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fandomhigh2014-05-20 10:44 am
momslilassassin) wrote in fandomhigh2014-05-20 10:44 am
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Practical Mechanics [Tuesday, May 20, 2014]
Today the workshop smelled like compressed wood, cardboard and Swedish meatballs.
Guess who'd gone to Ikea before class, kids! Go on, guess.
"Today we're gonna learn about hacking furniture the same way a programmer hacks a computer," Ben said. "We're going to take a standard piece of furniture and make it astral."
Or extremely wobbly, depending on the student's skill at putting things together. "Now you've been here long enough to get an idea of the standard layouts of bedrooms and common areas, and you've probably noticed at least one thing you wish you had that looked better or functioned more efficiently or was powered by rockets--"
Ben.
He grinned. "Anyway. I've put up pictures and opened up a website here to give you ideas, and I've also stocked a bunch of the more common furniture types that people tend to use to take apart and make better. If you're a compulsive rule follower, you can also just make the furniture the way the directions say to, then paint it or varnish it to make it look less generic. I'll take the pieces you guys don't want and use them to decorate my office. Unless you make a rocket-powered desk chair: that I'll give to my partner."
Ender was a lucky guy, huh?
"Oh and go ahead and snack on the food I brought too--it's impossible to leave that place without hot dogs, cinnamon buns, ice cream and meatballs. I don't understand it, but I'm not going to question it either."
Guess who'd gone to Ikea before class, kids! Go on, guess.
"Today we're gonna learn about hacking furniture the same way a programmer hacks a computer," Ben said. "We're going to take a standard piece of furniture and make it astral."
Or extremely wobbly, depending on the student's skill at putting things together. "Now you've been here long enough to get an idea of the standard layouts of bedrooms and common areas, and you've probably noticed at least one thing you wish you had that looked better or functioned more efficiently or was powered by rockets--"
Ben.
He grinned. "Anyway. I've put up pictures and opened up a website here to give you ideas, and I've also stocked a bunch of the more common furniture types that people tend to use to take apart and make better. If you're a compulsive rule follower, you can also just make the furniture the way the directions say to, then paint it or varnish it to make it look less generic. I'll take the pieces you guys don't want and use them to decorate my office. Unless you make a rocket-powered desk chair: that I'll give to my partner."
Ender was a lucky guy, huh?
"Oh and go ahead and snack on the food I brought too--it's impossible to leave that place without hot dogs, cinnamon buns, ice cream and meatballs. I don't understand it, but I'm not going to question it either."
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