Saturday, December 15, 2012

Art Project Idea: Customize the headphones

I am bored of the same old black head phones with no character. There are many colorful ones offered but they are expensive and too jazzy. I decided to customize my sennheiser hd202 head phones..

I did not finalize on the design yet but here is some literature I collected on head phone customization.

How to dismantle sennheiser hd202: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nhG20SUbYU

Website on how to customize the head phones: http://www.customcans.co.uk/blog/?cat=3

Steps:
1. Finalize on a simple design
2. List all the raw material and equipment
3. Order everything from the list
4. Write down step by step process on how to do it.
5. Implement each step.
6. Gloat.:)





Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Art of Living YES+ Experience.

I have been to this art of living course. I want to share this experience with my family.  I was very skeptical going into it.. I frankly went as a part of my new motto "When was the last time you did something for the first time". This would be something different I thought would go in to this portfolio of NY activities. 
It was a very pleasant surprise. What the course taught me, is not just a meditation technique which I was expecting.. They teach Few very simple and basic principles to live by. Lot of overlap to what Dad teaches us.. I was surprised with the similarities. Dad goes much deeper.

This is not religious scripts. Just few simple things we tend to miss in our every day life. But the way it was demonstrated was very (for a lack of better word) Awesome. Every piece of advice was disseminated by a demonstration or an activity which you are a part of. I mean they make you run around like kids, I haven't felt like this in a long time.. I remember not wanting to come home from a summer camp in sixth grade when I was in the I cried on my way home from camp.The last day of the class made me feel the same. The community is what first attracted me to the organization, its young and vibrant. I think it still is the best aspect of the organization.

I know meditation is an awesome thing to do but I never got around to do it, In the course AOL teaches us this signature move (Pun intended) I think they hype up the uniqueness to create an air of mystery around it. Its nothing but simple rhythmic breathing But I get the point, when you take simple steps like that and create an ancient, mystery and special aura around it. This mystery aura makes people want it. For me I think it will provide a structure to practice meditation under.