One of these days I'll get a nicer camera.

But it read, "Our gift cards do not expire, or go down in value."

Clearly someone needs to take an economics class. I asked the checkout-girl about it and she was completely clueless as to why the card's value decreases over time. This gives me great confidence in our educational system.

PHP5 = really really slow with our codebase. Tried mod_php5 and fastcgi. Both were really slow under load. Tried APC. Still slow. Reverted back to PHP4, load settled down somewhat (load avg of 3-10 depending on traffic).

Finally tried APC, and the load averages dropped to .2 with the same traffic. This indicates that the load (at least under php4) was all compilation, not traffic.

Someone please explain to me why mod_php doesn't behave like mod_perl and give you long running processes. Please?

more to come

All roasted for John and Jeanie. A bit darker overall this week.

Today I pulled a package of chops out of the freezer and got it thawed. When I ordered it I was asked how thick I wanted the chops cut. Henry recommended a good thick cut (1.5in). When I opened the package I saw he wasn't kidding. I've never had pork chops that thick.

A dusting of seasoned salt and about 15minutes on the grill and it was done.

The smell was unreal. The taste was even more amazing. This is seriously the best tasting pig I have ever had.

I HIGHLY recommend pork from Jupille Ranch.

Roasted to City+

The first day it was all right. Nothing exciting, kind of bland. This morning it woke up. Turned out really really good.

Some roasts require more resting than others.

It took a bit to get used to (wasn't quite as simple to use as the GTD scripts for OmniOutliner), but once I got the swing of things it is damned nice.

One thing I really like is that it syncs with iCal - and does so without resorting to some whack AppleScript. It uses SyncServices just like it should, and seems to be quite reliable so far.

Unlike some of the other GTD apps I tried, this thing is NOT dog slow. Its quite snappy, and has a relatively simple UI. It seems like it is just complicated enough to get what it needs to do done, and no more.

I'm going to keep using this for more and more. If I find something interesting about it, I'll post that. Or if I switch off of it to something else.

Just had a cup from the french press. The brightness of the Tres Rios really livens up the Las Ranas. I think it could use a bit more though, next time I'll try 60/40 or maybe even 50/50.

Update: They really liked this one - probably the favorite of the lot. It has a nice sharp/bold flavor that was good for the mornings.

Next is a close up of the top of the unit with plumbing attached. Note that the NPT->AN fitting at the top later leaked and I had to reseal it.

And finally a closer shot of the valve unit at the bottom.

I'd have loved to have got a good shot of the oil line that feeds the block. Unfortunately short of dropping the exhaust and/or the engine that wasn't going to happen. I barely got my hand in there to put the fittings in.

Tom says its rustic butterscotch and light mollasses sweetness, effervescent acidity, and unique.

We'll see tomorrow (planning on having only a shot of this so far).

Update: This is one funky brew. Not bad, just way funky. So funky in fact, that I'm not sure how to describe it.