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Tomato up?

Tomato up? 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

While this recipe does not share anything in common with my Red Sox Cowboy Up Cookies, and I haven't heard anyone telling the Patriots to "Tomato Up!", nonetheless I have crafted a special tart in honor of my favorite football team: tarte Tatin aux tomates. (And also to bring the a Super Bowl party.) I can't take all the credit for it, since it was in large part inspired by a recipe I found for Caramelized Tomato Tarts in a great new cookbook (more about that soon).

But I love making tarte Tatin, a kind of French upside-down apple pie with yummy caramel flavor. I combined what I saw for the tomato tarts with my Tatin recipe, and voila! Tomato tarte Tatin! It's baking now, so I've no idea yet if it's any good. If it turns out OK, I'll post the recipe here.

Until then, Tomato Up you Patriots fans! Or, as my father so eloquently signed off in an email to me earlier this week, "Go Pats scratch out the Cats!"

Tomato Progress

Tomato Progress 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
I have 33 tomato seedings, ranging from 2 to 6 inches in height. The Amish Paste, Orange Banana and Glacier tomatoes look pretty healthy (perhaps a bit too tall). The Brandywine are still very short; I received these from a friend, and I suspect they're a long-season tomato. I'll need to transplant the tomatoes into the garden sometime in the next few days.

Building a better tomato

Building a better tomato 03/25/2005 11:04 AM
USA Today Mar 25 2005 3:05PM GMT

A Cherry-Tomato Winner

A Cherry-Tomato Winner 04/04/2005 11:27 PM
And the crimson-vegetable award goes to... Google ! It can now find images correctly based on metadata; for example Saskatchewan snow with plants, Tanya King, sweet pea shadow, Hogoromo dinner, and so on. Neither MSN nor Yahoo search can do this.

The Cherry-Tomato Challenge

The Cherry-Tomato Challenge 12/17/2004 06:37 PM
I have recently adjusted the ongoing software so that each and every image has descriptive text in both its alt and title attributes. This is good accessibility practice and should also make it possible for search engines to find my pictures. But they can’t. The image here, which is in a file whose name, unhelpfully, is IMGP0990.png, is correctly labeled in both title and alt attributes as “Sunlit cherry tomatoes on white-painted wood.” I just now visited John Battelle’s helpful list of search engines and lots of them offered “image search” capabilities, but not one turned that picture up when I searched for “sunlit cherry tomatoes”. (Lots of them turn the page up when you do an ordinary text search.) How hard can it be? I hereby promise that when I find a credible general-purpose Web Image Search tool that leads me to that picture via “sunlit cherry tomatoes”, I will publish a rave review here and do my best to spread the word.

President Tomato Ketchup

President Tomato Ketchup 12/30/2004 06:34 AM
Imitati on chicken. Kennedy Fried Chicken, JFK Fried Chicken, J. F. Kennedy Fried Chicken, Kan tacky Fried Chicken, et al. [via cardhouse]

Tomato Update: Weeding and Irrigation

Tomato Update: Weeding and Irrigation 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
My tomato plants look extremely healthy, but a little bit small. Weeding is pretty easy, thanks to an sharp collineal hoe. It's basicly a knife blade on a long stick, and you use it to slice the weeds off just below ground level. No bending, no digging, no cramps--and it's fast.

Yellow Tomato Causes Legal Dilemma
(Reuters)

Yellow Tomato Causes Legal Dilemma
(Reuters) 09/09/2004 09:15 AM
Reuters - The mushy remains of a tomato thrown at a prominent member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats has posed a legal dilemma for authorities trying to assess how to punish the thrower.

Yellow tomato causes legal dilemma in
Germany (Reuters)

Yellow tomato causes legal dilemma in
Germany (Reuters) 09/10/2004 09:28 AM
Reuters - The mushy remains of a tomato thrown at a prominent member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats has posed a legal dilemma for authorities trying to assess how to punish the thrower.

