Got an extra $100k? 
You can bid on this rare Leica 'rifle' camera. I've never seen anything like it!
The Tamarkin Photographica Fall Auction will be held on Sunday, October 30, 2011 in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Camera Rifle
Got an extra $100k?
You can bid on this rare Leica 'rifle' camera. I've never seen anything like it!
The Tamarkin Photographica Fall Auction will be held on Sunday, October 30, 2011 in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Shucking Corn--Clean Ears Everytime
My dad just sent me this video on how to cook corn on the cob without peeling. Pretty cool!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Creative Consumption In Action
Today an old friend contacted me in a panic saying that she was trying to submit her resume online and kept getting an error. She was wondering if I could help her. It was an easy fix. By changing the file format she was able to upload the resume without a problem. This was something that she had been struggling with for some time and she was so relieved and excited that she wanted to pay me for my help. I refused to which she then offered to babysit my kids. Ah yes! My wedding anniversary is coming up and I wanted to take my wife out which would entail hiring a babysitter. My friend now offered me a service that was very much needed! I was able to barter my technical knowledge for child care. Perfect. Everyone is happy, getting what they wanted and no money changed hands.
This got me to thinking about engaging in bartering and trade with more people. I have the honor of working in a co-working facility in New Haven CT called The Grove. The collaborative environment lends itself PERFECTLY to bartering and trading goods and services. Need help setting up your email account? How about trading cucumbers from your garden? Need help Google Analytics into your blog? Sure! - I need help weeding my front flower bed! :-)
Technology is facilitating these exchanges more than ever. Sites such as GiftFlow.org, Freecycle.org, ShareHaven.org and others make the connections of needs and services online.
Here is a great TED Talk Rachel Botsman: "The case for collaborative consumption"
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The term collaborative consumption is used to describe an economic model based on sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting access to products as opposed to ownership. Technology and peer communities are enabling these old market behaviours to be reinvented in ways and on a scale never possible before. From enormous marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist, to emerging sectors such as social lending (Zopa), peer-to-peer travel (CouchSurfing, Airbnb) and car sharing (Zipcar or peer-to-peer RelayRides), Collaborative Consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not just what people consume but how they consume it.
What do you think? I'm looking forward to getting started with being a more active collaborative consumer! How about you?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
How to Cut a Mango [video]
YouTube is now my first stop when I want to learn to do just about anything. I wish I watched this video on how to cut a Mango a long time ago!!!!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Enabled The New Facebook Timeline For My Profile #geek #fb #f8
I followed the instructions on how to add the new Facebook timeline beta to my profile. http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/how-to-enable-facebook-timeline/
It worked!
Ali's Famous Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Recipe
Roasted Red Pepper Sauce7 to 8 red peppers
2 Tab. Olive oil
1 can tomato paste
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
4 to 5 garlic cloves
1 cup fresh basil
Salt and pepper to taste Cut peppers into 1 inch cubes. Heat oil in the skillet to medium high. Add oil, peppers and garlic. Cook them until they start to brown.
Then put them in a food processor. Add the tomato paste, vinegar, water, basil and salt and pepper. You may need to add more red wine vinegar and salt and pepper.
Puree until smooth. (If the peppers are large, you may have to puree two batches) Put puree back in skillet to warm.
Serve over your choice of pasta.
Delicious!! Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
This makes a lot. Probably more than enough for 2 pounds of pasta.
2 Tab. Olive oil
1 can tomato paste
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
4 to 5 garlic cloves
1 cup fresh basil
Salt and pepper to taste Cut peppers into 1 inch cubes. Heat oil in the skillet to medium high. Add oil, peppers and garlic. Cook them until they start to brown.
Then put them in a food processor. Add the tomato paste, vinegar, water, basil and salt and pepper. You may need to add more red wine vinegar and salt and pepper.
Puree until smooth. (If the peppers are large, you may have to puree two batches) Put puree back in skillet to warm.
Serve over your choice of pasta.
Delicious!! Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
This makes a lot. Probably more than enough for 2 pounds of pasta.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Tiny snippet of the new foresters song "Radio"
Here's the 20 second intro to the new Foresters song titled "Radio". I love it! It reminds me of the band Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet (but don't tell them that I don't think they would appreciate the comparison) ;)
I'll have to record the whole song! Maybe they will debut it at the Rock The House benefit show on Sunday!
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Hindinger Farm needs help ASAP selling their produce because of the power outage
Hindinger Farm, a fixture in Hamden since 1893, lost electric power in the hurricane. Need to sell tomatoes, peaches, string beans and corn that are in their coolers AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, while they are at their peak. Help save the Hindinger Farm and the Hindinger family. The farm store is open from 9am-6pm from Tues. to Fri. Sat. & Sun. til 5pm.http://www.hindingersfarm.com/hindinger_farm_directions.htm
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Special Reunion On My Son's 10th Birthday!
Hayden made a special request to go to the Bethany Music And Dance party on his 10th birthday. I was tired and it was late but i agreed to go because it was his special request on his special day. I'm so glad we did because we Ran IMO Natalie Glidden, one of our dulas who helped us on August 26,2001 at the Waterbury Birthing Center! The last time we saw Natalie was 10 years ago today at Hayden's birth! 
Thursday, August 25, 2011
"Lieutenant Dan Got Me Invested In Some Kinda Fruit Company." - Forrest Gump"
Thought of this when I heard that Steve Jobs is stepping down today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNa4EMUWnAc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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