Turmoil is roiling my online world, if that isn't too dramatic.

A week or so ago, work upgraded my PC to Windows 7 and fiddled around with the network. As a result, I’m all over the shop on my PC and discovered that the mail client on my Mac (Sparrow) could no longer send mail. Some kind of firew...

My lifetime will end on 31 October 2012. So I am informed by Joyent, which has decided to "sunset" my Lifetime Shared Hosting Agreement. This cost me some $400, back when Joyent was Textdrive, and Textdrive needed money to grow. I was happy to fork over the cash. Dean Allen had a solid reputation, h...

The latest look into the impact of New York's water supply on its bagels yields a new potential factor: pride...

The business about the chemistry of water being a vital part of some product is always intriguing. Anyone for a Burton? But this piece seems to suggest that there may be more...

With my starter successfully reenergised and bubbling actively, I decided to make a simple plain white loaf. Then it struck me that I had strained some whey off the recaptured yoghurt. What happens when you substitute some of the water in a recipe with whey? I imagine a bit more acidity -- whey is...

First task on getting home after more than a couple of weeks away is always to see to my microbial friends. The pasta madre looked none the worse for wear, so back into the fridge it went. My own starter, however, looked none too good. Definitely a bit stinky, and floating above the expected hooch...