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All My Tweets For the Week Ending 2009-04-26

Apr 26, 2009 //

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All My Tweets For the Week Ending 2009-04-19

Apr 19, 2009 //
  • Ugg, been sick for the last two days. Feeling better today, but still not 100%. Still, I’m good enough to haul my butt to class. #
  • wondering why all mobile twittering clients don’t have twitterpic built in…. #
  • http://twitpic.com/3ejir – danny says eat a rainbow! #
  • @scott_ish seconded! in reply to scott_ish #
  • Working on description of the course I’ll be teaching at Cornell next year #
  • It shouldn’t effect your google sync settings at all (though you will have to set that up again if you don’t have an on phone backup program #
  • @mikerubits then my work is done. in reply to mikerubits #
  • I just realaized that the single page template on my blog doesn’t contain a comments form! Blarg! To Dreamweaver… away! #
  • PHP: 5, Matt: 2 #
  • Ok… single post template is not *as* broken. Will try to really fix it over the weekend. #
  • Single post template fixed. Final score Matt: 10, Php/Wordpress: 8… #

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out with the old, in with the new… kitchen

Apr 17, 2009 //

RIT is counting down the days to the Innovation Festival. At Cornell we’re counting down days until the end of term. And at 15 Hampton Way, we’re counting down the days until we have a new kitchen.

It began with getting a new floor. And then we realized that the new floor would make the cabinets look worse. So we decided to upgrade the cabinets. Then the contractors suggested a number of great ideas. Suddenly closets were being knocked out, new doors are being planned, granite is being bought, etc. And with that, we crossed the final threshold: new appliances.

Quoth the Godfather: “Every time we try to get out, they keep pulling us back in.”

And as this post would be useless without pictures, behold the kitchen as it currently stands:

Kitchen Deconstructed The old linoleum floor has already been torn out, the closet that used to be to the left of the picture has been removed. The cabinets will be torn out this weekend. On Wednesday, our new cabinets arrived:

Bringing in the new

Checking the order

So currently our garage is filled with a bunch of new Hickory cabinets, which as it turns out are “eco-friendly” — not sure what that means:

Cabinets that you can feel good about and, without further adieu,  behold the new cabinets:

Meet new hickory!

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All My Tweets For the Week Ending 2009-04-12

Apr 12, 2009 //
  • pet peeve #643 — *Tech* Magazine websites that don’t use the right meta-data to directly import into zotero (I’m talking to you Wired!) #
  • This morning is officially “punk cover” morning at 512 Wyckoff Rd! –> Down by law “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” #
  • Just listed myself in the http://localtweeps.com local Twitter directory in ZIP 14526 #
  • Check out this international “Stand by me” (the song) produced by (red)wire magazine (http://www.redwire.com) — http://vimeo.com/2897417 #
  • Ballz! Didn’t get an NSF grant… looks like I’m teaching at Cornell next year… #

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recipe: dre’s super-awesome-quadruple-chocolate-salty-brownies

Apr 6, 2009 //

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The anthro department’s perspective student weekend just wrapped up. A number of the students who were accepted into the program were visiting to learn a bit more about the program and see if this is a place they’d like to be. So there were a number of events and parties — and sice the department is full of foodies, also a lot of good eats. Friday night was a pot-luck dinner, and I made a double batch of these brownies. And, due to popular request (at the pot-luck), I made another batch for the grad student party the next night.

This recipe is a Dre original, that she’s been developing for a number of years. Make ’em and enjoy!

Dre’s Super-Awesome-Quadruple-Chocolate-Salty-Brownies Recipe

Preheat oven to 350°

Step 1: The fudge base

  • 15 Tbl salted butter
  • 1 sq. unsweetened chocolate
  • 6 Tbl Dutch-processed cocoa
  • 3 Tbl natural “regular” cocoa
  • 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
  • 3/4 tsp fine sea salt

Melt above over low to medium-low heat until chocolate is fully melted. Longer is better here. You want to make sure the sugar has fully melted, as this is what will give it the “brownie” top (thanks to Cooks Illustrated for that finding)

Step 2: Binding agent
Remove from heat. Add:

  • 1/2 Tbl vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs

Beat well, adding the eggs one at a time — it helps them integrate faster. Make sure that the fudge isn’t too hot or you’ll cook the eggs.

Step 3: Flour, more chocolate, pour, & top
Mix in small bowl:

  • 1 c. flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking POWDER

Add the flour powder mixture to batter in pan and blend well. If you want to add chocolate chips and nuts, I’d use 1/2 c. to 1 cup of chocolate chips (we suggest a dark/semisweet chip like Hershey’s Dark) and 1/2 to 3/4 c. chopped pecans (or just top with the pecans in the next step). Dump these in and mix it up.

Pour batter into parchment-lined 13″x9″ pan. If you want a slightly more salty-burst brownies, sprinkle some coarse sea salt on top (note: if you do this, ice cream really is a must have to balance the salt. Also: DO NOT substitute koshser salt for the coarse salt, it won’t work).

Step 4: Bake, cool, & enjoy
Bake at 350 degrees just until done — so, they should still have moist crumbs when you test them. Start checking at 20 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE! Or else, the heartbreak of dry brownies! Cool on wire-rack. Enjoy with your favorite ice cream.  They taste really good refrigerated.

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