Jun 28 2009

Look at Those Tomatoes

This is where the categorization on the web site gets a little fuzzy. Technically this post could be a Zone 9 Gardening or a Retro Kitchen post, so I’ll put it in both. :) Because people I have Tomatoes – ripe, juicy, luscious heirlooms to be exact.

It started a week ago Friday when I noticed that one of the Old German tomatoes had started to turn. Then I looked at the Cherokee Purple tomato I had been eyeing and low and behold it was turning too!

Old German Heirloom Tomato

Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato

So I carefully picked them and took them home so they could finish ripening. Unfortunately with the birds and bugs, this is often the safest option on the Texas Gulf Coast.
And a few days later, I had beautifully ripened tomatoes.
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Which I promptly sliced up.
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Then I carefully arranged them on the plate and put a little bit of sea salt on them.
Dinner Plate full of Cherokee Purple and Old German Slices

They made a fabulous meal. After tasting the heirlooms, I can never go back to the sad version of a tomato that we find in the grocery store.


Jun 28 2009

The Nerdy Girl’s Summer Reading List

With my job as a senior business analyst – which is really a lump-all category for technical communicator, process analyst and sharepoint administrator for my department’s site collection – I’m heading back into the world of Information Architecture. So here’s the technical reading list for the summer:

Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become by Peter Morville

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites by Louis Rosenfield and Peter Morville

Designing Web Usability (Voices That Matter) by Jakob Neilsen (read this one before, but it never hurts to review the foundations)

Prioritizing Web Usability (Voices That Matter) by Jakob Neilsen and Hoa Loranger

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English (while directed at Server Admins, there’s a lot of good information for SharePoint Services Admins)

SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide by James Curry, Piotr Prussak, Christopher Regan, Christopher Buechler, Bob Fox, Murray Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, Christopher Pragash

SharePoint 2007 User’s Guide: Learning Microsoft’s Collaboration and Productivity Platform by Seth Bates and Tony Smith


Jun 27 2009

June 27 – Mexican Redkneed Tarantula

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Jun 9 2009

June 9 – Boa Constrictors

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Jun 5 2009

June 5 – Terra Cotta Warrior- Carriage Driver

Carriage Driver