1/2 cup warm water 1 package dried yeast 3 tablespoons sugar 6 eggs 1 pound unbleached all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 pound unsalted butter, cut in chunks Note that eggs and butter should be at room … Continue reading »
It’s been said that the formative years of Americans can be dated to their memories of Saturday Night Live eras. I’m pegged to the late ’80s/early ’90s, and, perhaps … Continue reading »
One of those Cooking with Google moments, where I have leeks and chicken thighs from Westside Markets. This is derived from a Julia Child recipe. It’s somewhat instructive … Continue reading »
We’ve just signed a new 1-year lease on our apartment. The rent didn’t change, and so there wasn’t much incentive to look for another place to live. What … Continue reading »
The main hard drive on the workstation has been running out of space for the past few months, and the limits of semi-draconian purging has reached its limit. Basically, … Continue reading »
The battery on my old Treo 180 is nearing its end. While the phone has never great on battery life, I’m now only getting a bit over a day … Continue reading »
Gizmodo is hiring an editor. After some encouragement from friends, I’ve sat down and wrote up the requisite three Gizmodo-like stories on tech products and thrown my hat into … Continue reading »
We were in Madison, Wisconsin, for most of the weekend. Grace was presenting an abstract at the MARC 2005 conference held there this year, fulfilling the research-during-residency requirements for … Continue reading »
I have to proclaim the total awesomeness of Sage, a feed reader for Firefox. My long-ago attempt to slap one together in PHP hasn’t been touched in close to … Continue reading »
Here’s a basic banana bread recipe that uses yogurt and baking soda for some of the levening: 2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt … Continue reading »