Boom Bang a Bang Banger
Sadly, attempt #2 at sausage making was not a big success. Not quite Null Points but definitely at the Norwegian end of the Eurovision chipolta contest.
I actually did it a few weeks ago for the parents coming over for brunch but I’m only getting around to blogging it now.
I defrosted the meat that I had not used the last time and spent a hell of a long time on preparation.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, December 15, 2005
And tonights double entendre is....
“Dick Burning questions introducing feedflare”.
I ask myself, could Memeorandum have fitted more double entendres into one headline?
[tags] tech.memeorandum, double entendre, maturity of a 12-year old[/tags]
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Spongebob The Lobster
I finally did it - down to Union Hall with all four of the darlings and we bought a lobster. Poor Ois nearly had a heart attack when the guy in the shop leaped towards him with the lobster in his hand! Oscar just wanted to know how I was going to kill it. That kid worries me sometimes.
So here he is, just home, Spongebob.
Overnighted in the fridge covered in wet newspaper.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Monday, December 12, 2005
Irish food producers and the Cluetrain Manifesto
I know absolutely nothing about marketing as I discovered in my first startup enterprise when it took me a year to notice that there was no “U” in our “USP”.
But over the past year I have been watching what Hugh McLeod has been doing with the idea of The Global Microbrand. Hugh is most famous for using blogging to create worldwide interest and demand for the products of a Saville Row tailor.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Monday, December 12, 2005
There's nothing worse than being an aging young person
I don’t want this blog to turn into a list of great people who have died, but I’ve just read that Richard Pryor has passed away.
There is an excellent obituary on the Washington Post site.
Lovely quotes on Yahoo.
And if you’ve never heard him at his foul-mouthed best, you can listen to some clips on Amazon- hell go buy the box set whilst you are at it.
He was one of those guys who just made you laugh by standing on stage.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, December 11, 2005
Ummera Smoked Rashers: Taste-tastic!
I’ve just cooked up the smoked rashers that Catherine got in Urru during the week. They were gorgeous. I was surprised when I opened the pack to see that it did not contain a few thick rashers but lots of very thinly cut ones. This is exactly the way I like them - I’ve never been a fan of those thick cut things which often end up a chewy as old boots.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, December 10, 2005
One of the best ever words in a foreign language
My first employer was S3, who are 90% owned by Philips in The Netherlands. As a result,I spent quite a bit of time in Eindhoven, where the HQ is based. Big hello to the Eindhoven posse (Mark)!
The Inquirer has an short article on the death of the son of the founder of Philips at the age of 100. They mention what he was in charge of in his heyday. The same name was on a giant sign which you passed in the train on the way into the city from Amsterdam.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, December 7, 2005
LJK Passes Away
I was gutted to read in CAR that LJK Setright passed away recently. I started reading CAR when I was 14 years old and continue to do so despite his absence for the past few years.
As a kid, I checked out most of the motoring magazines and CAR was the only one I read where I felt I was learning something, rather than just reading pseudo-ads. For a short while in the late 80’s I tried Performance Car but to be honest that was only because of Clarkson.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Blatent Blog Whoring
Accidental Hedonist is doing the 2005 Food Blog Awards. You know what you have to do………
[tags] accidental hedonist, food blog, food, conoroneill[/tags]
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Ummera do Smoked Bacon
To mix vernaculars; Holy god, Ummera Rox! Wifey spotted Ummera Smoked Bacon in Urru in Bandon today and bought a pack.
Check out the back fat on that baby. Hell, I even have trouble competing with that.
[tags]ummera, bacon, rashers, smoked meat, urru, bandon[/tags]
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Monday, December 5, 2005