Oct
16
Dragonspies
Filed Under Brave New World | 1 Comment
Although flying drones have been around for a long time, according to this article in yesterday’s Washington Post, the use of them has increased fourfold since 2004, to 160,000 hours of flight time in 2006. But now we are getting closer to tiny, insect-like drones. Even weirder, scientists are experimenting with controlling [...]
Oct
16
The World’s Best Cat Box
Filed Under Great Ideas | 4 Comments
We love our cats, and we know they want to roam freely around the countryside, but between coyotes, hawks, raccoons and speeding cars on country roads we just weren’t willing to let them be outdoor cats. The idea of living with an indoor cat box was just something we couldn’t do any more, so we [...]
Oct
16
Cauliflower, White Bean and Feta Salad
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This sounds weird, but it’s really tasty! Thanks to David Liebendorfer for finding this one.
1/3 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2½ teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
1½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 medium head of cauliflower, trimmed, cut into very small florets (about 3 cups)
1 [...]
Oct
16
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I’ve been learning how to set up the sites I design using WordPress as a Content Management System (great stuff!). Since the main purpose of WordPress was initially to manage blogs, I thought this might be the time for me to enter the blogosphere. I guess here’s where I find out if I [...]