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Last week, I broke my second french press carafe this year. It was just a small bump against the counter, but the crack ran through the thin glass (I … Continue reading »

MAKE blog had a link to this page on how to tie various knots: I Will Knot!, with video demonstrations of the tying process. Next time I stop by … Continue reading »

This is what I’m currently doing for multigrain bread at home:
1 packet yeast
1/2 cup warm water
Mix these in the mixer bowl and wait to see if the yeast is good.
1/2 … Continue reading »

City Data looks like useful summary information for all sorts of US cities. Here’s the page for Ohio’s Bigger Cities (over 6000 residents) and Cleveland in particular. Lots … Continue reading »

Amazon has taken the brilliantly evil “using porn to defeat captcha” idea and put it to good use in their experimental Amazon Mechanical Turk. (The name comes from 18th … Continue reading »

Here’s the apple crisp recipe we’re using right now. The apples are given a little bit of “pie filling” treatment:
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup … Continue reading »

For my own reference. It’s hard to do a clean step-by-step table, mainly because some actions are combined. Some vocabulary can be found here.
Kata 1 (attacker wins)

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Attacker
Defender

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From chudan, … Continue reading »

We were in Chicago this past weekend. Interesting town: I certainly felt more like I was in a big city than Cleveland, with the density of skyscapers and tall … Continue reading »

I was in New York earlier this week to help uke for promotion tests at my old dojo, with Itai testing for ikkyu and Gearoid (who I hadn’t met before) … Continue reading »

At the beginning of the month, I submitted a few photos to Shutter Stock, a micro-stock photography site, to see if any income can be generated from the pool of … Continue reading »