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they're flying! I just walked out to see them taking off. one's still in the nest though--playing it cautious, I guess
#nature #birds #swallows #swallowbird

They grow up so fast! All four are still looking healthy: eyes opened and alert. And they're so big! Can't wait to see these babies fly
#swallowbird #swallows #birdwatching #birds #nature

Chicks are confirmed.
There are at least three and possibly a fourth. The fourth seems less vigorous than the others. Hopefully things go better than last year...

#swallowbird #birdwatching #nature #birds

First try at roasting cashews. The recipe I followed clearly advised way too much oil and put insufficient stress on the variability of baking time, so most came out burnt. Lessons for next time, I guess.

#cooking

image source: https://www.sadanduseless.com/adorable-eels/

I got this puzzle from my neighbor. It was really easy to solve. Each of the smaller cubes is connected to the next one by an elastic string--kind of like a hair tie--on two sides except for the ends which are only attached on one side. The goal is to arrange the smaller cubes into the larger cube shape.

It's easy because you can proceed with a more-or-less greedy algorithm to get the solution. What I want to do though is to figure out how to represent the problem generically (4x4x4, different target configurations, different initial configurations, different component shapes, etc.), describe the state spaces for different configurations, and describe a generic algorithm for reaching the target configurations, and things like that.

back on my bullshit. I'm still messing around with higher hydration dough. I really like the resulting crumb structure
#bakingbread #breadposting #bread #breadbaking

I like big lobes, I cannot lie

Is anyone else into change ringing? I started playing around with swapping adjacent characters in a sequence, and started graphing the edges so it's easier to trace out and play the sequence on my ukulele. It struck me that this is a similar sort of thing to change ringing, though the paths I'm following through the graph don't enumerate all the sequences available
#recreationalmath #math #music

in contrast, these others which I bought more recently are a garbage imitation. the paintbrush-like tips aren't as flexible and they've accumulated this weird ink-gunk. #artsupplies

sugared almonds.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/152931/candied-almonds/
if you follow the recipe, be sure to wait until the sugar crystallizes: the recipe says "syrupy coating", but honestly it's just wrong. the video shows what they should actually look like.

just in case: if you do stop too soon, or you have to step away, you can throw em back on the stove and keep stirring, though you'll probably have lost some of the coating to your wax paper

just posting some cool rocks

random photos of the pages

Any interest in this book? My father decided to send it to me on the barest hint that I might find someone interested. You can have it for the price of shipping
#retrocomputing

I bought a bunch of cranberries, and made cranberry sauce and this paste. it's actually pretty good! #vegan #food

I think it turned out ok. it's the softest interior I've made.

ingredients:
2 cups tap water
363g bread flour
81g brown rice flour
1tbsp salt
80g maple syrup+ more for proofing
16g pure cane sugar for proofing
1-2 tsp (total) basil, sage, and tarragon

first proof in the mixing bowl
until about doubled
second proof in a parchment paper-lined bread pan until it's nearly
baked at 375°F until i could bring a knife out clean, but removed from the pan and put back in for another 5 minutes or so
#baking #bread

I used a *really* high hydration dough this time. practically, batter. I also used brown rice flour because I've got a lot of brown rice flour that I bought on a whim and I have to use it for something.

I'll post the recipe and a picture of the crumb structure if it's any good.

spied a cutie while I was sweeping #animals #spiders #spidersunday

any #retrocomputing folks that would have an interest in this? my father's getting rid of some of his books from college. i understand there may be more.

these carrots🙃