http://www.metapaso.com/blog from both hemispheres of the mind to both hemispheres of the globe Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:28:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1. When you arrive, ask information for where the "192 Airport Rocket Bus" departs. For Terminal 3, the bus stop should be outdoors on the arrivals level, across the first lane of traffic at post #13c . You might have to wait 20 minutes so dress ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/travel/2009/05/01/airport-ttc-instructions/ This is my version of our favorite from a local Thai restaurant.  If you want a strictly vegetarian version, use half soy sauce half rice wine vinegar instead of fish sauce.  If you want more protein, you can throw some tofu in along with the eggplant and carrots.Heat in a ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/food/2009/02/04/spicy-eggplant-with-coconut-rice/ Mel and I can't get enough of this.  It goes well with my Spicy Eggplant recipe.  I make it in the rice cooker:2 cups jasmine rice2 cups water1 can of coconut milkFirst, I wash the rice, then add the coconut milk and water.  The trick is to fold the rice ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/food/2009/02/04/coconut-rice/ Oden is my favorite Japanese winter food (ah, seasonal, those Japanese) and is best prepared in a Crock pot (slow cooker for the brand sensitive among you.)The longer you cook oden, the better it tastes.  For best results, start the night before and set your cooker on low for up ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/food/2009/01/28/24-hour-oden-recipe/ Ignoring Apple's current and enormously successful "I'm-a-hipster-Mac-and-I'm-a-loser-pc" advertising strategy, I've come up with 6 items that I think should be included with with every Mac to make the system easier for brand new users and particularly for older new users. These issues come from my real-world attempts to teach ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/technology/2008/02/09/os-x-needed-improvements-for-new-users/ My dear friend Renzo has been in town for a few days, on loan to us from his job in the math department at University of Michigan. Renzo is on a job-hunting and speaking tour in the final year of his post-doc, looking for a tenure-track position at a ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/travel/2008/02/07/renzo-and-i-visit-the-royal-ontario-museum-typewriters/ Here's my video from the Recent Octopus Project I: Pink Octopus show. The video shows clips and photos from our recent trip through Mexico narrated by me in a monologue about beachcombing. http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/travel/2008/01/30/octopus-project-video/ The Baja beach portion of our trip finally came to a close. Ten full days of sunshine, an occasional break from the wind to catch fish or go snorkeling, hikes into the canyons on foot and mule-back, and we had relaxed and recharged, ready to move on to La ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/travel/2008/01/30/broke-down-on-baja-highway-1-with-juan-el-vaquero/ I thought it might be nice for other Dell X1 users to see my screen spanning configuration. These xorg.conf files have been working for me in Feisty (7.04) and Gutsy (7.10). These xorg.conf files are a result of using howtos on a bunch of sites, not ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/technology/2007/11/17/dell-x1-ubuntu-gutsy-710-multiple-monitors-screen-spanning/ So for an investment of a thousand miles of driving and two weeks of on-the-road and camping adventure, we had two good days of weather in Bella Coola, the first on the day we arrived, and the second yesterday on our trip to the Hot Springs of South Bentick. Today, Saturday, ... http://www.metapaso.com/blog/damon/travel/2007/09/29/bella-coola-vii-departure/