January 2006

Fantasy Bike Commuting

Webelos Scott suggested we set up a friendly ‘competition’ to egg each other on to continue commuting through the winter. As someone who’s always been fond of collecting irredeemable points or medals of valor, this is swell. Below is the preliminary system.

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Hosting booyah

My hosting provider Dreamhost has, once again, increased my allotment of disk space and bandwidth as part of my plan. It’s a shrewd move on their part. First, they’re constantly improving their offering, something Yahoo didn’t do during the years I had service with them. Second, they’re increasing the allotments to ridiculously large levels that

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Meatballs and tomato sauce

When I wasn’t enjoying the fine arsenal last year at my dad’s house, I was hanging around the kitchen savoring his meatball sandwiches. I had the opportunity yesterday to make them here last night. The recipe is fairly simple, relying on long, slow-cooking to blend the flavors. When my dad makes it, he’ll start the

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Polar bear plunge

In Friday’s Seattle Times there was a brief mention of the Polar Bears‘ annual plunge into the chilly waters around Puget Sound. Since I’m a bachelor this week, I figured why the heck not and casually mentioned this to a coworker who offered to come take pictures of the nuttiness my wife would be missing.

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