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Soda Water and an Idea
Went to a local store to buy a soda bottle and cartridges. I like bubbly water from time to time and thought I could make my own. Alas, what I discovered to my dismay was that the cartridges were not refillable. What’s the point, I asked. At least I can recycle bottles.
I remember my mom sending me to the store to return used soda cartridges and to buy fresh ones. If one returned used cartridges one did not have to pay a deposit. Is that still how it is done in Europe or other U.S. states?
Most natural food stores sell bulk, e.g. grains or olive oil, and a few weeks ago I thought it would be nice if somebody sold a stainless steel container that would hold a certain amount of liquid or dry weight. There would be no need to get the container pre-weighed as it would display its empty weight on the container. Stainless steel can be scrubbed and cleaned and does not break. One can always pour the contents into a “display” container at home.
By the way, I clean my steel water bottles and coffee mugs with a little white vinegar. Afterwards I simply rinse and dry and the stale, old coffee smell is gone.
File under Ideas
New slideshow with three elements:
1) still image/photo
2) video (about 10 seconds in duration) without camera movement and with one or more visual elements moving at some point – e.g. view of street with a car moving through the field or a leaf blowing across, or a cloud moving slowly…
3) time lapse photography, e.g. 10 photographs of 1 second duration each
I think combining these elements would create interesting visual rhythms that would run along or counter to the music’s rhythm. Right now, using only still images, the rhythm is more like that of a clock, even and constant.
I will try working with Keynote for several reasons:
– Keynote can mix photography and video
– I know the program quite well already and programming would be easy – unlike Flash, which has a big learning curve
– if I mix still, video and time-lapse elements I might NOT want randomness, because I would not want to see several videos in a row. The randomness could be faked by using the iChing (like John Cage) for example.
