Monthly Archives: May 2011

Breakfast, inspired by DW in CO

My old friend Derrick sent some pics of a gorgeous Colorado ride, tasty western breakfasts, and sprawling skies. At least I was able to make a good breakfast: this is two corn tortillas pretty much obscured by a mashup of leftover black beans with cumin, shredded chicken with corn and spices, a fried egg, wilted [...]

Bike to Nyack (and back)

Rode up across the GWB with a friend, to the Tappan Zee and back down on a gray Spring day. Android MyTracks happily recorded our path here: View Piermont With Mark in a larger map

Dinner is the center

Some days, you need to just cook up a big dinner. This one tonight included a bunch of treats from Eataly’s markets: Shishito peppers, fried quickly in olive oil with sea salt and lemon juice Calamari sauteed with garlic, red pepper flakes, olive oil, white wine, pine nuts, parsley, lemon zest and capers Toothy delicious [...]

Fixing a cracked Macbook screen the cheaper way

My son cracked his 13″ plastic white Macbook screen. Quick research suggested Apple’s cost to repair approached or exceeded the value of the laptop ($750+). So after looking at DIY instructions I was inspired to pick up the replacement display part on Amazon (LP133WX1, $107). After removing a few screws and flipping forward through the [...]