Bitterjug’s blog

I’m feeling delighted that someone has asked me for my veggie chili recipe. When I turned veggie, back in ‘87, chili was one off the last things to go, because I couldn’t build the flavor I wanted… Until I discovered the secret ingredient (iled and drained, or user tinned, probably 2 tins)
2 tins chopped tomatoes
Black [...]

As earlier posts suggest, there have been no cartoons here for a while because such spare time as I can steal these days has been absorbed by the mail project. Thunderbird just can’t hack my work email any more. It’s search functionality is broken (why is there separate quick search and find in messages?) and [...]

I want to like the HUD. I’m a vi user; I like the idea of command mode for everything, I think it’s a great idea, and I have already found it useful. But, despite Precise Pangolin’s proclaimed pixel perfection, it has obvious failings.
The Gimp is a prime candidate for intentional programming. Its menus are often [...]

I recently added the badge to the home page, pointing at my contributions. I created these sets for projects, including Cambridge Climate Change Charter and either they didn’t end up getting used or the client didn’t specifically want to retain ownership of the assets, so I have made them public domain.

Here’s the answer to a question I had last week but couldn’t find on the Internet.

It was interesting to revisit Tala, Holy Rosary and Kenbrick on my trip to Nairobi. Also interesting to revisit the blog. I thought I had no visitors these days, except people upgrading the RAM on their Medion laptops, but Christine’s comment on the last entry proves me wrong.
So I’m writing this; revisiting the blog, with [...]

Never thought this would happen again

Originally uploaded by Bitterjug.

I left Tala shaking red dust off my feet. Who’d have thought I’d end up back at Holy Rosary after a number of years?
Bernard Mutua showed me the two new street lamps in the market stage [...]

I help run Cambridge Climate Change Charter whose community website is hosted by Ning because, back when we set it up, that was a way to host free community sites. As you all know, Ning recently revealed their money-grabbing true nature by stopping free sites. The Charter team have been making choices about where to [...]