Live Comment Preview
June 27th, 2009 at 10:26am by Polly
I’ve added Live Comment Preview plugin, a handy live preview for comments. You don’t have to hit a preview button, it automatically shows up as you’re typing.
I like. Try it with tags and the preview shows true. It also shows true for embedded videos.
This is a good way to be sure that your tags will work in comments. Or that your video will post.
Vapobutter
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:06pm by PollyThere’s many recipes out there for cannabutter. (I appreciate them all.) But I don’t know if anyone’s ever made vapobutter.
Not that I knew what I was doing, but I decided to try making pot butter with vaped weed. Vaped weed is weed that hasn’t been burned but rather heated in a vaporizer and then inhaled. Vaporizing your weed is healthier than smoking it, because when you smoke it you’re getting the carcinogens that get made during the combustion process. Eating it is even better for me, which is why I wanted to try vapobutter.
We thought: if this works we can extend the utility of the material.
It worked. Evidently something went very, very, very right. What can I say except don’t make any plans. This is great for sleep problems, pain, anxiety etc., because you get more of the “body high”.
I see Indica in my future.
You need a vaporizer. Volcano is our choice. I understand you can get them with digital readouts. We're not that fancy.
Grind the weed using a Mendo mulcher. The little orange plastic grinder that came with our Volcano wasn't that good. At all.
As you’re vaping your weed and over time, you’ll be collecting the “toasted” remains. Save those in your container of choice (we use a ziplock bag).
The green is obviously the unvaped weed. The brown is what it looks like afterwards.
Here’s what you need:
1 cup of vaped weed
3 quarter-sticks of butter (never use margarine)
Water (Guesstimate! But add more water to cook it longer)
You’re going to add all those ingredients into a pot so that you can simmer it. The idea here is to simmer for hours until most, if not all, of the water has evaporated out. I prefer this because I don’t like having to pour out the inch or so of water from the butter after refrigeration. (But tend it—so you don’t burn the butter.) If I have the time I simmer for as long as I can. Remember: you’re cooking weed that’s already been “used”, so simmer longer than you might ordinarily.
After all or most of the water has been simmered out, set it aside to cool.
Once cooled, use cheesecloth and strain it into a container (I use a tupperware container).
Gather the corners of the cloth together and squeeze as much liquid as you can into the container. This may take several minutes and don’t be afraid to use your (washed!) hands. But again make sure it’s cool enough.
After you’ve rung out all the juice, you can throw the vaped weed and the cheesecloth away.
Place the butter in the fridge to solidify.
Vapobutter!
Use vapobutter for brownies, cookies, cakes or whatever you like.
To extend the utility of your material even further: unscrew the bottom compartment of the Mendo mulcher and harvest Kief. (Hey, I’m just learning all this stuff myself. I thought they were talking about Keifer Sutherland.)
Marco and Maximilian
June 18th, 2009 at 10:39am by PollyAs some of you already know, Noble and I have adopted two crazy kitties. Two boys, only two months old. Meet Marco and Maximilian!
Marco is the Man
Sweet Max
They’re so active that it’s hard to get a good picture of them. I had forgotten how much work baby cats are. They are sweeties though. We love them bunches.
Sensation Seekers
June 15th, 2009 at 12:08pm by PollyWow. Two budding serial killers in Humboldt?
(Maybe they need to get together with Tyler Weinman of Florida.)
They may have more than killing animals in common. (They might also be fire starters who wet the bed past an acceptable age. The so called Terrible Triad, which includes cruelty to animals.)
One thing’s for certain, this guy probably also tortured animals.
I’m concerned about what we might have to look forward to, as these sadists grow up in the community.
Have there been any more car fires set in McKinleyville? The last I heard they suspected at least two persons (”two suspicious young males”). They were working together, one fire would be set in one location while another would be set in another location.
Milgram Experiment Clip
June 12th, 2009 at 8:28pm by PollyWhat strikes me about this is how much personal conflict the test subjects had. Especially the ones who, despite being clearly upset, went all the way to the strongest shock. They simply didn’t believe they could say no to an authority figure.
I noticed more than one of the “teachers” went straight for a cigarette afterwards. I think I would too.
I appreciate that afterwards they let the subjects in on the fact that they weren’t actually hurting the “learner”, but that had to have fucked with them. Especially if they went all the way. Apparently many of them reported later that they were glad to have participated.
If you want to download the whole thing, right click here and “save as”.
I can use Cannabis, legally
June 9th, 2009 at 4:11pm by PollyI had my appointment with Diane today. It went great and everything’s in order. (Her office is very comfortable, put me at ease. She even let Noble borrow a book that he commented on. And she REALLY read my files! I was impressed with the stuff she remembered.)
