ebartley

All's well here

ebartley Oct 30, 2012 18:23

Home safe with husband, son is still at day care two houses away, all's well, didn't even lose power.

Cooking in a tagine is fun, like a cross between stovetop and slow cooker in a single pot. Brown the meat and a long slow simmer without having to transfer anything or clean up more than the one tagine. (A tagine is a skillet without a handle with a conical lid designed to retain moisture. The one Kaz got me for my birthday is Le Creuset, with a ( Read more... )

Chicken or Turkey Cacciatore

ebartley Apr 28, 2012 22:28

After some experimentation with recipes I thought were too bland, I finally have an easy chicken cacciatore recipe which I think works well ( Read more... )

recipe

PBEM Game Design Challenge and Thoughts on It

ebartley Jan 30, 2012 20:15

I've been having some thoughts about PBEM and journaling game theory. One of my favorite people to game with has enough times where she can't game that I'm very hesitant to suggest she join games, or suggest that third parties join any two-person games we're playing. And I suspect everyone who has played any sort of asynchronous game has had a ( Read more... )

D&D 3rd, 4th editions

ebartley Jan 14, 2012 12:03

I've been having some thoughts about D&D 5th edition, and D&D 3rd and 4th editions as well ( Read more... )

Just migrated my account to dreamwidth

ebartley Jan 14, 2012 11:53

Just migrated my account to dreamwidth (as ecreegan.) Cross-posting including comments for now.

Cross-posted to ecreegan.dreamwidth.org at http://ecreegan.dreamwidth.org/4295.html

And a DRM grumble

ebartley Feb 23, 2010 18:14

Experimenting last night, I determined that the wonderful Calibre tool will let me reformat files into a style I prefer (moderate indentations, no blank lines, to indicate paragraphing) -- and if I prefer something else in the future, I can always do that.

I then realized I can't do that with my Harry Dresden series, since I bought it (in a right ( Read more... )

DRM Thoughts

ebartley Feb 22, 2010 23:50

I mentioned in an earlier post that Amazon had lost a lot of sales to me by using DRM. Yes, I've bought ebooks from Amazon: when that was the only source I knew of, or when very pregnant/on maternity leave and didn't want to leave the house, or when I was sure I wouldn't want to reread the book, or when I just plain wanted the next book in a ( Read more... )

Belated announcement on the birth of my son

ebartley Feb 22, 2010 07:30

Looking at my journal after reading the previous post, I realize I never posted anything about the birth of my son.

Robert Vincent Creegan was born in Beth Israel hospital at 5:45 on 7/30/2009. He is presently scooting around in his beloved walker and playing pick-up-the-toy with his mother. More generally, he's healthy, happy, and interactive.

Ebook pricing

ebartley Feb 21, 2010 23:43

I've been following the Amazon vs. Macmillan dispute and contemplating the question "So, how much should ebooks cost?"

Well ... there area several different "shoulds" -- reader, publisher, author, distributor, moral, and practical.

How much should ebooks cost from a reader's perspective? That one's easy -- as little as possible without causing future ( Read more... )