Project Ideas

I'm thinking about doing a blog about advertising rather than cooking. It would feature different ads that I find interesting, pose questions about how ads affect us, and give information about the advertising industry in general. The 3 techniques/methods from last class that I think I could use are mashups, crowdsourcing, and polls. If I could improve my skills on Photoshop or in Final Cut Pro I would create mashups of advertisements, just for the sake of entertainment. I was thinking about using crowdsourcing to visually show either how many people are viewing different ads, or to show how different genders, ethnicities, etc. view ads differently. Finally, I think that polls would be a fun aspect to a blog on advertising so that readers could vote on what they think of different ads and see how others responded.

Kind of Interactive Fiction

Imagine for a moment that you are a sneaky, tricky young cat named Jasper. Jasper's parents have gone off to work for the day and have left him all alone inside their big and exciting house. There are fun things to do behind every corner! As Jasper, which activity do you choose to do first?

Do you....


Wake up the sleeping slacker.


Grab a bite of food.


Try on your Halloween costume.


Make a music video.


Attempt scaling a wall.


Kick back and watch some TV.


p.s. I was having trouble getting an FTP program to work, which is why I have this up until I get the problem solved.

Grillin' in Missourah

This weekend Sean and I took a trip back to Missouri to go to his friend's wedding. We decided to take advantage of the fact that we were in our home state and spent some time with my family after the wedding. One night we had a Midwest BBQ and grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and salmon. Here's a little taste of dinner in the BoCoMO (translation; Boone County Missouri).



While my stepmom and I were inside doing all the prep work the boys were outside around the grill. We grilled basic hamburgers and hot dogs as well as a delicious salmon that Sean prepped with lemon and garlic.
The asparagus was drizzled in olive oil and had a dash of garlic before being thrown on the grill...it was delicious and my Dad couldn't helping "testing" it every few minutes.



My dad set up the grill so that the asparagus was cooking inside of aluminum covered trays, with the various meats right on top of the grill.




I just felt sorry for our dog Miko, who kept begging to get a bite of our food.