I really miss these things from smartphones. Changable batteries massively extended the lifetime of a phone.

I am coming to terms with the fact they’ll likely never come back though.

I’ve found a dash of truffle oil in scrambled eggs is deliciously decadent and complements the egginess nicely!

This is well worth doing. It also works to help the speeding of browning of other things, like caramelising onions. I also recommend the less is more approach, think in fractions of teaspoons, or you can get a metallic taste.

To give options for future expansion

Re: the argument over the number of holes, it’s quite easily answered but with a fairly complex answer.

Originally, salt was very expensive, and so the shaker with a single hole was designed to be the salt shaker, limiting flow. In many countries, this has remained consistent.

As soon as I realised this, I modified it by trapping filter material over the top of the valve to compensate. If you’ve no other options, this might be a decent thing to do (I’m waiting for another to arrive).

I can get decent WiFi speed on my phone, my wife’s phone and other connected devices, but my laptop seems to have very limited test speeds. It’s high spec (a decent gaming laptop)- is there any reason for this?

Exposure to strong sunlight is one of the best way to get rid of turmeric-based stains

Exposure to strong sunlight is one of the best way to get rid of turmeric-based stains

You could pickle watermelon rind in this manner as a grown-up homage!

Folks. Entirely gender neutral and works for everyone.

Stop trying to make Sirfetch’d happen. It’s not going to happen

When we were on the Paris Metro with my family, on a train from the airport, I spotted a guy and his friend looking shifty. Guy stacked a whole lot of copper coins into an untenable pile between his fingers. As the doors opened, he sprays them everywhere to distract and block the door whilst his mate tries to grab my…

Nice advice. I always get annoyed in a restaurant and I’m served red wine that is a clove short of being mulled. 

And the mathematically challenged

Pick your poison, folks!

In UK, found the first branding for ‘man-mask’ in the supermarket the other day. 

Movies Anywhere*

Let me blow your mind with this staple of every British home:

I am not a big fan or user of tour guides, but my best recommendation is to book a queue jump tour of the Paris Catacombs. The queues will be hours long before the attraction ever opens, and there’s no information inside the catacombs. There’s loads of fascinating stuff to learn. Best investment in these things I ever…

‘Worldwide’ seems like a stretch for the Impossible Burger. It’s the US and a couple of places in south east Asia.