>You mean ginger beer? Doesn't that have a lot of sugar? >I've been living wheet- and yeast- and suger-free now for almost a year. >(apart from alcohol from which I still have not parted completely, but >cut down on considerably)
Hi Desi There are other tranquilizers . . . or desensitizers . . . or shell creators . . . This particular drink uses grape juice as the sweetener It is called Rochester Ginger drink . . . :-) . >I like to add fresh coriander to curry and also some slices of lemon or >lime; peel and all. Fresh coriandar - yum Citrus - yum One of the things quite difficult to get is whole beetroot (you can then boil and use the roots) but you can also use the tops which are yummy I also like to use candied ginger . . . >Lemongrass is also quite delicious with curries. >and a few chillies of course. Lemongrass is nice - but I have never cooked with it . . . I use 'course' powdered dry chillies (bigger bits than powdered). >I had to think a long time about what else. >I decided on misosoup, with veggies. Yes.... for breakfast, with herbs >and garlic. Works well. Soup is our official nutrition for a reason . . . Miso soup - wonderful - do you use buckwheat noddles? Does anyone make fresh pasta? >Also since breakfast is often the only meal I eat at home at the moment. >So it is logical to make that a hot meal. And take crackers and dolmas, >nuts, olives and salads etc along to the lake for lunch and dinner. >I'm finding out many tasteful evening meal salads, with either potatoes >or kamut spirelly, corn macarony etc., and fresh veggies, beans and >seasoning in them. What is kamut spirelly? A great bean is flageolet (young haricots) - one of the most pricey but delicious . . . >>Lobster >> >>PS. >>Been thinking quite seriously about developing >>a programming language for tmxxine but I think >>I may have to wait for its development - two years away >>tops. >> >> >> >It would be nice to have an opportunity to learn a language while it is >being developed >:-) > >Love, >Desi It would indeed - it is quite a task :-) I am slowly getting an idea of what this language would be like I am calling it ASK (Assisted Sentience Kit) Some of this will not make sense yet but let me ramble for a while . . . Programming is JUST getting the computer to do what you want in this sense we are all programmers now In fact WIndows is based on a System developed which used the Smalltalk language and the first mouse (Steve Jobs saw this and developed the Mac) Smalltalk is best implemented in the creative and fun language 'Squeak' (used by kids) Other 'for Kiddee developed' languages are LOGO and BASIC These (IMO) are still too complex and a new breed of languages is developing that is similar to HTML and outputs a script in XUL or XML (this is why developing HTML web design skills is useful) Curl which we are using for CurlChat is clever in that it is scripted. What does this mean? Languages are (broadly - 'interpreted' or 'compiled') An interpreted language needs the 'language interpreter' to take each line of code and do the instructions it provides. This can be slow. A compiled language, takes the instructions and 'pre-interprets' them into a program that does not need the language because the instruction bits are in the compiled program - also they are compiled (usually) into a fast language that the computer processor uses - Machine Code. Modern languages like Curl and Java are quite clever. Java for example creates compiled programs that require an interpreter (called a virtual machine) to run The clever bit is the virtual machine can exist on ANY type of processor So Java programs can run on Mac Processors, PC, Sun and mainframes as you do not have to compile for a specific processor. Most languages now have a visual design component AND this (IMO) is the most important aspect It used to be that if you wanted a box to display a graphic you used to have say: DRAW BOX (23,45,67,89) (usually it involved much more than that - the numbers would refer to specific screen drawing points) With a visual design component you drag and drop a box for a graphic onto your design area. Curl has such an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) I believe ASK should concentrate on this aspect and use the idea of Interactivity or ASKing what the programmer wants to do with components Programmers are interested in the language that is used to drive the IDE - to be honest this to me is like the debate about 'INTEL inside' Who cares - does it work does it do the job . . . . . . More to follow . . . Lob ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/_bWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HolyGeek/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
