This is the old Halychan style of the Polish vegetable soup (Zupa jarzynowa), as my Баба used to make it. In Western Ukraine prior to WWII, the words for “vegetable” and “fruit” were “ярина” and “овочі”, in line with the Polish words “jarzyna” and “owoc”. Usage in the diaspora continues to follow this pattern, while […] Read more
This is my Баба’s old recipe. It’s the Halychan style of the Polish soup rosoł. This dish was once popular in Halychyna (western Ukraine), but fell out of popularity after WWII with the decline of Polish influence. It is still very popular in the Ukrainian diaspora. Ukrainians today would typically call this soup бульйон (bouillon), […] Read more
This is another one of Nonna’s recipes. Tomato Sauce Coat the bottom of the pot in olive oil Add 1/2 chopped onion Heat on medium, shaking to stir. Cook until translucent. DO NOT BURN. If it burns a bit, throw it out and start again. It will ruin the sauce. Switch to low heat Add […] Read more
You validated the app! Now copy the URL from your browser and paste it into the application. Read more
I keep it updated – scroll to the bottom! 2018 May 19 – June 18: Orange, CT June 18 – 20: Rhode Island June 20 – 23: Orange June 24 – 26: Dublin June 26 – 27: Belfast June 27 – 29: Glasgow June 29 – July 2: London July 2 – July 4: Paris […] Read more
I did a European backpacking trip for 10 weeks and wanted to share what I brought with me (edit: I’ve since updated it with new opinions for what I ideally would have brought with me having the experiences I have now). The Main Stuff Tortuga Setout Travel Backpack ($199) Pretty much the greatest travel backpack I’ve seen. There […] Read more
This is rough documentation from when I was recovering a FreeNAS server. I could not access the ZFS filesystem, as per most instructions, because some of the sectors were bad and it wouldn’t load. Extracting the config file Used DDRescue-GUI to dump an image of the drive Wrote a very quick and dirty script to […] Read more
The problem We needed a way to convert an analog flow meter into a digital one ($60 vs $1800) The solution Use a webcam with image processing to track the meter and record the results digitally. Result Sufficiently accurate and precise results for our purposes. Additional links Github Read more
I needed LabVIEW for a school project and, naturally, needed a way to get it to work in Linux! It took some hassling my school’s IT department but eventually they managed to get an iso image from NI called lv2013SP1pro-linux.iso. How you procure either an iso or a physical cd will be up to you. Godspeed. […] Read more
