I’ve recently switched to using DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine. DuckDuckGo has some nice features including a spiffy “bang” syntax that lets you quickly proxy search results over to other sites and services. For example, if I wanted to quickly look up a PHP function I can search for “array unshift !php” and DuckDuckGo [...]
My work ordered a keyboard for me. It arrived in a box. Nice.
But now? An interesting curiosity. Wacom Inkling smart pen does drawing the old-fashioned way — sort of (video) — Engadget.
I finished a little project this weekend. I had a rickety file drawer next to my desk. This file drawer came to live with me when I moved to Portland. It came disassembled in a flat box. Some assembly was required. It looked handsome enough on the web site. “Sturdy steel construction”, it said. It [...]
It started with a table. A ratty table whose laminate top was peeling apart. “Free – great for patio” was scrawled on a sign taped to the top of the table. Yes, place this table on your patio where the wind, rain, and sun can finish what was started. After this table, there was another [...]
Amazon recently made newspapers and magazines available for a wider array of Kindle apps, including the Kindle app for iPad (but curiously, not for iPhone). They have even included a very Apple-like promotional video which shows off the user interface. Currently there are about 170 periodicals available in this program. I imagine more will follow [...]
My wife’s friend married a Moroccan man. This friend was just visiting Morocco and brought me back a tiny bundle of saffron. It’s the strongest saffron I’ve ever had. Incredible. Instead of packaging in a little jar or a tiny zipper bag, the saffron was wrapped in old office paper. The paper was folded over [...]
Mares eat oats. Does eat oats. Little lambs eat sammiches on oat bread. Ingredients 1.5 oz rolled oats (about 1/2 cup) plus additional handful of oats to coat the loaf 18.5 oz flour (3 full cups, one shy cup) 8oz water (for the oats) 4oz water (for the rest) 1tsp active dry yeast 2tsp salt [...]
Fantastic photos from the In Focus blog World War II: The American Home Front in Color – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic.
Khoi Vinh wrote the following nostalgic piece on reading the Sunday paper: “Don’t Forget, the Sunday Paper Is Still Great”. It’s a good piece of short writing but it doesn’t reach me. He writes: These days I have a young family, and a startup — and, let’s face it, ubiquitous Internet access that makes printed [...]
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