When I started baking breads, years ago, I was looking for recipes thinking this is the most important part. As I started kneading, proofing and baking (and making mistakes) I realized that the recipe has almost no meaning, in the sense that all breads are the same: flour, salt, water. Even if you add dried […]
Baking The Perfect Bread Loaf: A Self-Taught Journey
July 3rd, 2025 · No Comments
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Progressive Rock Genre Influence Map
July 1st, 2025 · No Comments
Here is a Progressive rock genre influence map that I drawn, it is based on my personal taste, no new bands, but mostly 70s. There were some bands that I was very sure about, especially the ones that are close to the corners, like Soft Machine which is clearly more jazzy, Gong which are psychedelic, […]
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Fermenting Vegetables: A Beginner’s Short Guide
June 28th, 2025 · No Comments
I’ve been fermenting vegetables for some time. Fermentation is the process where beneficial microbes break down sugars in vegetables, creating acids that preserve them and add flavor. Fermenting is done in a closable glass jar, with added salt (and sometimes water, depend what you ferment) and letting it ferment (in room temperature), on your countertop […]
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Fermented Chili Pepper Sauce
June 27th, 2025 · No Comments
Firstly If you would like to read a beginner’s guide to fermentation click here. And without going in to all the science behind fermentation, here is fermented pepper sauce recipe. it’s very simple: What I like about fermented sauce is that it’s a live product, unlike posturized sauce you’ll buy on the store, which is […]
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Why Are We Writing Blogs?
June 27th, 2025 · No Comments
I did not write in this blog for quite a while, but when I did feel the urge to write, I was wondering what’s my motivation? a way to express myself? trying to connect with the outside world? How is it that I’m hardly writing on Facebook, but yet I write posts about pepper sauce, […]
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Kia Niro Plus (100% electric version) Short Impression
June 27th, 2025 · No Comments
This is a very short impression (Can’t even say it’s a review) of my new Kia Niro Plus, this is the 100% electric version (NOT the Hybrid or the Plug-in Hybrid). Kia is a South Korean company. Bottom line is I’m very satisfied, the pros of this car are: Cons or or What not to […]
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Famous Songs That Were Almost Abandoned
June 25th, 2025 · No Comments
Some of the most famous rock tracks, were a step away from seating in the drawer forever. I once heard an interview with 10cc about their iconic song “I’m not in love”, which started as a bossa nova-style song, with a traditional rhythm section, but the band felt something is missing, and the group decided […]
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Blogs today are a visitor’s nightmare
June 23rd, 2025 · No Comments
Remember when blogs had funny backgrounds, visitor counter at the bottom, and little animations that made you smile? Each one was a window into someone’s life, made not for profit but for the pure joy of sharing, experimenting, exploring. People wrote about themselves, it was personal, strait, simple html, simple design, user experience? what’s that?! […]
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Taming The Volume Beast: Using Attenuation With The Hot Rod Deluxe (volume fix)
June 23rd, 2025 · No Comments
The Fender Hotrod Deluxe is a fine tube amplifier, but is very loud for home use with a volume potentiometer that is either very low or very high, in the 1-3 range, here is a nice and easy way to tame the beast and lower its volume so you can play at home. The fix […]
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Countries I’ve Visitied
June 22nd, 2025 · No Comments
I love going to new places and new countries. From past experience, I rather rent a car and drive to the country side, for me, that’s when the fun begins. I’m not that hard to satisfy, just give me lots of nature and I’m happy. Here are the countries I’ve visited, in chronical order. Some […]
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