matt | November 26, 2010
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and got plenty to eat. AB’s brined turkey recipe is quite good. The turkey was wonderfully seasoned and juicy. His cranberry sauce, not so much. It’s okay, but the Ocean Spray canned stuff is better. To go with it, we had stuffing doctored up with mushrooms and apples, [...]
matt | November 21, 2010
So, I haven’t made a bookstack post recently, so I have a lot saved up. The Past Through Tomorrow – Robert A Heinlein – This is a collection of Heinlein’s short stories. As one would expect, some are better than others. They are also very much intertwined – stories make reference to other stories, characters [...]
matt | November 21, 2010
Ron Paul introduces bill to remove legal immunity from TSA employees. One of the best things about his speech is the “congress should have to go through this crap too”. Oh, and apparently the body scanners aren’t effective, but we knew that. Two words – cavity search. And, as always Penn Jillette is awesome.
matt | November 17, 2010
Why is it that no one can make a music management application which can correctly sync with mass storage type players? This is not exactly rocket surgery. Specifically: (And I realize that this is actually an Ubuntu bug) – I plug in my iPod3G running Rockbox via Firewire, which kicks it into disk mode and [...]
matt | November 13, 2010
So, today I watched Protocols of Zion. It’s generally a documentary about 9/11, how a lot of people blame the jews, anti-semitism, etc. It is likely nothing you haven’t seen before. However, as expected, there are interviews with various types of segregationists and supremacists, who are against racial mixing, because various societies need to “keep [...]
matt | November 13, 2010
Liz changed her oil. I changed my transmission fluid. This is theoretically a lifetime, sealed transmission, but “lifetime” means “slightly more than your 80k mile powertrain warranty”. Thus, it is suggested to change it every 50k – 100k miles, though not by the manufacturer. Now, generally, I’d change the fluid filter too. In the 01A [...]
matt | November 9, 2010
So, Vibram Five Fingers are totally worth it. My back feels better, my feet hurt when I put them in normal shoes or slippers, so I just wear these most of the time. That said, it’s *not* the same as going barefoot. You still lose some sensation, but you can still grip with your toes. [...]
matt | November 8, 2010
Been busy. Got about 30lbs of potatoes this year, made a couple quarts of hot sauce, made lots of beer, visited my folks, hit my buddy Mike’s halloween party, stuff like that. We bought a stove. Gas. Current stove is electric. Now I need to run/arrange to have run LP gas lines, get a tank, [...]
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