Sitting right here in a cafe (Stell's, Redlands, CA), I have been listening to a play list from the 60s. Ordinarily that would be great - much Neil Young, CSN, Nick Drake, and many tracks that I am familiar with from the first time around (and the cafe owners presumably aren't).
But I was fantasising that I could put together a truly great playlist for the cafe vibe - although it would probably More ...
Posted by: Paul Lynch
| @ March 17, 2009 1:03:21 PM GMT ( ) |
Our hire car, supposed to be compact/intermediate, was a Mitsubishi Eclipse - which I detest. It has two doors, alcantara trim on the seats, and people say "ooh, sporty!". The acceleration isn't too bad, either, although the vagaries of automatic gearboxes (it's a hire car, what doo you expect?) make it surprising hard to tell. However... the turning circle is so wide it makes U-turns tricky, a More ...
Posted by: Paul Lynch
| @ March 17, 2009 1:00:12 PM GMT ( ) |
The last time I was here in the States, two years ago, I found free wireless networking everywhere - all the hotels and coffee shops had it, or maybe just all the ones that I went near to, which may be some sort of demographic indicator. This time, the hotel access is both flakey (poor signal strength or down) and chargeable. Only the cafe I'm at right now (Stell's, Redlands environs) has free More ...
Posted by: Paul Lynch
| @ March 17, 2009 12:59:07 PM GMT ( ) |
I've just returned from my first visit to Las Vegas, and I think I have finally got a handle on the place; I have watched too many films, TV shows, and listened to too many Americans recount the lore and mystique of the place. First thing: I enjoyed myself.
The reason for my trip was simple: I was in Los Angeles, and had a spare weekend, which I guess makes me the arch-typical visitor. The trip More ...
Posted by: Paul Lynch
| @ March 17, 2009 12:57:32 PM GMT ( ) |
Once upon a time, many years ago, I wrote a column for PC Pro (UK PC magazine) on "Mobile Computing". The editor wanted me to write about Windows CE PDAs, which were then and are now extreme crap - and I submitted columns on what worked - which, back then, meant mainly Palm, and I expored mobile phones and laptops, which meant the early Mac OS X machines from Apple. Good stuff, and I was happy t More ...
Posted by: Paul Lynch
| @ March 17, 2009 12:54:36 PM GMT ( ) |
I promised to give my suggestions on books about break making. Down below I list a few books that are absolutely first rate, with every aspect showing a deep understanding. Further down I add a few extra books that have helped me along the way, although they may not be as comprehensive as the first part of the list.
Edward Espe Brown, the Tassajara Bread Book. Shambhala Publications, 1970 More ...
| @ March 26, 2005 3:08:15 PM GMT ( ) |
First, some background: I think the first time I made bread I was about eight. I can remember doing the shopping for my mother, and buying a 'bloomer' from the local bakers in Hayes, or from Parkers in West Ealing; and the special treat of having the top off a cottage loaf. The bread I made had a strange taste, and was underbaked; the result of the available dried yeast (which may well have bee More ...
| @ March 21, 2005 4:36:46 PM GMT ( ) |
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