Last week my old Ford Escort started having some problems, and I’ll probably need some replacement auto parts. The interior started to smell like antifreeze and I kept having to refill the radiator. Some research led me to investigate the heater core.
Now that I’ve isolated the problem, I need to order some ford auto parts. Drivewire has the car parts that I need and in stock.
Hopefully I can put everything back together after I take it apart.
Well this is a pleasant little surprise just in time for the holiday season. A look into the possibility of LARPers acting in a nativity scene.
O, the horror.
Start with the peaceful scene of the Holy Family. Mix in D&D fanatics dressed as their characters. Animate it like a Japanese action anime.
It’s a wonder nobody’s thought of this particular mix of themes before!
No, I didn’t get that title backwards. Instead of the normal search engine searches for words in a website, Spock.com finds people. With just a few bits of information (like someone’s name and where they live) you can find lost of info about people, including their myspace page, their favorites bands and movies, and their website (if they have one).
So, boldly go where no search engine has gone before… on The Spock for Search.
By the way, searching for Spock will get you Leonard Nimoy as the number one result, but Dr. Spock is number three.
Over the last two months or so I have fallen back in love with spaghetti and meatballs. I found a good recipe online, adapted it for my house, and have been cooking up meatballs every Tuesday for the past month or so. Let me know what you think.
1 1/4 lb. ground beef
2 eggs
1/4 cup romano cheese (or parmesan)
3/8 cup Italian bread crumbs
1 ts. salt
1/8 cup chopped garlic (fresh)
Form into meatballs. Sear them in a pan. Add 1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce. Reduce heat to med/low and cover. Cook for 45-50 min. while turning the meatballs frequently.
Enjoy.
I must be a neophyte. I assumed YouTube was just about the only video site out there, but I should have known better — there’s not just one of anything on the internet. There’s a place called MetaCafe that also lets you browse video and Mohamad Zein's Channel is one that has a bunch of funny videos. My favorite is the 3D pictures one that he put together. I’d seen some drawings like that before, but it’s still fun to look at and messes with my perceptions (in a good way).
Have you ever tried Halvah? My dad was a fan of out of the ordinary sweets, so I grew up having Halvah and other uncommon treats for dessert and holidays. Apparently halvah is an acquired taste because no one outside my family seems to like it. I guess it wouldn’t be on the market if that was really true, but I can say I don’t know anyone outside my family who likes it. It’s basically made of sesame, sugar, eggs and chocolate. I’ve never had sesame alone so I don’t know if it tastes good or bad by itself, but anything can be improved (in my opinion) by adding sugar to it. If you’re daring, give it a taste sometime. And while you’re at it try chocolate covered orange peel too.
Contest time! The PhotographyCorner.com 2007 Photograph of the Year contest is starting so it’s time to get those pictures off your camera and enter one in this contest to see if you’re good enough at your hobby to win a prize. They’ve got over $20,000 in prizes to give away to the 1st through 10th place winners. These prizes range from camera equipment from Lensbabies and Lowepro to gift cards from ScanCafe and SmugMug to software from OnOne Software. Winning a prize in this contest could help you turn your photography hobby into a photography business. Or if you already have a business, it could help you grow it with all the added assets you’ll have. Why not enter? Good Luck!
Have you seen the new Smart Car? It’s made by Daimler and they’re going to start selling it in the US in 2008 but have already started taking reservations. I recently read that the EPA has rated it as getting 37 mi/gal but that Daimler asked for a retest because they were expecting a 50mi/gal rating. Apparently the European version gets 60mi/gal. They’ve had a reservation program set up for a while now and are expecting greater demand than supply at least in the first year. From the looks of it, it’ll be easy to park in the smallest of spaces at the mall.