tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45094590634579325062024-02-07T12:03:15.530+08:00Storme in a TeacupRinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-37275887849110721402012-07-24T21:05:00.001+08:002012-07-24T21:12:36.899+08:00Green tea and fish = delish!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I dabbled a little in the kitchen tonight. Ben wanted something seafood-y. I obliged. It's quick and easy to cook and generally quite tasty. The only downside is the price of seafood in Australia; but that is a completely different story. Anyway, I thought that I might as well share the little recipe tweak I came up with so that other fish-om-nom lovers can enjoy too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">First off, you are going to want to consider the proximity of your smoke detector to your stove-top. If you think that this may be too close, I hope you have the fire department and police on speed-dial so you can continuously inform them about your "faulty" detector. OR!! You can get some rice-bran oil for cooking because is creates less smoke while cooking at high temperatures... I'd choose the latter. I speak from experience... Our smoke detector enjoys telling my neighbourhood that I am, indeed, cooking with oil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1.</b> So, add some rice-bran oil into a pan and turn on the heat. Get the oil to cover the base of the pan nicely before you place anything in there. When you tilt the pan to coat the surface, the oil will "run a little like water" - that's when you know its hot enough, that and the ssssSSSSSSSSsssssssssss noise you may start hearing. Add the salmon, skin-side down. Cook on high-medium heat for 1 minute. Turn the heat to medium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>2.</b> In the meantime, combine the other ingredients into a small pouring jug. Mix well to combine and keep nearby. Turn the salmon over and cook on medium-low heat. I prefer my salmon to be really pink to near-raw when I cook. If you prefer it well and truly dead, cook for longer than 2 minutes. This will all depend on the thickness of the salmon you have but if you get the 160g cutlets then 2 minutes is plenty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>3.</b> Take salmon off the pan, onto a plate and cover to keep warm. Pour or wipe (carefully) some of the oil out of the pan then add the green tea mixture. It'll bubble and sizzle for a little, keep stirring it and it should thicken just a little. Add your salmon to the pan and coat it in the sauce. Plate up the salmon and pour the remaining green tea sauce over the salmon and any accompaniments you're having with it (I have some cooked ramen noodles and steamed greens).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Acanthodes bronni. </i>The species name has "bro" in it, and according to a <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v486/n7402/full/nature11080.html">study undertaken by Davis, Finarelli and Coates</a>, the shark-like <i>A. bronni</i> is a member of the family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For an understanding of the position human beings find themselves in comparison to A. bronni, have a read of this blogger post: <a href="http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/common-ancestor-for-humans-and-sharks.html">Common ancestor for humans and sharks: Acanthodes bronni</a>. This post provides a brief history of the lineage and traits of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnathostomata">Gnathostomes</a> (everything with a spine and jaws).</span></div>
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<br />Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-23327686376799447622012-05-30T23:48:00.000+08:002012-06-06T23:49:22.302+08:00Goldfish - a little cooler than your average fish<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I think I want to turn the swimming pool into a piece of art work. But I won't choose just any old piece of artistry... I want <a href="http://vimeo.com/32967940">realistic goldfish</a> painted by Riusuke Fukahori. This guy is amazing. I watched all the available footage with his techniques - jaw-dropping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Painting each layer on resin to make gorgeous 3D sculptures. You can peruse Fukahori's masterpieces of fishiness in the ICN Gallery through <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/6592959353/in/photostream/">Dominic Alves' flickr gallery</a>. They are all beautiful. Wish I had them all...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I have NO idea where to put them all...</span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-67244519665351369582012-05-15T20:55:00.000+08:002012-05-15T20:55:09.524+08:00Macarons for Mother's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">May 13th was Mother's Day this year (well, for Australia that is). I made my mum something in the kitchen this time too - not hippo cookies again ~ she asked me this year to "Please refrain from getting me more hippos; I'm starting to feel like the Crazy Hippo Lady". So, not to worry Mum... I won't give you anything to do with hippos. I did, however, make her some <i>strawberry macarons with pomegranate chocolate filling</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Anyway, my housemate, Kass, was asked by her folks if she would mind the two cats for them while they moved house and found another place etc. She asked permission from myself and Ben if we'd be comfortable with the living situation - not a problem, we rather like them and had "cat-sat" the youngest for 6-8weeks last year. They arrived VERY SHORTLY (all were given barely 24hrs notice) on Saturday afternoon from QLD. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I went under general anaesthetic to extract all four wisdom teeth this past Tuesday. First time under general anaesthetic. Turns out, anaesthetic and I are very good together. I woke up wonderfully albeit a little dazed and sore. The surgeon said it was a routine procedure, but he did note that I had a fairly nasty infected pocket. I didn't feel anything before surgery, so I didn't really think much of it. I'm paying for it now. Fever, chills, pain. Not fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The thing that scared me the most was the numb tongue and lower lip. That is scary! You can't drink from a cup properly, so you have to sip through a straw. I poked the straw up my nose before I could distinguish where my mouth was. I can only eat with a teaspoon; table spoons are too big. My first meal was natural yoghurt. Since my lower lip was completely numb, I didn't know that I had spilt some yoghurt down my chin and onto the icepack I had wrapped around my jaw. Kass just sat there watching me and laughed after she pointed my immaculate appearance. Thanks, Kass. Have to be extra careful about eating hot soup...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thankfully, this whole procedure is a one off. I look forward to eating solid food again *yay*!!