i've continued to be extremely busy, so i haven't taken much time to sit down and write in this journal lately. but lots of stuff has happened!
last weekend, andrei and i went to philadelphia to participate in a conference called electronics faire, which happens each year at temple university. we led a workshop on analog video glitch, and i got to attend (most of) a workshop by lee tusman about the new L5 creative coding library. i also saw a bunch of friends, including ragman (who i met & attended a workshop by at last year's conference), mika from coaxial arts in LA, and sam, my friend from grad school who we stayed with and got to see their new house. i also bought some fun electronics parts from the iffy books table; iffy books is a great infoshop that hosts the local permacomputing meetups in philly.
a lot of my time has also been occupied by zine-making, work, and doing an application process for a thing i'm hopeful about but don't want to say much more about until i see what happens. paperwork is a big thing! i'm actually running a bit late on the march edition of my e-zine for zine club. but i've very pleased with the parts i've finished so far, so hopefully it will be worth the wait. also, this month is the two year anniversary of zine club's existence!
between doing those things, i've also found time to spend some time outdoors and enjoy the newly warm (and occasionally even hot!) weather.
right now, i'm on the train to nyc, to work an AV event gig. i ran into a snag on the way here because the parking lot at the train station was 100% filled up (that's never happened to me before!) luckily, i found a free carpool lot a ten minute walk away, and had given myself enough extra time that catching the next train should still get me there on time.
hmm, what else is there to say?
- i am in the process of helping a friend try to recover as much data as possible from a failing SSD. so
ddrescuehas been running for over 36 hours on my computer back at home. some of their video work will likely be corrupted, but we'll salvage what we can. always remember to back up your data!! - i read some fairy tales in spanish which were published as an "interlinear" translation. that basically means that each word appears in both languages; the main spanish text above, and a word by word literal caption in english below. very helpful for being able to read in spanish enjoyably without needing a dictionary nearby. many sentences i can understand without looking at the english text at all. my mom said my conversational spanish has been improving as well.
- i got a thunderbolt dock for my laptop, so i was able to remove a bunch of tangly wires and dongles from my desk. this will be especially helpful for when i want to use a bunch of video captures and midi stuff at the same time.
- i learned how to remove powder coatings from old stainless steel water bottles and coffee cups by wrapping them in acetone soaked paper towels and putting them in a sealed baggie. so i've been enjoying using my newly refurbished, shiny stainless steel drinkware :D
