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- January 16, 2026 Bookmark: You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule
I’ve never used a slide rule before, but I kind of want one now. This does seem helpful for figuring out proportions. Working in proportions makes baking very simple.
- December 28, 2025 Bookmark: Re: So Many Websites
The irony here is that once upon a time search was supposed to enable this kind of internet. Search was supposed to create a so-called long tail by allowing people to find sites for their niches, and micro-niches, and nano-niches, etc.
- December 12, 2025 Bookmark: The Old Figurehead Carver
While my hands are steady While my eyes are good I will carve the music Of the wind into the wood.Work with a purpose is a precious thing.
- December 11, 2025 Bookmark: Recipe for a good week
Tracy suggests some good ingredients for a good week
- December 5, 2025 Bookmark: How Websites Die
the reality is that making things last on the web is hard because the web was not made to build things that last. Trying to keep websites around forever is struggling against the nature of the web.
- November 27, 2025 Bookmark: Do we need LEDs on everything?
I like things as dark as possible at night, so the ubiquity of LEDs in various and sundry devices has also annoyed me. Fortunately, this happens to be one of the more solvable problems with modern electronics with the help of a roll of black electrical tape.
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