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Don’t salt before cooking in microwave

Do not salt food before cooking in a microwave oven. Salt draws moisture to the surface and forms a layer that slows the penetration of microwaves and increases the required cooking time. It can also make meat and vegetables tough and less juicy. Salt immediately after cooking instead. source

Coelacanth: hmm!

1938: Off the coast of Madagascar, a live coelacanth is caught. Until now, the fish has been thought to be extinct for millions of years.

Pizza at USC

Where’s the best place to order pizza from at USC?

Hundred-dollar days

I’ve actually had a few hundred-dollar days with AdSense. The first that I see was Tuesday, May 3, 2005, when I earned $108.34. Of course, my average is a little below that :)

Impressed with Google Rankings

John Shook is impressed. Pages or articles that I have written rank #1 for quite a number of Google searches.

Featured posts

A random thought just struck me. How about having one or two Featured Posts always appear at the top of my blog’s front page, and my other chronological posts appear under that? I think that would make the home page much more friendly to new readers. Plugin time! when I have time, that is.