Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Being semi-off grid I occasionally stumble onto a rift in the iDevice/Google/Microsoft continuum. The technological equivalent of a society which is simultaneously bitchin’ cool and too clueless to survive. Today was such a day. Continue reading →

…my computer has decided that I’m British. The reason I know this is that my spell check keeps telling me that “color” is “colour”. I’ve been living without spell check for a couple of months and that’s fine. However I’m getting sick of it yelling at me for using redneck America spelling; which is perfectly cromulent for an American redneck like myself. Continue reading →

An optimist thinks we live in the best of all possible worlds.  A pessimist fears that it’s true.  Adaptive Curmudgeons like to focus on the little things that make life better.  The following things are modern miracles which we should … Continue reading →

You have been denied mission critical, need to know, information.  The recipe post had a flaw! I screwed up royally Some idiot (who is totally not me) typed the wrong temperature for the oven.  The mistake has been rectified and … Continue reading →

Some tips about cooking: A grain mill to grind wheat into flour seems weird but if you can hack the price it’ll make your food taste better. It takes X minutes to prepare a four loaf / four pound dough … Continue reading →

The title of the book that is my bread bible is called “Bread In Five Minutes A Day”. This is because you can (in theory) use the goop you’ve stored in your fridge to form a bread loaf in under … Continue reading →

You’re finally ready to make some bread! Make some coffee first. Why? Because it’s coffee. You can’t have beer until the coffee phase is over. I’ll explain later. Kick everyone out of the kitchen and bask in the glory of … Continue reading →