Soup imitates art: Warhol-style
Campbell's tomato soup on sale

Soup imitates art: Warhol-style
Campbell's tomato soup on sale 04/19/2004 04:23 PM
To commemorate the work of Andy Warhol, Campbell's is selling four packs of tomato soup with Warhol-esque labels. Link (Via WOW )

Advice

Advice 02/17/2004 02:37 AM
Understanding Women & "The Rules" For Men, or Think of it Like Driving in England

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Advice to newlyweds

Advice to newlyweds 05/17/2004 01:34 AM
John Scalzi, a very talented humour writer and novelist (I like to think of him as the "edgy Dave Barry"), has written a bunch of notes for the newly married gays and lesbians of Massachusetts:

It's your best man's (or the equivalent's) job to remind people that at a wedding reception, as at the Academy Awards, speeches are best very short. You didn't spend an obscene amount on the catering just to have it grow cold as Uncle Jim blathers on.

Remind the DJ or band that they work for you, and they'll damn well play anything you want. For some reason I think this may be less of a problem at gay weddings. Thank God.

There will be drama of some sort at the reception. If the wedding party lets any of it reach the newlyweds, they haven't done their job.

Don't fill up on bread. You'll have to dance later.

Link (via Electrolite)

Dick Advice

Dick Advice 06/24/2004 09:19 PM
Mr. "Go Fuck Yourself" Cheney .. stupidity and vindictiveness .. angry, hostile, man .. Dick Advice .. Wonkette

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Bad writerly advice

Bad writerly advice 05/18/2004 06:20 PM
Teresa Nielsen Hayden -- a swell writer and respected editor -- may not have invented the genre in which clueless advice to new writers is mercilessly dissected, but she certainly perfected it. Today. Teresa shreds a really stunningly gormless "cover-letter advice" page:

Tip Eight: Call. That's right, Call. Introduce yourself. Be confident. Let them know your work is coming. It's the surest way to get out of that slush pile and on to a desk. Too afraid to call? Write out what you want to say, call AFTER HOURS, leave a voice message. It's not as good talking to a real person, but hey, it's better than nothing.

The surest way? Say what? Calling in advance is an irritating waste of the editorial department's time, and will do nothing to get you out of a trade publishing slushpile. Leaving a message after hours is even more clueless. I can't imagine where he got this idea, unless he's been taking advice from someone who's secretly out to get him.

There is one significant effect this might have. Because you've phoned to say something about a submission, someone may write down your name and the title of your book, and pass the note on to the slush readers. They'll be puzzled--why did you say you were phoning again?--and will stick the note up on their bulletin board. When your manuscript crosses their desk, they may remember that there was something-or-other they were supposed to remember or do about it, and will set your manuscript on the "inscrutable problems" stack for later diagnosis. Some slow afternoon--of which there aren't many--they'll have a go at the "inscrutable problems" stack, and will look at your manuscript again. They won't be able to tell what the problem was. They'll set the manuscript aside for later. After several cycles, they'll either figure that any manuscript that's been around this long should be returned to its author on general principles, or they'll move on to another job and the new slush reader will run your manuscript through several more "inscrutable problems" cycles before returning it to you on general principles.

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Top Tip: Need advice on buying RAM!

Top Tip: Need advice on buying RAM! 04/23/2004 12:21 PM
I am building a new home computer for myself and I need to decide on some RAM for it. It will be built around a AMD XP+ 2500, 2800 or 3000 and I will get a new motherboard as well.

Advice for the Dems

Advice for the Dems 12/19/2004 03:55 PM
The DNC sent me an email today touting their 2004 accomplishments and asking for feedback. OK, they did some good things. But there's also a whistling-past-the-graveyard quality to the note. Here was my feedback: • Spend more time on developing...

FC Now: Free Advice

FC Now: Free Advice 03/22/2005 07:29 PM
I was just wandering around the blogosphere, looking for good design-related blogs (nominate your favorites here), and found this collection of advice from designers, collected by Ellen Lupton, the curator of contemporary design at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and...

