Web Log 2010
I started my first batch of beer last night with a recently acquired home brew set-up. It took about 3 hours start to finish, and the end product one month from now, will be 5 gallons of chocolate porter. It came from a basic starter recipe the guy at the brew shop recommended to me. Here’s the rundown of the process in the manner to which my organic chemistry class has made me accustomed.
Several years ago, on a hot humid summer day in Portland OR, me and a friend were at a grocery store, and the dry ice freezer caught my eye. Kind of an impulse buy, I have to admit, I asked the cashier for a pound. They wrapped it up in paper and sent me on my way. Once we got home we unwrapped it, and for a while we were not quite sure what we were going to do with it. As the dry ice sublimated I noticed that it would sink, and kind of hover along the table top. This got me wondering.
So I saw this the a few months ago, and was pretty impressed by the extravagant, single shot music video. But then I saw the version below.
Rube Goldberg would be proud.
This bit of work from Tatiana Plakhova, I find quite amazing, not just forms and compositions, but the colors are really great. They seem very biological/scientific. See the rest here.
I visited some friends up in Seattle last weekend, and got to break in my “new” Retina S3. Here’s a rundown of the journey and some shots from the trip.
Here is another stop animation video composed of 4000 some photographs of wood blocks, seamlessly matched with the song “Grindin” by Nobody Beats the Drum. Even if you are not fond of the music, it is a pretty impressive visual accomplishment. It really starts to take off in the second half, as the song gets a little more frantic.
Nobody Beats The Drum – Grindin’ from nobody beats the drum on Vimeo.
