Many of you Flickrites may have noticed a new link on photo pages: Photo Stats. Flickr now provides detailed statistics about your photos! But, there’s a catch: you have to turn them on.
Click on any Photo Stats link to get started. It takes a few minutes for their server to perform the statistical calculations. Here’s what you can get: (more…)
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This shot shows just how light and fluffy the batter is
A number of years ago I ate breakfast in a restaurant in the Midwest. I ordered pancakes. What I was served blew me away! They were the lightest, fluffiest pancakes I have ever experienced! Most of the pancakes I’ve eaten felt like an iron bar in my stomach for hours afterwards. Not these. There was something very different about these particular pancakes. A Secret Ingredient.
UPDATE: Sandy has written an excellent article on travel tips for flying. I suggest that you read her article for other good tips and ideas.
Jetway connected to a Northwest 747-400 at Kansai International Airport, Osaka
In our last article I talked about packing for your international flight. You have to make it to the airport on time, get your boarding pass and make it to the gate! Here are my personal insights on this topic:
Photos by MJ Klein This article and all photos are geotagged
Land is at a premium in Taiwan. City planners put parks in virtually any small lot they can use for that purpose as opposed to the giant parks that exist in other countries where land is plentiful. I’ve always appreciated these mini, and sometimes, micro parks and over the new days and weeks I will introduce you to some of them. They can be a fun, almost private place where you can relax and enjoy the wonderful weather we have in Taiwan.
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With this simple comment, Luisa left our 1,000th comment! We’ve reached a milestone here at TheNHBushman.com!
I met Luisa online in the Flickr.com D80 Users Group, when I commented on some of her photographs. She is a nursing student and interesting to chat with. I find her photography very promising, and she does use a Nikon D80 just like I do. I urge our readers to check out her photos on Flickr.
Over the last 4 years I have traveled on an international flight on average, about every 30 days. I’ve gone to areas of the world that are highly developed, right down to places where you have to pump well water for your shower. This series will share my insights on international travel, and will hopefully save you some hassles and headaches while making your travel experiences more enjoyable.
This question is one of the most important ones you can ask yourself. Only you can decide if what you are packing is appropriate to where you are going, but let me list my essentials. First, let me break it down into 2 categories checked and carry-on.
Photos by MJ Klein
Hui-chen’s sister Ping-chen came over Saturday evening, and we took her to Laohukou Old Street area on Sunday. I’m getting tired of Laohukou because I think it’s way over-rated. Dasi Old Streets is way better and Dasi seems to retain more of the authentic flavor than Laohukou. Nevertheless, Laohukou is nearby, so off we went after a Sunday morning pancake breakfast.
This is the only food photo for this article. I suggested that Hui-chen try using the teppanyaki pan because it’s very easy to control and it should make perfect pancakes. The results speak for themselves. The batter features Bushman’s Secret Ingredient that makes the pancakes light and fluffy. Anyone care to guess what that might be?
A few things have come up in the blogosphere today that are worth mentioning. I’ve been saying for some time now that “blogging” these days, is anything but. It appears that others are also coming around to this idea too as there are more and more articles talking about the content of blogging.
Today, ProBlogger had an article called “What Do You Miss About The ‘Good old Days of Blogging’?” I left a lengthy comment:
TV in Taiwan drives me nuts (let’s not even discuss Thai television!). What really strikes me as odd is the fact that while Taiwan is so very technologically advanced, and Taiwanese people are used to being on the edge of emerging technology, the cable television systems here provide such poor quality entertainment that I am very surprised people put up with it. Taiwanese are so technologically hip that you can walk through the store with your Taiwanese pal, and s/he will be able to tell you anything you wanna know about the latest MP3 player, digital camera, mobile phone, computer or gadget. But, that same person will go back home and watch probably what is one of the worst cable television signals I’ve ever experienced, not to mention the programming quality of the on-air product.
Even more food photos by MJ Klein
Teppanyaki (teppan’yaki?) is a type of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. The word “teppanyaki” is derived from teppan (??), which means iron plate, and yaki, which means grilled.
So, now you know where this style of cooking originates. We don’t use an iron griddle, but rather a modern version of it - a teppanyaki pan. One puts a bit of oil in the bottom and heats up the pan, then adds food to it. What makes the flavor unique is adding your own personal sauce mixture to the cooking food. Here, let me show you:
This is the teppanyaki pan after the first round of food has been added and before the sauce. The removable pan sits on a base and is heated by induction. The range of heat control is excellent. You can boil, fry and keep food warm without burning it. This is a very versatile pan and it’s really great for unexpected guests because you can throw an excellent meal together in minutes.
This is another example of a finished teppanyaki dish that we recently enjoyed. Next I’ll show you what the first dish looks like after adding the sauce and then we’ll let the dish brown up nicely.
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