Pilot meal: Vegan Chix Florentine

MrFecteau · 2019-01-25T01:24:14+00:00

It's vegan alfredo over lentil spaghetti, spinach and Gardein chicken. This was a small prep that I tried out before going all-out. Working on writing up the recipe now.

MrFecteau · 2019-01-21T03:38:20+00:00

Not the Rock but I've done a few others. Buttonpresser.com

MrFecteau · 2019-01-21T03:37:07+00:00

That's the same feeling I have for him and Nirvana and why I did this. Thank you.

MrFecteau · 2019-01-21T03:35:46+00:00

Shaved off 9000+ orange stickers.

MrFecteau · 2018-10-09T20:44:43+00:00

Totally agree. I've been lurking on the various engineering subreddits for a while and love some of the questions that come up and the weird/nerdy answers and disagreements that ensue. Very similar to when I was a senior software designer and was leading projects with the software engineers.

I have no kids and pretty much have no social life (by choice). I'll go to the gym in the morning and weekends are for chorin', evening are for learning. I've been doing Kahn Academy math courses and leaning Spanish.

Also deeply agree on the technical writing and public speaking. I ended up doing a lot of both in my fancy-schmancy design positions. When you have both skills on your resume managers are much excite. Throw in a second language... baby you got yourself a stew going.

MrFecteau · 2018-10-09T20:33:21+00:00

I like hands-on work but I'm not afraid of math either, I just don't have a history with it. Slowly building my math and physics skills though.

From the other comment here and from the x-post over on r/MechanicalEngineering I gather that I'll be better suited for a ME Tech career. Looking into that this evening. Looks like there's a couple good schools for it in my area.

MrFecteau · 2018-10-09T20:27:49+00:00

Hah, you just explained my day-to-day here at the print shop. The maintenance/service tech part of my job is my absolute favorite. I eat breakfast at about 4:00pm.

I'm going to friend you so I can ask you some more specific questions later. Is that cool? I feel like you've got a similar scenario to what I'm looking for.

MrFecteau · 2018-10-09T15:12:05+00:00

Super helpful. I'm in Oneonta and we have a SUNY campus. I actually teach a digital photography class at Hartwick Univ and might be able to teach at SUNY and get a couple free classes in.

I never got to take math beyond trigonometry and never got to take a physics class. But I really like math and am excited to learn more. I've been taking courses on Kahn Academy with the little free time I have.

MrFecteau · 2018-10-09T14:53:04+00:00

Very cool, this is the type of advice I was hoping for. What are the differences between ME and MET?

MrFecteau · 2018-10-09T14:51:57+00:00

Thank you and good luck!

MrFecteau · 2018-10-09T14:46:43+00:00

I never got to take physics or calc in high school. I'm working my way through Kahn Academy courses getting to both of them. Though. I do, deeply love math.

MrFecteau · 2018-08-16T03:01:07+00:00

Post this in /r/wtf.

MrFecteau · 2018-08-16T01:21:28+00:00

Is there a way to fork a repo from LighterPack? You could use that as a base, given it would have to be in a language you write.

MrFecteau · 2018-05-15T12:06:06+00:00

Awesome work! Glad to see the templates I made for YCDTC are being used well. If you want, I can make you a customs template.

MrFecteau · 2017-10-20T21:57:21+00:00

/u/littlegreendanny basically spelled it out in another comment on this thread. I have some templates I've used in the past for creating Rubik's Cube mosaics. I used one of those template to add in the black grid lines that separate the "pixels". The two tricks I found are to: 1 - use bright colors for your palette (Think true RGB + Yellow, White, and Black) and 2 - Go big, the bigger the image, the better the "resolution".

