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Happy Thanksgiving Google
A stuffing recipe that I am attempting calls for 8 ounces of cremini mushrooms. I don’t have a kitchen scale. However, I have three packages of mushrooms. One package lists the weight in pounds and the other two weight in pounds. Instead of grabbing pencil and paper, I grabbed the iPhone: .8 lb + 8…
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å°è‚¥ç¾Š Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot
In general, I am a skeptic of boiled food. I have tried hot pot at many different places, both at restaurants and in the homes of friends and family, but never quite found it to my liking. So, I was in for an unexpected treat when I visited å°è‚¥ç¾Š Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot in…
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Photoshop: Could Not Write the File. The File is Being Used by Someone Else.
Argh! I’ve been plagued by this recurring Photoshop error message for months now. I cannot find anyone else experiencing this same problem online. As I recall, this problem first occurred after I “upgraded” to Photoshop CS3 Extended. So, years would probably be more accurate than months. Anyways, I’m saving to a local drive so no…
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MacBook Pro 8 GB Memory Upgrade
I’ve been using a MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) for a few months now. The 4 GB memory that comes standard is usually more than enough if I stick to the Mac side of things: Safari, Firefox, Photoshop, iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, etc. I can open and run as many Mac applications as I want without…
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Palo Alto Airport Day 2009
The Palo Alto Airport hosted Airport Day on September 12, 2009. During the entire visit, we witnessed the constant buzz of small planes taking off and taxiing down the run way. We could also see up close planes of all shapes and sizes, as well as helicopters and gyroplanes. Little kids could also climb aboard…
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Disneyland
Located in Anaheim, CA, Disneyland offers Southern California residents and visitors an incomparable experience. If you live in Orange County, you may not realize what a gem you have in your backyard. However, if you ever venture to Northern California or out-of-state, you will quickly discover that no place quite delivers like Disneyland. The park…
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Aquarium of the Pacific
The Aquarium of the Pacific is a modern aquarium located in Long Beach, California. Visitors can see fishes and other marine animals from different parts of the world at the aquarium. The aquarium features both small and large fishes spread throughout its two-story structure. Besides the obligatory clownfish exhibit, the aquarium also features puffins, sea…
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Wei-Chuan Chinese Cookbooks
After having some success with Wei-Chuan’s Chinese Cuisine (ä¸å›½èœ), I decided to pick some some of the other Wei-Chuan cookbooks to diversify, namely Chinese Snacks (點心專輯), Chinese Cuisine: Beijing Style (北京èœ) and Chinese Cuisine: Shanghai Style (上海èœ). I really like the bilingual cookbooks produced by Wei-Chuan. While I prefer to read through recipes in English,…
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Snow Leopard and Fujitsu ScanSnap Manager
I finally came across an application that does not play well with Snow Leopard. The ScanSnap Manager application that came with the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M can crash under certain circumstances. For example, if I scan a document and select the Scan to Folder option, I will consistently see this unpleasant message: Fujitsu has a patch…
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Snow Leopard, BBEdit & QuicKeys
Because Snow Leopard does not install Rosetta by default, I’ve decided to abandon the last of my PowerPC applications: QuicKeys 2.1.1. I’ve been a fan of BBEdit for a long time. At first, I relied heavily on QuicKeys to handle a lot of my keystroke automation within BBEdit: Add pre-defined text / templates. Insert HTML…