A few months ago, while Susan’s parents were visiting, we made Vietnamese spring rolls (aka salad rolls) for dinner. Her mom asked for the recipe and I thought that might be a good blogging topic, a reminder of summer on a drab rainy November day. These are the soft rolls in rice paper, not the deep [...] » Read more

C’mon Apple, at least get your math right. The Mac mini does look like a winner though. I predict geeks (like me) who are sick of fixing their relatives’ virus and spyware infested Windows boxes will cause this thing to fly off the shelves. I had a meeting with a patent attorney today. [...] » Read more

Watching food porn by Nigella Lawson: “I don’t think there’s any bad way of eating fried chicken or indeed any fried food, but I have to say that I love this cold, and although cold fried food might sound disgusting to some people, I think cold fried chicken is just the most fabulous picnic [...] » Read more

Sorry Mimi, but having taped and fastforwarded through it at high speed, I’m compelled to disagree: Prospero’s Books is just a nauseatingly bad movie. Just to balance the negative comment: Cathy Rogers interviewed on slashdot today – she’s such a (intelligent! insightful! quintessentially British!) babe. Her show Full Metal Challenge rocks too. [...] » Read more