Monthly Archives: October 2007

Local food on local TV

Last night one of the local Chicago television stations, the ABC affiliate, did a nice report on heirloom apples. The report centered on none other than my buddies over at Nichols Farm as well as a Chicago restaurant named Spring … Continue reading

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Fantastic story of kindness – and good customer service

Via Kottke. Wow. What a fantastic story. I Heart Zappos

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iTunes Plus goes mp3 huh?

OK well maybe not. But based on the way Apple’s email to me crowing about iTunes Plus options on the iTunes store makes it sound you’d think they’d gone to mp3 format for those selections. I quote: With high-quality 256-Kbps … Continue reading

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GTD using online applications – Part 2

In part 1 of this series I had an intro about my use of GTD. In part 2 I want to talk about using Google Calendar (GCal) in my GTD system. Part 1 discussed the why around using Google Calendar. … Continue reading

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Week 23 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 10/16/07

The season is really winding down. The number of vendors is shrinking. I’m becoming depressed that really soon there won’t be any farmer’s markets available to me for quite a long time. I didn’t buy much today, just heirloom apples … Continue reading

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My most hated blogging…style

I’m a liberal. I read a lot of liberal political blogs. I really hate this style of writing and it appears all over sites like dailykos.com (this example from crooksandliars.com…context is irrelevant): Worst. Presidency. Ever. Using. One. Word. As. A. … Continue reading

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Blog Action Day – Eating Local

I love the idea of Blog Action Day to bring awareness to environmental issues. I’m looking forward to reading what other people, more importantly those who I don’t already read, are saying about their thoughts on the environment and environmental … Continue reading

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Blog Action Day

I added this blog to their web page but never got a chance to get around to writing an environmental entry. I did however get one up over at my other blog, Greenability, so please see that. I am going … Continue reading

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Week 22 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 10/09/07

Back to the market for apples for making a pie (and of course some for eating). For pie: Northern Spy Idared For Eating: Ultrared Jonathon Regent

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Organic is a useless term?

Via More Deliberate Every Day comes this article which is an interview with Alton Brown. The story’s author asks Brown: Are there any innovations in the food world that you’re excited about? To which he responds: I’m excited about the … Continue reading

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