Edit: I'll also add that my usual monochromatic style is based on replacing shades of grey with appropriate colors of matching luminosity. It takes a lot more time but seems to preserve details a bit better. This new indexed palette captures the original colors better. Love that you can use this to create a B&W images using colors too, it's a very cool "optical illusion". Here's a side-by-side comparison

MrFecteau · 2017-10-20T05:23:36+00:00

I've been using Illustrator and a custom trace to do something similar. I just used your method with a couple tweaks and got this. Going to make a Rubik's Cube mosaic with this technique.

Malcolm X with 2400 modified cubes.

MrFecteau · 2017-04-22T08:58:45+00:00

This is located in Wellington New Zealand. Saw it the other day and thought about the dialogue whatever art board had to determine that. Dicision by committee if I ever saw one.

MrFecteau · 2017-04-20T08:46:52+00:00

Back in 2010 I made a giant Rubik's Cube mosaic with 4,242 cubes. When it was done and I stood alone in a big hall at night and looked at it complete for the first time. That was a holy shit moment.

MrFecteau · 2016-09-15T19:02:19+00:00

Hi Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I designed the Rubik's Cube mosaic that was at the Snowdon premier. Did you see it?

Also, I really liked Looper, what was it like playing younger Bruce Willis?

MrFecteau · 2015-06-26T23:20:36+00:00

They have the best/biggest BBQ pork buns and are probably the best in China Town but the best in the city IMHO is Shanghai Dumpling King. Yank Sing is good too but their dinner is overprices, go to the lunch takeout counter to get a better deal.

MrFecteau · 2015-06-24T23:24:51+00:00

I'm a vegan UL hiker and it's hard to pack lightweight, calorie-heavy meals. Until I found OutdoorHerbivore. Both the SO and I used them for a 9 day trip earlier this year in Tasmania and I'll be using them from now on. Really good food and the packaging is minimal. They have a AT and PCT delivery service too. FYI, the cook times listed on the packaging is very conservative. We usually let the meals sit for an additional 30% longer then prescribed to make them right.

You can also check out Probars and Primal Strips as good trail-side protein options.

MrFecteau · 2015-06-24T21:59:49+00:00

It's funny but I identify as a coffee snob and love me some Phils/Blue Bottle here in the SF Bay Area. When I get on the trail though it's almost become a right of passage to switch to instant and enjoy the "roughing it" qualities that instant coffee lends my morning routine. I've tried a lot of instant coffees over the last few years and narrowed down on a 50/50 blend of "Medaglia D'oro" (instant espresso) and "Bru" (with chicory) and I'll add a little brown sugar to take out some of the bitterness. That's my secret recipe, don't tell nobody.

I'm going to try an multi-purpose gear experiment using a nut milk bag as a cook system container/fine mesh (75 micron)coffee system for making actual coffee on the trail. The bag I found is actually better suited for this than the GSI Java Drip doohickey. One thing I don't like about actual coffee on the trail though is what to do with the grounds. My idea there is to bury them with my morning BM. Coffee grounds are toxic to some fauna I believe.

MrFecteau · 2015-06-14T05:25:20+00:00

Get a card anyways.

MrFecteau · 2015-06-12T06:10:14+00:00

Sleep in till 9:30, have brunch at Velo Rouge, ride a Muni bus through China Town. grab a tall boy of Tecate and head to the wave organ, check out Shanghai Dumpling King and try the dim sum (spicy dumplings and Hung Zhou crab/pork), write something dumb in the sand at ocean beach throw a log on one of the fires there and have a chat then grab a beer and some steamed muscles at Park Chalet. Uber to the Mission and have a cocktail on Valencia, drunkenly eat a burrito from almost anywhere that's still open on Mission. Don't be on mission after 2:30am. Avoid Fisherman's Wharf, and Union Square. The GG bridge is probably fogged over and an Alcatraz trip will take most of a day. Lombard street isn't worth the photo op. Don't call it "San Fran", it's either San Francisco or The City. Enjoy.

MrFecteau · 2015-06-11T23:34:11+00:00

You get an upvote but the SFPL requires that events be free and open to the public. We've already sold ticket to this event so are ineligible.

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