Cadillac!
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Monday, November 29, 2010
National Security
Does anybody beside me find it kind of irritating that the government that's so intent on peering up everybody's tuchus at the airport can't be bothered to encrypt its own communications over diplomatic channels?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Crochet Afghan Finished
Took about a year. Making Grampy Rectangles got me through many a Case Conference and commute.
Cannot Install Software
Arduino-o-o-o-!
I bought this from the Maker Shed. It would have been nice if, up front, somebody had told me that it won't work with Windows XP short of reanimating an extinct Slobovian goat, learning the Unix kernel by heart, and composing a Petrarchian sonnet to the goat without using the if/elif/if/else structure. I found and installed the driver. Now there's a sync problem, whatever that is. Still won't accept a program via the USB connection.
Good job, cyber-hipsters. Glad you can do all those fancy things with your LEDs. Got to admit, I'm a little bit frustrated & bitter over here.
I bought this from the Maker Shed. It would have been nice if, up front, somebody had told me that it won't work with Windows XP short of reanimating an extinct Slobovian goat, learning the Unix kernel by heart, and composing a Petrarchian sonnet to the goat without using the if/elif/if/else structure. I found and installed the driver. Now there's a sync problem, whatever that is. Still won't accept a program via the USB connection.
Good job, cyber-hipsters. Glad you can do all those fancy things with your LEDs. Got to admit, I'm a little bit frustrated & bitter over here.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Poem by Pam
Pam is a poet who sells her work at the Civic Center Plaza, a buck for a poem. Here's the one I bought last Thursday, on the requested themes of chartreuse pigtail rubberbands and the intransigence of modern bureaucracy. Thanks, Pam!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Napkin
Artwork by Harris Cooksey. I've always been a sucker for that self-referential stuff.
Thanks for working at HAP, Harris. Can't begin to imagine what you'll be up to in, say, five years.
Chili Verde
Chili Verde recipe.
- Cube, season & brown 2-1/4 lb pierna de puerco.
- Broil-sear & skin 5 whole poblano chilies, 3 jalapenos, 2 heads garlic.
- Simultaneously roast 6 large tomatillos husked & halved, cut side down.
- Blender veg, combine w meat in lg kettle with a bit of chikn stock.
- Zest a lime, squeeze in its juice.
Stew all day long.
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Monday, November 01, 2010
Beef Barley Soup
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/beef-mushroom-barley-soup-recipe/index.html
stock
~1 lb 1-3/4" thick beef shank, browned
2 onions sauteed
8 oz sliced shiitake sauteed in butter
fancy cut bunch of carrots
a can of tomatoes
1 c washed pearl barley
petit pois
a dash of dark soy sauce
addl:
stock
~1 lb 1-3/4" thick beef shank, browned
2 onions sauteed
8 oz sliced shiitake sauteed in butter
fancy cut bunch of carrots
a can of tomatoes
1 c washed pearl barley
petit pois
a dash of dark soy sauce
addl:
- would a bay leaf signal the end of the world?
- could some celery even be incorporated?
Ruthie does something for a while and then she does something else
Mary wrote:
As one of your two devoted blog viewers, I have to request:
More pictures of Ruthie doing Cute Things and fewer pictures of all the crap that isn't Ruthie doing Cute Things!
My colleage agrees.
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Ruthie does something for a while and then she does something else
Originally uploaded by dumbeast
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As one of your two devoted blog viewers, I have to request:
More pictures of Ruthie doing Cute Things and fewer pictures of all the crap that isn't Ruthie doing Cute Things!
My colleage agrees.
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Ruthie does something for a while and then she does something else
Originally uploaded by dumbeast
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Cut the Kitty in Half #1
leg·er·de·main/ˌlejərdəˈmān/Noun
1. Skillful use of one's hands when performing tricks.
2. Deception; trickery
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900 stitches/square foot
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