Jobseekers Advice

Jobseekers Advice 09/24/2004 05:41 AM
Jobseekers Advice
http://www.JobseekersAdvice.co m/

Jobseekers Advice is the original jobseekers website, setup to provide jobseekers a place to go for independent and unbiased information and free career advice. Their website states they are the largest independent free career advice website on the web run by professionals from around the world who volunteer their time to help you. This has been added to Employment Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

WiFi Advice

WiFi Advice 08/27/2004 01:54 PM

Over at Technobiblio, Chris has a great post about Improving Wi-Fi's Workability Quotient in Your Library. A must read.

Advice on Moving

Advice on Moving 08/27/2004 01:52 PM

One word of advice when moving make sure important keys get put in a place where you will be guranteed to find them. Need I say more.

Advice For Children

Advice For Children 07/17/2004 04:10 PM
Patrick Hughes has more excellent advice for children, but people of all ages will probably find it useful. Heed what he says about Skinhead Katrina. He knows of what he speaks.

Hey, Dummies, you can get advice on PC
too

Hey, Dummies, you can get advice on PC
too 07/26/2004 10:50 PM
Electric New Paper Jul 27 2004 3:18AM GMT

Show me the way to go (for e-biz advice)

Show me the way to go (for e-biz advice) 07/16/2004 11:52 AM
The Register Jul 16 2004 3:47PM GMT

Advice on anything except sport

Advice on anything except sport 12/08/2003 03:29 AM
Need advice? Ask Pud. Having apparently created a good income for himself, Pud will tell you how to do it too. And let you know what his kit's like. And brief you on the future of your career in the IT industry. And give you a tip on street food in NY. And tell you the quickest way to learn French. And he gets to the point about chickens and eggs pretty quick too.

Advice to my 12 year-old self

Advice to my 12 year-old self 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
I read at Slashdot a great question: "What advice would you give your 12 year-old self?" Here's mine: Dear 12...

Sensible Security Advice

Sensible Security Advice 06/03/2004 04:46 PM
The Security Mentor provides sensible, well-written advice for keeping your data's nose clean: His advice often includes wireless networking tips, such as this post. The mentor writes in a way that reminds me of Brian Livingston's long-running and now-deceased Windows Manager column in InfoWorld....

FC Now: Valuable Advice

FC Now: Valuable Advice 04/13/2005 06:43 AM
Quick, what are your company's values? Don't bother reaching for the corporate handbook - suffice to say most of us realize our companies have them, we're just not sure what they are. They come to us in a boring little...

Resume Writing Advice

Resume Writing Advice 04/11/2004 10:19 PM

The Rockport Institute has a six-part series on how to write a resume. (hat tip to Angie McKaig for the pointer.)

Their advice is fantastic, and capitalizes on the idea that you should do "active personal marketing" with your resume:

THE NUMBER ONE PURPOSE OF A RESUME

The resume is a tool with one specific purpose: to win an interview. If it does what the fantasy resume did, it works. If it doesn't, it isn't an effective resume. A resume is an advertisement, nothing more, nothing less.

A great resume doesn't just tell them what you have done but makes the same assertion that all good ads do: If you buy this product, you will get these specific, direct benefits. It presents you in the best light. It convinces the employer that you have what it takes to be successful in this new position or career.

It is so pleasing to the eye that the reader is enticed to pick it up and read it. It "whets the appetite," stimulates interest in meeting you and learning more about you. It inspires the prospective employer to pick up the phone and ask you to come in for an interview.

I would recommend this series of articles to anyone looking for a job change or career change.

Part two of the series says that resumes are scanned, not read. I'll agree with that point completely. I generally spend less than 15 seconds with each resume that I receive on the first pass. If nothing in the resume grabs my eye, I throw it away. If something catches my eye, I put it in a pile of resumes to follow up on later.

