Ginza in Tokyo, closed for traffic every Sunday I’ve been in Tokyo over the past week catching up with friends. More posts to come, with food.
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All aboard the gravy train
There is enough beef waste in the US to fuel trains. Via The Guardian: US rail operator Amtrak may have given the term “cattle car” a whole new meaning with the first test of a biodiesel train that runs on beef byproducts. Operating on a $274,000 (£178,000) grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, the state-owned… Continue reading All aboard the gravy train
Trolling as the food writing
Terry Durack over at the Age manages to both pit Sydney against Melbourne and suburb versus suburb by attempting to pick the worst suburb for eating in each city. There is good food to be found everywhere in Australia – it may be behind closed doors or in people’s backyards rather than in restaurants or… Continue reading Trolling as the food writing
Food blogger tip: How to block the worst diet ads from Adsense on your blog.
I both earn money from AdSense and pay Google for ad space – so seeing a terrible looking ad on my blogs and getting exposure hurts. If you do visit a couple of Australian food blogs, eventually you’ll be served up with this diet ad – as Simon mentions over at his site: You might… Continue reading Food blogger tip: How to block the worst diet ads from Adsense on your blog.
Getting my focus back.
The Australian food bloggers’ conference (which I’ve also written about over at SBS) seems to have had the effect of lighting a gigantic fire under the collective arses of Australia’s food bloggers. I feel like I’m back on the blogging bandwagon and have a decent reason to post again. The conference gave me real chance… Continue reading Getting my focus back.
Last Month on SBS – March 2010
I also write over at SBS’ food blog, Mouthful. Here is the last month of posts: Eels for Jesus The Australian Food Bloggers’ Conference 2010 The perfect Australian burrito What happened to the future of food? The Tabouleh War
The new layout
After deliberating over food blog templates for a good six months, I’ve decided just to make a change to the layout completely on a whim rather than putting in the hard work of redesigning the site. My only gripe with the previous template was the way that it treated short posts – you’d have no… Continue reading The new layout
Moving your food blog from Blogspot to WordPress
At the Australian Food Blogger Conference yesterday, Michael from My Aching Head mentioned the process of moving a blog from Blogspot/Blogger to WordPress. I’ve had to do this three times over the past few years for friends. Here is the step by step process for moving a blog from Blogspot to WordPress. It does require… Continue reading Moving your food blog from Blogspot to WordPress