Everyday life of Cray

Homemade Big Mac result

2013-01-28T19:53:00.003+01:00

You guys remember that recipy I had on the blog for a homemade big mac? Well here's the result!

Took about 10 minutes to make from scratch and tastes absolutely delicious!

Trying out Amnesia

2013-01-28T13:15:00.002+01:00

Just trying out my casting skills in English. And what better game to start with than Amnesia? Needless to say it turned out to be an epic failure! Enjoy!

Popcorn Jack

2013-01-14T15:29:00.001+01:00

So I was feeling bored today:

[13:56:45] Michael Westside: i wanna write something
[13:56:49] Michael Westside: give me a topic
[13:56:50] Hannah: write somethign then
[13:56:51] Hannah: um
[13:57:05] Hannah: hmm..
[13:57:19] Hannah: popcorn
[13:57:29] Michael Westside: right
[13:57:32] Michael Westside: give a name
[13:57:39] Hannah: of popcorn?
[13:57:45] Michael Westside: of a person
[13:57:46] Hannah: oh
[13:58:18] Hannah: hmmm
[13:58:29] Hannah: jack abramoff
[13:59:06] Michael Westside: alright
[13:59:24] Michael Westside: im now gonna write a shortstory about Jack Abramoff and popcorn

So that happened. And here is the result. Took 43 minutes to write. I'm getting slower =(

120 calories. That's the average energy content of a bag of popcorn. It was enough to fuel Jack Abramoff for six percent of a day. 86.4 minutes. Three and a half of those minutes would be wasted converting the small and incredibly hard yellow pebbles into white fluffy clouds thought. The instructions clearly states that three minutes would be enough but Jack knew that to be a lie. People always lie.

He placed the flat bag in the microwave and turned the dial to three and a half minutes. His friends had tried to make him get one of those newer, more fancier, microwaves. One with a showy digital clock and a hundred different pre-sets to prepare food with. As if anyone ever used those. No, Jack preferred the old fashion ones. It reminded him of his youth.

Still three minutes left on the timer. The light inside the box was glowing a sickish yellow, radiation the popcorn, while the bag spun around like a carnival's carousel. Round and around.

Jack turned around and leaned his back against the bench that held the microwave. "Don't stand too close to the microwave" she used to tell him. "The radiation will leak out and give you cancer." Even though he now knew that it was just another lie he still felt a bit uneasy about being so close to it. Somewhere deep inside his head there was a voice going "get the fuck away from that machine." Old habits die hard.

Jack turned around again and just when he did he heard the first POP go off. The bag flinched ever so slightly. Only two minutes left now.

He tried to remember the first time he had popcorn in his life. He knew it must have been when he was really young. He faintly remembers popping them in a large pan. This was before anyone in his family got a microwave of their own so he must have been around 4, maybe 5 years old.

One minute left on the timer now. The popping had picked up a lot now. It sounded almost like firecrackers or maybe muffled machine gun fire. Taken directly from one of those bad war movies back in the eighties It wouldn't surprise Jack if they actually used the same sound for the movies. It wouldn't surprise him at all.

Only thirty seconds left. The ruckus inside the glowing box had calmed down quite a bit. "Guess popcorn are like rock-stars" Jack mumbled to himself while standing alone in his kitchen. "Live hard and die young." At that moment he remembered that he had to count.

Counting is important while preparing microwaved popcorn. You have to go POP one, two three POP. If there's no pop at the end of the count the machine must be shut down. Fast. One second could make the difference between the best junk food known to man and a block of smoldering coal.

The last pop was counted and he launched at the timer. There can't have been more than two, maybe three, seconds left on it. But it matters. "The count never lies." Jack thought to himself while carefully removing the steaming hot bag from the oven.

His wait was done. Wasting another nine minutes and thirty-eight seconds eating the bag of popcorn he now had 73.3 additional minutes. Just over an hour of his life his to do with as he wishes.

Yeah... I hate being sober.

Recipe for Heart beef stroganoff

2012-12-29T20:39:00.001+01:00

I was planning to make some food the other day and I really felt like making some beef stroganoff. But then I realized that good, lean, beef meat in Sweden is like €15 a pound. And I'm a poor student so that won't do. I almost replaced the beef in the dish for some cheap sausages before I realized:

If I'm going to eat ground up organs, why don't I just buy some beef hearts instead?

