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Nice little experiment last night (Ginger stir-fry over anise and mint pasta)
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Vindaloo.
Wound up buying more ginger than I intended to yesterday, so decided to use the entire old root for a stir-fry (mushrooms, tomotos green and red bell peppers) and do up some "cool" pasta using fresh mint and anise (after cooking, drain, pour in cold water, drain, repeat). Tossed 1/3 of a raw strong purple ...
Nice little experiment last night (Ginger stir-fry over anise and mint pasta)
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Vindaloo.
Wound up buying more ginger than I intended to yesterday, so decided to use the entire old root for a stir-fry (mushrooms, tomotos green and red bell peppers) and do up some "cool" pasta using fresh mint and anise (after cooking, drain, pour in cold water, drain, repeat). Tossed 1/3 of a raw strong purple ...
Gack this is slow (So many methods, so little progress)
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Snaking.
Still working on the "randomised" ping mechanism. Spent close to an hour with the darn thing hanging because of a logic error where something that was originally synchronous was converted to being asynch, but I forgot to alter the client code in one place, so it would just sit about re-scheduling itself every 30 seconds ...
Gack this is slow (So many methods, so little progress)
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Snaking.
Still working on the "randomised" ping mechanism. Spent close to an hour with the darn thing hanging because of a logic error where something that was originally synchronous was converted to being asynch, but I forgot to alter the client code in one place, so it would just sit about re-scheduling itself every 30 seconds ...
What is the headache trying to say? (It's a warning signal, but...)
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Vindaloo.
Was reading an article on Wired News this afternoon about a new bill in the states intended to allow consumers and third-party technicians to access (all of) the diagnostic codes for their cars. Headaches are much like the check-engine lights described in the article. They tell you that something is wrong, but there's not much ...
What is the headache trying to say? (It's a warning signal, but...)
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Vindaloo.
Was reading an article on Wired News this afternoon about a new bill in the states intended to allow consumers and third-party technicians to access (all of) the diagnostic codes for their cars. Headaches are much like the check-engine lights described in the article. They tell you that something is wrong, but there's not much ...
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.