• Dear Mom - Geek Out! - Radio

    OMG, You’re Still Using AOL? Marketplace’s most popular story today

    … and I’ll be passing this along to my sister, who’s still using AOL and probably always will. OMG, you’re still using AOL for e-mail? | Marketplace From American Public Media Dalaise Michaelis: As soon as somebody says they are, you know, so-and-so at Earthlink.net or Hotmail.com, really it’s an “Oh My God” moment. Do you know what the Internet is? Yahoo is like, OK. And then if you’re G-mail, you’re like, I can take you seriously. Vanek-Smith: What about AOL? Michaelis: You said AOL? Oh wow, is it still around? I mean, Ican’t believe it’s still around. Burt Flickinger:…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Shared Links December 7th – December 10th

    New World Notes: Chestnut’s Choices 12/10 – 12/16: Cyberpunk Sim Insilico Holds Open House, Immersive Production of A Christmas Carol, Live Performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and more NPR.org » A 19th-Century Mathematician Finally Proves Himself Moving from Blogger to WordPress – ten lessons learnt the hard way (aka “The Long March”) May think about moving a Blogger blog to a hosted WordPress setup. Master painter of Southwest leaves house, works to SUU – Salt Lake Tribune Is Linden Lab wasting its time on the existing Second Life population? – Massively

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Shared Links December 1st – December 6th

    Athena Isle on Second Life: ‘Tis the Season to Be Giving From Pocket to Stage, Music in the Key of iPhone – NYTimes.com GKCx/Level 3/Building: Playing With Shapes – SimTeach Special needs students study for bar and bat mitzvahs — chicagotribune.com Mermaid Diaries: Natalia Zelmanov’s Second Life Adventures: Day 300: Second Life Poseball Tutorial

  • Episcopal - Music - Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    Lo, he comes with clouds descending

    Got to sing this at the early service, but at a brisker pace and with no fancy soprano descant at the end. Lawd, that’s a pretty one! Must pass that one along to Her Musical Nibs at St Nick’s for next year. Lo, he comes with clouds descending | Seven whole days [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/jjn3fBTvBjY" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /]

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Shared Links November 25th – November 27th

    [#MISC-1728] Many prims have turned into pumpkins – Second Life Issues Classic SL holiday humor from last year – even bug reports and pie menus are funny. CHAPTER XX. Pueblo Indian Weavers New Hopi hotel to teach travelers about Arizona tribe’s culture – USATODAY.com My Page at Ning.com for Cafe Wellstone This is my AV's page at the Cafe Wellstone ning… I'm organizing an event so I'll need a link back to this page. Mermaid Diaries: Natalia Zelmanov’s Second Life Adventures: Build (Tutorials, Techniques, etc) Makin stuffs…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Dilly Bread Recipe | Oops Oh Well It’ll Taste Good

    I was working off of Mom’s handwritten recipe card for this year’s batch, not my version that spells out all the steps… couldn’t find my own card so had to wing it, until I remembered I’d blogged the full recipe a few years back. Whew. Her card is just a list of ingredients, very casually grouped together with brackets… and the brackets run from the front to the back of the card. Uh, well, everything is together and has been kneaded lightly and set aside for the first rise; I should have put all the savory ingredients in the double…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Dilly Bread! Knead You, Baby

    Dough is ready to knead if it’s doubled in size. I always punch two fingers into it because Mom did, helps to gauge the consistency. Also: punching down is recommended, but I forgot. Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! Knead You, Baby By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 10.14am CST PST