Christopher Solar 🇨🇦
@christophersolar.bsky.social
Furniture designer/maker, cyclist, inside the Ottawa bubble. He/Him.
Oh, so having a few unpainted window frames here and there is some kind of crime now is it?
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Oh, so having a few unpainted window frames here and there is some kind of crime now is it?
"juice" is being generous
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"juice" is being generous
If the skate fits...
This sounds like the making of a Hallmark Christmas movie X Cinderella X King Arthur mashup.
This sounds like the making of a Hallmark Christmas movie X Cinderella X King Arthur mashup.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If the skate fits...
This sounds like the making of a Hallmark Christmas movie X Cinderella X King Arthur mashup.
This sounds like the making of a Hallmark Christmas movie X Cinderella X King Arthur mashup.
Nature is healing.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Nature is healing.
It just takes one snitch though. And there will be at least one. (Probably BIA-affiliated.)
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It just takes one snitch though. And there will be at least one. (Probably BIA-affiliated.)
[turns page eagerly]
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
[turns page eagerly]
OTOH if they install them this way, lying across the road, they might actually have an impact.
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
OTOH if they install them this way, lying across the road, they might actually have an impact.
Some food sites are worse than others of course, but most have a way to get straight to the recipe. I used to get recipes from Fine Cooking mag (RIP) but I had to pay money for it AND flip past pages of ads to get to the recipes...
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Some food sites are worse than others of course, but most have a way to get straight to the recipe. I used to get recipes from Fine Cooking mag (RIP) but I had to pay money for it AND flip past pages of ads to get to the recipes...
Have been mulling this over and while I've also been annoyed at long-winded food blogs, is it really a legit critique? Someone's made this recipe for me, explained how to do it, took photos, maybe made a video. It's a job. Should I complain that they want to scrape some revenue from the page?
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Have been mulling this over and while I've also been annoyed at long-winded food blogs, is it really a legit critique? Someone's made this recipe for me, explained how to do it, took photos, maybe made a video. It's a job. Should I complain that they want to scrape some revenue from the page?
You do at least acknowledge that this tool is only able to do these things for you because it has been trained on the work of countless human recipe developers who now get diddly squat in return?
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
You do at least acknowledge that this tool is only able to do these things for you because it has been trained on the work of countless human recipe developers who now get diddly squat in return?
I really don't get the anger here. Someone has taken the time to develop, test, photograph a dish & how to make it. Ad revenue on the page is what funded that whole process! Now what happens?
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I really don't get the anger here. Someone has taken the time to develop, test, photograph a dish & how to make it. Ad revenue on the page is what funded that whole process! Now what happens?
If you are an experienced cook, yes, you'll probably spot a disastrous AI-generated error and know how to get around it. Not everyone would! A real recipe *developed, tested and published* by a trusted human cook is not likely to have disastrous errors in the first place.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you are an experienced cook, yes, you'll probably spot a disastrous AI-generated error and know how to get around it. Not everyone would! A real recipe *developed, tested and published* by a trusted human cook is not likely to have disastrous errors in the first place.
You'll take cooking possibly inedible food over having to click the "jump to recipe" button? Also, good luck when all the human recipe-creators are driven out of business.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You'll take cooking possibly inedible food over having to click the "jump to recipe" button? Also, good luck when all the human recipe-creators are driven out of business.
Oh, it's definitely been front-of-mind for me how my local main street is going to be clogged again with the lethal mix of dump trucks and concrete trucks, again, for years, for no good reason.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Oh, it's definitely been front-of-mind for me how my local main street is going to be clogged again with the lethal mix of dump trucks and concrete trucks, again, for years, for no good reason.
Guessing the (current) mayor can't show his face at a Charge game ever again?
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Guessing the (current) mayor can't show his face at a Charge game ever again?
This reads like a deleted scene from "Bram Stoker's Dracula".
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This reads like a deleted scene from "Bram Stoker's Dracula".
for a brand I buy (Garofalo) bucatini is rated as 9 minutes, whereas say rigatoni is 13. I think I found a large spaghetti that was around 13 also and it worked well too. I mean 9 minutes is still plenty of time, we're not talking angel hair, but just requires a little more diligence!
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
for a brand I buy (Garofalo) bucatini is rated as 9 minutes, whereas say rigatoni is 13. I think I found a large spaghetti that was around 13 also and it worked well too. I mean 9 minutes is still plenty of time, we're not talking angel hair, but just requires a little more diligence!
When I tried bucatini in carbonara my impression was that it cooked too fast (because hollow?), more risk of overshooting when finishing the cooking in the sauce. Maybe I just screwed up that day but I think a sturdier shape is more reliable!
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
When I tried bucatini in carbonara my impression was that it cooked too fast (because hollow?), more risk of overshooting when finishing the cooking in the sauce. Maybe I just screwed up that day but I think a sturdier shape is more reliable!
Only 200m wide, but *500m* tall for for 170km. That's like...8000 copies of One World Trade Center packed together in a line 3-deep. Totally going to happen!
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Only 200m wide, but *500m* tall for for 170km. That's like...8000 copies of One World Trade Center packed together in a line 3-deep. Totally going to happen!
Vending machines likewise ubiquitous in Japan. Fluids in, fluids out :)
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Vending machines likewise ubiquitous in Japan. Fluids in, fluids out :)
I was in Japan last month and while I didn't see these showcase toilets, the main thing was that I never had to look very far to find a clean, well-equipped public toilet. Train and subway stations, parks, convenience stores, just randomly mid-block, in the countryside...everywhere.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I was in Japan last month and while I didn't see these showcase toilets, the main thing was that I never had to look very far to find a clean, well-equipped public toilet. Train and subway stations, parks, convenience stores, just randomly mid-block, in the countryside...everywhere.