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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/20/2006
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Roby-- thanks so much for taking a look and commenting.
--Best to you, Jan
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 12/20/2006
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coool.. and great.. ver very great composiion-light!
cheers
roby
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 12/8/2006
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Yep !! Thanks Jan ...
Michele~
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/8/2006
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Thanks for viewing and commenting, Michele. These devices have a big speaker built into the back and the sounds are recorded and pretty realistic. They also are flat so by removing the stand it fits into a briefcase or suitcase for travelling and run off of battery or A/C. Most of the major store chains carry them. Ain't technology grand?
--Regards, Jan
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 12/8/2006
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Very interesting work here Jan ... I missed some of your latest obviously .. I am behind !! Wow ! Technology is really booming .. all of these sounds on something like a radio ?? I've never seen one of these before ... I bet it sounds pretty nice !
Best Wishes,
Michele~
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/7/2006
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Doyle-- you get it!!! Thanks-- the idea is to stimulate thought as well as visual imagery; you are right on point. Now for the fake-out sounds for husbands (not you or me of course)I have heard that a small cassette recorder with pre-recorded sounds will work for phone calls but have not tried it myself.
--Regards, Jan
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/7/2006
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Hmmmmm . . . great 'Thinker' image and a wonderful and creative, intellectually stimulating series Jan. NICE!
Ok . . . I was thinking about commenting about the Heartbeat - Resume' but see somebody else mentioned the 'off' issue and . . . welllllll . . .let's not go there. We have spring rain and tropical storm . . . and I like both. (Faint bird sounds in the tropical storm one). I see some people have commented that they prefer the real thing . . . but I honestly don't want a mountain stream running through my living room or bedroom. It happens already from time to time here in LA!
I'd like to see a better range of sounds . . . like airport terminal . . . loud restaurant . . . Busy traffic . . . hospital background . . . so . . . for those who need to call the wife (mind you, this doesn't apply to me) and make some sort of excuse . . . or call the office . . . well . . . the background noise would help! Huh? :)
Put me down for Spring Rain - 40 mins. - with a misting fan on oscillate in the corner of the bedroom and a blacklight under the bed with foliage decorating the headboard . . . and some green leaf cutouts on the wall. :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/7/2006
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Sascha-- thanks!
--Jan
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sascha jonack
{K:19715} 12/6/2006
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Nice image. Good details.
Cheers Sascha
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/5/2006
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Mary-- thanks so much for viewing this and thinking about choices.
--Best to you, Jan
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 12/5/2006
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Great thought provoking image Jan! Makes you think about the heartbeat of life and how that is on limited time! I agree with you- affluence as well as culture figures strongly. So very reassuring to see the beauty of nature figures in it- particularly the wonderful ocean waves!
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/3/2006
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Thanks, Joggie. I wish the same. I used this infernal device while travelling this weekend with my wife. We stayed at a fine hotel but had noisy next-door neighbors. Cranked the volume up and didn't hear a thing except the noise machine. Ironically-- we were Oceanside and used the ocean sound. It was 30 degrees F. and we could not keep the windows open. A bit like bringing coals to New Castle.
--Best to you, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/3/2006
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Ardalan-- Thanks much for your kind words.
--Best to you, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 12/3/2006
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John-- you are correct- it could have been far worse! :)
--Jan
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 12/3/2006
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I wish the rest was just as easy! Great work Jan!
Joggie
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Ardalan Haddad
{K:15567} 12/2/2006
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A very simpleand at the same time deep insight to what reality is.
I love the idea behind it. It's always adorable to convey a meaning in a very simple manner,but indeed not easy to accomplish.
Great job my friend,
God bless,
Ardalan.
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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 12/1/2006
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Jan - January. It is a good thing you weren't born in April or May then. ;-))
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/30/2006
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John-- I was born in January- so... my parents decided to name me Jan, as you know a common name in Europe. Never could figure out just exactly what they were aiming for when they named me. In any event, no Dutch lineage to claim.
--Best regards, Jan
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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 11/29/2006
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And the best to you too, Jan. (Is that a Dutch name?)
