Archive for April, 2007

Dealing with Unfounded Criticism

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

I was reading this Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll the other day and thinking about International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. It seems to me that some of the approaches described in the first article are being used in the second. Rather than avoiding the label, these writers are seizing it and making it their own. This is nothing new - I’ve seen it done any number of ways but it’s always fun to watch (unless you’re the one giving the off-the wall criticism).

A Possibility for Reading Ebooks?

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Charlie Stross mentioned that he reads ebooks on a Nokia N800. Jaimie keeps asking me to find her a good ebook reader and this looks very good - now I just need the extra $500 or so.

How to Make Homemade Taco-Seasoning Mix

Monday, April 16th, 2007

How to Make Homemade Taco-Seasoning Mix

What you need:

* 6 tsps chili of powder
* 4 1/2 tsps of cumin
* 5 tsps of paprika
* 4 tsps of onion powder
* 1/4 tsp of cayenne powder

What to do:

* Mix everything up. You might want to try using a food processor or a grinder for a fine grind.
* Store in an airtight container.
* NOTE: This recipe is twice strong as the store-bought.

I’d ignore him too

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Seth’s Blog: I’d ignore him too links to a story about a world class violinist playing in the Washington subway. Pretty much everyone just walked past and ignored him - the biggest crowd he could draw was two-three people who paused to listen. When I lived in Ottawa, there would sometimes be people playing music along paths I would bike or walk along. Sometimes I would stop and listen, sometimes I wouldn’t. I suspect that if I were headed off to work I would have just passed on by.

Memo to the very small

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Seth’s Blog: Memo to the very small gives another project I can do for Tone Ag Consulting Ltd.

10 thoughts for 2006

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums > 10 thoughts for 2006
We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven’t got a clue as to where millions of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration

Hillbilly Housewife

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

I’ve run across the Hillbilly Housewife site a number of times. It looks good, but I haven’t tried the recipes.

What Should I Read Next?

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

What Should I Read Next? looks like an interesting site. Mind you, these sites can be rather hit and miss. Maybe I’ll try it out sometime.

40 + Tools and Hacks for Gmail

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Gmail Craze: 40 + Tools and Hacks for Gmail » MakeUseOf.com

Back up Gmail with fetchmail

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Geek to Live: Back up Gmail with fetchmail - Lifehacker

Menu-Mailer

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

Menu-Mailer looks like a good idea. Something else for me to try rather that our usual dialogue of:
“What do you want for supper?”
“I don’t know. Food?”
“What kind of food?”
“Whatever”

FlyLady.net: Crisis Cleaning

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Strategies such as FlyLady.net: Crisis Cleaning have worked well for me in the past. Now if I can just put them into practice…

WoW 2.0 Macros

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

I may set up some of these macros, especially the warlock DoT one.