The Belizeans have created a very distinctive style of sauce which is characterized by the addition of carrots. If you can get organic or even better home-grown then the carrot influence will be all the more pronounced. For each batch Habanero (or similar heat level) peppers (1-2oz for mild, 4 for medium, 6+hot) 3/4 cup […]

The other night, when I couldn’t sleep -  I started playing around with the HTML5 canvas element. Very quickly, I started to see what all the hubbub is about. Here is a very simple game that I threw together in about 15 minutes. The Game Name: Cloud Hunter Controls: Left arrow = Move Left Right […]

This weekend, I constructed a trellis for some new grapes in the garden.  It is locked onto the garden beds and seems to be fairly secure. The top cross bars are scraps of new wood, but the posts are twice-recycled. All the details are listed below: This wood started as a pallet. Then, we notched […]

We had a big party this weekend and lots of people brought meat to throw on the grill. As a vegetarian, I also love to grill – we had zucchini, asparagus, sweet potato and other great veggies. Sometimes though, you just want a burger. Now, garden burgers are fine – in fact – we had […]

Until last week, I was happily using a first generation iPhone. Sure the network and software was a bit slow, but I’m from a generation that cut our teeth on dial-up modems and BBS’s (EEEEEEEE-CHHHCHHCHHHCGHGHGH). Who cares if it takes a few extra seconds to load BoingBoing while riding on the bus? However, there was […]

I just updated to WordPress 3 – took all of 3 seconds. Great work Ma.tt et al!

This is just a quick update of the garden situation. See the previous post here. Done: Ground leveled Ditches dug and filled Sprinkler and electricity in place Cedar box rails (2×8 + 2×4) in place and staked To Do: Till all this mud to mix with new soil Fill with soil Add 2×4 caps (you […]

Last Friday was bike to national bike to work day. I did take the tall bike down to the convention center, where I was attending a conference, but it wasn’t really “to work”. In fact, since the move last month, I haven’t manage to ride the full route… We now live on the opposite end […]

Each week, we create a new feature story that appears on the PCC homepage. This week’s story is about several new Community Education courses, including one on dog training. We needed a good photo to match the story … Fortunately, I had just the thing in my personal  archives: Meet Plinko, my friend Fish’s border collie […]

I was a bit too busy listening to take good notes, but here are a few that I wrote down :) Get off my lawn! Connections 1) stuff 2) people He’s doing a “logo dump” starting back in 1995. Showing the old gap between consumers and producers. APIs – Crazy Go Nuts! You don’t have […]