Gustible - under the rubric of [$_SELF]

Why this website is called gustible. Some notes on Cordwainer Smith. A brief suggestion for alternative reading in the search of a replacement for democracy. All in a single post!

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New recipe – just created, made and ate : Penne with baby tomatoes, ham and oyster mushrooms

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The three most useful plugins on my Wordpress blog.

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Considering the commoditisation/commoditization of experience in the world of the zipless fuck.

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During a recent meeting, discussing the design and architecture of an upcoming product, we drifted into a brainstorming session with a great many big ideas floating around (the best kind of meeting!). The conversation led me to an insight into why Twitter and similar micro-blogging platforms should be used by everyone.
First – let’s take a [...]

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This is a quick guide to implementing folding menu items in the sidebars of a Cutline theme. If you look to the sidebars at the right hand side of this page, you will note that the items “Categories”, “Archives” and “Admin” have “+” signs next to them. If you click on either the title or [...]

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Lindy and I had the opportunity to attend the first lecture in the Cape Town , Green Point Stadium 2010 lecture series a while back – in mid-July as a matter of fact. The outline of the lecture series can be found here, on WhatsOnSA.
The lecture itself was fascinating – the stadium in Cape Town [...]

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I feel compelled to say something – but I am at a loss as to what to say. Fortunately I am surrounded by things I like – so let’s pick a random object.
I see…the Picasso print, on the wall – “La mujer del mechon”, 1903, pastel drawing by the 23 year old Pablo Picasso. “The [...]

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Lindy and I were invited to dinner recently. We had a great evening – great food and company. But we broke one cardinal rule … we got distracted into discussing politics.
Normally this would not be a problem. I expect, especially in the South African context, that discussing politics would be a fairly heated and even [...]

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