getha's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=getha2003-01-21T15:45:04ZSlobberbone (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/getha/writeups/Slobberbonegethahttp://m.everything2.com/user/getha2003-01-21T15:45:04Z2003-01-21T15:45:04Z<p>
In my <a href="/title/music+collection">music collection</a><sup>1</sup> (nearly exclusively <a href="/title/MiniDisc">MD's</a> I copied from my brothers immense <a href="/title/CD">CD</a> collection) there are a number of <a href="/title/disc">discs</a> I return to regularly. But there are a few that find their way into my <a href="/title/Sony+MZ-N505">Sony MZ-N505</a> daily. When I'm at home, the first thing I do is turn on the <a href="/title/music">music</a>. There is hardly ever a silent moment in my room, I even go to sleep with the music on<sup>2</sup>.
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Slobberbone is one of those few. Recently I added their 2000 <a href="/title/album">album</a>, <em><a href="/title/Everything+You+Thought+Was+Right+Was+Wrong+Today">Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today</a></em>, to the other two in my <a href="/title/collection">collection</a>, <em><a href="/title/Crow+Pot+Pie">Crow Pot Pie</a></em> and <em><a href="/title/Barrel+Chested">Barrel Chested</a></em>. I am trying to get their last album, <em><a href="/title/Slippage">Slippage</a></em>, in my collection too.
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Slobberbone originated in <a href="/title/Denton%252C+Texas">Denton, Texas</a>, early in 1992, with <a href="/title/singer">singer</a>/<a href="/title/songwriter">songwriter</a>/<a href="/title/guitarist">guitarist</a> <a href="/title/Brent+Best">Brent Best</a>, <a href="/title/lead+guitarist">lead guitarist</a> <a href="/title/Jess+Barr">Jess Barr</a>, <a href="/title/bassist">bassist</a> <a href="/title/Brian+Lane">Brian Lane</a> and <a href="/title/drummer">drummer</a> <a href="/title/Tony+Harper">Tony Harper</a>. At the <a href="/title/outset">outset</a> the band was not all that driven to <a href="/title/make+it+big">make it big</a>, <a href="/title/free+beer">free beer</a> and<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…sayur (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/getha/writeups/sayurgethahttp://m.everything2.com/user/getha2002-08-25T19:38:10Z2002-08-25T19:38:10Z<p>
<strong>Sayur</strong> (or the often still used old <a href="/title/Dutch">Dutch</a> <a href="/title/spelling">spelling</a> <strong>sajoer</strong>) is a <a href="/title/food">food</a> item from <a href="/title/Bahasa+Indonesia">Indonesia</a> that is hard to <a href="/title/translate">translate</a> in <a href="/title/English">English</a> (or other western <a href="/title/language">languages</a> for that matter).
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The best <a href="/title/translation">translation</a> is possibly simply <em>vegetable soup</em>, but that does not entirely cover the term. In a number of sayurs <a href="/title/meat">meat</a> is included in the <a href="/title/recipe">recipe</a>, so it's not <a href="/title/vegetable+soup">vegetable soup</a>, per se.
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The trouble with this <a href="/title/term">term</a> probably stems from the fact that Indonesian food <a href="/title/tradition">traditions</a> differ from regular western food traditions. In the west, <a href="/title/soup">soup</a> is usually eaten as an <a href="/title/hors+d%2527oeuvre">appetizer</a><sup>1</sup>, while sayur is part of the <a href="/title/main+course">main course</a>. In fact, in <a href="/title/Indonesian+cuisine">Indonesian cuisine</a> there is no such thing as an <a href="/title/appetizer">appetizer</a> or a main course. There is just the meal itself<sup>2</sup>.
