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Mom’s website is live!

Posted on 2006-10-22 by frank

My mom recently put up her website, Zen Ink Art. She’s been working on it for a while now so it’s great to see it go live! There’s also an article about her in the Seattle Times.

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Lessons in Ironing

Posted on 2006-10-17 by frank

If I’m staying in a hotel and need to iron something, I always check the bottom of the iron to ensure it’s free from nasty things that might get on or even ruin my clothes. I’ve been saved a few … Continue reading →

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Hooray for free music!

Posted on 2006-10-14 by frank

Today I’ve done little but snarf MP3’s from 3hive, a free-music-finding collective that can usually be counted upon to suggest some good music. I don’t like everything they suggest but today I spent a couple hours searching through their September … Continue reading →

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Eradicating a missing dylib dependency in macports

Posted on 2006-10-08 by frank

I would’ve put this on the macports wiki because it’s the kind of thing I will probably need again sometime, but since their move to macosforge.org, I can’t modify their wiki. A few weeks ago, a new version of gettext … Continue reading →

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A Pitfall of Home Espresso-making

Posted on 2006-09-27 by frank

Sometimes, when the unconscious attention to small details necessary to make a good espresso becomes conscious, the whole process seems ridiculous: This morning I fired up the Gaggia MDF espresso grinder to make my morning cup and watched bleary-eyed as … Continue reading →

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