Sami

@thingsitried
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I started a blog—thingsitried.com—for honest reviews and firsthand experiences with restaurants, products, services, and technology. I have a couple of affiliate links on there, but having made no money yet, it is really an experiment to see if anyone cares about anything I write.
URBANA Mexican Gastronomy & Mixology: Flavor Bombs

My family was looking for something fun for an early supper today. We tried to get into Culinary Dropout, a new place in the Del Mar Highlands Town -

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Facial Recognition with webcam

I kind of want to do a crazy project like an AI powered game for my cat. I want my program to recognize when my cat takes some kind of action, and do -

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Test Driven Development

Being just enough of a software tinkerer, I have heard about a software development practice where you don't start by writing functional code. Instead, - Technology

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Spicy Noodle House

Saturday night, about 6:30 pm we tried Spicy Noodle House in Kearny Mesa. It had been on my list for a while ever since seeing this review on mmm-yoso. - Restaurants

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Silence of the Alarms: My Airhood Rescue Story

Cooking in our house has always been a bit of an adventure—one that usually ends with the blaring sound of smoke alarms. No matter what I try to cook in a frying pan, the alarms seem inevitable. Even with the range hood on full blast, making a simple steak or burger is a guaranteed way to set them off. And it's not just the stovetop—our oven has triggered them too!

https://thingsitried.com/2025/03/22/silence-of-the-alarms-my-airhood-rescue-story/

Silence of the Alarms: My Airhood Rescue Story

Cooking in our house has always been a bit of an adventure—one that usually ends with the blaring sound of smoke alarms. No matter what I try to cook in a - Products

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Regents Pizzeria: College vibe with Chicago Style

Friday night my son wanted to go to Regents Pizza. He had just gotten his math grade back up to an "A", so we had to say "yes." Besides, we all love - Restaurants

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Delica Japanese Deli Review: Small Spot, Big Flavors

I found myself in San Francisco for a work event this past week. While I was there, I met up with a friend at the Ferry Building for lunch. Our first lunch spot choice was a new place my friend had heard about called "Lunette Cambodia". Unfortunately, they were closed on Monday and we found that our second choice of "Terrane" closed at 2pm (it was 2:30).

https://thingsitried.com/2025/03/09/delica-japanese-deli-review-small-spot-big-flavors/

Delica Japanese Deli Review: Small Spot, Big Flavors

I found myself in San Francisco for a work event this past week. While I was there, I met up with a friend at the Ferry Building for lunch. Our first - Restaurants

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Leads Automation: Using Old-School blog freshness estimate

This is a continuation of my last post "Leads Automation: Using LLM to estimate webpage freshness" In that post I used a function - Technology

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Leads Automation: Using LLM to estimate webpage freshness

If you read the second part of my Leads automation project (Little more automation for my leads: Part 2), you know that I now have a python script that - Uncategorized

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Little more automation for my leads

This is a continuation of my previous post Little bit of automation for my leads First of all, I want to point out a silly thing I did with my last - Technology

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