Is Frozen Sashimi Any Good? 1/27/2022 Food thevictorchen 16,249 Views I love sashimi. With COVID and a young toddler, it's much more difficult to get some Japanese sushi. Alternatively, I ended buying a small block of raw fish from my local Japanese supermarket. The qua... Finish Reading
All About Sous Vide Cooking 1/17/2022 Home thevictorchen 15,475 Views We've all heard of stir fry and baking, but one cooking style is called Sous Vide, which means "under vacuum" in French. When food is cooked via Sous Vide, that means the food is cooked in a precisely... Finish Reading
Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum After 2 Years (Battery, Filter, Soft Fluffy Cleaner, etc) 1/12/2022 Home thevictorchen 15,943 Views Part of the series My Dyson Stick Vacuum After 2 years of ownership, my Dyson V8 Absolute has gotten a lot of use. As the primary vacuum the cleans the carpets in a couple of rooms plus the staircase, it's the soft fluffy cleaner handles the... Finish Reading
Better Tasting Homemade Coffee: Focus on the Grind 1/11/2022 Home thevictorchen 14,457 Views Most people need their morning coffee. A cup of Starbuck's may cost you $3-4 per cup, but can be brewed at home for much less. All you need are coffee beans, either whole or pre-ground, a coffee machi... Finish Reading
Slow Baked Beef Round Recipe 1/9/2022 Recipe thevictorchen 15,633 Views I came across a piece of 5.5 pound piece of Beef Round Eye of Round Whole, USDA Prime on Janurary 2022 at a price of $4.79 per pound from Costco. With the rising prices of meat in 2022, I figured I'd ... Finish Reading
Best Free Tool to Split Ultrawide Monitor in Windows 11/8/2021 Apps and Software thevictorchen 18,400 Views As a software developer, I've always embraced having multiple screens. The productivity gained from having two distinct monitors that can be individually handle opening distinct applications in full s... Finish Reading
Pre-Brewed High Quality Coffee Delivered 11/3/2021 Food thevictorchen 15,557 Views Coffee is part of my everyday life. Pre-COVID, I drink one or two cups from the office coffee-bar. During COVID on workdays, I've been consistently using a french press with my own grinds with a burr ... Finish Reading
Truffle Carpaccio (from Costco!) 10/30/2021 Food thevictorchen 29,694 Views Aside from truffle oil infused foods like cheese, I've never purchased Truffles for home cooking. I didn't even know it was possible let alone which aisle in the store or how it's packaged. To my surp... Finish Reading
Create a Drive Letter from a Local Folder 10/27/2021 Programming thevictorchen 15,865 Views It's sometimes convenient to have a drive letter to mimic the development and production servers on my local machine on Windows.subst [Drive] [Path]And an example of mapping a D: drive from a folder c... Finish Reading
Baby Dry Skin & Eczema Creams and Ointments... Avoid Lotion 10/14/2021 Health thevictorchen 16,747 Views Part of the series Infant during COVID-19 in SF Bay Area (Father's Perspective) Our baby is now over one year old and since about 3 months of age has always had dry skin. From the beginning, we used baby laundry detergent, purchased cotton clothes, and fragrant free soaps. Our pe... Finish Reading