Month: April 2011
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Sous Vide: Week One
So, to start with I want to quickly go over my Sous Vide setup. The bits I’ve bought are a Maxkon Vacuum Sealer. It’s a no-name brand, but it works well and the bags to use with it are reasonably cheap. The main special part is the temperature controller. This bit turns the rice cooker…
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Sous Vide: Day One
As many have noticed, I’m a bit of a gadget hound. Today’s new entry – a Sous Vide setup. I’d been wanting to try Sous Vide (french for ‘Under Vacuum’) for a while, but the multi-thousand dollar costs of the setups put me off. Then I found [Sous Vide at Home](http://www.sousvideathome.com.au). It’s a simple box…
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How To: Take photographs during a balloon ride
When you book a balloon ride you may (like me) think that you don’t need to think too much about taking pictures: [“f/8 and be there”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number#Effects_on_image_quality) would be all you need. What you haven’t realised (or perhaps you did, and that’s why you’re here) is that the lighting conditions are going to be really difficult.…