finally...

i know what typeface i am. maybe now i'll sleep at night.

for all the design geek freaks (yes Jez, you)...http://www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you/ (the password is 'character')

i am Archer Hairline. i really quite like it...

not like the fish...


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stage 4: 'when the starter is ready, it will appear fully risen, and a small indentation made with a finger won’t spring back'...


unfortunately folks, that's only the end of the beginning. the good news is that (in theory) i can keep the starter alive FOREVER. Boudin Bakery in San Francisco has been using the same 'mother dough' for 160 years. WOW! if i'm still boring you, just take a look at this bread crab














boy. oh. boy. now the beginning of the end...

touching wood...

yesterday was stage 3: it's working!... at this stage the dough should have -and i quote -'a new, fresh look'. and if by 'fresh' they mean gooey...


can you get fresher than this?...


you have to keep feeding sourdough... in this way (and also my too frequent/paranoid checking) it's like a baby. also like a baby is how it keeps growing. my fears of it spurring some world dominating alien life-form may not be unfounded


but do not fear... these aliens are most likely to come paint your house. maybe i'll win a nobel prize for my discovery

improv-ing...

stage two: i don't know if i'm doing it right but here goes anyhoo...

the original dough blob was supposed to left for 2-3 days, so i left it for 1 day instead. i just thought it looked kind of ready...


it is an experiment afterall and making it up as you go along seems as good a tactic as any (following recipes is for losers)... the next bit looks surprisingly like the start, but i would at this point advise anyone expecting anything exciting to happen to give up on me now (or tune back in a few days time to see some bread - or most likely no bread)...


it's actually a BIGGER blob...'OH!' i hear you all cry 'a BIGGER blob, well that IS interesting'. it's back in the cupboard now (see stage one)

p.s. recipes are NOT for losers, i take it back. in fact, if you rearrange the letters of RECIPES you can make the word PRECISE... :)

experiment #2...

make some sourdough bread. stage one: the solid starter...


it's cosy home for the next few days...


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TED of the day = uber-simplicity... (bjarke ingels = new hero btw)



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experiment #1

- beg/steal/borrow some rene aubry
- transfer to a portable music device
- go walking in the sun with said protable device playing said music

René Aubry - Plaisirs Damour - 01 - Salento 1.mp3 -

so... i've had this track for a while and played it to death... but still it lives on. i recently got my little mits on the album it's from (thanks Arild) and it's made me a very happy lady. i'm sure the experiment works equally well in other weather conditions too... yes! you're most welcome.

what the hey, have another...

Rene Aubry - Georges Brassens - Le vent.mp3 - Rene Aubry

(ok, so there's only 30 secs of each track... click the link for the full tracks)