In memory of Dr Teller, my make for today is a polymer clay eyeball.
I wish I were a better sculptor.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Day 289: Eye Eye, Cap'n
Today I learned of the passing of Dr Davida Teller. She was my teacher, boss, and mentor when I was doing infant vision research at UW. She co-authored the paper I had published in Vision Research. She was a pioneer in the field and a great person, and I'm sad that she's gone.
In memory of Dr Teller, my make for today is a polymer clay eyeball.
I wish I were a better sculptor.
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In memory of Dr Teller, my make for today is a polymer clay eyeball.
I wish I were a better sculptor.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Day 288: Whoopie! (Pie)
Today I decided to use every dish and utensil in my kitchen to coat every surface with flour and marshmallow fluff. Kind of a weird thing to do, but I ended up with some whoopie pies to show for it.
They're not as pretty as the ones made in fancy little Williams-Sonoma whoopie pie baking sheets and then filled using some kind of frosting application device, but I don't have those things, and I doubt it affects the flavor much.
I thought they were pretty good, but I've never had a whoopie pie before, so I have no basis for comparison. In fact, I'd never even heard of whoopie pies until I came across this book at the library.
They're kind of a pain to make, especially in my tiny kitchen, but it would be neat to try out some of the other flavors combinations. Not that I'm complaining about chocolate and marshmallow. Add a graham cracker, a fire, and a bucket of sangria, and I'm ready to go camping.
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They're not as pretty as the ones made in fancy little Williams-Sonoma whoopie pie baking sheets and then filled using some kind of frosting application device, but I don't have those things, and I doubt it affects the flavor much.
I thought they were pretty good, but I've never had a whoopie pie before, so I have no basis for comparison. In fact, I'd never even heard of whoopie pies until I came across this book at the library.
They're kind of a pain to make, especially in my tiny kitchen, but it would be neat to try out some of the other flavors combinations. Not that I'm complaining about chocolate and marshmallow. Add a graham cracker, a fire, and a bucket of sangria, and I'm ready to go camping.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Day 287: Bibliophile Not Found (Again)
So are you sick of my using school projects as makes yet?Yeah, me too. But when I spend many hours per day making stuff for school after many hours working in a make-free environment, I don't always have a choice.
So today I give you a blog I made for my web class, in partial preparation for the final project. In case you're wondering, my final project will be a library site focusing on a specific cultural group, and I've selected Israeli-Americans. Hence all the stuff about Israel and Judaism.
I've recycled the blog title from a blog I set up a couple semesters ago, because it's so awesome, but I'll probably be changing it to something more appropriate to the topic of my blog.
http://senna.sjsu.edu/lmain/melleny/blog/wordpress/
And I had to set up the real Wordpress, which requires connecting to servers and FTPing and all that junk, not the easy point-and-click Wordpress that normal people use.
Maybe tomorrow I'll have a real make that I make for myself and not for school. Wouldn't that be crazy?
So today I give you a blog I made for my web class, in partial preparation for the final project. In case you're wondering, my final project will be a library site focusing on a specific cultural group, and I've selected Israeli-Americans. Hence all the stuff about Israel and Judaism.
I've recycled the blog title from a blog I set up a couple semesters ago, because it's so awesome, but I'll probably be changing it to something more appropriate to the topic of my blog.
http://senna.sjsu.edu/lmain/melleny/blog/wordpress/
And I had to set up the real Wordpress, which requires connecting to servers and FTPing and all that junk, not the easy point-and-click Wordpress that normal people use.
Maybe tomorrow I'll have a real make that I make for myself and not for school. Wouldn't that be crazy?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Day 286: ¿Dónde está la biblioteca?
I was going to actually make something interesting today, but I've been mired in homework since I got home, so you're going to get the dialog in Spanish I had to write. Apparently, I'm advanced enough that I need to be given extra assignments, and this is the first of them. It's a really dumb dialog, because my vocabulary is limited and I only know present tense and I had to include a whole bunch of junk that sounds unnatural, but here it is anyway.
FYI, it's a conversation between a librarian and a patron who needs help filling out a form.
FYI, it's a conversation between a librarian and a patron who needs help filling out a form.
