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below, is my “LifeStream” – primarily consisting of micro-blogging updates from my phone (
)… think of it as sort of like my ongoing autobiography, told in bite-sized chunks of words and sometimes pictures and videos…
but, there is also stuff that i just come across online – such as news/blog items (
), links, music, photos or whatever – that i wanted to share publically for some reason or another…
this is all continually updated in real time throughout the day, pretty much every day (just keep in mind, it is all in reverse chronological order)… if you want an idea of who i am, what i’m interested in, and what i do with my time and energy, read on…
if you came looking for actual blog posts only, the left sidebar has a number of browsing and search options… anything else you may be looking for is probably found on the right somewhere…
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I uploaded a YouTube video -- The Ritual (Me and Wesley making a latte) http://youtu.be/r1mFD_VixTM?a
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The local Super Bowl tweetup webcam on my desktop http://flic.kr/p/7Bqokr
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Just noticed the pic I took of @1prdpgn's cam made it to flickr but didn't auto-twitter yet.
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@1prdpgn I was gonna ask earlier why you didn't have your cam on but I decided that might seem kinda creepy :P
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@don_rivers @1prdpgn You're on my desktop webcam widget. I'm watching you O.O
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@don_rivers ah. Ok, well, that's not so geeky then :P
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@don_rivers waching trending topics? Um, did you bring your laptop to a super bowl party?
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@don_rivers @1prdpgn I really thought we were gonna stop by but the fates were against us :( we'll host the coffee tweetup :)
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The Dreamcast Junkyard: Sega PR FTP - Dreamcast Pics Aplenty http://bit.ly/9vqguu
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February 6th, 2010 |
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Cooking dinner while Norah Jones, Beatrice Martin, and Natalie Marchant sing to me via the Bose :) (my "breathy female vocals" playlist ;) )
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February 5th, 2010 |
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And I don't mean much and not to flavor the drink, just a little atop the foam for an ocassional tiny bit of sweet crunchy. Very nice.
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This demarrara sugar we get for the bar is larger crystals than typical sugar and i've taken to sprinkling a little bit on top of my lattes.
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@don_rivers ... aw, rats. Thought i'd finally found someone to do some trading with :P
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@don_rivers are you saying you have that on ld? If you are an ld collector, too, i've never caught on.
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.@don_rivers I actually have the japanese LaserDisc of Pulp Fiction (eng w/ jp subs). It's my only jp LD (except my Criterion of Akira.)
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And since it's portable, he isn't a "couch tater tot", glued to a tv. He carries it around with all his other toys. In a protective case :)
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Someday I will do a full how-to on "Sony PSP for Toddlers". He has his own photos, music, podcasts, movies and has for almost 2 years.
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(Btw, the sesame street podcast has been running for over three years - his psp automagically downloads each new episode for over a year.)
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For some reason the sesame street podcast hasn't worked on psp since august, so I guess i'll start getting them for him manually.
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Downloaded 78 episodes of the Sesame Street Podcast and copied them on to Welsey's PSP - he is one thrilled kid :)
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I decided to finally respond to some private msgs on facebook and it just says something went wrong. Hrmph. Well, I tried. Back to work.
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February 4th, 2010 |
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Second day of gross, cloudy, wet weather. Ugh. Terra stayed home sick. This is the winter of our discontent and all that.
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February 3rd, 2010 |
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February 2nd, 2010 |
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Kitty is really shook up - he keeps looking out the back door, genuinely alarmed, and so far refuses to go outside. So weird and sad.
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Oops, miscalculation cooking dinner and so distracted I didn't notice = everyone could only finish half of what was on their plate.
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THANK GOD!!! RT @NurseTerra: MY KITTY CAME HOME :) http://flic.kr/p/7Akyww
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YAY!!! RT @NurseTerra: MY KITTY CAME HOME :)!!!!!! And VERY hungry. He ate a whole can of food and is now eating his regular food :)
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Drowning our sorrows in a pressed pot of Tanzanian Peaberry from Milagro in Las Cruces. Bad for espresso, surely will be great pressed.
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Hm, second day in a row someone has knocked on the door and asked to buy Dad's truck.
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The kitty went out last night and still isn't back. This is bad. Terra will be inconsolable.
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@divised ten lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep who haul stall around the quo, quay, and the quivvy, all at the same time..
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February 1st, 2010 |
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I have finally decided to friend a bunch of people on facebook. If I friended you today, I miss you or wish I knew you better.
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The dessert steamers I mentioned http://flic.kr/p/7A3Zer Espresso machines (and bar full of flavors) are useful for more than just coffee:)
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Made chicken fajitas, spanish rice, black beans. Now making dessert steamers for everyone :)
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Just opened a new bottle of cumin. Hm. Kinda smells like gold bars after a matter transfer.
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Um, why is Phil Collins singing True Colors?? I think I may need a new radio station, I have to draw the line somewhere :P
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not familiar with the syphon method of making coffee? it's the mad scientist way ;P here's Intelligentsia's: http://bit.ly/8wh4ld
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The beans were all roasted the 26th. Not sure how to properly rest them, if that's what's wrong. May have to just use them in the press.
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Grrr, got three kinds of beans from Milagro in Cruces and all are giving me almost nothing but foam that dissolves quickly. Bad roast?
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January 31st, 2010 |
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(see, we have this fantasy of collecting a variety of small, unique press pots for single-serves, rather than using our 32oz Bodum.)
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Ross is the only IRL place we know to get cheap but unique press pots, sometimes with matching cups. But there were none there yesterday :(
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Ross in LC has made some very disappointing changes - they apparently have decided to drastically reduce their glassware and coffee stuff.
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January 30th, 2010 |
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Caveat re: my last tweet, i've been to very few cafes in my life.
