A friend recently gave me a sourdough starter. Actually, he gave it to my wife because she often makes comments to be polite. Well he did it and when I gave it to my wife, she said “He gave me a gift for you?” Anyway, this is one of those things that I find very heartfelt. Now, I have to really take care of it to do the gift justice.
https://youtu.be/nHkYDpDGOTU
I was listening to Keith Snow the other day (“Harvest Eating Podcast”) and he was talking about pandemic fads. Sourdough was one of them. I hear that this particular starter has been around for over thirty years. Don’t be fooled, it is not the starter that makes the bread good but the technique.
I am trying to scale back carbohydrates in our house. I want to get to the point that we can have bread but we need to make it. I know that will significantly limit our consumption. I also believe that the sourdough fermentation is a better starch conversion for those sensitive. I suspect that my family is.
End Your Programming Routine: The best part about sourdough is that when the world collapses, you can eliminate a need. As long as you have flour and water, then you will always have yeast. With a baker in the house, I am surprised at how fast a jar goes when used routinely. Oh, it tastes good too.
Not long after I started my new job in September, I got an email saying that it was employee appreciation month. As such, they were going to be drawings for prizes. I of course didn’t have anything better to do so I registered for the drawing. About a week later, I was sent an email saying that I had won a prize. Truth be told, I forgot about it because it didn’t arrive for several months.
What am I going to do with this? Well, I thought that I would try it out and make videos. One time, I used the kids’ GoPro to make a video and it was nice to have two hands free rather than trying to hold the phone in one hand and do the rest of the work in the other.
In the box that it came with were straps to mount it to my person. A waterproof case, a remote control, different mounting platforms to put the camera on handlebars and pretty much wherever you want to put it. I have a planned a video for tomorrow so that I can break it in.
I am under no illusion that this is equal to the GoPro in performance. It was stated that any gifts over $100, we (the employees) would be taxed on the value of that prize. I think the stated value was $99.99. It is still cool and it is still better than nothing. I would say that if this proves to be worth it, I will use it until I reach the limitations and then at that point consider upgrading to a more refined device.
The question might be asked, do I feel appreciated? The truth is that I suspect every person that entered got a prize. In the application process, I selected all of the things I didn’t want which were largely things that I already have or don’t really need or want. I will test my theory next year and potentially get something that I might give away. But, to answer the question, not particularly appreciated because they gave me a gift. That being said, I have never had anything like this happen before.
The truth is that my phone is starting to get tired. I have had this iPhone X for five years now. I find lately that the lens is smudgy and shows a glare on many of the pictures that I take. This causes me to retake them. Additionally, transferring the raw clips are very cumbersome. It takes a lot of bandwidth to move them from my phone to One Drive where I keep all of that stuff and start editing. I often have to do this in multiple iterations for all but the smallest of clips. I welcome the ability to take content directly from the device via a wire.
End Your Programming Routine: As of the time of writing I haven’t done anything but charge the battery and power the camera on. I have no concept about how well it will really do, but like I said I will use it until I see the limitations. But hey, it is better than a stick in the eye (or a pink slip). So, I can appreciate what new dimensions this will bring to AltF4.
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