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04/30/2011 16:27 #54184
Pizza PizzaCategory: eating in
04/30/2011 09:52 #54181
Eggs on toast.Category: eating in
04/29/2011 18:56 #54177
Where is PoppySeed Cafe in Buffalo?Category: eating out
I was looking at the Best of Buffalo food lists 
and...
EH??
The only poppyseed cafe I could find online was this and that is in Fircrest, Washington. Is this in one of the burbs or something?
Other thoughts about the list:
No Blue Fin? Is it not that new, maybe? I voted for Blue Fin. (e:Paul), Blue Fin doesn't even make the best sushi list. Didn't you vote early and often?!! :-)
This makes me think the list is rigged. I know for a fact tons of people voted for Chow Chocolat - including me.
I think I agree with this one the most. Well... as in 4/5. I am definitely not agreeing with the idea of a vegan bakery...
WHAT? No Blue Fin, in this list as well? Did voting for one place in 4 categories disqualify my vote or something?!
I haven't been to any of these places except old Lagniappes... Come to think of it, I have no idea what soul food is.
Merge is an over-rated disappointment. I can confidently say that people who have been vegetarians for more than a few months and for the right reasons (read: not substituting the hell out of every meal with meat "substitutes" and craving meat all the time) won't like this place. The food is just bland and made without any soul. I am not sure any of the people who actually run the place are real vegetarians - hence the lack of connection and soul.
WHOA. THE EIGHTS BISTRO! How did I miss this restaurant right down the street? Maybe I should go there for dinner tonight after I am done at the office. It's open till 2 AM today apparently.
If not today... SOMEDAY, I really want to try these from their menu:
And good riddance, Campieri's. You were a rude, snobby, intolerant, racist and an awful person. I hope you have nothing to do with this new Bistro. If this is just a reincarnation, I don't think I am going anywhere near it.
Hmm.... Haven't eaten at 3/5 of those places. I wonder if any of these are in the downtown/Allentown/(E:strip) areas.
No palace of dosas? Maybe it has really gone down the hill since I last went there.
Okay, this list is tooooo long already. I am out of break-time. Let me wrap this up by saying..
I haven't heard of half the places on there. And places in Amherst and the burbs shouldn't really be nominated for something that is called "Best of Buffalo". It's unfair to the people who have actually set up businesses and cater to people IN the city of Buffalo.
And OH.
No Hand to Heart. Clearly, my vote was disregarded. The Artvoice ballot is SO rigged.
PS: I really like the fact that the quote box is hidden against the white background. I wish the quote box were transparent in other backgrounds as well (when the theme changes). Nudge Nudge *hint* *hint* (e:paul). :)
and...Best Salad
Poppyseed Cafe
Cole’s
Pano’s
Globe Market
Kosta’s
EH??
The only poppyseed cafe I could find online was this
and that is in Fircrest, Washington. Is this in one of the burbs or something?Other thoughts about the list:
Best New Restaurant
The Delaware
Blue Monk
The Eights Bistro
Mezza
Lloyd’s Taco Truck
No Blue Fin? Is it not that new, maybe? I voted for Blue Fin. (e:Paul), Blue Fin doesn't even make the best sushi list. Didn't you vote early and often?!! :-)
Best Dessert
Chocolate Bar
Delish
Dessert Deli
Butterwood
Sweet Tooth
This makes me think the list is rigged. I know for a fact tons of people voted for Chow Chocolat - including me.
Restaurants Buffalo Needs
Authentic/traditional Mexican
Ethiopian
More vegan/vegetarian options
More food trucks
A vegan bakery
I think I agree with this one the most. Well... as in 4/5. I am definitely not agreeing with the idea of a vegan bakery...
Best Thai / Vietnamese
Saigon Cafe
Taste of Thai
Papaya
Pho 99
Jasmine
WHAT? No Blue Fin, in this list as well? Did voting for one place in 4 categories disqualify my vote or something?!
Best Soul Food
Gigi’s
Soul Fabulous
Aunt Mattie’s
Lagniappes
Musician’s Big 6
I haven't been to any of these places except old Lagniappes... Come to think of it, I have no idea what soul food is.