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Just got an excellent cappuccino at Milagro Coffee y Espresso next to university in Las Cruces - possibly best i've ever had.
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January 29th, 2010 |
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This week's slumber party night junk food is Fruity Pebbles and the junk food entertainment is Lexx episodes :) weirdo sci-fi rulez! (again)
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Trivia: I stumbled across my first tweet about slumber party night - May 31, 2008. We had no idea we were starting a tradition that night.
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Dealing with unprecedented amounts of nonsense. But it will be slumber party night in just a couple hours :)
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January 28th, 2010 |
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I have just seen my first Lady Gaga video. Um. Amazing cinematography and production design, that much is certain. No further comment.
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@don_rivers however, if you want full media, too, look no further than Ziepod. And the paid version is well worth it.
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@don_rivers I have used a few over the years but once I tried Feedly, I haven't looked back. It's web-based (?!).
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Too bad i'm just about out of beans or I'd pull three in a row to see what happens. The WDT hasn't gotten me these results.
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Just gave the "Stockfleth's move" a first try and pulled an amazing shot! Smooth, thick, sweet. May have been luck. (19g 1.5oz ~27secs)
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perfect slap in the face to elitist snobs like myself :P Man Who Enjoys Thing Informed He Is Wrong | The Onion http://onion.com/7eo6K5
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LOS ANGELES—George Himmelsbaugh, 32, was informed Tuesday that he was incorrect in enjoying a thing he had been deriving pleasure from for many years. Authorities in the field informed Himmelsbaugh that, although he believes his appreciation of the thing to be a matter of subjective personal taste, any positive feelings or satisfaction taken from this are by definition erroneous. Furthermore, sources reported, Himmelsbaugh does not in fact enjoy the thing, but has merely been convinced that he does by the influence of others who also claim to enjoy the thing but who must be insane or developmentally disabled if they actually do. Himmelsbaugh has responded to the information by endeavoring to enjoy the correct things in the future. |
January 27th, 2010 |
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finished reading The City of Ember. meh. color-by-numbers, adding nothing to the genre. makes me want to re-read Bova's Exiles trilogy.
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@dailydemitasse oops! Obviously, those ratios were meant for espresso. (Though I do add a bit of cream (not milk) to press coffee.)
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@dailydemitasse BUT most every nuance of the coffee is quenched by any higher than say 1:3 -- and I prefer no higher than 1:2 or less.
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@dailydemitasse I agree with the sugar, but I see a proper ratio of milk kinda' the same as water with scotch - to reveal certain subtleties
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January 26th, 2010 |
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RT @don_rivers: http://twitpic.com/zw8jq - Spontaneous battery explosion
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RT @don_rivers: YIKES! A double-A battery just spontaneously exploded in my room! It really freaking was loud! It was in a toy of my son's.
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@don_rivers um, dayim! that's bizarre.
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.@dailydemitasse I got a no-name mokka pot and gave up quickly as the results were dismal. Maybe your success will get me to try again.
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Posted Stockfleth.
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Posted Stockfleth's Move.
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Posted Stockfleths Move for Dummies.
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January 25th, 2010 |
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Ok, there is a decent chance that this is the best chicken green chile stew (caldillo?) i've ever made :)
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Listening to The City of Ember - knew a title and that's it. Didn't know it is a kids' book. But, it's interesting enough so far. (Ch6of20)
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January 23rd, 2010 |
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Welp, everyone is taking a nap. Soooo, I think it's psp, headphones, podcasts (or maybe audiobook) and make dinner time.
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Ya know, there's just no such thing as a total day off - like complete absence of responsibilities. Might as well wish for a month off.
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@1prdpgn remember jennicam well, but more by reputation, don't think I watched it much - wasn't into cams yet back then.
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(these mini-lattes i've been making are 3-4 oz so this furthers my latest endeavors :) )
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Making Americanos in the new cups @nurseterra's parents sent us. I SO needed 4oz cups and they just show up at our door! thanks, y'all :)
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Internet radio is awesome but no substitute for local info - radio is only the first part of my day, net radio fills the rest.
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Dude, this sucks! RT @don_rivers: #Alamogordo tower due to wind 3 TV stations several radio out for 1-2 MONTHS (heard on KOB4)
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thanks to @don_rivers for pointing out that KRWG (Las Cruces public radio (incl. NPR and PRI)) streams! http://www.krwg.org/live.html
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@don_rivers ha! you're right, they stream - i never would have guessed a little station like them would. well, that changes everything :)
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@1prdpgn I have been a total webcam junkie for years :P I complain at least once a week that I miss MY webcam.
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@1prdpgn I added your cam to a desktop webcam widget :) I have 3 - one shows only local cams, another shows abq cams, all others in 3rd.
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Just noticed most of my twitters aren't getting through to facebook this morning, for some reason. Must make for confusing reading.
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And net radio has no one talking :( Stuck in a house all day with no one to talk to, day after day - even a DJ is a welcome voice!
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I guess i'd better find net radio equivalents - could listen to my public radio station in Dallas - KERA. They dont play classical though.
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January 22nd, 2010 |
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"I am Kai, last of the Brunnen-G." Re-animated undead assassins of His Divine Shadow rule! :P
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Tonight's slumber party night junk food entertainment: marathoning some Lexx episodes. Weird sci-fi rulez! :)
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Starting slumber party night with junk food dinner: chili dogs and fritos :) gonna do triple chocolate cr_me cake later with the movie :)
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Espresso con Panna http://flic.kr/p/7xzztp
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Cream with a bit of powdered sugar, freshly whipped, atop a freshly pulled shot of espresso is mmmmmm :) (aka "Espresso con Panna")
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