Personal Technology Coaching
We were married July 4, 1999, in her parents’ back yard, and then went to Decatur for fireworks in a rented double-decker bus. It was hot and muggy and the best party I’ve ever been to in my life. Happy Anniversary, sweetheart, and thank you for everything.
A Food Timline, which seems to have explanations for when what food was discovered/exploited/domesticated. Ivan Day’s Historic Food, with sections on several types of food throughout the ages, including this interesting and in places digestively dubious page on English puddings.
The AARP Magazine has posted 50 Things You Need to Know by 50 I’ve got some time before I need to know this, but it’s never too soon to start studying for the exam.
I’m becoming a big fan of The Minimalist. His latest column, For the Love of a Good Burger, covers important information on a subject most of us think we know: In a world where “burger†most often means a thin piece of meat whose flavor is overwhelmed by ketchup, mustard, pickle or onion, it doesn’t … Read more
This is how easy it is to update. Nice, eh?
A letter I sent to the local newspaper yesterday morning: Consider these two stories on the front of the paper today: “Public defenders’ jobs cut” and “Sotheby’s enters Atlanta market.” A prestige name in auctions and real estate enters our burgeoning market for luxury homes – a very good thing – and yet the state … Read more
Eric posts a photo a day of Paris. We’ll have to meet him when we go back!
Mark Bittman writes, in yesterday’s New York Times Travel Section, of his assessment of The Best Steak Frites in Paris. It isn’t, of course, only about the potatoes but about the steaks (or rib roasts or fried boneless pig’s feet) that go with, and justify, the frites. As a fairly avid carnivore myself, this is … Read more
Our local CompUSA has reached the 30%-50% off, all-fixtures-for-sale stage of its closing. I found the RocketFM from Griffin Technology forless than $9, so I can broadcast any audio from my computer over low-power FM. With this hack I extended the range to the clock radio at the far end of the house… which means … Read more
Photo retouching practices and services on the web. Looking Perfect, One Pixel at a Time – New York Times