Tuesday, June 17, 2008

X-Ray

Today I want to share some interesting photos. The quality is not very good, because they were taken with my mobile phone some months ago, but the "subject" can be clearly seen.



In the first one we can see a human chest (male, 93 years more or less) but, what's the bright point just in the middle?



In the second one, we have a lateral view of the same grandpa. The bright thing is also visible here.



And finally, the last photo. I think that in this one is clear what the object really is. This man has a bullet in his mediastinum since the spanish civil war. It's awesome, isn't it?

Modal verbs

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

I will follow you into the dark

Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
"Son fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
Cause we'll hold each other soon
The blackest of rooms

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Dexter


not Morgan but Jettster.
Probably the most famous cook and dinner proprietor of Coruscant, Dexter will take over this space to share with us some of the more exquisites recipes of the Galaxy, tailored to all tastes, or so we hope...

Every journey has a first step, every saga has a beginning.

The saga is called in this occasion "Ulrich Chococake" also just Ulrich and the first step is the list of ingredients.

INGREDIENTS
  • 200g Chocolate 50% cocoa (at least)
  • 100g butter
  • 100g sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 big spoons flour
Preparation
  1. Melt the chocolate together with the butter by gentle heating (microwave 50% power, around 3 minutes or a few moments on the flame)
  2. Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks or yellow portions.
  3. Beat the egg whites to produce a buoyant foam (remember the century we are, use electrical tools)
  4. Add the egg yolks (and don't stop the stirring)
  5. Add the sugar (keep stirring until you don't feel the sugar grains anymore)
  6. Add the melted chocolate-butter mixture (don't need to be cold)
  7. Add the three normal size spoons flour
When the mixture is ready, transfer it into a circular mold and then bake it into the oven.
Temperature and time inside of the oven depends on the actual configuration and technical specs of the oven used.
In a classic or traditional european oven 20 minutes at 200°C (pre-heated oven) should be fine. However with an induction powered oven, 5 minutes at 170°C (pre-heated oven) followed by 15 minutes at 150°C should yield a nice result.
Just take your cooking notebook (If you don't have a cooking log book, out of my kitchen ! ) and make sure you take good notes about the results and the time/temperature.

Enjoy !