After two days of chag and a day of Shabbos, I’m back online again. That three day respite was great, even if it meant that I had 200 new messages in my Inbox. We hosted a wonderful seder on the first night, enjoyed a relaxing first day of chag (and an impromptu lunch with a […]
Author: mradwin
Burn, baby, burn!
On the morning of Erev Pesach, we burned all of the chametz that we discovered the night before.
Pesach Kashering
On the day before Erev Pesach, we kashered the kitchen and searched the house for chametz. Hannah came over to help clean the kitchen and cover the countertops with contact paper: Here we are “discovering” some challah and setting it aside for the next morning:
ask.yahoo.com RSS beta
Ask Yahoo!, a daily column that features Q&A with Yahoo!’s expert team of Surfers, is now syndicating its content via RSS. Here’s the link to the RSS file: [Update: the XML now validates correctly.]
No-Boil Baked Ziti
We did some good work getting rid of chametz this past Shabbos. Here’s a recipe we made which turned out to be very yummy. Prep Time: 5 minutes Bake Time: 60 minutes Serves: 8 1 26 oz jar pasta sauce 1 1/2 cups water 15 oz ricotta 1/4 cup grated parmesan 2 cups shredded mozzerella […]
The Counting of the Homer
This year, count the Omer with Homer! The Homer Calendar is an interactive guide to counting the omer, with Homer Simpson. The site has printable calendars for each of the seven weeks of the omer, along with a 1-page calendar showing all 49 days of the count. The site also features background on the omer […]
MySQL Users Conference 2003
The MySQL Users Conference 2003 is running from April 10 – 12 in San Jose, CA. I was nearby in Sunnyvale for work on Tuesday & Wednesday this week, so I stuck around a day longer than my usual LAX-SJC travel schedule to catch the beginning of the conference. Thanks to Zak for all of […]
Mmmm… Quinoa
Jeff at work bumped into me in the hallway and asked if cous cous could be eaten on Pesach. He was bummed to find out that it’s made from semolina, so it’s a no-go. I tipped him off to quinoa, which he had never heard of. It’s yummy, similar in size to cous cous, and […]
Jacuzzi J-350
We bought a hot tub yesterday! Jacuzzi J-350 Ariella has been wanting a hot tub for as long as I’ve known her. She is thrilled!
New Yahoo! Search
Launched today: “More Needle. Less Haystack. The New Yahoo! Search.” The new logo looks an awful lot like the Yahoo! Personals logo.