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Re: Looking for an ISP in San Francisco Bay Area... - 13 years ago

Sonic is the best around here. I've been with them for 15+ years and have no complaints.

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Re: Anyone roast coffee beans at home? - 13 years ago

Roasting is inherently dangerous. There is always risk of fire, especially with drum roasters. You should always roast where it's safe (outside or in a fireplace) and never leave your roast unattended. Do your research and know the risks.

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Re: Anyone roast coffee beans at home? - 13 years ago

QuoteWags I've got an old air popper. Sounds like something to try. Any hints? How do you know when they're done? Color? Some poppers don't get hot enough, so you have to modify them to take off the safety limits. If I remember right, there was a particular model that worked really well, I think it might be the one that Tofer has. Sweet Maria's has some great info about roasting here:

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Re: Anyone roast coffee beans at home? - 13 years ago

I've been roasting about 6 years. Use a Hottop programmable. Most of my beans have come from Sweet Marias, but I do belong to a few green bean coops and have made some large volume purchases from them. I mostly roast for espresso, so don't do large volumes, maybe about a pound a week. It's a lot cheaper than buying from my local roaster and I get better quality too. Tofer makes a really

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Re: Voluntary MacResource Birthday Extravaganza : earache !!!! - 13 years ago

Well thank you for the nice birthday wishes guys. Having a great day today and I don't even feel any older. Cheers!

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Re: Cooks.com Remote Thermomter For Grill? - 13 years ago

The winner of their test is the Taylor Wireless Thermometer with Remote Pager Plus Timer. Second up is the Maverick Redi-Chek Dual Probe Remote Thermometer. Not recommended was the CDN Wireless Probe Thermometer and Timer. I can vouch for the Maverick. With dual probes it's great for BBQ... one probe for the meat the other for BBQ temp.

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Re: Any Tips for Peeling Fava Beans? - 13 years ago

Quotespace-time do you have to take Beano when you eat these? Never had the need.

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Re: Any Tips for Peeling Fava Beans? - 13 years ago

You can eat the inner shell, but it can be a little chewy, especially with older beans. The nice part about grilling them is that the high heat seems to cause the shells to separate from the beans a little better.

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Re: Any Tips for Peeling Fava Beans? - 13 years ago

"Do you double peel them?" If the beans are young enough they'll pop out of both inner & outer shells. If they're older beans, then you may need to bite the end off the inner shell and squeeze the bean into your mouth. Be sure to lick the salt and pepper off your fingers while you eat. Very fun and yummy way to eat favas.

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Re: Any Tips for Peeling Fava Beans? - 13 years ago

Mix them with some olive oil, salt & pepper, then grill for 6-8min over high heat. Then just pop the beans out with your fingers. That's the best way I know how to peel fava beans. Chianti does indeed compliment them well.

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Re: Pet meds online - 13 years ago

Thanks for all your help guys. I hadn't thought about going to a pharmacy, but that sounds like it might be the best option.

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Pet meds online - 13 years ago

My 13yo choc. lab/kelpie, Dawson, was just diagnosed with a heart condition and is now on meds (Lasix and Enalapril). Amazing what drugs can do. He's a completely different dog than he was even a year ago. Happy and full of energy. So now that he's on meds for the rest of his life, and not cheap ones at that, I need to find a more economic source for them than my vet. Does anybody have any r

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Re: Anyone ever set up a... Minecraft Server ? - 14 years ago

I set up a server for my daughter and her friend to play on. Running it on my i7 iMac. I think you do need a modern Mac. Great fun for the kids and Dad.

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Re: Squirrel attacking residents of Vt. neighborhood - 14 years ago

Reminds me of the Attack Squirrel of Death!

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Re: so who's got their filthy hands on iPad2? - 14 years ago

You obviously didn't see the @#$%& eating grin I had on my face. Quotespace-time you said NO??? you ordered 32 and she offered 64???

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Re: so who's got their filthy hands on iPad2? - 14 years ago

I ordered a 32 WiFi first thing this morning and was dismayed to find out it wouldn't ship until next week. All day I resisted the urge to drive to my local Apple store and wait in line. Wifey just called from Walmart about 20 minutes ago and asked if I needed anything. Jokingly I asked her to get an iPad. A minute later she calls back and asks if a 64 WiFi would work. Jaw drops. Of course

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Re: iPad 2 - 3G question - 14 years ago

Quotesilvarios QuoteearacheHere's a question: Could she sign up for a month of Verizon 3G, test it out, cancel Verizon, then sign up for ATT, test, and then decide on which one is faster? From reading the specs, there is a Verizon iPad and an AT&T iPad. Apparently there is no dual service iPad. Yeah I just read that too. That sucks.

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iPad 2 - 3G question - 14 years ago

Ok, so the new iPad supports both ATT and Verizon networks. This is great because a friend of mine lives out in the sticks and doesn't have any broadband access. She just wants to do email and some surfing so we're hoping 3G will work fairly well. According to the 3G maps she does have coverage from both providers, but doesn't know which provider will give her the fastest connection. Here's a

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Re: Happy National Drink Wine Day! - 14 years ago

Yeah, every day is wine day.

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Re: iGTD (Getting Things Done) is... well, Done! Things, or what else? - 14 years ago

I've recently started using 2Do. Full featured app and very nice interface.

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Re: Syncing address book without MobileMe? - 14 years ago

Sync'd from address book. All the addresses came over, but absolutely no groups migrated. That's a problem for me since I use groups for mailing lists, etc. Oh, and at the very next sync, address book wanted to delete all of my addresses. Go figure. QuoteKen Sp. Google contacts work fine for me---did you export or sync from address book app?

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Re: Syncing address book without MobileMe? - 14 years ago

Thanks. I'll check this out. QuoteShakes It's been a while but I think I used the info on this page. Link Also, if you're not comfortable with Terminal (like me) you can use this to make the links: Link

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Re: Syncing address book without MobileMe? - 14 years ago

Hadn't thought about Dropbox. How are you doing it? QuoteShakes I've been using Dropbox to sync my address book. What problems are you having?

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Syncing address book without MobileMe? - 14 years ago

With 5 Macs to sync, I'm finally trying to cut loose from MobileMe and finding that it's not as easy as I had hoped. I have solutions for syncing bookmarks (Dropbox) and my calendars (gmail), but having a very hard time finding an acceptable solution for my address book. Gmail looked promising at first but contact groups don't come across in either direction and as far as I can tell google does

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Re: Holiday playlists: punk rock Christmas - 14 years ago

The Vandals also have other Christmas hits - Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies, A Gun for Christmas, and my all time favorite, Christmas Time for my P*nis

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Re: Name of that do-it-yourself prototyping device? - 14 years ago

Fused Deposition Modeling FDM

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Re: Favorite Christmas Show? - 14 years ago

We're No Angels (1955)

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Re: anyone use the harmony one? - 14 years ago

I've got one. It's way better than the 880. I wouldn't hesitate to get another one.

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Re: MacWorld SF Triple Mini-DMP MiniLeader related - 14 years ago

I think I was one of the last people to have him. Still have the pix.

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What to do with my Apple IIe - 14 years ago

Cleaning the garage today and came across my old IIe system, complete with 2 floppy drives, RGB monitor, Kensington System Saver, ECHO speech synth, joystick, Senior PROM, Itoh Prowriter printer, many issues of Hardcore Computerist and tons of floppys filled with who knows what. This system was last used by my wife in college in '93-94 as a word processor. Doesn't appear like IIe stuff is mov

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