Recipe Makes about 12, 4″ waffles. Dry Ingredients:150g potato starch115g corn starch40g gluten free flour (rice flour based is best for chewiness)15g potato flour25g cane sugar6g baking powder (1.5 tsp)2.5g baking soda (0.5 tsp)3g salt (0.5 tsp) Wet Ingredients:420g water55g oil (avocado, canola, sunflower, etc…)15g apple cider vinegar5g vanilla extract (1 tsp) (optional) Cooking Instructions…
Shallowest Depth Surround Sound AV Receiver for Compact Locations
This is a tale of unusual shortsightedness and a lack of planning for appropriate details that is later redeemed with what I hope will be a solution for others in the same situation. I recently got a new television, same size as the old one, but as soon as I tried to put it on…
Why ZeroWater Pitchers instead of Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration or Mineralization Pitchers
I recently stumbled on an article comparing water filter pitchers, and surprise, ZeroWater came out on top. That wasn’t the notable part of the article, the notable part was that it did a comparison mash up of two very different filters: filters meant to remove as much as possible, and filters meant to maybe do…
Why you should build your own mattress aka a “DIY Mattress”
Update May 2021: 12/10 would do this again. After sleeping on this setup for nearly two years, I am very happy with the mattress I built and tbqh I have no idea how long it will last, as it still feels fairly new to sleep on, and no signs of degradation so far. I rotate…
How to make a free, private, backed up Git repo, without Github
Everyone’s usual go-to for making a new repo and storing code is Github, and it has loads of upsides, but if you don’t want that code publicly accessible, then you need to pay up. If you’re working on a solo project, and just want version history, branching, and peace of mind from having the code…
Turn a single temperature dehydrator into variable temperature with a smart switch
I purchased this Presto Dehydro many years ago and have used it a few times. It works, and I thought I would be okay with the single temperature, but it was ultimately just disappointing. Foods tasted a little on the overcooked side rather than something, well, good. I mainly use it to dehydrate home grown…
Google Calendar recurring event for twice-monthly payroll only on weekdays
The following ical formatted data will add an event to your Google Calendar that can be customized to your needs. The one caveat is that this cannot factor in holidays. The logic is the last BYMONTHDAY will be selected if it exists in the calendar month and matches any BYDAY option. If not, it will…
Lightroom Lens Profile for Meike 50mm f1.7 on a Sony A7RII
This is a lens profile for the Meike 50mm f1.7 lens on the Sony A7RII that I created using Adobe Lens Profile Creator 1.0.4. To use it you will need to add LensTagger to Lightroom. Why? It’s a manual lens that transmits no metadata to the camera to identify it. You can’t edit metadata directly…
backupX: travel friendly & inexpensive photography DIY backup solution
View the backupX project on Github. General Update (Sept 2021): I’ve now been using this for nearly 3 years, and still use it with the Pi Zero W. After having the hole drilled out in the black case for the red led, I wanted a hole for the green, power led as well to know…
Camera set up for ultra wide angle & long exposure photography
This is my set up: Sony A7RII Mirrorless Full Frame camera Zeiss Batis 18mm F2.8 lens Breakthrough Photography 6 stop 77mm ND filter Breakthrough Photography 10 stop 77mm ND filter Breakthrough Photography 15 stop 77mm ND filter Xume lens adapter ring Xume filter holder Xume lens caps Thought process on the lens selection: Earlier this…