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In this post I’ll introduce my guitar pedal board setup. It is basically unchanged for years. I mostly play a Fender Stratocaster 1986 (Made in Japan) which connects to a BOSS Compression Sustainer CS-3 which does colors the sound a bit, makes it a bit Twangy/round, but not so much to further modulate it. It […]

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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 (various kinds), salt & water. Even if […]

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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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This is an illustration for a water irrigation drip system, for when you want to use water from dishes, grey water, etc.

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This post is for anyone who has an Abus disk lock 8077 which has come apart, and does not lock again. The mechanism has a spring (on the locking arm see diagram) that acts as: 1) it pushes outwards the locking arm when you open the lock with your key and 2) holds two steel […]

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The other day I was making a Yemen pepper paste (“Zhug”) and the garlic I used left my hands smelling awful. The odur gets stuck and water and soap didn’t really help. I found out that rubbing my hands thoroughly with a tablespoon of salt and some lemon juice, completely deodorized my hands. And to […]

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