http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com thoughts, ramblings, and rants Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:44:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a continuation of Part 2: Experimenting with Bread Dough Process. I had mentioned I wanted to try adding a longer primary fermentation, a so-called "preferment" or "pre-ferment". The first one I tried was a simplistic poolish using my typical bread formula and flour amounts. The second batch ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/11/20/part-3-experimenting-with-bread-dough-process/ This is a continuation of my prior post title Experimenting with Bread Dough Process. Apparently, when my updated posts become too long, with too many words, there are times when text gets lost on an update, so I'll have to come up with a different titling scheme and give ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/08/24/part-2-experimenting-with-bread-dough-process/ This is a continuation of my prior post titled Experimenting With Bread Dough Moisture, Sandwich Slices, and Oven Spring. I kept adding text to that post at the bottom, but due to some errors of unknown origin, the frequently re-saved post started losing large sections of text. At some ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/08/11/experimenting-with-bread-dough-process/ Ron Paul is the sponsor of a bill to exempt industrial hemp from definitions apparently including it in the Controlled Substances Act. According to thomas.loc.gov, the bill has 10 cosponsors. Here's a cut and paste from the search page: H.R.1866 Title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/04/05/us-bill-introduced-to-legalize-industrial-hemp/ 2009.06.20 In a peculiarly relieving way, the city of Austin reportedly approves a particular composting toilet. That is a good story to upon which to end seasonally based news rants. ProPublica has a very curious article out that relates to the healthcare debate, but is specifically about insurance companies' denials of medical care ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/03/21/spring-2009-the-news-my-rants-and-sundry-reading/ Some changes will be made to this weblog over the next few days or weeks. This means there will be times when this website will be completely non-operational, and other times when what appears will not even look like a webpage. These less-than-ideal changes will be temporary, as ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/03/20/this-weblog-may-be-temporarily-non-operational/ Public Knowledge has a section devoted to patent reform. One item on their list that I wanted to comment upon that I quickly scanned or read the other day: "Raising the standard from determination of obviousness from the person having “ordinary skill” in the art to a person having “recognized ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/03/07/public-knowledge-and-patent-reform/ It appears there's an effort afoot to change the California Constitution. I noticed this news item yesterday a couple of different times. "More than 300 people gathered to debate the idea Tuesday at a Constitutional Convention Summit. They agreed on one thing: The state's system of government is broken." Reportedly, the ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/02/25/california-business-group-wants-california-constitution-changed/ It's been widely reported yesterday, and the reporting is expanding today, that California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (Democrat-San Francisco) has submitted A.B. 390 to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana. Once again the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has a quick and easy letter you can send to California legislators if you as a ... http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/02/24/california-bill-to-legalize-regulate-and-tax-marijuana/ Debian GNU/Linux "Lenny" 5.0 is released as stable! A free operating system? Highly recommended! Can local school districts and kids or their parents save money? "OpenSource, Linux, belongs in schools. Ring their ears and wake them up!" Thanks all you great programmers! http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2009/02/15/do-public-schools-need-to-save-money/