</span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-84766157854073690422012-04-15T17:20:00.005+08:002012-04-15T18:26:43.784+08:00Cuddlysaurus: where fluffy IS deadly<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Cuddly-looking, fluffy and fuzzy: not something you'd expect to describe a very large carnivorous mesozoic predator. BUT, there WAS a downy dinosaur. <span style="font-style: italic;">Yutyrannus huali</span>, the tyrannosaurid with the fluffy coat, is the largest dinosaur discovered with a full covering of feathers.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Y. huali</span> was uncovered in China, and estimated to be 60 million years older that its famous cousin, <span style="font-style: italic;">Tyrannosaurus rex</span>. Although considerably feathered, the immense bulk of the predator would not have been very aerodynamic - instead the down was purely for insulation, perhaps with a little splash of colour for display. It's not entirely odd for a predator to be feathered - snowy owls manage quite well in polar climates and their physiology is simply a downsized version of <span style="font-style: italic;">Yutyrannus</span>.</span><br /></div><br style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FtcwsGJK4zdd-moPjp1BKb4a6mL6th4ajT7uRW2JpPR1kOMcOd1mi_NiHk1qZJUrPxZVJBimAPLEvDt6cnF16mGWwmWnH5I5ahvUFEMTpGNeiVf24-yIs6yyvIuUWolBcZtM1EznPfw/s1600/yutyrannus_huali_by_dustdevil-d4v5zgc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FtcwsGJK4zdd-moPjp1BKb4a6mL6th4ajT7uRW2JpPR1kOMcOd1mi_NiHk1qZJUrPxZVJBimAPLEvDt6cnF16mGWwmWnH5I5ahvUFEMTpGNeiVf24-yIs6yyvIuUWolBcZtM1EznPfw/s400/yutyrannus_huali_by_dustdevil-d4v5zgc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731566965448088802" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Image of <span style="font-style: italic;">Yutyrannus huali</span> by Alain Beneteau aka <a href="http://dustdevil.deviantart.com/">dustdevil</a>)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >In<span style="font-family: verdana;">fo collected from these news articles </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/04/12/2477827/fuzzy-was-he-newly-found-fossils.html">here</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/04/04/2467870/fossils-indicate-t-rex-cousin.html#storylink=mirelated">here</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/warm-fuzzy-rex-evidence-surprises-16072194#.T4qUrtnlbpw">here</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >.<br />And this <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v484/n7392/full/nature10906.html">journal article</a> in Nature.</span><br /></div></div><br style="font-family: verdana;">Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-8376212017681146492012-04-12T20:00:00.005+08:002012-04-12T20:25:32.367+08:00Currency of the extinct<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Damn it Australia!!!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We already have the superior "plastic money"... but despite this, we are a land girt by sea... and are clearly MISSING OUT ON A HUGE OPPORTUNITY!!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I mean, Australia, we had dinosaurs... so... i</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">f Canada can do this then why haven't we done it yet?!?! I am talking about, of course:</span></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.cnet.com.au/canada-gets-glow-in-the-dark-dinosaur-money-339335800.htm">GLOW-IN-THE-DARK dinosaur money!!!</a></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKbO0Jgh0tklMjKrM3aImLWLgzszWZRFtIXMxJZl8Z4wUbRNCA4_QYvWozSXmCIp8xNp7yVFd96bhp4aJmb2GEuOfhvSPykMAqwkkIxJcyMukpl1N5-XfP6qnvIor8wtwloesTQjCkJQ/s1600/original.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKbO0Jgh0tklMjKrM3aImLWLgzszWZRFtIXMxJZl8Z4wUbRNCA4_QYvWozSXmCIp8xNp7yVFd96bhp4aJmb2GEuOfhvSPykMAqwkkIxJcyMukpl1N5-XfP6qnvIor8wtwloesTQjCkJQ/s400/original.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730488427271785714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The very awesome coins will be ready for purchase next Monday for C$29.90!</span></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-446683641547097802012-03-25T23:35:00.004+08:002012-03-26T00:04:01.246+08:00Happy 21st, Gord<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy 21st to my brother today!</span></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My earliest memory of you is in an incubation cot a few hours after you were born; I was lead upstairs to the labour ward by the creche staff. You're my best friend while we were growing up. Always had my back. You even told me what I would be getting from mum and dad for Christmas without me having to guess. You pissed me off by doing a number of things when we were kids: e.g. remember the time you flushed my collection of shell and animal-shaped soaps down the toilet... one... after... the... other?! Or when you asked me if I would trade Krystal for Shadow because Krys was a smaller kitten than Shadow was?! Or whenever we got takeaway for lunch, we had a system (eat fries first then the burger); you always wolfed yours down and then you'd look at me with your big, hopeful eyes and ask me "Are you going to eat that?"</span></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite being the typical painful younger sibling, you did grow up to be a really great guy. I hope you had a really great time and I hope I met your expectations for your birthday dinner last night. Love you lots.<br /><br />XOXO<br /></span></span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-43140875146487219402012-03-18T22:20:00.004+08:002012-03-18T23:06:58.414+08:00My current craving is WAGASHI<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8fykDDqzjQlyNl80J-aCi6PpjwYQGQ5FgBJEg1U4kkI080_q7Fj0nloBRUQAfs7Aiv5z4ZbliyssPtVNRKcyZ7qnJuxNPPbK-B1MEQGc3xnKWICd4UcjWXnsToGg8TFbsLMw8ShLkDc/s1600/wagashi2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8fykDDqzjQlyNl80J-aCi6PpjwYQGQ5FgBJEg1U4kkI080_q7Fj0nloBRUQAfs7Aiv5z4ZbliyssPtVNRKcyZ7qnJuxNPPbK-B1MEQGc3xnKWICd4UcjWXnsToGg8TFbsLMw8ShLkDc/s400/wagashi2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721251883763120146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wagashi: </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">a traditional Japanese confectionery<br />generally made with natural plant-based ingredients</span></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">They are almost too pretty and intricate to eat. I remember having wagashi at a Japanese tea ceremony in Toyoda, Japan (in 2004). A long time has passed since then. It was a really wonderful experience, and I've never been able to rid myself of the craving for red bean wagashi.</span></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.toraya-group.co.jp/english/wagashi/types.html">Toraya Confectionery</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> has the most amazing-looking range of wagashi, in my opinion! They have been running since before the 1600's. I'd recommend giving them a look. The attention to detail is simply spectacular! </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">But if you're wanting to make your own at home, have a look at the blog, <a href="http://wagashichronicles.blogspot.com.au/">My Wagashi Chronicles</a>, by dosankodebbie. She is quite brilliant and readily makes the art of wagashi creation available for the rest of us.