I’m a regular McDonald’s diner for lunch or a quick breakfast. On October 5th they started their Monopoly game: on certain food items you receive two game pieces. Emblazoned everywhere around the store and on the food items is the…
I love schnitzel. Thinly sliced pork, chicken or veal that’s pounded thin, coated in flour, egg and bread crumbs, fried golden and crispy. Served hot with a squeeze of lemon or room temperature on a sandwich, I can’t decide which is…
Blast from the past: originally published June 25th 2005. Tape libraries are not new to the industry, but entry-level rackmount units can fit the small to medium enterprise bill. I recently had the opportunity to install and experience an adic FastStor…
This is a Firefox add-on so simple and yet oh so handy. Textarea Cache runs in the bottom right corner of Firefox and keeps a copy of text you’ve typed. It’s a life saver for blogging since you have a…
I’ve been downloading and watching television shows that aren’t available in Canada. I don’t have a media center PC but do have a Sony PS3 hooked up to my television. Most of these downloads are MKV files and aren’t natively…
For the past few weeks I had a strong desire for fried chicken. The quick fix would be a trip to KFC but I wanted to make it myself. I had a few whole breasts in my freezer so they…
French toast is a controversial breakfast in my home because my wife isn’t a fan and until this month that meant my children weren’t interested either. I make breakfast Sunday mornings and appeal to the masses with pancakes or waffles,…
I’m an on and off Matt Wagner fan: his drawing I usually enjoy but his storytelling as a writer has me on the fence. When he started Madame Xanadu I thumbed the first few issues but couldn’t commit; now that…
I was perusing bargains and came across Gangland trade paperback from Vertigo, a collection of a four-issue 1998 mini-series I never heard of. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Mixing realism with humor, GANGLAND presents an entertaining and surreal look into the…