Just realized it was also Mother's Day in Australia. I'll call you, Mum...sorry!
Anyway, we did a bit of celebrating here too; happily capped off Mother's Day with a delicious pot-roasted shoulder joint of lamb, done in white wine, tomatoes and olives (Provençal of course); with Jodie's full house mac 'n' cheese and a medley of veggies; downed with a couple glasses of 2009 William Harrison Winery Simpatico.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Apr. 16, 2012 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that privately-held Nukona, Inc., is now part of Symantec. Symantec completed its acquisition of Nukona, a provider of mobile application management (MAM), on April 2, 2012. The acquisition agreement between Symantec and Nukona was announced on March 20, 2012.
Although it's fun to work on the future of the company... well sometimes I get paid for this, too. :)
When you darn, you are essentially reweaving the textile
What you do is a row of stitches in one direction, and then weave the next row through those (under, over, under, over, so on) in the perpendicular direction. (from Craftzine http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/03/darn_it.html)
So, now I have a pair of custom Adidas Campus II's. Cool!
Like father, like son I guess. The boy really likes his hummus.
Great shot from Flickr user "phil_mcgrew". No wonder it was enjoyably rowdy around here last night. I'd embed a small photo linking to the page but the user doesn't allow it - just click...
Finally got a lazy day to myself for some slow cooking of tasty salted pig parts. In the pot goes 5lbs of pork butt (shoulder), oregano, cumin, salt, pepper, chili powder, lime juice and one half, orange juice and halves, small halved onion, bay leaves. Simmer and then lid on braise for 2.5 hours at 300ºF. Then remove the meat, pull apart with two forks and broil (grill under a salamander) until golden brown and crispy whilst reducing the braising liquid to a glaze; toss with the glaze and eat with whatever you like... pico de gallo in soft tacos, or guacamole with rice and beans, etc. Squeeze a bit of lime juice on fresh to dress. Wash down with a cold Modelo Especial. And smile.
Braise:
Pull: Discard the solids, use two forks to make short work of the “pulling” (shredding)
Reduce: Whilst all that pulling is going on, simmer and reduce the braising liquid to a glaze
Broil: Also known in Australia as grilling (under a salamander). Get that pork on a tray, toss in the glaze (literally) and then on high for - 5 minutes, turn, 5 minutes
US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum made a surprise leap ahead to practically tie Mitt Romney in yesterday’s Iowa caucus results. Now people are searching to find out more about him and discovering THAT result which makes comedy show hosts like Jon Stewart giggle. But rather than blame Google (or Bing), as Santorum has in the past, much of the fault remains with his own campaign.
Yep, confirmed. Yes, I'm on a conference call with China, reviewing software designs :)))
