http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:44:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's two of my favourite things in one. The first, Poladroid - an instant picture creator for digital photos. It almost makes me not want a Polaroid camera, almost. The second, my new prized accessory. Yes, that's a pair of antlers, my dear. http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/my-favourite-things-1/ I got Leon's cookbook just before Christmas, but have been waiting to make this rather time consuming dish. You'd think these would be quick - but the mixture requires freezing/chilling before baking, so it's one for when you're not hungry and you've got time to spare. Leon's sweet potato felafel. Two ... http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/recipe-of-the-week-sweet-potato-felafel/ Listen to Tunnelvision, by Here we go magic because it's soothing and lovely and I can't wait to hear the rest of the album. [audio:herewegomagic.mp3] http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/here-we-go-magic/ Merry Christmas. Someone stick this poor fellow back together. Christmas card by Adrian Fleet [www.adrianfleet.com] http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/have-a-cracking-christmas/ http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/ycn-live/ 10. 09. 08. 07. 06. 05. 04. 03. 02. 01. This is really quite difficult. I'll have to go by what Last.fm says, which is good - as it means those are the albums I've been listening to a lot, rather than picking out 10 albums I think are cool. My top ten artists, of the ... http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/my-top-10-albums-of-2008/ Time to make use of my 'films I have watched' archive. These are my top 10 films that I have seen this year. They might not all have been released this year and if not, I apologise, I'm catching up. 10 . You, the living. 09. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. 08. Let The ... http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/top-10-films-of-this-year/ Poke made a rather lovely Christmas Zoetrope for Topshop this year. If you haven't played already, there's a year's worth of shoes left to win. My life! A year's worth of shoes! Now, sadly, I can't win them... but that's not to say you can't have a go. There's plenty ... http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/topshop-christmas-fairytale/ I'm terribly smug this year, having purchased all of my christmas presents already (It helps having a really small family). Lots of places seem to be doing 'beat the credit crunch', 'do a cheapo christmas' and 'sod off buying as many people as possibly presents' lists... so, just in case ... http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/christmas-present-ideas/ Rafael Lozano-Hemmer - Frequency and Volume 9 October 2008 - 18 January 2009 Barbican - The Curve [Photograph from Getty Images.] Frequency and Volume is one of the best exhibitions I have been to in a while, since my favourite exhibitions are always those you get to take part in. Lozano-Hemmer has transformed The Curve ... http://www.thiswillbemyblog.com/things-to-go-and-visit-1/