Autoblog: “Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne offers a frightening look at how quickly and easily a thief can make off with your valuables and/or your identity by showing actual surveillance cam footage from a Broward County incident.”

Style Watch – Off The Rack: “It’s official: Tim Gunn will make it work for another season of Project Runway. “

Boing Boing: “Massive cache of kittah pictures”

Red Sweater Blog: “Now that the application is running crash free, I can breathe a sigh of relief. I could ship this thing, but I choose not to.”

Workbench: “Victory Declared in the Battle for Wargames.Com”

Boing Boing: “Authentic 1950’s interior paint colors”

Looks like I made the registration…

In the days that have followed the ice storm, I’ve found that I really missed cooking. I missed the food chemistry, the pressure to time the cooking and eating and generally, the “oohs” and “ahhs” that go with a well-prepared meal. I made guacamole for yesterday’s Super Sunday football party and it was good–and rewarding. It was the reminder that I missed cooking more than I realized. The picture at the left is of Doug Guiccone, Italian chef and a great guy, who taught me that it was more important to “feel” when you cook than to follow the instructions.

rentzsch.com: Tales from the Red Shed: “Programmers desire to rewrite because they know that after starting with a clean sheet of paper and building it all again, at the end they’ll understand the whole. Programmers write code to learn. Software has this double-edged sword where you can’t just wave your hands instead of implementing a particular function. It all has to be crystal. Programmers know this. They know when they’re done, they’ll have a complete understanding. It’s a noble desire.”

DarrenBarefoot.com: “Continuing with an ongoing urination device theme (see also here and here), here’s David Sedaris reading an entertaining essay about the Stadium Pal, a portable urinal.”