage you to examine this photo to see the ambihelical hexnut that Oleg Zhevelev has created.
You must admit, it is certainly a rather “nutty” creation and I’m sure the “back story” would be a rather interesting tale to be shared.
Take care & keep smiling
Brian
February 20th, 2012 at 8:39 am
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