As promised, here’s a picture of my first crochet project! I need to crochet him a little tighter to keep the stuffing from showing, but for my first project, I’m pretty pleased! You can find this pattern at http://amigurumipatterns.blogspot.com/search/label/patterns.

Phillipa Ballentine, the author and narrator of the “Chasing the Bard” podcast has a wonderfully fun way of getting her audience involved. You do very simple tasks to help promote her podcast, and you get cool stuff in return! After the first task, I was given the name Lady Beth Highstar of Amaranthe and after the second, I have met my own special sprite friend. Her name is Field Elffro (she actually looks a little like my sister…).

Hey, Sigler, I’ve been a Sigler Junkie for years, and you’ve never given me my own Rocktopi… then again, on second thought, maybe I don’t want one…

Lately, I’ve been interested in giving new life to “trash”. I’ve learned how to cut plastic grocery bags to make strips to knit or crochet with, and I’ve read about fusing plastic bags and I’m excited to give it a try. But the amount of information and ideas out there is overwhelming! This is a site I found today…

Craftster Eco-craftalong

I have enough ideas now to last me years…

I’ll get around to writing a review of Scott Sigler’s podcasts eventually, but in the meantime, here’s a link to the promo for his hardcover best seller, “Infected”. It’s a little violent, a little graphic, a lot creepy. Not my normal kind of thing, but I admit to being a Sigler “junkie”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENWUJ7RoJLc

Here is the press release for the video podcast mentioned below.  You won’t see my name anywhere, but I do some consulting work through DCRE Labs and did a lot of the video work on this one.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacquie Brennan
DBTAC Southwest ADA Center
713.520.0232, jbrennan@bcm.edu

FIRST EVER ASL VIDEO PODCAST LAUNCH from the
DISABILITY LAW LOWDOWN

May 13, 2008 – The first ever video podcast in American Sign Language is being launched today on the Disability Law Lowdown website at ASL.DisabilityLawLowdown.com. The Disability Law Lowdown ASL podcasts will bring a new level of service to the Deaf community by expanding traditional audio-only podcasts to include video that allows subscribers too see native Deaf speakers signing the show’s content.  The podcasts will deliver the latest in disability law information every other week via American Sign Language, captioning, voice-over, and transcripts to maximize accessibility. Free subscriptions to the ASL podcasts are available to have shows automatically delivered to MP3 players. The ASL podcasts are also available on the Disability Law Lowdown website, where transcripts of the shows are simultaneously available. And for the fastest viewing, the ASL podcasts are available on YouTube at www.youtube.com/disabilitylawlowdown.

The hosts for the ASL Disability Law Lowdown are native Deaf signers Danny Warthling and AJ Roupp. They will provide the latest information about disability rights and obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other disability-related topics. Subscription is free and RSS feeds are available to automatically download the shows to video iPods, computers, phones, and other video-capable devices.

Disability Law Lowdown is provided by the Disability Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC), a national network of ten ADA Centers across the country, offering technical assistance and training in the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability-related laws. DCRE Labs developed the Disability Law Lowdown website and brought together several new technologies as part of the Disability Law Lowdown project.

To subscribe, look for the ASL Disability Law Lowdown podcast on iTunes, or visit ASL.DisabilityLawLowdown.com.