Comments for Kurt's Thoughts http://kurtsthoughts.com Scribblings about dogs, Japanese sake, geeky stuff & Las Vegas from an opinionated Japanese technologist. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on How I printed a chapter from a Kindle eBook by Howard http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-1047 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:58:44 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-1047 Thank you Kurt,

I found this piece of software that does the job for me.
http://www.ebook-converter.com/kindle-pc-converter.htm

Thank you for helping me

Howard

]]> Comment on How I printed a chapter from a Kindle eBook by kurtsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-1043 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:18:17 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-1043 I’m sorry but I cannot provide troubleshooting assistance. I can tell you that I have the following version of Python installed and that Python is automatically loaded with when Python scripts (.pyw) are run.
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/releases/2.7.2.5/ActivePython-2.7.2.5-win32-x86.msi

]]> Comment on How I printed a chapter from a Kindle eBook by Howard http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-1033 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:01 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-1033 Greetings Kurt,

Thanks for giving me hope. I purchased a Kindle for PC book titled the Perfect Health Diet but need to be able to mark it up significantly in order to study and master the material. Your technique is offering some light but I am not through the tunnel yet.

You recommended ActivePython/releases/2.6.6.15/ActivePython-2.6.6.15-win32-x86.msi . Your link to the product does not work (2012-02-01), so i went to the Active State site directly downloaded the product closest in version to your recommendation.
Python 2.6.6.1 or 2.6.6.15 was not listed so I took 2.5.6.10. The next highest version is 2.6.7.20. Perhaps i should try that. HOWEVER, your instructions do not indicate how or when to use the active python download in the process of converting the Kindle book.

I clicked on the “Unswindle_v7.pyw” and waited overnight as you had said that it was a bit slow. I tried it a few times but it has not launched the Kindle 1.01 Beta as you said it would. Am I missing a step?

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by kurtsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-1005 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:16:30 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-1005 Thank you, Ars. Appreciate the compliment and hope you make it to the new Marina location. It’s not at all like the Washington location but it’s got the same spicy shrimp broth that I’m sure you remember so that might be worth the trip.

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by arspoetice http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-962 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:15:01 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-962 What a way with words you have! A wonderfully vivid little vignette that speaks to the marvelous intersections in Angeleno society . . .

You are no mere techie, Kurtish, says the former USC writing prof.

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by kurtsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-954 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:35:34 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-954 Yeah, that’s probably right. It’s on the “ABOUT” page of http://killershrimp.com that Lee Michaels owns the restaurant and his son Kevin manages it. I’ve spotted him a couple times at the restaurant – he comes out to greet business execs & VIPs with reservations, I think. I once saw a couple come in that looked like something out of a day time soap opera (the guy had a scruffy, chiseled chin & made the women in the lobby swoon… the gal had an mindblowing figure that made even the most discreet guy leer uncomfortably) and he came out slowly to shake hands and say a few words while some business manager types came to escort them. He has orange designer glasses, flaming orange hair, and walks kind of like Ozzy Osbourne… with a demonstrable hunch and scuffles his feet quite a bit.

So yeah, it’s likely true.

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by arspoetice http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-945 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:30:16 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-945 Upscale KS?!?! What a travesty! So glad to know you’re well on the way to resolving the mystery. And sorry to drag you back in, but this may get so good, you might want to start one of your own!

One strange comment somewhere on the internet had said that orange hair guy was the ’70s rocker Lee Michaels. Did you ever hear that?

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by kurtsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-942 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:23:08 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-942 Dammit, Arspoetice. You’re making me get back into this quest and I’d thought I’d gotten out! Because I’m betting you’re right. In fact, I think my wife is gonna facepalm for not thinking of this. Thanks for the input! Can’t wait to try this now. (…gotta go buy more clam juice now…)

Here’s the super-secret web site for the newly rebuilt Killer Shrimp:
http://killershrimp.com/
FYI: The place is MONSTROUS. It used to be a place called the Waterfront Restaurant before. It’s about 14x the square footage of the original Killer Shrimp location and it’s menu is far deeper than the original “Shrimp only” menu, now serving steaks and appetizers, as well as a full bar. (Instead of beer & iced tea) The original owner – the guy with orange hair (Kevin Michaels?) is still there.

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by arspoetice http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-921 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:35:59 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-921 One final note — I usually rinse shrimp to death to get rid of any fishiness, but since the broth was still a bit off at this point, I just threw them in! Not swearing that it’s the most sanitary approach, but in the spirit of full disclosure (really hating that one guy who refused to name his secret ingredient), I thought I’d better add that detail.

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by arspoetice http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-916 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:36:14 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-916 Okay, just finished putting the leftovers away after having spent the evening tweaking, my husband tasting the various alterations from my recommendations. We ended up adding:

2 T Worcestershire sauce
1 T lemon juice
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. oregano
1/4 cup butter (for a total of 3/4 cup – this also upped that savory element)

The most important outcome of these changes, we feel, was that the kitchen smelled like Killer Shrimp. We could close our eyes, picture ourselves in the Marina or Studio City. Perfect!

Let me know what you think. And thanks for all your incredible work in the search.

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” (Part 6) by arspoetice http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/#comment-914 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:42:44 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6#comment-914 The umami, or savory, quality you’re missing is clearly (from Creole barbecued shrimp recipes) worcestershire sauce. These recipes also include lemon juice or sliced lemons cooked with the sauce. Since their sauce is not a broth as in KS, but just butter and spices, etc., and doesn’t cook for nearly the length of time, I would try for lemon juice. Another couple of essential elements of louisiana cuisine are paprika and oregano.

By the way, I haven’t been able to find the resurrected Marina KS, despite regular yellow pages (online) searches.

