This one's for Doc Halgren

iBook of DOOM 2000

discovery, culinary

I can make perfect popcorn with no burnt bits and almost no left-over unpopped kernels by getting hurtfully alcoholised before attempting manufacture of said consumable.

This is not a recommendation, however.

new catchphrase

I've said this several times in the last week with reference to many things computing:

It's 2003. Why am I still doing $thing_that_should_be_automated_by_now?