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Portfolio – EMAC 6374

By ben smithson On May 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In art, photography, portfolio, UTD, video

Sound Object

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Image Object

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Moving Image Object

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Bubble – The Space Between Hobby and Full-time Job

By ben smithson On May 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In art, portfolio, UTD, video

Here’s a short documentary I made for my final (capstone) project. In this film, I follow 5 people around as they chase serious side projects.

This 6-month project caps off 4 years of time I spent at the University of Texas at Dallas. Huzzah!

Here’s some information about the subjects who are featured in this [...]

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Fence Progress – April 18, 2011

By ben smithson On April 18, 2011 · 4 Comments · In architecture, fence, house

The guys wrapped up most of the finishing touches on the fence project during the weekend. Erin and I are really excited about how good it looks. The front slat screen went up yesterday afternoon. As we pulled back in to our driveway from the White Rock Home Tour, [...]

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Squash Puppies

By ben smithson On April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In cooking

My mom used to make squash puffs. And they were excellent. I wanted to make something like that with the squash flavor, but with a hush puppy consistency. I saw a recipe on cooks.com, then adapted/hacked my own. And guess what?! These are great too – a little bit more bready like hush puppies. Go [...]

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Fence Update – April 10, 2011

By ben smithson On April 10, 2011 · 2 Comments · In fence, gardening, house

Lots of things going on at the house this weekend. The fence is officially 60% complete, and we are super excited to see it all come together. I took off early on Friday and installed 2 3′X3′ steel raised beds. The tomato plants look like they are struggling. I may need to tweak the soil [...]

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Plain bread, cut. This batch was delicious as well!

No-Knead Bread

By ben smithson On April 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In cooking

A co-worker (Craig) introduced me My Bread by Jim Lahey. I baked two loaves of bread last night: one plain, one plain with rosemary tweaking.

I started the two loaves on Wednesday night at midnight. Then I did the second rise Thursday after I got home from work. Then baked later that night. [...]

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Up close shot of the East side.

Fence Update – April 1, 2011

By ben smithson On April 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In fence, house

Yes, I understand that it’s April Fool’s day. But I’m posting this anyways. Whatever! Now that the posts are in on the East side, pickets are going up. I think they’re going to finish the rest of the posts over the weekend and try to finish one or two sides with pickets.

The images [...]

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True Widow CD Release Party

By ben smithson On March 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In music, video

Saturday’s show at The Double Wide was most excellent. I shot a few photos and a couple videos.

Videos

Photos Dan Phillips – True Widow

Nicole Estill – True Widow

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Fence Update – March 27, 2011

By ben smithson On March 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In fence, house

Today marked more progress on our fence project. I pitched in on post and picket staining work. Now that the back posts are in, the backyard is finally starting to feel like it has a boundary, a defined space.

Above: same shot, just from the other side.

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I could get used to the smell of western red cedar.

Fence Progress – March 24, 2011

By ben smithson On March 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In fence, house

Willie and Martín arrived yesterday and did some fence post work. Since we’re building our fence up against the neighbor’s falling-down janky fence, we have to pre-stain some of the wood. That’s where I come in to play! I helped pre-stain last night’s fence posts and followed up on the already-cemented posts, staining the remaining [...]

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