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Archives: January, 2009

Slow-roasted pork ribs

27th January 2009

It’s winter, so while firing up the grill may sound fun, I’d rather fire up the oven. There are a lot of ways to cook pork ribs in the oven. I like the method in James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking of roasting until they’re just cooked or still a little pink, but [...]

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Rotate video for YouTube

23rd January 2009

The problem: You recorded a video in portrait format accidentally, most likely because you were using a digital camera and didn’t think about it. For fun, let’s say the video is already at YouTube, so you’re starting with a Flash video file.
The solution: Download the Flash video using something like the DownloadHelper Firefox Add-on. Convert [...]

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Pulling a crab pot

23rd January 2009

A video from last summer of my dad and his friend pulling a crab pot in Kachemak Bay.

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New Orleans and Baton Rouge

17th January 2009

I’d only been to New Orleans for Jazz Fest so it was interesting to go there for aimless fun. We pretty much just walked around, shopped, and ate. We stayed at the W New Orleans, which would have been nice enough if we weren’t aware of the W in the French Quarter. Maybe the rooms [...]

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