Oct 13, 2005

I auditioned for Temptation this evening. Read on to find out how I went. And if you want to audition as well, lob an email to temptationcontestant at nine dot com dot au. The audition isn’t as intimidating as you might think. It starts with a 50-question general knowledge quiz - and when I say “general”, I mean “general”. Geography, history, sport, and pop culture were all fair game. My sports and pop culture knowledge is pretty dismal - and it showed.

Aug 7, 2005

Update: Welcome, Carnival of the Recipes readers! This is Zac’s trademark spicy Asian-style soup - it goes down a treat on a chilly winter night. Serves 4-6 Ingredients 1 onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, finely chopped 3 teaspoons lemongrass, minced 3 small red chillies, diced, with seeds in 500 grams of chicken breast, diced (about 2 breasts) 1 litre chicken stock 1 carrot, chopped 1⁄2 head broccoli a handful of spring onions, coarsely chopped 1 cup thinly sliced mushrooms (enkoi mushrooms, for preference) 200g udon noodles

Aug 6, 2005

I forget where I found this recipe, but it’s a pretty nifty way to spice up a stir-fry. Josh’s Easy Marinated Beef Ingredients: Beef (two porterhouse steaks makes enough stiry-fry for 3-4 people) 2 cloves of garlic 1 small red chilli ginger (about as much ginger as garlic) 1 tablespoon soy sauce 2 teaspoons oil (peanut oil or sesame oil are best - canola oil also works) Full recipe after the jump.

May 24, 2005

The Academie Francaise has announced that the French for “blog” shall be… …le bloc-notes.

May 10, 2005

I took the plunge today and bought the Mac I’ve been wanting ever since Tiger was released. It’s a 12” Combo-drive Powerbook; when closed, it’s small enough to hide under an A4 sheet. Oddly enough, it weighs the same as my old 14” Dell. It’s been a pretty good experience so far. I’ve moved my iTunes library, and I’m now looking for a decent Mac RSS reader. Mail.app is picking up all my mail; I can access my shared files on my Windows server (after a bit of work), and Remote Desktop is installed so I can remotely run Outlook on my desktop.