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Dec. 2nd, 2003
Peter Jackson and "The Hobbit"??
Dec. 2nd, 2003 12:56 pmnews.com.au is reporting that Peter Jackson may be interested in doing a film version of "The Hobbit" - provided some problems he's having with the Tolkien estate get worked out.
Tolkien Party Soured
Tolkien Party Soured
Peter Jackson and "The Hobbit"??
Dec. 2nd, 2003 12:56 pmnews.com.au is reporting that Peter Jackson may be interested in doing a film version of "The Hobbit" - provided some problems he's having with the Tolkien estate get worked out.
Tolkien Party Soured
Tolkien Party Soured
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Happy Mie = Happy Me
Dec. 2nd, 2003 02:07 pmFor a while now, I've mentioned IndoMie, or as I call it, "The World's Most Addictive Ramen". The Mie Goreng fried noodle flavour being the best of the lot, IMHO.
However, I must give a very close, (and I mean VERY close second), to a competing brand I found at 99 Ranch Market, also from Indoesia. That being Happy Mie.
Gods this stuff is GOOD. One nice thing about it for me is that the dried onions are in a separate package from the other spices, so I can just leave those out of my ramen and enjoy the rest. The noodles are also good dry, and rather than IndoMie's two dry package (Seasoning & Chili), and two wet package (Sweet Soy and Seasoning Oil), Happy Mie uses two dry (Seasoning and Dried Onions), and three wet packages (Seasoning Oil, Sweet Soy, and Chili Paste.)
The only things that placed it in second was the thickest "kecap"-style sweet soy I've ever seen, (more like a soy syrup than a soy sauce, and easily more thicker than the IndoMie kecap), and the fact that even with half the package, the chili paste was *way* hotter than I was comfortable with, (and I usually like medium spicy food. Alas, the days of super-spicy food are behind me.)
Still, really, really good fried noodle-style ramen.
Side note - I found out that 99 Ranch Market is now in Phoenix AZ, Las Vegas NV, Kent, Seattle WA, Atlanta GA, and a batch scattered around the SF Bay Area. None in Texas or Mississippi yet, which is much to certain friends of mine's disappointment
However, I must give a very close, (and I mean VERY close second), to a competing brand I found at 99 Ranch Market, also from Indoesia. That being Happy Mie.
Gods this stuff is GOOD. One nice thing about it for me is that the dried onions are in a separate package from the other spices, so I can just leave those out of my ramen and enjoy the rest. The noodles are also good dry, and rather than IndoMie's two dry package (Seasoning & Chili), and two wet package (Sweet Soy and Seasoning Oil), Happy Mie uses two dry (Seasoning and Dried Onions), and three wet packages (Seasoning Oil, Sweet Soy, and Chili Paste.)
The only things that placed it in second was the thickest "kecap"-style sweet soy I've ever seen, (more like a soy syrup than a soy sauce, and easily more thicker than the IndoMie kecap), and the fact that even with half the package, the chili paste was *way* hotter than I was comfortable with, (and I usually like medium spicy food. Alas, the days of super-spicy food are behind me.)
Still, really, really good fried noodle-style ramen.
Side note - I found out that 99 Ranch Market is now in Phoenix AZ, Las Vegas NV, Kent, Seattle WA, Atlanta GA, and a batch scattered around the SF Bay Area. None in Texas or Mississippi yet, which is much to certain friends of mine's disappointment
Happy Mie = Happy Me
Dec. 2nd, 2003 02:07 pmFor a while now, I've mentioned IndoMie, or as I call it, "The World's Most Addictive Ramen". The Mie Goreng fried noodle flavour being the best of the lot, IMHO.
However, I must give a very close, (and I mean VERY close second), to a competing brand I found at 99 Ranch Market, also from Indoesia. That being Happy Mie.
Gods this stuff is GOOD. One nice thing about it for me is that the dried onions are in a separate package from the other spices, so I can just leave those out of my ramen and enjoy the rest. The noodles are also good dry, and rather than IndoMie's two dry package (Seasoning & Chili), and two wet package (Sweet Soy and Seasoning Oil), Happy Mie uses two dry (Seasoning and Dried Onions), and three wet packages (Seasoning Oil, Sweet Soy, and Chili Paste.)
The only things that placed it in second was the thickest "kecap"-style sweet soy I've ever seen, (more like a soy syrup than a soy sauce, and easily more thicker than the IndoMie kecap), and the fact that even with half the package, the chili paste was *way* hotter than I was comfortable with, (and I usually like medium spicy food. Alas, the days of super-spicy food are behind me.)
