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noreply@blogger.com (Bob Rose) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:34:00 +0000

Kids from a few years ago!

Embeded Map

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Rose) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:55:00 +0000

Let's say you have a blog (you do have a blog, don't you?), and you're talking about hiking in the white mountains of new hampshire. Well, wouldn't it be cool to just insert a google map right into your blog, just like this:

Pretty cool, huh?

Maptrot.com now has an 'embed this map' option that provides the html snippet to include in your blog or website.

Negotiation Tips (link)

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Rose) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:29:00 +0000

Found this page on negotiation tips. Very good stuff and relevant to many situations! Some are obvious, but could use a reminder, others are not so obvious and worth thinking about.

New Vegetarian Restaurant in Boulder - Leaf

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Rose) — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:03:00 +0000

Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant
16th, just North of Pearl, Boulder

A few people have mentioned this place, so Linda and I tried it last night! Overall, it's pretty good, but pricey.

The decor is really nice, sparse, but very elegant, clean, and tasteful. Wood floors, big windows, white walls with muted colors. It's a very small place so I can imaging it being a bit noisy if was real busy.

The service was great and the staff very attentive and on the ball. Our server knew exactly what was vegan and what could be made vegan, he didn't have to ask the cook about every dish, which was great!

We had the fiddlehead ferns (appetizer) which was delicious! Tender young ferns stir fried in olive oil, garlic, and other seasonings. Very tasty. The seaweed salad was also outstanding. A decent portion (good for two), lots of seaweed, beets, radish, and salad greens. With the appetizers they also brought out some wonderful bread that tasted freshly baked. We were wondering if we can just get a bottle of wine and a loaf of that bread next time! ;-)

We tried two entrees - the grilled seitan with a bourbon-bbq sauce and the noodle bowl. The Seitan was wonderful, highly recommended. The grilling gave the seaitan a nice charred flavor and the sauce was thick and tasty. It's served with potatoes, carrots, and a tiny piece of bok choy. Not a huge portion! I think the seitan was made fresh, it was very tender.

I liked the noodle bowl, but it wasn't great. The noodles were a little overcooked and there weren't many veggies with it. The sauce was nice, though. Linda found it too spicy and didn't like it much. I wouldn't get that again. The thai and indian dishes looked great, maybe we'll try them next time.

For dessert we had NOTHING! ;-( They're really short on vegan desserts. They had a rice pudding that we didn't want and soy ice-cream. Big deal. We made a point to ask about more vegan desserts and even made our guy go back and be sure nothing else is vegan. If everyone who goes in there asks for vegan desserts, maybe they'll work on that!

So overall, the food was very good, definitely "gourmet", but without alcohol (we drank a smoothie and a fruit juice), it was about $50. More than we'd normally pay to go out to eat, but ok once in a while. Definitely worth it for a special occasion, or just to support a vegetarian restaurant!

Great article: "User delight and the guy-from-the-train phenomenon"

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Rose) — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:50:00 +0000

The Creating Passionate Users blog is a wonderful source of insights and inspiration. A recent article User delight and the guy-from-the-train phenomenon is a great example. It's about how the mundane or ordinary becomes special and unique when you're not expecting it. An example is the flower vase built into the new VW Bug dashboard. Simple, ordinary, but totally unexpected on the dash. People remember it, use it, and love it.