So I just completed a migration of my proxy server from an old Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) setup to a terraformed/ansible-controlled Caddy install. Which went well, and it's a needed upgrade, but I lose the GUI, and the immediate ability to …
Hard to believe it's been a month since I've started my culinary program at the college. We just completed our Soups and Stocks course, and that went well. I mostly learned that making "proper" soup following a recipe is a lot more finicky…
So one of the first bits of theory you learn in culinary school (and the industry) are the various safe temperatures for foods, and there’s a range between which bacteria can thrive, and that’s to be avoided. So much so they call it, and I…
I just finished my first "week" of classes. I say that because Monday was a holiday, Tuesday was orientation, Thursday was a half-day of intro classroom stuff, and today was barely that. Thursday we did also get our uniforms and knife sets…
I initially resisted the whole AI thing. As an undergrad in the mid-nineties I was working on neural networks and genetic algorithms, so I had a basic grasp on what was happening under the covers. I certainly appreciated how far we'd come …
I had a drive fail in my NAS this week, and while the important stuff is backed up, I went through the anxiety of waiting for the replacement to arrive, hoping that a second drive didn't fail in the meantime. The drive arrived, and the reb…
Saturday night at the restaurant, I was alone in the kitchen for the first time through dinner (I was on from 4pm until closing). It started easy enough, and then a party of 5 came in. All different things, including something I'd not made…
Tomorrow I start working in a downtown Sydney restaurant kitchen, as a cook! I start my culinary program in September, but I've never been one to do things in the correct order. I will be working at Cwtch (pronounced "kutch" - a Welsh term…
As my wife Michelle started her practice here, I took on two things: the redesign of her website, and creating her practice software. As I was thinking about that, I realized that these were things I could do on the side while I waited for…
Welcome to the latest version of my blog. I've had a couple in the past. They start off strong, but I end up getting in my head about what to write and how good it needs to be that they petered off and ended up being ignored.
This one hope…