The personal weblog of Peter Hosey. All posts written by me with my own mind and hands—no “AI” used in the writing of this blog.
So I have this device that takes AA batteries. The battery holder got bombed out by alkalines some time back, and I cleaned it out last year; I got most of the corrosion out with Naval Jelly (an acidic goop that dissolves rust and other corrosion) and elbow grease, but it sometimes takes a bit [ ]
For many years I ve used Michael Chu s telling of the chocolate chip cookie recipe printed on every Nestlé Toll House chocolate chips bag. Chu s version is the recipe that radicalized me into using a scale to measure flour; to this day, I use 360 grams of flour for a full batch, or (more often) 180 grams for [ ]
Sometimes I bake from scratch, and sometimes I work from a box mix. Either way, having an accurate recipe to follow is vital for consistently correct results, whether it s from a cookbook or from the back of the box. I ve found errors in the package directions for a couple of Betty Crocker products: their “Batchables” [ ]
I know Black Friday—which these days lasts about a week, if not all of November—gets pushback for the crass commercialism of it, and I don t disagree. At the same time, I m keenly aware that some folks need to save money wherever they can, and also that people who are in that position deserve nice things [ ]
I ve recently been re-playing “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, and it s been long enough since the last time that I ve needed to re-consult the hintbook a couple times. Lemme back up. Adventure games had hintbooks? First, by “adventure game”, I specifically mean point-and-click graphical adventure games like “Last Crusade”. Hi, I m Indiana Jones. Welcome [ ]
Mostly I wash my dishes in my dishwasher, but when I hand-wash the things that need hand-washing, I use a foaming soap dispenser. The contents of a foaming soap dispenser are watered down relative to “regular” soap. When the manufacturer does it, this is a ripoff (you re paying them for water replacing 80% of the [ ]
I wish we had a maps app like Apple Maps or Google Maps that let you order up a travel itinerary using public transit between two points, and explicitly pick the transit routes involved. Or, ideally, multiple sets of routes, for comparison. Like, let s say I m in the Mission and I wanna get to the [ ]
It s been a hell of a year, but it s almost over. Since social media has gotten a lot more fragmented since Twitter died, probably a lot of folks haven t seen the stuff I ve only posted on my Mastodon or on my Cohost page (RIP). So here s a round-up of most of what I made this [ ]
While I was writing the previous post about sodium in frozen chicken, it occurred to me that I should also include info on sodium in the lemon-pepper seasoning I often add to it, and eventually I decided to split that off into its own post. I have high blood pressure. Have had for years. I [ ]
[Content note: This post is about meat used in cooking. If you don t eat meat, this will be at best academic. If you re opposed to the eating of meat, feel free to skip this post entirely.] I have high blood pressure. Have had for years. I take medication, but I m also trying to reduce the [ ]
I modified a cotton pot-holder into a skillet handle holder.
I did take some notes which I ll present below, but this isn t a full how-to. I used iFixIt s guide plus occasional reference to the official Apple Service Source repair guide (those are not strictly public but can be had from your favorite abandonware site). For this year s #MARCHintosh, I decided to replace my iBook G4 s [ ]
I noticed that the pointers tutorial s Creative Commons badge had gone missing. I guess they got tired of people hotlinking it. So I grabbed it from the Wayback Machine, and when I did, I noticed that it s in the classic 88 31 format used by so many miniature promotional images. If the phrase “Netscape Now!” means [ ]
I ve had four mRNA-based covid shots so far: Pfizer, Pfizer, Moderna, Pfizer. They re great protection, of course, but I get harsh side effects from them—two or three days of alternating fever and chills. Not fun. Some folks take em just fine, and if you ve never had an mRNA-based vaccine, I d encourage you to try it [ ]
This was originally posted as a tweet thread back in February 2022. For this Director s Cut Extended Remix, I ve added the photos and applied styling. I used my laptop as a laptop for about an hour yesterday and my wrists still hurt. It s fading but slowly. So I guess I don t get to do that [ ]