Welcome to My World

I hope you find some enjoyment in my blogs. This page contains a mixture of cooking, railraoding, programing, and IOT applications/hardware ideas.

Friday, September 20, 2019

How do you like the spacing of the navigation menu. I made the space between items larger, for use on cell phones.

Coming soon, a collection of receipes that I like to use. I promise to include my coleslaw dressing recipe that everyone request.

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Frist day of cubbing at Battle Creek Hunt. A few pieces of tack to fix and clean.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Started the day with a bunch of activities for the Hunt Club. Played with the Poodles too. It is too bad that I can't throw anymore, secondary to my shoulder. Yes, surgical sites do get infected. Just remember before elective surgery.

Now for some back sell from yesterday. I made my basic WonderBread type white bread for sandwiches. The ingredients are as follows:

• 1 cup warm water (~115° F)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 Tablespoon yeast
• 1/4 cup of instant mashed potato flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 Tablespoon oil
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups bread flour, divided

Mix the water and sugar. Sprinkle the yeast on top and allow to activate. Add the potato flakes, 1 cup flour, salt, and oil. Mix with wisk. Add enough additional flour, while mixing with a bread hook for the dough to form a ball. Cover and allow to rise (I use an oven with a proof setting and require about 30 minutes). Kneed/roll on floured surface about six times, flolding over after each rolling. Allow to rise in a well greased loaf pan about 30 minutes. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Today I decided to get back to my web development. I was always more of a backend developer than a front end. This is my attempt to manage the whole thing. If you have comments, contact me via my link on the left

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Back at work on my website. I have been writing articles for the Yardmaster, the NMRA Division 9 news letter. My byline has been "Work's for Me." These will be posted at a seperate web address--Works4Me.tips. Each article deals with a an idea concerning model railroading. One of the projects that I am working on is a Layout Command Control that is wireless utilizing MQTT and ESP32's. I will be posting code on my GitHub account, crbartman, and there is a readme file that discusses my ideas.