蒸留酒 distilled spirits

 Next comes distilled spirits!

よい復習になった。

ビールのお勉強

出典 

https://beergirl.net/beer-beginner-guide-03_c/の表、その他いろんなサイト

勉強したいことをこころゆくまで勉強できる、いい時代になったものだなーー

京都酒飲み比べセット自作と日本酒予習

出典 

https://saketanpo.com/making-sake-siboritate-origarami-nigorisake/ のにごり酒分類表、その他サイトたくさん

 

Image making - Graphic Design Specialization

Finished the 3rd course of Graphic Design Specialization program on Coursera!

It was a lot of work... but I was lucky to get access to Adobe products. I was truly impressed by my classmates' works.  They are artistic, dynamic, and delivers clear messages.  Designers are like this, and I am no way even near them.  They are trained, e.g. art summer school.  This kind of makes me feel like I'm Jack of all trade but master of none.  I wonder if I should have pursued design to begin with, one of the things that I am most passionate about.  But there's no point in crying over spilled milk.  I believe there are jobs that I can use both my (tiny humble) design skills and computational plant bio skills somehow.

Read a professional development book that says 

Your dream job = Overlap of {Your passion x Your strength x Your Value}

Two more courses to do before I get this specialization certificate.

 

8月16日日曜日 合宿三日目

 4:30 am 差し込む朝日で起きるのもおつなものだ。例によってCFSのコースを見る。Food Engineering.  Detailed explanation is appreciated, but it just makes the video so long...

If flavor volatiles are important for your product, it's not a good idea to heat your product at a high temperature. WHY? Because if you are heating your product, the flavor volatiles are escaping the product, and we will have our product with much less flavor after heating.

A very logical and concise explanation!

6 am 今日はインターンのお仕事しなくていい！やった！　のんびりまったり。

7 am 日が高くならないうちに散歩…と思ったけど既にめちゃくちゃ蒸し暑かった。じっとり。ちょっと歩いただけなのにべたべたになって、さすがにシャワーを浴びる。もう外に出ないぞ！　って、すごい運動不足になるなあ…。夏はしょうがない。一年のうちいくらかの時期は外に出られない時があるのだ。ミシガンでは冬に出られなくて運動不足になるし。今日から宅トレを本格的に再開しよう。念願の冷やし中華食べておいしかった！

8 am 朝から宴♪　らららーー

11 am Graphic Design Typeface の宿題を終えた！

12-4 pm データの確認とかメソッドとかしながら洗濯。コインランドリーの部屋、エアコンがついてなくて、洗濯槽カビが生えてる・・・！！？と思ったけど洗いあがった洗濯物は綺麗だったのでよかった。しかし。。エアコンなしだといずれカビる、あの部屋。間違いなく。対策をお願いしますよ～～～

5 pm 立ってできる筋トレ。エアコン効いてる室内でも汗をかく。。　湿度が湿度がって言いたくないんだけど気になる。

7 pm スカイプで英会話。非常によく聞こえる。WiFiでもビデオ通話いけるんだな。学会も大丈夫そうだ！

8 pm 明日の解析の予定表を組む。明日はひっさしぶりのインターンがない平日だから進めるぞ～～～

Hard earned certificate No.3! --Fundamentals of Graphic Design--

There are 6 kinds of contrast you can create using geometric shapes.

Form contrast

Scale contrast

Weight contrast

Direction contrast

Texture contrast

Space contrast (relation between objects and the remaining white space)

Infographic finished!!!

Version 2 after my advisor's review!! It's done and I'm not editing it anymore!!!!

A weekend full of online courses

Weekends pass very quickly!! It was a fruitful one.  Now I have 3 online courses to keep track of in addition to my bean research and internship.  At the end of summer, I will have ccomplished so much, hopefully!!

I spend a lot of time perfecting my infographic.. a few more edits and it will be read to go!

Graphic Design Week 1 Mugs in 10 different ways

Drawing assignment!

Hard-earned certificate No.2!!

Finished taking "Design and Make Inforaphics" on Coursera. I spent a good chunk of time these past two weekends, and finally got something that I'm happy with!  It's very rewarding to earn a certificate of completion of a course.

This course is taught by a professor at my university... on an online platform.. just a coincidence.  He had worked for NewsWeek many years and has made so many beautiful infographics and informational graphical articles in his career.  Adobe Illustrator was recommended, but it was not free, so I didn't use it. I did all the assignments with Medibang paint, Excel, and Powerpoint. But I'm sure Illustrator would make things much better. The professor makes it very easy to make materials with good colors and fonts.  

Anyways I'm happy with my infographic. It will be useful for me when I meet someone for the first time and explain why and on what trait I'm working on beans (though I don't know when I can ever meet someone in person again...)

All the images and icons are creative commons or my own, so I don't need to worry about copyright issues.  My internship has taught me how to search for freely available contents, which I haven't paid a lot of attention to, but is important!!

I like the course - I recommend it to anyone who is interested in making infographics. https://www.coursera.org/learn/infographic-design?

Interstingly, I think designing still relies heavily on invididuals' intuition - it's hard to teach how to arrange elements you need in the best way and to use the fonts and colors in the best effective way. There are so many combinations, and it's just impossible to try everything, and yet, we need to find out the best layout or overall look of the materials you are making.  It cannot be calculated. It can only be optimized by one's artistic brain.  It's easy to tell when a design is bad, but it's hard to tell how to improve it.  Another course on fundamentals of graphic design, a part of Professional Certicicate program, will help a little bit more.

Infogrpahics Assignment No. 3 - Map

Want to go to those places with delicious seafood again in Hawaii!!

Infographics - Week 2 Charts!

Learning to make infographics.

I made this chart as an assignment for Week 2.  Excel can make very good charts too.  I'll try to stick with Excel and other free platforms cos I don't have the trial version of Adobe Illustrator anymore..  

And these numbers are true!  Food loss includes natural shrinkage, but the majority of food loss is "Wasted (uneaten) food" mainly produced at home.  

Hard-earned couse certificate and gigantic eggplant

Finished taking Nutrition, Heart Disease and Diabetes course on EdX! I'm happily surprised with the quality of this course. The videos were well made with lots of visual aids, not just people talking. I'm glad I took it. With one more, Nutrition and Cancer, I will get a professional certificate!  It will be useful for my internship too hopefully.

Humongous eggplant.  Made into a chili-like dish with mushrooms, ground chicken, and cilantro.  They shrink so much after cooking!!