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Jasmine rice is our go-to white rice for serving with Chinese dishes and making fried rice. In this post, we’ll answer all your questions about rice measuring, the “finger trick” every Asian kid knows, and the rice cooker we all own. And of course, we’ll teach you how to cook jasmine rice perfectly every time, ... View Post

I’m a fan of the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palettes but for the past few years, I wasn’t interested in what they released. This year though, when they launched the limited editions, I found myself drawn to two of them — Dragon and Evil Eye. However, I decided to get only one of them so I […]

More UK pirate interviews.This time with Killer, former owner of Y2K Essex. He features in an episode of the now informous BBC mini series 'Tower Block Dreams' in 2003. Elements of this episode were directly parodied in early episodes of the comedy 'People Just do Nothing'. After this period he became better known within pirate radio circles as a prolific rig thief and racketeer, preying on stations throughout the uk. …

Heavy refactoring of models can leave a Django project with “ghost tables”, which were created for a model that was removed without any trace in the migration history. Thankfully, by using some Django internals, you can find such tables. Use the database introspection methods table_names() to list all tables and django_table_names() to list tables associated with models. By casting these to sets, you can subtract the latter from the former …

title="Get em while you can"> The end of the season is nigh at the Davis Square farmers market earlier today. ¶ With just a week to go before the markets' seasonal end, there are fewer farmers with less fruit and less time. ¶ Deals can be had.

It wouldn’t be #GermanLitMonth without a bit of Thomas Bernhard, and I’ve had a book in mind for the event for quite some time now. However, where most of my previous Bernhard reads have been of the Austrian writer’s novels, this time around we’re taking a slightly different approach, with a look at some shorter fiction, instead. So, do Mr. Grumpy’s circular tirades hit the spot as sweetly when he …

Was it really ten years ago that Katy B and Ikonika were chatting online about Ayre's the Baker in Nunhead? At the time I described it as 'the number one bakers for the London post-dubstep scene'. Not sure if there's been too much music action there since - have spotted members of Foals at the shops there in the past, though not actually in the bakers.But today Ayre's reclaimed its …

Frost on windows from a frosty overnight is enjoyed the next day. A frosty one Frosty, too No telling what the next frost will look like!

Hello from sunny Birmingham. The weather has been alternating between rain and grey all weekend. This week in data: Magazines issues thrown into a recycling bin: 37 Heartfelt emails sent: 9 Spent some time steeling myself for a few conversations that I thought would be difficult. No, reader, they all went swimmingly well. I’m genuinely pleasantly surprised. I got here in a van: Despite having multiple train lines from Birmingham …

The hardest weeks to write about are the ones in which it feels like nothing happened. The new management took over at the workspace in Peckham Levels. I decided to stay on, but as they’ve abolished the pay-by-the-day option, I had to choose a dedicated desk or nothing. I chose the dedicated desk as it’s not much more than I was paying for my frequent attendance anyway. The bean-to-cup coffee …

No cyclone hit us, mom made it home from the nursing home without breaking anything. A very balanced, clear day.

Roden Readers — The first memory I have of Enrique Allen is from the campus of Stanford. He had just graduated from the d.school and was teaching part-time. We were about to start working together. He was all bounding lightness. That’s the first image: Jumping, huge bright smile, long black hair, wide open face, totally open heart. Bounding lightness. The lightness stood in contrast to his bigness as a human; …

Three Years Without God without colorThis all started from a suggestion by amateur film archivist / historian / enthusiast / restorer Jojo de Vera-- 'amateur' only in the sense that he's not paid for what he passionately works for and believes in and has a vast store of knowledge and expertise about that I often call upon for advice. Jojo asked if I was interested in seeing Tatlong Taong Walang …

Perfume PosseSacre Bleu by Aftelier Perfumes NEW! NEW! NEW! Hi there Posse Perfumistas. Mandy Aftel’s latest package arrived and the feeling is always joyful. Mandy has single handedly inspired a generation of perfumers. Almost all the modern natural perfume houses pay at least some tribute to Mandy’s help and… Continue Reading → Perfume PosseSacre Bleu by Aftelier Perfumes NEW! NEW! NEW!

Once you've made an etching plate, you may be ready to print an edition - or you might want to proof it to decide on further edits. Taking a print is the only way you’ll be able to see how your plate is progressing. This blog is part of a series featuring tips and techniques to get you started with aluminium or zinc plate etching. This post will demonstrate two …