So it’s now been a week, and the bacon is done curing. I rinsed off all the seasonings (at least, all the seasonings that weren’t buried in the fat, and popped the belly in the oven for 90 minutes at 200 degrees. This is the result (though it has been cut in half to make
No, seriously. I’m makin’ bacon.
I’ve had an odd addiction lately to Diners, Drive Ins and Dives on the Food Network. Recently they featured a place that makes its own bacon, and it looked a) awesome and b) not too hard.
Those that know me also understand that I live under the constant assumption that the zombie
David Roberts, who writes for leftist enviro rag Grist, has a recent post looking at the message challenges facing the Democrats.
In order to inoculate themselves against attacks on Solar Trust of America, Bright Source, Solyndra, LSP Energy, Energy Conversion Devices, Abound Solar, A123 Solar, UniSolar, Azure
“Morons, your bus is leaving!”
That line from Groundhog Day pops into my head every so often when I hear something so truly stupid it takes only a second to fully realize how stupid it is.
On Twitter, @AdamThierer points to such a stupid idea posited in a post by the Electronic
I was listening to the radio on the way back from lunch, heard a song on Sirius featuring a throw away line that made me think about all the songs that reference technology and quickly become champions of the obsolete. So hear here, without further adieu, is a list of ten such songs, and the
A little over a month ago a friend emailed me a link to this post jumping into the ongoing discussion of the content industry’s evolving business models. The author, David Lowery, was formerly involved with Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. He is an accomplished musician and takes issue
I’m hearing a lot of people make the comparison of cybersecurity legislation’s coming fate and the beat down that was taken recently by SOPA/PIPA (two pieces of legislation meant to strengthen protections for intellectual property – and mainly championed by the movie industry).
Now that Congress is considering legislation to address the perceived threat to our
It’s now been almost 72 hours since solid food passed my lips. That’s something I never thought I’d say outside of surgery or old age.
The many and assorted ways you can blend juices are fascinating to me. Some result in concoctions that are actually quite good – even for vegetables. Others make me want to
Several years ago I read an article about a guy who had volunteered to do a 7 day juice fast. For those not aware of juice fasting, it’s a popular trend for people looking to “detox” or purge the body of all the crap we consume on a daily basis.
I was interested in it
Due to a recent incident, I decided to secure my personal electronics against loss/theft/compromise by strengthening/creating locks and passwords. The iPhone, I discovered, actually does allow you to use a better password for locking the device than the simple four-digit PIN.
However, once you enable a longer (more secure) password, the method of entering it changes