The lua-nginx-module is very cool.
Typing Big Green Egg on iPhone
Have a Big Green Egg? Have an iPhone with iOS 5 on it? Then you absolutely need to go here Settings - General - Keyboard - Shortcuts
Then create this shortcut to save your thumbs significant effort.
Garage Reclaimed
While doing our remodel we lost the use of our garage. We used it for storage and the contractors had a big dumpster in the driveway. For most of the summer there was also a small lumber yard in the driveway and a portable toilet. So we parked on the street all summer. Best time to do it but an inconvenience.
This last weekend we got the garage cleared back out and I was irrationally excited to park both cars in there again.
First Snow of 2011
First snow of the year just started falling. Really big flakes slowly floating down. First snow is always special. I hope it is still on the ground for Mazie in the morning.
The other day the coffee maker in the office was out of commission. From this note you can see the situation was dire.
Just made my annual contribution to the EFF. You should too!
Watching Jeremy Messersmith on NPR Tiny Desk podcast. Very good.
I have an IPv6 only website since Linode supports that. But none of my networks support IPv6. Can’t see my own toy.
Importing 300 CR2 files from Canon 5D Mark II with a POS USB card reader (vs. FireWire reader). This should be done in about 10 hours.
Listening to Elton John and now I want to throw a big house party! 😀
Maybe I’ll come around, but I’m hating on the new Google Reader so far. Shared Items was my favorite thing, and it’s just gone.
Awesome
@zacharyjohnson I made a video game for you. Play it now! Happy Halloween!
When I see someone using a pay phone these days I just assume they are doing something illegal.
Happy Halloween 2011
Ran out of candy at 7:30p. 100+ trick or treaters. Crazy night!
Eating a vegan chocolate bar and drinking a beer. Happy Halloween all!
I really need to see The Decemberists in concert. I like their albums more with every listen.
Margin Call
I can’t remember where I first saw Margin Call referenced. The movie depicts a 24-hour segment of the 2008 financial crisis. I’m a sucker for high-finance movies (Wall Street, Boiler Room) and knew I wanted to see it right away. Then I saw the cast and that Kevin Spacey was in it, one of my favorite actors. I was happy to see it on iTunes as an “in theater rental” so we watched it in the new family room last night.
It was an odd movie. The movie has 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, which honestly surprises me a bit. I think if you took some of the star power out and just went on the screenplay it would be much lower. Spacey is awesome, as always. The pacing of the movie I think is what had me off. It would go for long moments at a crawl and then without transition speed along. Similar to one of my favorite movies, Glengarry Glenn Ross, there are no heroes here.
If you watch it, share your thoughts. I’d love to know what others think of it. The Margin Call website is one of the better movie websites I’ve seen though.
Chile Cornmeal-Crusted Tofu
I seem to have a food, movie, food, movie, food, movie stream going here so why not add one more food. 😀 Last night we turned to the Veganomicon for dinner inspiration again. You may be thinking that we only have one vegan cookbook, we don’t. We have a handful and actually the Veganomicon hasn’t been the dominant one. But it’s been my favorite since it was so highly recommended by my friend John. I decided to make Chile Cornmeal Crusted Tofu with Southwestern Corn Pudding.
The tofu was easy to prepare and really all about technique. It came out okay, but I think I could do better. I don’t think I got the tofu pressed enough, and the cornmeal I used was really coarse, too coarse. There were little hard bits in the crust of the tofu that were distracting. I also wanted some sort of sauce of the tofu. As a bonus there was extra tofu left and I think it will go great on a sandwich.
The Southwestern Corn Pudding was a star! It’s in the picture above in the casserole dish behind the wok. It tasted really good, had jalapeño to give some nice flavor and color. The sweetness of the corn was great. This is the kind of dish you could make for anyone and they wouldn’t miss the cream and butter typical in corn preparations. It was also pretty easy. I used a bag of frozen corn and the whole preparation only took about 15 minutes and then baking time. I missed an opportunity to use some of my New Mexican smoked chiles too. Next time I’ll bake this on the Big Green Egg to impart so smokey richness to it and use the premium chiles. My mouth is watering just typing that.
I don’t think our new family room could have come out any better. Starting a movie tonight. “Margin Call”. 🎬