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I use this platform to share things that are of interest to me or things I'll want to reference later. Occasionally other people like these posts, hence "Shared Interests".
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Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen
Delicious library, anybody?
Looking forward to trying out Delicious Monster when my Mac is repaired! Continue reading
The continuing PowerBook saga
My laptop has been dead for nearly 3 months! Why does every step of this process seem to trip me up? Continue reading
Transit status alert system
A simple, low-cost system to notify transit riders of schedule disruptions… Continue reading
University Village survey results in Sac State Bulletin
Today’s Sacramento State Bulletin has an article on the University Village housing survey. Interesting how much emphasis is on the faculty responses, considering they are only about a third of the respondents (196/551). Given that: Staff seemed particularly interested in … Continue reading
New game at home: King of the Beasts Mythological Edition
I picked up a new game last week: “King of the Beasts Mythological Edition” is a 2- to 5-player card game. It plays very fast, maybe 5 or 10 minutes for experienced players. I’ve had a little trouble teaching it … Continue reading
Sacramento Boardgames Meetup 2005-12-06
We had a great turnout for our “1st Tuesday” game night in December! Continue reading
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Thai Kitchen: An understandable addiction
About three weeks ago I sent Sgt. Goetz some chow, since the government (or is it Halliburton?) can’t seem to provide edible food to our troops in Iraq. The box I was using would only hold 12 noodle bowls of … Continue reading
Model railroading
I’ve been a model railroader ever since my dad brought home a simple HO train set back around 1970. He didn’t want me fiddling with it, (rightfully so, since I probably damaged it within hours of its arrival at our … Continue reading
Coconut creme brule
Hooray! Holly posted the recipe for the dish she was cooking with a blowtorch on Thanksgiving. Sounds like it would warm up the kitchen, a welcome bonus considering that we have no heat right now. 🙁 The coconut creme brule … Continue reading
Finally got a logo done
I finally cranked out a logo for SonicChicken: Pretty weak, I’ll admit, but it’s good enough for the time being. I already knew that I was no artist, but I was surprised by how difficult this was. (Please, try not … Continue reading