Parts three and four give a lot of great tips on writing a resume, some of them are especially powerful:

• To write an effective resume, you have to learn how to write powerful but subtle advertising copy.
• If you are applying for several different positions, you should adapt your resume to each one.
• The resume is visually enticing, a work of art.
• All the basic, expected information is included.
• A resume should be targeted to your goal, to the ideal next step in your career.
• Shorter is ususally better.
• Telephone number that will be answered. (I'd add that your email address better be a good one that won't bounce too.)

Part five covers 'choosing the right job' and is an advertisement for Rockport's services, and part six is a great list of power words that should be used over other passive words that might crop up in your resume.

Advice from the SkyMall catalog

Advice from the SkyMall catalog 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
- Fly your flag proudly! - Stay cool for deep, restful sleep. - Think again, before it's too late! - Don't hit the garage wall! - Organize your priorities. - Hold that thought! - Drink no wine before it's time. - Express your love. - Spend some time in England. - Get smart! - Keep 18 pairs of shoes handy....

Take my advice, or I'll spank you
without pants.

Take my advice, or I'll spank you
without pants. 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries, and other actual Hong Kong film subtitles. T-shirts , too. How can you use my intestines as a gift?

MI5 security advice goes online

MI5 security advice goes online 04/30/2004 12:32 AM
The security service, MI5, is publishing for the first time its terrorist threat assessment and advice on keeping safe.

Microsoft set to backtrack on SP2 advice

Microsoft set to backtrack on SP2 advice 08/17/2004 05:27 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 17 2004 10:14AM GMT

Rob Enderle responds to advice

Rob Enderle responds to advice 08/17/2004 05:19 PM
Pamela Jones was nice enough to send me a note this afternoon alerting me to the fact that Rob Enderle has taken the time to respond to the advice I gave him, last week. Enderle's response can be found here, on the LinuxInsider site.

Online acronyms, more advice

Online acronyms, more advice 08/27/2004 01:35 PM
Home.hamptonroads.com - Fri Aug 27, 08:31 am GMT

Strings, some practical advice

Strings, some practical advice 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Now that I've gone off a bit about the structure of strings, you're probably wondering what exactly good is it all? Knowing how things work doesn't necessarily translate to any sort of utility, at least not immediately. (I think it's essential for real understanding, but real understanding is in short supply on so many things...) But some good advice is in order. Like so many things I go on about, keep in mind that this is from the standpoint of a VM designer/implementor--I understand and do infrastructure. I have precious little experience implementing applications, unless you consider something like Parrot...

Dial 999 for bomb advice

Dial 999 for bomb advice 03/20/2003 01:04 PM

AdWords Advice From Google

AdWords Advice From Google 04/15/2004 09:00 AM
WebProNews Apr 15 2004 1:04PM GMT

Advice for Libraries from My Aggregator

Advice for Libraries from My Aggregator 04/29/2004 11:11 PM

PC Mag Says Death to 802.11b (Almost)
"PC Magazine rounds up several 802.11g routers, and says they're cheap enough, they're good enough: 802.11b no longer enjoys a large enough (or any) price differential for quality Wi-Fi gateways that include WPA encryption support, PC Mag says. So while you can still find 802.11b devices on the market, they recommend new gear have 802.11g built in...." [Wi-Fi Networking News]
Lesson: Make sure you buy 802.11g for your library.

Making CD-R's Last
"From Doug Kaye I learned of an interesting article on how long CD-R's will last and things you can do to increase or decrease that time. I've always just popped down to Staples and bought the cheapest disks I could find. For some of my uses (the latest Suse distro, for example) that's fine. But this article makes the point that if you're using the disk to archive important material, you need to be more careful. The article contains information on how to select good media and media that's appropriate for the drive that you'll be recording on. This may be especially important for organizations building large collections of CD-R's that they need to keep to meet regulatory or other business requirements." [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog]
Lesson: If your library is using CD-Rs for backups, archiving, or preservation, pick the right ones!

Advice for John Kerry

Advice for John Kerry 04/28/2004 06:57 PM

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