Yes, I indeed made that Spam-n-Lima recipe. Full disclosure: I like spam. I like lima beans. How bad could it be? I set out to discover.
Category: Dear Diary
The End (of the notebook)
I had never gotten to the end of a pocket notebook before it totally crumbled apart. Until today.
2013 in review
It’s the end of one year, the beginning of another, the time of Christmas cards and family newsletters. I haven’t typically been into either of those, but this has been a special year — in both good and bad ways. If, somehow, you arrived at a print copy of this blog post, you can find … Continue reading 2013 in review
Ebenezer, 2003-2013
Ebenezer, a.k.a. Fidget, a.k.a. Hypercat, son of Ted E. Bare and American Beauty, passed away on Saturday. He had been quietly battling heart disease his entire life, occasionally seen as strong heart murmurs, but officially diagnosed about 6 months ago as an enlarged heart.
My 2013 blog-writing month recap
At the start of November, I decided that I would challenge myself to a month of blog posts, similar to my friends and acquaintances participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Well, the month is up and the results are in.
The mystery of the sidewalk discs
Those metal discs epoxied to urban sidewalks every few meters — what are they?
Using the Chubby Tricorder
This is the final part in a series of three, describing the hardware behind the puzzle gadget I designed for Curtis’ birthday puzzle game.
Designing the Chubby Tricorder
Part 2 in a series. The story so far: a secret surprise puzzle game, a gadget that had to “contain” a piece of paper upon opening, the decision to make that gadget electronic with screen and keypad and to make that paper printed on demand by a thermal printer. Would it work???
The Chubby Tricorder Project: designing a digital puzzle box
Recently, I had the pleasure of building a puzzle-hunt gadget. The circumstances surrounding this particular device and hunt were extremely unique. The puzzle hunt was for an audience of one — a surprise birthday party for my friend Curtis.
Whistleblowers and encryption
If your company (or government) is not doing anything illegal or immoral, then they have nothing to hide, and therefore doesn’t need to worry about whistleblowers.