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/28/2006
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I agree with the direction you are going in. It can be a matter of form over function; our eye is attracted to useless products that have all of the "eye candy" to attract the consumer and yet not deliver on the promise. I think it happens every day in grocery aisles, hardware stores, jewelers selling hyped up watches, etc.
Is it a Western World quirk?-- probably but I think it is driven by affluence as well as culture.
--Best to you, Jan
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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 11/28/2006
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I just got me a new mobile phone: a Samsung. 3 mm THICK !!! And I love it, because I allways wanted a phone I would not feel if it was in my pantspocket.
So contemporary industrial design has certainly my intertest too.
Plus if this device helps you to get to sleep: good for you!
In my comment I was just wondering what we (the world, maybe just the "western" world) were doing to ourselfs with ALL those little machines. Electrical toothbrushes and knifes... do we really need all those things? Even if they look nice...?
No critique, just wondering out loud...
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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 11/28/2006
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I just got me a new mobile phone: a Samsung. 3 mm THICK !!! And I love it, because I allways wanted a phone I would not feel if it was in my pantspocket.
So contemporary industrial design has certainly my intertest too.
Plus if this device helps you te get to sleep: good fot you!
In my comment I was just wondering what we (the world, maybe just the "western" world) were doing to ourselfs with ALL those little machines. Electrical toothbrushes and knifes... do we really need all those things? Eevn if they look nice...?
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/28/2006
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Marian-- thanks so much for your kind comments! You are so right; nothing compares to the real thing.
--Best to you, Jan
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 11/28/2006
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I love mountain stream but dear Jan I prefer the real thing!!!!!!!
excellent capture!!! great clarity!!!!! very well done!!!
all the best
Marian
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/27/2006
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Thanks, John. I like to follow contemporary industrial design. Nifty subject and this device has a pleasing shape and design. Quite functional. It does help me sleep.
--Best to you, Jan
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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 11/27/2006
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Men invents strange machines for perfectly natural things... like going to sleep.
Good picture though.
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/27/2006
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Nacho-- thanks so much for your kind comments.
--Best to you, Jan
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 11/27/2006
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great details. magnificent portafolio.
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/27/2006
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Thanks for viewing, Susie. Ocean waves great choice. Mountain stream makes you pee all night :)
The heartbeat is annoying and sounds like the theme from Poe's The Telltale Heart.
--Best regards, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/27/2006
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Thanks, Vanessa. They work well and help with sound sleeping.
--Best to you, Jan
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/27/2006
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Jacek-- thanks so much for commenting and your kind words.
--Best regards, Jan
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Susie Peek-Swint
{K:7303} 11/26/2006
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Interesting concept Jan ~ perhaps the heartbeat sound is for young babies as I can't imagine it could be soothing ~ I'll take the ocean waves or mountain stream please :)
regards, susie
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 11/26/2006
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I bought something similar for my daughter in law..i want one for myself .lovely clarity ..nessa
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jacek bielarz
{K:1184} 11/26/2006
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very strong image Jan. like the aesthetics aswell. compliments
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/26/2006
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Christine-- you are so right; the beating heart is downright weird. I like the ocean waves but the mountain stream makes me want to get up and go to the bathroom too many times during the night!
Thanks for commenting.
--Best to you, Jan
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C.A. Mikulice
{K:13300} 11/26/2006
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mountain stream or ocean waves for me. the heartbeat would make me think of the Telltale Heart and I wouldn't be able to sleep....
Interesting series, I look forward to seeing more of them.
christine
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/25/2006
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Paul-- you raise a whole new dimension of thought about how these machines could control our lives! I will think twice before reaching over in the dark to fiddle with the buttons.
--Best to you, Jan
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 11/25/2006
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Boy... let's hope you don't select Heartbeat > Off.
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 11/25/2006
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Ali-- thanks so much for viewing and commenting. This machine is made by Homedics and I believe there are a number of other products similar to it on the market. It generates either white noise or specific themed sounds and helps with relaxation and sleep. I personally go for the White Noise and dislike the Heartbeat theme.
--Best to you, Jan
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 11/25/2006
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Very impressive image and very interesting machine
All of the best my friend
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