When snow hits the South, it is often accompanied by condescending remarks about the South’s seeming overreaction to “just a little bit of snow.” I don’t argue that we don’t see much snow in the South, or that we take conservative measures with it, but I do think the patronizing commentary on our plight is […]
For a while now, I’ve known that the biggest factor limiting my home espresso was my grinder: it just couldn’t grind finely or consistently enough. My shots were weak and watery. I compensated by using dark roasted beans and increasing the overall volume, but I knew that’s all I was doing: compensating. I even began […]
Here’s a cocktail for the holidays. It tastes like a spiked eggnog, but without any eggs and a much easier preparation. Ingredients 8 parts Milk 1 part Simple Syrup 3 parts Bourbon Dash of Vanilla Extract Freshly grated Nutmeg (garnish) Directions Combine milk and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add bourbon and vanilla extract. […]
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It’s the time of year when folks start putting out their “Best Of” lists. Here are my favorite albums of 2013, unranked. A Note on Methodology My style of music discovery and consumption isn’t very critical. I keep an eye on NPR’s First Listen and Pitchfork’s Best New Music and listen to the albums. If […]
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Proverbs 22:6 I have been a father for less than four years, but lately my three-year-old has made comments or asked questions that challenged my understanding of what it means to teach him about God, […]
Identicons are visual representations of text. You’ve probably seen them before; they’re often used as avatar replacements for users that haven’t provided their own photo. When GitHub announced their identicon implementation for any users without a Gravatar, I was struck by how personable they were. They didn’t have the same appearance of geometrical abstraction, but […]
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Previously, my approach to building interactive components for the web involved starting with structured HTML markup, achieving as much functionality as possible with CSS, and using JavaScript to fill in any gaps. This approach worked well for me. It used progressive enhancement to build layers of functionality and polish. It worked well, that is, until […]
Ingredients 3 parts Applejack 1 part Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice 1 part Grenadine Directions Combine ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously. Serve straight up in a cocktail glass.