Author Archives: Garrett Wollman

Quote: M.J. Dominus on programming languages

Posted on 2014-02-02

From a Saturday-evening blog post which was primarily about job applicants at his company failing a really trivial programming quiz by doing it in Java: You will not produce anything really brilliant, but you will probably not produce anything too … Continue reading →

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Diane Duane’s Braunekuchen and ATK’s cheese souffle

Posted on 2014-02-01

A few weeks ago, I said that I was making Braunekuchen, a northern German spice cookie, from a recipe Diane Duane posted on her blog. I made them the Sunday before Martin Luther King Day, and I’ve been eating them … Continue reading →

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Finally updated my MBP to Mavericks

I was waiting for an OpenAFS release that worked on 10.9, and that finally came out late last week, so I took the plunge. It took a couple of hours to update everything (I had a bunch of Apple apps … Continue reading →

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This week’s Diane Duane quote

Posted on 2014-01-22

Maybe this one is really intended for me more than whatever readers I may have here: It is perhaps one of life’s more interesting ironies that, of the many who beseech the Goddess to send them love, so few will … Continue reading →

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OK, I have three fourths of a bunch of parsley left. Now what?

Posted on 2014-01-21

Parsley was an unusual ingredient required by Joanne Chang’s split-pea soup recipe, but it only required three tablespoons. (I suspect I used substantially more than that, because, well, I had substantially more than that.) So on Monday afternoon, I opened … Continue reading →

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Joanne Chang’s (cafe’s) split-pea soup

Posted on 2014-01-21

As I promised a few days ago, I made the split-pea soup from Joanne Chang’s flour, too. Overall, I’m reasonably pleased with how it came out, although I might do a few things differently. (I should note that Chang does … Continue reading →

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Random segue of the week

Patty Larkin, “Me and That Train” (the live version from A Gogo) Indigo Girls’ cover of the Stones’ “Wild Horses” (a live-only track, from Staring Down the Brilliant Dream) see below Cry Cry Cry’s a capella cover of Leslie Smith’s … Continue reading →

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More recipe fun

Posted on 2014-01-18

A week ago, I promised an update on Diane Duane’s Tessinerbrot recipe (original recipe here). I’ve now eaten the whole loaf, which is at least one good sign. On the whole, it seemed like a fairly ordinary soft white sandwich … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day

Posted on 2014-01-18

From Christian Weisgerber: All that the recent pardon of Alan Turing triggered was self-righteousness about what good people we are now and how wicked British society was sixty years ago. The real message should have been: Which of todays punishments … Continue reading →

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Summer entertainment: time to make a choice

Today I got my annual envelope from the BSO inviting me to pre-order tickets for the upcoming Tanglewood season. I’ve never had any interest in classical music, but every year since 2007 I’ve gone for the “Prairie Home Companion” live … Continue reading →

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