I’m planning on attending two food events next month. Leave a comment below if you want to join me or just meet up afterwards for a debriefing. I’m Cuckoo for Cocoa! (Hold the Puffs) Update: We went. See comments below and photos for details. The first one (chronologically and gastronomically) is
In decreasing order of preference, I’d like my fellow citizens to be:
Well, we did it again; another juice fast. This time, for 10 days… er, not counting the unfortunate hot dog I had to eat on Day 6. We timed it to coincide with Sara’s wisdom tooth extraction, since she’d have to be on soft foods for several days anyway. Our food log is below. It’s […]
Let’s face the obvious: yesterday we were nerds, today we’re the cognitive elite. Let’s conquer. —Chester G. Edwards Do the words “core dump” make you shiver with fear? (My wife just giggles whenever she hears it.) If I asked you to “debug an Apache vfork problem” (again, she giggles), would you know that I’m referring […]
Back in September 2004, I had a tar and chip (bituminous surface treatment) driveway installed in place of the existing gravel drive that came with our old house. Because there wasn’t (and still isn’t) much web information on tar and chip driveways, I thought I’d briefly summarize my experience.
Why you (web sites) should never, EVER store plaintext passwords in a database.
Reload this page for HOURS OF FUN. Or try it yourself, here: (These are real flickr images. Idea and original code borrowed from kastner.)
Some things I don’t get: Why spam is effective (i.e., who is buying that cheap Viagra, paying for those university diplomas, applying for “100% guaranteed” mortgages, etc.?) Why people ask for (or tolerate) ice cubes in their water Modern art I’ll tackle the first two another time. This weekend I went to the Museum of […]
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said “Stop! Don’t do it!” “Why shouldn’t I?” he said.
This delicious Persian rice recipe was my grandmother’s. It takes some effort to make but when it comes out right, it’s wonderful. Ingredients For the Rice 3 cups long-grain white rice For the Greens 1 large head dill fava or lima beans (frozen is fine) 2 onions (optional) 1 bunch swiss chard (optional) 1 head […]
How to survive your wife’s ten-year high school reunion: 1. The Buddy System: Bring a Friend Don’t attend the function unless there is at least one other spouse there whom you have previously met and enjoy talking to. (Thank you, Dave. Thank you, Dave. Thank you, Dave!) 2. Superiority Complex: Have the Hottest Wife in […]
I’ve been listening to a few good cover songs lately, so I thought I’d post a list and ask for suggestions from you (yes, this means YOU) for some others which you think I might like. (Wow, in doing research for this, I came across this excellent project.) Song Covered By Originally Performed By The […]
Plugin Name:Recent Love Plugin Author:Ron Rothman Description:Presents a list of recent comments, one comment per post. Latest Version:0.5 (Updated April 4, 2007) Download:txt phps zip A few months ago, I wanted to display a list of recent comments in my blog’s sidebar. After searching through the countless plugins which return lists of comments, I finally […]
2002 Road trip from San Francisco to Portland. Rains 10 out of 11 days. (Had a great trip!) 2003 Travelling around south Florida. Record cold snap. Temperature drops below freezing; orange crops destroyed. Our hotel room does not have a heater. (Had a great trip!) Valentine’s Day weekend getaway to Newport, RI. Cut short by […]
(UPDATE: Word on the street (see comment 27, below) is that this bug has been fixed in WordPress 2.1.) I recently came across a known bug in WordPress 1.5.2 (well, at least it’s known to users; I can only assume that the dev community is also aware of it). Just wanted to post my fix […]
My Restaurant Week, continued. When we last saw our hero, he had just eaten a fantastic meal at Peter Luger. We pick up his story on Saturday morning, in a cozy booth at a small West Village restaurant:
