Short thoughts
Feb. 4th, 2010 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidI want to figure out what flavor would go with pink grapefruit in booze. None of the things I've used before sound right (cinnamon, vanilla bean, ginger, hot pepper), nor the things I've considered for other combinations (lime-mint and lime-cranberry, for instance). Suggestions?
(Side note: making liqueurs means I'm generating a number of empty 1.75 L vodka bottles. Can anyone use them?)
I wonder if I can use a drill press to put holes in date pits to turn them into beads.
My current crochet focus has switched from the hyperbolic surfaces in DMC8 thread to using regular yarn to make hats (yarn gives so much surface area so quickly in comparison!). What I'd really like is to crochet a zany top hat (where "zany" currently implies a wider crown and angled sides plus regular brim, but could mean something else).
I should start thinking about Purim costumes. I haven't tended towards dressing up as something/one in particular, rather than just dressing up in general. Perhaps that should change.
(At least mishloach manot feel very much under control, since I have many many canned things (pickles, jams, applesauce) and possibly liqueurs that I could just put together and deliver.)
Both years I've gone to Burning Man, I've used solar power to cook most of my food, using an Indian-style spice tin and some foil. The setup works great for things like couscous, but I wouldn't use it for unstable proteins or longer-cooking grains/beans. It might be time to invest in a solar oven, which would likely be usable at least some of the summer here, too.
At Arisia, I got to play test a new game written by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
majes. It's a cooperative card game called Rise Against Monsters (link to download the pdf).
Random links:
An interesting analysis of the State of the Union addresses through US history.
I'm not sure what to call this, really, other than interesting. And art. And black and white. (Hat tip to Chillguru.)
Some interesting body painting (some possibly NSFW).
Performance (video): the Top Secret Drum Corps of Basel, Switzerland.
Johnny Weir ice skating to Lady Gaga's Poker Face, with what could be Korean commentary. Disco lights and sexy skating; what's not to like?
eta And another video I find strangely compelling that I finally found again: a lip-synched Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night (done in a single take with dozens if not hundreds of students). /edit
Humor: flow chart which religion should you be?
a periodic table of SF TV and movies (not at all complete. I mean, Firefly's there, but not Buffy? Vampires not enough to make it SF? Close Encounters didn't make the cut either. Etc. Still, cute.)
Tech: integrating data displays into clothing; I don't love the dress, but the technology is pretty interesting.
(Side note: making liqueurs means I'm generating a number of empty 1.75 L vodka bottles. Can anyone use them?)
I wonder if I can use a drill press to put holes in date pits to turn them into beads.
My current crochet focus has switched from the hyperbolic surfaces in DMC8 thread to using regular yarn to make hats (yarn gives so much surface area so quickly in comparison!). What I'd really like is to crochet a zany top hat (where "zany" currently implies a wider crown and angled sides plus regular brim, but could mean something else).
I should start thinking about Purim costumes. I haven't tended towards dressing up as something/one in particular, rather than just dressing up in general. Perhaps that should change.
(At least mishloach manot feel very much under control, since I have many many canned things (pickles, jams, applesauce) and possibly liqueurs that I could just put together and deliver.)
Both years I've gone to Burning Man, I've used solar power to cook most of my food, using an Indian-style spice tin and some foil. The setup works great for things like couscous, but I wouldn't use it for unstable proteins or longer-cooking grains/beans. It might be time to invest in a solar oven, which would likely be usable at least some of the summer here, too.
At Arisia, I got to play test a new game written by
majes. It's a cooperative card game called Rise Against Monsters (link to download the pdf). Random links:
An interesting analysis of the State of the Union addresses through US history.
I'm not sure what to call this, really, other than interesting. And art. And black and white. (Hat tip to Chillguru.)
Some interesting body painting (some possibly NSFW).
Performance (video): the Top Secret Drum Corps of Basel, Switzerland.
Johnny Weir ice skating to Lady Gaga's Poker Face, with what could be Korean commentary. Disco lights and sexy skating; what's not to like?
eta And another video I find strangely compelling that I finally found again: a lip-synched Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night (done in a single take with dozens if not hundreds of students). /edit
Humor: flow chart which religion should you be?
a periodic table of SF TV and movies (not at all complete. I mean, Firefly's there, but not Buffy? Vampires not enough to make it SF? Close Encounters didn't make the cut either. Etc. Still, cute.)
Tech: integrating data displays into clothing; I don't love the dress, but the technology is pretty interesting.