Camy Tang's Blog, page 129
May 21, 2012
Kale chips in the dehydrator ... eh.
Yeah, that was my reaction when I ate them. I think I’m spoiled because I’m used to deep frying them, and kale deep fried tastes absolutely amazing. I think the frying causes some caramelization and so the kale tastes a little sweet, and it’s lost the “green” bitter taste it usually has.
I used this recipe minus the apple cider vinegar. Maybe I need to add that next time? Anyway, I took them out today and they were crispy and salty, but they were still “green” tasting, which I don’t really like.
I think I’ll try this again with the other bunch of kale I have and add the vinegar. I really don’t like vinegar, but maybe something in it will get rid of the “green” taste.
I used this recipe minus the apple cider vinegar. Maybe I need to add that next time? Anyway, I took them out today and they were crispy and salty, but they were still “green” tasting, which I don’t really like.
I think I’ll try this again with the other bunch of kale I have and add the vinegar. I really don’t like vinegar, but maybe something in it will get rid of the “green” taste.
Proverbs 29:11
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man holds it back.
My friend Mary DeMuth posted this verse on Facebook right when I needed it. I’d just read an article by a Christian that insulted me (not specifically, but generally) in a very hurtful, condescending way, and I was so upset I wanted to fire off some angry blog post in response.
But this verse reminded me that it’s not necessary. I have been blessed with a job that is a mission given to me by God. I love what I do and I’m not afraid to admit it.
If I don’t live up to other people’s ideas of what a Christian should be like, whose fault is that? Not mine! My conscience is clear before Jesus, and He’s all that matters.
Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.
2nd Corinthians 1:12 (TNIV)
My friend Mary DeMuth posted this verse on Facebook right when I needed it. I’d just read an article by a Christian that insulted me (not specifically, but generally) in a very hurtful, condescending way, and I was so upset I wanted to fire off some angry blog post in response.
But this verse reminded me that it’s not necessary. I have been blessed with a job that is a mission given to me by God. I love what I do and I’m not afraid to admit it.
If I don’t live up to other people’s ideas of what a Christian should be like, whose fault is that? Not mine! My conscience is clear before Jesus, and He’s all that matters.
Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.
2nd Corinthians 1:12 (TNIV)
May 19, 2012
Review: Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis by Laura Scott
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of the best Love Inspired Suspense novels I've read yet. The action starts fast and the pace is great. The heroine's character is really likable and the romantic tension is unusual and interesting. I'm a little sad the mystery thread is continued in the next book, Twin Peril, coming out in August, but it was a satisfying book on it's own.
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May 18, 2012
Praise God Hallelujah! I finished my synopsis/outline ear...
Praise God Hallelujah! I finished my synopsis/outline early!
Code Ninjas - learn computer code
I got information on this opportunity from my friend John Olson. In case you were remotely interested in learning computer code, here's your chance!
From John:
If you’re interested in learning PHP (the language Facebook and Amazon.com are programmed in), my good friend Carl Nasal, the owner of Camna LLC (www.camna.com), is running a similar small group class in PHP. I’ll be helping Carl with his class, and he’ll be helping me with mine.
If you’re interested, please visit our site at http://www.codeninjas.com
Here’s the important info:
Dates: June 19 – August 16 (NOTE: We’ll video tape sessions in case you have to miss a few weeks)
Commitment: 2 hours per week
Java Course Times: Thursdays 1-3pm PT / 3-6pm ET
PHP Course Times: Tuesdays 1-3pm PT / 3-6pm ET
Location: Your own home through live, interactive webinars. (Which means you’ll be able to talk to everyone in the group and watch what the instructor is doing.)
Cost: $360 for the 9 week course
Ages: 14 and up
Programming Experience: No programming experience required, but you’ll need to be able to install software on your own computer.
Requirements: Access to a computer with high speed internet
Questions: Visit http://www.codeninjas.com or call 510-357-4441.
Sign Up: Visit http://www.codeninjas.com
Here’s my bio in case you’ve received this as a forward and don’t know who I am:
John Olson is an award-winning novelist, software engineer and entrepreneur. John has a Ph.D. in computational biochemistry and has been programming in Java for over a dozen years -- including eight years as the Director of Application Research and Design at a major scientific software company. He has published six books: Oxygen, Fifth Man, Adrenaline, Shade,Powers, and Fossil Hunter and has started three internet software companies: HuDDleFish, DitDat and CodeNinjas.
From John:
If you’re interested in learning PHP (the language Facebook and Amazon.com are programmed in), my good friend Carl Nasal, the owner of Camna LLC (www.camna.com), is running a similar small group class in PHP. I’ll be helping Carl with his class, and he’ll be helping me with mine.
If you’re interested, please visit our site at http://www.codeninjas.com
Here’s the important info:
Dates: June 19 – August 16 (NOTE: We’ll video tape sessions in case you have to miss a few weeks)
Commitment: 2 hours per week
Java Course Times: Thursdays 1-3pm PT / 3-6pm ET
PHP Course Times: Tuesdays 1-3pm PT / 3-6pm ET
Location: Your own home through live, interactive webinars. (Which means you’ll be able to talk to everyone in the group and watch what the instructor is doing.)
Cost: $360 for the 9 week course
Ages: 14 and up
Programming Experience: No programming experience required, but you’ll need to be able to install software on your own computer.
Requirements: Access to a computer with high speed internet
Questions: Visit http://www.codeninjas.com or call 510-357-4441.
