First Attempt

May 1

Every Italian's income posted on internet

I know tax evasion is a big problem in Italy, but this still seems a bizarre and astonishingly intrusive action by the country’s outgoing government.

Apr 30

Dylan Moran’s account of how Arnold Schwarzenegger came to be Governor of California is the shrewdest piece of political analysis that I’ve heard in a long time.

The inventor of LSD dies aged 102

Apr 29

(via my Flickr)

A Far Eastern Andrea, made using Face of the Future. I am currently re-assigning the ethnicity of just about everyone I know.

This is what I’d look like if I was Indian. I quite like this, I’ve been told it gives me a bit of a Bollywood villain look. Made using Face of the Future, which I found out about from Dobbsie.

Apr 28

Unusual Shop Site

This looks like a shop’s site (which it is) and it’s all in Dutch, but give it a little while and it will get started. It’s a harmless and mildly diverting way of using up a couple of minutes of your employer’s time.

Apr 27

xkcd again

The Independent's review of Mark E Smith's autobiography

“An 80,000-word free-associative ramble, transcribed (presumably) from tape by an amanuensis named Austin Collings, and no doubt recorded throughout a succession of karaoke nights at the Prestwich Dog & Ferret, Mark’s partial and partisan account of his half-century on the planet is unutterably funny.”

Crème Fraîche and Double Cream Explained (for Capucha)

Creme fraiche has 30-40% milkfat content, and has a slightly sour taste due to the addition of a bacterial culture.

Double cream has a milkfat content of 48%, and is often used in cooking in the UK. It is pasteurised and has no sour taste.

Glad to have been of help, Madame.

Apr 26

bg5000:

Gordan Ramsey shows you how to cook great scrambled eggs, with no f-bombs. Can’t wait to try this tomorrow.

Gordon may be a top chef, but his scrambled eggs are crap for the following reasons:

1. Sourdough bread makes great toast when it is thin and crisp, not fat and stodgy

2. ”It’s really important to put the butter in right at the beginning”. Gordon, you stupid fucking twat, when else is anyone going to put it in?

3. Creme fraiche!!! Have you gone raving mad? Its acidity will upset the delicate flavour of the eggs. Use proper double cream, it’s much better.

4. Add parsley, not chives.

Look, I’ll have to post a video on how to make scrambled eggs properly at some time in the future. In the meantime, just ignore this ill-mannered tosser.