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Leather case arrived today. Going to cancel phone and just use this:

I'm going to buy new pants, so I can carry a 6 Plus in a pocket, then get an Apple Watch so I won't even have to take out the phone out of my pocket.

I figure your hands and pockets, and Colin's pockets, are the main exceptions around here. **BRENT**

For those without Dinny-sims, Digital Trends is here to provide useful size comparisons.

Final nubbin of Mt Tam triple cream

Andrew and I got home an hour before the girls so we banged out a batch of chocolate chip scones. Breakfast tomorrow will be much sweeter now.

Felt the urge for a detective book, reading Kate Atkinson's "Case Histories". I've never read her before, over halfway through and am quite smitten. Great writing, really fleshed out characters, and I still have no idea where it is heading, other than all these different strands she is weaving will come together in the end.

Asparagus Cream, Beetroot Ice, Soy Broccoli, Green Strawberry, Caper Berries Roast Scallop, Pear and Saffron Buckwheat, Lemongrass Guinea Fowl and Squid Broth, Peas and Sweetcorn Grilled Leek, Onion, Mushroom Milk John Dory, Cucumber Ketchup, Lemon Thyme, Kohlrabi Cornish Lamb, Parsley, Samphire, Pickled Rhubarb Cheese on Toast Mint and Pea Ice Cream Grapefruit Curd, Peanut, Passion Sorbet

Some good Gruber comments on size - http://daringfireball.net/2014/09/the_iphones_6

ministry - the land of rape and honey

WITCH (aka Harwell Decatron) the world's oldest original working computer.

Blast off!

Real 1%ers don't have to deal with trivialities like real phones, they have people for that!

I forgot about this thread at the time, but I probably ate somewhere around 2kg of cheese while in Montreal and Quebec City. The below is representative of the spread 3 people killed most nights. I recall 14 Arpents and La Sauvigine being amazing, as well as many, many others.

For the rice: -add 1tbsb butter, 2tbsp thyme, 2tbsp smoked paprika, a little powdered onion and garlic, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1 cup dry rice to a hot sauce pot and toast everything for a minute or two stirring regularly. The rice should get coated by the paprika. Add 2 cups broth (veg or chicken), bring to a boil (will be almost instant if it was hot enough to toast the rice), cover, and simmer on low for 15 to 17 minutes. For the okra: - Chop an onion (I like yellow for the sweetness) and saute for a minute or two in olive oil and a pinch of salt. - Add a bag of frozen (or fresh if you have it -- we don't) okra, and saute for a few minutes -- the okra will release its slime and soften a bit. - Add a clove or two of chopped garlic and let soften. - Add a big can of good quality tomatoes, or a bunch of fresh ones, a can of drained chick peas (or fresh if you can find them), and 1 cup of broth (veg or chicken), a bunch of thyme and smoked paprika and let cook for 10-15 minutes. A 1/2 cup of white wine is also good at this point as it helps bring out some flavors from the tomatoes -- not strictly necessary. - Add Tabasco (or something else spicy -- but the vinegar in Tabasco works well here) when it is close to done, and salt & pepper to taste. Fresh lemon juice just before serving is also nice. I generally use a 14" saute pan on medium to med-high heat for this as it seems to dissipate the liquid at a better rate than something with higher sides. Otherwise it can turn a bit mushy by the time enough liquid has evaporated. Follow it with the chocolate chocolate-chip walnut cookies you made the night before.