Random Ideas

I really don't know what to call this. It's really just a collection of miscellaneous stuff that I've found useful at one point or another in some area of life. There are three main categories:

Work - strategies for staying happy during complicated projects
Life - recipes, nutrition, exercise, relaxation, creative loafing
Tech - playing with different technologies, some useful, some just cool, some both


You can click on any underlined category or tag (e.g., cooking) in the list of descriptions below to filter by that category. To remove the filter, just click on one of the "Everything" links.

Simple Homemade Pizza Recipe Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Sure, you can press a few buttons on your phone and get a box of pizza to your door within a half-hour, but you would be missing out on the unbelievable aroma that your kitchen would acquire from your own pizza creation getting to a state of delicious, bubbly, crispy goodness in your very own oven. And sure, you can get a precision-manufactured frozen pizza for a few bucks at the grocery store that will leave your belly full, but will it leave your soul content? Didn't think so. More

Filed under: Everything > Life

Tags: pizza, comfort food, cooking, main dishes


Perogies with Potato Cheese Filling Sunday, September 27, 2009

In the vast universe of comfort food, perogies have an entire rich galaxy all to themselves. This delicious area of space, known as the sour-cream-way, is densely populated with subtle variations on a basic theme... More

Filed under: Everything > Life

Tags: perogies, comfort food, cooking, main dishes


An Illustrated Recipe for Multigrain Buns Saturday, September 19, 2009

Mollie Katzen (of Enchanted Broccoli Forest fame) says that it's difficult to not get wistful when talking about breadmaking. The warm, yeasty smells conjure up memories of home and holidays... More

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Tags: cooking, bread, buns


Making Rice Saturday, September 5, 2009

One of the benefits of living in a big city is easy access to Chinatown. In my case there are two, and one of them is a fifteen-minute walk from my house, through a big park and a quiet neighbourhood. A couple of times each year... More

Filed under: Everything > Life

Tags: cooking, rice