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BoardGameGeek widget
I finally visited the BoardGameGeek site after a prolonged absence and got to fiddling with the widget generator. Here’s what I came up with: Thumbnails of the 5 games I’ve most recently played (and remembered to log on BGG!) I … Continue reading
Brian’s gingerbread cookie recipe
Brian brought some gingerbread cookies in to the office last week, and they were amazingly tasty! I asked him for the recipe (and permission to publish it here), which he graciously granted. Following typical cookie recipe procedure, here are the … Continue reading
New gravy recipe?
SimplyRecipes has a giblet gravy recipe that looks interesting. I haven’t used mirepoix in my Thanksgiving gravy before, but that certainly sounds like a worthy addition!
Atari lives!
I got one of my two Atari 800′s out and fired it up today. My 30-year-old computer is still kicking! My wife and/or kids started typing on my old computer, and their opinion is apparent! The old programming cartridges (Action!, … Continue reading
The Dark Tower
Back in September 2011, I (and many other geeks) was introduced to NPR’s “Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books” via SFsignal’s amazing flowchart. I had already experienced about half of the books, but that still left quite a few … Continue reading
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Tagged book, library, npr, sacramento, science_fiction, sfsignal, stephen_king, the_dark_tower
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Quilt shop update
About seven months ago, we got a notice from Sacramento County about our expired permit for the quilt shop. We renewed the permit (to avoid ever-increasing penalties), and now we’re just days away from having to call for an inspection … Continue reading
Chicken with peanut sauce
This is my adaptation of Martin Yan’s recipe for glass noodles with peanut sauce from A Wok For All Seasons, currently out of print. If you like this, I highly recommend that you ferret out a copy of the book! … Continue reading
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Tagged a_wok_for_all_seasons, chicken, chinese, martin_yan, peanut_butter, recipe, tofu
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“Terms and conditions”, another observation
Back in 2007 I wrote about RSS feeds for “Terms and Conditions” updates. But this week I have been traveling, hooking up to a lot of free wifi hotspots, and agreeing to a bunch of T&C’s, mostly without reading said … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, law, southpark, technology, terms-and-conditions
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Cucumber salad
This salad is cool and delicious on its own, and it also makes a great palate cleanser between courses. I used a 2mm (about 1/12 of an inch) slicing disc to cut the cucumber very thin, sort of like pickled … Continue reading
Pork baos
We make these pork-filled buns for our family Christmas gathering every year. This is an Americanized dim sum recipe from the 1979 Sunset Chinese Cook Book. (Some good recipes in there, buy a copy if you can find one!) We … Continue reading
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Tagged appetizer, chinese, dim sum, recipe, sunset_chinese_cook_book
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