Policy vs. “Policy”: Little Things Are Important
In 2003, I wrote the following blog entry: I’ve recently inherited a house. The air conditioner, a jumbo window model from Carrier, is operable, but the mode selector knob is broken. Although it can...
View ArticleWeber Grills gets it
I like to grill in the summer. If it’s not raining, I’m more likely than not making dinner on the grill. So, a few years ago, my birthday present to myself was a top-of-the-line Weber Summit Platinum...
View ArticleTwo weeks with the iPad
After two weeks, I still really like my iPad, and it has replaced my Mac for a lot of things. It’s with me almost constantly. In many ways, it is the revolution of computing that it’s made out to be....
View ArticleRecommendation: Cook’s Illustrated
I first started cooking for myself in high school. I think the thing that got me started was making homemade peanut butter cookies for a girl I was sweet on. (She enjoyed them, but not enough to dump...
View ArticleReview: Incase Grip Protective Cover for iPad
Since I got my iPad, I’ve been a bit worried about dropping it. The aluminum back doesn’t give one a lot of confidence; while I’ve not dropped it yet, it sometimes feels distressingly like it could...
View ArticleReading Books on the iPad
Before I got my iPad, I didn’t think I’d use it much for reading books. I love books. The house is full of books. I’m proud that I am perennially short of bookshelves. Now, I find myself leaning...
View ArticleKingston Grocery Shopping: Adams Fairacre Farms
Being the first of several reviews of grocery stores in the Kingston, New York area. Adams Fairacre Farms is a three-store chain in the Hudson Valley of New York. It’s really more of a “Super Farm...
View ArticleThoughts on the Time Capsule
A few years back, I bought an Apple Time Capsule. I had just purchased a new iMac to replace my Power Macintosh G5. The G5 had two internal drives, allowing me to use Time Machine (Apple’s automatic...
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