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I’ve had an uptick in leg cramps since I started my low-carb diet — possibly due to cutting out bananas. Looks like spinach might help.

Choosing seats when purchasing movie tickets is brilliant. So much better. We gotta get in on this on the east coast.

Teething is not for wimps.

Lielle Maya was a total peach throughout her first flight!

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I made these almond-flour pancakes for Elina yesterday and they were a hit. (I omitted the sweetener and vanilla.) comfybelly.com/2013/02/almond…

I just got a bug report for TBUZZ from “Slartibartfarst”. I’m tickled but also a little annoyed by the misspelblog.arc90.com/2013/05/08/rei…SPLJT9

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms! http://t.co/q9EouzHHu2

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The haredi response to the Women of the Wall is just disgraceful. timesofisrael.com/haredi-women-m…

I helped resurrect TBUZZ, an @arc90 lab experiment: blog.arc90.com/2013/05/08/rei…

“Why Isn’t Gatsby in the Public Domaineff.org/deeplinks/2013…q8o1jg

Because Congress is corrupt, thatrootstrikers.orgXBTh02b8

Turns out Lielle isn’t really ill; teething causes extra drooling which causes coughing and congestion. Totally normal!

Arrow looks like a breath of fresh air for working with dates and times in Python: crsmithdev.com/arrow/ /via @robmadole & @kennethreitz

Well hello again, excruciating neck pain. I did not miss you. #ow #awfulpillowisawful

Reminder: Cicadas can actually be kinda cute: flickr.com/photos/avi4now…

Reviewing a Ruby on Rails app, and ugh, ERB is smelly. I hope I don’t see much more of it in the futureruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0/lib…en

Lielle is a little sick. Every time she coughs while sleeping my heart breaks a little.

Coconut Curry Vegetable Soup aviflax.com/post/coconut-c…

Does anyone remember to whom I loaned my copy of Halo Wars? I like that game, wanna dust it off.

Coconut Curry Vegetable Soup

I made this soup twice in the past week, and Elina raved about it both times, so I figure it’s worth sharing.

Consider the recipe a suggested starting point; don’t be shy to make substitutions, omit something, or add something. I pretty much just threw together whatever we had in our fridge, you can do the same!

Ingredients:

  • 1–2 onions or leeks
  • a few stalks of celery or a celery root (celeriac)
  • a rutabaga or turnip
  • half a cauliflower
  • 1 zucchini (optional)
  • 15 oz cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans) (optional)
  • 1 bunch greens such as kale, chard, spinach, etc
  • 15 oz coconut milk (not light!)
  • 2–3 tsp curry powder
  • 4 cups vegetable broth
  • oil for sautéing (I use Trader Joe’s non-virgin olive oil)

Directions:

  1. in a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat
  2. if you want the soup ready fast, start the vegetable broth heating in a separate pan
  3. chop all the vegetables (except the greens and chickpeas) and add them as you chop them, stirring as you add each one
  4. add the chickpeas, if using
  5. sauté the vegetables, stirring regularly, until they’re ⅔ or ¾ cooked
  6. add the coconut milk and vegetable broth, and stir
  7. add the curry powder, and salt and pepper to taste, and stir
  8. cook for 5–20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are almost, but not quite, at desired softness
  9. chop and add the greens, stir
  10. if the greens are spinach or chard, turn the flame off and let them wilt for 3 minutes; if using tougher greens such as kale, keep the flame on and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5–10 minutes

Enjoy!

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This statistics app looks fascinating: wizard.evanmiller.org

Downloaded IE8 VM to test an app with IE8. Instructions insisted I run Windows Update, fine. Reboot → browser is now IE9#doho#facepalmlm

“Fun fact: the city was originally named Arnsterdam.metafilter.com/127706/Kerning…wIzD

Tor books dropped DRM a year ago and it’s been a resounding successtorbooks.co.uk/2013/04/25/drm…sZ

Listening to “Fast Fingers” by Jimmy Dawkins on @Rdio: rd.io/x/QV7o_SJXT6k/

So far I’m impressed by the combination o@reederapppp an@feedbinapppp — fast and stable.