Now, some of you might find the idea of eating an animals heart disgusting. But it's not worse than eating liver. In fact, an animals heart is the cleanest and most lean muscle in an animals body. It also got more protein than a regular muscle and contains a lot of nutritious iron. It's pretty damn healthy. But the best thing about it is that it goes for like €3 a pound. If not less.

Well I made the dish, and it turned out great! So now I'm going to share this wonderous dish with all you loyal readers!

1 Kg Cow Heart
1 Large Onion
50 cl Cream
500 g Strained tomatoes
1 tbsp of Mustard
Soy
Habanero Tabasco
Chili powder
Salt
Pepper
Oil

Mince the meat into small pieces. Cow heart needs to be prepared a certain way which can be seen here.
Make a marinade with oil, mustard, chili powder, salt, pepper and soy.
Toss the meat into the marinade and leave it be for about an hour or two.

Chop up the onion nicely and fry in a large pot.
Now add the the marinated cow heart and fry it until it gets a nice golden color.
Add the strained tomatoes, mustard and cream.
Add all the spices after your own taste.
Boil on a low heat for about 30 minutes.

Serve with rice!

Dumb Ways to Die

2012-11-16T14:32:00.001+01:00

Some vid made by the australian Metro or something. Thought it was cute enough to log in and share with you guys.

New Girl

2012-10-24T21:46:00.001+02:00

I just saw the last episode of New Girl. Never buy me a cookie guys. Ever.

How to make tunnbrod

2012-10-07T11:36:00.003+02:00

So this is what we Swedish do on Saturday nights. We live an exciting life. Also, this is the proper way to make tunnbröd/tunnbrod. I would post the actually ingredients but since it's been in my family for generations I'm quite reluctant to do that. Googling a random one on should do just as well.

We're using a table, a Koskenkorva Vodka bottle, a Pizza Stone in the oven and one of these:

Plugging Lifeofcray.com for once

2012-10-05T04:35:00.001+02:00

I'm going to plug my blog for once.

If you enjoy reading my blog there's several ways to subscribe to it. Here's some of them:

Blogger got a built in "Join this site" button here to the right.

NetworkedBlogs got a "Follow this blog" button. It's also to the right.

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Twitter: @lifeofcray

There's aslo a direct RSS feed that's http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/ECNzA

The more followes, +1's , comments, etc I get, the more content I'll put out. Also comment on what kind of content you want. Do you want those long stories about random things in my life or do you want me to share those awesome things I find on the internet? Neither? Both? Something completely different? Comment! I care!

Cray button

2012-09-28T05:35:00.000+02:00

HIT THE CRAY BUTTON BITCHES!

The XX - Coexist album

2012-09-11T14:52:00.000+02:00

This is the new album Coexist from the band The XX. It got some really cool song in it. But that's not why I'm blogging about it today. I'm blogging about it because of their most awesome idea of spreading it to the public

The XX shared their new album with only one fan to see how quickly it could go viral. And they decided to make the progress visible. So all you have to do is to click "Click here to see the share visualizer" and then share it on twitter or something to be part of the map.

You should most definitely check them out.

Tracklist:

1.	"Angels" (lyrics by Croft)	2:52
2.	"Chained"	2:48
3.	"Fiction" (lyrics by Sim)	2:58
4.	"Try"	3:16
5.	"Reunion"	3:58
6.	"Sunset"	3:39
7.	"Missing"	3:35
8.	"Tides"	3:02
9.	"Unfold"	3:04
10.	"Swept Away"	5:00
11.	"Our Song"

Stason bros. - Best Bike Rental (Director's version)

2012-09-08T09:27:00.000+02:00

Yeah... I think I'm going to rent a bike.

How to make an instagram filter in Photoshop.

2012-08-21T17:47:00.000+02:00

It's kinda hard to admit, but I've always thought that photos run through the instagram app for them iPhones and what not looks kinda cool. Perhaps it's due to the fact that I actually grew up during the time of analog photos. Cross processing was a thing back then as well. It was actually when you used one type of chemical solution to develop the wrong kind of film.

This was more often than not purely by accident but sometimes, if you were lucky, you'd actually get pretty cool results.

Anywho, since I don't own an iPhone, I don't own an analog camera anymore and my digital camera doesn't really support being dropped in chemicals I had to figure out how to do this in Photoshop. Turns out, it's not so hard. So here goes it!

