Archive for May, 2009
Zingerman’s Warehouse Sale for May 29th
In: Food
28 May 2009Fresser Hot Cocoa Cake (no giftbox). Reg. $40, now $20 or 2 for $30.
Mandelbread. Reg. $15, now $6 or 2 for $10.
Fontina. 1/2 lb wedge for $6.
Drunken Goat. 1/2 lb wedge for $6. <– I wonder what this tastes like. :O
Lincolnshire Poacher. 1/2 lb wedge. Reg. $18, now $10.
Parmigiano Reggiano. 1/2 lb wedge. Reg. $14, [...]
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Breakfast of Champions
In: Food
27 May 2009Today was our HR Department’s Pancake Breakfast. Social fun on a dreary rainy morning. Brian brought his own special low-fat protein-enriched recipe to share. Folks loved it!
Brian’s Pancakes
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup fat-free cottage cheese
1 cup egg whites
2 scoops protein powder
Almond milk (optional, to thin batter)
Blend into the consistency of batter.
Makes about 20 four inch pancakes.
Nutritional [...]
BALLE day three
In: Collaboration| Green| Leadership
24 May 2009In order to feel successful at being sustainable it is vital to recognize it as a developmental pathway. And that the journey down the path is best supported by a network of relationships in alignment with your goals. There I just saved you two hours of sitting in a conference breakout session. Seems like good [...]
BALLE day two
In: Collaboration| Green| Leadership
23 May 2009The days are long at BALLE. The morning plenary was a tasty mix of Tom from the RSF social finance fund, followed by Melissa from a biofuel collective in Berkeley that just opened their own service station, followed by Michael from Dressing Room, a restaurant that has been active in farm issues and social justice [...]
BALLE day one
In: Collaboration| Green| Leadership
21 May 2009Here at the 7th Annual BALLE conference in Denver. Today’s session explored issues facing local first groups and used Open Space (a fave) to create breakout sessions. I participated in one discussing ways for the local first group to be economically sustainable and another that addressed the role of the board in a nonprofit and [...]
Intelligent Transportation
In: Geek Goods| Transportation
19 May 2009We just wrote the following into the draft of our department two-year vision:
In the last few years we have had an even stronger focus on sustainability in our work. Taking into account power consumption as a criteria for computer selection has been very successful and we’ve found the vendors are starting to offer more choices [...]
Geek Finds from Last Week
In: Geek Finds
19 May 2009As reported at our huddle yesterday, here are the geeky things we found last week:
scanR.com – Use your cell phone camera and scanR.com to make an OCR scan and then email or fax the text. You can even photograph business cards and have scanR.com turn it into a vCard.
iExporter – Export playlists from iTunes – [...]
Gmap Pedometer
In: Transportation
18 May 2009Just in time for “Walking is Wonderful Week” of the Commuter Challenge, calculate your distance walked with the Gmap Pedometer. It is a great mashup of Google Maps, Runner’s World calorie counter, and USGS topo maps and elevation info.
Zingerman’s Warehouse Sale for May 15th
In: Food
15 May 2009Try something new! Pick a treat for cheap at the warehouse sale.
• Fresser Cocoa Coffeecake…was $40, now $20
• Chocolate Orange Torte…was $30, now $18
• Farmhouse Cheshire. ½ lb wedge was $18, now $8
• Colonna Special Blend Olive Oil. 250 ml bottle was $19, now $9
• Columbus Salami. Was $10 now $6
• Long Stem Artichokes. Was [...]
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Whoa? How do we know that’s safe?
In: Good Stuff
14 May 2009As I envision choosing more internet based applications I get asked, in so many words, What are the criteria for examining the stability/risk of web based software solutions? Here are a few questions we can ask. Can you think of others?
what’s the financial picture – on VC funding, puttering along on donations?
how long have they been [...]
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