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A couple of months ago, a very good friend of mine, mbak Rizky, shared with me some tips for cooking rendang. She told me to cook it using a slow cooker. I honestly thought that would be too good to be true, because what do you mean all...
nezahualcoyotl (nahuatl): The caverns of earth are filled with pestilential dust which once was the bones, the flesh, the bodies of great ones who sate upon thrones, deciding causes, ruling assemblies, governing armies, conquering...
Back in the 1980s or early 1990s, I remember a motel that dropped out of the “Comfort Inn” chain. They reused existing signage by picking the name “Com-on Inn,” so they only had to replace a couple of letters. Something made me think of...
Mark Zuckerberg of Meta fame posted a manifesto. He lays out an idea of a "future for everyone", although I don't think his group of everyone comprises those outside his tax bracket. The screed itself is too long and glazes over ideas...
I am so glad we left early. Three constructions zones on our route, slowing us down. We still got there well before my registration time. They took me in for processing and prep almost immediately, and it wasn’t long until I was in a...
Same angle, different time.
Part deux of the rainbow bonanza in Cherry Creek North this weekend. Our kids were making fun of my wife and me. “Dad, it’s just a rainbow, geez.” Four and some decades and I don’t remember ever seeing something like this in Europe. Or...
Valve's Pins & Pegs Fest is live right now with a bunch of exciting titles that are on sale. The criteria for this sale is pretty straightforward. Games must include any of the following mechanics:PinballGames inspired by pachinko or...
OK, some of it is Apple’s agressive post-processing. But this was quite the double rainbow.
Perfume PosseTragedy by Marissa Zappas This one is long overdue and going to be kind of brief. Some of you know that my “godchild” is a performer and actress on the Downtown NY Scene. She staged a show a while ago called “Tragedy” about...
Fremantle2026 August 19 (Wednesday), 8:52AM· websites · blogging · Little Websites Everywhere, by Michelle Barker, 18 August 2026: Building a website feels old-fashioned these days. How many more websites do I have left in me before the...
So a Ruff, which is a eurasian shorebird that’s not supposed to be in North America, showed up in a wetlands near Sequim, I decided to chase it (because it’s mid-summer and there’s little of interest to bird right now overall). I showed...
Building without predicting | Derek Sivers On a podcast, I briefly mentioned that I’m building my dream house without predicting – by living in a bare cabin in the woods, then adding only what I find I actually need. A fascinating idea....
(Crude, but not actually X-rated; but the title is HOT PANTS HOMO, so it won’t be to everyone’s taste) From Chris Ambidge on the Facebook group soc-motss on 8/10: [CA:] I must have done something wrong — I’ve never seen a book like this...
A while back, Panic made a big announcement that they were banning games that used generative ai art, music, text or story elements. This was nice to hear since so many other stores for digital games allowed it. However, they were fine...