Brendan Nee » brendan http://bnee.com Brendan Nee Online Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:11:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Graduated http://bnee.com/2007/05/graduated/ http://bnee.com/2007/05/graduated/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 20:36:11 +0000 Brendan Nee graduated ceremonies gradmother parents berkeley department month regional http://www.bnee.com/2007/05/graduated/ ]]> Brendan GraduationI graduated this month. My parents & grandmother came out and went to three different ceremonies: Berkeley department of City & Regional Planning, Berkeley College of Environmental Design, and Berkeley College of Engineering. I actually had the wrong color hood at the engineering ceremony, it was supposed to be gold but I was given Orange by Jostens. They really don’t know whats going on when it comes to distributing graduation stuff.

See pictures by Preston Theler.

]]> http://bnee.com/2007/05/graduated/feed/ 0 Art Show & Carsharing http://bnee.com/2006/11/trb_and_art_show/ http://bnee.com/2006/11/trb_and_art_show/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:20:22 +0000 Brendan Nee 2007 jonathan metzger reception session carsharing meeting cervero http://www.bnee.com/2006/11/trb_and_art_show/ I’m presenting (or will at least be present) at the Transportation Research Board Annual meeting in Washington DC on the carsharing research I did last year with Robert Cervero and Aaron Golub.  I’ll be at Session 334 on Worldwide Carsharing Strategies and Evaluation on Monday, January 22, 2007, 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM at the Hilton Washington.

A few weeks later my art show displaying my photography will have a reception at the Pump House in La Crosse, WI on February 17, 2007 from 5-7 PM.  It is a joint show with Jonathan Metzger titled “Our Perspective”, and anyone interested is invited to attend the reception.

]]> http://bnee.com/2006/11/trb_and_art_show/feed/ 0 My New Orleans Bike http://bnee.com/2006/09/my-new-orleans-bike/ http://bnee.com/2006/09/my-new-orleans-bike/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:12:35 +0000 Brendan Nee bike gary orleans montare pretty fisher 1997 fishers http://www.bnee.com/2006/09/my-new-orleans-bike/ ]]> I won a bike on ebay today for me to use to get around New Orleans. There are pretty wide lanes around town and there is not too much traffic so cycling around the city should be pretty good. Most of the time its a bit too hot though.

I got a 1997 Gary Fisher Montare. Its got mostly XT and is a cool bike. I have a thing for 1997 Gary Fishers as that is the year I bought my first mountain bike.
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]]> http://bnee.com/2006/09/my-new-orleans-bike/feed/ 0 4×4 Off-Road Taurus http://bnee.com/2006/09/4x4-off-road-taurus/ http://bnee.com/2006/09/4x4-off-road-taurus/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:04:23 +0000 Brendan Nee lights mounted interior fosgate rack player rockford roof http://www.bnee.com/2006/09/4x4-off-road-taurus/ ]]> Old School Fly Ride

Features:

•A PA System for talking to people outside and the ability to turn on a siren, ice-cream truck music, or several animal sounds.
•Forward and backward facing fog lights for illuminating the areas in front and behind.
•A Thule Roof Rack with Fairing
•Off road lights mounted to the roof rack
•4×4 Taurus Off-Road custom made decals on sides and back (from a friend with a hookup in the automotive signage industry)
•The turn signals on a relay with the fog lights to coordinate blinking with the appropriate direction.
•17 red clearance lights, relayed to the interior lights, mounted under the seats to make the interior glow.
•Red bulbs in all interior light fixtures
•Two 12″ Rockford Fosgate Punch XLC subwoofers in the trunk powered by a 400 Watt Rockford Fosgate Amp.
•CD Player.
•Gold distribution blocks mounted on the passenger side for fuses and ground.
•A light up red switch panel below the stereo to control lighting.
•Car Bra.

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An artistic black and white photo of me with my car. This is an early form of the car without the stickers or bra.
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Brendan looking cool with orange Smith sunglasses, a Bikes Limited T-shirt (where he worked), and his fly ride.
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My control panel before my CD Player was installed. Note the broken tape deck.
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Lighted up!
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Preston zip-tied a fish to my bumper. Here is the result.
]]> http://bnee.com/2006/09/4x4-off-road-taurus/feed/ 1 Synesthesia – My Synesthetic Alphabet http://bnee.com/2006/09/synesthesia-my-synesthetic-alphabet/ http://bnee.com/2006/09/synesthesia-my-synesthetic-alphabet/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:01:22 +0000 Brendan Nee synesthesia color trends letter colored remember alphabet applies http://www.bnee.com/2006/09/synesthesia-my-synesthetic-alphabet/ ]]> I associate colors with letters and numbers. I have done this as early as I can remember but I did not learn that it was a recognized neurological condition until recently. Below you can see the alphabet the way I view it along with various numbers and punctuation. If you are interested in learning more, visit some of the links at the bottom, or follow the synesthesia webring link to other sites.

Synesthetic Alphabet

Synesthesia is estimated to effect up to three percent of the population. People experince it in many different ways, including seeing sounds and smells. I have the most common form, color-letter synesthesia. It is not detrimental, and actually helps me remember things. When I used to work at the airport in catering I could remember what gates and planes that I have visited by the colors I assciated with them.

Synaesthetes tend to confuse left and right, which applies to me. Although I am excellent at navigating and remembering spatial directions, when giving directions to people I confuse left and right all the time.

A correlation between the artists and synaesthetes exists, perhaps indiacting that people with synesthesia are more creative. I am not sure if this applies to me.

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Here are some Synesthetic links:

Synesthesia: Phenomenology And Neuropsychology
A review of current knowledge of synesthesia. – The author mentions that synesthetics are good at remembering the spatial locations of objects including memorizing floor plans and maps. This is a skill that I have. Also, he mentions that they often have right-left confusion (which I often do).

The UK Synaesthesia Association
This page provides a lot of great background info on Synesthesia.

Trends in colored letter synesthesia
The type of synesthesia that I have is colored letter synesthesia. This paper seeks to identify trends among several synthetics and their colored alphabets. My alphabet matches the trends pretty well.

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