</span></span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-75267005667707751122012-03-17T11:16:00.015+08:002012-03-17T23:18:44.684+08:00Novelty food<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm sure everyone knows about Japan's venture into creating square watermelons. Of course, they succeeded in this. The novelty of having a square watermelon is not lost on me... they're much easier to stack.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1dHpuKZHwuM0B9nGx-Ozi-QNpIms14xufGd38igSVStJCcWJx3mLwmCDfGf0QEc6F2VquplGbqJNGYvQe37BAzdUz6ENOMn4XiVBxkrrromGmw9SNYF-CLaAqKLBqTkHRRY9RTaqqNQ/s1600/budda2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1dHpuKZHwuM0B9nGx-Ozi-QNpIms14xufGd38igSVStJCcWJx3mLwmCDfGf0QEc6F2VquplGbqJNGYvQe37BAzdUz6ENOMn4XiVBxkrrromGmw9SNYF-CLaAqKLBqTkHRRY9RTaqqNQ/s400/budda2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720701708299652018" border="0" /></a>There are actually a LOT more deliberately, oddly shaped fruits and vegetables. Again, in Japan, a farmer produced a <a href="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/09/01/japanese-watermelon-heart/">heart-shaped watermelon</a> some years ago. I can imagine how these would have been popular around Valentine's Day.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlCAG24s4jrD_b9uJuCouiT2aX2FXCVCxseGojwp4lCvRNdioPLonsffpUfJxeAz2wnX-_fx9oASRnNpbHVCP_nkyQeRPNlvTWAq0xtktXomdVKfcMUEb3U8b8UBVwD7QgZ05-EdWeHQ/s1600/watermelon-heart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 372px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlCAG24s4jrD_b9uJuCouiT2aX2FXCVCxseGojwp4lCvRNdioPLonsffpUfJxeAz2wnX-_fx9oASRnNpbHVCP_nkyQeRPNlvTWAq0xtktXomdVKfcMUEb3U8b8UBVwD7QgZ05-EdWeHQ/s400/watermelon-heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720702962561349090" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Another shapely Japanese edible are these star and heart shaped cucumbers.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrXD5ejtC7POUeLrsA56yj6-ci34oLQucWP0WYkHniQBfATBNWp4DeFAa3t_gHjCPeH-YQF9HXiSiHiJ7MnsKRwXcrmT0EILKsnUqlXqX8AMuSX9tT8-2EUyGIlDXtAXwTU8Zrbe9UtI/s1600/Picture-4-e1281946546616.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrXD5ejtC7POUeLrsA56yj6-ci34oLQucWP0WYkHniQBfATBNWp4DeFAa3t_gHjCPeH-YQF9HXiSiHiJ7MnsKRwXcrmT0EILKsnUqlXqX8AMuSX9tT8-2EUyGIlDXtAXwTU8Zrbe9UtI/s400/Picture-4-e1281946546616.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720880066668903858" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">In China, a farmer made <a href="http://www.worldsstrangest.com/unbelievable/chinese-farmer-grows-baby-shaped-pears/">Buddha-shaped molds</a> and fastened them over the growing fruit on his pear trees. The result was ... well, different. I think it would be like biting into a juicy, pear tasting baby. A tad disturbing, yes.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmN8nNeK1YpL0bo0rZt74ZCbCQAXe60PA16dD5ej-PyUtIUtPoOkIiaFVERLODmNInpmxEOUnv1XTdFkpR8XmsGrskHkwYVdy1nSw_nyeJIXlmV6elbiFCAViKGuo6zUEvhU6tUS82A4/s1600/43345_pearbabieseur450x520690.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmN8nNeK1YpL0bo0rZt74ZCbCQAXe60PA16dD5ej-PyUtIUtPoOkIiaFVERLODmNInpmxEOUnv1XTdFkpR8XmsGrskHkwYVdy1nSw_nyeJIXlmV6elbiFCAViKGuo6zUEvhU6tUS82A4/s400/43345_pearbabieseur450x520690.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720868918105565538" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vBx6oF8NRbIqWIBmVyCEZ-hxYLuFXzQRQujLO9eDj5VLtuRBqu-kKQiSdZ6z7fTQJc3YNsxJa-MWbrgZ5N1BTgirVFrLk2vhuKcsLJ2kFffay-pnKsbdFwTf9WyLZwxOJDDr4RmR0mI/s1600/6000046_f520.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vBx6oF8NRbIqWIBmVyCEZ-hxYLuFXzQRQujLO9eDj5VLtuRBqu-kKQiSdZ6z7fTQJc3YNsxJa-MWbrgZ5N1BTgirVFrLk2vhuKcsLJ2kFffay-pnKsbdFwTf9WyLZwxOJDDr4RmR0mI/s400/6000046_f520.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720869063928224562" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">To top it all off, it's not just Asiatic countries which have taken a liking to making strangely shaped fruit and veg. Disney World in Orlando, USA, have jumped on the "vege cart", so to speak. To incorporate a little more Disney cheer into your life through food, pumpkins are produced with the likeness of <a href="http://web.mac.com/charlierj/ArtOfGardening/Home/Entries/2008/2/11_Mickey-shaped_vegetables_are_just_goofy.html">Mickey Mouse</a>!<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEZkFvTHy3gxgZPBO_M74CIflmtl7D6M8zJeVON0xGXNt_kHZDym5nS23pbWjqwwqfrxpVJfQBjHpycs1rgK4DkslEBSFa4xawUTCCKYz25aXZ0LAjoAuatLDJMxbPH65b7fAca8GChQ/s1600/shapeimage_7.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEZkFvTHy3gxgZPBO_M74CIflmtl7D6M8zJeVON0xGXNt_kHZDym5nS23pbWjqwwqfrxpVJfQBjHpycs1rgK4DkslEBSFa4xawUTCCKYz25aXZ0LAjoAuatLDJMxbPH65b7fAca8GChQ/s400/shapeimage_7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720868594481481794" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5X3oTztuJEz7P4-g3i173khUJkbxi-mXrU22F4VsCvNvJJGWFo_bdYUXi0xEnnDHSYEiOmL4oscw27MPK8nlI9c3igAofP5OXEV1b5FIydWC9W0yuBu-cwpRA6JBido03Aw-9y88pa8/s1600/mickeypunk1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5X3oTztuJEz7P4-g3i173khUJkbxi-mXrU22F4VsCvNvJJGWFo_bdYUXi0xEnnDHSYEiOmL4oscw27MPK8nlI9c3igAofP5OXEV1b5FIydWC9W0yuBu-cwpRA6JBido03Aw-9y88pa8/s400/mickeypunk1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720879349513199874" border="0" /></a></span>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-16785481669472848832012-02-27T20:41:00.005+08:002012-03-08T20:17:38.615+08:00Velvety Goodness<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ok, I've been asked by a few people for my <span style="font-weight: bold;">Red Velvet Cake</span> recipe. I'm caving in and supplying it :D</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">You will need:</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">125g softened butter</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">330g sugar</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">3 eggs</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">300g SR flour</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">290ml buttermilk</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">3tsp cocoa powder</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">1tsp baking powder</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">1tsp apple cider vinegar</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">1tsp vanilla extract</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">2tbs red food colouring</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">1) Grease (or line with cupcake paper cups) a muffin/cupcake tray OR cake tin (20cm diameter). Preheat oven to 170deg. C.</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">2) Cream the softened butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. It should look light and fluffy. While still beating, add one egg at a time. Beat well. Add the cocoa and red food colouring.