Two full Wagyu Tenderloins came out incredibly delicious. 3 hours in Sous Vides with a finish on Big Green Egg at 450 Β°F.

Man in a Christmas shirt slicing a cooked Wagyu tenderloin on a cutting board while a woman holding a mug smiles beside him Man in a Christmas shirt proudly holds a platter of sliced medium-rare Wagyu tenderloin in a decorated kitchen.

Bottom starting the Big Green Egg and hoping I left enough charcoal in it to thaw the gasket so I can open it up. Finishing beef tenderloins on here for early Christmas dinner with my family today. 🀞πŸ”₯🧊

Big Green Egg kamado grill covered in snow smoking in a winter backyard patio

Weekly Thing Christmas Blogs

The random five winners of the Weekly Thing Christmas Blog gift have been selected!

A little Python to do the selection…

import random

# Define list of names
values = [
  "name", 
  "name", 
  "name", 
  …
]

# Shuffle the list
random.shuffle(values)
print("Randomly selected values:", values[:5])

And the winners are!

jamie@tangerine ~ % python3 ./pick.py
Randomly selected values: ['Marcos', 'Claudia', 'Jesse', 'Phil', 'David']

Sending notices to everyone now!

One of my favorite activities for a Saturday morning is to enjoy a cup of coffee while reading a variety of emails and web pages I’ve received over the week on my iPad. It very specifically needs to be on the iPad, with no case.

Making Old Fashioned’s tonight for friends.

Three Old Fashioned cocktails in rocks glasses with ice, orange peel, and cherries on a kitchen counter with bar tools nearby.

The 2024 Year in POAP is out and I was proud to again (see 2023) have one of my POAPs highlighted β€” our Thingelstad Ireland 2024 was the family trip mention.

There are so many cool things happening in the POAP world and this annual roundup is a great recap. I πŸ’› POAP!

Was seven years ago today that micro.blog opened up to public signups. Doesn’t feel like it has been seven years! Even better it still is the fastest and easiest way to get words and images on the web.

I had guessed that Musk’s net worth would double in the next four years β€” which would be something like $700 billion.

Elon Musk’s net worth has climbed by more than $200 billion in 2024, a massive increase in the same year that the world’s richest person spent at least $277 million backing Donald Trump and other Republican candidates. β€” Washington Post, Dec 15, 2024

Leaves him at $442 billion now. Just another 50% to hit that $700 billion. 🎯

$277 million to get $200 billion? As Lawrence Lessig highlighted so well in Rebublic Lost β€” political grift has a very high ROI. πŸ’Έ

Cartoon dog sitting calmly in a room engulfed in flames with a coffee cup, saying This Is Fine.

We had a fun time watching Red One tonight. We like Dwayne Johnson movies and Christmas to boot. Was fun! πŸŽ…πŸ’ͺπŸ†

Movie poster for Red One showing four actors and a polar bear above a festive sled loaded with gifts and two reindeer in a snowy setting.