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Robot envy
By Nicole Williams / in Life N Culture, Technology Comment / March 27, 2008I have robot envy AND it is a woot off day. Robot Envy Update: 8:32 This just in from a friend - "Do it!! Pull the trigger!! We’re long time Roomba owners and love it. A big help with two kiddos ...
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Kolaches – a taste of Texas, er, I mean the Czech Republic, I mean Czechoslovakia, Oh, Československo, wait that’s not right…
By Nicole Williams / in Life N Culture, Recipe / March 14, 2008...but they are so good. Last weekend, we wandered to Austin for a visit. Along the way, we got very hungry and stopped at a Chevron gas station on Highway 71. Hruska’s was the name of the food and t...
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10 step program to getting your Lenovo networking stuff to work…
By Nicole Williams / in Technology Comment / March 13, 2008Why did all wireless and ethernet networking devices stop working on my Lonovo Thinkpad T61p? I have to admit, when I recently fixed a friend's T61p that was unable to connect to ANY network connecti...
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Nicole Sauce’s Thought of the Walk
By Nicole Williams / in LOL, Recipe, Thought of the Walk, Videos / March 12, 2008https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOnGMy49Qo&feature=player_embedded Last Friday, a guest came into town and we made breaded and baked boneless pork chops. They were good. As of today, we still ha...
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Oh no, you put palmolive in the dishwasher…
By Nicole Williams / in Kitchen Tips / March 10, 2008I guess I am not the only one to recently get the infamous call. You know, the one that reminds you of a lesson you once painfully learned? My dear roomie called me from work to let me know that inst...
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10,000 places I would rather donate my charity dollars
By Nicole Williams / in Life N Culture, Technology Comment, Videos / March 6, 2008https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=807vebt-mmQ&feature=player_embedded An unverified report from across the pond claims that a non profit called Living Streets is testing padded lamp posts to keep ...
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Sushi Day, Part 5: Miso Soup
By Nicole Williams / in Health N Weightloss, Life N Culture, Recipe, Videos / March 5, 2008http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-miso-soup My first Miso Soup lesson (circa 2002): After 9 hours in the air, and still recovering from walking pneumonia, all I wanted upon arrival in Japan w...
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Live long and prosper
By Nicole Williams / in LOL, Technology Comment / February 29, 2008I love it when science fiction creeps into society. Check out this pic from woot. Apparently, no one wanted to run around looking like a Star Trek character, because these have not done so well in sto...
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Oscars flip the bird to the world
By Nicole Williams / in Life N Culture / February 26, 2008I did not watch the whole event, but noticed on my way through the room that the way the oscar logo was cropped on the TV when they listed people's names looks like a giant fist with just the middle f...
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Sushi Day: Part 4
By Nicole Williams / in Recipe / February 20, 2008Rolling, rolling, rolling... Keep rice moist and joining... For a successful roll, you merely need to: Not use too much wasabi - wooowa - unless you need to really clear those sinuses. Keep your r...
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