If I was doing this, I'd probably cook them on a low'ish heat until they'd defrosted and warmed through; followed by high heat until they'd browned.

Generally, with oven fries, they've already got quite a bit of fat (Mmm. It's what makes them Delicious!, and is why you can stick 'em in the oven rather than needing to cook them in more fat); so I'd probably use just enough olive oil to keep things from sticking.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:46 AM on September 12, 2008

I'm a little handed person, too; and my main knife is 6.25"/16cm. Which I find to be enough knife for 99.8% of the things I've had to cut in the past, I dunno, 9 years.

(For what it's worth, it's a Global; from the GF line (The GFs seem to be much nicer than the Gs. I want to say that F stands for Forged, but I'm not sure...). It has a nice heft to it; but it also wonderfully balanced. Some of the other Globals I've used.. not quite so much heft.)... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 1:43 PM on June 13, 2008

Based on it being, uh, fourthed by people; the odds are very good that I will be at Dangerous Dan's having a burger this evening. Probably I'll be there about 6:30 or thereabouts (tickets to a performance demand early dinner) if you're in the mood for hanging out with highly recommended burgers.

I'll be the dorky chick in a blue xkcd hoodie.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 1:00 PM on May 6, 2008

(I found Dangerous Dan's to be okay-I-guess. I probably would have been just as happy with a burger from a cart/caravan.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:59 PM on May 7, 2008

For Music: I like all sorts of things (: If you made me pick genres, I mostly listen to indie/alt rock with a side of pop/electronica/folk/classical/and so on.

Jobwise: My intention is to be working as a programmer computer-dork, rather than near the bottom of the job chain. There are a couple of places on the Toronto side I like the look of working at; but not so much on the Vancouver side.

And as for where I am now: Best as I can tell,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 4:26 PM on April 9, 2008

You could write the software of your dreams nights and weekends; and if that works out well enough, transition to doing it during the day, too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 12:17 PM on March 1, 2008

It's not G&T, however, I find bitter orange (aranciata amara) and grapefruit (pompelo) San Pellegrino sodas are pretty delicious with gin.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:33 PM on February 15, 2008

Wait until you have a $600 emergency?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 9:25 PM on February 9, 2008

I have a box of fresh dates sitting in my fridge which have an expiry date way out in October (although they aren't pitted, which could make a difference). Are you sure it's really that urgent to eat them now?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:47 PM on February 7, 2008

this is a recipe I'd suggest using.

It involves frying the chips twice; first at a lower temperature, then at a higher one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 8:24 PM on February 6, 2008

I have Sennheiser HD595s as well. They're awesome (:

I use them with an ipod touch, as well as a firewire soundy-box thingymajig. And they are really comfy as well as sounding good.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 2:28 PM on February 4, 2008

On the guitar input front, I have an M-Audio Firewire Solo which works fine for me.. Guitars plug straight into it without needing to be amplified; and it also has an XLR input for attaching a microphone.

(I also have an M-Audio Trigger Finger which is kinda fun to use for drum programming; and on the software side, I use Ableton Live 7, although it is kinda expensive in the grand scheme of things. That said, both the Firewire Solo and Trigger Finger come with a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 1:34 PM on December 29, 2007

I have a "No Circulars" sign on my mailbox which prevents most of the junk mail from needing to be contemplated (Although real estate agents seem to believe it does not apply to them). OTOH, I don't know the last time I had addressed junk mail, which is probably a whole different ball game, so YMMV.

Most of the mail I get is for past residents d: and that goes in a pile by the front door, and returned back from whence it came.

With... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 3:10 PM on December 26, 2007

What is it that you want the plugin to do?

(I ask, because I just plunked the HTML google told me to into the body of a sidebar widget, and called it a day.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 11:58 PM on December 4, 2007

In terms of more specific suggestions...

Of the Arvo Part I have listened to, Alina is my favourite - two longish pieces of music played in several ways with their own little nuances. Nice.

For Kronos Quartet, Short Stories is great; and I'm quite partial to the OST for The Fountain. Some Kronos Quartet is.. hard to listen to, I find.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 10:10 PM on November 25, 2007

I'd probably create an alternate page in the admin thinger for entering "this is just a song" entries[1]; and have a handy-dandy super-duper convenient interface for picking songs from the lists.

