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While we’re on a food theme, this requires archiving and sharing because it works. A few years ago my sister Louise (based nr Pittsburgh, PA) sent this out, and I tried it, and it’s astonishingly effective at creating the kind of sticky syrup pudding that is needed as a substrate for custard. Ex-pat Brits should

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So I posted: @alecmuffett Aside from coleslaw, what’s a good recipe for using up an entire cabbage, or two? The responses came on… Twitter @vdotw Cabbage, apples, potatoes, onions, bratwurst all combined and baked. http://www.kitchenimprov.net/2009/09/bratwurst-cabbage-and-apples/ @josephholsten kimchi? @hal_pomeranz Braised cabbage: shred cabbage & onion saute with .25lb butter. Add salt, cinnamon, paprika, cayanne to taste.

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@webmink Hot buttered rum. Big win. Thanks. Off for a nap. 🙂 # Banana Bread. In the oven. # @paul_clarke The EX Hazard Triangle is for explosive gas. Probably an underground storage depot. #

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Renew passport: Mail embassy, send forms, photo, payment. Wait. Embassy sends reply: "Done. Now please send SSAE for return". #sigh # @swardley Consider a wheel. Mark a point on the rim. Spin it. At some point it will inevitably be moving upwards; But then… # blah blah #cloud blah blah #cloud blah blah #platform http://bit.ly/gxJbHb

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Remember when these used to be analogue?

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Still at home, bronchitis receding. Voice is currently a fair impression of Barry White. Still, feel better than I did 3 days ago… # New: Kindle Battery / Cover – Amazon Resolution http://bit.ly/gVoueL # Global #Spam Levels Decline by 75% http://bbc.in/hiThdg – reason is obvious, the botnets all got booked to DDoS #WikiLeaks 😛 #

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I had the scheduled followup call from Amazon re: my Kindle 3 issues, this morning. Summary: they are refunding the cost of my unlighted cover – I can keep the old one and turn it into a notebook they are giving me a gift certificate the certificate combined with the refund will buy me a

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Does make you wonder what Skype has _actually_ done to piss off the Chinese http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/31/china_skype_ban/ # New: The Walk Of Shame http://bit.ly/fxNHXV # Seven day stubble. Shave. Rubber face. # Radio 4. The Chancellor is talking about "pegging taxes". # The Gods are playing Angry Birds http://huff.to/ijem7c http://bit.ly/flRLu4 #

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My neighbour, Charlie, has a delightful name for the 150 meter walk to the local bottle recycling bank. He calls it the walk of shame. I only do it perhaps three times a year, though when I do I take a wheelbarrow containing a trashcan full of empties, jamjars and bottles. I don’t think that’s

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The gist of the copyright dispute / is whether Plaintiff's virtual horses infringe on [the] Defendant's virtual bunnies http://bit.ly/hqqyEO # Waiting for Doctor surgery to wake up so that I can demon-dial to get an appointment… 🙁 # i hate being ill. doctor appt booked. pbhtuvat hc terra fabg yvxr onqyl ergernqrq glerf. oynetu. #

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Some former colleagues at Sun Microsystems never really understood this approach to presentation skills: http://bit.ly/fDiD4V # YouTube – Chinese Military Shovel WJQ-308 (HQ Full length) – http://goo.gl/WxXa # MUST WATCH, AND THE MUSIC IS EPIC # @chrisgerhard Oh yeah, but they had other challenges too, like "lacking commitment" and "no attention span" # BBC News

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must see: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/30/when-natural-and-artificial-moons-align/ # http://i.imgur.com/MVgpV.jpg #squeee # Many Faces of Nienke Klunder – http://goo.gl/neqFv # @chris_bloke No… swearing off cats for a while, couldn't eat another after christmas. # @chrisgerhard The way you carry on anyone would think you ride to stay fit! # Reddit: "A student wrote this paper on "Cyber- Terrorists" for my

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