Piper At The Gates

Piper At The Gates

Even after being delayed at the US entry port the Piper team got our goodies to us on boxing day. Hats off to all the people behind this creation. Well done.

Merry Cachemas

Merry Cachemas

On Christmas Day, someone at Steam changed a setting and brought down their whole games platform. I

Pulp Archives

Pulp Archives

Pulps were the first places many great works were published. The Internet Archive's pulp collection just got a hefty number of items added this week. Set wget to stun.

Pulp magazines (often referred to as the pulps), also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long. Pulps were printed…

Lobster Tail, Scallops And Orzo Risotto Style with a Lobster Broth

Lobster Tail, Scallops And Orzo Risotto Style with a Lobster Broth

So I intended to try +Gisela McKay​ 's idea for a lobster bisque but thanks to missing ingredients and a lack of wanting to drive in the snow…the bisque went sideways …so I made a broth to make some Orzo risotto style.. Yep, happy little accidents. Rich way beyond what i usually eat and enough to last a day or two.
Happy Feasting.

Gifts That Keep Giving

Gifts That Keep Giving
Over the years I haven given computers and tablets and devices that we still call phones but are more palmtop computers than phone….and into these devices I try to pour a starter kit that hints at the vast treasure trove that resides around the Internet…and more importantly the links that will offer up ever more treasures.
So if you have a new device today or have given one, here is a quick set of links to go treasure hunting.

Open Cultures Big List of Books, Audiobooks, Movies and more. http://www.openculture.com/2015/12/fill-your-new-kindle-ipad-iphone-ereader-with-free-ebooks-audio-books-movies-online-courses-more.html

Humble Bundle A regularly scheduled offering of books, games, comics and audiobooks for insanely low prices much of which goes to charity https://www.humblebundle.com/

Fdroid A repository of Free and Open Source Android Apps which lets you know if the app will leak privacy or tie you to pay service. https://f-droid.org/

The Internet Archive. Think of this as the Library of Alexandria for books, music, podcadts, radio shows, movies, etc. https://archive.org/

A Starters Guide To Security On Your Devices. Very helpful and very accessible to techs and non techs. https://ssd.eff.org/en/playlist/want-security-starter-pack#playlist

Please add more resources in the comments.

Santa left a new Kindle, iPad, Kindle Fire or other media player under your tree. He did his job. Now we’ll do ours. We’ll tell you how to fill those devices with free intelligent media — great books, movies, courses, and all of the rest. And if you didn’t get a new gadget, fear not.