I’ve really been enjoying the show Chef Academy on Bravo. I’m a reluctant fan of some reality shows, and this is definitely the type that I do like. They’re only interesting if they are about “creating” something – in this case, food. I also appreciate that it’s not strictly an “elimination” type show, where someone [...]
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Energy Audit
Some nice gentlemen came by our house today and did an energy audit. Apparently there are some serious issues with our crawlspace. Not really news to me. This is an old house. It was built in 1901… although it has been remodeled enough that you really can’t tell. Nor could the fellow getting the audit [...]
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Aviation Security Mostly Show?
This Bruce Schneier article on the problems in our ways of fighting terrorism is very interesting.
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Brunch
We had a fabulous brunch today, courtesy of our friends Anisa and Graeme. They have a lovely house, and it was all decked out to perfection. We brought Zoë, who was of course the life of the party, and in a good mood right up until the last. She of course took to Amy Ruppel [...]
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Sleepless Child
Our child is refusing to sleep. Now, I know she’s just nine months old and teething a lot, so this is to be expected. But it’s getting a bit crazy. I think she gets less sleep at night that we do, which seems just plain wrong. We’ve tried one thing after another, and I suspect [...]
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Missing Tooth
So last night I decided to try a salt water taffy. I don’t think I’ve ever had one before, and so I asked my father in law to pick out the absolute best flavor. I put the taffy in my mouth, bit down perhaps a bit too hard in retrospect, and almost immediately heard the [...]
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The Short but Powerful Guide to Finding Your Passion
We’ve been thinking “big picture” a lot lately at Needmore, and at home. Maybe having a kid does that to you? At any rate, I found this to be a quick and inspiring article. The Short but Powerful Guide to Finding Your Passion.
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On eBook Readers
I have a huge problem with digital rights management. What that is, basically, is when you take a file format, an MP3 file containing music for example, and add a wrapper around it to ensure that only certain people can listen to it, perhaps under a particular set of circumstances. This is difficult to swallow, [...]
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System 7
I love user interfaces, and I particularly loved the old Mac OS interface. What we would call “classic” nowadays. It looks old-fashioned now, but it was so much more attractive than Windows back then! GUIdebook > Screenshots > System 7.0. Sadly, after a few more years, they were putting out desktops like this, which had [...]
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