• Cracked.com Valentine

    Wow! Snookums just pointed out that I’m on cracked.com today, albeit indirectly. See that Valentine at #15 there? Whoever Photoshopped it took it directly from mine! I don’t mind though; it’s worth a chuckle. And a lot of people in the comments seem to think that one was the best of the lot.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @crumpet Wish you had Wii Guitar Hero. We need a singer for our band “Dr Jonz and Prof Death”!


    has finally figured out why latest @heroespodcast keeps stopping on iPhone. http://tinyurl.com/bdtmqf Will grab next one via iTunes to test.


    managed a 2mi run this morning before the rain came. Best one yet, even tho I’m super sore from boxing Wed. Didn’t want to stop!



  • Shared today on Facebook

    has finally figured out why latest @heroespodcast keeps stopping on iPhone. http://tinyurl.com/bdtmqf Will grab next one via iTunes to test.


    managed a 2mi run this morning before the rain came. Best one yet, even tho I’m super sore from boxing Wed. Didn’t want to stop!



  • Amish Hackers

    Amish Hackers. Fascinating article about the complex relationship between Amish and technology. I’ll admit that I always thought they were a bit hypocritical – riding in cars but not owning them – but this article has made me rethink that a little bit. They’re slow geeks.


  • Vanilla Creamed Rice with Rhubarb

    We got another bunch of rhubarb in this week’s veggie box, and I was at a loss what to do with it. Rodd’s already made a batch of (extremely good) rhubarb and apple jam. We have a big bag of chopped rhubarb in the freezer. What’s next? Then I found this recipe, which is basically rice pudding with rhubarb on top.

    Vanilla Creamed Rice with Rhubarb

    SO. GOOD. I think that’s going to be my go-to recipe for rice pudding from now on. We usually have all those ingredients on hand, so it’s easy and quick to make up. It’s not disgustingly sweet either. The rhubarb was really simple. You just chop it all up and throw it in a saucepan with a little water and sugar. I was skeptical at first. Like, here’s this pan of very crispy stalky bits, almost like celery. How’s that going to turn to mush? I turned it on low and left to watch Time Team for 10 minutes. When I got back… beautiful pink mush! (I wonder how/why it breaks down so quickly?) Anyway, we had some for dessert last night and then finished it off for breakfast this morning. That’s a big dollop of Greek yoghurt on top. Highly, highly recommended.


  • Shared today on Twitter

    http://giveupandusetables.com HA! @henrytapia is gonna love this.


    @crumpet hooray! So glad it worked out. Good luck with it all…


    just thought ‘Hm, I wonder if Minesweeper exists for iPhone?’ AND NOW I HAZ IT. Nerd puzzle bliss! Makes me wish my commute was longer.



  • Shared today on Facebook

    http://giveupandusetables.com HA! @henrytapia is gonna love this.


    just thought ‘Hm, I wonder if Minesweeper exists for iPhone?’ AND NOW I HAZ IT. Nerd puzzle bliss! Makes me wish my commute was longer.


    I made this last night. YUM.



  • Obama’s good for a beer…

    President Obama speaking in Elkhart this week:

    “Now, with respect to Sean Hannity, I didn’t know that he had invited me for a beer. But I will take that under advisement. Generally, his opinion of me does not seem to be very high. But, uh, but I’m always good for a beer.”

    I sent that to the Snook today. His response: “I hope he found time to stop in at the Mishawaka Brewing Company for a pint of Four Horsemen on his way back to the airport.” Indeed.


  • Big Picture – Bushfires

    The Big Picture covers the Victorian bush fires. Devastating… but beautiful, too. It was #23 that shocked me, seeing rivulets of metal on the ground that had melted out of someone’s wheels. Oh, and the “graphic” one that you have to click on is of a dead horse (not especially graphic, I’d say).

    And while it’s really great that this tragedy is getting international coverage and motivating people to think about what happens outside their own tiny bubble… SYDNEY IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR MELBOURNE. I’ve had a couple people ask if we were near them. And while it’s sweet that they were concerned, there’s also an annoyance factor there. Australia is as big as the continental US. Sydney and Melbourne are 500 miles apart. That’s about as far as my hometown in Indiana is from New York City. I don’t expect people to be experts in world geography, but I thought it was fairly common knowledge that Australia is BIG.



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My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.

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