First you do is open the photo you want to "Instagram". I'm going to use a self shot of my self, taken half naked in front of a mirror, just to give it that whole Facebook/blogger feel. The camera used was a Canon PowerShot A2200 installed with the CHDK hack.

Next thing you have to do is make a new adjustment layer. Pick Curves...

This should give you a new layer like so.

Click on the white square thingie to the left on the new layer and It'll bring up the curves.

Now you have four different curves. Just drag them so that they correspond to the curves in the next pictures. The black curve should be slightly adjusted as well.

And that's it really. Enjoy your new "cross processed" image. Here's how mine turned out in all of its 14 megapixel beauty.

If you click it, it's probably larger than your screen.

And yes, this whole post was just a silly excuse to post pictures of myself on my blog.

Best essay ever

2012-08-16T07:33:00.000+02:00

Some guy I know was complaining over the fact that he had to write some kind of essay for school. It had to include all kinds of stuff, like some life story bullshit and talking to a waiter and what not. So I said to him, I said: "I'll just write it for you." And I did. Then I felt like sharing it with you guys, so here it is.

My name is Name Mc. Nameson and I'm XX years old. I've lived quite the uneventful life. I'm not to say that it has been boring, or even bad, but it hasnt been so much eventful either. I was born in a town called "my town" and more or less lived there my whole life. We've moved around a couple of times, my family and I, but never had any real changes.

I remember this one time i went to a restaurant thought. A shabby little asian resturant in the outskirts to town. It didn't look like much but the food was pretty decent. And it was cheap. One day they had a new waiter tho, who was a bit strange. Our conversation went something like this: Waiter: "What you order?" to which I responded: "Fish filet."

As soon as i said "fish filet" the waiter got this blank stare on his face. He litteraly just stared at me for around 20 seconds. And then i heard it. The music. It didn't seem to come from anywhere and yet it came from everywhere at once. The waiter stepped back a couple of feet and started screaming "WHAT SHE ORDER? FISH FILET!" over and over again. I was starting to freak out at this point.

After he waiter had repeated the phrase about nine or ten times, the chef came out and wondered what was going on. He tried talking to the waiter who was still screaming. Even though he waiter had started of screaming with full force, it seemed like he was getting louder and louder every time he opened his mouth. I was frozen in my seat just watching in horror. The chef was shaking him now, also screaming, with fear starting to show more and more in his eyes.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP! TING XIALAI! LIJI TINGZHI!" he screamed. Everthing after that was in chinese. I decided that it was it was time for me to leave.

I didn't actually have a tab since I hadn't ordered anything yet but i decided to leave a tenner anywho. I felt sorry for the chef that had to deal with this unatural behavior. I promptly left the resturant after that. Door slamming behind me with that distinctive bell sound those restaurants always use I could faintly hear someone say "Thank you! Please come again!" Perhaps it was my imagination. I never went there again thought.

I hope he gets an A.

Gotye - Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra

2012-08-12T18:02:00.001+02:00

Goty himself decided to make a remix of a shitload of different covers and remixes of his song "Sombody that I used to know". It sounds pretty cool. Not something I'd have playing on repeat but for a one time watch it's pretty damn cool.

AirMech

2012-08-07T18:02:00.000+02:00

First of all I'd like to apologize for my lack of posts recently. The reason for my disappearance is no other than AirMech.

AirMech is a top down real time strategy game. Well, it's more of a tactical game really, resembling the likes of DoTA, HoN, LoL etc. But those don't have anything on AirMech. Airmech is faster, more challenging, has better controls and you drive a jet that can transform into a mecha which shoots lasers. Lasers!

It's really a re-imagination of the game Herzog Zwei which came out for the SEGA Genesis back in 1989. So if you're my age you might even remember the pre-cursor to this game. Either case, It's awesome, and you should try it.

You can find it over at Carbon Games. And it's free. There's both a PC and a Chrome (the web browser) version on there. I recommend getting the PC version thought. The Chrome version got some FPS issues.

Download Now!

How to make a homemade Big Mac

2012-07-24T12:20:00.002+02:00

Here's a video giving a detailed and official way to make a Big Mac burger at home. It's part of a new McDonald's ad campaign in Canada that basically says "Hey, look at us, we're not evil".

