Category Archives: General

Feb
26
2010

The Burden of Plastic Trash

This poignant photo essay ”Message from the Gyre” by Chris Jordan shows how plastic trash affects albatross chicks on Midway Island. The Gyre is a circular current that helps maintain the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Adult birds scoop up small items while feeding and pass them on to their nestlings. One dead chick was found to have 250 [...]

By Richard | Also posted in Birds, Photography | Comments (0)
Apr
08
2009

No Knead Bread Recipe

Inspired by the New York Times recipe for “No Knead” Bread, I did some experiments with my bread machine. While the original recipe required no kneading, it was still fairly complex and messy. The key is to use much more water resulting in a soupy dough. The loaf pictured here was moist, chewy and delicious! Here’s the [...]

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Feb
12
2009

Catch-22 of the Digital Age

I like to listen to audiobooks on my iPod. I have a subscription to Audible.com and buy one or two books a month. In the beginning things were fine, but about two years ago iTunes stopped remembering my Audible password. I get around this by double-clicking on any Audible file and put in my password [...]

By Richard | Also posted in Humor, Technology | Comments (0)