</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">3) Sift together the flour and baking powder. Add half the buttermilk and half the flour mix to the red batter; mix. Add the rest of the buttermilk and flour.</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">4) Throw in a pinch of salt; fold in the vanilla and combine the apple cider vinegar into the cake batter. Now you can pour in even, but generous, amounts of batter into the cupcake tin or cake tin.</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">5) Place it in the oven for 30 mins. Cool.</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cream cheese Icing</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(just as important as the cake recipe)</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">500g softened, philli cream cheese</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">1 1/2 cups icing sugar</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">50g softened butter</span></span><br style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">1tsp vanilla</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">1) Making sure you don't over-mix, combine all "wet" ingredients in a bowl, then add the icing sugar. The mixture will be deliciously thick: trust me, if it's too runny it will RUIN YOUR LIFE!</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">2) Spoon into a piping bag and squeeze over the cooled cupcakes/cake!</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">EAT!!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcvWI0Hqx0oVVAyD-YUDuLNnkKX22uV4zjaBtDBMcGoYqA8WmYZ-mG5ow3sVWN7OERPuiPfsS7JGyfC9hRfI_KbV6_kKG2N75SD3UH5v83heNd3kvayngwZ8BlLdQ7fapTYujgfHoFO8/s1600/404564_10150682592056369_691461368_11154104_1156488653_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcvWI0Hqx0oVVAyD-YUDuLNnkKX22uV4zjaBtDBMcGoYqA8WmYZ-mG5ow3sVWN7OERPuiPfsS7JGyfC9hRfI_KbV6_kKG2N75SD3UH5v83heNd3kvayngwZ8BlLdQ7fapTYujgfHoFO8/s400/404564_10150682592056369_691461368_11154104_1156488653_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717498771987761378" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-13793770034566543962012-01-24T15:53:00.009+08:002012-01-24T16:31:58.041+08:00My heart pumps RICH CHOCOLATE MOUSSE!!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The most amazing, mouth-watering and terribly delicious thing in the world:</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h5KKNB3yqz_8tBntbPc__8MHcwsLAvObajAC4bBMlD6Ma5JpWfuN9kv99DDw6BjZZhO84UFrQUSYfQCEYIF2Q-2Ok-PTrxlaPVfceakHwTQo0C5UVo8aUMlamVMfAOs9-F1VtlClgc0/s1600/IMAG0419.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h5KKNB3yqz_8tBntbPc__8MHcwsLAvObajAC4bBMlD6Ma5JpWfuN9kv99DDw6BjZZhO84UFrQUSYfQCEYIF2Q-2Ok-PTrxlaPVfceakHwTQo0C5UVo8aUMlamVMfAOs9-F1VtlClgc0/s400/IMAG0419.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701112971944286082" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >The Richest Chocolate Mousse Ever</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Without a shadow of a doubt, this recipe will either cure you from your obsession with chocolate for the next few months, OR it'll KILL YOU before you've finished licking the spoon!</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zk5lSb6L9Qu_DsNEnCjqaD2A0aMGa1CTqktbceCTeS1s34Exg5prpblbgwitez_ZI9wTwCdeNANZLNU_98oMwvzsKYsSQV8JYt8yFUr2zbRPfXw8hFakFvA42iWzv9lExbJ4m_rPTBk/s1600/IMAG0420.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zk5lSb6L9Qu_DsNEnCjqaD2A0aMGa1CTqktbceCTeS1s34Exg5prpblbgwitez_ZI9wTwCdeNANZLNU_98oMwvzsKYsSQV8JYt8yFUr2zbRPfXw8hFakFvA42iWzv9lExbJ4m_rPTBk/s400/IMAG0420.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701113304378734354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">You will require:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">350g dark chocolate, chopped into bits-made-easy-to-melt</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">3 eggs, separated</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1/4 cup sugar</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1tsp instant coffee dissolved in 10ml warm water</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1tbs cocoa powder</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">300ml thickened cream</span><br /><br />Additionally, you should have 6 ramekins (or 4 larger ones for the daring).<br /><br />The method is simple enough:<br /><br />Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl either in the microwave OR (and this is the better way) rest the bowl of chocolate over a saucepan of simmering water ensuring the bowl doesn't touch the water. Stir the chocolate until melted. Set aside to cool.<br /><br />In a separate bowl, combine egg yolks, sugar, cocoa and coffee. Beat until the mixture is well combined ~ 5minutes. Add this mixture to the melted chocolate. This should look dark and smooth! Beat cream in a bowl and gradually spoon it into the chocolate, stirring gently as you go.<br /><br />In a clean bowl (sorry about all the bowls; your kitchen must be a mess by now), beat the egg whites until they form peaks. With a plastic spatula or spoon, gently fold in the beaten egg whites in the chocolate mixture. This will make the mousse light and airy. Just be careful not to mix and fold too much because this will release all the air (no one wants a mousse that feels like a lead weight in their gastrointestinal system).<br /><br />Spoon mousse into ramekins/glasses/dessert bowls and place on a tray. Put tray in the fridge and leave the mousse for an hour. You can check on it if you like, but I find that the wait is made longer every time you open the fridge and stare at them... I also add a little dissolved coffee to 100ml of cream, whip it and whip it good, then dollop it on top - because my arteries can take it!!!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Enjoy!</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaK7cZUisgoSjnFjJj_1s-0u2B7DasHOE0ZKdr33sSSRPX3bX2AWrwoXLLRaaBJSP0GaV9reBvI8x60AHLgax410dVb28v5TsaBW-dThn5RxP5_-82kxfo7krO4yQboFhYEltppAju6A/s1600/IMAG0415.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaK7cZUisgoSjnFjJj_1s-0u2B7DasHOE0ZKdr33sSSRPX3bX2AWrwoXLLRaaBJSP0GaV9reBvI8x60AHLgax410dVb28v5TsaBW-dThn5RxP5_-82kxfo7krO4yQboFhYEltppAju6A/s400/IMAG0415.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701110764608999522" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiCOICiMFND0pYlAZ6JC73rLKxPb_kP0OZfd9op1_5oRF25Eu0j338KprC-ID06eqb5CUHOGvJK73ZCwm7dtAxjwHv5V3SDSPrHT82plEXR7rsJU3EtOH8mSxQ0hhW-6DW3zXRofdHSE/s1600/IMAG0414.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiCOICiMFND0pYlAZ6JC73rLKxPb_kP0OZfd9op1_5oRF25Eu0j338KprC-ID06eqb5CUHOGvJK73ZCwm7dtAxjwHv5V3SDSPrHT82plEXR7rsJU3EtOH8mSxQ0hhW-6DW3zXRofdHSE/s400/IMAG0414.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701110982491855410" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Don't worry, my heart doesn't really pump rich chocolate mousse ... or lumpy custard for that matter. I'm sorry if this may have shattered some dreams...</span></span><br /></div></div></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-18544188138577731282012-01-14T12:05:00.002+08:002012-01-14T12:13:44.543+08:00Parenting WIN<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This is fantastic!