Sep 22Chromebook for FOCUSThis summer, I’ve set myself a nearly impossible amount of writing, editing, photo editing, planning, scheduling and product testing for CoffeeGeek. I found I was procrastinating, losing days and days to what could have been fruitful content creation and editing. My main work computers are a Macbook Air M1, and…Chromebook9 min readChromebook9 min read
May 9, 2020CHEATS Pizza, my takeWith COVID-19 and the whole stay at home thing, I’ve been watching a lot more telly of late, and I discovered two of Jamie Oliver’s shows on CTV Life in Canada: 15 Minute Meals, and 30 Minute Meals. There’s actually quite a lot of good tips in both of those…Pizza1 min readPizza1 min read
Nov 13, 2019Adventures in Hydroponics(for lettuce) — I’ve been (trying) to grow lettuce in the winter, in the basement of my 110 year old home, for three winters now. Up until this year, I had very little overall success. This year, I decided to try something different. In previous years, I tried growing lettuce the traditional way…Gardening1 min readGardening1 min read
Jul 25, 2018Chilean Guava — Ugni MolinaeOne of the reasons I garden for food production is I can grow things you simply cannot find in any fruit and veg store locally. One of those things I’ve chosen to grow is a plant called, in latin, Ugni Molinae; it’s more commonly known as Chilean Guava. It’s much…Gardening1 min readGardening1 min read
Jul 14, 2018Egyptian Walking Onions“Say, what’s that type of onion there; I don’t recognize it.” “Well, let me tell you. Plant this onion in an area with good soil that drains well, and then basically ignore it. Come back in 2 to 4 seasons, and your entire area will be filled with them. “How’s…Onions1 min readOnions1 min read
Oct 28, 2017Microgreens at HomeFor several years now, I’ve been thinking about growing microgreens at home. I have been buying them for about a decade at the fruit and veg stores, dropping $5-$7 for a paltry 100-150g of them, at least once a week because I like them so much as my “green” choice…Gardening2 min readGardening2 min read
Jun 9, 2016Instagram forgot their name.Recently, Facebook-owned Instagram changed how their timeline works, with no regard to how it’s product (that’s us, folks — we’re IG’s product) actually uses the service. They introduced a new “algorithm timeline” claiming to show you posts they assume you care most about. Reality is, it’s done 100% for advertisers…Social Media1 min readSocial Media1 min read
Apr 27, 2016Why I Won’t Buy Another VolkswagenNearly 12 years ago, I bought my second Volkswagen; a then brand new 2004 Jetta TDI Diesel Sport Edition (TL:DR — it’s (supposedly) not one of the models caught up in diesel-gate; those are cars from 2006/7 onwards). My first VW was a used Rabbit I briefly owned and drove…Volkswagen1 min readVolkswagen1 min read
Apr 11, 2016Home Made Rootbeer SyrupBeen experimenting with making an old timey root beer syrup at home, to add to carbonated water. Of course, I could just do a properly fermented root beer (and that will probably be my next tackling of this), but I wanted to go easy for now. So how to do…Recipe2 min readRecipe2 min read
Mar 8, 2016Be your own carbonated water manufacturer!I am an unabashed soda-holic. I wrote up a long article about my history and pursuit of better (and cheaper) soda in the home. This article is how you can skip ahead of the line, avoid being beholden to proprietary commerce (koff, koof, SodaStream, koff), and get the calibre of…Carbonated Water13 min readCarbonated Water13 min read
