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I’ve managed to kill both of these plants -_- Penguin’s still kicking though.
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Making tamales
Though it’s become a lot easier to find good Mexican food in London since I moved here in 2010, it’s still pretty hard to find tamales. I was in the mood for them over the weekend so tried making them for the first time.
Edit 14.05.16 — I’ve changed my mind, I’m not really that pleased with how these turned out. They’re too dry, and I definitely didn’t fill them with enough cheese. Also, I don’t know where the heck Sainsbury’s gets their jalapeños from but they were just about the hottest ones I’ve ever had! I think that the main issue was the fine cornmeal, so will definitely wait until I find some masa before making these again. I’ve found a good way of eating too-dry tamales though; they’re really good reheated in the oven with a spicy tomato sauce and plenty of cheese (kind of like enchiladas).
Edit 30.10.18 — A shop in Brixton Village sells masa and corn husks!!! I think it was Faiz Latin & Carribean (corner of 1st and 5th). Time for tamales v2.0.
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Link to Susanna Kim interview on FvF
Susanna Kim is a rare phenomenon: A Berlin DJ who isn’t afraid to embrace the mainstream
Jennifer-Naomi Hofmann interviews Susanna Kim for FvF.
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David Reinfurt on the beginnings of Dexter Sinister
This idea began as a bit of a joke of course, over whiskey in Nicosia late at night we said “Hey, we should run a book store with this stuff.” And like most things that are worth doing, the jokes are worth following through because they’re fun.
David Reinfurt on the beginnings of Dexter Sinister from his 17 March 2009 talk as part of the Walker’s Insights Design Lecture Series. Quote is a paraphrase, see 33:45 for full comment.
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Chipotle beans
Chipotle beans are a staple that we have at least once a week. This is a “base” recipe for how I prefer to make them, modifying from there.
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Phrase of the week: “the ecstasy of sanctimony”
the ecstasy of sanctimony.
Such a great and concise phrase. Hadley Freeman referred to it recently in her Guardian column when describing the court of Twitter’s harsh and questionable justice.
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Rhizome on archiving VVORK
After VVORK: How (and why) we archived a contemporary art blog
Just came across this 9 February 2015 Rhizome editorial. I’ve browsed VVORK a bit before, but I suppose I hadn’t really thought about it’s status or longevity as an archive.
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Channa Horwitz at Raven Row
I’m looking forward to the long weekend, going to spend a bit of time at the Channa Horwitz exhibition at Raven Row. It’s on until Sunday 1 May 2016.
Channa Horwitz, Logic for Variation and Inversion on a Rhythm, 1976. Image via VVORK, who in turn seem to have found it via Berlin gallery Aanant & Zoo.
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Rhizome blog article about meltingperson.com
Databases are generally associated less with open-endedness than with the muted horrors of bureaucracy, in which the fear and pain and misery of human experience is reduced to data and evidence.