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    Auto-pay renewal?

    Just got an annual renewal email for ASFN. Because I'd had to cancel the credit card I used previously, it notified me the auto- renew didn't go through. It still lists keebali as the recipient, so I'm assuming I do NOT want to update the cc info ? But I don't want to be swamped with ads and do...
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    MasterChef Junior

    So, confession: I'm pretty much a competitive cooking-show addict - MasterChef, Iron Chef America, Chopped, Top Chef and variations... but I thought the idea of putting young kids, age 8-13, in the MasterChef format was ridiculous. But I watched, and to my surprise, I like it much better than...
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    Arizona Capers - Any adventurous gardeners?

    For the past few years I've been trying to grow caper bushes here, to see how they'd do as a Zone 9 ornamental. They are being grown as a crop in Texas and California, so why not? I've collected caper seeds from all over, with one or two more varieties to go, and have been nurturing 4 or 5...
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    Jelly question

    I have a zinfandel grape vine that produces bumper crops of tasty grapes -- so far I just make jelly, which is better than any grape jelly you've ever had. This year I was out of the country when the main crop ripened, so birds got 'em. Now, however, the vine has a several dozen small...
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    Political Animals

    I DVR'd this 6-show 'limited series' earlier this summer, and finally got around to watching it in the past couple weeks; finished up tonight. It was a little slow to get started, but I ended up liking it very much -- all the actors, led by Sigourney Weaver as a Hillary Clinton knock-off, Ellyn...
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    Stars Earn Stripes

    OK, admittedly I'm sort of a spec ops junkie, but the pilot for this show was a lot of fun. Definitely watchable -- Think Survivor x Dancing with the Stars x Surviving the Cut.
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    RIP: Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

    Or, rest in chaos, perhaps more his style. Ray Bradbury has died at age 91. Winner of an Emmy, a special Pulitzer, and has a crater on the moon named in his honor. I grew up with Ray Bradbury's short stories -- my father, a very well-read man, considered Bradbury the greatest living...
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    Password strength

    I thought some of my passwords were pretty good -- Yikes. Back to the drawing board. This site is pretty interesting: passfault -analyze password strength
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    Dark Shadows

    No thread?? Tim Burton reprises the 1970's TV Soap Opera Dark Shadows, w. Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, awakened after 200 years into the 1970's. NY TIMES Review Saw it with friends yesterday - It's an amusing flick, totally lightweight, and Depp has too much fun - not as...
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    Vga, Dvi, Wtf

    I have an aging (2004), once top-shelf Viewsonic CRT monitor on the computer I do most of my work-work with, and I realized a few days ago that the text clarity is terrible compared to my newer laptop or the other, newer, more graphics-oriented set up (with a 2-yr old Samsung 21" syncmaster...
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    bragging writes

    Pardon the pun. Basking in a little reflected glory for my son-in-law's Jack's first book (his earlier book was an author's re-cut of his mainly previously published essays). He is a really fine writer. The Midwest Book Review is a real reviewer: no 'donations' or fees from authors or...
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    3-pointer research, fwiw

    Somebody has way too much time on his hands. http://www.israel21c.org/briefs/hu-researchers-dunk-basketball-myth
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    Grimm (NBC)

    OK, I caught two episodes from last weekend and watched them last night. It's uneven, but I will definitely record/watch it, if only because the visuals and camerawork were really interesting, which is fairly rare for TV, and I do like the concept. The lead guy is appealing, maybe too much...
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    'kindle' Fire

    ...doesn't deserve the name kindle. I am very happy with my iphone, but I LOVE my kindle, and thought I was getting something in that vein, only more flexible. The Fire is not really a tablet or e-pad, in that it is not nearly customisable enough; ergonomics are weak and processing quite...
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    Wine, food near Chase Field?!

    Going to the game Weds PM, assuming we hang on to this nice lead, and looking for someplace within walking distance open for a very late lunch or early supper - can be a longish walk if necessary -- where my friend and I can get a nice glass of wine and maybe a salad or pasta or something on...
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    Sade Concert

    A friend took me to the Sade concert at US Airways Ctr tonight -- it was splendid! Apparently this is her first concert tour in a decade, having stayed home to raise her daughter. I always liked some of Sade's songs and have found her CDs on my playlist during idle time more often than I would...
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    Food fun

    I was looking for sorbet recipes for my new ice cream machine and saw this -- looks like a lot of fun for kids -- or for easily-entertained adults. Could be a fun do-it-your-own-way dessert for a BBQ or party. This no-cook recipe for vanilla ice cream makes about eight half-cup servings...
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    Credit Card Security Breaches

    About a 4-5 weeks ago I was contacted by Capital One to verify some purchases on my CC. They're slick the way they do it, run a bunch of innocuous ones by you and then slip in the "WTF!?!" one -- I apologized for being so snotty while they asked me about the normal ones (I mean, if they don't...
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    Opal Apple

    Anybody had one of these babies? Big deep golden yellow with a copper-pink blush... I thought they were just fancified Golden Delicious, but in fact they are a cross of GD with Topaz apple, been in the works for 12 years and just commercially released last year. Plant patent means very...
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    Documentaries

    I almost never go to big-film documentaries anymore, because I don't like the smug or self-important message-shoving they often seem to have. On the other hand, I'm surprised how much I like some of the lesser-known documentaries when I watch them on TV later on. Last night I watched one that...
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    Blankety-blank scanning software!!!

    I have a Xerox Documate 510 in my home office. Perfectly nice little scanner. It came with Paperport 11 and OmniPro software. I HATE Paperport. It freezes up totally probably 40-50% of the time and then renders my computer unusable for 5-10 minutes while it decides to exit task. I had finally...
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    Smartphone security poll

    After a discussion with someone, I'm curious what kind of security/anti-virus/anti-hacking measures you all use on your iphones and droids and lesser smartphones.
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    Vinturi wine aerator

    Was at a wine tasting a few nights ago -- small group of us sampling cabernet sauvignons from France (2), Napa, Australia, and Chile, and someone brought a Vinturi Wine Aerator. Now, I've learned to swirl my wine for awhile in the glass, and yada yada... but I was skeptical how much...
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    Is NBC it for the Vancouver Olympics?

    Is network NBC really the only way to watch these games? I'm not seeing alternate channel listings on DirecTV so far, and that will be a serious problem for me.
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    Bread help -Ciabatta

    Over the holidays, I got into two food projects -- Spanish marzipan and Ciabatta. These permitted me to retool some old or absent kitchen gear, and I had fun. The marzipan -- much lighter and more delicate than northern European, german style -- was superb, almost ethereal at one point, and my...

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