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#1
Active Projects / droqever diary
March 13, 2024, 03:50:36 PM
(Place held)
#2
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/26317/chicken-pot-pie-ix/

AMOUNT FOR ONE 10" PIE.
Multiply measurements 1.5X listed, if doing one big and one small (using our pie plates)


Ingredients for saucepan 1
1 cup frozen green peas (do not forget!)
1 cup sliced carrots
½ cup sliced celery
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed (do this last, after cutting solid ingredients for saucepan 2)

Solid ingredients for saucepan 2 - cut this before cutting chicken
⅓ cup chopped onion (goes with stick

Sticky/wet ingredients for saucepan 2 - to measure/weigh
⅓ cup butter (75g)
1 ¾ cups chicken broth
⅔ cup milk

Dry ingredients to measure
⅓ cup all-purpose flour (40g)
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon celery seed

Saucepan 1
Combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery in a saucepan; add water to cover and bring to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes, then remove from the heat and drain.

Saucepan 2
While the chicken is cooking, melt butter in another saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed

Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk.

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until thick, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

Crusts - /!\ First, prepare to bake. Oven should be preheated to 425 F.
Place chicken and vegetables (Saucepan 1) in the bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture (Saucepan 2) over top.
Bake immediately.
Cover with top crust, seal the edges, and cut away any excess dough. Make several small slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Done!
#3
Vessels & Memories & Deep Feelings / Vessel 10 -- Pikachu
February 24, 2024, 12:29:52 PM
When did you realize
that Pikachu belonged to an inhuman entity
and not you?
#4
Recipes & Ingredients / Lentil Soup (from my inbox) [0?]
February 24, 2024, 12:29:29 PM
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium white onion, peeled and diced
2 medium carrots, diced
5 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
6 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock)
1 1/2 cups red lentils, rinsed and picked over
2/3 cup whole-kernel corn
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder
(optional) pinch each of saffron and cayenne
zest and juice of 1 small lemon
fine sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper

I found this emailed to myself. I hope it works as a recipe. It may be the same as a recipe I've already made, just from a different source? Not sure. Will not expend brain cycles figuring that out.
#5
Close reading / On the Internet
December 28, 2023, 09:48:49 AM
Regarding Hubert Dreyfus'
"On the Internet"
#6
Restaurants & Packaged Food / Chocolat de Kat
December 01, 2023, 06:04:01 PM
We got the advent calendar. Very good. Maybe I'll review each day's chocolate?
#7
Recipes & Ingredients / Cornbread
November 24, 2023, 09:26:25 PM
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour (120g)
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal (129g)
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar (134g)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 1/2 tsp baking powder (or just a big tbsp)
  • 1/3 cup neutral oil or melted butter 76g butter, melt in microwve
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup milk (unswt almond milk)

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  • mix dry stuff, mix wet stuff in
  • preheat to 400
  • put in pan (9" round)
  • bake 20-25 min

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source (warning! annoying videos and ads within)
#8
Close reading / A Systemic Approach to Systemic Design
November 22, 2023, 08:14:34 AM
#9
Reviews & reflections / Slay the Princess (spoilers)
November 18, 2023, 12:12:14 PM
There are many lines in Slay the Princess that I find remarkably beautiful, in particular ones spoken in the... I don't know what to call it... by the shifting mound beyond the mirror before it becomes itself.
#10
Reviews & reflections / The Trials of Goodbye
November 15, 2023, 11:08:50 PM

This is a game that belongs to the question-asking genre that's been on my mind lately, the genre of allowing the player to ask questions, but more importantly the genre of asking the player questions, asking them to judge. That's all this game is: the player is asked to pass judgement.