Maybe that interface would have two text fields for typing in; one for artist and one for the song title. Both of those text fields might use one of those fandangled javascript libraries that's kicking around that does clever auto-completion using the source lists... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 12:00 AM on November 22, 2007

It'd be fine for a couple of months.

(I find it sits squarely in "consumed way before it would need to be thrown out" territory.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 2:57 PM on November 3, 2007 marked best answer

There's another collection of wordpress plugins which is a little more officialish, and does have plugin ratings.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 1:15 AM on October 25, 2007

These guys are pretty good for tracking down the ol' Mexican ingredients too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 11:36 PM on October 17, 2007

Man. Consider yourself lucky. My invading millipedes headed for my bed.

*twitch*

Anywho, I ended up using plain ol' flyspray around the (inside) edges of windows and door frames every week or so; which resulted in a death zone of crunchy bugs for a foot or so away from the external walls.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 11:36 PM on October 2, 2007

As far as what to drink; seems like the wine booze-group would probably be okay.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:01 PM on September 15, 2007

When I grew my hair back, I just put up with it being fuzzy and annoying for a while d:

Then I had it bleached white! and then it was more notably white than an inconvenient and silly looking length.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 8:18 PM on August 15, 2007

Sounds like something in the neighbourhood of Aphasia.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:22 PM on August 15, 2007

I have a black MacBook. I find it to be lusty.

However, the screen size can be a bit of a pain. I am, in fact, at this moment, impatiently awaiting delivery of a screen to use with it when I'm at home.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 7:53 PM on August 14, 2007

This page says that acidity can turn the garlic blue if it's young or not properly dried. I had a feeling that if garlic had grown in copper-rich soil that could also be a factor; but I could be making stuff up.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 2:57 AM on July 14, 2007

It depends on the cats. I have had good cat experiences and bad ones.

I've had singular cats, and have added additional cats with varying results.

One cat + kitten had a rocky start, but got on really well; but alas, kitten went to kitten heaven; and cat ended up very clingy, and spent a while looking for his little cat-buddy.

One cat + two kittens was very ungood. The one cat, normally terrified of cars, ended up... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 11:37 PM on May 30, 2007

I have some kind of Himalayan pink salt which looks pretty, at the very least (although it occurs to me I haven't actually used it yet).
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:13 PM on May 23, 2007

One or more of...

- pineapple slice (canned or fresh)
- fried egg
- bacon. Mmm. bacon.

(Or, uh. All three for ultimate victory of burger destiny!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 5:00 PM on March 27, 2007

Would a print-on-demand service like Lulu work for the kind of book you write?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 7:37 PM on February 12, 2007

Depending on how you learn stuff, TV shows could be much easier to learn from than books.

With all sorts of techniques, seeing someone do the thing is far more constructive than reading a description of how to do it.

(I would have never been able to butterfly a chicken without seeing it on Good Eats.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 11:30 AM on February 12, 2007

Why don't you make a .zip file that contains all of the files?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 2:47 PM on January 17, 2007

I strongly unrecommend Larousse Gastronomique. It's like an encyclopedia about food, rather than something useful for day-to-day cooking.

I have cooked exactly zero recipes from it; although it has some recipes with interesting curiosity value. Random page selection offers... Turkey stuffed with foie gras, truffles and 24 chicken hearts (among other things) *boggles*.

It's a nice book to own in theory, but not especially practical.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 1:25 PM on January 13, 2007

In an office space I used to work in, on days I wore rubber soled shoes, I would get a static-electric shock from touching one of the doorknobs often enough that I would swipe at it to discharge before grabbing it to open it.

So perhaps your rubber soled shoes are being similarly nefarious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 7:31 PM on January 10, 2007

I'm quite partial to twice-cooked duck* - the first time around, the duck gets roasted in chicken stock (or water), which moistly cooks the meat through; and the second time, it's roasted dry, which makes the skin crispy.

Mmm. Crispy skin.

(Oh, and for bonus points, if you stash the stock the duck was cooked in, in the fridge, over night; you end up with a layer of delicious duck fat floating on top which is fanfabulous for roasting potatoes or... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 10:06 PM on December 27, 2006 marked best answer

Without the east/west co-ordinate, it's hard to be sure; but I suspect you're looking at Massey Memorial
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambilevous at 1:59 PM on December 4, 2006 marked best answer