Ripe tomatillos = salsa verde time!

As the days get shorter, I find myself riding in the dark more and more. Wanting to improve my visibility, I tracked down the components listed in the Daylight Visible Bike Light instructable. However, I gave the project a twist by embedding the light (plus circuit + batteries) in my helmet. The thing is really […]

It was BK’s birtyhday. I decided to try my hand at fondant (the stuff that makes wedding cakes look so perfect).

The berries ae ripe. Blueberries are good, as are raspberries – but they both cost big $ (even in season). Blackberries on the other hand, only cost the time and effort to pick. We went out to the 1000 acre park where the berries were plump and plentiful. Here is Samantha drying out part of […]

My friend Jamie had all the equipment (plus hops growing in his yard). Each night a different batch was made: Pale Ale Imperial Red Hopscotch Ale (double batch) Luke’s Holiday beer When we added the hops the air became so fragrant that the neighbors started coming by to see what we were brewing. Did I […]

Mark Frauenfelder of boingboing posted the following moments ago: Loren Coleman of Cryptomundo writes about the Bigfoot body purported to be discovered in the woods in Northern Georgia. The guys who claim to have discovered it are holding a press conference in Palo Alto on Friday. Well, it looks like the Cryptomundo servers have asploaded. […]

This post was created using the new iPhone WordPress application. A few days ago, I posted about my excitement. Now that I have had a chance to use it – I can say that I am not disappointed. It is available now in the app store and cost the same as wordpress.org – absolutly nothing! […]

Getting there We wanted to go to Pansy Lake fire tower – road was blocked. So we turned around. Milepost 33/34 – bridge – lots of gravel, past 4-5 active rock quarry shooting galleries -There may be a car or two at the trail head, but there will also be spot to park just past […]

Matt Mullenweg of wordpress fame just announced: “We’re doing an iPhone-native WordPress client, check out the screencast here. It will work for both .com and .org, be available FREE from the App Store, and best of all it’s going to be completely Open Source, which as far as I know no current apps in the […]

For the forth, we went down to the waterfront to watch the fireworks. Portland puts on a pretty good show. I forgot to bring a camera – but found that the iPhone takes pretty good firework shots: