What can we do with the Librem 13 v2's USB-C port?
I asked this question a while back—if I ever get back to playing with my Librem laptop, it's worth keeping an eye on this.
A variety of interesting things
I asked this question a while back—if I ever get back to playing with my Librem laptop, it's worth keeping an eye on this.
Dang, I was quite compelled by Walker's various podcast appearances. You just can't trust anyone these days. 😏
Well. The fact is, science is hard, uncertainty is the only thing that's certain... and you have to be willing to stay sceptical without checking out entirely.
Honestly, that last might be the hardest thing of all.
All it really means to me is, best to keep experimenting to figure out what sort of sleep schedule suits me.
(via Mark Manson's newsletter)
Awesome tool for finding special characters (and their related encodings/code points/etc.) or even taking an unfamiliar character and finding out what the heck it is.
Sweet (though non-SSL 😜) utility for easily creating tables in a variety of formats (Markdown being the one I'm interested in).
I used it to create the table [in this post][1], by copying the table off of the website, pasting it into a Numbers document, exporting that to CSV, and loading the CSV into this tool. Worked pretty well.
[1]: {% post_url 2019-11-20-cooking-oils-and-smoke-points %}
I can't remember if I'd come across the Markdown Guide before—useful reference for the less-common bits of Markdown, like tables.
In fact, I found the site when searching for evidence that Jekyll supports Markdown tables (it does). The list of tools and what features they support is handy. 👍🏼
I'd been looking for a quick reference for the smoke points of various cooking oils. I tend to use EVOO for everything, or Avocado Oil for higher-temp frying, or as an alternative to Coconut Oil (which is high in saturated fat).
In fact, in addition to containing the useful table below, this article points out that, as a rule of thumb, oils which are solid at room temperature (coconut oil, and, oh, I don't know, butter) tend to be higher in sat fat, and should therefore be used sparingly.
I mean, butter also has a super-low smoke point, but it's pretty much irreplaceable in the dishes that call for it (most baking, for example). At least in this amateur cook's opinion.
Oil | Smoke Point °F | Smoke Point °C |
---|---|---|
Refined Avocado Oil | 520°F | 270°C |
Safflower Oil | 510°F | 265°C |
Rice Bran Oil | 490°F | 254°C |
Refined or Light Olive Oil | 465°F | 240°C |
Soybean Oil | 450°F | 232°C |
Peanut Oil | 450°F | 232°C |
Ghee or Clarified Butter | 450°F | 232°C |
Corn Oil | 450°F | 232°C |
Refined Coconut Oil | 450°F | 232°C |
Safflower Oil | 440°F | 227°C |
Refined Sesame Oil | 410°F | 210°C |
Vegetable Oil | 400-450°F | 204-232°C |
Beef Tallow | 400°F | 204°C |
Canola Oil | 400°F | 204°C |
Grapeseed Oil | 390°F | 199°C |
Unrefined or Virgin Avocado Oil | 375°F | 190°C |
Pork Fat or Lard | 370°F | 188°C |
Chicken Fat or Schmaltz | 375°F | 190°C |
Duck Fat | 375°F | 190°C |
Vegetable Shortening | 360°F | 182°C |
Unrefined Sesame Oil | 350°F | 177°C |
Extra Virgin or Unrefined Coconut Oil | 350°F | 177°C |
Extra Virgin Olive Oil | 325-375°F | 163-190°C |
Butter | 302°F | 150°C |
I used this article to properly position the little Micro.blog logo next to the Status Feed link in this site's navigation bar. Useful!
Looks like a big leap over the old OverDrive app I used years ago. Gotta check this out—it would be nice to patronize my local library with the same convenience that currently drains my bank account to fill up my Kindle. 😅
I'm glad I took the 12 minutes. Don't cheat yourself out of watching the video, but I'm collecting these bullets to remind myself:
Truer words, and all that. 😄
This flowchart for determining the age of a map is half ridiculous and half enlightening.
(via Tumblr)
I have a powerful need. 🤤
via kottke.org
VEGAN BLACK BEAN CHOC FUDGE BROWNIES
Blend ingredients 1. to 8. in a food processor. Then mix in 9. and pour in to a greased/oiled pan so about 1 inch thick. Place into a preheated oven (350ºF) for approx 10-15 mins. Leave 10 mins to cool then cut.
Whole recipe without choc chip OR raisins gives...
I usully split into 4 brownies. (Dan: I usually split into 6) And also I sometimes add a scoop or 2 of my raw cacao flavour vegan protein powder to boost the P count. Add a splash of almond milk (Dan: I usually put some milk in there. Real milk.) if mix becomes to dry!
Brent Simmons, creator of NetNewsWire (which I'm quite happily using—can't wait for the iOS version!) on the whole reason I've wanted to have this site:
You choose the web you want. But you have to do the work.
A lot of people are doing the work. You could keep telling them, discouragingly, that what they’re doing is dead. Or you could join in the fun.
I'm in. How about you?
(via @manton and Brent's blog itself)