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I have a pretty good ear for music but I'm not very good at tuning my instruments. They are always just a hair off here or there when I tune by ear. For years I had been making do with being slightly out of tune and finally bought an electric tuner. I know it seems stupid, what guitar player wouldn't have one but I always just felt obligated to do it by ear. Shit, it's insane how much easier and more quickly you can accurately tune your guitar with an electric tuner. Plus when you're on stage you can literally do it between songs and no ones the wiser. I use it almost every day.

Another thing I use often is something I thought I'd never wear. A fanny pack. Yep, that's right a fanny pack. When I go running (about 3 times a week) I bring my phone with me to use the GPS to track my distance and speed and to listen to music. At first I was just putting my phone in my pocket and it would clang around and was really uncomfortable and annoying. Then I started holding it in my hand while running and dropped it twice. Finally I decided to buy this pocket that straps around your stomach and holds your phone. It is tight enough fitting that you don't even realize you are wearing it. It's pretty awesome and I can't imagine not having it while I run. But, technically it is a fanny pack.

Next stop... mini van.





ecib  ·  4554 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Nice. I've owned multiple electric tuners over the years, but have always found them painfully slow compared to doing it by ear (base tuning the A string by ear to a tuning fork then the rest by ear to that reference string). The trade off for this innate talent is that I can only read guitar tab :/ Sigh.

I won't say anything now, but I'll be bringing your fanny pack up at the Hubski meetup about 4 beers in.

thenewgreen  ·  4554 days ago  ·  link  ·  
HA! I'll bring it. btw, I'll race you to 4 ;-)
ecib  ·  4554 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Hmm. I think I would only race if I wasn't drinking tasty brewery beer :)
thenewgreen  ·  4554 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Very wise, very wise. By the way, your account of the joy your knives have given you inspire me to follow suit. We have one nice knife and I should probably get it professionally sharpened and then maintain the blade better. Also, I could use a good pairing knife and a serrated bread knife. I too share your love for cooking.

Tonight I sautéed some shallots in butter then added some tempe and minced jalapeño. I combined the tempeh with some black beans and salsa and put it between two tortillas with some cheese. I topped the quesadillas with a cold salad of romaine, tomatillos, cherry tomato's, jalapeños, lime juice, lemon juice, salt, pepper and a dash of sugar. It was a really refreshing meal. I took this photo because I've been trading vegetarian recipes with zmagma. ecib, if you have any to share I am all ears. Love trying new things.

dbingham  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You guys should totally post those recipes on Fridge to Food :D
thenewgreen  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Is there password retrieval?
dbingham  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Not yet. It's been on the todo list for a while, but I haven't tackled it. I think it's clearly needed though. There's a bug that I feel like I've fixed two or three times that causes people's passwords to be reset when they edit their profiles. I should have password retrieval done by early tomorrow afternoon. And that bug fixed shortly after that.
thenewgreen  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I only ask because I've forgotten mine. Good luck with it, let me know when it's up and I'll log back in and drop the recipe.
dbingham  ·  4548 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Alright, that took me somewhat longer than I'd hoped. But the bug is now fixed, password retrieval is implemented and the site has been updated. Try it out and let me know!
thenewgreen  ·  4548 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I posted it but I'm not sure I did so properly. It wasn't obvious to me where to post the picture of the dish. Just an fyi.
dbingham  ·  4537 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thanks for posting it! Yeah, you didn't quite do it right. In short form ingredients need to each have their separate line (not be comma separated). If you log in, you can edit it. Just copy and past each ingredient into it's own ingredient field (you can add a new one by clicking "add an ingredient" in the upper right corner of the ingredients area). You can add an image after you've edited by clicking the Fridge to Food logo where the image would normally be and going to the gallery.

Rewriting the submission forms and process is the next big item on the todo list. I'm going to try to find a way to make it easier and more clear. I want to retain the detail I have, but it seems to confuse a lot of people.

thenewgreen  ·  4537 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Let me know when you update the UI and I'll try it again with a fresh pair of eyes and let you know if it is more intuitive. I'm happy to help out as a "test account", plus I like the idea.
fr33lunch  ·  4550 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Shun bread knife and paring knife. I have a Henckel's set of their Professional 'S' series, which is by all accounts a very good set, but I had a friend buy me a Shun Chef's knife and it blew the Henckel's out of the water.
zmagma  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I LOVE tomatillos. Thanks for the recipe!
thenewgreen  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You've got it and dbingham is right, we should post these to Fridge to Food.
ecib  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You should be a food photographer :)
thenewgreen  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thanks. I have a fanny pack I can store my camera in :)