We took a trip recently to visit Falling Water. Along the way we had a chance to visit the Peace Barn in the Bruderhof community in Farmington PA. A friend had told us that there might still be a community there and a little research before the trip alerted me to look for Spring Valley […]
Tagged peace barnThis recipe is from The Catalan Country Kitchen, by Marimar Torres. We are making it for a party on Thursday night. Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil 18 large garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1/2 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes 3 large red bell peppers seeded and cut into thin strips lengthwise 2 pounds medium prawns, peeled […]
This is the recipe for the excellent crackers that we make and serve for company. They always get lots of positive comments, once people get over the fact that we make our own crackers sometimes. It’s not hard to make the crackers, and Lynn is the master at getting them thin enough for baking. The […]
Tagged blue ginger, cracker dough, crackersThis is the recipe for the excellent crackers that we make and serve for company. They always get lots of positive comments, once people get over the fact that we occasionally make our own crackers. Lynn is the master at getting them thin enough for baking. You’ll need the recipe for the Blue Ginger Cracker […]
Jason Lanier has written an interesting essay DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism in which he addresses some of the issues related to the hive-mind collectivism of Web 2.0 phenomena. In my work I think about the effect and use of collective software. I also find myself justifying it, explaining its benefits […]
Tagged hive, hive mindFrom the New York Times: The Department of Defense has identified 2,485 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the death of the following American on Saturday: CRABTREE, Daniel B., 31, Sgt. First Class, Army National Guard; Canton, Ohio; Second Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group. The number […]
I received a “Dear Faculty” email today from Jessamy Hoffmann asking for recommendations of Web resources for the Web page “UMW – On-line tutorials by subject” published by Academic Services at Mary Washington. The page has links to several tutorials in a variety of subject areas. The current one listed for Computer Science is Computer […]
From the New York Times: The Department of Defense has identified 2,467 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans yesterday: BUCKLIN, Brock L., 28, Specialist, Army; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Fourth Infantry Division. MEJIA, Benjamin E., 25, Sgt., Army; Salem, Mass.; Fourth […]
There is an interesting article in Rolling Stone, “Was the 2004 Election Stolen?” by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The lead is “Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted — enough to have put John Kerry in the White House. ” The article is an analysis of […]
Names of the dead as reported June 26, 2006
From the New York Times: The Department of Defense has identified 2,509 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans over the weekend: BAKER, Riley E., 22, Cpl., Marines; Pacific, Mo.; Second Marine Division. BEYER, Paul A., 21, Pfc., Army; Jamestown, N.D.; […]
Tagged department of defencse, iraq, war dead