Sunday, February 21, 2010
Time to Wine Episodes
Time to Wine with Zita Keeley. Food and wine pairing featuring Chef Jesse Jones.
Time to Wine with Zita Keeley. Find out how to make your own wine at A Little Taste of Purple in Livingston, NJ.
Wine Appreciation show presented by Zita Keeley aka "The Wining Woman" www.allidoiswine.com
Winter in the vineyards: pruning with Dana Grande
Vineyard Manager Dana Grande of Jordan Vineyard & Winery talks about the most important vineyard work in winter months -- pruning -- and Jordan's approach to double-pruning its estate vines each season for increased efficiency and vine health
Tallowing oak-cask doors for 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon
Before blending our Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon each December, the Jordan cellar team practices the old-world tradition of tallowing (with wax) the doors of our oak-cask tanks. Our 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon was blended with Merlot and Petit Verdot, and will reside for three months in our 6,000-gallon oak casks (originally constructed in 1976) before moving to French and American oak barrels for an additional 12 months of aging. http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/01/tallowing-cask-doors-2009
2009 Jordan olive harvest report with Dana Grande
Vineyard Manager Dana Grande of Jordan Vineyard & Winery discusses the 2009 olive growing season and harvest. http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/01/2009-olive-harvest-report-with-dana-grande/
Martin Ranch Winery - Cooking for Solutions Monterey Bay Aquarium
Dan & I had the pleasure of pouring our wines at the Monterey Bay Aquariums Cooking for Solutions gala event. This is an annual sustainable cuisine event held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Great chefs, gourmet cuisine and fine wines make this the culinary event of the year—an elegant way to discover how your healthy choices protect the health of the soil, water and ocean wildlife.It was fun to be able to pour at this snazzy event, and the Aquarium at night was spectacular!
Floral design at Jordan with Nitsa Knoll
Director of Hospitality & Events Nitsa Knoll tells the story of how she became enamored with flowers, and also discusses Jordan's approach to floral design and continuing education. http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/02/flower-power-my-inspiration-and-continuing-education/
Pizza and Pasta Wines
Tom from Vino 100 Newburgh discusses wines to pair with Pizza and Pasta dishes. To learn more about wine visit www.freewinetip.com
Tour of Yorkville Organic Vineyards
Vineyard dog, Shadow, helps Deborah and Edward Wallo show their organic vineyard in Mendocino County, CA.
Damien Rice ： The Blower’s Daughter
The Blower’s Daughter
And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can't take my eyes off of you
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I can't take my eyes off you
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I can't take my eyes...
And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...
Oooooooooohh
Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?
I can't take my mind off of you
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I can't take my mind...
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My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
SpaceClaim Touches a 3D Nerve
SpaceClaim Touches a 3D Nerve
By Sanderson22. 七月 2009 13:52
There’s fresh evidence that computer mice are about to join the endangered species list. SpaceClaim says its 3D Direct Modeling software will be compatible with Windows Touch, due out this fall with the release of Windows 7.
SpaceClaim’s 3D Direct Modeling solutions includes SpaceClaim Engineer, a modeling and simulation tool, and SpaceClaim Style for conceptual design, will both run in the touch environment. On the hardware side it will support several multi-touch hardware tools that will use Windows 7, including 3M, N-trig, HP, Dell, and Lenovo.
The company isn’t releasing any Beta test versions yet. But the system works as effectively as in this promo video, computer mice should be afraid … be very afraid.
Did You Remember The Pork Cartridge?
Did You Remember The Pork Cartridge?
By Kkelly26. 八月 2009 09:02
As if figuring out the proper print cartridge for your home computer isn’t difficult enough, along comes Electrolux with: the 3D molecular food printer. Yes, you read that correctly.
As part of the company’s annual Design Lab competition, undergrad and graduate industrial design students are tasked with coming up with home appliance inventions that are likely to take root in the next 90 years.
