Sticky Toffee Sponge
Julie and I decided to make some pudding tonight for shits and giggles and had a good leaf through a recipe book and decided upon the sticky toffee sponge/pudding and OMFG is it one of the best puddings I've ever tasted. If you like the pudding and want to make it yourself I recommend the recipe after the break. This is how it turned out in the end!
It's also one of the easiest recipes to make too. It actually turned out like what it was supposed to unlike some of the moderate disasters we've had so far and only took an hour and a half unlike the dulce de leche recipe that took 3+ hours and looked like a whole pile of crap...
Informal flat ratings:
Ben: 9/10
Julie: 8/10
Twe: 8.5/10
When is it too early for a drink?
So there seems to be a surplus of beers from the party last night and Peter, my flatmate, has decided he's never drinking again so I've taken it upon myself to whittle down the stocks. I was thinking about having one at 1pm but apparently that's just alcoholism according to Julie.
So, when is it acceptable to have the first drink of the day?
When's the earliest acceptable time to drink?
- 1200 - 1400 (33%, 4 Votes)
- 1000 - 1200 (17%, 2 Votes)
- 0800 - 1000 (17%, 2 Votes)
- 1800 - 2000 (17%, 2 Votes)
- 1400 - 1600 (8%, 1 Votes)
- 1600 - 1800 (8%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 12
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On the subject of photography…
So I was thinking about getting a new camera to replace my Canon Powershot A640. Not that there's anything hugely wrong with the camera just that it can be limiting sometimes:
- High noise at high ISO
- Low maximum ISO (800)
- Minimum shutter speed of 15 seconds
- Can't shoot RAW
So to that end I was thinking about getting the new dSLR from Canon, their 450D. But then again to make full use of it you need a whole range of lenses which would total up to around £2.5k (wide angle, low light, standard zoom, telephoto zoom, flash, teleconverter...) Anyone have a few grand to spare? No? I'll put it to the back of my mind for a while then...
Longest Power Cut Ever
It's a weird thing to have in this day and age but there was a power cut that lasted from just before 1am to about 6am this morning. The highlight of the night was when a moth flew into the candle wax and died, now encased in his solidified waxy grave.
Turning off the light pollution gave a good view of the stars outside though.
Hay’s Dock Café Restaurant
I had the pleasure of having lunch at the titular restaurant which is situated upstairs within the new museum on Tuesday with the girlfriend. After a bad start of being told to come back because it was packed full inside and with people loitering about outside waiting we decided to run some errands and come back again half an hour later whereupon we were welcomed in with open arms and apologies given by the woman who had turned us away earlier.
She had the locally caught fishcakes, which were of the smoked variety and I had the "sassermaet brunnie" (spicy sausage meat) which all in all was a glorified burger in a ciabatta roll with a sauce of some description and sliced tomatoes upon it. Mine came with salad and coleslaw and hers with a homemade tartar sauce and a superabundance of salad (neither of which she likes heh). We both had the potato wedges as a side (which were really chunky).
Afterwards we both had the bread and butter pudding which was a huge chunk of a thing. Quite an eggy taste and ultimately too sickly to finish but it was excellent nonetheless.
The price for two came to £21 which isn't all too unreasonable for the amount of food.
Julie with her unfinished bread and butter pudding which ultimately proved too much for either of us.
Looking for a new phone?
If you're in the market for a new phone that can do everything you want it to do and a hell of a lot more then may I recommend you take look at the HTC Kaiser (Orange: TyTn II O2: XDA Stellar Vodafone: v1615).
- 400 Mhz Processor
- 3G (HSDPA/HSUPA)
- GPS
- 3 Megapixel Camera
- 256MB ROM/128MB RAM
- Wifi (b/g) / Bluetooth
- 112mm (L) x 59mm (W) x 19mm (T)
- Windows Mobile 6
- QWERTY keyboard
I don't have time to conduct a lengthy review of the phone I'll highlight some pros and cons:
Pros:
- Full QWERTY tactile keyboard making typing text messages and e-mails incredibly easy
- GPS allows the installation of Tom Tom negating the need to purchase a separate device (you'll need to buy a car holder though - leaving it lying on the dashboard or the passenger seat isn't ideal since the back speaker is muffled. Google maps works with GPS too.
- 3G allows for fast Internet browsing. Even better when used with Opera Mini bypassing that awful piece of crap that is pocket IE
- Reads .pdf files and you can edit Word/Excel documents and view Powerpoint presentations
Cons:
- Can be sluggish at times and slow to update the screen (easily seen when changing the view from portrait to landscape by sliding out the keyboard)
- Camera doesn't have a flash associated with it so low light images are sub par
- Battery life short when using GPS (bigger batteries are available)
- Cannot withstand being run over by a small car on a gravel track
Price: Contract £89.99 + (£35pm for 600mins, unlimited texts and free evenings and weekends internet) for 18 months on the Orange network with the Dolphin plan.
Cake!
If you're heading out into the back of beyond of Shetland and you're feeling a bit peckish then I reccommend going to the Braewick Café for something to eat. Alas, the girlfriend and I arrived a few minutes after 4pm when they close (something they don't say on their website mind) but were kind enough to still serve hot drinks and cold snacks. Even though I'd have preferred some scampi in a basket, fish and chips or a cheese and bacon melt which were in their menu the victoria sponge they had on display was brilliant. A rich buttercream filling and delicious jam.
Website Change
So, what to do when you can't be bothered making a website of your own? That's right, install Wordpress!
Hopefully now there'll be more content than before...
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When's the earliest acceptable time to drink?
- 1200 - 1400 (33%, 4 Votes)
- 1000 - 1200 (17%, 2 Votes)
- 0800 - 1000 (17%, 2 Votes)
- 1800 - 2000 (17%, 2 Votes)
- 1400 - 1600 (8%, 1 Votes)
- 1600 - 1800 (8%, 1 Votes)
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