Turtlshel Project

HDR Images

jflatnote — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:35:37 +0000

Natural Landscapes and Animals

jflatnote — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 02:02:19 +0000

Human Landscape

jflatnote — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:17:43 +0000

People and Portraits

jflatnote — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:05:36 +0000

History of the Mikan

jflatnote — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:19:38 +0000

Mikan are my favorite fall treat (actually my favorite treat anytime) with a long history going back to the 16th century. I found this really cool history of the mikan at the Arida mikan database. Here is a crummy Google translation of the page for those that only read non-Japanese languages. Cursed machine translation!

Image Credit: Creative Commons Image uploaded to http://www.flickr.com/photos/95268887@N00/3146404259/ on December 22, 2008 by Austin Keys (Ozchin)

Loaves #109-#110 – Artisan Pizza

jflatnote — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:49:34 +0000

20110321 – US Regional Pizza Styles – http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/01/a-list-of-regional-pizza-styles.html?ref=skybox1

http://www.pizzamaking.com/dough_calculator.html

Flour (100%):
Water (63%):
IDY (.3%):
Salt (1.5%):
Oil (1.5%):
Sugar (2%):
Total (168.3%):
Single Ball:

617.94 g | 21.8 oz | 1.36 lbs
389.3 g | 13.73 oz | 0.86 lbs
1.85 g | 0.07 oz | 0 lbs | 0.62 tsp | 0.21 tbsp
9.27 g | 0.33 oz | 0.02 lbs | 1.66 tsp | 0.55 tbsp
9.27 g | 0.33 oz | 0.02 lbs | 2.06 tsp | 0.69 tbsp
12.36 g | 0.44 oz | 0.03 lbs | 3.1 tsp | 1.03 tbsp
1040 g | 36.68 oz | 2.29 lbs | TF = N/A
520 g | 18.34 oz | 1.15 lbs

jRock YouTube to Watch

jflatnote — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:41:00 +0000

Sanshin – http://karakui.com/category/music/

Free Sourdough Starter

jflatnote — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:30:44 +0000

I stumbled across a comment on a baking blog about free sourdough starters from The New York Bakers. On offer is a choice of 1 each of any three from a long list of different starters that includes a San Fransisco sourdough starter, and a starter that came across the pioneer trail on a wagon train in 1847. Don’t know how good these are, but free sounds like a pretty good deal, and I have requested a few. More when/if they arrive.

I wish I could find the page that I found out about the free starter from, to give them credit, but I closed it and cannot find it again.

Image Credit: Creative Commons image uploaded to http://www.flickr.com/photos/treehouse1977/4589351117/ on May 8, 2010 by Jim Champion (treehouse1947).

Making “Silver” and “Gold” Pennies

jflatnote — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:30:23 +0000

We did this in High School – turning copper/zinc pennies into “gold” and “silver” pennies using zinc powder and sodium hydroxide. So much fun! Makes me want to immediately expose my children to the joy and dangers of the chemical sciences. They need to hurry up the growing up. Chemistry.about.com has a tutorial.

Really Secure

jflatnote — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:19:17 +0000

I pulled into the Fred Meyer parking lot this afternoon and parked next to this security truck. I couldn’t help but find it both amusing and somewhat disturbing to notice that the door of the empty truck (its passengers probably finishing up their shopping?) had been left open. I don’t know anything about this company, and am sure that its customers are very safe and well protected. Just a funny first impression to make. [Although, on further thought, maybe the impression being sent here is that their security systems are so good that you not only don't have to lock your door, you don't even have to close it.]