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Here’s a neat Google Maps hack that lets you figure out the length of route, given a set of waypoints. Finally, I know (about a year after when it may have … Continue reading »

I finally made bread that wasn’t dense. Previous attempts have tended to result in dense (though sufficiently tasty) bread because I screwed up something in either the kneading or … Continue reading »

This is a neat site on Cleveland skyscrapers, containing a lot of photographs, a bit of Cleveland’s architectural history and interesting facts. For example, the paucity of downtown skyscrapers … Continue reading »

Blossom is the Cleveland Orchestra’s equivalent to the Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood: the weekend venue during the summer, when the Orchestra plays in an open-air pavilion and the audience sprawls out … Continue reading »

A couple notes on the old Honda Civic: I just changed the bulb for the right headlamp. I had noticed the low-beam wasn’t working back in late May, but hadn’t … Continue reading »

The pizzas from Friday ultimately came out sort of triangle shaped, because I wasn’t very good at shaping the dough into classically round pies. Some of the dough was … Continue reading »

History did not turn on its hinge yesterday. 7/7 will simply become another stanza in the litany of atrocities that go back to 3/11, to Bali, to 9/11 — … Continue reading »

It seems to be Madrid again, but I feel closer to London than to Madrid, knowing some people there (friends and co-worker) and having visited. I’m not sure if anything new … Continue reading »

I’m going to try making pizza later this week (Friday?), as part of the general yeast-bread making experiments over the past month. Here’s one blogger’s guide to doing this: … Continue reading »

Here are the fireworks pics for Cleveland’s July 4th show. The fireworks were shot from an area near the mouth of the Cuyohoga River, with the best viewing areas in the … Continue reading »