Sunday, July 24, 2005

Aubergine Dip 35mins: "Aubergine Dip
Ingredients:

250g/8oz Aubergine (Egg Plant)

1 tbsp Olive Oil

1 tbsp Lemon Juice

1 tbsp Tahini

100g/4oz Natural Yoghurt

1 Garlic Clove, crushed

1 tbsp Fresh Parsley, chopped

Salt and Pepper



Instructions



1. Preheat the grill to very hot then grill the aubergine for about 20 minutes, turning to cook evenly, until the skin has blistered and blackened.



2. When cool enough to handle, remove the skin place in a food processor with the remaining ingredients and blend to a smooth puree. Spoon the puree into a serving dish and garnish with the parsley."

Thursday, July 14, 2005

NextAction - TrimPath - Trac
NextAction is a web page that you can save to your computer and then use to track your tasks and projects for just about anything. It's free and, although still only in beta, seems pretty good. It doesn't save automatically at the moment so you have to remember to save the page after making changes.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

43 Folders
Life hacks and home of the awesome Hipster PDA. I was using a primitve version of the HPDA at home for years but now I've found not only are other people doing the same but that actually I can use it for more than just remembering what bills I have to pay or that I need more washing powder.
Hipster PDA

Monday, July 04, 2005

TEFLChina.org -- job > intro > China EFL: An Industry Run Amuck?
What's interesting about this article is how little seems to have changed since I was last there teaching english, unless it's that the situation has gotten much bigger.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Enemy fire' downed US helicopter: "If the reports of hostile fire are confirmed, the Chinook will become the first US helicopter to be downed in such a way in Afghanistan."
I can't help thinking the Russian's are thinking 'been there, done that....'

Monday, June 20, 2005

MDN: Special: "American George Weller was the first foreign reporter to enter Nagasaki following the U.S. atomic attack on the city on Aug. 9, 1945. Weller wrote a series of stories about what he saw in the city, but censors at the Occupation's General Headquarters refused to allow the material to be printed." The stories can be found at this link.

Friday, June 10, 2005

Wired News: Rodents' Talk Isn't Just 'Cheep': '"What we're finding out about prairie dogs are things that we never thought other animal species could do," he says. "Functionally (the calls are) the same thing as words."

Slobodchikoff has identified more than 20 prairie dog "words" and says he has found prairie dog calls that describe shapes and colors. "We set up some experiments where we had humans wearing different-colored shirts," he explains. "We had these people walk through prairie dog colonies, recorded the calls and found that, sure enough, there was variation that was consistent." The prairie dogs across the board had the same distinctive calls for blue shirts, green shirts, yellow shirts and so on. '