I scanned the original copy of the license, which Diane put in a plastic binder for me. Not the type of license that you may see others using, which includes the patient’s photo (I’ve seen them and they resemble driver’s licenses or photo IDs). Those are valid too but if you have what I have (below) then it’s not really required.
The following is indeed a “license” to use cannabis.
My license to grow, cultivate and use cannabis
Pondering Pig
June 5th, 2009 at 1:14pm by PollyYoutube pulled the video of Deputy Paul Schene and Travis Brunner. Good thing I downloaded it beforehand.
Again, here’s the video. I reposted it.
If you’d like to d/l it, right click and “save as”.
Unlike the others, this vid has sound. I wouldn’t have it up any other way. See, I don’t think it’s okay to sanitize things so we don’t have to experience any trauma. As long as we, as a collective, support the police/policy; as long as we accept the principle of qualified immunity for cops, then we should be made to witness the results of that mistake.
Sound and all.
“Be made to” isn’t the best way to put it. I’m not talking about forcing anyone to witness anything. I’m referring to its availability to those who actually do want to know what these cretins get up to while they’re supposed to be serving and protecting the public—a public which includes Malika Calhoun. Of course that’s not what this goofy asshole did.
I think it’s pretty obvious that the testimony of the police hasn’t lived up to the good faith and qualified immunity bestowed upon it.
The guy in that video assaulting Malika is the same guy who shot two persons (1 of them to death) in ‘02 and ‘06. He has been under investigation for those shootings. Might want to look at this guy’s entire career. He’s apparently had it made… like a serial killer in a horror film.
I can’t think of any good reason for giving police officers special privileges. In fact, considering the special powers and resources they already have, it makes sense to hold them to a higher standard than the public at large. A crime committed by a police officer, if treated differently than one committed by anybody else, should carry a tougher penalty, not a lower one.
And we should get rid of those special charges and penalties for people who victimize police officers, too.
Frankly, if regular paychecks, taxpayer-issued guns and armor, and backup a radio call away aren’t enough to keep Paul Schene and his buddies happy in their work, they’re welcome to try their hand at really dangerous jobs, like driving taxis or working on commercial fishing boats. —J.D. Tuccille, Civil Liberties Examiner
You can read the rest of J.D.’s article here.
Wordpress plugins
June 5th, 2009 at 9:00am by PollyThe house feels empty as hell without Lucky. We’ll always remember her sweetness. She came with her own sound effects. Sometimes she sounded like General Cornrow Wallace! She’d roll up on you like that.
Ptttttttdddddddddrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
That’s when she felt playful.
*sigh*
Onward.
I’ve been piddling around with wordpress themes. I’m using “LightWord” now.
I modified it slightly. I’m actually quite satisfied with it. It meets all of my requirements now. I still don’t understand why so many ppl place the comment section in the byline area.
In this case the theme didn’t even have a byline; it was easy enough to add.
I’ve also added a “like/dislike” plugin but only the comments are showing the rating. I need to figure out how to make it work on posts. If you use wordpress, maybe you’ll find these useful:
Like/Dislike Comment Rating worked for me.
Like/Dislike Post Rating didn’t work for me. I’ll figure it out eventually. Probably something minor.
I never know which plugins I’ll end up keeping. Usually I just play with things, if they are useful they’ll be kept. I liked “The Wall” plugin, but since it had to keep refreshing to load the most recent wall items it made my logs practically useless.
Although a simple filter would fix that problem. I’m just too lazy to do that. Maybe later.
Right now I’m working on the RWA Scale (see “Altemeyer’s Authoritarians“). I can’t use his questions. But if I come up with my own questions it should be fine. Check out his book if you haven’t. (It’s free. Also he prefers that ppl be introduced to his RWA Scale via the book. In this way, they learn that it may—or may not—be useful for individuals; it’s more geared toward getting average trends in groups of persons.)
When he asked me to remove the RWA survey, of course I complied. Nothing to do with copyright it’s just general courtesy. But, as his own survey predicted in my case, I have my own opinion on this.
Given that, do I even really need to take the survey myself? (Of course, I did. I scored very low, obviously.)
I’m also interested in doing an equivalent of the Social Dominance Scale as well. I can’t use his exact questions, but again you can’t copyright an idea, only the expression of it. And as long as I’m not using his questions, I should be okay. I’ve actually got a good idea about this but we’ll see. What I’d like to do is use actual things authoritarians or their followers have said—quotations, in other words—as the items on the survey. Looking at many of these, I could easily come up with quotations from “The Georges”. (Of the Bush persuasion, of course.)
There’s not exactly a shortage of folks who are quotable in this respect.
Have a good day all.
She’s gone
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:27am by PollyFor readers who haven’t seen it on my FB, our kitty died. We buried her in Mama’s garden. She was an old girl. We will miss her madly.
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