Author: Anna
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A Chipmunk Story
I was sitting in my living room a few days ago when my cat, Corran, wandered over and started playing with his chipmunk toy. He was having fun, so I watched him play for a few moments … until I remembered that we don’t have a chipmunk toy. He was playing with an actual, dead…
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Corran Pawing at Monitor
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Profiling Linux Kernel Modules
Code profiling is a useful technique to help find what sections of code that might be written inefficiently. Profiling a usperspace application is well documented, but I had to piece together the process for profiling a Linux kernel module. Here is how you do it: Make sure the oprofile package is installed on your system. …
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Ocarina 6.3
I officially released Ocarina 6.3 this morning! Changes include: Improve unit tests. Finish up Doxygen documentation for core/. Separate tag database into multiple files. Move Gstreamer from core/ to gui/. Various gui code cleanups. The most interesting change this release is probably the gstreamer move. Ocarina 6.2 added an audio “driver” interface to allow for…
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Pepper Jack
Pepper jack cheese is basically Monterey jack with extra peppers mixed in. I mixed up some jalapeño and red pepper flakes and worked them into the cheese before pressing. This cheese needs to age until late November before it can be enjoyed. …
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Ocarina 6.2
After over 4 months of development, I have finally released Ocarina 6.2! If you’re hoping for flashy new interfaces or new features then you’re out of luck. Most of my work this release involved splitting my GUI code into two different layers – one for controlling the actual GUI and another for GTK support code.…
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Garlic Tomato Mozzarella
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Apple Picking at Wasem Fruit Farm!
Ruby and I went apple picking at Wasem fruit farm with a group of my friends this afternoon. She seemed to enjoy herself, and I got to come home with a big bag of apples! I brought my Nikon camera with me since I don’t take enough pictures. It was really sunny all afternoon, so…
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Cheddar
Cheddar is the most time-consuming cheese that I’ve made so far. I’ve made two now, and both times required about 9 hours of work before I could let it sit in the press. What sets Cheddar apart from other cheeses is the “cheddaring” process, which pushes out as much whey as possible out of the…
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Yogurt Cream Cheese
Yogurt cream cheese is actually really easy to make. Here is what you do: Start with one quart of plain yogurt. I assume that a flavored yogurt will result in flavored cream cheese, but I haven’t tried it. Pour the yogurt into clean cheesecloth or a linen towel. I put mine into a pot of boiling…