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Cake

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:23:08 GMT

This ad apparently premiered in the UK the day before my birthday, and the minute I saw it, I fell in love with it.

The love falls roughly into three parts: (a) The basic conceit of the ad. (b) The nuts and bolts of the production (i.e., trying to figure out how much of the construction really happened and how much only seemed to). [Update: it all happened. See below.] (c) Some of the little details (the licorice windshield wipers and fan belt, the gelatin brakelights, the royal-icing detailing, the guy pouring golden syrup into a gingerbread crankcase...).

Altogether a yummy piece of work, and the ad agency should be proud of itself / themselves.

EDIT: There is "making of..." info here at one of the Skoda UK websites.

Also, see these news stories (or check them out if you have trouble getting the above URL to load:

For St. Patrick's Day: a new real Irish recipe every day

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:30:45 GMT

I should have mentioned this earlier, but it's been busy...

We've been doing an Irish recipe festival over at EuropeanCuisines.com: a new traditional Irish recipe every day until March 17th. If you're looking for something to make for the upcoming holiday, stop by and see if there's something that suits you. (Check the top of the left-hand column: the day-by-day list is there.)

Also, the rant about corned beef and cabbage not being the Irish national dish at all now has its own home over there, so I can stop posting about it here every year.

Now back to work...

Tech-alicious

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:37:42 GMT

Want. Want. Wantwantwantwantwantwantwant.

Aww, thanks, folks!

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:00:19 GMT

A nice mention of The Empty Chair this morning at the Albany TimesUnion books blog. Thanks, Michael: thanks, Eleanor! And regards from an expat New Yorker.

Happy New Year, all!

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:44:30 GMT

Just a quick note. Today's a work day for me, but I wanted to take a moment to wish everybody a great 2007 and all possible good things in your lives.

(Image of fireworks
over the River Shannon in Limerick, Ireland
courtesy of CitizenKane at Flickr)

Hey, look, everybody! Len has a blog!! OMG SQUEEEE!!!

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:59:45 GMT

WeinWords: One Giant Leap for Lenkind!

Just a note to first-time visitors

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:26:10 GMT

This isn't my main weblog: that lives at the following URL --

http://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/

However, entries that appear there will be mirrored here starting in January of 2007.

Thanks, and welcome!

Photo Album: December 30

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:30:56 GMT

December 30

Hydrofoil in Hydra harbor

A Cat of Hydra

Photo Album: December 30

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:07:21 GMT

December 30

Freiburg North Tower

Mulled Wine Kettle

Book List: Book List

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:47:25 GMT