Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The correct way to hold a knife

I was in a restaurant earlier this afternoon and got into the
discussion of how to correctly hold a knife on the table. I am
referring to ordinary steak or bread knives. As I looked around the
restaurant, different people hold knives in different ways.

There are three ways that I can think of:

1) Joystick grip - with blade pointing down.

2) Sword grip - with blade pointing up.

3) Pen grip

I hold mine like no 2 using my index finger to apply pressure on the
blade and control my steak cutting. I also believe this provides the
best control and is the universal method of holding a knife.

As for no 1, no one would hold a knife like that unless they want to
stab something or someone. This leaves us no 3 and surprisingly I
found a couple of people using this method. One was a child. Frankly I
don't think this is an effective method. Not only do you look like a
sissy holding your knife this way but you'll never get enough force on
your blade if you are cutting anything tougher then gelo.

So how do you hold yours?

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Seadragon screenshots compared to Photosynth player (Web)











My Test Synths

I've heard of Microsoft's Photosynth a while back but since it is still in lab stage, I haven't bothered to play with it until recently when Microsoft release the new 'Seadragon' app for the iPhone two weeks ago. The Seadragon allows you to view synths on your iPhone. The effects are actually quite cool. It is like creating a panoramic stitching of related photos so it is a new way of showing your photo album. I'm sure there will be other ways to use the technology - e.g. communal or public photo album. My first synth is below. This is is about 34% 'synthy' or connected. I've uploaded a second set below and it is up around 78% synthy. My next holiday trip is in 1.5 weeks and I'm quite excited. I'll be sure to take a lot of photos for experimenting on the Photosynth.






Monday, December 29, 2008

Saturday, December 13, 2008

R.I.P. Bettie Page

at least i got to meet you in King's Comics in Sydney. ;)

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Hungry Jacks's Tender Crisp Chicken

my current indulgence... (insert drooling Homer here) dare i say it's better than the McChicken and reminiscent of my old fave from Burger King, the chicken sandwich (just don't mix it up with the SPICY tender crisp).



Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Errrr...

...I'll let the pic speak for itself.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Greens eggs part 2

For part two of this egg tryout, I decided to half-boil the eggs - simple and just add salt.

Same observations as the last review, the brown egg's yolk looked and tasted at lot richer. The green egg tasted almost washed out. Not bad but just not as rich.

Boiling the egg allows you to taste more of the egg flavour and it does not get masked by fried smells.


I also found this little micro-balut. The red dot is the embryo I think. I would say it is only a day or two old. To the left there is the shrimp-like crescent on the white. This is the cord. Having a fertilised egg at this early stage doesn't seem to have affected the yolk taste.


Sunday, October 19, 2008

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Need....more...protein...

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I've always wanted to know what makes a gummibear tick!

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Smallville

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Monday, October 06, 2008

Weekend with celebs

Got invited to a Stevie Wonder concert so took the train and spent the weekend in Birmingham. It's not that far...about 1.5 hrs by train from London.

Got there early saturday unforunately the weather wasn't good so spent most of the time indoors in the Bullring mall.

Just after lunch we discovered that Geri Halliwell was coming to Bullring mall's Selfridges. She was there for signing of her latest children's book series called "uGenia Lavander". Most of the people waited a long time to see her but not because of the book. There are hardly any children in the crowd. I was on level 2 looking down on level 1 where she was sitting. Geri was 45 minutes late and some people in the crowd got fed up with the waiting and left. I overheard one person even complained how rude Geri was for not acknowledging she is going to be late.









Anyway, the concert was due to start at 8pm so I quickly checked into the hotel late afternoon to freshen up then head off to get some food. The rain got worse and due to the concert, all the restaurants in the surrounding area were fully booked. In the end we opted for some fried chicken wings from one of the pretend KFC places - which turned out quite yummy.

Here are some shots from the concert:









Sunday, October 05, 2008

Saturday, October 04, 2008

The Amazing Race Asia 3 Racers Revealed Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2au_mpxiEo

Here we go again. I've been watching ARA 3 for 3 weeks (episodes) now.
I'm a bit disappointed to see that there is only one Pinoy team in
this season but hopefully they will last for a while if not up till
the finished line.

The Pinoy team is made up of Geoff, who is actually a New Zealander -
a model, and Tish, a Canadian pinay and a pretty hot looking cougar.

So far they've been finishing up in the middle, unlike the last pinoy
team from season two who's always been first except the very last leg.

Regardless, I shall enjoy the ARA episodes as always.

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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

All the Best for Rob Guest

theatre star Rob Guest is gravely ill in Melbourne hospital after suffering from a major stroke last night. get well soon, Rob. you were great as the Wizard in Wicked.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

RIP Paul Newman

buy Newman's Own, profits are donated to charity