Saturday found me in Portland, Maine walking around the shops and eating the wonderful food found in the Downtown/Waterfront. One place was of particular interest Vena’s Fizz House. A place where the soda junkies can find all the great ingredients to build their Ginger Tinis, Ginger Beers, Ginger Julips or find some inspiration from Vena’s […]
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Raspberry Pi – Part IV – Simple Wiring Test
I am plugging away working with my Pi. I went back to the Ada Fruit Site, and started working on one of the tutorials from the part I purchased – https://www.adafruit.com/products/2125 I want to be able to demonstrate a simple wiring with my Pi works. I selected Email Notifier. I read through it, and realized […]
Kind – Cashew and Ginger
A few years ago, I ran across Kind bars. The Kind bars are a combination of trail mix and binder combination. I occasionally purchase new combinations that should good. If they peak my interest, I try it out. Yesterday, I was walking down the aisle in our local store, and I found the Kind Bar […]
Raspberry Pi – Part III – Setting up Jetty
The Raspberry Pi is a device that has so many options open: You can extend the hardware. You can extend the software. I choose to tackle extending the software to start, so I can get the experience that I want setup, and running on the device. The experience I am after is the web interface […]
Configure WLAN0 on Raspberry Pi
I don’t know how I did it. I lost wireless connectivity, so I was forced to plugin my Raspberry Pi to the Lan. Once, plugged in I could find it via the DHCP table on my router. I first checked the iwlist wlan0 scan to see if my home network was listed. The home network […]
Raspberry Pi – Part II – Get Up and Going with Java
In recent weeks, I haven’t revisited the Raspberry Pi – Running, Vacation, Work have conspired to keep me away from hobby project. I’ve stared at the parts long enough, and decide to plug the Raspberry Pi base into the wired network. I plugged in the Raspberry Pi into the Power outlet, and I got the […]
The Ginger People – Crystallized Fiji Ginger
Part of my trip in Richmond found me in the oft mentioned Chocolate Store and Carytown. I found the Fiji Ginger snack (or to be 100% transparent – my better half found it). The crystallized ginger is SUPERB, it actually might be the best I have ever had. The exterior is firm, the interior light […]
Maine Root – Ginger Spicy Brew
I ran across this brew – Maine Root Ginger Spicy Brew – in Whole Foods. The ginger brew is fiery, and a great cold drink. I would recommend this brew. *** Short post but I thought I would share ***
Ginger Extreme
My Richmond trip’s ginger finds did not end with ginger ale and ginger beer – it only started. My trip around Carytown found me in the store of For the Love of Chocolate. The store is filled from East to West – North to South with candies. One of the corners of the store […]
Richmond and the Visit to Rocket Fizz
Fortunes found me in Richmond Virginia (second time in three years), this time I was running the Monument 10K. I more or less jogged the distance, and proceeded to enjoy Carytown to recuperate of course. My recuperation was a three phase approach – sweet treats, chocolate and ginger. My walk up and down the scenic […]