<br /><br />A definite parenting <span style="font-weight: bold;">WIN</span> in my books!<br />(reminds me of my brother and myself)<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQw5MpLgnsm31WK1mkFQJh6XC4c5xcdejcDFyIjWzCbhDU_AwxHM6JmeJkY4JPJHI8rU1_cw5qFbpj4H3aJw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-21083524152148493032012-01-11T15:26:00.007+08:002012-01-11T16:36:23.936+08:00Nicolas Steno: You old dinosaur<div style="text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Today is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nicolas Steno</span>'s 374th birthday. For those of you who are unsure of who Steno is/was... I shall enlighten:<br /><br />Steno was a scientist, but more importantly he was a geologist (and palaeontologist). He identified the relationship between <span style="font-style: italic;">glossopetrae </span>(tongue stones) and the teeth of sharks to be one and the same, adding to an argument established by the late Fabio Colonna; the difference being, Steno noted differences between living shark teeth and those known to be <span style="font-style: italic;">glossopetrae</span> (<a href="http://www.allenandunwin.com/bookpreview/default.aspx?isbn=9781741750324">Owen, 2009</a>). He is the father of the <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/rocks-layers.html">law of superposition</a>, the <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/rocks-layers.html">principle of original horizontality</a>, and the <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/rocks-layers.html">principle of lateral continuity</a>; a basis for stratigraphy.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >So, happy birthday, Nic! You old dinosaur.</span><br /></div><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:65%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:65%;">Owen, D. 2009. <span style="font-style: italic;">Shark: In peril in the Sea</span>, Allen & Unwin, Australia</span><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:65%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:verdana;" >In Dinosaur News:</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PLoS ONE shared "</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029234">New Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous Demonstrate Extensive Ichthyosaur Survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary</a>"</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">.<br /><br />In brief, a 130 MY old ichthyosaur (</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Acamptonectes densus)</em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> was discovered in Braunschweig, Germany. The sparkling, diamond-in-the-rough snippet of information you should dust off and take home should be that ichthyosaurs are "traditionally" from the Jurassic period; this specimen dates to the Cretaceous. How the ichthyosaur survived the JK event (mass(?) extinction) is beyond me... Oh, but wait! <span style="font-style: italic;">A.densus</span> didn't survive the JK event... essentially, it, among other ophthalmosaurines and platypterygiines continued to thrive: "...diversity and disparity was reasonably high".<br /><br />Anyway, to clarify what's so important about the "re-writing of pre-history" and what part this ichthyosaur played, I'd recommend reading the excellent ramblings of <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2012/01/03/cretaceous-ichthyosaur-revolution-part-i/">Darren Naish's blog post</a> (co-author of the PLoS ONE article). There are some wonderful diagrams and anecdotal tidbits within.<br /></span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-23385238156767541522012-01-10T22:53:00.007+08:002012-01-10T23:28:49.022+08:00These boots are made for nomming...<div style="text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I baked vanilla "shoe" cupcakes for Kass' birthday (albeit a week late). I decided to surprise her with them when she got home from work... <span style="font-style: italic;">the squeal was mind-shattering</span>!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> I got the idea from a random Google search of "shoe cakes"... Kass loves shoes; her collection rivals <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imelda_Marcos">Imelda Marcos</a>!! (haha... not that bad, otherwise we'd need another house just for her shoes :|).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge_0v5xIbH3r3RooBOdKiYLMxM2qZm-ZLDsbuaqcqjV4I1ouZTa2aGO9ukszC8obcBy1xqMbuEH89Gw4jtWNfrHMe81AxwcERpsYagCuEjIuXkz5qrtVsdA7BgHoUwpEUx8aPjBBgoVc/s1600/CutestFood_com_stiletto_shoe_cupcakes1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge_0v5xIbH3r3RooBOdKiYLMxM2qZm-ZLDsbuaqcqjV4I1ouZTa2aGO9ukszC8obcBy1xqMbuEH89Gw4jtWNfrHMe81AxwcERpsYagCuEjIuXkz5qrtVsdA7BgHoUwpEUx8aPjBBgoVc/s400/CutestFood_com_stiletto_shoe_cupcakes1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696020337573750082" border="0" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This image sent me to a wonderful blog, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://hoosierhomemade.com/">Hoosier Homemade</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, which after subscribing to the vast range of helpful and inspiring newsletters, I received the information I required to make my own edible mini shoe replicas!</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's my version:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJS_aozfQgvdEi7cVoFMqdXnpOQG8ZOnDhGi6V1_n5MsDjXU5quTZEcgQC2Bz3VSn4VhCvJ5hBUGT2USljD39CeU5HnZqEIW8t071SFOpH-8sxYTuMsHpW1-ZDlI3y2K79Kd_O6GQImkA/s1600/395710_10150593630056369_691461368_10896471_2115486946_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJS_aozfQgvdEi7cVoFMqdXnpOQG8ZOnDhGi6V1_n5MsDjXU5quTZEcgQC2Bz3VSn4VhCvJ5hBUGT2USljD39CeU5HnZqEIW8t071SFOpH-8sxYTuMsHpW1-ZDlI3y2K79Kd_O6GQImkA/s400/395710_10150593630056369_691461368_10896471_2115486946_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696024094149903378" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjvoNNsFrjt0VZIKKVqHU1fl-D9zUxtZJYokvej2Y_R-cF66ltKCL0_NgxXTVnrW21YPKf2DNkL9aWgdrNIBkKQO1oNCjDDE2zynRi6VGNCNFsEH1gcYWJbPkooli3AwC_lt_pOCZTbk/s1600/380463_10150593628176369_691461368_10896463_2058182385_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjvoNNsFrjt0VZIKKVqHU1fl-D9zUxtZJYokvej2Y_R-cF66ltKCL0_NgxXTVnrW21YPKf2DNkL9aWgdrNIBkKQO1oNCjDDE2zynRi6VGNCNFsEH1gcYWJbPkooli3AwC_lt_pOCZTbk/s400/380463_10150593628176369_691461368_10896463_2058182385_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696024204767553970" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-60942770057024548402012-01-01T22:50:00.004+08:002012-01-01T23:40:38.992+08:00Beginning of the End<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">So... 2012...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">End of the World in December? Unlikely...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">But I did start the New Year off with a chipped calcaneus (heel)... Not too bad. Could have been worse... could have severely broken it. Anyway, I found these;</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvemh30vGO2Hr3_K7kEsYkqLOjkG4NVgM3waJiTHFO5Oi1jSfTYRLtX8Mg3Fukg9MsvSd8MC29FBT8Q-nC17CqCKFaS67xBD5CTqjcSDr_LzJN0Tg4HBoho_phyphenhyphen1BOKEM5M-_dxcWJeg/s1600/funny-science-news-experiments-memes-beaker-treats.