Zobar's Journal

04/05/2006 22:05 #37297

sociable technologies
Category: potpourri

Three things:

1. Neat event at the UB Art Gallery

entitled 'NET<3: Sociable Technologies.' Some geeky computers-facilitating-human-interaction stuff, some digital art, some miscellany. I'm in; anyone else?

2. Pumpkin Ginger Soup, a la Cafe 59 [this is purported to be their actual recipe]:
Combine in saucepan:
28oz canned veggie broth
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
1/4tsp crushed red pepper (start with less to taste)
8Tbsp white sugar
1Tbsp cider vinegar
1Tbsp kosher salt
Cover & bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer 5min. Remove cloves, then add:
14oz unsweetened coconut milk
29oz solid pack pumpkin
1Tbsp + 1tsp fresh ginger, grated
Bring to boil over medium heat. Reduce heat & simmer again 5min.

3. Current Music: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Greyhound

- Z

jenks - 04/06/06 07:39
wow that soup sounds awesome. Solid grounds had a pumpkin ginger soup a while ago that I'm told was great, too.

paul - 04/05/06 23:38
I probably should have been involved in that seeing as I am a grad student in their media studies program. I am just so removed from amherst these days. It feels as far away as europe.

04/05/2006 07:45 #37296

rebuttal
Category: gardens

(e:dragonlady7,7) 's voluminous post regarding our garden is kind of offputting. Gardening is a whole lot of work, but there's really only one thing you need to remember: Green side up and mind the packet. The plants can sort the rest out for themselves.

- Z

04/04/2006 14:52 #37295

poll
Category: poll

Question: do normal people use the wireless web?

- Z

dragonlady7 - 04/04/06 20:28
An important consideration when polling is to establish your control group. You're unlikely to get balanced responses from a preselected audience like this one.

You might be better off posting a poll on your website, dude. Like, for your readers. Because users of the paper's website are much more likely to give you a constructive answer.

Make voting in the poll a way to enter a drawing for some free shit and you'll get plenty of votes. Although, again, they'll be preselected. But they will be your target audience.

mrdt - 04/04/06 17:01
I dont think so cause when i was in florida I took my laptop to the pool to test the wifi. when i pulled it out I got so many condisending looks and was a little embarrassed. what ever... if you have wifi by the pool might as well enjoy it...its better than sitting inside

theecarey - 04/04/06 16:15
define normal ;)

jenks - 04/04/06 16:03
wireless web like on a cell phone? Well I don't, but that's just b/c I don't feel like paying for it. I'm sure if I tried it, I'd get hooked. But I guess me being 'normal' is arguable. (but admittedly everyone you're going to find on here has to be geeky to at least some extent...)

robin - 04/04/06 15:26
i live on normal, and use wireless

zobar - 04/04/06 15:08
Well ... that is true, but you _know_ normal people.

- Z

paul - 04/04/06 15:03
I can't answer his because I am not normal.

04/03/2006 12:41 #37294

some people just don't understand art
Category: silliness

We had a brilliant idea for the cover of our annual popularity contest that everyone loved, excepting the publisher. Since it looks like it's not going to fly I feel justified in posting it here:

We never get to do anything fun.

- Z

dcoffee - 04/03/06 19:43
hahahaha, that is freaking awesome.

04/02/2006 17:21 #37293

this changing world in which we live in
Category: google

I just discovered this excellent technology

that lets you develop your own modules for Google Personalized

. It was cool enough that they let you subscribe to Atom feeds, but this takes it one step further.

Atom's simplicity & ubiquity mean the content can be repurposed in a gazillion different ways - but in other ways it can be very limiting. The Google Homepage API is sweet because it lets you provide a richer interface experience to your end users than a simple list of articles. They've got everything from interactive weather maps to a Flash-based Pac-Man game. How sweet would it be to have an up-to-the-minute list of local events brought to you by your favorite alternative newsweekly, right on your Google homepage? It would be very sweet. How sweet would it be to have a mini (e:chatterbox) in Google? Also, very sweet.

- Z