Oh, Lord - neighbor drama. Our upstairs neighbors are being thrown out by our landlord for reasons unknown. At least we don't know what they are; they were told it was because a sale was imminent and that the owner wanted to live in their flat rather than ours. I think they were expecting us to get tossed out on our ears, too, and I think they just ( Read more... )

Our class this semester seems like it has a lot of very talented, engaged designers, and it's great to see people actually interested in the process. I shared my podcast info with the class, and I think I've turned a lot of people on to some very valuable (if hidden) references. This week's InDesigner from Michael Murphy was another in his series ( Read more... )

Our semester project for my Design and Tech class is to create CD packaging, either for music or software. The directions are a bit vague on purpose, I think - we can either profile a real-life client, or create one. Other classes have used this same directive, and I always avoid the 'create your own' path. We like to work without restriction - who ( Read more... )

Last night's menu was Linguine with Scallops in Garlic Butter Besciamella, and it turned out great. The scallops cooked to the point of being a bit brown on the edges, and were so tender - I could just eat a big plate of those, to be honest. We watched a documentary about black gay and lesbian couples called "Jumping the Broom" on LOGO which was ( Read more... )