Best Vegetarian
Amy’s
The Eights
Merge
Betty’s
Falafel Bar
Merge is an over-rated disappointment. I can confidently say that people who have been vegetarians for more than a few months and for the right reasons (read: not substituting the hell out of every meal with meat "substitutes" and craving meat all the time) won't like this place. The food is just bland and made without any soul. I am not sure any of the people who actually run the place are real vegetarians - hence the lack of connection and soul.
WHOA. THE EIGHTS BISTRO!
How did I miss this restaurant right down the street? Maybe I should go there for dinner tonight after I am done at the office. It's open till 2 AM today apparently. If not today... SOMEDAY, I really want to try these from their menu:
- Brussels Sprouts w/hot smoked caramelized onions,
- Mushroom and Caramelized onion served with a rosemary infused honey drizzled over melted blue cheese and mozzarella. topped with roasted walnuts (white) $12.75
- Vegan - housemade basil chili tofu cashew cream and marinara sauce. Topped with plenty of broccoli, mushroom, yellow peppers and red onion $14.50
And good riddance, Campieri's. You were a rude, snobby, intolerant, racist and an awful person. I hope you have nothing to do with this new Bistro. If this is just a reincarnation, I don't think I am going anywhere near it.
Best Middle Eastern
Amy’s
Byblos
Mezza
Falafel Bar
Natalie’s
Hmm.... Haven't eaten at 3/5 of those places. I wonder if any of these are in the downtown/Allentown/(E:strip) areas.
Best Indian
Star of India
Taste of India
Kebab and Curry
Tandoori
India Gate
No palace of dosas? Maybe it has really gone down the hill since I last went there.
Okay, this list is tooooo long already. I am out of break-time. Let me wrap this up by saying..
Best dining out
- Everything else
I haven't heard of half the places on there. And places in Amherst and the burbs shouldn't really be nominated for something that is called "Best of Buffalo". It's unfair to the people who have actually set up businesses and cater to people IN the city of Buffalo.
And OH.
Best Pilates / Yoga
Evolation Yoga
East Meets West
Sjakti Yoga
Bikram Yoga
BAC
No Hand to Heart. Clearly, my vote was disregarded. The Artvoice ballot is SO rigged.
PS: I really like the fact that the quote box is hidden against the white background. I wish the quote box were transparent in other backgrounds as well (when the theme changes). Nudge Nudge *hint* *hint* (e:paul). :)
metalpeter - 05/01/11 09:51
Ok a couple or maybe a few thing....
1. Every place has to be local in other words not a national chain
2. They Use Buffalo as the area if you only used the city there would be only one Indian Place as an example
3. I don't think the best of Buffalo is really the best of buffalo it isn't like they list every say Indian place (yes I have heard of all 5 but not sure where they all are one sounds like a place in The Falls and if so what side again not sure) and you go try them out... It is more "This is the place I like so I'm going to vote for it"
4. The Demographics - We assume that Elmwood people pick up the artvoice... But I think a lot of those people are from the burbs or even vote online......
5. I wonder if (e:zobar) (not sure if he posts anymore) would want to put his view in didn't he use to work for artvoice... So he might have his own view on this... Are the votes held with equal weight... What I mean is does this survey go to people in the community like chefs and personal of places and is there vote the same....?
6. My next point is the voting Fair.... What I mean by this is do places make sure their employees pick up the artvoice and vote for were they work....
7. My guess is that there is a slight lean towards places they know can help them out at the big party to announce winners... But that is just me....
Overall it is kinda like a popularity contest really....... The one thing I can say is every year I go wow I have no idea what the best what ever it is I need to get out more... So I say go try all those places........
Ok a couple or maybe a few thing....
1. Every place has to be local in other words not a national chain
2. They Use Buffalo as the area if you only used the city there would be only one Indian Place as an example
3. I don't think the best of Buffalo is really the best of buffalo it isn't like they list every say Indian place (yes I have heard of all 5 but not sure where they all are one sounds like a place in The Falls and if so what side again not sure) and you go try them out... It is more "This is the place I like so I'm going to vote for it"
4. The Demographics - We assume that Elmwood people pick up the artvoice... But I think a lot of those people are from the burbs or even vote online......
