Erewhon Cereals

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We woke up with a hunger. So, what better way to start the morning off than reviewing three different cereals from Erewhon? On the menu: Corn Flakes, Cocoa Crispy Brown Rice, and Strawberry Crisp.

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Two secret tickets to the planetarium. Can't say how we got these... Shhhh ;)

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Inside the Orpheum theater on the set of Wicked

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Crave Bakery: Chocolate Cake - Episode 25

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We reviewed their apple and apricot tarts in Episode 21. Now we've got our hands on one of their chocolate cakes... although a little dry after sitting in our freezer/fridge for two weeks, none of the chocolate flavor got lost--that's for sure! We recommend dropping what you're doing and eating this cake the moment you buy it, because if it's this good after 2 weeks, it must be a smash hit when it's freshly baked.

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Beautiful sunset with a tree... Or is it?

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Okay, okay, the sunset was a picture I found on the Internet (c) Michael Wang 2005, but I did make the tree myself. It consists of one 3-foot CAT-5 Ethernet cable that I cut into small ~5" pieces before slicing open the tops, exposing the twisted pairs of copper wire, which I then craftily fashioned into the life-like tree you see before you.

Hope you enjoyed the art. Re-tweet if you liked it.

Mike

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The best kept secret of Starbucks: order a "short" instead of "tall" or "grande" and save some dough.

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Three Senses Gourmet: Chocolate & Caramel Souffles - Episode 24

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If you're looking for a special chocolate treat you can enjoy once in a while that will take you to a whole new level of chocolatey goodness, you had better try these souffles from Three Senses Gourmet. We're serious.

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More fall colors on display at work

This one is actually at my office building. Again, taken with iPhone (1st gen FTW), processed with AutoStitch.

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Beautiful fall colors on display

Panoramic photo of some trees by my office building. Taken with iPhone and processed with AutoStitch.

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Conte's Raviolis - Episode 23

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Finally: some gluten-free raviolis! We sample three different varities: spinach & cheese; potato, onion & cheese; and ricotta cheese. It's not easy being cheesy. ;-)

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Coconut Bliss Ice Cream Party

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Debbie won a contest for an ice cream party from Coconut Bliss, so we decided to use the interwebs and invite some family to the party live! 5 different ice creams reviewed--and they're all freakin' amazing. Join the party and see which was our favorite, won't you?

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Crave Bakery - Episode 21

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Owned and operated by Cameo Edwards, Crave Bakery offers gourmet gluten-free desserts. Today we tasted an apple and an apricot tart... But will they leave us craving more? Find out!

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TweetDeck not working behind your corporate firewall? Try this.

Sometimes you've got a pesky firewall (AKA "proxy server") in your way that prevents you from accessing certain websites. TweetDeck, a popular twitter client running on the Adobe Air platform, seems to have some issues connecting to twitter behind my corporate firewall. I came to find out recently that it is not TweetDeck that is to blame, so much as it is Adobe.

Anyway, here's the fix. Once TweetDeck launches, click on the question mark button at the top right (the tooltip will say "Launch TweetDeck Support"). What should happen is a little window pops up asking you for your proxy server username and password, and then the TweetDeck support website will open. Once this happens, simply click the Refresh button in TweetDeck and your tweets should appear.

Did this work for you, too? Post a comment and let the world know.

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Another beautiful sunset at the apartment

The bright white in the pic is actually a deep orange that's much better appreciated in person.

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iPhone App: Is That Gluten Free? - Episode 20

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Our first iPhone app review is here: we've found one of the most popular gluten-free apps for the iPhone and put it through its paces, leaving no stone unturned. What we found is that while the app is generally great for determining whether or not something is gluten free, too much time has elapsed between the verification date and the current date, leaving the possibility that the recipe/formula has been altered--which still requires a phone call to the manufacturer to clear up any questions.

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