Witterings

Upstaging Penllawen. BBQ braised beef brisket with homemade...

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:06:08 +0100

Upstaging Penllawen. BBQ braised beef brisket with homemade gnudi.

Wylie Agency Publisher's Two Year Amazon Deal

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:26:00 +0100

Wylie Agency Publisher's Two Year Amazon Deal:

The minute Amazon’s Kindle store was announced, this became inevitable. The Wylie Agency, publishers of books by Salman Rushdie amongst others, has signed a two-year deal with Amazon to ensure their eBooks are only available via the Kindle store.

This was supposed to be the age of technology simplifying our lives, not the age of constant choices between being locked out of various content options. Wankers.

My current favourite pastime is looking at a stock ticker and deciding which company is secretly...

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:45:51 +0100

My current favourite pastime is looking at a stock ticker and deciding which company is secretly carrying out cybernetic or bio-genetic research that will lead to the downfall of humanity. Current top pick is “Genzyme”.

Learn the word, damnit.

Fri, 21 May 2010 21:18:57 +0100

Dear everyone associated with video games. This is a small infomercial.

This, right here, is a reticule:

This one is a reticle:

LEARN THE DIFFERENCE.

Looking like a cross between a wombat and a parrot, the...

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:57:00 +0100

Looking like a cross between a wombat and a parrot, the incredibly endangered Kakapo must be one of the world’s most ludicrous creatures.

It’s awesome.

The US Military's 26-page Brownie Recipe

Tue, 18 May 2010 10:28:00 +0100

The US Military's 26-page Brownie Recipe:

This is where your taxes are going, America.

Shortening shall be a refined, hydrogenated vegetable oil or combination of refined vegetable oils which are in common use by the baking industry. Coconut and palm kernel oils may be used only in the coating. The shortening shall have a stability of not less than 100 hours as determined by the Active Oxygen Method (AOM) in Method Cd 12-57 of the
4MIL-C-44072C Commercial Fats and Oils chapter in the Official and Tentative Methods of the American Oil Chemists Society.

The entire city of Helsinki, made out of motherboards. Via...

Thu, 13 May 2010 10:12:06 +0100

The entire city of Helsinki, made out of motherboards. Via www.gizmodo.com

Most Excellent Government

Wed, 12 May 2010 12:46:48 +0100

Be Excellent to Each Other …

And party on, dudes!

Courtesy of http://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=413885#p413885

Airport 'Bomb Joker' Found Guilty

Mon, 10 May 2010 16:07:26 +0100

Airport 'Bomb Joker' Found Guilty:

Paul Chambers, the chap who tweeted

“Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got a week… otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”

has been found guilty of breaching an obscure legislation relating to ‘menacing communication’, fined £1000 and given a criminal record. Utterly ludicrous. Link courtesy of the excellent JackOfKent blog.

"UKLabourParty: Please retweet if you want a #LibLab Proportional Representation Deal #dontdoitnick"

Mon, 10 May 2010 10:18:00 +0100

“UKLabourParty: Please retweet if you want a #LibLab Proportional Representation Deal #dontdoitnick”

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Really? This is the state of politics in the UK?

Rabbit and Shiitake Ragout with Gnocchi and Chantenay Carrots....

Sun, 09 May 2010 19:23:18 +0100

Rabbit and Shiitake Ragout with Gnocchi and Chantenay Carrots. Excellent. Recipe to follow.

Just as beautiful in the fog and snow.

Sun, 09 May 2010 17:54:06 +0100

Just as beautiful in the fog and snow.

Sequoia National Park. Beautiful in the sun and the snow.

Sun, 09 May 2010 15:34:00 +0100

Sequoia National Park. Beautiful in the sun and the snow.

Appletini

Sun, 09 May 2010 15:14:00 +0100

Created this based on the one I had at the Stratosphere in Vegas. It’s rather good, even if I do say so myself.

1 shot Apple Sourz
1 shot Smirnoff Apple Vodka
Top up with 1/2 apple juice and 1/2 Sprite.