Sign Up: Visit http://www.codeninjas.com
Here’s my bio in case you’ve received this as a forward and don’t know who I am:
John Olson is an award-winning novelist, software engineer and entrepreneur. John has a Ph.D. in computational biochemistry and has been programming in Java for over a dozen years -- including eight years as the Director of Application Research and Design at a major scientific software company. He has published six books: Oxygen, Fifth Man, Adrenaline, Shade,Powers, and Fossil Hunter and has started three internet software companies: HuDDleFish, DitDat and CodeNinjas.
Climactic scene = girdle
I’m writing the synopsis/outline for a cozy mystery for Guideposts, and trying to think of a “climactic scene” for the end is starting to feel like trying to squeeze yourself into a girdle two sizes too small. You shove and twist and try different positions like a yoga master and nothing is working.
May 17, 2012
Going "green" in leading worship
I lead worship music for my church’s Sunday service twice a month, and my team is mostly junior high, high school, and/or college students except for me and Captain Caffeine. (The Captain plays electric guitar, I play acoustic guitar.)
One Sunday, one of my high school singers arrived at church and instead of bringing printed out pages with the lyrics, she had the music on her iPad. I thought that was brilliant!
So this past Sunday, I took the chord sheets (they have the lyrics and the guitar chords on top of the words where you change chords) and put them all in one document. Then I made the document into a .pdf file and loaded it into the iBooks app on my iPad.
I had my iPad on the music stand during service and used that instead of sheet music. It worked great! I had to make sure my iPad’s settings had it falling “asleep” at 15 minutes and not 5 minutes, or else I would spend time needing to wake up and unlock my iPad, and I didn’t want to do that in the middle of a song!
The only thing I need to be more careful of is to make sure the music is correct. I realized that I have corrections on the paper sheets that I’ve made before, and since I reuse my paper sheets, I just had the corrections there, but they weren’t on the electronic versions. So now I have to make sure my electronic versions are up to date. :)
What do you think? Now I’m trying to brainstorm other ways I can use my iPad instead of paper.
One Sunday, one of my high school singers arrived at church and instead of bringing printed out pages with the lyrics, she had the music on her iPad. I thought that was brilliant!
So this past Sunday, I took the chord sheets (they have the lyrics and the guitar chords on top of the words where you change chords) and put them all in one document. Then I made the document into a .pdf file and loaded it into the iBooks app on my iPad.
I had my iPad on the music stand during service and used that instead of sheet music. It worked great! I had to make sure my iPad’s settings had it falling “asleep” at 15 minutes and not 5 minutes, or else I would spend time needing to wake up and unlock my iPad, and I didn’t want to do that in the middle of a song!
The only thing I need to be more careful of is to make sure the music is correct. I realized that I have corrections on the paper sheets that I’ve made before, and since I reuse my paper sheets, I just had the corrections there, but they weren’t on the electronic versions. So now I have to make sure my electronic versions are up to date. :)
What do you think? Now I’m trying to brainstorm other ways I can use my iPad instead of paper.
Quinoa in my rice cooker!
Yes, I am the epitome of lazy. While making quinoa on the stovetop is not hard, I wanted to know if I could throw it into my rice cooker and leave it. And it worked!
I don’t know if my rice cooker had anything to do with it, although my cooker is not a super fancy one. It is nicer than the aluminum ones, but not as expensive as my parents’ rice cooker which has a million settings on it. Mine is a 3 cup rice cooker.
I put in 1 cup of quinoa and 2 cups of water and turned it on. After it had cooked and switched to “keep warm,” I let it steam for about 15 minutes (which is what I do when I make rice in the rice cooker) before I opened it.
Voila! Perfect quinoa!
I especially like quinoa because it has a nutty taste and it has more protein than rice.
I don’t know if my rice cooker had anything to do with it, although my cooker is not a super fancy one. It is nicer than the aluminum ones, but not as expensive as my parents’ rice cooker which has a million settings on it. Mine is a 3 cup rice cooker.
I put in 1 cup of quinoa and 2 cups of water and turned it on. After it had cooked and switched to “keep warm,” I let it steam for about 15 minutes (which is what I do when I make rice in the rice cooker) before I opened it.
Voila! Perfect quinoa!
I especially like quinoa because it has a nutty taste and it has more protein than rice.
iPad Mini
I heard this rumor several weeks (maybe even a few months) ago on CNET.com’s Apple Byte video podcast, and at the time, I really didn’t think Apple would do something like this. It’s not as trendsetting as Apple usually is with their products--a smaller iPad would seem more like Apple is keeping up with the trend, instead.
But then I read this article about rumors that the iPad mini is coming maybe in the fall. Granted, I really can’t believe everything I see on the internet, but now I’m starting to wonder.
I don’t know if I’d buy a mini iPad since I have my regular sized one, and I like the larger screen for watching movies. But if choosing between an iPad mini and a Nook color or a Kindle Fire, I’d definitely go for the iPad mini because the screen and software would be so great, plus the connection to iTunes.
What do you think?
But then I read this article about rumors that the iPad mini is coming maybe in the fall. Granted, I really can’t believe everything I see on the internet, but now I’m starting to wonder.
I don’t know if I’d buy a mini iPad since I have my regular sized one, and I like the larger screen for watching movies. But if choosing between an iPad mini and a Nook color or a Kindle Fire, I’d definitely go for the iPad mini because the screen and software would be so great, plus the connection to iTunes.
What do you think?
May 16, 2012
10 Reasons You Eat When You're Not Actually Hungry And What You Can Do About It!
I just read this article on SparkPeople.com and could really relate, especially the clean plate syndrome. I’ve only recently gotten to the point where I am no longer hungry and I can leave one or two bites of food on my plate, although I still sit there in agony to not eat it. I’ve had to get up and dump the food in the garbage FAST or else I’ll stare at it. Which point did you relate to the most?