5. I wonder if (e:zobar) (not sure if he posts anymore) would want to put his view in didn't he use to work for artvoice... So he might have his own view on this... Are the votes held with equal weight... What I mean is does this survey go to people in the community like chefs and personal of places and is there vote the same....?
6. My next point is the voting Fair.... What I mean by this is do places make sure their employees pick up the artvoice and vote for were they work....
7. My guess is that there is a slight lean towards places they know can help them out at the big party to announce winners... But that is just me....
Overall it is kinda like a popularity contest really....... The one thing I can say is every year I go wow I have no idea what the best what ever it is I need to get out more... So I say go try all those places........
tinypliny - 04/30/11 16:38
That is definitely not Buffalo then!!
That is definitely not Buffalo then!!
04/28/2011 23:33 #54172
Nattiness, but nothing else!Category: linux
So I decided to have my own Natty Party, went and bought a kilo of 85%++ dark chocolate (they have an excellent lindt sale at walgreens), brewed a couple litres of tea and took 11.04 for a test spin.
Very fancy, I admit. But not utilitarian fancy... For example, the menu is a combination of a magnified gnome-do and the linux-mint menu. Everything hovers in 3D glory. But I am not quite sure if I like this sort of menu. Maybe with a few keyboard shortcuts but not on its own...
I can't easily find a way to shuffle things around in the main panel at the top. I also can't figure out how to move that application-dock-panel to the right. I like to have everything on the right. I am not a left-hander and I resent things that force me to clumsily switch to my left hand.
And there is too much Mac-iness that I don't like. All the program-related menus appear in the top panel. I absolutely loathe this behaviour in Mac - one of the many reasons why the Mac interface is not so "intuitive" or appealing to me.
I tried to do some simple image manipulating and resizing. In typical Ubuntu contrariness, everything already installed was definitely not what I wanted/liked. Sometime natty eye-candy is just not enough.
Currently, I am on madbox on my oldest laptop (Ubuntu 10.10 kernel + Openbox +SLiM, WinXP on my daily laptop and a stripped down Ubuntu 10.10 64bit on my analyses laptop. I don't see the nattily-dressed Ubuntu making a grand entry on any one of them for now. Seems to me that most of the nattiness has been adopted at the cost of flexibility.
Very fancy, I admit. But not utilitarian fancy... For example, the menu is a combination of a magnified gnome-do and the linux-mint menu. Everything hovers in 3D glory. But I am not quite sure if I like this sort of menu. Maybe with a few keyboard shortcuts but not on its own...
I can't easily find a way to shuffle things around in the main panel at the top. I also can't figure out how to move that application-dock-panel to the right. I like to have everything on the right. I am not a left-hander and I resent things that force me to clumsily switch to my left hand.
And there is too much Mac-iness that I don't like. All the program-related menus appear in the top panel. I absolutely loathe this behaviour in Mac - one of the many reasons why the Mac interface is not so "intuitive" or appealing to me.
I tried to do some simple image manipulating and resizing. In typical Ubuntu contrariness, everything already installed was definitely not what I wanted/liked. Sometime natty eye-candy is just not enough.
Currently, I am on madbox on my oldest laptop (Ubuntu 10.10 kernel + Openbox +SLiM, WinXP on my daily laptop and a stripped down Ubuntu 10.10 64bit on my analyses laptop. I don't see the nattily-dressed Ubuntu making a grand entry on any one of them for now. Seems to me that most of the nattiness has been adopted at the cost of flexibility.
uncutsaniflush - 04/29/11 23:03
I'm glad you made friends with Openbox.
Like you, I don't get the new gui. But then again, I don't run osX, Windows or even have a smart phone. So I am sure that I'm not the target audience.
I've heard that the new interface is "intuitive when explained."
Fortunately, e17 still works after the upgrade even if the upgrade fucked up fonts and removed xscreensaver.
I'm with you about the loss of flexibility.
I'm glad you made friends with Openbox.
Like you, I don't get the new gui. But then again, I don't run osX, Windows or even have a smart phone. So I am sure that I'm not the target audience.
I've heard that the new interface is "intuitive when explained."
Fortunately, e17 still works after the upgrade even if the upgrade fucked up fonts and removed xscreensaver.
