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June 30th, 2009
09:05 am - so i did my talk at reboot was a bit of a panic - as the previous speaker over ran by almost 30 mins then we couldnt hook up my new mac book pro to the projector (i only had a dvi adapter and it was vga only)
lessons learnt
plus i wasn't used to keynote on two screens
but i over came and did a massively abridged version in 20 mins ( the previous nights run though was hitting 50 - and i had 40 mins.)
so it kinda went tits up - but i just summarised heavily - it may appear online at the reboot site im kinda hoping it doesn't - though from a learning to present aspect its useful to see what i did wrong.
you can see the slides and random notes here
http://www.slideshare.net/maclondon/living-in-a-money-free-world
next time ill get the story telling aspect and coherent narrative bit right.
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June 16th, 2009
10:02 pm - Leather Band-Aids - no REALLY

For post S&M sessions? The leather band-aid. Actually makes some sence - though not very cost effective. http://www.amronexperimental.com/Leather-Bandage.html
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08:14 pm - Chocolate 'cheese' and pineapple cubes on sticks
 Chocolate 'cheese' and pineapple cubes on sticks Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
Fake cheese ‘n’ pineapple: Today I decided to make fake cheese ‘n’ pineapple using coloured white chocolate filled with pineapple chocolate ganache. The idea being to fool people that its cheese, a-la heston B. It was a bit heath robinson, making it up as i went along, and without the proper tools/techniques. No tempering here, in fact the coloured white chocolate outer coating was decidedly buttery in texture.
Ingredience
I bar of green and blacks white chocolate.
a table spoon or so of double cream.
Some dried pineapple, some chopped very finely.
a knob of butter.
Yellow food colouring.
Cocktail sticks.
I heated the cream and added roughly twice as much chocolate, a knob of butter, finely chopped pineapple and some food colouring. mixing it together to make the ganache.
Then i melted some more chocolate with food colouring and lined a silicon ice tray with the putty like chocolate, and placed it in the freezer to set. Once solid i filled it with ganache then back in the freezer for a bit. Then topped off with more melted chocolate. Back to the freezer to set.
A little later I popped it out and chopped into ‘cubes’ putting each one on a cocktail stick with a bit of dried pineapple.
The effect worked surprisingly well. Not perfect but enough to fool anyone that didn’t pick one up. The taste was pretty good too, the ganache was more chocolately than pineapple tasting - but the dried pineapple made up for that - and prevented it being overpoweing.
If I had silicon cubes I would fill them with a dark chocolate more fruity ganache.
Still not a bad start at confectionary, I don’t think Paul A Young will loose any sleep though.
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April 1st, 2009
02:36 pm - G20 Protest having fun at G20 protests, managed to get into the thick of things only for people to try and kick in the RBS, why wasn't this boarded up? I left after taking this, and the horses charges in blockin it off, so a narrow escape for me!
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March 26th, 2009
12:49 pm - Blue Steel
 IMG_3857 Originally uploaded by tolks.
Le Tigre? Ferrari? Magnum?
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March 9th, 2009
02:17 pm - kids! ok that last post was by my 3 year old playing with my ipod!!
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March 7th, 2009
09:53 am
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February 25th, 2009
09:00 pm - black celebration Depeche Mode - "Wrong" (official music video)
FUCKIN HELL!!
new dm track and video are the awesome
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February 3rd, 2009
08:52 pm - Utilikilts In London
 Utilikilts Stall Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
The founder of Utilikilts and his partner were in london today as part of a whirlwind trip doing trade shows in scotland/dublin/london. They arranged for me to get into the trade only show and I got a sample Survival Kilt at a great price. They were friendly helpful and sized me correctly. Though i got a bit of a dissing for not wearing a UK on the day. Long live the Utilikilt.
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February 2nd, 2009
12:48 pm - well as everyone else is... heres my feet up to the ankles in rare london snow

I made it in no problem - DLR to bank and walked to cowcross street. I even had a seat - it was very pleasant - though post greenwich it was packed.
I'm slightly concerned about getting home.
all systems are GO!

thank heavens for the internet - which planned my route into work this morning and this page which im keepin an eye on to get home... http://www.dlrdaisy.co.uk/daisy/ban/ban02pid.htm
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January 22nd, 2009
03:01 pm - Lunchtime dominoes
 Lunchtime dominoes Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
The rising sun, smithfields.
very cultured
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11:48 am - LOLtorture
 LOLtorture Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
powerpoint on the mac is filled with cat torture clip art - who knew
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January 20th, 2009
December 29th, 2008
08:53 am - parlor trick - which is the longest accidentally discovered this optical illusion while assembling track at 6:30am
of course its a double trick - as the top track starts over a bit - but the effect is similar but less dramatic if you just place one above the other.
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December 17th, 2008
06:10 pm - i love it when tech 'just works'
 i love it when tech 'just works' Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
i was in the city this morning - in need of a usb hdd. there was a branch of currys.digital - with little choice - i knew there was a pc world somewhere in the city.
so... ipod touch cloud wifi google 'pc world london city' click on the map. click on directions its only 1 minute away -awesome
and this is without GPS
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December 1st, 2008
12:22 pm - ah hoy there booty
 ah hoy there booty Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
gotta love agent provocateur window displays
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November 27th, 2008
04:58 pm - gamertag is...maclondon after numerous attempts with customer services i gave up porting my xbox gamertag - macx
and im now maclondon - any LJ's got gamer tags?
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November 23rd, 2008
07:27 pm - fuckin xbox wanking arsebollock live flaps grump
i got an xbox360 trying to activate my xbox original live account on it - can I bollocks it wants a gamertag / email address / password combo.
on normal xbox its gamertag / last 4 credit card digits
I seem to get emails from xbox on a couple of email addresses neither is claimed to be linked to my xbox gamertag
and xbox.com is a mega bag of shite - signing in via any passport just trys to create a new gamertag it seems impossible to link mine to a passport account.
though im sure i did that years ago
xbox.com keeps reverting to usa as well.
then the phone line - has a stupid voice recognition system that takes you half an hour of it not understanding you before it dumps you into a never ending queue - so i never got to spoke to anyone after 30 mins on hold.
not happy.
other xbox negatives vs ps3 the controllers take normal batteries - ie not rechargeable like ps3 ones. xbox live costs £40 a year - ps network is free. mega huge power brick with lights on. no wifi
but im looking forward to the marketplace once i finally manage to log on via my several year old gamertag (macx) and already paid for gold account.
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November 16th, 2008
10:14 am - a new classic
 a new classic Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
chipolata skins stuffed with scrambled egg. expect to see these at a swanky party this xmas ! or not. kind ok like some sort of british meat based sushi rolls
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October 30th, 2008
05:30 pm - T Mobile G1 unboxing
 T Mobile G1 unboxing Originally uploaded by mac morrison.
oops there goes the neighbourhood
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