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Making Homemade Soda: Part 2

December 25th, 2009 5 comments

Now the fun begins! We can experiment with different soda recipes now that we can carbonate water on the fly. We love craft soda, such as Thomas Kemper, Jones Soda or Sprecher, but they’re usually expensive and hard to find. So I did some research online and complied a list of ways to make your own healthy, delicious, old-fashioned soda. Here we go…

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December 25, 2009 Categories: Curiosities 5 comments Tags:

Making Homemade Soda: Part 1

December 25th, 2009 1 comment

Remember how health experts proposed a tax on soda as a way to fix America’s obesity problem? Sure, mass-produced soda is terrible for health, but does it have to be THAT bad? The answer is no, it doesn’t. So forget all that crap that’s in soda, and make your own!

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Farmer’s Market in a Box

September 10th, 2009 8 comments

I was at a Jazz festival in downtown Burlingame a few months ago, and between buying jewelry I don’t need and stuffing my face with festival food, I walked by a stand called “Farm Fresh To You”, which was promoting a delivery service that brings a random assortment of local/organic/seasonal produce to your doorstep, at a reasonable price.

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September 10, 2009 Categories: Curiosities 8 comments Tags:

Never Trust User Ratings

March 22nd, 2009 10 comments

(Banner image from 47st Photo)
The problem with being a photo enthusiast is that it’s hard to get the equipment you need. There aren’t that many large camera stores, and if there are, they usually don’t carry a wide selection, or they markup the prices significantly (and photo equipment is in my opinion, already unaffordable). So [...]

Curiosity #4: Restaurant.com

February 19th, 2009 No comments

Anyone who knows me knows two things - I love food, and I love to be be frugal about it. Solution? www.restaurant.com. It’s basically a website that encourages diners to try out local restaurants using their gift certificates. You can get a $25 gift certificate for $10, a $50 for $15, and so on. If [...]

February 19, 2009 Categories: Curiosities No comments Tags: ,

4-wheeling

February 18th, 2009 No comments

Nope, this is not a truck rally, dirt road in the middle of Georgia, or neglected pig sty. This is my driveway. And as much fun as it would be to go up and down it in a 4×4, my little Honda complains every time it gets stuck in a ditch and starts sinking…and sinking…

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