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Sous Vides Brisket

Trying Sous Vides brisket for the first time. Trimmed down the flat. Simple salt and pepper. Texas style. Cut in half to vacuum seal for the bath. In the 155 °F water bath for 36 hours. Will finish on Big Green Egg for 3-4 hours for smoke and bark on Saturday.

Two raw brisket flat pieces heavily coated in salt and pepper rub on a wooden cutting board beside a chef knife Seasoned beef brisket in a vacuum seal bag submerged in a clear plastic water bath container with an immersion circulator attached

24 hours into the Sous Vides and all proceeding well!

Seasoned beef brisket vacuum-sealed in a FoodSaver bag submerged in a clear polycarbonate sous vide water bath container with an immersion circulator attached, sitting on a wire cooling rack on a

37 hours of Sous Vides complete. Pulled the brisket out and leaving it in bags to cool in the fridge. Will smoke for 3-4 hours to finish this afternoon. 🤤

Two vacuum-sealed FoodSaver bags of raw brisket with dark marinade, resting in a glass baking dish and a metal sheet pan on a white countertop.

After a few hours cooking in the refrigerator I pulled the brisket out of the bags. I put the juice aside to use for something else. Second application of salt and pepper rub, and onto the Big Green Egg to smoke for three or so hours.

Two heavily spiced brisket flats smoking on a Big Green Egg kamado grill in a backyard garden setting.
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Tyler defeated Monk Maz Koshia and got the Master Cycle Zero in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It is amazing to me how far the story goes in this game.

TV mounted on a wall showing a boss battle against Monk Maz Koshia in Zelda Breath of the WildLink riding the Master Cycle Zero motorcycle on a grassy hill in The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild on a wall-mounted TV

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First time we’ve had a full unplanned Xfinity service outage during remote work and school. Switched everyone to use their phones as hotspots. Hopefully service is restored soon. There is major construction a block away that I suspect is related.

Xfinity outage notification showing unplanned service interruption for ZIP 55424 affecting 51-500 subscribers from 09/17/2020 to 09/23/2020

Update: Service came back after only about 15 min. Wonder what the issue was… 🤔

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Rosalia

A few days ago we happened to go to Rosalia on their very first night open to the public. Rosalia is the newest restaurant from Daniel del Prada, and is right behind one of our favorite restaurants in town, Martina. Rosalia is counter service pizza and our first visit was a great success. We had Pepperoni, Bianca, and Margherita pizzas. The pepperoni was perfect. The Bianca had a surprising kick from the chilis. The Margherita was very well prepared. We tried a slice of the Tomato Fugazza and it tasted good but ours wasn’t heated up enough. Opening night issue?

If you are looking for another great option for delicious pizza, make Rosalia your next stop.

Bright modern pizza restaurant interior with wood counter, chalkboard menu, staff in masks, diners at tables, and lush plants throughoutOpen kitchen of a pizza restaurant viewed from above, with cooks in white uniforms working around a curved prep counter and a domed wood-fired oven, finished pizzas visible on wooden boards, dining

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My Octopus Teacher

We enjoyed watching My Octopus Teacher tonight. It is a touching story capturing the year that Craig Foster spent visiting this octopus every day. My favorite scene was toward the end when he captures the octopus playing with a school of fish. Beautifully filmed, with great underwater scenes. 🍿

Netflix documentary poster showing a diver in a wetsuit and mask underwater in a kelp forest with an octopus swimming above him.
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Hit a new 45-minute PR on Peloton this morning in Jenn Sherman’s class. 553 kJ. Not sure about Yacht Rock for spinning though. 😬 Helped to a PR with byteCoder, YukonJack, coppel87, and AreBurns. 🙌 #FitByFifty

Peloton workout summary showing 45-min Yacht Rock Ride stats: 553 kJ output, 1003 cal, 155 avg BPM, 170 max BPM, heart rate zone chart over time. Peloton workout summary showing 45-min Yacht Rock Ride stats: 553 kJ output, 1003 calories, 205W avg, with power zone breakdown chart.
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Updating firmware is one of my favorite things. 🤓 Updating the new IntelliConnect.

IntelliConnect Magic Pines Pool app showing a green firmware update banner prompting upgrade from build 1.1.0.0 to 1.2.3.5
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The hand washing feature in watchOS 7 seemed a bit silly but I turned it on and I’ve actually liked it. It is good at detecting washing, and it has already resulted in me washing for longer. I even get a graph! I also like the nudge to wash your hands when you get home.

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I have wanted folders in Shortcuts since it was called Workflow. It is a huge help to have that in iOS 14. I rediscovered shortcuts I had forgot about because they were lost in the flat library! I also love that I can group project specific shortcuts like the Weekly Thing.

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iOS 14 is sharing an insight with me that it is using more battery. Neat insight, how about a fix? 😬