We had another nice relaxing Thanksgiving with the Hesses, the Mashlans, and Auntie Bonnie. Thanks (heh) to Rona’s new wheat / milk / egg-free food plan, we had to get creative with some of our dishes. Several things were doubled up, with traditional and alternate versions. It was all good. Ala Alton Brown, we brined [...]
A while ago Rona sent a note to Asha at the excellent Parent Hacks ("a collaborative weblog of practical parenting wisdom"): It is the holiday season again and of course, we get pictures taken of my almost three year-old. As I am sending out the pictures to relatives, I want to put the year or [...]
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Okay, this is really a hack instead of a fix, but it does work. Since moving in we’ve been really frustrated with the ice and water dispensers in the freezer door of our Kenmore side-by-side fridge. Sometimes they work great, but other times, you can hardly get anything out of either the ice chute or [...]
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Yesterday I installed Adobe Creative Suite Premium (purchased using Rona’s phenomenal educational discount), and it’s awesome! For years I used Photoshop 5.5 in Windows, and I’ve been waffling between The Gimp and Graphic Converter on the Mac. I’m ecstatic to have Photoshop once more, and this time it’s version 8.0, with a free upgrade to [...]
