You can watch the HD version by clicking here

Instead of trying to give an expert opinion on something I’m not an expert on I thought I would let the photo’s speak for themselves.
How? Simples by posting a collection of my favourite N8 pics (taken on my N8).

If the above is not enough for you, I highly recommend checking out the Nokia N8 User Group on Flickr. (http://www.flickr.com/groups/nokian8/)
Thanks to James Burland

Blog More 

I wanted to try and blog once a week, but only managed to average one post every 2 weeks which I think is still pretty good. I also successfully started blogging more about food.

Play Sport/Get Fit

I managed to get fit this year, through playing football, cricket and surfing and I also completed a 14km run for charity I’m probably going to try for a half marathon this year if the doctor allows it.

Make a lego stop motion video

Sadly I didn’t get around to doing this, but the hope is that I can still do it one day.

See Machu Picchu in person.

I didn’t manage to do this either, which weighs very heavily on my heart. I did however still visit an ancient city – ROME

Starting Meditating again

I haven’t found the right class for this yet, but have done some big searching and even went to Yoga, which I don’t believe is for me, well not Bikrim Yoga anyway.

Do something amazing for a stranger

DONE, I help a lady pay for her shopping when her bank cards weren’t working. I couldn’t stand there and not let her get ice cream for her kids

Create a bucket list

Start this was fun, I’ll keep it private for now, but it’s going to be a work in progress probably for the rest of my life

Learn to snowboard

DONE and hurt myself and loved it, tick.

Invent my own recipe

Very happy about this one. I’ve blog about two of dishes I came up with. Ultimate Chicken Wings and Lamb Cutlets – Fresh Moroccan Style

Secret Project

Started looking into this but haven’t been able to get it off the ground. I have a new project for 2012, not a secret and I’ll share it with you all within the next week or so.

I hope you all had an amazing 2011 and that 2012 brings you love, success and happiness.

Mustard & Balsamic Chicken really?

Chicken fillets
Fresh Rosemary (keep the sprigs)
Garlic Cloves
Djion Mustard (smooth is best)
Olive Oil
Balsamic vinegar
Parma ham/ prosciutto

Now you’ll notice I gave no measurements above. Here’s why…
The combination of ingredients above seems very strange however work extremely well together. It all comes down to how much chicken you have an finally weather you prefer to have a strong balsamic flavour coming trhough (my other half loves this) or if you prefer a strong mustard flavour (I love this).

This means this is a great recipe for bring out your own creative cooking side.
SO HAVE FUN

To get you started I would recommend beginning your mix with 1 part Mustard to 3 parts vinegar I use just enough oil to create the right consistency for a marinade.
Taste and change ?

How to Make them:

Chop the garlic and rosemary finely and place into your mustard vinegar mixture.
Cut the chicken in thin strips (this allows then to cook quicker)
Once you happy with the flavour add your chicken and leave for at least 1 hour(in the fridge)
Take your rosemary sprigs and skewer your chicken.
Place your prosciutto on a flat surface and lay your skewed chicken on one side then wrap the chicken completely.

How to cook it?

Dry frying these in a pan seems to work the best, the chicken cooks very quickly so watch your temperature , you don’t want to burn the prosciutto.
You can cook them on a BBQ but I recommend turning them regularly so they don’t burn.

(note I ran out of sprigs so I simply used wooden skewers instead)

You’ll find this to be one of the juiciest treats in town. Get your friends over and start snacking.

Back then I would never have thought that one day I’d get the chance to sit down and chat with the Rubik’s cube World Record Holder.

That’s right this year I meet up with Australia’s Feliks Zemdegs who currently holds 15 cube records the most coveted being the Rubik’s 3×3 single with a time of 5.66 seconds.
You can witness this madness here:

Here is the edited Rubik’s TV interview that I did:

The cubing world had better watch this space because I’m getting close to that World Record:

Can you solve the cube or does it drive you nuts?

This one is all about the Nokia Beta labs application “Nokia To Play” which can be installed from here.

