Media - portrait mode - Page 10

A photo of me, a white 30-something man with blue eyes, cropped short brown hair, a red beard, and a forehead that could be classified as a fivehead.

Hahah, the strip lighting on my painting desk makes for a surprisingly decent key light for taking portraits. 😛

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Posted on 1 January 2022, 10:21

A photo of a small cooked pork roast sitting in a white casserole dish.

Well, unfortunately the pork was mostly a fail. Some parts were really dry and others were okay but tasted like nothing. I've got a list of things to do differently and try next time, so we can only improve from here!

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Posted on 31 December 2021, 21:40

A photo of two round golden-brown loaves of bread sitting on a cooling rack.

Some Boxing Day loaves. 👌🏻 (Or are they Christmas loaves because I started them last night?)

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Posted on 26 December 2021, 13:04

A small (~30cm wide) horizontal speaker with a light grey mesh on the front. The speaker body is made of walnut and it's quite charmingly retro-looking.

The same speaker but without the grill, showing the individual speakers inside it. There's two woofers towards the middle, and two tweeters on either end.

Both my USB guitar input and electronic drum set have headphone jacks on them, and no way to get actual audio out of them without plugging into that. If I'm using headphones by myself that's fine, but if I want to be showing someone else while hearing what I'm doing, it's a bit of a problem! I looked into Bluetooth speakers that have 3.5mm jacks as well (we've got a little Bluetooth speaker that I use to listen to music from my phone when I'm out in the back room doing my painting and it does okay, but the sound quality's not great plus it lacks any way of getting audio to it except Bluetooth), and decided to get the Audioengine B2. It arrived today and is both very handsome and sounds quite good!

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Posted on 14 December 2021, 12:14

A photo of a fancy double-walled espresso glass with a layer of sweetened condensed milk sitting on the bottom and espresso sitting on top.

We had a bunch of sweetened condensed milk left over from the sweet potato pie Kristina made yesterday when my parents came over, so I made a café bombón with some of and damn is it good! ½ espresso, ½ sweetened condensed milk, then stirred together (and I added ice). 👌🏻

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Posted on 28 November 2021, 13:22

A photo of a bowl of beef bolognese sauce topped with Parmesan cheese sitting on top of spaghetti.

I made a batch of bolognese sauce last night to have for leftovers for lunch, and what an excellent decision that was. I had a look at Serious Eats' ragu recipe and it said to add fish sauce right at the very end so I gave that a try and it really works well!

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Posted on 24 November 2021, 12:38

A photo of a tomato-based tandoori chicken curry sitting in a pot, with peas, beans, and carrots in it.

Phew, doing all the things today. Cleaned the smoker from yesterday's efforts, getting the laundry done, cleaned the shower, and now have a chicken curry going to make lunches for the week!

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Posted on 31 October 2021, 12:07

A photo of a hunk of cooked pork covered in pepper and looking delicious.

A photo of the pork all shredded up, showing excellent pink smoke ring.

Aw yeah, another extremely successful pulled pork. 👌🏻3kg pork collar butt from Costco, bang-on six hours at 135°C.

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Posted on 30 October 2021, 19:55

A photo of a fried chicken burger and shoestring fries.

I had to duck out at lunch to pick up some barbecue briquettes (doing a smoked pork tomorrow, aw yiss), and decided to treat myself to a burger. It was an excellent decision. They even asked me for proof of vaccination when I said I was eating in.

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Posted on 29 October 2021, 13:04

A photo of a plate with lamb shoulder sitting atop roast potatoes and broccolini, with a red wine jus.

In related news, I'm EXTREMELY full right now. That was actually too much meat for one person.

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Posted on 26 October 2021, 19:19