Category: Skills

  • Networking, interrelationships

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    Chris Johnson
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    Part of the task of making a High Availability system is to make sure there is no single point of failure. To this end, everything is supposed to be redundant. So let’s take the office infrastructure as a starting point. We need to have multiple compute nodes and multiple data storage systems. Every compute node…

  • Prepping – Three Weeks Without Food

    Prepping – Three Weeks Without Food

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    Allyson
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    I’m all about prepping canned and dehydrated food in advance of any emergency. I’m more interested in learning to garden than in having 20 years of supplies on hand. My goal is to have enough food (“food” being defined as the proper ratio of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins to keep a person not just alive,…

  • The Weekly Feast – Dijon Chicken and Barley

    The Weekly Feast – Dijon Chicken and Barley

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    Allyson
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    I made this one this past week, and was thoroughly impressed by it. The flavors were good, though it needed a bit of tweaking to make it perfect. It was a VERY good “dump meal,” meaning all I had to do was stuff things in the crock pot and set it to high. I’ve been…

  • Prepping – Three Days Without Water

    Prepping – Three Days Without Water

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    Allyson
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    Following the basic rules of three, we can live without water for three days. That’s not entirely true, but it’s close enough. Water is largely what we’re made of, being between 50% and 60% of our makeup. Water keeps our brains working, flushes toxins out of our bodies and protects our muscles, helps lubricate our…

  • Bonus Food Post – Pork Bolognese Sauce

    Bonus Food Post – Pork Bolognese Sauce

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    Allyson
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    Chris wanted me to share my sauce from last night, so I said heck with it. I liked it enough that I’m going to post it up here now. To start off, this was my first attempt at making a Bolognese from scratch. I’ve always used jarred sauces and then “spiffed them up” in the…

  • Pasta, again

    Pasta, again

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    Chris Johnson
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    There are three ways of making pasta shapes. You can extrude the dough through shaped holes, cutting the forms off as needed. You can roll the dough thin, then hand cut the dough to be shaped. The same can be done using a “pasta machine” which rules the dough to a known thickness. Or you…

  • Chicken Stew

    Chicken Stew

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    Allyson
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    Stew is the bedrock of my winter meal plan. Part of my family dislikes soup, but is okay with something thicker. Stew is the way to go! Stew is basically a protein (chicken, beef, lamb, etc), a fat (bacon grease, olive oil, veg oil, etc), vegetables (onions, carrots, celery, etc), and a starch (rice, beans,…

  • What was old is new again

    What was old is new again

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    Chris Johnson
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    Allyson had picked up a wooden box a few years ago to take to events. It was a plain wooden box with just a bit of decoration and a porcelain knob attached to the sliding top. The knob and screw holding it are not period. The rest was pretty period. Or more precisely, it was…

  • Prepping – Post Apocalypse

    Prepping – Post Apocalypse

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    Allyson
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    Are you ready for what happens after the apocalypse? I’m not talking about the zombie apocalypse here, nor am I referring to the next pandemic. The apocalypse I mean is the one that’s currently predicted: Harris winning the election. I know some of you are laughing, but please don’t. I am quite serious about this.…

  • The Weekly Feast – Beef Barley Soup

    The Weekly Feast – Beef Barley Soup

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    Allyson
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    For me, the flavors in a good soup are the taste of autumn. I adore soup weather, and with the nights getting colder, I’m looking up my soup recipes. Last week, I made a small pot of beef barley soup, and I impressed even myself. It’s easy to do, and you can even pop it…