The latest from my History of Cinema project is La View et la Passion de Jésus-Christ. Now me and the J-Dog have History so I wasn't expecting to enjoy this one but the hand-painted frames, solid pacing, and classic Hero's Journey made it quite enjoyable movies.simonfairbairn.com/la-vie-et-la...

Latest from my movie project: The Flying Train. I learned about the extremely steampunk Wuppertaler Schwebebahn that is still running today from this 1902 movie. This makes me so happy. movies.simonfairbairn.com/the-flying-t...

Today's film is A Trip to the Moon, from our good friend and crackpot wildman George Méliès. A science fiction epic (by 1900s standards) featuring one of the most iconic images in the history of cinema! We love it! movies.simonfairbairn.com/a-trip-to-th... #movies #scifi

The latest from my History of Cinema project is the Countryman and the Cinematograph, which I found to be strangely resonant in our AI-filled times: movies.simonfairbairn.com/the-countrym...

Playing through Kentucky Route Zero again (this time on an ultrawide OLED in HDR so it looks glorious) and, hoo boy, the themes are resonating even more in these times than they did almost 10 years ago. Still one of my favourites of all time I think.

I have recently restarted my movie blog, where I am watching a huge list of films from the birth of cinema to the present day and doing a li'l sketch to go along with them. My latest is an early timelapse film called Demolishing and Bulidng up the Star Theatre:

New #coffee beans and, well,

Restarting my History of Cinema blog and picking up where I left off, with Histoire d’un Crime: movies.simonfairbairn.com/histoire-d-u... This time I’m limiting each drawing to 45 minutes each, or else I’ll never get through them all.

Just been to the Brighton Coffee Festival and picked up this lovely haul. Excited to dig into them. Going to start testing my Coffee Recommendation Engine against them (and filming the results). #coffee #v60

New bean day! Scenery Wilton Benitez Gesha. Easily the best coffee I’ve made this year so far. Giving high end lemon cheesecake with a digestive biscuit base, decorated with flower petals and a single Turkish delight. Smooth and creamy and fabulous. £15/100g. Pricey, but worth it. #coffee #v60

Received these beans for Christmas! Don’t usually go for blends but big fan of Colombian and Ethiopian and tasting notes sound promising. Aeropress calibration brew: 95°, 16g, 150g water, 40s brew time. Low acidity, some sweetness but less than promised, and a lot of body. #coffee

Today's match up: 1) 94°C, 555µm grind, 3 pour 2) 88°C, 777µm, 4 pour I was sure yesterday that the 94 had it in the bag but a finer grind means a risk of clogging and I think that's what happened. A slower drawdown led to those darker flavours coming out, killing the sweetness. #coffee #v60

Today’s head to head! 2x 12g doses of my Saint Ethiopian Washed Koke: 1) 98°C, 666µm grind, 16:1 ratio 2) 94°C, 555µm grind, 15:1 ratio Both delicious, but the 94° took it. The finer grind and colder water slowed the brew down enough to give it more body without adding bitterness. #coffee #v60

Started using a Prufrock scoring sheet I found online to grade my morning tastings. Five areas (Aroma, Acidity, Sweetness, Body, and Finish) scored on Quantity and Quality on a scale of 1 to 5.

Five hours of piano today. Slogging through All I Want for Christmas. I struggle with fingering sometimes. I want to be able to do it without constantly thinking about it but then you don’t want them to end up in the wrong place cause it can produce unpleasant results.

Back to the Aeropress because those filters are so terrible and I have to source some new ones. Still, getting consistently good brews from this setup. Impressed with the Saint Washed Koke beans.

So got some new “Hario” filters and, um, I suspect they might not be legit. See if you can guess which one is from the new batch. End result for brews: massive clogging and almost double my usual brew time. Not ideal. #coffee #v60 #hario

First A/B v60 brews with these. Four pour vs a two pour. 2x 12g doses, 555µm grind, 94°. Both great brews, but the four pour added body without any additional bitterness so it got the win. The finish on these is fantastic. Leaves you with a sweet, smoky flavour, like a fine single malt. #coffee

Did an Aeropress calibration brew to get an idea of what flavours I want to try to bring out with the v60. 16g dose, 666µm grind, 150g water. 20s of vigorous stirring then slow plunge. Total brew time: 40s. #aeropress #recipe

New Beans Day! I have not had a lot from Ethiopia recently so excited to dig into these. #coffee #aeropress

Current coffee setup: Dual wield v60s for blind A/B tests. I do the brews, Erin does the pours, then I score blind. Let the best recipe win. #coffee #v60 #SCIENCE

Now deep into Jingle Bell Rock and some of these chord changes are wild. Em7(b5) into A7aug buddy I’m really new at this have mercy pls and thx

I bought a piano in August and I’m now in the midst of a crash course that consists of learning a half dozen Christmas songs by mid-December. Just started the intro to All I Want for Christmas Is You yesterday and boy hammering out those triplet chords at 150bpm is FUN.

man what am i even supposed to do here

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