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I have a habit of reading others’ blogs

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

One of my bad habits (procrastination) is to read others’ blogs, especially if they relate to my own life here in China, or to software development, etc. I especially like language learning topics (no surprise there).
Here’s a couple recent good ones. Be sure to read the comments, which are especially thoughtful.
Bad Habits: [...]

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International Dialing

Monday, April 20, 2009

I found a nice site with an easy to use way to help you dial another country. Since I am currently in China and I call both the USA and India, here’s some examples from http://www.simplecountrycodes.com/

TO
FROM
Dial:

China
India
00 + 86 + area code + phone number

China
USA
011 + 86 + area code + phone number

India
China
00 + 91 + [...]

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Cranberries and Raisins Don’t Mix Well

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Or, perhaps it was the apple? Today’s meal was curried vegetables and rice. Since I use a rice cooker, I’ve been wanting to try cooking “extra” stuff in the rice at the same time. I added some raisins to the rice. It did a nice job of cooking the rice and plumping up the raisins, [...]

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Is this site too difficult for comments?

Monday, February 9, 2009

Not withstanding the rather mundane quality or lack of regular posts, I’m wondering if it’s just too hard to register on the site (for real people, I mean).
Please let me know.

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Coriander Pesto and Cranberries Over Noodles

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Tonight I continued my experiments with “unusual” noodle dishes, albeit still Western in style and flavor (see my other published experiment on curried spaghetti here: http://panlogicsoftware.com/wordpress/2008/11/curried-spaghetti/
I started by dry roasting a single layer of large pine nuts in a 14” pan. That usually leaves enough to put away in the fridge, and still have some [...]

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