Something that people are going to miss in that video, but that’s important for flaky crusts is the part where the chef folds the dough back in on itself. That makes layers in the crust. Yes, he then proceeds to squish them together, but some of that layering persists. When the crust bakes, those layers separate just…

The second one gets identified as the “Alton Brown Method” because it’s what he did in his first Thanksgiving episode, “Romancing the Bird.” The first one is actually another “Alton Brown Method,” though. It’s what he does in his Thanksgiving special “Countdown to T-Day.” They both make a great turkey. (In case it…

The second one gets identified as the “Alton Brown Method” because it’s what he did in his first Thanksgiving…

So, I actually do know something about programming and machine learning. Something that keeps getting said in these articles is that the “algorithm” is sexist (or racist, or homophobic, etc.) and that’s generally not going to be the case. The way that most of these algorithms work is that they’re given a dataset that…

My response to reading this was pretty visceral. If this happened to one of my children, none of my children would attend that school again until “K” was expelled. I would be doing everything I reasonably could to make that happen, too. I would start by making sure that the principal knew about the situation. I would…

“Knowing about the drills ahead of time, even if they seem fairly mild, can help you prepare your kids and answer any questions they might have.” 

The rule should be: You have to try to put your bag into the bin above your seat before you can try to put it anywhere else. If the bin above your seat is occupied, you can put your bag in another bin even if it isn’t above your seat. If the bin above your seat is occupied, you can try to make your stuff fit, but you…

When deciding whether or not to participate in these programs, you should also consider whether or not you want to support the principle that people with money are inherently better and poor people should be scrutinized more carefully at security checkpoints.

This article’s summary of this research is so bad that it borders on willful falsehood. Here’s the actual result from the study:

Alternative suggestion - Lay out a few bucks a month for a virtual desktop. My wife worked for a while in a similar situation, and she set up an Amazon workspace, then installed everything there that was related to work. It has a lot of advantages. For example, you don’t have to worry about hard drive failure. Also,…

I’ve done a lot of hiring in the IT field. My rule of thumb was that you get one page for every five years of experience, rounded up. So, if you have 0-5 years, 1 page; 6-10 years, 2 pages, etc. I’ve seen tons of 10 page resumes for people who have 10 years of experience. My takeaway from those was that the person…

The major problem with dads and baby carriers is the fit. A lot of them are designed to fit women, and men are an afterthought at most. These are items that may best be bought in person so you can try them out. If the test group for a particular carrier were all a foot shorter than you and half your weight, it’s good…

I have an automatic transfer of $3.00 per day set to go into a Christmas fund. By the end of the year there’s just over $1000 dollars in the account, which more than covers our holiday spending. (I actually have it set up as a weekly $21.00 transfer so that I don’t see 365 $3.00 transfers, but $3.00 per day is how I…