Archive
August 2010
26th Aug
2010
Things: Wusthof cook’s knife
The first item I’d like to talk about in my series of favourite things, is my Wusthof 8-inch cook’s knife. The most basic necessity for…
24th Aug
2010
Raisin’ bread
My wife has taken to baking bread. From scratch. Like, flour n shit. Improver. That sort of thing. We received a bread maker as one…
23rd Aug
2010
Things: an introduction
We should not focus on having the things we want, but wanting the things we have. Really? I’m starting a new series called Things. The…
23rd Aug
2010
Nerding out — 18 GB per second!
So, I’ve had a few days to play with my overhauled Mac, and I can report that real-world speed in Photoshop has improved significantly, and…
23rd Aug
2010
Cover: BigM Egg Flip
Celebrating the return in 2010 of one of the great flavours of BigM — Egg Flip. From memory (and I’m going back maybe 15–20 years),…
21st Aug
2010
Cover: Nagura stone
Historically, there are three broad grades of Japanese sharpening stones: the ara-to, or “rough stone”, the naka-to or “middle/medium stone” and the shiage-to or “finishing…
20th Aug
2010
Nerding out — ten lessons learned
Having emerged from my two-and-a-half day nerding out, I have a few things to report. Firstly, by and large, it went smoothly and according to…
20th Aug
2010
Cover: Townie steak
This cover commemorates by going to the Townie with Marty, McGauz and Davo, July 2010. Photo by avlxyz, used under the Creative Commons licence.
19th Aug
2010
Cover: BK CS5 100%
This cover image represents the checkin-off of the final ‘to do’ for the coding of the site. Kirko spazzed out in a nerd-fit and fixed…
18th Aug
2010
If I was a potato…
Best way to eat a potato on the run ever! If I was a potato, I’d wanna die like this. The Potato Dream from Bart…
17th Aug
2010
Cover: BK CS5 80%
An icon representing my current love for Photoshop CS5, as well as the ‘almost finished’ state of this site to date. Estimating 80% complete at…
17th Aug
2010
Nerding out
It’s been a long time between computer clean outs for me. My main computer (Mac Pro first version) has been doing little funny things for…
13th Aug
2010
The Cow Game
View on Flickr The what game? Many years ago, around the time of the PocketMail1, good friend Claire and a few mates invented The Cow…
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