Archive for October, 2005

Fruit Trifle

Ingre­di­ents 1 Pound cake 3/4 c Straw­berry jam 1 cn Pit­ted apri­cots (1 lb,14 oz) — drained and pureed 11 oz Man­darin oranges — drained 1/2 c Marsala or cream sherry 2 c Vanilla cus­tard 1 c Heavy cream 1/4 c Superfine sugar Direc­tions Split cake into thin lay­ers, spread with jam and half the apri­cot puree, and […]

Tags: , ,

Quiz Time

It’s been a bit since I posted any quizzes, so enjoy! You scored as River Tam. The Fugi­tive. You are clever and dan­ger­ous, which is a nasty com­bi­na­tion. The fact you are crazy too just adds to your charm. They did bad things to you, but you know their secrets. They will regret how they made you. […]

Tags: , , ,

Bandwidth Woes (part 2)

After talk­ing with my web­host, we tracked the spike in my band­width usage to a group of IP addresses in 64.62.168.*. Upon fur­ther inves­ti­ga­tion, it appears one or more com­put­ers in that block of IP addresses is search­ing for some sort of vul­ner­a­bil­ity in var­i­ous online forum soft­ware. Since I do run a small forum […]

Tags: , ,

Top Ten Signs…

One of my co-workers was hav­ing a rough morn­ing and came up with this most amus­ing list. Top Ten Signs That The Office You Work In Is Trans­form­ing You Into A Comic Book Super-Villain 10. You believe that Cor­po­rate Amer­ica was instinc­tively con­structed by the weak and stu­pid in order to pre­serve their gene pools and […]

Tags: , , , , ,

123