This is my first (and only so far) guest post on another blog. I first encountered BBQ Sauce Reviews on Facebook over a decade ago. Brian Henderson ran periodic giveaways and I won several of them, BBQ sauce and rub samples as well as the Big One: A Weber grill. Anyway, this was originally posted …
I promise come April I'll have new posts. Your patience is appreciated.
That John is Hoppin'! It's become a New Year's tradition here to make a big pot of Hoppin' John for dinner (and for leftovers later). Hoppin' John is basically black eyed peas and smoked ham, usually ham hock, with a few other things. I didn't have ham hocks so I chopped a bunch of Black …
Photo by Oren Rozen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42408593 I've always liked the Avro Anson. It was a trainer and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Canadian, British, and Australian forces during World War 2. But the end of the war did not signal the end of the Anson. The Anson continued in service …
Each notebook is filled with 3" x 6" loose leaf sheets covered in arcane formulae...
Found these on an archeological dig through my stuff. I can think of better insults now.
Remember the Intel SDK-85? Intel's single-board "system design kit" for the 8085? Late 70s/early 80s era cutting edge computer hardware. It had a 110 baud teletype (current loop) serial interface. I assembled one back in the day but never used the teletype, only the keyboard/LED onboard control. SDK-85 with Arduino serial converter installed I recently …
Continue reading Reviving an Intel SDK-85 Serial Interface (part 1)
BUNKER, Anson -- Serial killer "The Bloody Hand," the perpetrator of no less than fifteen cold-blooded murders, amongst which were the great Nathan murder of New York City, the murders of his three wives and several others in various parts of the country. Update: Harvard University Library has the full text of the pamphlet online.
Anson Weeks Here's the Virtual Museum of San Fransisco's entry on Weeks: Oakland-born Anson Weeks was king of Nob Hill hotel dance bands during the 1920s and 30s, with a long run at Hotel Mark Hopkins.He formed his first band in 1924, and played in many famed Oakland and Sacramento hotels. In 1925, his band cut a test …
I shall continue barking into the void whether anyone notices or not.
Ansonisms 