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvemh30vGO2Hr3_K7kEsYkqLOjkG4NVgM3waJiTHFO5Oi1jSfTYRLtX8Mg3Fukg9MsvSd8MC29FBT8Q-nC17CqCKFaS67xBD5CTqjcSDr_LzJN0Tg4HBoho_phyphenhyphen1BOKEM5M-_dxcWJeg/s400/funny-science-news-experiments-memes-beaker-treats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692683875663486978" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://momofukufor2.com/2010/06/rainbow-jello-recipe/">Layered rainbow jelly</a>... YAY!!<br />Either way, I'm going to make them... sometime...<br /></span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-44741647715078567392011-12-21T11:14:00.003+08:002011-12-21T11:20:28.521+08:00The Cat's Meow<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ever wondered what was going through your cat's mind when you've replied to their mewing with louder meows only to receive a brief moment of silence followed by a strained mew??</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well... </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://inkmo.deviantart.com/">Inkmo</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> has considered this and has provided some enlightenment:</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(click for full view)<br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubwPsrIz6eb2IutxvVstP9xYPUB7oHyqgBAoaQufR1thMRyBa1fn15yQ3CtqtU2b95X36U0K4nz_lntVeWoxlvvWuUBcqgN8f2WLHYCypp4a0-3bRc8oCuMh2Que_CM-KK2P0SgfXcnM/s1600/Babbling_Giants_by_Inkmo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 417px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubwPsrIz6eb2IutxvVstP9xYPUB7oHyqgBAoaQufR1thMRyBa1fn15yQ3CtqtU2b95X36U0K4nz_lntVeWoxlvvWuUBcqgN8f2WLHYCypp4a0-3bRc8oCuMh2Que_CM-KK2P0SgfXcnM/s400/Babbling_Giants_by_Inkmo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688415762564575458" border="0" /></a>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-68906152525712477042011-11-30T15:15:00.015+08:002011-11-30T16:28:29.312+08:00Little Bix nursery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintydQbB0usKOevpHvsU6hrc1P1IuRdPS6NwT2joeGKGLXzxrP_OKY5cuMPI2clAGq5XbBvLYiDN7x7N7qo3HSD6Mhq1LXWphE71p7NuaCVuxD2bddkUOsL7fT6HUB1S6tlDNAgcmHRYw/s1600/dinosaur-nest-discovered-protoceratops-detail-view_44448_600x450.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintydQbB0usKOevpHvsU6hrc1P1IuRdPS6NwT2joeGKGLXzxrP_OKY5cuMPI2clAGq5XbBvLYiDN7x7N7qo3HSD6Mhq1LXWphE71p7NuaCVuxD2bddkUOsL7fT6HUB1S6tlDNAgcmHRYw/s400/dinosaur-nest-discovered-protoceratops-detail-view_44448_600x450.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680686184596777890" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:60%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Protoceratops andrewsi</span> nest from Mongolia - image from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/pictures/111129-dinosaurs-nest-babies-egg-mongolia-ancient-parents-pictures/#/dinosaur-nest-discovered-protoceratops-detail-view_44448_600x450.jpg">National Geographic</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, by Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Nawwww!<br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">There's so many of them and they all so tiny and cute! If you have read Dinotopia by James Gurney, you'd know of <a href="http://dinotopia.wikia.com/wiki/Bix">Bix</a>. For those who need a refresher course, Bix was a traveling dinosaur Ambassador and she was also a <span style="font-style: italic;">Protoceratops</span>. The link here is that these little hatchlings are also Protoceratops, from Mongolia. A total of 15 youngsters were uncovered in a nest.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KH5v0yKu5KhNGj9J_YheHJyhjGSl6ffZZI9LN2AcA46YMVy3d8_NoIC43JjpEqUgF83f-iMhSWThdWqc_4lWgqmOLjzoivp5r3-zJmblMyoueZzF2zWa1BoTr0jmqn1uzduwquoGG-o/s1600/Will_and_Bix_copy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KH5v0yKu5KhNGj9J_YheHJyhjGSl6ffZZI9LN2AcA46YMVy3d8_NoIC43JjpEqUgF83f-iMhSWThdWqc_4lWgqmOLjzoivp5r3-zJmblMyoueZzF2zWa1BoTr0jmqn1uzduwquoGG-o/s400/Will_and_Bix_copy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680689208217857058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:60%;">Will and Bix from James Gurney's Dinotopia<br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />Protoceratops is a herbivorous, beaked dinosaur that lived over 85-70mya. It's the smaller cousin of Triceratops, but lacking facial horns. Its life-cycle is pretty well know due to the amount of fossil evidence of hatchlings, adolescents, and male and female adults.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEAui28FnE8RTfSTfHTBPHMGnzwkLDHOdrKYRI7rpc1RSLBPTKuScTjRg9Jq1TFDik60Ul36YOSR4mo1sYjiIaQENAHGeMItj6ULNG7AUNOGbupy2ClZoGfILzwsGWTR_4p4q_Sq-hw0/s1600/MM-protoceratops-skeleton-BIG.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEAui28FnE8RTfSTfHTBPHMGnzwkLDHOdrKYRI7rpc1RSLBPTKuScTjRg9Jq1TFDik60Ul36YOSR4mo1sYjiIaQENAHGeMItj6ULNG7AUNOGbupy2ClZoGfILzwsGWTR_4p4q_Sq-hw0/s400/MM-protoceratops-skeleton-BIG.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680696115582596562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:60%;">image from <a href="http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/dinosaur-walk/meet-the-skeletons/protoceratops/#">Melbourne Museum</a></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />Protoceratops also lived along-side Velociraptor. This is famously noted in the "Dueling Dinosaurs", where a Protoceratops locked its beak tightly on the forearm of a velociraptor; the moment being frozen in time and sediment.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uHqOab91H3rLwy-2L3BsSwIazYYaKSIioKKovh2DUQO56i-i7Y01kGcJXlanAKa63nSSWrTJR5TjNdSNday_w_jUGFhqbE7ta8wCRqUsXNlK4IbPKQPvNT1jP1vzM0d6zroUBlwncPw/s1600/exfd-fighting-lg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uHqOab91H3rLwy-2L3BsSwIazYYaKSIioKKovh2DUQO56i-i7Y01kGcJXlanAKa63nSSWrTJR5TjNdSNday_w_jUGFhqbE7ta8wCRqUsXNlK4IbPKQPvNT1jP1vzM0d6zroUBlwncPw/s400/exfd-fighting-lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680697377460969042" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:60%;">image of Dueling Dinosaurs by <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/fightingdinos/ex-fd.html#">AMNH</a><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-11811830326352812962011-11-26T12:18:00.008+08:002011-11-26T12:52:56.566+08:00Apologies don't prevent extinction<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Unheard of for me to post more than a single post in a day, but this compelled me to mention and remind us how rapidly thing can go south.