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Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder | Threat Level from Wired.com
OAKLAND, California — Jurors found Linux programmer Hans Reiser guilty of first degree murder on Monday, concluding he killed his estranged wife in 2006. The verdict followed a nearly six-month trial and nearly three days of deliberation
I know the situation might seem like he [...]

The PFLAG National Blog » Blog Archive » Father Knows Best: Having a Gay Son is Great
As a matter of fact, I also have a straight son. The three of us went fishing, threw snowballs at each other, wrestled, chased each other around Uncle Frank’s house, argued and fought, played soccer, played catch, watched movies, [...]

So we had a fun cooking weekend, that started out on Saturday with a trip to the Pittsford Wegmans. We were looking for garlic greens and young garlic like they used on Iron Chef America: Battle Garlic.
We went to Borders on the way, to look for a MXPX cd, as well as some other [...]

blog.khymos.org
The tagline to Martin’s blog is “dedicated to molecular gastronomy” and I find it fascinating. I think I love this blog for the same reason I love Alton Brown’s Good Eats. If you know why you cook something a certain way, or what a particular ingredient does, then you can change recipes to [...]

Hot Toddy’s Toaster Oven: I’m sorry, Eric
“We need to work to get everyone to be equal.”
Sure, sometimes it may seem like the Human Rights Campaign is annoying, or fighting stupid battles, but they are still fighting the good fight.  They fight for Eric Breidenbaugh, they fight for people who can’t share insurance, for those who [...]

VWvortex Forums: DIY guide to switchblade key remote replacement
Programming the remote…
If you have two (or more) working keys of your car, then you also the option of doing it without using a VAG-COM. Just do the following:
1. Insert any one of the working keys into the ignition lock and switch to the ON position without [...]

The REPUBLIC of TEA - Exquisite Green Tea, Red Tea, White Tea, Black Tea, Oolong Tea and More.
This China green tea is luscious with the naturally sweet flavor of ripe pears and tropical tang of kiwi. A highly aromatic, healthy blend that’s refreshing on ice.

I drink a cup of coffee in the morning, and then [...]

Everyone’s Free to Wear Sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Yea, its an old “song” [...]

I am making dough for Stromboli right now, using a modified version of Kevin’s recipe:

1 cup hot water
1tsp of yeast
1tlb of sugar / honey / molasses
1tsp salt
1tsp olive oil

Let sit until a foam develops on top (from the activated yeast)
Mix in

1/4 cup gluten
1 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour
EDIT: I needed more like 2 3/4 [...]

Tin Foil Soldier » Blog Archive » blog setup
so… i finally got php and mysql and apache and wordpress all to play nice together
3 years ago I started Tin Foil Soldier for something to do.  Yay!
This is my 1,340th post, with posts in 39 different categories.

Welcome to the Turning Stone Resort & Casino
I am totally coming home rich.  Except I am much more likely to simply come home with 40 less dollars than when I went.

Fake “Hillbilly” teeth being recalled | WFTS-TV | First in HD
Today the CPSC announced a recall of over 20,000 fake “Hillbilly” teeth.
The teeth were sold nationwide at grocery, drug and convenience stores from march 2005 to March 2008 for 2 dollars.
The CPSC says that the gray surface paint on the teeth contains excessive levels of [...]

I was trying to upgrade the kernel last night, and when tinfoil went down for the reboot it didn’t come back.
Well, I have been working on it for a while, but last night I decided to try to reboot.
Yeah, it didn’t come back.  When I got to the server this morning, i consoled in and [...]

Kraft Invents The Twinkie Of Bagels: “Bagelfuls”
Ever toast, spread cream cheese on, and eat a bagel and be like, damn, this is taking too long? Then Krafts Bagelfuls, a frozen bagel tube with cream cheese already inside, are for you.
Sounds super healthy!

Its so disgusting that I just had to tell you about it.
PS. I still [...]

Words that start with N—The Devil’s Dictionary X™
non sequitur
the art of knowing precisely at what moment to describe an aardvark.
This isn’t the original Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce but it has some more current evil definitions.
There are other funny ones, I just couldn’t find any quite as hilarious as the definition for non sequitur [...]