Didn't realize it came in kit form (Ikea GÖAT :)

A friend of mine got some and we did a "tasting"... they were at least all distinct, the cranberry was the one that was actually *interesting* (very tangy) all the flavor was in the coating, the oreos inside were plain so I don't think they'll pop up out of season.

Actually cleaning up leaves? Or as a turbocharger stage in a turkey fryer that the fire department will be by to "help" with later

Oops, forgot the link
archive.org/details/wkrp...

"Gonna tell the grandkids this was The Metaverse" </meme>

And the movies! like "Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter" - clearly the Canada Council For The Arts has a valuable role in keeping art students busy so they don't go feral :-)

Lawn Dart

Yeah, definitely one of Cat's projects

I still have an Abacus in my collection (and the weird MiniUSB cable to power it :)

This reminds me of the man who was asked, "Have you read every book in your library?" and replied, "No, and I have not opened every bottle in my wine cellar, either."

yeah, a previous startup got a cheap dark-fiber gigabit link from our convenient but under-airconditioned office in cambridge to our well-connected (but annoying to get to) shared data center in boston - we'd never have been able to *build* it, but once it was in the ground...

When the utility tech on holiday duty showed up he seemed pleased that it was an *interesting* problem, he'd spent most of the day dealing with "idiot driving into telephone pole" outages :-)

At least in the US, ovens are connected across two phases to get more power. A squirrel made a Thanksgiving Snack out of one of the two phases, out on the pole, upstream of the house; the streetlight was downstream, so one phase fed the other *through* the oven... but only with the thermostat "on"

Oh hey look, Alton Brown literally released something _today_. (It's really good. It's Alton, after all.)

youtu.be/hdUXDhIBxis?...

Huh, I was only aware of "Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House" (Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, 1948) but apparently there were a bunch of horror movies (no, I'm not from Maine) added in the last 20 years.

I feel seen, I feel slightly mocked, and I am going to call Neal and ask for a hug.

newharvestcoffee.com/products/bur... comparing keywords to my notes from last years coffee advent calendar, this will likely be in the "interesting but still tastes like coffee" category :-)