Date: April 2013
Moutabal? For some it’s just baba ghanoush by another name; for others it’s more like hummus but made with aubergine instead of chickpeas. I’m more inclined to the latter, and I made some last Sunday evening just for the heck of it. You should too. You will need:
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A programmable eight-step noise synthesiser/sequencer made with an Arduino board. Maybe one day I can build something cool like this. In the meantime, maybe I'll get me one of these babies. #link
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On the scourge of 'zombie rules' in grammar like the split infinitive, which only serve to obfuscate meaning rather than ease its conveyance. #link
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for full-of-herbs fish cakes
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In the future, everyone will be a mobile app developer. #link
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This is really pretty amazing and heartwarming and respectful. One of my links of last year. #link
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Man, I miss when Paul Ford used to blog all the time. Those were the days. #link
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It surprised me to learn a few years ago how connected the brain and the gut really are. It's freaky stuff, neuroscience. #link
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As ever, we're only limited by the resources we have to hand. But the fact that we're even seriously thinking about it is pretty amazing in itself. #link
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Finally an explanation of the thing, which is not explained very well on the Medium site itself. I still don't get it. I mean I understand it now, but I don't get it. #link
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I was thinking only recently how people are missing a trick by not recording alternative commentaries for movies (in the form of podcasts or whatever) and then here comes along one for a new movie by its own director! See also: an alternative commentary for Star Wars. #link
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What a window into history! #link
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If you don't know much about the genre beyond the obvious, this should open your mind. #link
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Mostly common sense although I disagree with the need for a comma after 'Des Moines, Iowa' as its absence introduces no awkwardness or ambiguity. #link
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One of a whole bunch of weekend projects at the MAKE website. Filing here for future reference. #link
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I don't understand the explanation at all, but I kinda get it by looking at it in action. #link
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