25
Aug
2008
the old me
In a past life, I made drinks and witty banter for a living.
These are the two menus that I had the most involvement in making.
some of the jokes are a bit old now, but the drinks are still amazing.
26
May
2008
what on earth have i been up to?
people seem to be really confused by the fact that I am doing stuff all out of order, so I thought I’d make a picture that explained it all.
I think it” change as my good mother fills me in on what I did wrong.
1
Apr
2008
the revolution will not be microwaved
So, for those of you who I haven’t told (and as I assume that nobody else actually reads this, that’s nobody) I’m doing an elective called meals in metropolis. It examines urban agriculture and it’s implications for cities and a load of other stuff as well.
Of course being me, i haven’t read much of the stuff on the reading list, but i have just finished reading this. The revolution will not be microwaved is actually pretty good. There is a awful lot of hippy arm waving and associated corporation bashing that harks back to the bad old days of the no logo anti establishment clones, but if you can get past the fact all of this, it’s actually a very well researched book with a broad range of examples related to each ‘underground’ food movement.
There was a bit of a culture shift to deal with in understanding the motivation for a few of the topics from my perspective, but i think that’s because I’m already interested in food, so grasping how dire the monoculture practices of US supermarkets actually are was tricky.
I found somewhere to buy raw milk today which is pretty cool. i absentmindedly drank 2 litres of it over the day, and if i’d done that with pasturised milk i’d be well on the way to being dead! check this out – real milk
22
Mar
2008
upgrade
I’ve upgraded the software behind the blog, so now the comments should work, which means that you can be as abusive as you like. It was incredibly difficult, but that’s because I was doing it wrong. Always the case. The nice pictures will be back soon, but I deleted them when I did the new upload, so I’ll have to get them back off my hard drive.
In other news today:
I’ve bought clippers, so I am much less bushy of face.
I’ve got into writign lists again (pda – out, oldschool tech – in)
I’ve discovered that every litre of water i drink allows me to work for about another hour.
Spiffing.
19
Mar
2008
proof
finally a photo that shows me, in a wetsuit, at a beach. now i just need one that shows me surfing, not drinking beer