The video explains everything you need to know about using the app. It’s a long clip, but well worth the watch.

I really like the idea of this app and it has had an update since this video was recorded.

Being a beta app it’s got some know issues which you can find here

The thought of lying on my couch and streaming my phone media to my TV really gets the geek inside me excited…

The first video is the unboxing and making of:

I’m sorry to say that my video files of the bottling are corrupt so I’ll just skip to the drinking.

If you not interested in making the beer and just want to find out how it tasted after 6 weeks, check this out:

Will you be making beer for the holidays this year?

Before I get started here is the full spec

The screen size screen was great and the head phones were also very nice, however that is all the good I can really say about these bad boys.
As you can see they don’t look comfortable and well that’s because they aren’t I don’t think you could sit comfortable for more than 30minutes watching something with these on your face.

If you into fashion, then I can’t see you even admitting that you have tested these cause they don’t look good (not something that bothers me, but I got mocked a lot by my mates).
I found the set that I tested had very bad colour from both the N900 and TV output. Reds became brown everything was generally dark, I did use the remote control to make adjustments but it could only do so much.

On the positive side I did really like the headphones, you could attach them separately to the head gear. This device is made for more than just mobile output, so it comes with AV cables allowing you to watching from iPod, Mobile, TV, DVD and many other digital devices.

The glasses boast 3d capability which I did not test so I’m unable to comment on this.

The light protector extension that comes with these were very strange, they don’t really fit 100% unless you planned to glue them in place (I don’t think this is what you supposed to do). They still let in light and what’s worse is, while they try and block the light they actually create a reflection in the image making the watching experience far from acceptable for the money that you pay.

Although I’ve only tested one pair and one model I’m not convinced yet.
The idea is great and practicality is there, however the product isn’t. They didn’t seem to blow me away with image quality. My N900 has far better image sharpness colour and brightness.

The up side is that the technology is there and with companies venturing into the realm of 3D I can see myself wanting a pair in a few years.

Have you tried any TV Glasses, I would love to know how you found them?

Thanks to everyone who supported Movember, by donating and/or taking part.
I want to give a big shout out to all those that helped me to raise $132

Mom, Richard, Chrissie, James, Andrew, Lena, Dave, Adrian, Tania, Greg, Michelle, Louise

Here is a short clip of how my beautiful Face changed over the last 30days:

If you want to see laugh and comment on individual days check out my flickr page:

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Here is the original link to the recipe. They have a great video on the site.

http://www.masterchef.com.au/recipes/braised-pork-spare-ribs-.htm

Instead of going through the whole recipe I’m going to share some tips to help you with the dish, along with some pictures from the last time I made this

Don’t be scared. This dish looks like it has loads of ingredients but the great thing is that the cooking is broken into two sections:

Dry Rub:

Hot Marinade:

SIMPLES

This is very important and very confusing. When it comes to the cut of meat the recipe says PORK SPARE RIBS, from the image I would agree with the name, but if you live in Australia you MUST ask for American style ribs if you want to use these ribs. Spare ribs in Australia are different, they are what I would call Belly Ribs.

Here is a chart guide to Pork Cuts:

Spare Ribs (American Style) ----- Belly Ribs(Australian Spare Ribs)

I’ve tried the recipe with both ribs and I personally prefer to use the Belly Ribs (above right)

I consider myself a man who can tolerate great volumes of chilli (with a history of birds-eye chilli and cheese toasties) and do enjoy a good bit.

I found that that the chilli quantities in this dish may be slightly too high for the everyday food lover. I would suggest using less chilli powder in the dry rub. For the fresh chilli’s make sure you deseed. Remember you can always add spice, but it’s very difficult to remove the heat.

When cooking off the hot marinade I would advise that you don’t over thicken it, allowing for a longer cooking time in the oven which in turn will lead to very tender yummy ribs.

              Before Thickening                                                      After Thickening

All this hard work leads to a beautiful dish:

Have you tried this recipe or any of the Masterchef recipes? Let me know how they went …