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makes me regret buying a bread machine... Mahalo

The waves were good this morning, perfect shape. Too bad for the fierce crowd, I caught way fewer than I wanted, but still managed to get a handful of really good ones, plus some fillers. Thanks Dave for kicking me out of bed. Now the time has come to partake in the activity that in my mom's hometown is called "polleggio"...pretty heavy stuff ...see if you can find it on the web. That's why I need to replenish now. Same homemade bread, same homegrown chicken...can't speak for the pig, but I trust the source. Mahalo Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

At work a lot of people keep talking about "innovation process". Of course I can be wrong (I usually am), but the way I look at things "innovation process" is an oxymoron.  Process, in the business world, is what you put in place to have predictable results. You have manufacturing processes, development processes, testing processes... It seems obvious to me that if you're after innovation, predictability somehow shouldn't be part of the picture. You can use processes to help structure the exploration, I'll give you that, but I personally see that as a dangerous thing, and here's why: a lot of people (far too many in here) confuse the meanings of two words, "process" and "results". It's not a direct translation, but there's a firm believe that a process is all you need to get results, and if you follow the process well you'll get your results. Now, while this can be true in, say, manufacturing, I don't think it...

OK, this might sound very earthy and "organic", which isn't necessarily the image I 'm trying to project; luckily it's a cholesterol bomb therefore I suppose the overly serious image of the health freak takes an ironic spin :) Truth is by 1 pm I was really hungry, and almost as if the universe was talking to me, I realized I had these 4 ingredients available to me: -some very good and fairly natural (whatever that means) bacon I bought at TJ -a bottle of organic maple/agave syrup blend -Fresh eggs brought by a colleague who has hens and is kind enough to provide -Fresh bread that I made just last night Now mind you, this is a very rare occurrence....I hadn't made french toast in at least a year, and I bet it was probably 6 months ago that I bought bacon last. I was probably inspired by the uncommon quality of the ingredients. It was delicious, I'm sure my body will forgive me. Mahalo Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8

Everybody talks about "The Cloud", or "Cloud Computing" these days, and it seems that the world is divided between those who can't understand it, and those who can't explain it (but know what it is). Often times the word "cloud" is used inaccurately and it really just means "web", turning into the new buzz word. A relatively small group of people bridge that gap, but in most cases they have no interest in sharing their "secret", because it leaves them in a position of power. I wonder if these are some of the reasons why such a "nebulous" word is used to name that concept... Mahalo

A while back I promised pictures of my Christmas Cous Cous, and then forgot. Every Christmas we have a big lunch with all our Italian friends here in San Diego, they're like our surrogate family here. We always meet at a friend's place, and he's an executive chef, therefore there's no shortage of good food there, but we all try to chip in. It has become almost a tradition that my role is to prepare a cous cous for everybody, and since I don't really use recipes, every year it's different, and I always try to push it a bit further: last Christmas it was pretty darn good. The cooked veggies include a little bit of everything, and spices like Chili, Cumin and Cinnamon (look! another "CCC" combo!) and some more, with dried fruit (raisins, apricots and dates). The raw veggies include Tomatoes, Radishes, Olives and Onions. ...I think I'm getting hungry Mahalo