Which brings us to one of the more interesting finalists, the Moléculaire, a CNC food printer that prepares everything from basic to complex food recipes using layering printing techniques to create 2- and 3-dimensional foods. The secret is the ability to use small food particles from a multitude of ingredients. Designed by Nico Kläber at the Köln International Schools of Design in Germany, Molèculaire assures every meal will taste great, albeit somewhat geometric. So is cartridge number 45 peas or green beans?
ION Electrifies Sportbike World
ION Electrifies Sportbike World
By Kkelly8. 九月 2009 09:17
Diehard motorcycle riders will tell you there’s nothing like the feeling of having a V-twin between your thighs while carving through a back-country road, but when you have something as sexy as Tom Miceli’s ION electric sportbike you may be ready to rethink that power only comes from an internal combustion engine.
While earning his BS in Industrial Design at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, Miceli dedicated one semester to developing and designing the ION on a “minimal” budget. The results are astounding: the 84 volt lithium battery-powered bike uses an AC motor that generates 105 lb.-ft. of torque and 46 hp with regenerative braking. Range is estimated at 60 miles with a top speed of 81 mph.
Miceli displayed the bike at the Southern Energy and Environment Expo 2009…and actually took it out for a spin, where he called it “kinda scary.” Just watch the video to see what he’s talking about:
Automist Wins Dyson Award
Automist Wins Dyson Award
By Kkelly9. 九月 2009 13:17
While you may be familiar with James Dyson from his appearance in the vacuum cleaner commercial dissing four wheels in favor of the maneuverability of a giant ball, what you may not know is that he sponsors a design award, cleverly named the James Dyson Award. Participants are required to design a product that “solves a problem.” For this year’s award, more than 400 ideas were submitted by designers in 21 countries. The winner: Automist, a home water mist fire suppression system that can be integrated into any existing water tap. It was designed by two U.K. Royal College of Art students, Yusuf Muhammad and Paul Thomas, who had read that conventional home fire extinguishers are often misused or too slow to put the fire out. Their solution: use a wireless heat detector to trigger an under sink water pump to activate mist nozzles under the water tap when a fire is detected.
In addition to the name-brand honor, their ingenuity results in a £10,000 ($16,500) grant to fund development of the invention for commercialization, along with another £10,000 for the university.
solidThinking Harnesses Mother Nature’s Design Approach
solidThinking Harnesses Mother Nature’s Design Approach
By Kkelly16. 九月 2009 09:00
When it comes to shapes, there’s no better inspiration than nature. Whether its the bone structure of the human body or the shapes found in a spider web, the ability to mimic natural forms has been an almost-elusive task. solidThinking has come up with new software technology, called “morphogenesis,” that it says can mimic nature
Included as part of the 8.0 Inspired software package, morphogenesis takes initial shape definitions outlined by the designer and then “grows” the most efficient shapes around the initial structure. “With the debut of morphogenesis form generation, designers are provided with an environment to replicate biological growth processes in nature where structure develops and takes shape in response to environmental stimuli,” says James Dagg, vice president of software development at solidThinking.
The addition of morphogenesis also paves the way for designers to easily and cost-effectively modify forms without having to conduct complex computations, thereby permitting more experimentation.
Watch this video to see how morphogenesis can change the way you approach industrial design:
SketchBook Mobile
Autodesk: Yes, there’s an app for that
By Kkelly28. 九月 2009 14:47
On average, 6.6-million apps are downloaded from the Apple iTunes store every day.
That number may get a bump from designers, now that the Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is available for the iPhone and iTouch. Based on the paint engine that drive’s the full-blown SketchBook Pro, these portable versions—the there the free SketchBook Mobile X and the $2.99 SketchBook Mobile—that allow you to not only create back-of-the-napkin sketches, but even create usable art.
Upon hearing about the app at the annual IDSA conference last week, I immediately hit iTunes to download the free version and needless to say I was impressed. While the diminutive size of the iPhone screen provided some limitations in terms of developing detailed drawings for novice users like myself, several design professionals have already used the app to create some pretty cool stuff. What’s even better is that you can email copies of your ideas to friends and colleagues right from your iPhone.
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