Warren MacKenzie video

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Nhi_23Eyk

I've finally got the old laptop to start backing up files - I hope! I'm just leaving it be until the back up is complete. In the meantime I'll finish email on the newer laptop, then head out to the garden to plant a couple of roses before it gets too hot. It's going to be another scorcher today, so I'll get into the studio later and load those re-fires in the Olympic and get load some pots in the bisque kiln, which I should be able to fire as soon as I get this latest group of leather hard pots slipped, decorated and dried - hopefully by the weekend.

In the meantime I'm going to get my potatoes on for potato salad to go with tonight hot dogs. It's too hot right now to spend too much time in a hot kitchen.

Warren MacKenzie video

Here's a nice little video clip of Warren MacKenzie talking to visiting advanced ceramic students, about his time at the Leach Pottery.

This morning I mixed up some kiln wash and cleaned up the Olympic kiln and Jim helped me put all the rings back. Then I came in to check the Olympic pdf manual to make sure I was setting the shelves properly and that one little job took forever because my older Dell laptop, seems to be dying or is very sick. So I dropped everything and set about to see if I could back up the computer since it keeps freezing and needing rebooting if I try to do more than one thing with it. I'm also getting error messages telling me the destination back drive or device is not connected; and it is!!! AARGH

So, I've manually transferred all my documents and I guess I'm going to have to manually transfer photos, music and whatever else I can and then do a major diagnostic checkup or take it in for repair. Before I do that I need to check if it's still under warranty. So much for my intention of getting a full day in the studio.