Still, really, really good fried noodle-style ramen.
Side note - I found out that 99 Ranch Market is now in Phoenix AZ, Las Vegas NV, Kent, Seattle WA, Atlanta GA, and a batch scattered around the SF Bay Area. None in Texas or Mississippi yet, which is much to certain friends of mine's disappointment
However, I must give a very close, (and I mean VERY close second), to a competing brand I found at 99 Ranch Market, also from Indoesia. That being Happy Mie.
Gods this stuff is GOOD. One nice thing about it for me is that the dried onions are in a separate package from the other spices, so I can just leave those out of my ramen and enjoy the rest. The noodles are also good dry, and rather than IndoMie's two dry package (Seasoning & Chili), and two wet package (Sweet Soy and Seasoning Oil), Happy Mie uses two dry (Seasoning and Dried Onions), and three wet packages (Seasoning Oil, Sweet Soy, and Chili Paste.)
The only things that placed it in second was the thickest "kecap"-style sweet soy I've ever seen, (more like a soy syrup than a soy sauce, and easily more thicker than the IndoMie kecap), and the fact that even with half the package, the chili paste was *way* hotter than I was comfortable with, (and I usually like medium spicy food. Alas, the days of super-spicy food are behind me.)
Still, really, really good fried noodle-style ramen.
Side note - I found out that 99 Ranch Market is now in Phoenix AZ, Las Vegas NV, Kent, Seattle WA, Atlanta GA, and a batch scattered around the SF Bay Area. None in Texas or Mississippi yet, which is much to certain friends of mine's disappointment
More Babylon 5???
Dec. 2nd, 2003 05:57 pmJMS is working on a Babylon 5 follow-up, according to posts on the Dark Horizon and Sci-Fi Channel websites
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031202b.php
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-12/02/10.45.tv
From JMS - "On the B5 front, there has been something of rather substantial proportion that's finally gone from talk to money, such that I'm now working frantically to meet some deadlines, but there's nothing I can say about this until after January 15th, probably closer to the end of that month.
The only thing I can say is that phase one of the new project is a go, hence the furious writing schedule at this end of things, which is why I've been silent until deciding to kick up some dust on the political discusion. I've been writing my little brains out. I wouldn't go on about something in this way if it wasn't a significant development.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031202b.php
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-12/02/10.45.tv
From JMS - "On the B5 front, there has been something of rather substantial proportion that's finally gone from talk to money, such that I'm now working frantically to meet some deadlines, but there's nothing I can say about this until after January 15th, probably closer to the end of that month.
The only thing I can say is that phase one of the new project is a go, hence the furious writing schedule at this end of things, which is why I've been silent until deciding to kick up some dust on the political discusion. I've been writing my little brains out. I wouldn't go on about something in this way if it wasn't a significant development.
More Babylon 5???
Dec. 2nd, 2003 05:57 pmJMS is working on a Babylon 5 follow-up, according to posts on the Dark Horizon and Sci-Fi Channel websites
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031202b.php
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-12/02/10.45.tv
From JMS - "On the B5 front, there has been something of rather substantial proportion that's finally gone from talk to money, such that I'm now working frantically to meet some deadlines, but there's nothing I can say about this until after January 15th, probably closer to the end of that month.
The only thing I can say is that phase one of the new project is a go, hence the furious writing schedule at this end of things, which is why I've been silent until deciding to kick up some dust on the political discusion. I've been writing my little brains out. I wouldn't go on about something in this way if it wasn't a significant development.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/031202b.php
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-12/02/10.45.tv
From JMS - "On the B5 front, there has been something of rather substantial proportion that's finally gone from talk to money, such that I'm now working frantically to meet some deadlines, but there's nothing I can say about this until after January 15th, probably closer to the end of that month.
The only thing I can say is that phase one of the new project is a go, hence the furious writing schedule at this end of things, which is why I've been silent until deciding to kick up some dust on the political discusion. I've been writing my little brains out. I wouldn't go on about something in this way if it wasn't a significant development.
Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Dec. 2nd, 2003 06:04 pmPresented for your historical pleasure, the Powerpoint Slide Show that Abraham Lincoln used at Gettysburg.....
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Dec. 2nd, 2003 06:04 pmPresented for your historical pleasure, the Powerpoint Slide Show that Abraham Lincoln used at Gettysburg.....
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/