On The Other Hand

I was watching the reopening protests the other day (yes, I write a bit slow, this post is about the reopening posts not the police protests) and noticed that many of my friends, mostly, but not entirely, those who don’t live in the USA, were rather shock…

If you’re interested in political history (or just current affairs viewed through the lens of a political historian) haven’t come across Heather Cox Richardson, I highly recommend her daily summaries.

I was having a conversation with a friend about tax rates and the idea that we should go back to higher rates (say, what was done in the 1940’s and 1950’s).

Recently, Paralenz announced their next generation of dive cameras, the Vaquita which prompted me to write up this post about the things I love and the areas I’m hoping they will improve in the next generation.

Today I filed another REEF survey and we got to see a whaleshark up close and personal.

In July, I left Google to take some time to travel and learn new skills.

Ingredients 60 g butter 125 ml milk 5 ml vanilla essence 175 g caster sugar 180 g self-raising flour 20 ml cocoa, x 2 175 g brown sugar 500 ml boiling water Method Combine butter and milk in a large saucepan or pot, stirring until butter is melted.

Recently I saw a meme going around about how 9-19-19 was the last day where we’d have palindrome dates in our lifetimes.

Ingredients 300 g minced beef.

While upgrading from FreeBSD 11 to 12 this weekend I came across a rather surprising error in the logs. warning: connect to Milter service unix:/var/run/milter-regex/sock: No such file or directory Odd, worked before the upgrade, let’s check it out: $ sudo

Ingredients 225 g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces 30 ml orange liqueur or brandy 50 g unsalted butter 4 extra large eggs 90 ml heavy whipping cream 45 g caster sugar Method Melt the chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan.

Ingredients 350 g semisweet or dark chocolate, cut into pieces 50 g unsalted butter 400 g unsweetened condensed milk 5 ml mint (or other flavor) extract 170 g sifted all-purpose flour 250 g crystallized ginger, cut into approximately 5 mm cubes Method Pre…

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No matter what you think of the Ford allegations, it’s clear that Kavanaugh is unfit to be a judge at any level, let alone the supreme court.

Given how much more efficient IPSec is than OpenVPN, I decided to setup an IKEv2 endpoint using FreeBSD on my network to allow for accessing content which is restricted to the USA and doing administration on my network when traveling.

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Ingredients 1 kg Pork Belly Rashers cut into bite size pieces 125 ml Hoisin Sauce 50 ml Soy Sauce 80 ml Chinese Cooking Wine 20 ml Ground Ginger 3 cloves Garlic crushed 2.5 ml Sesame Oil 100 ml Honey Method Thoroughly mix hoisin sauce, soy sauce, cooking…

Ingredients 250 g long-grain or basmati rice 500 ml chicken stock 40 g butter 6 fresh medjool dates, pitted and diced 2.5 ml freshly ground black pepper 2.5 ml ground allspice 2.5 ml paprika Pinch of sea salt Half the peel of an orange, in a long strip 80…

Various books I recommend as management and leadership reading.

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Ingredients 150 g Egg Whites 600 g Caster Sugar 5 ml White Vinegar 5 ml Cornflour Method Preheat the oven to 150 ºC.

Ingredients 50 g butter 150 g sugar 60 g self raising flour 2 eggs 250 ml milk Grated rind and juice of a large lemon Method Separate yolks and whites of eggs.

Ingredients 1 kg medium eggplants (about 3), cut crosswise into 1 cm thick rounds 15 ml salt 2 kg plum tomatoes 375 ml plus olive oil plus 45 ml for frying 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 20 fresh basil leaves, torn in half 3.75 ml black pepper 1.25…

Ingredients 375 g zucchini 1 large onion 3 rashers bacon (best to use thinly sliced ham in the USA as the bacon is too fatty) 100 g grated cheddar cheese 150 g Self-raising flour 125 ml oil 5 eggs salt, pepper Method Grate unpeeled zucchini coarsely.

Ingredients 30 ml paprika 30 ml ground cumin 10 ml ground cardamom 10 ml ground cinnamon 5 ml allspice 2.5 ml ground cloves fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 x 500 g - 750 g lamb shanks 125 ml olive oil 2 large onions cut into small dice 500…

Ingredients Port wine jelly crystals to make 500 ml of jelly 300 g jam sponge roll 75 ml sherry 500 g fresh or canned peaches 300 ml heavy whipping cream, whipped 500 ml custard Method Make jelly as per packet and refrigerate until just beginning to set (…

Ingredients 450 g self raising flour 2.5 ml salt 5 ml icing sugar, caster sugar is also acceptable 60 g chilled butter, finely chopped 375 - 400 ml buttermilk For Serving: Clotted cream or the substitute below Good conserve or jam Clotted Cream Substitute:

Ingredients 15 ml olive oil 1 carrot, finely grated 1 onion, finely chopped 5 ml garlic powder 20 ml dried Italian herbs 30 ml tomato paste 500 g beef mince 250 g pork mince 2 eggs (plus 1 mixed with 30 ml milk for the egg wash) 100 g breadcrumbs plus ext…

Ingredients 60 g rice 25 g butter small pinch salt 4 eggs 1,200 ml milk 50 g sugar Nutmeg Method Put rice, 10 g of butter and salt into dish and cook.

Ingredients 80 ml tomato paste 1 small onion (chopped) 2 stalks celery 2 carrots 6 osso bucco steaks (veal shanks) 40 ml butter 40 ml olive oil 20 ml raw sugar 250 ml dry sherry 125 ml water plain flour (for dusting meat) salt pepper garlic parsley (chopp…

Ingredients 4 egg whites 150 g sugar 150 g castor sugar Flavouring - a few drops of vanilla, almond essence.

Ingredients Base: 20 lemons, oranges or other citrus 1.5 L grain alcohol (highest percentage of alcohol possible, at least 60) Limoncello: 1.25 L filtered water 1.25 L white sugar Crema di Limoncello: 1.5 L whole milk 1.8 L heavy cream 2.5 kg white sugar…

Ingredients 100 g butter, chopped 40 ml glucose syrup 400 g can sweetened condensed milk 300 g brown sugar 180 g dark chocolate, finely chopped 5 ml peppermint essence Method Grease a dish (or use a baking sheet) Place butter, glucose syrup, condensed milk

Ingredients 250 ml full cream milk 250 ml cream 1 vanilla bean, split 5 egg yolks 100 g castor sugar Method Bring milk, cream and vanilla bean to simmering point in a heavy-based saucepan.

Ingredients 125 g butter 250 ml boiling water 500 ml dry sherry 750 g mixed fruit 65 g citrus peel 20 ml mixed spice 170 g sugar 10 ml bicarbonate of soda 450 g plain flour Method The day before the pudding is needed, take a large basin and add butter and…

Think of it as self defence rather than normal politics.

Steve Yegge Google Platform Rant I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I’ve been at Google for that long.