Silver mask: $5
Plastic machete: $4
Scaring the bejeezus out of little kids to the point where they won't come to the door to take candy from the bowl: Priceless
Happy Halloween!
Claudio Miranda points us to instructions on using blojsom 3 with Jetty and Apache Derby.
This page describes the setup of blojsom 3 using Jetty 6 as the application server and Apache Derby Embedded as the database engine.
The use of Apache Derby Embedded, is of use when there is no need or cannot use a networked SQL server.
Enjoy!
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I just got my previously sad iPod back from iPodResQ. Awesome turnaround time. I had placed my service order on Tuesday of this week and had the iPod back Friday morning. I would definitely recommend this service if you've got iPod issues and your iPod is out of warranty or Applecare.
Syncing music now ...
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Miles writes in ...
Just in case no one else has thought of it...
Microsummaries for Blojsom!
0. Install the Blojsom addon bundle.
1. Create a velocity template: microsummary.vm, and put this in it:
Latest: $BLOJSOM_PLUGIN_LIST_TOOL.get($BLOJSOM_ENTRIES,
0).getEscapedTitle()
Not actually sure about the syntax, but it returns what's expected,
so, I'm living with it.
2. Create a new flavor: microsummary, text/plain and associate
microsummary.vm with it.
3. Create a plugin chain (perhaps conditional get is not good?) for
the new microsummary flavour. This is the chain I'm using right now:
conditional-get, meta, limiter, nofollow, rss-enclosure, list-tool
4. In the <head> section of your blog's HTML template add something
like this:
<link rel="microsummary" href="$BLOJSOM_BLOG.getBlogURL()?
flavor=microsummary"/>
Et voila. When you bookmark your blog in Firefox, you get a dropdown
box for the name, and you can choose the latest headline as the live
bookmark summary. Another 0-day Blojsom result
Scary! And Firefox 2.0 isn't due until tomorrow. Oh ... wait ...
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On the airplane to Las Vegas, I turned on my iPod, and after many seconds of waiting for startup, the iPod displayed the sad iPod icon.
I had dropped it on the carpet before leaving, but didn't think anything of it. Off to the Apple store later to get it repaired. Thank goodness for the extended Applecare on the iPod.
Ugggggggggggggggggggggh.
Update: One person at the Apple store said the iPod is basically b0rk3d. And it turns out the Applecare had run out just a few months ago. There are of course non-Apple repair shops that'll take the iPod for around $150. "Why bother?" is the question I'm asking myself right now.
Best. Meal. Ever.
L'AUTOMNE
~ Dîner du samedi 21 octobre 2006 ~
Imaginé par Jöel Robuchon
MENU DEGUSTATION
TASTING MENU
La Pomme
rafraîchie d'un granité au yuzu et d'une chutney
Apple gelee, yuzu granité and chutney
Le Caviar Osciètre
sur un petit flan moelleux voilé d'unel légère crème d'asperge
Oscetra caviar topped with a delicate asparagus creme
La Truffe blanche
en duo mêlée de pomme ratte à l'huile vierge, comme un carpaccio aux copeaux de foie gras
Shaved white truffles and potatoes with olive oil, topped with carpaccio of foie gras
La Langoustine
truffée et cuite en ravioli avec un éminicé de chou étuvé
Truffled langoustine ravioli with diced cabbage
Le Thon
rogue mi-cuit et légèrement fumé, semoule végétale aux algues et curry vert
Smoked and seared Tuna, cauliflower, Nori and green curry
La Noix de Saint-Jacques
en timbale de spaghetti aux petites girolles et son jus émulsionné
Spaghetti and scallops with chanterelles and shellfish jus
L'Oursin
à la purée de pomme de terre au café torréfié
Sea urchin, potato pureé with a hint of coffee
La Châtaigne
en velouté sur une royale de céleri rave à la cardamome
Lite creme of chestnuts on top of delicate celeriac custard
Le Potiron
en gnocchis à la mimolette et une râpée de truffe
Gnocchi of pumpkin with mimolette and truffles
Le Turbot
en cocotte au matsutaké grillé et son jus aromatique
Turbot baked in a cocotte with grilled matsutake and its aromatic juice
Le Bar
cuit en peau aux cinq épices, avec une sauce un verjus
Pan-fried sea bass with the skin and five spices, served with verjus sauce
Le Homard
sous une hostie safranée disparue au bouillon de mer
Lobster under a disappearing saffron hostie in a seafood bouillon
Le Bœuf de Kobé
grillé, cristalline au poivre, cresson en tempura, raifort à la moutarde
Grilled Kobe beef with watercress tempura, horseradish mustard
L'Epeautre
du pays de Sault mitonné et doré à la feuille d'or
Sault farrow prepared risotto style, gold leaf
Le Pamplemousse rose
goût givré aux lichtis, grappe de Champagne
Grapefruit geleé flavored with litchis, grapes
La Banane
en crème glacée enrobée de céréales, avec un concentré rhumé au chocolat
Caramelized banana ice cream, topped with muesli, chocolate and rum coulis
Le Café ou le Thé
escorté de mignardises
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To continue the party that is being 30, I'm off to Las Vegas in a few days. In no particular order, places I'll be:
The Joël Robuchon dinner deserves special attention as I'm going there for the sixteen (yes, that 16) course tasting menu. Two words: bone marrow.
If there's one way to do Vegas, I believe this is it.
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Just a few items left to be translated for the Simplified Chinese localization of the blojsom administration console.
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Last week I got the DVD of "Follow Me Around" from Mack Dawg Productions.
Short review: 4 out of 5 stars. Too short (60-70 mins?).
Long review: Full-on, hardcode, triple-X snowboarding p0rn at its finest. Backcountry, parks, in-town ... these guys throw it down 24/7.
It's one of the few things helping me to bride the gap between fall and winter and I'm anxiously awaiting the first snowfall here in the Northeast.
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There were 3 great things about a surprise birthday party on Friday night.
You really know you're among family and friends when you get a box of 3 of the stinkiest cheeses and no one says a word about the stench coming from the area of the presents. And when you open the cheeses everyone is all, "Thank goodness!"
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