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Light Painting or Light Graffiti

Wow, a month gone by and no update. I really need to be more frequent and I will try hard to get this done.

UNL Photo club picked a very cool and creative topic for a theme recently. It was Light Painting and Graffiti. I made some LED Light pens out of LED, Clear Vinyl Tube, Wire, Lithium Batteries, a Resistor, and a Switch.




I built these using a combination of previous knowledge and with a little help from the following websites
http://lightdoodles.com/pages/pens.htm
http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Light-Drawing-Pens-Tools-for-drawing-light-do/
http://ledcalc.com/

My roommate and I decided that January in Nebraska was way too cold to go outside and do some more of the typical things that are seen with this type of photography so we stayed inside and experimented in the kitchen.


Toast anyone?


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Thit Bo Xao Dau Dinner

Tonight I made Thit Bo Xao Dau a Vietnamese recipe I found on my iPod Touch using the AllRecipies application.

Link to the Recipe

The recipe was very good. I added a few carrots to it and followed the directions of the first commenter who suggested a slightly different cooking method and to use fish sauce.

Buying the fish sauce was a bit of an adventure. I went to a local oriental market. When I went in the place was just packed full of merchandise. You could barely walk around in the place, because of this I just asked where the fish sauce was and then went there. It was an adventure finding it even in the correct isle. Every type of dark brown sauce ever was there, 3/4 of it were various soy sauces and then there was many other types too. On the opposite side of the isle there was tea. Being a tea fan and being low on tea currently I tried to find something I would like. I wanted a nice black tea that I could make good iced tea out of or drink hot. After finding, White, Green, Red, and Various health teas (Very interesting everything from help with the Male bits, Love making tea, to sore throat, and general health) I found some of what I think is black tea. Tung Ting Oolong Tea I am looking forward to trying it out tomorrow.

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2008 Animated Christmas Light Show

The 2008 Animated Christmas Light Show has officially started. This weekend we got the show up and running. Right now we only have one show running but we expect the second song to be added this week with others coming soon. For updates check out www.liquidretro.net/lightshow

Here is a link to the first song post and video on the lightshow’s website http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/11/29/2008-show-is-up-and-running/


Carol Of The Bell – Mannheim Steamroller
https://vimeo.com/Carol Of The Bell – Mannheim Steamroller

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MuxTape, Personal Mix Tapes!

I ran across a cool website the other day. www.muxtape.com It allows you to upload 12 of your own MP3 files of songs you like and put them in any order you choose. You end up creating your own mix tape but in a digital sense. Its has RSS built in so once you find some one you like watch their feed to see what new music they add. The site is a great way to share music with your friends and online communities. Check out the site and upload your own songs to create your own MuxTape.

Check out my MuxTape at http://LiquidRetro.muxtape.com/

MixTape

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Photo Update (Jessi)

I have been very busy and have forgot to update the blog. The Christmas lights are down and we have begun designing next years. Keep an eye out here and at www.liquidretro.net/lightshow for more info.

I have lots of photos to update the blog with but this will take a few posts to do it. Keep coming back for new ones. I will try and post more regularly.

Last week a very good friend of mine asked me to take some photos of her, I’ve always wanted someone, who I like, to be my model for the day. She asked, and I said yes. The results turned out quite beautiful, she was very happy with the photos. It was a really relaxing day, taking photos, eating Mexican food, topping it off with cheese cake, and spending time with friends.

The photos below have gotten great response on Fred Miranda and other Photography forums. Look for more photos like this in the future especially when it gets warm out.


Here are 2 galleries that contain more of the processed images.

http://liquidretro.net/photo/gallery1/Jessi-vday-final/http://liquidretro.net/photo/gallery1/Jessi-vday-final/

http://liquidretro.net/photo/gallery1/jessi-vday/

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How many college educated kids does it take to get a wallet out of a tree?

Outside my window yesterday I notice a girl trying to get her ID that is stuck in a tree, Watch her fight the tree and loose till other people come and help her.


How many college educated kids does it take to get a wallet out of a tree? from LiquidRetro on Vimeo.

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Digg.com this story http://digg.com/videos/comedy/How_many_college_educated_kids_does_it_take_to_get_a_wallet_out_of_a_tree

View this video on Youtube.com at http://youtube.com/watch?v=oJkJ5ulEnJ8

Vote for this video Break.com at http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=399136

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Get 5 Free Songs From iTunes (FACEBOOK REQ) + Update

I found this tonight on DIGG (http://digg.com/apple/5_Free_iTunes_songs_For_Facebook_Users) and thought it was worth a repost. You get 5 free songs in iTunes with it. I tried it and it works great. Enjoy 🙂

Directions:
-Log in to Facebook
-Search for “ticketmaster live”
-Join the group
-After joining at the top of the page will be a code for 5 free songs.
-Copy the code
-Go to iTunes Music Store and click redeem on the right side of the page
-Enter the code and you have free songs.
-Leave the group if you want

You get 5 songs priced from $.99 – $1.29

Update on the blog and whats going on with me. I have been very busy at at school and I have not had much time to post on the blog or take pictures. I have some pictures of the A8L and a short modeling type shoot that I did that need posting. Hopefully I can get that done soon.