Tag Archives: food

Idiocy Repeats Itself

Dan rushes down three flights of stairs to the meeting room where there’s free food left over, slips on the stairs, and… hang on: haven’t we seen this blog post before, back in 2009? Continue reading

Disaster Analysis

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In the aftermath of this week’s shocking lunchquake, Dan is joined by Dr. Pepper, who surveys the damage. Continue reading

Cinco de Mayo

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By dressing as a Mexican, Dan gets free beer and free burritos on Cinco de Mayo. Continue reading

Puppy Eating Time

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Dan puts his foot in his mouth, and makes it sound like he was considering putting his boss’s new pet puppy in there, too. But then everything turns out better than expected. Continue reading

Easter Egg Hunting, Gravity Hooking, and Geocachers You Might Know

This afternoon, like last year, we took the opportunity to spend Easter Sunday hiding one another’s Easter eggs in the woods and then running around looking for them. For some reason, this year Rory didn’t want me to be responsible for hiding his egg (something… Continue reading

The 17 Blog Posts That Weren’t

It may come as a surprise to you that the stuff I write about on my blog – whether about technology, dreams, food, film, games, relationships, or my life in general – isn’t actually always written off-the-cuff. To the contrary, sometimes a post is edited… Continue reading

Kiwi Evolution

A discussion at SmartData this morning: Dan: (eating a kiwi fruit) So why are kiwis hairy? Gareth: To give insects something to cling onto? Dan: Like “kiwi headlice”? But to what purpose? How does that benefit the plant? Gareth: Well, then maybe it’s to make… Continue reading

Foods That Begin With The Letter Q

To mark the second anniversary of QParty, I thought I’d cook Claire and I a meal consisting of foods that begin with the letter Q. How hard can it be, right? Turns out it’s more difficult than you might first expect. My first thought was… Continue reading

Paul’s Birthday

In case I haven’t told you yet, fellow Aberite; we’re going out for Paul‘s birthday on Tuesday (not Wednesday, as you might have previously heard) this week. 7:30pm at Wasabi on Eastgate Street.

The Fife Diet from Kamikaze Cookery

I’ve been following Kamikaze Cookery (three geeks doing cookery… with science!) for a while now, and it’s got some real potential, but what really sold me on it was their recent series on the Fife diet (yeah, I know, it’s been out for ages, but… Continue reading