sharpening my home skills

mike was kind enough to give me tuesday night off so that i could attend a class on fermentation sponsored by an old friend that i hadn't seen in years. it was great to sample ginger beer and cider while learning and catching up with old friends. the class fit nicely with my interests in the food preservation (planning to pick strawberries and can them this weekend). i suspect that there is a batch of pomegranate sparkling wine in my near future.

now for a little insight into what i do at work.

my favorite project in the last five years was working on the design for the Pulse Smartpen from Livescribe. i got to work on a few different aspects of the interface on both the pen itself and the software you use to interact with the files on your computer. i find the pen very cool, as well as very useful. the pen records both what i write, along with the corresponding audio, so you can both see what was written and hear what was said at the same time.

i used the pen to take notes during my class on tuesday night, so i thought i'd share them here to give you an idea of what i'm talking about. click around in the notes to manipulate the audio playback - and let me know what you think (but no comments on my handwriting!).

urban peasant - fermentation class
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two fisted

finally, some new video! evie's been working on mastering her skills with the fork and spoon. she was doing pretty well with her lamb stew tonight, so i decided to set the camera on the table and try and get a little video from grandma. she did not disappoint, though you don't need to take my word for it. see for yourself:



my favorite part is that after she finished her two fisted eating, she started dropping peas and garbanzo beans into that water bottle, and then she shot gunned them. anything to get the food in faster...

mmm. chicken.

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Originally uploaded by jcampioni

ever the good eater, evie makes this chicken leg disappear.