5. 10am

This is the fourth loaf variation I’ve tried from the Tartine Bread book. I was surprised that 70% while wheat was still so soft but compact crumb, and had good rise and ovenspring.

Pretty darn tasty.

3. hands

Decibelle loves a good neck rub, and Christopher is happy to oblige. (she’s not that heavy.)

2. words. #FebPhotoaDay

Face, face. I give you typeface. Tonight I took an intro to letterpress class at San Francisco Center for the Book. We got to make some stationery and notecards.

I’m pretty sure I’ll be going back. There’s much more that I want to learn and make. I imagine many more letters and cards in my future.

1. your view today (dreary morning)

Why not try another monthly challenge in the shortest month of the year? Heck, I’ll try two.

At worst, it will result in a few random posts here. That’s better than none.

At best, I’ll have 29 prompted photographs (FebPhotoaDay on Instagram) and 24-29 letters (A Month of Letters) to show for it.

Maybe not such a dim start after all.

What’s the big deal about SOPA and PIPA? The Oatmeal breaks it down nicely. (It’s not pretty and there are some “racy” graphics.)

SOPA and PIPA are about censorship, not piracy: Google explains how you can take action.

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after:

Much has happened since my previous tofurkey posting, most notably is starting a new job. Since I haven’t had much time to write about it, enjoy this holiday video made by my new employer, Chronicle Book.

(If you’re so inclined, feel free to buy books off the site… that’s what I’m charged with improving—our on-site sales. We’re a small independent San Francisco publisher, as opposed to, say, an internet monolith like Amazon.)

A fun-filled day of sharing the flavor of my life in San Francisco with Clara. As we considered where to eat dinner, we found a blog post review of Walzwerk that included this little video.

Who’s that at 2:06?

Sock Summit 2011 is over. Much to recap at a later time. I welcome the after-glow and afterlife. Until then…