Archive for February, 2008
Black and Blue
In: Good Stuff
27 Feb 2008I came in this morning craving a steak served black and blue style and although this dosen’t exactly meet the definition, this custom sandwich sure did satisfy the craving. Big thanks to the Deli sandwich line! Beef brisket, beautifully grilled onions and melted blue cheese served on a BH hoagie roll. [...]
Energy Harvesting
In: Good Stuff
25 Feb 2008The human body as an alternative energy source? Here’s a method with huge potential for capturing the energy expended by our muscles: an energy harvesting knee brace.
BH needed a way to protect a phone, a little help from M&G and this is what we came up with.
In: Good Stuff
25 Feb 2008Monkeys @ Coffee
In: Good Stuff
19 Feb 2008Some new ornaments on the roaster at Coffee Co.
CSS Sniffing
In: Geek Finds
18 Feb 2008This mind-blowing CSS sniffing technique takes advantage of the changes in color for visited links. Display a set of links on the page, use Javascript to check if the color has changed – And voila! Browsing history captured.
Benevolent genius uses:
Personalize the your browsing experience by displaying only RSS aggregators / social bookmarking tools that you [...]
Best Sandwiches in America
In: Good Stuff
18 Feb 2008Esquire magazine has a feature this month about the best sandwiches in America. Zingerman’s own #97, Lisa C’s Boisterous Brisket made the list (as did the McRib and Chik-Fil-A…???). Here’s how Esquire described the sandwich:
Gold Angus-beef brisket, dry-rubbed with sea salt, pungent Tellicherry black pepper, garlic, and marjoram, is left to sit in [...]
Mac Tip: Clean up “Open With” menu
In: techtip
17 Feb 2008Before doing a clean install of Leopard my “Open With” menu was cluttered with duplicate entries (and I’m sure over time it will happen again). I’d right-click an image wanting to open it with Seashore and the menu would have Firefox listed twice, Seashore listed twice, Preview listed twice, and so on. It [...]
IT Dinner #5 : Lee Bros. Southern Foods
In: Food
5 Feb 2008The Theme
Southern foods from the Lee Bros. Cookbook
The Date
January 24, 2008
The Location
Billie’s House
The Menu
Mint Juleps – Joe
Pimento cheese platter with celery sticks, baguette, pain de montagne – Kathleen
Crab cakes – Brian
Lemon grits – Craig/Jenny
Sneaky collards – Elph
Fried apples with bourbon caramel – Billie
Buttermilk ice cream – Billie
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- Tags: grits, it dinner, southern
Only in A2
In: Good Stuff
4 Feb 20081. Would someone’s bonsai go missing.. 2. does the owner make a such a nice little poster for it.
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- John Reed: A cauliflower crust!?!? Do tell, do tell!! Sounds yummy! [...]
- Billie: Ignite is an event featuring 5-minute presentations by regular people about things they are passiona [...]
- nicole Robichaud: what is ignite a2 [...]
- Billie: Oh geeeeeez Juleen! [...]
- juleen: This is a lot more fun-loving than the body parts bakery in Thailand. Creepy, yet amazing. Warning: [...]