Shopping in the produce section, one frugal gentleman says to another, “Pardon me, would you have any grape coupons?”
Andy Skelton?
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Persepolis 2.0
June 29, 2009 – 11:37 am
The animated feature Persepolis is one of my favorite blu ray movies. Writer and director Marjane Satrapi was a nine-year-old girl living in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The movie covers her struggle to deal with her country’s evolution from fundamentalism to religious extremism. It is a beautiful telling of an emotional life [...]
Butter-free grilled cheese
June 16, 2009 – 2:53 pm
Bread slices, 2
Cheese slices, 2
Bacon strips, 4
Fry bacon over medium heat. Remove bacon and set aside.
Place bread slice in pan to absorb half of fat and set aside.
Place second bread slice in pan to absorb remaining fat.
Add cheese slice and cover for a few seconds to promote melting.
Add bacon and second cheese slice and cover [...]
10.5.7 adds graphics option for 17-inch MacBook Pro
May 12, 2009 – 11:49 pm
When I upgraded my work machine from an early 2006 MacBook Pro to the new 17-inch, I restored my old system from a Time Machine backup and lost any custom drivers present in the OS X installed at the factory. This meant I could not change video cards. My machine was stuck in “higher performance” [...]
To Time Warner Cable
April 16, 2009 – 2:31 pm
What’s wrong with charging internet subscribers per gigabyte? When you pin your rates to an index that is guaranteed to rise faster than costs in order to increase profits, your risk remains pinned to customer retention. This business is sums, not rocket calculus.
The first thing you did wrong was to pick a margin so greedy [...]