So it’s finally live! I’m talking about the Google Summer of Code, a program whereby Google spends $$’s via open source foundations (such as our own Python Software Foundation) to students in exchange for code. I’m happy to see this project actually happen, and I hope it’s successful for all involved. I heard about it [...]
Archive for May, 2005
Categories out, tags in
I was finding categories to be more of a bother than they were worth, so I’ve stopped organizing things according to them and will use Technorati tags instead. Let me know if you miss them and why.
Fight
Fight Originally uploaded by David Ascher. A weird sight near Kits pool today — some folks dressed up in full gear were staging some serious fights. Movie included!.
Summer’s here!
Flank steak on the grill with sweet corn on the cob, followed by ice cream from the local ice cream store for dessert. The tomatoes are MIA, and we’ll agree to ignore the cold that just kicked into high gear and the weekend full of rain. It is summer, so say I.
Summer's here!
Flank steak on the grill with sweet corn on the cob, followed by ice cream from the local ice cream store for dessert. The tomatoes are MIA, and we’ll agree to ignore the cold that just kicked into high gear and the weekend full of rain. It is summer, so say I.
Breakfast
Crepe Originally uploaded by David Ascher. Continuing on a food theme, today’s breakfast is yet another instance of my quest for the perfect “french crepe with american flour” recipe. Today’s recipe, taken out of last week’s NYT magazine, is pretty good, with a thin batter, pretty coloring, good resiliency. It’s missing a flavor component I [...]
New treat: maamoul date cakes
A treat I’ve recently uncovered at the corner store (Nadi’s, who, IIRC, hails from Lebanon) are maamoul, little cakes filled with dates. The store has stocked different brands, all from Saudi Arabia, with the latest definitely being the best: it has a surprisingly fresh pastry (especially if one acknowledges that it’s shipped from Jeddah). Unlike [...]
Two “new” kinds of blog spam: apologetic and plagiaristic
Blog spam in moderation queue Originally uploaded by David Ascher. My blog spam problem has decreased since adding a captcha (i.e. “type this fuzzy text”). These two, however, showed up, which probably means they were entered by hand. The first advises the reader to buy some drugs cheap, and then apologizes!. The second is a [...]
Two "new" kinds of blog spam: apologetic and plagiaristic
Blog spam in moderation queue Originally uploaded by David Ascher. My blog spam problem has decreased since adding a captcha (i.e. “type this fuzzy text”). These two, however, showed up, which probably means they were entered by hand. The first advises the reader to buy some drugs cheap, and then apologizes!. The second is a [...]
Productivity boost with feeddemon & bloglines
Install feeddemon 1.5 trial (still trying to figure out an alternative to bloglines) Enable the bloglines synchronization feature Decide the keyboard navigation still feels awkward, and still don’t like having to read blogs in the websites (not as fast as bloglines’ “everyone looks the same” model). Go back to bloglines, and notice that feeddemon marked [...]
