So Love DEAD CAN DANCE:
I thought that you knew it all
Well you've seen it ten times before.
I thought that you had it down
With both your feet on the ground.
I love slow ... slow but deep.
Feigned affections wash over me.
Dream on my dear
And renounce temporal obligations.
Dream on my dear
It's a sleep from which you may not awaken.
You build me up then you knock me down.
You play the fool while I play the clown.
We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum.
You raise my hopes then you raise the odds
You tell me that I dream too much
Now I'm serving time in disillusionment.
I don't believe you anymore ... I don't believe you.
I thought that I knew it all
I'd seen all the signs before.
I thought that you were the one
In darkness my heart was won.
You build me up then you knock me down.
You play the fool while I play the clown.
We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum.
You raise my hopes then you raise the odds
You tell me that I dream too much
Now I'm serving time in a domestic graveyard.
I don't believe you anymore ... I don't believe you.
Never let it be said I was untrue
I never found a home inside of you.
Never let it be said I was untrue
I gave you all my time.
#27 - December 28, 2009 at 12:06pm by Bleucube
I've always been about new years resolutions and changing. Why stick with the old you, the old way of doing things? I'm still working through what I want to do this year different than last. I know I want to:
PHYSICAL
1. Do a push up everyday building upon the pervious day so by the end of the year I should be able to do 365 push ups in a row. My max is 50.
2. Continue to train in MMA. I still want to fight at least once in a professional setting. Big House Boxing looks to be the local venue to do it in. I know my ground game is sound, I just need to work stand up more. I want to do this before I turn 40. Heck Maybe I will do it on my 40th birthday.
3. Reduce my body fat. I want abs. I want my muscles to pop. In order for this to happen I need to get rid of the fatty layer sitting on top.
4. I want to get the Insanity Workout DVD's and go on the 60 day journey. This will give me pretty much all I need to accomplish 1-3.
#26 - December 26, 2009 at 7:31pm by Bleucube
Recent days have been good. Need to get the Holiday's over so I get things done. I know things are going to get better, just need to give it time. The roots that the wife and I built underneath are entwined around our kids. I will never lose them. I just need more than a room mate. I'm too independent for my own good.
#25 - December 17, 2009 at 11:16am by Bleucube
Must...slow...down.
Must turn back time.
Must not look in the future.
I haven't gave up - but part of my head wants to start preparing.
Is it so bad?
Yes and no.
I remember what it was like after the 1st time. Such a relief.
I'm anxious for normality. Not that things will ever be normal. I want to get rid of this agnst. I want to get rid of the awkwardness.
#24 - December 15, 2009 at 11:38am by Bleucube
I have a new invention. A real electronic gizmo for gamers. I know idea's are worth squat. What I need to do is build a prototype. Since this is a electronic gizmo and I have no background in electronics I'm kinda of screwed. I also don't have 5 to 10K laying around for the patent. Although the gizmo is a gadget, there are other profitable levels for the device. I think I will through myself at it and see what happens. Wish me luck.
#23 - December 14, 2009 at 11:54am by Bleucube
jesirose...
You are face to face with what is called a Barrier to entry to a market.
You've got an idea, but there is a wide gap between idea and success, generally.
I have done a bunch of product development, some successful and some not. The successful ones without exception, weren't patented. They WERE well marketed.
JimN2TAW's observations on the common lay misconceptions of patents have partners in the lay conception of translating ideas to commercial success. One is that the idea is all important. It's not, in my experience. Understanding the market place is. Financing is. Project organization and execution are.
Invention is an odd bird. It's great to have a novel idea, but the devil is in the details and many really great ideas languish because someone can't make a buck from them.
I don't mean to dismiss your idea. I made a living for a while as an 'inventor for hire' commercializing stuff for clients who came to me with ideas and a need for someone to build the gizmo. Folks willing to do this are not common.
Briefly, I followed a three phase model... concept demo, functional prototype, pre-production. I usually quoted concept demos that were very crude, but validated the basic elements of the idea. If that worked, we'd move on. If not, then little money and time were lost.
The next phase was more expensive, but lower risk. A functional prototype fleshed out the concept and produced something that did all the tricks. It took a lot longer, usually, but still was not ready for production. Only when most (if not all) of the features were implemented would we move on to pre-production.
In that phase, all the screw threads, packaging decisions, documentation, final software, etc. would come to be. Very tedious and very expensive. All the major tooling was here.
After a few years of doing this, I would not work for anyone who had not been through the process before, because most of it is burning up money. The old joke of how you best make a million bux is to start with two million and work downward certainly applies to product development.
For a complex mechanically intensive machine you will need a good mechanical engineer, a good machine shop, a good product manager, an innovator/hot shot, persistence, good funding, and the developed judgment to know when things are going well and when they are not. This is before you see if you can sell it.
My advice is to start small in your chosen market place, figure out how to reliably make a buck, and invent things to meet the needs of your established customers, using the profits you make from your on-going business. The alternative of suddenly appearing on scene with a rocket-powered, self-aware, high mileage, atomic sewing machine and making it a success is POSSIBLE, but less likely.