http://www.elliottzone.com Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:20:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/11/11/amazing-grace/ This receipe was orginally in a newsletter from Heritage Park, but we've tweaked it a little bit. If you like corn, bacon or chowder, you'll love this one. It makes about 4 litres. Ingredients 2 cups double smoked bacon and/or lardons 1/4 lb butter 1 cup carrots, diced 1 cup celery, diced 1 cup onion, diced 2 ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/09/26/farmhouse-corn-and-double-smoked-bacon-chowder/ Google announced a new toolbar add-on a couple of days ago called Sidewiki that allows you to add your own comments to any webpage. This new feature displays submitted comments in a sidebar next to the actual page. This isn't an entirely new idea -- a similar concept that used PostIt-Note-like ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/09/25/googles-sidewiki-lets-you-add-your-comments-to-any-webpage/ When I bought a Kona Dew Plus late last year as a cheapy backup commuting bike, I didn't plan on making any changes to it. Then, something strange happened - the Kona started to become my daily ride. The cheapest, ugliest bike I've ever bought became my (almost) favourite bike. It's the ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/08/17/hacking-the-kona-to-be-a-better-commuter/ Pretty funny video poking fun at courier wannabes and roadie bike snobs. http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/08/12/its-all-about-performance/ When I unpacked my two brand new mobile tool bases, I thought I'd be up and running within about 20 minutes or so. If they'd come with assembly instructions, or even a good clear picture, I'm sure that would have been the case. Nope... Trying to track down instructions online ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/05/27/how-to-assemble-a-mobile-tool-base/ I'm a long time family pass holder of Heritage Park, and I think it's one of the best values for family outings in the city. However, over the past year or two of the major construction at Heritage Park, I've been really disappointed with their lack of concern with the safety ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/05/15/heritage-parks-lack-of-concern-over-pathway-user-safety/ You'd think a large toy company like Hasbro would have kids' safety in mind, but one of their online interactive games is the kind of thing that makes parents cringe with its sheer foolishness. Hasbro's GI Joe - The Grip game allows kids to choose various items for a big GI ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/05/10/hasbro-teaches-kids-to-smash-lightbulbs/ Cadbury is running an ad campaign that's got an interesting cycling theme to it. www.thebicyclefactory.ca will see Cadbury build and deliver up to 5,000 bikes to Africa based on UPC entries being entered by consumers. According to the contest rules, eligible products include "Canadian labeled Dentyne*, Stride*, Cadbury*, Maynards*, Trident*, Bubblicious*, Certs* ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/05/07/helping-to-build-bikes-for-africa/ There's lots of negative press about social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, decrying their value and claiming that they add no real value to our lives. When you think about all the pointless info on Facebook or time-wasting Tweets like "I'm standing in line for a coffee" it's easy to ... http://www.elliottzone.com/2009/04/21/social-networking-helps-find-missing-child/