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Food: It's been done before but I don't have a name for it.
Have been musing over something new to cook for dinner. Although I now expect someone to say - yup been cooking that for decades and it's called X. Paging desperance for ideas ( Read more... ) -
A new author
It's not very often an author has me grinning like an idiot but a new one has. To the short list of Terry Pratchett, Robert Galbraith and Lois McMaster Bujold, I now add Jodi Taylor ( Read more... ) -
Simply the best recipe for winter (and it's gluten free)
This recipe is very difficult to screw up and my current favourite ( Read more... ) -
Blackberry versus Iphone
At the weekend coth reminded me that I had not done my Blackberry vs Iphone post. I had hoped that a few months after having the Crapberry, I would have something erudite to say ( Read more... ) -
Bought a new PC
Well further to this where I got lots of helpful advice here's what happened.
I bought this from a company based locally (Stoke) through amazon for the buyer protection. I paid for a decent graphics card an Asus something it bumped the price by £55.00. The case is pretty big and it looks like a dalek with purple accents ( Read more... ) -
Buying a new PC
I like macs. I have everything mac. I also want a PC for games (with a small g I'm not a Proper Gamer - I like hidden object and time management games - juvenile I know) and for open university stuff which DEMANDS a pc type platform and to play movies while I work on my mac. My current windows laptop is 6 years old and decaying (possibly due to ( Read more... ) -
From Friday there is going to be healthier stuff on the table
A healthkick has been declared chez us. We have not dived into the realm of low fat ready meals and weight watchers products which always seem to include chemicals in the ingredient list rather than, y'know, things recognisable as foods ( Read more... ) -
On Friendship
I have difficulty with the word friend. Its meaning has been changed since the advent of social media. It is no longer the analog friend/not friend position it used to be. It's not someone I went to school with and know the names of all their pets and siblings ( Read more... ) -
This week I am trying to be green
This week I have tried two things to be green. One hasn't worked and one might ( Read more... )