However, compared to Slay the Princess, I found my 'asking' and 'choosing' abilities to be much less satisfying:

My choices were not my choices, but floodgates. I did not have a mouth... In StP, there was no character who spoke for me after I made my choices. I am comfortable being interpreted or misinterpreted by characters who are not me, but in the case of The Trials of Goodbye, my choices were being interpreted by my avatar and I did not feel as though I could ask the questions I wanted to ask, or give the answers I wanted to give.
#11
Regarding Eggplant Podcast's
"Building Your Own Platform with Zach Gage"

It's been a whiiile since I've kept up with Eggplant! I'm listening to this episode specifically. I love Eggplant! But I'm going to be my usual ornery self regarding this episode because it's very important for me to slice and stab at things to figure out how I feel about them.
#12
Regarding Christopher Alexander's
"The Nature of Order"
(Book 4, The Luminous Ground)
#13
Who would do such a thing? The library's website... where I go to check my holds on books that I want to read... the library, a shining bastion of light...

:(

QuoteToronto Public Library Website Update
Friday, November 3, 5:00 pm: We are actively addressing a cyber security incident that came to our attention on Saturday, October 28.

As a result of the incident, the following services are unavailable: tpl.ca, "your account", tpl:map passes and digital collections. Public computers and printing services at our branches are also unavailable.

Branches are open as scheduled. Wifi is available in library branches, and branch telephone lines are working. Materials can be borrowed and returned in branches until further notice.

There continues to be no evidence at this time that the personal information of our staff or customers has been compromised.

TPL has proactively prepared for cybersecurity issues and promptly initiated measures to mitigate potential impacts. We have engaged with third-party cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to help us in resolving this situation.

Based on our progress to date, we anticipate that it will take a week or more before all systems are fully restored to normal operations. However, we expect that some services will be brought back online before then.

We will update this page as more information becomes known. We appreciate all the words of support that we've received, and thank you for your patience and understanding while we do everything we can to resolve this matter as quickly as possible.
#14
Primordial soup / My notes from the cruise
November 03, 2023, 08:01:01 AM
I went on a cruise with my mom in late March 2023, and on this cruise they had a library -- I took out a couple books, and wrote my notes for them on these crappy little sheets of paper.

It is now time, at long last, to review my notes from the cruise. So I can throw them out and free up some space in my little cabinet of things to remember.
#15
Active Projects / finding jupiter
October 30, 2023, 12:10:55 PM
"a generous spirit too interested in finding jupiter"
#16
Dormant Projects / Unique Returnable Zine
October 29, 2023, 08:58:09 PM
For 3 years I did droqen was here, and mailed it out to various people. It was a very satisfying and fulfilling project to me. However, there were some issues:

1. Not enough direct feedback about what people thought of it.

2. I don't like mass-producing physical artifacts. Even "mass"-producing ten copies feels like too many copies.

3. I like having them in my hands for a time but not being responsible for keeping them.

Therefore, what if I produce exactly one copy of a moon's zine, and sell it -- a one-time fee -- but ask kindly that when the recipient is done with it, when they don't need it anymore, that they make sure it comes back to me. --> If they give it to someone else, I would request that they bind that person to the same rule.
#17
Reviews & reflections / the Pikmin series of games
October 26, 2023, 03:05:25 PM
my experience with Pikmin (1) as a child was one of trepidation, fascination, resignation.

i was exposed to a breadth of emotion, both positive and negative: when my pikmin died, when i wasted time, i felt.

Lars Doucet's "Oil it or Spoil it" suggests that it is generally good to remove pain from our games:

Quoteadding "oil" is literally about smoothing off the sharp corners!

through a new lens, Question-Asking, i suppose that these sharp corners are good to experience exactly enough times to want them smoothed off.

through an old lens, Mirror of the Self, i suppose that this is because a game that contains a larger body of feeling is more alive.

pain is feeling.
#19
Primordial soup / Timers on folders
October 23, 2023, 12:07:34 PM
I was tidying up my disorganized Documents folder and thought about where to put all these files, and it made me think I wished I had something like xkcd's refrigerator with timers for my files, for organizing my files. Maybe not something that would delete/destroy the files, but I'm imagining a file organization scheme which includes some kind of purpose-flagging and timestamp about the future; not just "When was this made?" but "Why am I keeping this?" "For what?" "For when?"
#20
Smells & Products / Candles
October 21, 2023, 06:14:15 PM
- I don't like it that much. 'Heavy' smell