Bladerunner Bread and Other Data Recording Hacks
I think I will switch to braile as I can better control for character formation and deformation.
I am a visual learner. I also love data as long as I can see the patterns clearly. Recently I started experimenting with baking bread and I was looking for a way to visually determine what made the bread perfect. I stole this idea from the movie, Bladerunner, recording aspects of the bread on the bread itself.
The Manufacturer’s Mark
The inspiration for the manufacturer’s mark, Blade Runner
So, It’s not immediately obvious what this reads, I know it. My handwriting in risen dough using a scribe is not the best. But I know the amount of flour and it’s ration, how much sugar and salt, and the temperature and time for which it was baked. If I had a laser engraver, i would just laser engrave a barcode of the characters. This is what I have now.
With this data, I can recreate this loaf and experiment with the two types of yeast. One is sustainable and produced in house, the other must be purchased. My pursuit of the perfect yeast produced in 1868 has been elusive because i had no efficient (to me) way of recording variables. Now I do.
Other Data Recorded Around the House
Again, I am a visual Learner. I draw and I remember. To that end I have turned almost everything into a whiteboard at my Urban Farm. Refrigerator doors, house windows, old glass table tops, and porcelined steel shed facing. I am like a three-year-old; I like to draw on things.
This is a random gallery of the multiple ways I capture ideas, data, and inspiration here at Mezzacello. A rfrigerator or a table top is a whiteboard. Quantum Wave Collapse Theory is a jumble of related terms and notes. Complexity Theory is Yin and Yang an the boundary that constrains and unites it. this is how I see the world.
