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Cooking for Engineers

gbjbaanb writes "It's not often I post about a website, but this one is different. It is Cooking For Engineers. No big deal, you'd think - a web site about recipes and cooking. But go look at how he's presented it. Most recipes are designed for women, and their funny way of looking at the world. These are very different and instantly understandable for tech geeks like us. Oh yes, although he's been affected by firefox, he blames Microsoft. :)"

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  1. Poor guy... by ack154 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Kind of ironic that todays post was about traffic:
    All I can say now is: WOW!

    On Wednesday, my readership started to increase from 20-40 hits per day to over 150 hits. I was starting to approach 1000 total hits and was pretty excited about that, when on Thursday I received almost 2000 hits. Right now, (a little past 2:30pm Pacific Daylight Savings Time) I have received almost 6000 hits for Friday.

    Yesterday, with less than 2000 hits I exceeded by bandwidth traffic limitations for the MONTH. Thursday's transfers were in excess of 1 GB. I immediately upgraded the service from doteasy.com's free service to the highest tiered pay service, but that only gives me 20 GB per month. So, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I'm guessing the 20 GB will last only through the weekend.

    So, I need suggestions on low cost HIGH traffic (I guess I'll need about 10 GB per day) servers that I can move my website to. I don't need too much space (100 MB will last a long time) because the site is currently only 8 MB.

    As a warning this website might go down, but I'll do everything I can to keep it up and running.

    I'm also thinking about putting up a paypal donation thing, but that isn't going to help unless I can find a host that will be able to allow enough monthly traffic for the website to survive.

    You can post comments here or e-mail me at cooking@cookingforengineers.com.
    Poor guy... already having bandwidth troubles and then someone slashdots him...
  2. Alton Brown... Is that you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought there was already a Patron Saint chef of geeks... Alton Brown!

  3. My favorite engineer recipe. by Daleks · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Find a woman who can tolerate you.
    2. Enter the kitchen with her.
    3. Do whatever she says.

    Actually, if you leave out step 2 the other steps nearly always apply.

  4. Tiramisu: "whisk to stiff peaks," by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    "layer and spread twice." I don't know whether to be hungry or horny!

    ~~~

  5. What is a cup? by hattig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on ... "cooking for engineers" ... use Metric for chrissakes.

    I once read a recipe : "1 cup banana" ... no kidding.

    Americans ...

  6. Cooking v1.0 for nerds by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Goto store
    2. Insert 12, eggs, cart
    3. Insert 1lb, butter, cart
    4. Mov $5.00, wallet, store_clerk
    5. Goto home
    6. Mov pan, grill
    7. heating = 05
    8. Mov 1oz, butter, pan
    9. Mov 2, eggs, pan
    10. sleep (1000)
    11. Mov product, oral_cavity
    12. end

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  7. Re:It's a forgery by El · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but where do I find an oven that's calibrated in degrees Kelvin?

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  8. Here's Mine by superid · · Score: 4, Funny


    "Microwave Until Hot"

    yep, and I'm an engineer too

  9. Phewww!! by ImTwoSlick · · Score: 5, Funny
    For a second there, I thought the title said:

    Cooking Foreigners

    Needs more salt.

    1. Re:Phewww!! by Avumede · · Score: 4, Funny

      No thanks. I had Indian for lunch.

  10. Re:It's a forgery by base3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just "Kelvin," not "degrees Kelvin," damn it :).</nerd>

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  11. The secret to getting a story posted on /. by bunnyman · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Point out that IE is not standards compliant.
    2) Submit story.
    3) Allow web server to bake until golden brown.
    4) Enjoy!

  12. Re:It's a forgery by E-Rock · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think NASA tried using both and it didn't work out so well.

  13. Re:And people wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "People wonder why we can't get laid?"

    1) Turn the box off.
    2) Open the blinds, curtains, shades, etc. and check to see if it is day or night.
    3) Clean up the old pizza boxes, dirty dishes, and other assorted junk around the box.
    4) Clean and bleach the kitchen and bathroom, and change the sheets on the bed.
    5) Shower, brush your teeth, slath on some deoderant, and dress in clean street clothes. (Put the the old plaid bathrobe you have been wearing for the past 3 months in a strong plastic bag. Or better yet burn it.)
    6) Walk out the door.

    This method isn't foolproof, but with the simple act of getting the hell out of the house you will increase your odds of getting laid by 100%.

    Oh yes......if you do find yourself in the company of an interesting female you may further increase your odds by asking for what you want. We can't read your minds.

    Just a thought from a female...

  14. So that means ... by I+don't+want+to+spen · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... It must be open sauce ...

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