ken-jennings.com: “Why is that single mom naively bringing her be-sweatered intellectual pre-teen to an R-rated movie? The Squid and the Whale might be educational, but probably not in the same way she’s thinking. The same couple who took their kid to Curious George in the first panel apparently gets a sitter when they go back the next night to spice up their marriage with some tasteful European softcore. But this time accompanied by that pervy loner in the ski jacket.”

Here’s a quick update before I hit the shower and get ready for people to show up. The smoker was running a little hot, so I shut two of the lower vents and left the one facing the wind open 50%. The vent change was around 4:45PM and now 45 minutes later, the lid temp is down to 220˚F and the pork roast has been stable at 132˚F. I think that’s an ideal temp for rendering the existing fat in the two cuts and we should get some juicy results.

Also, I’m sticking with maple this time and not mixing in any hickory like before. I think that will give us an honest flavor and not cloud the salmon like previous smoke attempts.

Side note: Watch your favorite grocery stores every other day for meat bargains. When an item gets within 48 hours of it’s “sell by” date, it usually gets reduced 50% in price. That makes it easy to pick up high-end meat for a bargain price. If you freeze it right away, you’re OK, but why not “smoke’m if you got ’em”?

For fun, I’m restoring [the new Mac](http://houseofwarwick.com/?p=61) using the Software Restore discs and that means MacOS X 10.0.4.  It’s been several years since I used a pre-Jaguar MacOS and I’m wondering if it’s as bad as I remember.  This machine would have been a mid-range Mac at the time and should run it well especially taking in to account the gigabyte of RAM on board.

I’ll post some screenshots when I get things running.  After this, I’ll go to Jaguar (10.2) and Panther (10.3) and finally Tiger (10.4).

PS:  If you’re a MacOS developer reading this, what’s a good way to set up the machine to boot multiple MacOS versions?  This machine will boot all MacOS versions from 9 to 10.4 so I’m thinking it’s *perfect* for dev work.

I didn’t run today. Last night I actually got 8 hours of solid sleep and it just what my body needed. I’ll hit the track on Friday and Saturday, take Sunday off, then hit it again on Monday and see how my muscles are doing. Yesterday was pleasant torture; I had trouble walking all day. The pain felt good because I knew I was forcing my muscles to grow and burning calories.

The following blog post excerpt is not about MLM–or is it?

ZachIsHere: “First and foremost, the people were very nice. We met a lot of warm, out going people that made us feel very welcome. It went downhill after that. They couldn’t stop talking about money…and they were doing this whole thing recording the whole service on video.”

I made 4 predictions of things we might hear at the WWDC this year and so far I’ve got one right:  new Mac Pro desktops.  That one was a ‘gimmie’ but there’s still some of the keynote left.

Update at 1:14PM Central:  Now I’m two for four with the announcement of Dashcode, the widget developement environment.  That one was easy, too.

Tonight was a random food night. I went in the kitchen with the idea that I was going to make some type of pasta salad and instead made a simple tomato sauce and thawed some smoked chicken. The sauce was fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped, with sweet basil, salt and peppers.

The title of the post is a bit misleading; I have no idea what Smoked Tuscan Chicken might be like. In this case it was hickory-smoked chicken from last week that simmered for about 30 minutes in the sauce before we served it. It was fantastic, with the sauce picking up some of the smoke flavor from the chicken.

LA Times on Girls Gone Wild:

> It’s then that it hits me: This is so much bigger than Francis. In a culture where cheap and portable video technology lets everyone play at stardom, and where America’s voyeuristic appetite for reality television seems insatiable, teenagers, like the ones in this club, see cameras as validation. ‘Most guys want to have sex with me and maybe I could meet one new guy, but if I get filmed everyone could see me,’ Bultema says. ‘If you do this, you might get noticed by somebody—to be an actress or a model.’

> I ask her why she wants to get noticed. ‘You want people to say, ‘Hey, I saw you.’ Everybody wants to be famous in some way. Getting famous will get me anything I want. If I walk into somebody’s house and said, ‘Give me this,’ I could have it.’

Pitiful that people so young don’t realize that they are already giving up something very precious: their privacy and dignity.

Another craiglist classic, but this one is NSFW.

Update: Here’s one to sure to anger fundamentalist Christians.

From the best of craigslist:

First, be sure that you are prepared. Do you have The Card? What do you Need?

Next, consider the day and time. This is simply an exercise. There is no time that you can go to Costco when it will not be crowded. Accept this.

Stage one of your journey is the parking lot. The people are not looking. Do not hit them. Drive very very slowly. First gear. Slow, deep breaths. This will prepare you for the deeper stages. Patience is key in finding a parking spot. And if you are willing to back up an entire row length at 2 mph, a spot near the door can be yours.