Notices by Jeff Smith (sumisu3@mastodon.nz)

@skinnylatte the snoring power of these little Cavaliers is astounding. I often first blame one of the big dogs until I realize our little guy is the one rattling the windows.

@skinnylatte congratulations on getting your immigration status sorted so this is possible. So happy for you two. Can only imagine the culinary adventures ahead and the reunions to be had.

@skinnylatte but needs to be cheaper than a love hotel since that model is already taken

@skinnylatte cheaper than an apartment. Maybe a new business - rent out a car, or a van

@skinnylatte https://youtu.be/p4E6KtQg_z0

I just made jalapeño poppers but also grabbed some aji mango stumpy chilis from the garden. These are like mild habañeros. My lord they are good. Real kick compared to the “sweet” jalapeños.

Air fryer version of poppers is insanely good and a lot more healthy. I use a little oil spray bottle to spritz the bread crumbs I put on top of the halved chilis filled with the cream cheese mix. Turns out great.

And FogDog panko is the best I’ve ever found in NZ.

https://www.fogdog.co.nz/blogs/news/stuffed-jalapeno-poppers-with-ranch-style-dressing

@skinnylatte have you come across
David Jesudason and his book Desi Pubs?

@skinnylatte when I moved to the Bay Area from Tokyo in 1995 people raved about SF food scene. There was some really good stuff but… not quite up to the hype even back then.

@skinnylatte having grown up near Chicago I had always enjoined the working class, ethnic food scene. Definitely missed Mexican, Greek, Persian, Polish and other food when I lived in Japan though.

@skinnylatte with all the money wealth in SF they are still food poor

@skinnylatte how can anyone not like the food?!?

My brother-in-law went to university in Tainan, though the entire family is from Taipei, and it was a tour of stopping every 20 minutes or so at some place to eat this one thing that we just had to try at that shop or tiny stall. It was like tapas in Madrid - Ir de tapeo

@skinnylatte Tainan is one of the most delightful places I’ve ever visited and the food is so good. We ate like hobbits - pre/breakfast, breakfast, second breakfast, morning tea, …

@skinnylatte I’m so excited (as I’m sure others are) to follow you on this journey. The perfect place to be all these people/personalities you are, and now that will be deeply enriched by the surely multitude of Spanish variants you will learn and embrace. So cool!

I think it was @skinnylatte that recommended Mobius on Netflix. I planned ahead for my long flights from Bangalore to Tokyo on to SFO by downloading it to my iPad. Started watching it and couldn’t stop (though I did eventually fall asleep and had to rewatch most of one episode).

Love the filming in Macao and HK area plus the fluid mix of Mandarin and Cantonese (though I understand none of Cantonese and only a tiny bit of Mandarin). This and the Chinese version of Three Body Problem really stand out for me amongst recent sci-fi series.

#Mobius #Netflix

@anildash one important note/correction to one statement in your article.

You said in 2002 the podcast wasn’t yet invented. Actually @carlmalamud invented (but it wasn’t called) podcasts in 92/93 by hosting guests on his Internet Radio show. It was revolutionary. There were also guys from DEC streaming (via multicast on the MBone) their band sessions from the basement in Palo Alto in the early 90s.

Doesn’t detract from the awesome write up. Just some Internet trivia that some of us old timers fondly recall.

@skinnylatte for us it seems hotpot or 餃子

Big son came up from Wellington and that night was dumplings. And making them is a whole family affair of course.

On the other hand, summer heat and hotpot is something I always found fascinating in Singapore and Malaysia. It made more sense up in the Cameron Highlands though. I was introduced to hotpot in Japan, in the winter, and always associated the first turn to cool weather with the first hotpot of the year.

@skinnylatte that is a sadly long time to be a colony

@skinnylatte just came back from Japan on Friday. My wife had a very specific request that I dare not forget - to buy three boxes of the Royce dark nama.

I can’t decide if I want to share this recipe with her. At least my travel schedule has some control over consumption and required rationing.

@skinnylatte the only way that I can see being successful while living in NZ has been to have an Asia Pacific or global role, at a minimum having an NZ role in a global company (at least for tech which is my space). Local roles, even in IT, are not world class in all but rare cases - and I say that after having a local gig for a while last year and knowing plenty of people in local company IT roles, IT consulting, etc.

Current government announced incentives for digital nomads, though haven’t seen much about it since.

Or if you are Peter Thiel you buy your citizenship with only a few days of being in NZ. :(

Finally watching K-Foodie meets J-Foodie. This Korean guy, Sung Si-kyung, has amazing Japanese skills. Yes, the grammar is basically identical but - wow

And I’m constantly hungry watching this show - though the desserts aren’t really my thing.