1 day agoMember-onlySome first impressions of the Vision Pro, and thoughts about AR/VR in generalI’m an early adopter of things. I love to get excited about new technologies. Sometimes that’s because they fill a need, or offer some new capability I couldn’t do before, and sometimes it’s just that they’re fun to tinker with. From that perspective, I’ve felt like the past few years…Apple5 min readApple5 min read
Mar 18An Introduction to Home CanningA little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather…Cooking8 min readCooking8 min read
Feb 7How to play RadlandsBut first, a brief overview of why to play Radlands I love board games. My favorite games: are quick to play once you learn the rules have a tight decision matrix (at any given turn, there are only a few possible choices to make) have good game balance (it’s hard to tell until close to the end who’s going to…Board Games6 min readBoard Games6 min read
Jan 24What the heck is ceramic cookware?A little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather…Cooking6 min readCooking6 min read
Dec 22, 2022How to make home-fermented ginger beerA little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather…Fermentation4 min readFermentation4 min read
Dec 8, 2022Some thoughts about dirty dishesA little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather…Cooking4 min readCooking4 min read
Nov 21, 2022A brief introduction to MastodonThis is adapted from a presentation I gave to a few people, and my main takeaway from that is that there are some confusing differences between how Twitter works and how Mastodon works. This is my attempt to dispel some of that confusion. Mastodon is similar to Twitter in a…Mastodon8 min readMastodon8 min read
Sep 28, 2022My Cooking Kit, Part 5— Devices & ElectricsA little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather…Food14 min readFood14 min read
Sep 28, 2022My Cooking Kit, Part 4— More Specialized and Obscure ToolsA little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather…Food17 min readFood17 min read
Sep 28, 2022My Cooking Kit, Part 3 — Basic General ToolsA little about me: I cook a lot, mostly dinner at home for my family and friends but sometimes for massive parties of upwards of 200 people. I’ve been doing sous vide cooking since 2010. I run a food blog called Unselling Convenience (also @unsellingconvenience on Instagram if you’d rather…Food13 min readFood13 min read