Year: 2012
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Amy and I decided that we should try to make a real effort to watch more films because it is something that we both love to do that we somehow fell out of the habit of doing. To think back in the days of working at the cinema I was watching around 100 films a year.
We started with a quirky comedy that my brother recommended to me called Jeff, Who Lives at Home.
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Windows 8 launching late October
Windows 8 launching late October, RTM ‘on track’ for August | The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/9/3146476/windows-8-will-rtm-august-release-late-october via @verge
Paul Thurrott recommends viewing the BUILD 2011 keynote given by Steven Sinofsky in which Windows 8 was finally unveiled to understand the roadmap of the development and release of what is the most significant OS from Microsoft since Windows 95.
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Finished The VDI Delusion by J…
Finished The VDI Delusion by Jack Madden et al. and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/b9EOtHha #Kindle
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Looking forward to my night in…
Looking forward to my night in with my wife playing through Halo: Anniversary together on the Xbox 360
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Why Johnny Can’t Add Without…
Why Johnny Can’t Add Without a Calculator http://t.co/kyETRPlu via @slate
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Finished Crooked Little Vein
Finished Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
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Banana cake
A fantastic way to use up bananas that have over ripened. The cake is great with a cup of tea or warmed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
100g/4oz butter, softened
140g/5oz light muscovado sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
75g/3oz chopped hazelnuts (optional but I think they add a nice crunch)
2 ripe bananas
2 tbsp milk
225g/8oz self-raising flourPreheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4 (Fan oven 160°C/320°F) and grease and line a 18cm/7″ cake tin.
I did the following in a food processor but you can just mix the ingredients in step by step in a bowl if you don’t have a food processor. Cream the sugar and butter together and then add the eggs. Fold the nuts, bananas and milk into the mixture (you may need to mash the bananas up beforehand if they are not over ripe). Now fold the flour in.
Spoon into the lined cake tin and bake for about an hour until risen. Leave to cool for 10 minutes then turn out, remove the paper and cool. -
Microsoft to open London retail store
Microsoft to open London retail store in March 2013 | The Verge http://t.co/SRA04JL2 via @verge
