Posted by robbiebow on 17 November, 2009 under politics | 
So a while ago I wrote up a golden opportunity about to be missed and it looks like, indeed, it shall. Despite Bank of England Governor, Mervyn King, calling for exactly the same change, for exactly the same reasons, the Gubmint are going to give the FSA some illusory powers to interfere with bankers’ employment contracts. These powers won’t be used and would be shot down in court if they were. It’s also an after-the-fact measure: The system is buggered already once you have your bonus because you get your bonus after you buy lots of risky debt / sell lots of unsustainable mortgages. It looks like Darling & Brown are more interested in landing a fat bribe consultancy post from the bankers for themselves rather like Tony Blair than making Britain any better a place to live or do business.
Posted by robbiebow on 11 November, 2009 under cooking |
So the key to success with fried rice is to make sure your rice pretty dry before you fry it. Soak it then steam it (or boil it) then dry it a little in a warm pan, turning frequently so that it ends up moist, not damp, and all excess water is steamed off. Then fry it in the wok with a little oil, turning frequently, veg, ginger, Chinese 5 spices &c. I then made a well at the bottom of the wok and added some eggs and basically scrambled them there; mixing in the rice when they were half runny, half cooked, to make egg fried rice. Fry up some diced meat (chicken / pork / whatever) in another pan and add.
Om nom nom!
Posted by robbiebow on 4 November, 2009 under cambridge, geek, stuff |
If you are looking for private French lessons in Cambridge, you should contact Audrey via her web site
Following on from my earlier log about the micro-site I made for a friend, I made another one for her; this time focused on French Lessons in Cambridge as the keywords of choice.
Google and Yahoo! were happy with the sites, but Bing was not. They appear to have disappeared off Bing’s indexes completely, but this blog gets ranked highly on Bing for some reason. Let’s see if that continues.
