Most chefs oversalt their food, when what it really needs is more acid. Vinegar. Lemon. Tomato.
Every now and then, I’ll hear a design student or novice designer express disdain or opposition to a typeface (like Comic Sans, Fajita, etc.) I’ve even known teachers to hate a certain color. A shame.
A designer should not hate any color (or typeface, or shape). There are appropriate uses for any element. There is a design problem that needs the typeface Comic Sans because it works well in that situation. Designers decide when any specific element is appropriate - that’s their job. Hatred and extreme bias cloud one’s objectivity to make valid, appropriate, and rational design decisions.
On the subject of MPG, the Model T got upto 22 MPG, where as the 2003 Jeep Wrangler gets 17 MPG at its highest.
It took 80 years of technological advances to get -5 MPG.
Cannonical GTD has the Two Minute Rule (TMR): If action takes less than two minutes, then do it.
My “mTMR” replaces this with the idea:
If Tracking Overhead > Estimated Action Time then
else
First, I showed her the “secret” to making the lacquer finish perfectly smooth to the touch – a folded up brown paper bag. We rubbed all the surfaces vigorously, which knocked down any surface imperfections without cutting through the film finish. Katy did the shelves; I did the uprights.
“Cool,” she said. “It works!”
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.” — Emily Dickinson
“By all means read what the experts have to say. Just don’t let it get in the way of your woodworking.” — John Brown, Welsh stick chairmaker (1932-2008)
“It’s not just about making beautiful furniture, but how do you get rid of it?” — Tage Frid, quoted in an article by Jonathan Binzen in Fine Woodworking.
I prefer a more traditional and flavorful French onion soup
take about 5 lbs of yellow onions
cut in half lengthwise
peel
slice thin
take a heavy pot
add a touch of salt to the bottom
heat til smoking
drop in your onions
cook until well carmelized
add about 6 ounces of cream sherry
cook just a minute
add light chicken stock to cover
add cracked pepper to taste
fill crockery bowls with soup
leaving 1 inch head space
top with croutons made from multigrain bread
which is lightly toasted
top with blue cheese and provolone
broil till cheese is brown and bubbly
serve with an aperitif of cream sherry
It took my cousin Pablo to mention the frappé method with Nescafé to send me hurtling to my cupboards to hunt down the cocktail shaker I received as a wedding present and never used (I´m a basic elemental gin and tonic girl, you see).
The pricey and not-really remotely good iced latte of Starbucks can be done at home with minumum fuss and maximum fun.
Just put 2 oz. milk, 3 oz. water (Euro meassures would be 50 ml and 75 ml), ice cubes, a spoonful of Nescafé and sugar as you like, inside a cocktail shaker or a glass jar with a trusty lid.
Shake the hell out of it, dancing to Carmen Miranda, or not, as you will, and pour the icy milky coffee with its creamy beige frothy head into a big glass.
This is a small quantity, but the shaking is such fun that I´d rather make two small ones than one big.