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Post #228,864 by warmachine 10/10/05 8:57:27 AM Reply	Form. Follows. Function. Must. Resist. Shouting. "Form follows function!" Must. Resist. Smashing. Stupid. Sloped. Bookshelves. Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #228,867 by drewk 10/10/05 9:01:54 AM Reply	Whachyoo talkin bout, Willis? No bookends needed. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #228,870 by warmachine 10/10/05 9:21:05 AM Reply	Remove a book, gap disappears, annoying to put it back. Also, on a sloped shelf, the innermost book ends up being flat with the upright but its bottom is not flat with the shelf. The weight is on one of the covers or a few pages next to it whereas the opposite side is hanging free. This puts shear (I think) on the spine. I'm a pedant who likes books. These things bother me. Must. Remember. It's. Art. Not. Engineering. Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #228,871 by drewk 10/10/05 9:46:17 AM Reply	Good point about the uneven wear That could be fixed by sloping all the shelves at the same angle. Have the outer frame be the only vertical/horizontal pieces. Then the only problem spots are against the rightmost (in the current picture) ends. Most of the books I have, though, I'd be comfortable with the risk. Besides, it looks freaking cool. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #228,873 by SpiceWare 10/10/05 10:05:46 AM Reply	Use a bookend that clamps to the shelf [link\|http://www.highsmith.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Production/Search.jsp?category=11690&A=43687&NeSave=222&NSave=790+1091&Au=CategoryId&catalogId=10001&An=790+1091&langId=-1&storeId=10001\|Standrite Bookends] Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #228,913 by ben_tilly 10/10/05 12:26:13 PM Reply	Agreed. Uselessness is NOT cool. I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

World's. Coolest. Bookshelf. - (Meerkat) - (23) - Oct. 10, 2005, 08:24:56 AM EDT

Interesting... -NT - (Another Scott) - Oct. 10, 2005, 08:41:50 AM EDT

I like the lamp! -NT - (imric) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2005, 08:46:07 AM EDT

Then you'll love this... - (Meerkat) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2005, 08:56:07 AM EDT

Neat, but - (imric) - Oct. 10, 2005, 09:02:46 AM EDT

Form. Follows. Function. - (warmachine) - (5) - Oct. 10, 2005, 08:57:27 AM EDT

Whachyoo talkin bout, Willis? - (drewk) - (3) - Oct. 10, 2005, 09:01:54 AM EDT

Remove a book, gap disappears, annoying to put it back. - (warmachine) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2005, 09:21:05 AM EDT

Good point about the uneven wear - (drewk) - Oct. 10, 2005, 09:46:17 AM EDT

Use a bookend that clamps to the shelf - (SpiceWare) - Oct. 10, 2005, 10:05:46 AM EDT

Agreed. Uselessness is NOT cool. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 10, 2005, 12:26:13 PM EDT

Cool, where can I get one? -NT - (drewk) - Oct. 10, 2005, 08:59:59 AM EDT

looks like a beer delivery system built by a bear -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 10, 2005, 10:04:41 AM EDT

looks like one on my construction projects -NT - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2005, 10:44:56 AM EDT

:-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Oct. 10, 2005, 10:48:41 AM EDT

Then you would like this building. - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Oct. 10, 2005, 12:14:22 PM EDT

Parts of it, yes - (drewk) - (4) - Oct. 10, 2005, 12:38:02 PM EDT

Then get a plant. :-P -NT - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Oct. 10, 2005, 12:44:30 PM EDT

We've got four of them down the wall here - (drewk) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2005, 01:02:14 PM EDT

This is a nice garden. High maintenance though. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2005, 01:16:28 PM EDT

Yes, I love Japanese gardens - (drewk) - Oct. 10, 2005, 01:26:23 PM EDT

floats your boat?? - (cforde) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2005, 05:30:05 PM EDT

Conversation piece. "Come to my pad, see my bookshelf." -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2005, 05:49:07 PM EDT

if that's the most interesting thing in your pad... -NT - (cforde) - Oct. 10, 2005, 11:29:19 PM EDT

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