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Chilli Maximus
So, I made amazingly awesome chilli. Kind of random; picked up a few recipes, smushed them together, got some stuff slightly our of order, but irrespective, the final result was really quite delicious.
Chilli Maximus
3 habaneros, finely diced
2 extra-large fresh jalepenos, finely diced
1 green capsicum, diced
2 brown onions, diced
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Best nachos ever... plus a new cocktail.
Cocktail:
Not my recipe, and I can't remember the name, but here it is:
1 oz Honey Liqueur (American Honey)
1 oz Vodka
fill almost to the top with cranberry juice
splash of cola
Quite tasty!
Nachos Frugrande!
Part one: the quacamole
1 avacado
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
2 jalepenos, finely chopped
1 habenero, finely chopped
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What we have here is a failure to communicate.
An early example everyone in marketing, advertising, design, semoitics, languages, anthropology and culture* is usually exposed to is the Gerber baby food fiasco in Africa.
*by the by, anyone who doesn't think these areas are all different facets of the exact same thing is an idiot.
Short version: in Africa, high rate of illiteracy. Solution when ( Read more... ) -
(corn) Chips
Have you ever noticed ( Read more... ) -
Wikipedia and Acadamia
Yet another thing that pisses me off is how so many academics/pseudoacademics are against the use Wikipedia in any shape or form.
They refuse to draw the distinction between citing Wikipedia directly (as if it were the original source)*, and using it as a tool.
*which you should never do, since according to the quality management guidelines, ( Read more... ) -
Helpdesk / Bug tracking software - opinions?
Dear LazyWeb,
I need a free, easy to use bug tracking program/software, specifically for a small helpdesk environment. Must be able to take email input and have easy to read/present reports (per tech).
After some sorting, reading and pondering, I have potentially narrowed down my choices to the following:
- Redmine - http://www.redmine.org
- Bugzilla ( Read more... )
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Food, delicious food!
A big thanks to my old friend Karl's wife's recipe for delicious traditional mexican salsa. Made my first bowl of it today and it was /really/ good.
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Reposting: The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia
This post is lifted from: http://copybot.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-50-most-interesting-articles-on-wikipedia/?cThe 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia
April 7, 2009 Deep in the bowels of the internet, I came across an exhaustive list of interesting Wikipedia articles by Ray Cadaster. It’s brilliant reading ( Read more... ) -
MickyD's, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love McDonalds
I have a confession to make. I like McDonalds now.
I didn't always, in fact, this is something which has only really changed over the past couple of years. So, what happened? Well, McDonalds has crap burgers, average fries and an overpriced menu.
Mmm, their apple pies though... so good...
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This morning...
While riding to work today, a bird flew right in front of me/past me on my bike. I thought from the flash of orangish/brownish it was simply a wattlebird being territorial over a smaller bird (a wren? honey eater?) But when I glanced over to have a better look - it was a small raptor of some sort, and just caught the smaller bird mid-flight! ( Read more... )