Melonballs

22 November 2005

30ml Vodka
15ml Midori
Orange Juice

Found in drunkenmonkeys photostream. Just build up over ice. I love the way the midori sits at the bottom in this photo.

Though it looks good in a short glass, you could also do this in a martini glass …

Latte Art

20 May 2005

Could this be the best mocha latte every poured? Sure, leaves and apples are pretty, but come on: it’s a lion.

There’s a good guide to latte art and milk frothing over on coffeegeek.com which covers everything you need …

North Head Panorama

20 May 2005

This panorama is made up from about 16 photos I took with a crusty old Mavica digital camera, and covers more than 360°. I was shocked at how well it came out, so I split it up into 4×6 segments and …

Aerial Photographs of Auckland City

19 May 2005

Land Information New Zealand has a whole load of high resolution aerial photographs of Auckland city (and a few other places) available for free download. The photos are colour, with a resolution of 2.5m per pixel. Sure, 198MB tiff files are …

Cocktail Recipes Online

16 May 2005

What a treat I woke up to this morning! Posted over at Slakethirst are two wonderful links to cocktail recipe lists. The first is Chuck Taggart’s Gumbo Pages, where he has an long list documenting the Cocktails and Libations of New Orleans

The other link is to Takeuchi’s Homebar, …

Flickr Powered Moblog

11 May 2005

I’ve added a moblog to the sidebar by using a flickr badge to display the most recent 3 photos from my photo stream. I’m considering getting it set up to show only photos I tag with moblog, but for some reason I couldn’t get that working when I …

Just Drinks by Drunken Monkey @ Flickr

9 May 2005

Drunken Monkey has a cocktail photoset at flickr with photos and recipes for all the drinks. I especially like the look of his Mojito - I’m loving muddled drinks right now. The Moscow Mule looks nice too.

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