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Avoid getting longhauled on the Vegas strip by @WinObs Tweeted Links for 08 January 2012 | WindowsObserver.com http://kurtsthoughts.com/2012/01/08/howto-avoid-getting-longhauled-on-the-vegas-strip/#comment-834 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:08:59 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=1040#comment-834 [...] HOWTO: Avoid getting longhauled on the Vegas strip [...]

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” by kurtsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/04/24/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d/#comment-738 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:24:32 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d#comment-738 Glad you liked it but this is a realllllllllllly old version! You’ll note that I labeled the recipe “(version .01b)”. I wrote half a dozen posts on Killer Shrimp recipes and the last two were:

Killer Shrimp – Part 5: (Recipe version .04)
http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/04/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-5/
Killer Shrimp – Part 6:
http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/06/13/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d-part-6/

We we’re pretty satisfied with the recipe in Part 5 and ended up leaving it at that because I got tired of futzing. That and the fact that Killer Shrimp reopened in Marina Del Rey about a year ago.

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” by Romney http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/04/24/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d/#comment-732 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:23:29 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d#comment-732 I followed your recipe except for the celery seed and it came out really good! You really pulled together the recipes that are floating around and came up with a pretty good copy of the original. This is not my first attempt at trying to recreate this recipe, but it is the best one so far.

Thanks….

]]> Comment on How I printed a chapter from a Kindle eBook by HOWTO: Read Kindle eBooks on your Windows Mobile 6 device « Kurt's Thoughts http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-702 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:47:17 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/#comment-702 [...] UPDATE 12/16/11: It seems a lot of people have been finding this entry interesting.  For those of you looking to take your Kindle eBooks on the road, I’ve written a chapter on how to take a given chapter of an eBook and print it for reading on the road.  It’s useful for when you’re reading in environments where the reading material could get damaged – like at the pool, on the beach, or in lousy weather conditions.  (I used to do this for reading at the pool in Vegas) http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/01/31/how-i-printed-a-chapter-from-a-kindle-ebook/ [...]

]]> Comment on Fixing my Braun Syncro Shaver Razor Clean & Charge Stand (Model 7526) by Dan http://kurtsthoughts.com/2008/09/16/fixing-my-braun-syncro-shaver-razor-clean-charge-stand-model-7526/#comment-441 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:02:23 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/fixing-my-braun-syncro-shaver-razor-clean-charge-stand-model-7526#comment-441 I have an even cheaper solution; basically free. All you need to do is get a 5″ piece of coathanger wire, (or you can use welding rod, anything) and a small drill bit just the same diameter of the wire.

1)unplug the stand from the power outlet
2)Put the shaver in the stand and press down the top button, you can use duct tape to hold it down while you work
3) Use the drill bit to drill a hole 1/2 up the tower side from the base, I drilled mine on the side over the roundy part
NOTE: Drill VERY carefully, you just want to get through the two overlapping layers of plastic, no need to go all the way through the ‘tower’. In fact there are probably wires in there so just drill carefully – I even used my fingers to drill with

4) Bend a loop in one end of the wire (for grip)
5) stick the wire into the hole you drilled and voila ! it will hold the top down. Just pull on the wire loop and it will pop up. Press it down again and stick the wire in the hole and it stays down.

I can take a pic if that would help, it says a thousand words…

]]> Comment on Good night, Sheepa. I’ll always love you. by kurtsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/09/11/good-night-sheepa-ill-always-love-you/#comment-433 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:36:05 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/good-night-sheepa-ill-always-love-you/#comment-433 Thank you Maggie. I appreciate your kind words. I can’t honestly say that I’ve gotten anywhere close to getting over his loss. I still sit with him and say ‘good night’ to him every night where his ashes are and it makes me feel a little better. We were going to put his ashes at his favorite tree but in the end I couldn’t do it. Instead we keep him near where he used to hang out with me when we’d watch TV. I can’t bring myself to move his dishes or his bed or his toys because I start to get hysterical every time I try so.

But I am glad that you remember him. Not many people seem to… but that was because he was ultimately ‘my dog’ & my dog alone, and that’s okay. That’s all that matters in the end.

]]> Comment on Good night, Sheepa. I’ll always love you. by Maggie Marsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/09/11/good-night-sheepa-ill-always-love-you/#comment-432 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:11:50 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/good-night-sheepa-ill-always-love-you/#comment-432 Hi Kurt -

Just wanted to say thank you again, for the beautiful picture you gave me of “Sheepa”. Sheepa is forever loved in our household as “Sheepa” looks over us, everyday, with that beautiful smile.

Your post of “Sheepa” are just amazing! Your love and kindness to “Sheepa” will never go unnoticed. We all wish their were animal caretakers, like yourself.

Just always know, “Sheepa” will always have that special place in my heart and forever loved.

All our love to you and the family ~

Maggie Marsh
Overland Vet Clinic – Vet Tech

]]> Comment on In Search Of… the recipe for Marina Del Rey’s “Killer Shrimp” by BAZINGA » Archive » Killer Shrimp Recipe??? http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/04/24/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d/#comment-414 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:18:28 +0000 http://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/in-search-of%e2%80%a6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ckiller-shrimp%e2%80%9d#comment-414 [...] out of 10 we grab the pot with leftover broth and dig in with the second loaf Kurt’s Recipe http://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/04/24/in-search-of%E2%80%A6-the-recipe-for-marina-del-rey%E2%80%99s-%E… Killer Shrimp (version .01b) [...]

]]> Comment on Good night, Sheepa. I’ll always love you. by kurtsh http://kurtsthoughts.com/2011/09/11/good-night-sheepa-ill-always-love-you/#comment-387 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:16:57 +0000 https://kurtsthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/good-night-sheepa-ill-always-love-you/#comment-387 Thanks Richard. This has been a really trying time. I appreciate your kind words.

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