I'm with you about the loss of flexibility.
tinypliny - 04/29/11 13:48
They seem to be thinking of Mac as the ideal system to copy. That is such fanboy mentality. The Mac interface is extremely annoying to me. I think the fact that Apple has PUSHED out the IDEA that it's intuitive is what makes all these fanboys call it "intuitive". Intuitiveness has sort of lost its meaning the minute you use it as a marketing and branding ploy.
They seem to be thinking of Mac as the ideal system to copy. That is such fanboy mentality. The Mac interface is extremely annoying to me. I think the fact that Apple has PUSHED out the IDEA that it's intuitive is what makes all these fanboys call it "intuitive". Intuitiveness has sort of lost its meaning the minute you use it as a marketing and branding ploy.
tinypliny - 04/29/11 13:46
I KNOW! I much rather prefer right clicking and accessing anything anywhere (as in openbox) or using keyboard shortcuts rather than having to travel ALL the way up there to click on stuff. When you have a 22" or higher monitor, things like this become a bane against productivity.
I KNOW! I much rather prefer right clicking and accessing anything anywhere (as in openbox) or using keyboard shortcuts rather than having to travel ALL the way up there to click on stuff. When you have a 22" or higher monitor, things like this become a bane against productivity.
paul - 04/29/11 11:30
I also hate the app menus at the top. Why would they ever want to move the menus further away from the app. Not to mention its such a Mac ripoff.
I also hate the app menus at the top. Why would they ever want to move the menus further away from the app. Not to mention its such a Mac ripoff.
paul - 04/29/11 11:28
I have a feeling you might hate fedora 15 also. Then again it doesn't have the top bar menu. I hate that too. At least you still have all the other window managers.
I have a feeling you might hate fedora 15 also. Then again it doesn't have the top bar menu. I hate that too. At least you still have all the other window managers.
04/28/2011 00:29 #54163
Natty PartyCategory: linux
It's Natty release day.
That's Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity - a new desktop environment with a shady and rocky past fraught with disagreement and warfare between Canonical (the Keepers of Ubuntu) and GNOME - the erstwhile desktop of older *buntu flavours.
Regardless of all this strife-torn history, millions around the planet will be celebrating with Natty parties. Including dear neighbouring cities, Ithaca and Rochester.
However, there is no such Natty install-party in Buffalo. In fact, the Ubuntu mirror at UB has not even updated to 11.04 final-release YET. Charles Profitt , lead contact of the New York State Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Team asked me if I would be interested in organizing one.
If only I had the time.
If only...
I don't.
That's not very Natty at all.
That's Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity - a new desktop environment with a shady and rocky past fraught with disagreement and warfare between Canonical (the Keepers of Ubuntu) and GNOME - the erstwhile desktop of older *buntu flavours.
Regardless of all this strife-torn history, millions around the planet will be celebrating with Natty parties. Including dear neighbouring cities, Ithaca and Rochester.
However, there is no such Natty install-party in Buffalo. In fact, the Ubuntu mirror at UB has not even updated to 11.04 final-release YET. Charles Profitt
, lead contact of the New York State Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Team asked me if I would be interested in organizing one.If only I had the time.
If only...
I don't.
That's not very Natty at all.
uncutsaniflush - 04/28/11 21:13
I'm upgrading to Natty over the 'net and it is all your fault. I feel like telling Dirty Harry, "Yes, sir. I do feel lucky tonight."
I'm upgrading to Natty over the 'net and it is all your fault. I feel like telling Dirty Harry, "Yes, sir. I do feel lucky tonight."
But has it come back after the pink took over?
PS: I am not very obsessed with accuracy when I record my diet. I just record approximations. If I can have a fair idea of whether I am eating right, I am pretty happy. After a while, you just approximate quantities and you get pretty good at it. If not for this tool, I would never really have know how terribly high my sodium intake is...
I stopped measuring. It was too time consuming and I have resigned to having orange tongue forever. At the dentist yesterday they said it could be a reaction to the metal or even possibly the dental cement.
They said they could replace it with a less reactive gold tooth but if its the cement it might make it worse and so I should wait it out a bit more.
very cute!