{"id":1707,"date":"2013-05-28T22:56:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T03:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2013-05-28T22:56:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T03:56:05","slug":"mix-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2013\/05\/28\/mix-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix &#038; Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/indesign.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1709\" alt=\"2013.05.28.a\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013.05.28.a.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.native-instruments.com\/en\/products\/traktor\/dj-software\/traktor-pro-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1710\" alt=\"2013.05.28.b\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013.05.28.b.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>More than a year after our big trip to India, I finally began compiling our photo journal this past Memorial Day weekend. Lucky for me, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blurb.com\">Blurb<\/a> no longer requires the dreadfully buggy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blurb.com\/booksmart\">Booksmart<\/a> software, but instead offers a plugin for the more powerful Adobe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/indesign.html\">InDesign<\/a>. I was also pleasantly surprised by the company&#8217;s decision to finally offer digital PDF prints of all our travel albums, alleviating my fear of a potential house fire that will engulf my entire scapbook collection. The other program I taught myself to use, thanks to a free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/\">Udemy<\/a> course, is Native Instrument&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.native-instruments.com\/en\/products\/traktor\/dj-software\/traktor-pro-2\/\">Traktor Pro<\/a>. The software gave even a novice like me the chance to mix music like a DJ, and imagine an alternate life as Funkmaster-G. At least that was what my mind was thinking of during the 8-hour training session for our new EMR system last weekend that nearly killed me with boredom. To recover, I treated myself to a few meals out, thanks to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurant.com\">Restaurant.com<\/a> gift certificate and a trip to <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.dukeraleighhospital.org\/\">Duke Raleigh Hospital<\/A> for my ID badge and parking pass. Sadly, the lamb biryani at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalesindiancuisine.net\/\">Dales&#8217;<\/a> seemed flavored mostly with ketchup (what did I expect from an Indian restaurant named Dales&#8217;?). Fortunately, the seafood soondubu at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raleighseoulgarden.com\/\">Seoul Garden<\/a> was full of fantastically fermented flavors, enticing me to future trips down to the state capital for future foodie ventures. My planning for Melody&#8217;s upcoming visit has begun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a year after our big trip to India, I finally began compiling our photo journal this past Memorial Day weekend. Lucky for me, Blurb no longer requires the dreadfully buggy Booksmart software, but instead offers a plugin for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2013\/05\/28\/mix-design\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}