Posted: April 28th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: Food, General | Tags: photo humour food faggot | No Comments »
I made this little fella from my dinner the other day. Nik told me off for playing with my food but the kids thought it was hilarious.
By the way, if you don’t know, a “Faggot” is a British dish. It’s a kind of meatball traditionally made from Pig liver and heart, belly pork, herbs and spices. It’s then wrapped in Pig Caul (the membrane from the pig’s abdominal wall) and roasted.
Faggots should be served with onion gravy and peas (and perhaps mashed potato).
These were made by my local butcher. Don’t eat those nasty things from the chiller in the supermarket (the ones that sound like they’re clever) – they’re not faggots!
They sound awful but trust me, they are delicious!
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: General | | No Comments »
10 years ago today my “little” boy came into this world, a blue and very heavy (10lb 10oz) bundle of joy.
So here’s wishing you a very happy 10th birthday sonny!
Dad
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Posted: April 20th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: General | | 3 Comments »
My son came back from a visit to our friends with a copy of Professor Leighton and the Mysterious Village on his Nintendo DS. He’s really taken to it, saying that it was very addictive.
For those that don’t know all it is really is a collection of puzzles presented within a story that seems to be about a sort of Victorian gentleman adventurer. It is beautifully presented from what I’ve seen. Even though he used the word “addictive” it is sort of a relief as it is taxing his mind a little more than Pokemon.
Anyway, he made me smile last night as he looked over my shoulder as I was playing it. I was tackling a puzzle he hadn’t seen before and when he saw me musing on it, he chirped in with the answer.
Here’s the puzzle. It’s not that hard but I was nonetheless impressed since he’s only 10.
Three horses are in a race on a circular racetrack. Each horse runs at a different speed and covers a different number of laps in a minute.
Horse A does 2 laps
Horse B does 3 laps
Horse C does 6 laps
How long will it be before all three horses meet up at the start/finish line?
Your answers please! Please show your working 
Posted: April 20th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: General, Web Design | Tags: blog, writing | 2 Comments »
This is the second “proper” post on my “new” blog.
For the last 24 hours I’ve been thinking about what to write and it’s just not coming to me. A quick 140 character tweet of frustration brought forth some “helpful” suggestions…
noxtonhoj @foamcow stuff n’shit. I couldn’t be easier really
kassy4 @foamcow cows?
natmandu @foamcow If you’re like me, any old shite that you can’t fit into 140 characters.
jaygilmore … [No kidding eh?]
I did quite like Kassy’s suggestion to write about cows but have realised that I don’t actually know much about them. I think I’ll save that for later and swot up on the topic.
But now I think I’ve got it! Yes! At least in principle.
Following on from my previous post on why some sites just don’t need a CMS let’s talk about one of the reasons why that is true – Some people just don’t have much interesting to say.
It’s true. How many millions of blogs are out there, I’ll wait while you count them.
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Finished yet? Lots aren’t there!
How many of those are actually worth reading? Not many. If you use an aggregator like I do you’ve probably filled it with quite a few feeds maybe even too many to be manageable but these represent a tiny fraction of what people are slapping online.
So to my effort. In light of the above I have to consider, “is it worth it?”
Hell, YES!
Generally I’m an easy going sort of guy and I pride myself on my “live and let live” ethic but I do have very strong opinions on some subjects which normally manifest themselves as ranting from time to time. Yeah, I rant, live with it. Rantings good for the soul and doesn’t do any harm providing the listener understands it’s just a way to let off steam, clear the mind and solidify ideas. I have some of my best insights into problems while complaining about them. The very act of saying out loud what is on your mind is a great catharsis.
Blogging as therapy? Could it catch on?
The thing is, I feel under pressure to present something witty, informative and interesting but is what I’ve got to say really worth reading? Is it a confidence issue? Perhaps. Although few people that met me in real life would say I lacked confidence.
Sometimes I am guilty of assuming that everyone knows what I do and why I do it while simutaneously thinking that what I know isn’t that great in the first place or that it’s all been said before. I’m sure the topic if this post has been done to death.
Maybe these hang ups will fade in time. Maybe I’ll get into the blogging thing a bit more…
In actuality, I’ve just realised something quite profound. This blog isn’t for you readers, it’s for me! So bollocks to you lot. I can say what I want, when I want and you know what? It doesn’t matter one jot whether it’s worthwhile or not. I enjoy it.
And with that Zen like transendance floating on the air I will assume the lotus position and be at peace with myself.
Ommmmmmmmm.
Posted: April 18th, 2009 | Author: Foamcow | Filed under: Site launches, Web Design | Tags: fantastic machine, site launch, website | No Comments »
I’ve taken the plunge and put the new site page for Fantastic Machine online. It still needs some tweaks and I’ve got a bunch of other pages to add but I’m hoping that by putting it “live” I’ll force myself to fix the glitches and get the rest of the site finished.
For those that don’t know, Fantastic Machine is my little web design and development business. I run that alongside my day job as a web designer/developer at a Gloucester Marketing Agency. Consequently I can only really take on small jobs or those jobs that don’t require a super fast turn around.
Have a look at http://www.fantasticmachine.co.uk.
