I haven’t used DuckDB before, so it wasn’t my go-to; I was trying to use stuff I’ve successfully used in the past. I just took a brief look at DuckDB and it does indeed look like it may have been a good tool to use for this work. I guess I’ll try it next time!… Read More: »
Category Archives: Ramblings
U.S. citizens who aren’t rich can’t open foreign bank accounts
Bottom line: If you are a U.S. citizen, unless you are very rich it is unlikely that you can (legally) open a bank account in another country. This is apparently true regardless of all the articles online which claim that it is straightforward to do while not providing any concrete details about how to do… Read More: U.S. citizens who aren’t rich can’t open foreign bank accounts »
News broadcast soundbites: how the sausage is made
By the time they’re talking to you to record the soundbite, they already know what they want you to say, they just need to get you on camera saying it. There are some amusing aspects to how this played out in this case.
My perfect potato latkes
I’m the potato latke maker in my family. I long ago stopped making them from a recipe; I just kind of wing it every time. However, given that we pretty much only make them on Chanukah, a year goes by between batches, and hard-earned lessons are forgotten. This blog posting is my attempt to capture… Read More: My perfect potato latkes »
Rambling about hacking on my creaky old email archival infrastructure
What started out as a simple message archiving task turned into many hours of debugging, fixing, and cleaning up the old archives. Both frustrating and fun at the same time.
Replicating Clover Food Lab’s cheesy grits with egg
My recipe for an at-home version of this Clover fan favorite.
Do you burn more calories running than walking?
If your exercise is time-constrained, you’ll (obviously) burn more calories the faster you go whether you run or walk. If your exercise is distance-constrained, you’ll burn slightly more calories running than walking.
Do you burn more calories if you walk faster?
If your walk is time-constrained, walking faster burns more calories. If your walk is distance-constrained, walking faster makes no difference.
A brief review of “Leopoldstadt” on Broadway
“Leopoldstadt” is a good but not great play and certainly not one of Tom Stoppard’s better scripts. Standing ovations no longer have any meaning on Broadway. COVID is not over despite the fact that theater audiences want to pretend it is.
How to cook amazing home-fried potatoes
I will now tell you how to cook amazing home-fried potatoes, which are the perfect breakfast food, at least for people who don’t eat bacon (or so I’m told, seeing as how I don’t eat bacon). Equipment you need: Ingredients you need: Steps: