Regarding Spice.

The worm is the spice, the spice is the worm. - Paul Atreides

This last weekend, I had the chance to eat a delicious meal of Indian food. I have rarely eaten such type of food, but as I read the menu, the Chicken Tikka Masala looked interesting enough. I ordered that from the kind man in the orange turban and waited for my food. My wife also ordered a Masala varation that included lamb. When we got our food, my nose filled with the rich aroma of the spices used. Very different taste from food common to the US. But I found that I loved it.

It shows how walled off I was to not know of such a great food. I am a great lover of spices. I know my hot sauce (picante) well, and I love the different variations in hispanic heat. Those that are mixed with vinegar, those that are pure chili pepper, those that a heavy with tomato or cilantro. The spices used in indian food were still exotic to me, and it makes me want to eat more and more of the unknown foods of this world our God has created for us. Such great diversity is amoung us, food is only one type of diversity. I would exhort you all to try a wide variety of food, and as you do, seek to understand the culture, ideas and methods of others.

Regarding Macs

So, I may or may not have purchase a Mac Mini. Which I am really stoked about. For a grand total, (Including taxes) of just over 1000USD I was very pleased with the price. Here are the stats.

Intel Core Duo @ 2.0 GHz

4GB 1066Mhz RAM (Wow, that is the most I have ever had)

Nvidia 9400 Graphics 

MacOSX (giggle)

I have only had a few hours to play with it so far, but I really enjoy this machine.

I've made a few changes from the usual mac setup. We purchased a bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo, where the mouse in integrated with the keyboard. We also bought a display adapter to VGA. We then plugged the mac mini into our 32" TV. Muahaha! 

There are a grand total of three cables that are plugged into little hamburger-sized machine. Power, Video and speakers. Everything else is wireless. It pulls the internet from our wireless, our keyboard is bluetooth, so no connectors there. 

I ripped a few CD's onto the hard drive and sound is excellent. you can hear it from the whole house. During the process of listening to some big band and swing songs, I walked away from the Mini and tested the range on the keyboard. To my delight, I could not find a place in our house where the keyboard would not adjust the sound or change tracks. ::Giggle::

I do not know what other adventures await for this little machine, but the possibilities are great!

Tonight: Ripping DVD's to my little machine. (So that we have a backup copy of DVD's we own.)