Category: Stuff that doesn’t fit in another category

  • Thai Green Paste

    There are a lot of advantages to making the base pastes for Thai curries yourself. Firstly, you know what goes in them, secondly they’re going to be as fresh as can possibly be, thirdly you get to adjust the ingredients to make them your own. I’ve done this for years, cutting the chilli content down…

  • I am the very model of a trainee pedagogical…

    I found this in my notes today… With apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan, who’s Major-General’s Song I have done better justice to using their lyrics, and grateful thanks to Nikki Benjamin and everyone on the Deepings SCITT. To the tune of “The Major-General’s Song” from G&S Pirates of Penzance… Sort of… If you squint… I…

  • Coding during Lockdown part the first

    Well. You begin to understand why “May you live in interesting times” is a curse! We’re living right now through something that will be taught in school history classes in years or decades to come, assuming the human race survives and the Martians don’t seize the opportunity they’ve been waiting for. Perhaps this virus is…