20 November 2014
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Tonight I was down in town after work for the fourth of the Faith Debates series on the future of the Church of England. The subject was diversity and it was probably the most engaged one so far. Given the … Continue reading
19 November 2014
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My Golden Crab beer (Autumn Gold with an infusion of crab apple juice) is now bottled and labelled. The label was created using Inkscape and a free image of a crab. Final gravity was 1.010 and the left overs tasted … Continue reading
18 November 2014
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Did you think I could resist playing with my new toy — the Codlo temperature controller that arrived yesterday — any longer? Of course not. I decided to try the 13 minute egg method from Serious Eats, who did a … Continue reading
17 November 2014
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It was the middle of July last year when I wrote about kickstarting Codlo, a startup turning to the Kickstarter website to raise funds to produce a relatively inexpensive tool to open up access to sous vide techniques. I put … Continue reading
16 November 2014
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We were invited round to dinner by some friends from church today and, after a lovely meal, the afternoon entertainment was The Hat Game. This is a wonderful parlour game that just needs a hat, some pieces of paper and … Continue reading
15 November 2014
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I feel absolved of doing a write up of last night’s gig because Martin (violin, some guitar and general musical excellence) has already done it. However, he also raises some worthwhile points about the risks involved in such events. As … Continue reading
14 November 2014
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Today I’ve mainly been getting ready for tonight’s String Project gig. Well, that and chopping and sawing more firewood to take advantage of the clear blue skies that came after the morning deluge. Getting ready for the gig involves practising … Continue reading
13 November 2014
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Tomorrow night is my next outing on double bass with The String Project for a gig at East Oxford Community Centre. Actually I’m down for double duty, also backing up a blues duo for a few tunes at the start … Continue reading
12 November 2014
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Our first Christmas card arrived this morning. It still seems a way off but a glance at the calendar confirms that Christmas really isn’t all that far off. Better think about what cards we’re going to send ourselves before we … Continue reading
11 November 2014
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I’m re-reading a Peter Robinson novel about Chief Inspector Alan Banks: Hanging Valley. I’m fairly sure I have read it before but it must have preceded the time when I started noting books on my LibraryThing account. I can’t remember … Continue reading