Walk Score

Are you concerned about your carbon footprint?
Do you want to walk or cycle more?

If so, then the Walk Score website might be the thing you've been looking for.

This nifty little service rates how walking friendly your neighbourhood is.
This isn't just for our friends in the USA, I put our address in and up we came.



With a Walk Score of 58 out of 100, we're certainly above the middle zone. In fairness, I think we should score a lot higher - in the 70s at least. There are considerably more amenities within a kilometre or so of our address, but only a smattering appear in the list generated. They even miss the rather large park that is about 500 metres directly to our north of our home, so it needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

Still, it is one of those fun things to do if you're on the web and want to check it out. Report back on your neighbourhood and we'll see who scores the highest. The prize for winning? A slimmer waistline. ;)

Food, Glorious Food

Recently I have been enjoying a website called TasteSpotting, and I thought it was about time that I shared it's existence with you.

It is a site to which people sign up and then submit the next image. The next image is normally associated with a blog entry and recipe. I have found it to be a great way to find new food related blogs.
I know, I know, I'm such a glutton.

You can vote for each post by giving it a star and you can sort the recipes/entries by date or ratings. If you just want to browse you can use the site's randomizer.

The only complaint that I have about the site is the sheer quantity of daily entries. You should carefully consider how you are going to enjoy the glorious array of food and recipes that come through it's portals. I kid you not, I have received somewhere in the region of 1600 entries through my RSS reader since the beginning of April.

So why would I recommend it then?

Because we all eat with our eyes and there is certainly no lack of talent in the food photography department. For those who may have difficulty "seeing" the end result of recipes, this is a good visual helpmate.
And where else will you come across such diverse entries in one place:

• Sushi Art - Entry #13682


• Vitelotte Noir - Entry #8408


• Easter Cheese - Entry #11095


• Fanesca - Entry #10716

Go on, take a look. Honest, you can't get fat just by looking.

Bon appétit

Amazing Cake Decorating

I wasn't going to do a blog entry today.
Life was mundane and apart from emptying some more boxes there really wasn't much going on that I felt the need to talk about.

Then I sat at the computer and Stumbled a few sites. Oh boy did I hit the jackpot.

• Are you on a diet?


• Do you have a special event coming up?


• Do you just love the most amazing cakes?

You think you've seen some pretty amazing cakes in your time. I thought I had.
No way. No how.

This is the most amazing cake decorating I have ever seen in my life.
I'm scared to ask how much they cost, but I really know that I want one of this guy's cakes. Really. Truly.

So, without further delay... click over to Mike's Amazing Cakes and take a look through their gallery.
Just scroll down and turn off the music, it becomes really annoying.

Then report back here with your favourites.

For the record mine are:

The Most Insane Cake Ever Built: The Tyrannosaurus Rex cake
The Quirkiest Cake: The Lopsided Wedding cake (4 rows down on the right - Wedding Cake section)
The Coolest Cake: The Pillows and Crown Wedding cake (6 rows down on the right - Wedding Cake section)

Although I struggle to get past the Knight, the Rooster and the Globe on the opening menu page.

Yes, it's official. I am blown away by these designs.