We wanted to make the model as big as we possibly could but perhaps there is a limit.  In trying to figure out how big to make the working model for the city block that is the site for a project I’m working on in Seattle, we printed out a size that we thought would work but after spreading it out on the floor we realized it might be a bit much.  I suppose we don’t actually need to make it big enough that we could literally put ourselves in the space.

We did ultimately decide to make it half this size.

Technically, it’s not my whole laptop, it’s my battery. I had a spare, but it kind of exploded. So I am on my last battery and it is now swelling up too. I first noticed because the track pad would no longer work. It wouldn’t press because the battery was swelling up and pushing on it from underneath. I quickly moved all of my files to my external hard drive and am waiting to hear back from the mac store. I found out that they have recalled the batteries for the 15″ MacBook Pro’s that were bought during the same time I bought my 17″ but they haven’t recalled the 17″ batteries yet. Although there is plenty of people all over the internet with pictures and complaints about swollen batteries.

They were apparently ticking time bombs, just waiting till I went out of the country. But I don’t know, what do you think? Does this look like something that should be recalled to you?

Lake Constance on a beautiful summer day on my way home from work. The sail boats now fill the large lake and take advantage of the wind that swoops down from the Alps nearby.