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3dkWoivMFJrULGssqcJL_B9iruYRBwCxdBZ6pbmwsh_CNsRaKeqUkDoV_54pTCwAh0tqGMA25uCXrtuE2JLlA42Ophl4p7g-s2fyFdMBD6DcUUn-RRIayAY5rNW2q1X1s1F4LAt2WXc/s1600/poouli3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3dkWoivMFJrULGssqcJL_B9iruYRBwCxdBZ6pbmwsh_CNsRaKeqUkDoV_54pTCwAh0tqGMA25uCXrtuE2JLlA42Ophl4p7g-s2fyFdMBD6DcUUn-RRIayAY5rNW2q1X1s1F4LAt2WXc/s400/poouli3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679161223481100946" border="0" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:65%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">image from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/pubs/endgrspp/">Dept. Land and Nature Resourses, Hawaii</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">On this day, 7 years ago, the </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >last</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> male </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=8926">Po'ouli</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, a small, endemic Hawaiian bird, died from Avian malaria whilst in the care of the Maui Bird Conservation Centre with the intention of breeding the species back from the brink. Sadly, his death came barely 2 months after his capture from the wild and a female had not been found in time to breed.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />This setback would have been less devastating if there were more Po'ouli to collect to try again. The species was unknown to science until 1975 where the population was estimated to be around 200 (76 birds/km2); however, ten years later, the Po'ouli population dropped to 8 birds/km2. A significant decline of over 90%. Since the loss of the Po'ouli male, the reality of the situation was confirmed when no evidence or sightings of </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">living specimens were found in their natural habitat; making the Po'ouli extinct. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Eric Vanderwerf, of U.S Fish and Wildlife Services lamented in <a href="http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/12/01/news/story3.html">2004</a>: <span style="font-style: italic;">"I kind of liken it in some way to the loss of the Mona Lisa or the Sistine Chapel. If we lost that, we could never get it back. We can never get another."</span><span style="font-size:120%;"></span></span></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-82430177536685595792011-11-26T11:40:00.007+08:002011-11-26T12:08:53.148+08:00When they find one near Loch Ness, I'll be excited<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">MORE dinosaur news:<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rare-dinosaur-unearthed-by-digger/story-e6frg6so-1226206323093">Rare dinosaur unearthed by digger</a><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A nearly complete fossil of a plesiosaurus was uncovered by a Syncrude heavy equipment operator in an oil sands area, Alberta. It is believed to be around 40 million years older than other plesiosaur fossils, making it the oldest plesiosaur discovered to date.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6e4rxRIN03TEdIzrBkwqcA9FZ0qoC6VxYASFNsgH9DnZ2hHgBb7SAv4ENuCV1gjWZUClcAKmdfYdoeZ_OVvaOvW9HhGnXSvtyIzTEmqL2gJl9acGM7C5w0I3whDt567lvo11FJAiZTHA/s1600/web-fossil_JPG_1345398cl-8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6e4rxRIN03TEdIzrBkwqcA9FZ0qoC6VxYASFNsgH9DnZ2hHgBb7SAv4ENuCV1gjWZUClcAKmdfYdoeZ_OVvaOvW9HhGnXSvtyIzTEmqL2gJl9acGM7C5w0I3whDt567lvo11FJAiZTHA/s400/web-fossil_JPG_1345398cl-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679150312207276786" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:60%;">image by Sue Sabrowski - Royal Tyrrell Museum<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:60%;">from <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-oil-sands-yield-treasure-trove-of-ancient-fossils/article2248036/?from=sec431">The Globe and Mail</a></span><br /></div></div><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family:verdana;" ></span>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-45122521215756062222011-11-24T08:55:00.013+08:002011-11-24T10:09:18.808+08:00No one is safe, not even Drop bears<div style="text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've been in a glass cage of emotion! No internets for weeks, which has made me feel very out-of-tune with the world... but the first thing I did read was the multiple murderous hippopotami in South Africa. </span></span><br /><br />1. <a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2061286/Farmer-Marius-Els-gouged-death-pet-hippo-Humphrey-like-son.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Farmer gouged to death by pet hippo Humphrey who was 'like a son to him'</span></a><br />2. <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.times.co.sz/News/34935.html">Escape from the jaws of a hippo</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />While hippos are pretty dangerous in general, I was intrigued to know if there had been any honey badger attacks (specific aren't I). I didn't find any honey badger media but I did find this:<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/koalas-under-attack-from-cows/20111116-1nhzv.html"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Koalas under attack from cows</span></span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Who'd have thought that a cow would be spooked by a koala enough to have a murderous streak. They are thuggish in their approach too. <span style="font-style: italic;">So watch out for the koalas, Eastern Staters</span>. Next we'll be hearing about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI">cows with guns</a>... </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Another article I found was this:</span><br /></div></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><a href="http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20111123-New-ferret-badger-species-found-in-central-Vietnam.aspx">Melogale cucphuongensis sp.nov</a></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em></em></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />This is a new species, unknown to science referred to as a "ferret-badger". It's interesting looking enough. At first I thought they called it a ferret-badger because they had no idea which one it was more closely related to; then I did a little more research and found the strangest handful of cute, ferret-badgers. They look a little like Palm civets to me.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVkXqSZSQD-Kbfi_ywIO-gAvqekxeD7Tv_fLFTV7ve4zwi0S1iwlEg-OsW3XWIeoS5-FgT9YMKNO5HloSQoHGm8g5eTJpXljejk_NsNkbkVqTrVF632EVGmWlZ27OpOY0crUZhpGyXaE/s1600/mmoschata.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVkXqSZSQD-Kbfi_ywIO-gAvqekxeD7Tv_fLFTV7ve4zwi0S1iwlEg-OsW3XWIeoS5-FgT9YMKNO5HloSQoHGm8g5eTJpXljejk_NsNkbkVqTrVF632EVGmWlZ27OpOY0crUZhpGyXaE/s400/mmoschata.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678366400026299698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">A species of Melogale, Chinese ferret-badger</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">(image from <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/05/monday_mustelid_15_and_16.php">Scienceblogs</a>)</span><br /></span></div></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-42173400980056363202011-10-21T12:57:00.012+08:002011-10-22T00:42:52.946+08:00A page from a Cycad's diary<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:90%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dear diary...