La bibliotecaria: Buenos días, señor. Bienvenidos a la biblioteca. ¿Cómo puedo ayudarle?
El usuario: Buenos días. Yo no hablo ingles y necesito ayuda con este formulario por favor.
La bibliotecaria: Bien. ¿Puedo ver el formulario?
El usuario: Sí. Está aquí. Deseo vender las manzanas y los espárragos en el mercado.
La bibliotecaria: Estoy feliz de ayudarle a llenar.
El usuario: ¡Muchas gracias!
La bibliotecaria: Entonces…¿Cuál es el nombre de su empresa? Ese nombre va aquí, donde dice
“Business Name.”
“Business Name.”
El usuario: Es “Pedro Delicioso.”
La bibliotecaria: Bueno. Y “Name” es su nombre, con apellido. Tiene usted un socio?
El usuario: Sí, mi esposa me ayuda.
La bibliotecaria: El nombre de su esposa va aquí, en “Partners/Helpers Names.”
El usuario: Gracias. ¿Cómo se traduce 'Business Location'?
La bibliotecaria: “Dónde está su empresa?”
El usuario: Gracias.
La bibliotecaria: “Mailing address” es su dirección…”Phone #” es su número de teléfono…y
“Vehicle Description” es la descripción del vehículo.
“Vehicle Description” es la descripción del vehículo.
El usuario: Bien. ¿Qué debo escribir para "List Products"?
La bibliotecaria: Escribe los productos que usted vende. Por ejemplo, las manzanas y los
espárragos.
espárragos.
El usuario: En inglés?
La bibliotecaria: Sí. Para las manzanas, escribe “apples,” y “asparagus” para los espárragos.
El usuario: Gracias. ¿Qué tengo hacer después de llenar el formulario?
La bibliotecaria: Usted imprime el formulario, firma su nombre aquí y manda el formulario a esta
dirección.
dirección.
El usuario: Muchas gracias por su ayuda.
La bibliotecaria: De nada. Buena suerte con el mercado.
El usuario: ¡Gracias! Adiós, señora.
La bibliotecaria: Adiós.
I wonder what would happen if you put it through one of those online translation thingies. Or I could put it through Karol and find out how truly horrible it.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Day 285: Elephant Origami
Another origami day. This time it's a slightly deformed elephant.
Not bad for using instructions that are all in Japanese.
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Not bad for using instructions that are all in Japanese.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Day 284: Ready for the Future
Today I updated my resume. I'll be using it to apply for a permanent version of my current temporary job.
I don't have a lot of hope that I'll get it, because other people who have had the same temp position for twice as long are also applying, but I'm giving it a shot anyway.
And if I don't get this one, it's possible they'll open up another one at the end of the year. If not, I'll have to go back to pushing a cart around a library part-time and having a bit of spare time to do homework.
But I really want this permanent job. So please think happy, lucky thoughts for me!
And yes, this counts as my make for today. Deal with it.
For a consolation prize, check out the feedback I got on my Spanish midterm.
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I don't have a lot of hope that I'll get it, because other people who have had the same temp position for twice as long are also applying, but I'm giving it a shot anyway.
And if I don't get this one, it's possible they'll open up another one at the end of the year. If not, I'll have to go back to pushing a cart around a library part-time and having a bit of spare time to do homework.
But I really want this permanent job. So please think happy, lucky thoughts for me!
And yes, this counts as my make for today. Deal with it.
For a consolation prize, check out the feedback I got on my Spanish midterm.
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Day 283: Pillow Fight
Even though I'm posting this on Day 284, I actually did this make on Day 283, but I needed a real computer to post it.
Here's an animated GIF I made of a pillow fight I witnessed between Mat, Kaidin, and Keagin.
Yes, it's fast and blurry and hard to see what's happening. That's how it was in reality. Just add some grunting and battle cries and you'll feel just like you were there.
Here's an animated GIF I made of a pillow fight I witnessed between Mat, Kaidin, and Keagin.
Yes, it's fast and blurry and hard to see what's happening. That's how it was in reality. Just add some grunting and battle cries and you'll feel just like you were there.
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