Koala Sampler is my favorite beat making tool. One way or the other the limitations make it way more interesting than a full fledge DAW #sampling #beatmaker #koalasampler
Made a batch of tempeh. Tempeh is such a wonderful product. You take completely tasteless beans and half a teaspoon of starter, and the fermentation process turns it into this delicious & nutritious food. Really love it #tempeh #fermentation #veg
Made a batch of tempeh. Tempeh is such a wonderful product. You take completely tasteless beans and half a teaspoon of starter, and the fermentation process turns it into this delicious & nutritious food. Really love it #tempeh #fermentation #veganfood
Today we woke up at 5pm to drive to Saint Christophe mountain and hike to the top. Because of the high temperatures at Curaçao you are required to start early. The hike to the top took us 1 hour and 20 minutes. The way back was about an hour. It’s a challenging hike with a lot of climbing. But the view on top is absolutely worth the climb. #curacao #hiking #climbing
On the beach in Curaçao #silentsunday
Delicious ceviche at Ceviche91 in Willemstad, Curaçao #curacao #foodie #ceviche #peruvianfood
Beachlife #curacao #playakalki
We did a great tour in Otrabanda in Willemstad, Curaçao visiting the streetart works of the KayaKaya festival of recent years. #streetart #kayakaya #curacao
Visiting Willemstad, Curacao #otrabanda #curacao #streetart
Had read the article about Nicholas Saunders, the hippy founder of Monmouth coffee and Neal’s Yard in The Guardian, but the podcast has a lot of extra info
Very interesting video about the state of the Fediverse and it’s place in history
Project Tapestry
One thing about getting away from traditional Big Tech social media is that you probably end up with using more services than before. Mastodon, Pixelfed, Micro.blog, RSS feeds etc. Would be great to have them all in one app.
And that’s exactly what the team of The Iconfactory is aiming for with project Tapestry. I just backed them on Kickstarter, and can’t wait to see the first betas. More details on http://kck.st/4bksD3J
#silentsunday in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Making the perfect focaccia
This is really a perfect recipe for focaccia. And I am not bragging, as this is not my own recipe. I learned it from an Italian site called Giallozafferano, and you can check it on their instagram
It looks like a lot of work, but these are all small steps. However there is a lot of resting time, so you should start well in advance. The first 7 steps can be done the day before if you want.
Ingredients
400 grams flour
280 grams water + 30 grams
9 grams dry yeast
12 grams salt + some for sprinkling
20 grams + 30 grams olive oil + some for the oven pan
2 tablespoons of semolina (optional)
Step 1
Mix flour, water & yeast and let it rest for 15 minutes
Step 2
Mix 12 grams salt in the dough and let it rest again for 15 minutes
Step 3
Add 20 grams olive oil to the dough, mix well and let it rest for 15 minutes again
Step 4
Take the dough and fold it. Turn it 90 degrees and fold it again. Turn it 90 degrees and fold it. And one more time turn it 90 degrees and fold it. Let it rest for 40 minutes.
Step 5
Repeat the folding, turning and folding process as in step 4 and let it rest for 40 minutes.
Step 6
Once again the folding, turning and folding. And again 40 minutes rest.
Step 7
Take a flat oven pan and spread some olive oil in. If you have the semolina, dust it in the oven pan. Put the dough in the oven pan. Flatten it, and put a little bit of olive oil on top. Let is rest for 90 minutes.
If you want you can do these steps the day before, and let it rest in the fridge overnight.
Step 8
Heat the over on 220 degrees Celsius. Make a mix of 30 grams olive oil and 30 grams water, and shake it well to have it completely mixed. This is called the ‘salamoia’ Make little holes in the dough with your fingers and spread the salamoia on top of the dough. You can spread some salt (I use fior di sale) on top. Now bake it in the oven for 30 - 40 minutes.
Let it cool down and enjoy. The focaccia has so much taste, you do not need any topping, just eat it as is. Enjoy!
Random thought : is internet advertising even working?
Some thoughts on internet advertising. Or should we call it add-spam?
Adds interrupting what you are doing
When looking at internet advertising I often think, “do they really think this is working?” OK, if you are searching for a race bike, and you get some advertisement based on that search behaviour you might click on it. But when watching a youtube video about creating an Indian aubergine dish, and you get interrupted with an add for hair implants or home improvement tools (both real life stories) It irritates. What are the chances of changing interest at that moment from cooking to hair implants?
Adds following you
Same goes for getting adds long time after a specific search. Or adds following you everywhere. A few years ago I was googling for specific summer trousers. Found them and bought them. For at least two years I got adds of a Dutch trouser brand everywhere. At least 10 times a day on Instagram, Facebook and everywhere I got these adds. I really got to hate that brand so much. Even when they would give me their (expensive) trousers for free, I wouldn’t wear them.
But why?
If we hate it & it’s not working, then why is every company doing it? Because there is no alternative? Because everybody does it? Or are companies like Google and Meta that convincing in selling their advertisement? Don’t think that’s the answer. So maybe it is working after all.
The spam-effect
I think the reason it’s working is what I call the spam-effect. Spam email often looks very dumb. You always think “who would fall for this?” However it’s cheap to send out 100.000 emails. And if only 1 or 2 people respond it pays out. With internet advertising, advertisers pay per click (or other activity measures) but not for the 100.000 time the add is presented without effect. So as advertiser you are basically paying Google or Meta to spam on your behalf. So while Google is pretty good at preventing spam from landing in your inbox, basically spamming us with advertisement is their business model.
Alternative?
Are there alternatives? I notice how I enjoy apps like Mastodon or Pixelfed. And happy to pay a subscription for Medium. All without any advertising. But for things like search there is no alternative yet. Maybe the future is in paying for services.
Currently reading: Invitation to a Banquet by Fuchsia Dunlop 📚
A very comprehensive book about the kitchen of China. Amazing levelmof detail on dishes and ingredients, their history and current use. A must read for every foodi… hvandenbergh.com/2024/01/1…
Well, Mastodon already allows you to follow Mastodon users today. #threads #Fediverse
I imported 12 friends from Twitter to Bluesky