August 12, 2025August 12, 2025Bread, Featured Embarking on a Sourdough Adventure I’ve been baking bread on a regular basis for about three years now, ever since I retired. In that time, I’ve tried […] Read more
August 5, 2025August 5, 2025Barbecue, Featured Steaking My Reputation: Grilling on a Pellet Grill Oh, summer. The sun is shining, the beer is cold, and the smell of sizzling meat fills the air like a smoky […] Read more
July 24, 2025July 24, 2025Bread, Featured The Yeasty Beasties of Biga: A Preferment Primer (with a Poolish Punchline) Ah, preferments. Not a bunch of hobbits in a bread shire, but the secret sauce of many an artisan loaf. Let’s dive […] Read more
July 12, 2025Featured, Linux How Much Linux Is Out There? More Than You Think, You Tech-Biscuit Spoiler Alert — You Might Be a Linux User and Not Even Know It Let’s get this out of the way first: […] Read more
July 1, 2025July 1, 2025Featured, Linux 🕹️ So You Want to Game on Linux? How About Some WINE? So, you finally ditched the shackles of Microsoft and embraced the open-source utopia of Linux. Congratulations! You’re now in full control of […] Read more
June 25, 2025June 25, 2025Bread, Featured Tomatoes, Tölts, and Toasted Goodness: My Icelandic Foodie Pilgrimage What do horses, greenhouses, and volcanic bread have in common? Apparently, lunch. On a recent trip to the land of glaciers, geysers, […] Read more
June 14, 2025June 14, 2025Bread, Featured Common Bread Baking Tools Because sometimes your hands need a little backup. I recently got a letter from a viewer (well – an email actually!) asking […] Read more
June 12, 2025June 12, 2025Featured, Linux Return of the Linux: The Rise of the Open Source Knights In a galaxy not so far away… big data empires track your every click, corporate Sith Lords push bloated operating systems, and […] Read more
June 12, 2025June 12, 2025Barbecue, Featured “BBQ Battle Stations: Summer’s Coming and So Is the Smoke” Intro: Ah, summer. The time when neighbors emerge from their houses squinting like cave goblins, and the scent of grilled meat turns […] Read more
June 11, 2025June 12, 2025Featured, Linux Why I Keep Coming Back to Linux Mint Like sourdough, some things just keep proving themselves. The Great Reformat A few weeks ago, I did what any sane Linux user […] Read more