Monday, 27 February 2006
Writely so
Oh my what a cool service, www.writely.com is an absolute must if you are someone who needs to write and edit documents from a variety of sites. This web based word processor is well featured and stores your work online. Brilliant. What's more you can use it to blog.
Thursday, 2 February 2006
Making your own ink
Making your own ink
My first foray into this fascinating world involved collecting Elderberries in the autumn – not a large volume, but enough to part fill a smallish stainless steel pan. I put in the minimum water I felt necessary and with the aid of a wooden spoon gently heated and then boiled the resulting mixture. After a while I strained it and then reduced the resulting liquid by further heating it. After it had cooled I added a little Gum Arabic. The result is not entirely satisfactory, a bluish black ink of not very great density. But it was a very satisfactory first step and I think I may be hooked …
My first foray into this fascinating world involved collecting Elderberries in the autumn – not a large volume, but enough to part fill a smallish stainless steel pan. I put in the minimum water I felt necessary and with the aid of a wooden spoon gently heated and then boiled the resulting mixture. After a while I strained it and then reduced the resulting liquid by further heating it. After it had cooled I added a little Gum Arabic. The result is not entirely satisfactory, a bluish black ink of not very great density. But it was a very satisfactory first step and I think I may be hooked …
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