Self-tutoring about the Chrome browser: the tutor measures its default font size in pixels. I opened the Chrome settings and found its font set to “medium”. I then made a quick page with two divs: one set at 20em, then …
Tutoring English, homonyms are a favourite topic of mine. The tutor mentions the pair filter and philter. A filter is a porous barrier to separate solids from liquid; a philtre is a magic potion – often, specifically, a love potion. …
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions the word apposite. apposite adj: cleverly chosen for the situation. The meal of cold-cut sandwiches was apposite, given the hot weather. Source: Barber, Katherine et al. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current …
Self-tutoring about peanut butter preference: the tutor inquires about the popularity of crunchy vs smooth. We eat a lot of peanut butter, but have gone years without buying crunchy. I’d say 95% of the peanut butter we’ve ever bought has …
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Self-tutoring about plant lore: the tutor researches four-leaf clovers. The rarity of the four-leaf clover is around 1:10000, research suggests. I’ve never found a four-leaf clover. However, one summer when I was a kid, one of my friends found one, …
Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor inquires about screen size, resolution, dp, and ppi. Apparently, dp is 160x(screen size in inches). Resolution means, as I understand, the logical, rather than physical, linear elements across the screen. The reason: ppi (pixels per …
Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor arrives at the definitions of clarified butter and ghee. Clarified butter and ghee are not the same but can be explained as follows: Clarified butter is begun by heating butter at low heat so that …
Self-tutoring about safe temperature to heat cooking oil led the tutor to seek the difference between flash point and fire point. At the flash point, the vapor is ignitable but will only burn with a continuous source of ignition. At …
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Self-tutoring about baking: the tutor shares a simple trick. When you bake something, you definitely don’t want eggshell in it. Of course, it usually wouldn’t happen. However, the odd time, an egg might crack irregularly, so that a piece of …
Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor shares a find. I searched up a rub to elevate some chicken legs on the barbecue and found this one from Brenda McGrath at allrecipes.com, a site I often visit for recipes. I rubbed the …