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Picked some strawberries yesterday, about a quart. That one harvest may be my best year yet. This is the second year in this bed, so I think the sun and the soil are contributing to the bounty.

I’ve figured out a few things the hard way:

1. Plant in an area with full sun.
2. Water every few days in May.
3. Fertilize (lightly) every week in May.
4. Netting keeps the birds and squirrels out.
5. They get better the second year in the ground.

Some of the berries are perfectly red, juicy, and sweet, some are kind of flavorless, some are a bit tart, and some have that industrial strawberry flavor that I’ve never tasted in a real berry before.

It’s been hot here. Hot enough to melt cats even when they’re in the shade.

The thermometer hit 92 today. Something similar yesterday. Rose and I thought that an air conditioned movie would be just the thing last night, so we went to the Grand Illusion to see their newish print of ‘For a Few Dollars More’. Except that it wasn’t air conditioned. And the guy introducing it was wearing a flannel shirt. But all in all, somehow a 90 degree theater doesn’t seem that wrong when the movie is a sunbaked spaghetti western.

Looks like it was just a bandwidth thing. Nothing nefarious.

Well, it looks like the starwars kid saga has now gotten Jish’s site pulled. http://jish.nu is redirecting to xroad, and deep links are returning an error page (e.g. http://www.jish.nu/miata)

I made a Tofu Mole a while ago from a recipe on the web. It was good, but needed adjustments. Now it’s nowhere to be found. So this is what I could come up with that passes for a quick thick red mole recipe.

All of these are rough quantities. Nothing was really measured.

• 2 tbsp chili powder
• 1/2 tbsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 dried chipotles, deseeded and minced
• 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa
• 15 oz can stewed tomatoes, pureed
• 8-10 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 package extra firm tofu, pressed dry, cut into small slices.
• 1 1/2 oz unsweetened chocolate

Cover the bottom of a pan with oil, when it’s between warm and hot, add the spices, chipotle and seeds all at once. It should bubble and cook for a minute or two, then add the tomatoes and garlic. Stir, let bubble a bit, and add the tofu and chocolate. Let cook for 15-20 minutes. Add sugar and salt to taste, 1/2 tsp each or so.

This recipe also needs a little work – I’m pondering adding reconstituted dried blended chilies instead of the powder, and maybe more sweetened vs unsweetened chocolate to cut down the bitterness and make it a bit smoother.

KUOW, the local big public radio station, is running a show on weblogs (nonpermalink, only good on Thursday 5/15) at 10am PDT today. There are streaming feeds on their site.

Anita is on the radio. It’s a little surreal listening to people I know on the radio. This really feels like a local radio show. A guy with a radio blog on Salon gave his url. (http://blogs.salon.com/0002222/) Lots of numbers. Repeated a couple of times. They (the writer and the host) didn’t really convey what Radio means in that context.

They’ve covered that one of the real killer apps may be reporting on the local political scene. The papers don’t cover it very well, and there are some people who are really tuned into the local scene who could provide that coverage.

They have covered the pictures of cats thing too. They’re looking at audioblogging as a counterpart to radio. blogging:journalisim::audioblogging:radio. Weblogs as a defense of family spam. There’s an army of lunatics armed with cellphones patrolling the city. And they’re going to wind up on the radio.

A shot from the Jason Webley concert. It was really low light, I’m amazed that this is as sharp as it is. I was in back during this part, watching the movement of the light as it reflected from the cymbals.

There are lots of ground level windows in Fremont near the bike path. I’ve wanted this shot for a long time. If you’re the people in those offices, we’re not looking at you. Really.