polymath blues

Really quite good acoustic cover of The Shins’ song, Sea...

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:02:31 +0000

Really quite good acoustic cover of The Shins’ song, Sea Legs.

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Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:59:34 +0000

Cake or death lego video. Next, cake or death lego EXERCISE...

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:10:18 +0000

Cake or death lego video. Next, cake or death lego EXERCISE video!

Not really.

House bloopers. If, like me, you were hoping Hugh Laurie might...

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:38:41 +0000

House bloopers. If, like me, you were hoping Hugh Laurie might bloop in his own accent (“Gosh, tearbly sorry!”) you’ll be disappointed. He bloops in ‘Merkin.

Orbyn.com tentatively resurrected.

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:25:46 +0000

Orbyn.com tentatively resurrected.

Merry Exmouth and a Happy New York from Polymath Blues.

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:16:27 +0000

Merry Exmouth and a Happy New York from Polymath Blues.

Orbyn.com Christmas rum truffles

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:43:00 +0000

Popularised (or at least tolerated) by Belle de Jour. These are my Christmas truffles what I make every year. They are very easy, and very, erm, tactile to make. I originally posted these on the Orbyn.com food weblog, Belly. As Belle points out, if you don’t dig the whole slow-melt vibe, just zap the chocolate in the microwave for a few minutes.

You may also want to try these with, or just add a bit of, melted white chocolate. DO NOT take them to the ballet to snack on. When the house lights come up, you WILL look like an interrupted coprophagiac. You’ll smell like a gingerbread house, however. Mange!

INGREDIENTS
150g (5 oz) dark chocolate
2 tablespoons of dark rum
150ml (¼ pint) double cream
24g (1 oz) butter
The peel from 1 orange
2 cloves

2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon of plain flour
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
toasted nuts (optional)

1. Break up the chocolate and melt in a saucepan on a low heat, along with the cream and butter, and the cloves.

2. Grate the orange peel directly into the saucepan using a cheese grater; add a squeeze of juice if you like. After a few minutes, stir in the rum and add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.

3. Keep stirring for about 3 minutes, then pick out the cloves and transfer the mixture to a bowl, and place this in the fridge overnight.

4. The next day, dust a wooden board with the flour, and sprinkle some cocoa powder and the remaining cinnamon over it too. If you’re using toasted nuts, keep them on a plate nearby.

5. Take heaped teaspoons of the chilled truffle mixture and roll into small balls with your hands. Roll these in the flour/cocoa/cinnamon mixture (and then in the nuts if you like) and plop into petit-four cases.

Chill until ready to serve.

Terminator Pig

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:57:16 +0000

Pig Toy Gets Completely Squashed, Raises Like Terminator T1000.

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Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:55:35 +0000

Katsu curry, long meeting, rollerdisco. Hmm.

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:14:51 +0000

Katsu curry, long meeting, rollerdisco. Hmm.

Exkoob me, I hab godda boddla googoojooch!

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:32:16 +0000

Exkoob me, I hab godda boddla googoojooch!

Saw Tom Basden last night at the Albany. Very, very funny.

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:49:15 +0000

Saw Tom Basden last night at the Albany. Very, very funny.

Emoticon Stamp For Analog Correspondence

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:06:39 +0000

Emoticon Stamp For Analog Correspondence

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Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:43:53 +0000

Regina Spektor - Apres Moi, live.

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:05:31 +0000

Regina Spektor - Apres Moi, live.

Armstrong & Miller - WWII RAF Sketch

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:14:54 +0000

Armstrong & Miller - WWII RAF Sketch

Daftpunk + hands + ink + lots and lots of free time.

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:09:15 +0100

Daftpunk + hands + ink + lots and lots of free time.

From the depths of my C: drive...

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:31:24 +0100

… A Notepad file entitled “cat names”:

Too-tiki

Nipsu

Oscar

Finn*

Einar*

Hugo

Homer

Yubaba

CLAW!

Atomcat*

Dot

Mondo

Iggy*

**Fezzik**

Loki

Minky

I don’t know what the asterisks are for. It’s worth mentioning that this was written before I had a cat. I have a cat now. Her name is Catford.

Top 10 ways to stop yourself getting distracted at Lifehacker.

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:41:21 +0100

Top 10 ways to stop yourself getting distracted at Lifehacker.

Adam Green - Carolina

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:34:54 +0100

Adam Green - Carolina