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I think I grew a little this last century.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">That is all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Love,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">C.</span></span><br /><br />You know those old, awesome-looking, hardy plants that Triceratops liked chewing on in children's dinosaur picture books... cycads?? Well, as it turns out, cycads lied about their age like a 16 year old in a liquor store. They are younger than they appear... sort of... if you count 10 million years young as oppose to 280 mya.<br /><br />The species around today are not the same species that were around with the early amphibians during the Permian nor are they the same species feeding the plumpy herbivorous dinosaurs. These modern cycads are fairly new in the grand scheme of plant diversification - having only really decided to extend the <span style="font-style: italic;">*snicker*</span> branches of the family <span style="font-style: italic;">*snicker*</span> tree out around 10 mya.<br /><br />The full article can be found on <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/10/19/science.1209926.full.pdf"><span style="font-style: italic;">Science</span> : "Recent synchronous radiation of a living fossil"</a> --- but subscription to the journal is necessary to view it. Or you can GOOGLE it and read the News feed.<br /></span></span><br /></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-88759125492988205872011-10-18T16:48:00.008+08:002011-10-18T17:12:33.653+08:00The Zodiacs<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This one goes out to Ben, because I read this on </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.smosh.com/">Smosh</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and I laughed so hard coffee leaked from my nose (I was drinking coffee at the time, I'm not a caffeine dispenser normally).</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />SEVERELY RECOMMEND CLICKING ON THE IMAGES FOR AN AMAZING FULL VIEW!! OR YOU WILL DIE FROM IGNORING THIS CLEARLY DRAMATIC SUGGESTION. YOUR ZODIAC SAID SO...<span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">(you'll never know if you don't read it)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">.</span> </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyQt-heA_WSm0_5owLoNcvsgbgGoKGF8LCEwtr52mjaUwbGJPWQPXjrsCgrqxqx2oQmhrIEmCXDYhOOS_GdKmJ5tuYfcfR5AubYER1Ip_hucc74FHDGNnmt4xwi2CvBxhnqe5dqNVyGE/s1600/zodiac-chart.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg827hDKKuTVnGlpfKU_ST4rCKb4ridx9_4BncA8betd-L8wDjASvTgde3fgViealhHx_10XP_G51t-pVKCp_cUrqwNCMFENJxMN6YHIE79syfpsyoQFmMobEyrXorLJKYS5KRderX8rEE/s1600/zodiac-chart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg827hDKKuTVnGlpfKU_ST4rCKb4ridx9_4BncA8betd-L8wDjASvTgde3fgViealhHx_10XP_G51t-pVKCp_cUrqwNCMFENJxMN6YHIE79syfpsyoQFmMobEyrXorLJKYS5KRderX8rEE/s400/zodiac-chart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664756637363445522" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZR03vZ8jAA7-1XWgCwVsIMpQ0rcmsYI8loHVU3e8TuP95Di_moGqF0RdA5XVFJtesM9kVwfh8rkz-26X2QLZ7P4MB9cAG7SOroRxvaPpcMlgZgUteWwYh2aXAkt6SOfht0jYUx3MW7o/s1600/zodiac-chart+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZR03vZ8jAA7-1XWgCwVsIMpQ0rcmsYI8loHVU3e8TuP95Di_moGqF0RdA5XVFJtesM9kVwfh8rkz-26X2QLZ7P4MB9cAG7SOroRxvaPpcMlgZgUteWwYh2aXAkt6SOfht0jYUx3MW7o/s400/zodiac-chart+-+Copy+%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664756988689104098" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgb8z7xxdYTyECiVK3DqvhD1qGwGjm_kc9SX2rF7qYpiZeL3N2ZC1WsR3WgSArJ_6AUmUuG0LrYF5JZwBt0XpcjDacvQg1pehqcV5oXWgR9JFYycAuvSFOn32pHdszyA0mTrQsoPlr2Ug/s1600/zodiac-chart+-+Copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgb8z7xxdYTyECiVK3DqvhD1qGwGjm_kc9SX2rF7qYpiZeL3N2ZC1WsR3WgSArJ_6AUmUuG0LrYF5JZwBt0XpcjDacvQg1pehqcV5oXWgR9JFYycAuvSFOn32pHdszyA0mTrQsoPlr2Ug/s400/zodiac-chart+-+Copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664756831564472930" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFeM3iQZ0SD6DyWu__GfvOBPuxnvwOWALHesXJkW7ev70xrXdk-FuT1xMKwHCeXtbATAlG92-00uboIvSFUigklzvQg-21bM7j4x6W120v8o0ioGAyR5hTss2JC64J-o1hCwCs30tOns/s1600/zodiac-chart+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 417px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFeM3iQZ0SD6DyWu__GfvOBPuxnvwOWALHesXJkW7ev70xrXdk-FuT1xMKwHCeXtbATAlG92-00uboIvSFUigklzvQg-21bM7j4x6W120v8o0ioGAyR5hTss2JC64J-o1hCwCs30tOns/s400/zodiac-chart+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664757147671187810" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVF0Eklv7F0ez7sQrNxbJCAYaA_nNqvpq4LZ-76Y1ZO1tmviFklsnqG3Bf14CD3FiW3a7dK_QeE1xkRsvreG7fmuit6y6z7AJV0sWfkMGYIykaNTaLOFzw-F6-YaTGZbrceoO33UdMPc/s1600/zodiac-chart.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEozvV61L5V-fXcQFgDWYvksLuJ6epnxGfBl_tw1lO4yVD8dmezlRlDWUr3XRfzYjt-cZbpvZcJwu2XbrLYGIrhv2X5JJlTxD1JwnahXuigYaTGcOWD44oBPc4iE591iPjcXMuhb1uljE/s1600/zodiac-chart.jpg"><br /></a>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509459063457932506.post-10087339086751796212011-10-06T11:23:00.005+08:002011-10-06T12:18:15.172+08:00Jelly is AMAZING!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >I have discovered jelly art! It's always been there but I haven't paid it much attention until now! This is one of the coolest desserts you could make -ever-. I want to make these so bad, but leaving me in the kitchen with a rather large needle with coloured gelatin is the worst thing anyone can do (not that I'd consider injecting jello; but more because I'm exceedingly uncoordinated and I do want to keep my eyes puncture-free). I've found HEAPS of footage on YouTube under "<span style="font-style: italic;">Gelatina Encapsulada</span>" and "<span style="font-style: italic;">Gelatina Artistica</span>"; some pretty awesome DIY clips too. </span><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvivIeNwhGky9vZOk25jiquvsxDC9o3LRKdO1WlNSokUMVslO5t5CGWNFUEIbgDS5bQibOgMXYL0kWlCM7TnxCuXpWBQUMgT6if6dwkKMsnV72Ap5q3yWvdERxuaw2rLhE_RxVMmQXBRA/s1600/small13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvivIeNwhGky9vZOk25jiquvsxDC9o3LRKdO1WlNSokUMVslO5t5CGWNFUEIbgDS5bQibOgMXYL0kWlCM7TnxCuXpWBQUMgT6if6dwkKMsnV72Ap5q3yWvdERxuaw2rLhE_RxVMmQXBRA/s400/small13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660223060617288418" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >image from <a href="http://jellyciouscreation.com/?author=1">Jellyciuos Creations</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9ebvbmJ5DSz81IUCWzPCUxWh6sBo1IjhatmjcDTQu9kJO_W9GP0bOuIzCN5N33hVP5yJX0XRRYyuSx3KshA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >If anyone manages to make these (and it's their first attempt) I'd love to see photos! Post a link in the comments or IM me (or FB me if you're on my friend's list - if you're not, then <span style="font-weight: bold;">!!YAY!!</span> You're the <5% of people who read this and weren't forced to as a "friend's obligation").</span><br /></div></div>Rinstormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187248083061378965noreply@blogger.com0