At wegmans it says we should eat rainbows. I keep trying.



Everyone in our house is sick so it hasn't been the most exhilerating weekend. I caught up with some star trek and programming and decided today that I would try my hand at cooking. Cooking is deifnately not my strong point. I hate following recipes which useually is not good but I guess I kind of ahave an idea of what geos together from vegan yearts when I actually cooked.

I tried to make Italian Wedding soup. It is this relaly yummy soup with little meatballs, clear broth and escarole. According to wikipedia, "The term "wedding soup" is a mistranslation of the Italian minestra maritata, which is a reference to the fact that green vegetables and meats go well together."



No, ecarole (WIKIPEDIA - ecarole) is not snails but rather a type of bitter green lettuce. Because I rused to use a recipe it probably is not much like the real thing but it tastes pretty good. I used

I subsituted cow meatbalss for buffalo ones. I put so much garlic in because we were sick. I had a hard time not eating all the meatballs before they got in the soup. In fact I had to pregame it with garlic shrimp because I could not wait.





Here is my recipe:
little buffalo meatballs with garlic fried
2 boxes chicken chicken broth
4 cups escarole, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups orzo or ditalini pasta - I used rice for mr gluten intolerant
3 stalks of celery chopped
1 carrot chopped
some basil
lots of garlic - lots

Cook broth plus veggies in a large pot, salt and pepper.
Fry meatballs after mixing with lots of garlic and some oregano
Put meatballs in soup
Add some noodles

I just got a message on the site saying

Hey Dave! I guess you must have saw my pix on here cuz I'm good friends with ladycroft. Drop me a line sometime! aj_cich AT adelphia.net

But I am not dave, maybe that will help someone else out.

On another note I have finally completed the new chat which looks about the same but the code is so amazing you can't imagine. I will release it this weekend. I only wish that I had the inspiration to promote it more. (e:shawnr) showed me a chat at 3 bubbles that is much like our chat but they are pimping it out as a blog comment chat solution.

Mine is just better. no iframes, no stupid javascript embedded in the xhtml, everythign is perfectly separated, XHTML and CSS styled. It doesn't even require mysql anymore. If you turn styles off on their page, there isn't even a chat. Plus no image dragging, thumbnail popping ufn. So now I am torn. Do I pimp my chat solution out as a solution for other sites or sit on it because I cringe at the thought of someone else possibly profitting from my programming.

So while looking at other stuff online at AJAX matter.com I discovered this ad from yahoo. I guess they are either really in the future of ajax or they have really bad AI for their advertisment robot.

This is the first wb survey I ever blogged [inlink]ajay,446[/inlink]. You should be happy (e:ajay)

1. Did you support President Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003?
No - I never support any war unless it is on my doorstep and they are trying to take my house.

2. Do you think this Administration deliberately overstated the threat posed by Saddam in 2002 in making its claim to Congress? (ref. Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1964).

Yes - I believe they wanted an excuse to control oil and for Bush to get back at Saddam in regards to a previous feud with his father.

3. Almost as many people were killed by Katrina as were killed in 9/11. Do you think the reaction of this Administration has been even-handed to these two events? If not, why not?

No, why didn't we shoot missles at the clouds, they did harbor weapons of mass destruction afterall.

4. Do you think the enmasse wiretapping of phonecalls of American citizens by the Administration that has been revealed recently was illegal?

Yes, I see no reason to ever wiretap without a warrant.

5. Do you think gays should have the right to marry?

Yes, well at least have the same rights and priveleges as a married hetero couple, e.g. tax breaks, hospital visits, inheritance, etc.

6. Do you support a woman's right to unhindered access to abortion?

Yes, die babies, die

7. Do you support the idea of mandatory prayer in schools? If yes, would you support a Muslim Imam leading the prayers in your child(ren)'s school?

No

8. Do you support the right of a person to grow a little bit of pot in his/her home and consume it as s/he sees it fit? Assume the same laws about DUI, DWI, etc. apply.

Yes

9. Do you support the idea of a national healthcare system? Why, or why not?

Yes, because I am willing to pay higher taxes to help people who can't afford health care. It just seems decent to me.

10.For self-identified Democrats/Republicans/Libertarians/Greens alike: would your answers to any of the questions 1-4 above be different if the President was (or was not, if you're Republican) from your party? If yes, which ones and why?

I don't belong to a party [inlink]paul,1447[/inlink]

So many people have visited the clipboard site and secured their clipboards. I feelreally good about spreading the word and getting people to see just how insecure IE can be. If you haven't done it yet protect your windows clipboard from IE now

Does everyone believe me now?

Dawn, Duke and I were at the Artvoice sponsored Geek Meet last night. one thing we learned during one of the presentations was about a security hole in Internet Explorer that I wanted to pass on to all of you.

this site does a good job of explaning, demonstrating, and instructing you how to fix it:

the short synopsis

BETA Awards - i am supposed to go to the BETA awards with Roswell. It is this $80/plate gala to highlight the best technology in buffalo. I cannot believe these are the nominees for best web site

Does anyone else feel that the examples below are a bit underwhelming to be best in Buffalo/Niagara? I really need a PR person because we could win lots of stuff and get grants if we just applied for these type of awards. I have asked for about 3 years now for someone to help with PR. Maybe one of you new peeps are qualified or interested?

Amherst Soccer -



BERC -



Roswell Park - (There soon to be site is nice but this old one looks really old)



New York Health Quality Coalition -



Stand Advertising -



I've been working on my new content adminsitration system a lot. It will be ready soon and I will be incorporating many of the features into estrip.