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Also, sayur is usually the healthy part of a meal, so instead of a <a href="/title/vegetable">vegetable</a> <a href="/title/side+dish">side dish</a>, sayur is served. The sayur is<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…sayur bayam (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/getha/writeups/sayur+bayamgethahttp://m.everything2.com/user/getha2002-08-25T16:39:38Z2002-08-25T16:39:38Z<p>
This must be one of the easiest <a href="/title/sayur">sayurs</a> one can <a href="/title/prepare">prepare</a>, and consequently is rapidly becoming one of my <a href="/title/favourite">favourite</a> healthy <a href="/title/side+dishe">side dishes</a>. As with all <a href="/title/Indonesian+cooking">Indonesian cooking</a> (and <a href="/title/cooking">cooking</a> in general, in my opinion), <a href="/title/variation">variation</a> and <a href="/title/experimentation">experimentation</a> are a good part of keeping the same old <a href="/title/recipe">recipes</a> fresh and inviting, so if that <a href="/title/mood">mood</a> strikes you, go right ahead, <a href="/title/embrace">embrace</a> and <a href="/title/enhance">enhance</a>.
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<h4>Basic <a href="/title/ingredient">ingredients</a></h4>
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<li>about 1/4 <a href="/title/kilogram">kilograms</a> of <a href="/title/fresh">fresh</a> <a href="/title/spinach">spinach</a><sup>1</sup> per person
<li>a large quantity of <a href="/title/bouillon+water">bouillon water</a>
<li>1 <a href="/title/clove">clove</a> of <a href="/title/garlic">garlic</a>
<li>some <a href="/title/trassi">trassi</a>
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Preparing this dish is easy. Cut the clove of garlic into a few large <a href="/title/section">sections</a> and add it to the bouillon, together with the <a href="/title/pinch">pinch</a> of trassi. If you don't have either, don't worry, just leave them out, but they do give that bit of extra <a href="/title/taste">taste</a> to the resulting dish.
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<a href="/title/Heat">Heat</a> up the bouillon water to <a href="/title/boiling">boiling</a> <a href="/title/point">point</a>. The<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…gasp (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/getha/writeups/gaspgethahttp://m.everything2.com/user/getha2002-08-25T14:30:31Z2002-08-25T14:30:31Z<h4><a href="/title/Rendezvous+circuit">A rendezvous circuit</a></h4>
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<a href="/title/Muller+C-element">Rendezvous circuits</a> are used in <a href="/title/clockless+computing">asynchronous sys</a><a href="/title/asynchronous+system+design">tem designs</a> to control when a certain <a href="/title/action">action</a> can be started based on whether two or more <a href="/title/previous">previous</a> actions have been <a href="/title/complete">completed</a> successfully.
A <strong>GasP</strong> circuit is a new kind of <a href="/title/rendezvous">rendezvous</a> <a href="/title/circuit">circuit</a> that <a href="/title/evolve">evolved</a> from an earlier family of circuits <a href="/title/design">designed</a> by <a href="/title/Charles+Molnar">Charles E. Molnar</a>, at <a href="/title/Sun+Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a>. This previous circuit was named <a href="/title/asP%252A">asP*</a>, as in <strong><a href="/title/asynchronous">asynchronous</a> <a href="/title/symmetric">symmetric</a> <a href="/title/pulse">pulse</a> <a href="/title/protocol">protocol</a></strong>. Sun's <a href="/title/Asynchronous+Design+Group">Asynchronous Design Group</a> added the G in front of its <a href="/title/incarnation">incarnation</a>, because <em>"GasP is what you are supposed to do when you see how fast our new circuits go."</em><sup>1</sup>
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As an <a href="/title/example">example</a>, GasP circuits can be used to <a href="/title/control">control</a> the <a href="/title/data+flow">data flow</a> in an <a href="/title/asynchronous+data+pipeline">asynchronous data pipeline</a>. The <a href="/title/pipeline">pipeline</a> is made up of a number of <a href="/title/section">sections</a><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Meru Betiri National Park (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/getha/writeups/Meru+Betiri+National+Parkgethahttp://m.everything2.com/user/getha2002-08-03T07:18:07Z2002-08-03T07:18:07Z<p>
Also known as <a href="/title/Sukamade">Sukamade</a> (or Sukomade, or Sukamande, depending on which <a href="/title/map">map</a> or <a href="/title/book">book</a> one <a href="/title/consult">consults</a>) or "<a href="/title/turtle+island">turtle island</a>", <strong>Meru Betiri National Park</strong> is one of the least accessible places of <a href="/title/Java">Java</a>, <a href="/title/Indonesia">Indonesia</a>. The <a href="/title/park">park</a> is located along the southeast <a href="/title/coast">coast</a> of Java, south of <a href="/title/Jember">Jember</a>, and covers 580 <a href="/title/square">square</a> <a href="/title/kilometers">kilometers</a>; mostly <a href="/title/coastal+rainforest">coastal rainforest</a>, but also <a href="/title/mangrove">mangrove</a>, <a href="/title/lowland">lowland</a> <a href="/title/swamp">swamp</a> and <a href="/title/bamboo+forest">bamboo forest</a> along with several <a href="/title/plantation">plantations</a> (<a href="/title/rubber">rubber</a>, <a href="/title/coffee">coffee</a>, <a href="/title/cacao">cacao</a> and <a href="/title/coconut">coconut</a>).