Anywho, since they posted the video but somehow forgot to post a list of ingredients I'm going to try my best to write them down.

Ingredients:

Big Mac Sauce:

Mayonnaise
Sweet pickle relish
Classic yellow mustard
White wine vinegar
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Paprika powder

Condiments:

Onion
Lettuce
Pickle
Cheese

Bun:

Just a regular large bun cut into three pieces and toasted on the stove

Mixing it:

I guess you'll have to try different mixes of the quantities yourself. I'd say he's using about 4 deciliter of mayo, 1.5 deciliter of sweet pickle relish, 0.5 deciliter mustard, a teaspoon of white vinegar and like a couple of grams of each spice. But my guess is as good as yours.

Anywho, I wish you luck if you're going to try it. I'm thinking of trying it right now.

Edit: I found that 2.5 dl mayo, 0.5 dl of pickle relish and about 0.2 dl of mustard worked really, really, well. took a tablespoon of the spices and vinegar each.

Fastest robot in the world

2012-07-18T18:58:00.000+02:00

I just found this footage of the fastest robot in the world.

It's not long until we can get our own copy of that mechanical cat robot from the movie Mars. Or was it red planet? I can't remember. Hell, all you have to do is put a head and some razor claws on that thing and you're done.

It was red planet.

Man... I want one like yesterday.

The Declaration of Internet Freedom

2012-07-11T20:56:00.004+02:00

Well, it's been a boring week. With the exception for Power Big Meet that was last weekend. It's one of, if not the, biggest american car meets in the world. And it's just a whole big drink party. We were seated in a car that they had cut the roof of off just the day before, drinking beer and whiskey until the cops came and told us the car was illegal to drive for like the third time.

Anywho, about the Declaration of Internet Freedom thing. It's an article I stumbled over the other day when i was browsing the web. Their info pictures probably do the explaining way better than me:

You can click the image to go to their page.

It's a good idea and I do hope we get some people behind it.

Cruise Sweden - Åbo

2012-07-02T20:44:00.003+02:00

So the gang went on a cruise. Bought some alcohol, partied hard and got black out drunk. Don't really remember much more but here's a short vid of us posing and stuff

The ghosts of Père Lachaise

2012-06-28T02:48:00.000+02:00

Just stopping by to share an animated movie I quite enjoyed. And I hope you do too!

To understand is to perceive patterns

2012-06-25T20:09:00.000+02:00

I just found a video that describes something I've been thinking about for years and years just beautifully. How small patters come together to form bigger ones. Going from atoms, molecules, single celled life, multi-cellular life, organisms with organs, animals with collaboration, cities, information networks around the world. Are cities alive? Is the internet aware? Will the universe ultimately be one big living, thinking, entity?

Midsummer pictures

2012-06-23T12:17:00.000+02:00

Midsummer!

2012-06-22T10:16:00.001+02:00

Today is midsummer! For you non-European that's a holiday centered around the summer solstice. But it's quite more festive than that. It's kinda like our national day, but isn't at the same time... well the point is that I'm going to get drunk today. Really drunk.

MIDSUMMER!

The recommended thing to drink is snaps.

El Guincho | Bombay

2012-06-21T09:37:00.000+02:00

It's recently come to my attention that the biggest blogs out there update like 4-5 times a day. So my new plan is to post something quick every morning (this is morning for me) before work and then try to write something longer when I get back home.

Anywho, this is an adorable music video I found. The video editing is quite good as well. Watch it, enjoy.

Blogger is now Tumblr

2012-06-20T22:34:00.001+02:00

Pinwheel

Cray

Animated slow clap

Everyday life of Cray

Homemade Big Mac result

Trying out Amnesia

Popcorn Jack

Recipe for Heart beef stroganoff

Dumb Ways to Die

New Girl

How to make tunnbrod

Plugging Lifeofcray.com for once

Cray button

HIT THE CRAY BUTTON BITCHES!

The XX - Coexist album

Tracklist:

1.

"Angels" (lyrics by Croft)

2:52

2.

"Chained"

2:48

3.

"Fiction" (lyrics by Sim)

2:58

4.

"Try"

3:16

5.

"Reunion"

3:58

6.

"Sunset"

3:39

7.

"Missing"

3:35

8.

"Tides"

3:02

9.

"Unfold"

3:04

10.

"Swept Away"

5:00

11.

"Our Song"