HAPPY MOUTH — August, 2008

HAPPY MOUTH — August, 2008

A few days ago, the members of Happy Mouth (and guests Julie & Terry) met to dine at Holly’s pick, Apsara, an Asian-fusion restaurant. We found that they had very nice sushi and a lobster soup that Wendy loved, and a nice curry. The rest…

08/12/2008 Wine Dinner at Midwest Culinary Institute

08/12/2008 Wine Dinner at Midwest Culinary Institute

On Wednesday, August 12, 2008, the Midwest Culinary Institute hosted another Wine Dinner, this time prepared by Chef Kyle Goebel with wines by Chad Johnson, owner of Dusted Valley Vintner Winery. Sadly, we were in Houston, Texas and missed the dinner. But here’s the menu…

Are the weight-loss concerns of white, overweight, male bloggers taken seriously?

Are the weight-loss concerns of white, overweight, male bloggers taken seriously?

Inspired by this post at Wine Me, Dine Me Cincinnati (and my reply here), followed by the creation of Cincinnati Losers, which focuses entirely on white female bloggers, I must ask the following question: Are the weight-loss concerns of white, overweight, male bloggers taken seriously?…

How I use EverNote — it's del.icio.us for my life!

How I use EverNote — it's del.icio.us for my life!

In this article, I present a brief overview of how I use EverNote 2.2.1 to manage the stuff in my life. I have two main EverNote databases (“ENbases”) — one for my office and one for everything else — and I keep them completely separate……

Fedora Core 5 to Fedora Core 9!

Fedora Core 5 to Fedora Core 9!

Wow! That was… unexpected! After a LONG time of not upgrading my site’s operating system, various initiatives I am undertaking required me to update from Fedora Core 5 (released March 20, 2006) to Fedora Core 9 (released May 13, 2008). I was very nervous about…

Back up after the blackout

Back up after the blackout

Finally! Since being without power at my datacenter (actually, my computer room (actually, my spare bedroom)) since Sunday, September 14, the power finally came back on last night around 1:00am. Trying to get things back to normal around here… The webserver is back (obviously), the…