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Along the coast, Meru Betiri sports a number of beautiful <a href="/title/beach">beaches</a>, some of which are used as <a href="/title/spawning+grounds">spawning grounds</a> by five <a href="/title/species">species</a> of <a href="/title/sea-turtle">sea-turtle</a>.
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Although now mostly known (and visited) for the <a href="/title/turtle">turtles</a> that come <a href="/title/ashore">ashore</a> to lay their <a href="/title/egg">eggs</a>, the park used to be known as the last <a href="/title/habitat">home</a> of the <a href="/title/Javan+Tiger">Javan Tiger</a>. Even though <a href="/title/sighting">sightings</a> still occur, it is sadly nearly certain that this <a href="/title/member">member</a> of the <a href="/title/family">family</a> <em><!-- close unclosed tag --></em><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Rantepao (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/getha/writeups/Rantepaogethahttp://m.everything2.com/user/getha2002-07-20T13:40:30Z2002-07-20T13:40:30Z<p>
<a href="/title/Political+capital">Political capital</a> of <a href="/title/Tana+Toraja">Tana Toraja</a>, <strong>Rantepao</strong>, <a href="/title/Sulawesi">Sulawesi</a>, <a href="/title/Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, is a small village town in central <a href="/title/Tana+Toraja">Tana Toraja</a>. Due to its <a href="/title/elevation">elevation</a> the <a href="/title/climate">climate</a> is very pleasant, even in the <a href="/title/dry+season">dry season</a> when, for example, the temperature in <a href="/title/Makassar">Makassar</a> is nearly unbearably high.
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The <a href="/title/Dutch">Dutch</a> first arrived in the area of <a href="/title/Tana+Toraja">Tana Toraja</a> at the start of the 20<sup>th</sup> century and in 1906 they set foot in Rantepao. As the ones to arrive were 'zendelingen', or <a href="/title/missionary">missionaries</a>, the <a href="/title/conversion">conversion</a> of the <a href="/title/local+populace">local populace</a> was one of the first things on the <a href="/title/agenda">agenda</a>. The <a href="/title/highlands">highlands</a> of <a href="/title/Sulawesi">Sulawesi</a> is one area where they were quite successful, which is mainly due to the wish of the <a href="/title/locals">locals</a> to differentiate themselves from the <a href="/title/Muslim">Muslim</a> people along the <a href="/title/coast">coast</a>. As <a href="/title/Christianity">Christianity</a> was a <a href="/title/viable+alternative">viable alternative</a> to the Muslim <a href="/title/religion">religion</a> they opted to <a href="/title/convert">convert</a> to Christianity. This same <a href="/title/phenomenon">phenomenon</a> can also been seen with for example the <a href="/title/Batak">Batak</a> people in <a href="/title/Sumatra">Sumatra</a>. These<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…