Goodies
Happy Morning
In 2006, Folgers made what I consider to be one of the best commercials of all time. It was originally going to be featured during the Superbowl but rumor has it that upper management felt the commercial too annoyingly happy to do well. After all, the point of the commercial was that joyous morning sunshine [...]
Jelly time again
It’s that time of year again. I love the sound of canned jar lids popping through the night as their vacuum seal takes effect after their hot canning bath.
This year I’ve already canned a delicious apple-orange jelly. Apples tend to have so much pectin in them that only a little acidic fruit is needed to [...]
New Textures – Two Introductory Sets
When I was young I just wanted to make stuff for the pleasure of it. When I got older I was told that wasn’t a way to make a living.
I disagree. God made things for a living so I guess those people’s attempts to civilize me into a common worker bee never quite stuck [...]
Freebie Friday
When you need your eyes and hands for something other than a good book, there’s the audio route. I prefer MP3s for their versatility. You can burn them on CDs and play them in most modern CD or DVD players, upload them to an iPod or stream them to a networked media device. And if [...]
The iPhone Crowd
For the technophiles who understand the grunting undertones of the UK’s hit television series “The IT Crowd” and who also happen to understand the grunting undertones of the Tim Allenisms when it comes to modern technology (and who happen to be fortunate enough to own an iPhone) we have a special treat for you today!
The [...]
Jelly-making in the Rockies
High altitude is great for crisp dry air, beautiful winter snow and alpine flowers. It is not good for baking, candy making or jelly making. I nearly fumbled the jelly this year by trying to follow the recipe. I don’t see any high-altitude directions, so assumed there weren’t any major differences. How wrong I was!
Trying [...]
Freebie Friday
Freebies and the way of the internet have changed over time. For example, back in the mid 1990’s you could get free packages of JellyBelly just for filling out your mailing address (no email was harvested to be sold to spammers). JellyBelly doesn’t do that anymore, but that gesture still rings loudly for large family [...]
Friday Freebie Blog – Science Fiction Papercrafts
Lately I’ve been on a paper-craft kick. When I was younger, it had to be solid square sheet origami. Sometimes, however, you’ve got to cut paper into funny shapes and glue them together… take a look at the Millennium Falcon!
I finished working on the TIE-Fighter. If you plan to do the same, make sure you [...]
Popcorn Archive
One way that I enjoy passing the time is through a good movie. It’s particularly keen when a remake is made because it allows us to see a notable difference in cinema styles, director concepts, plot design and character development.
Take “The Fly” for instance. The original movie with Vincent Price had a dark sepia-like quality [...]
Not Yet Flickr Favorites
Every once in a while I come up with what I think would be a totally cool idea. Maybe one out of twenty of those times do I actually spring for it.
Flickr is amazing. It’s API is moderately impressive, too. I thought: “What if I could go through all the tags of all my favorite [...]
