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Serves 6

Ingredients
1/4 cup (50 mL) sugar
1/2 cup (75 mL) bourbon
1/4 lb (125 g) semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 cups (500 mL) 35% cream, chilled
2 egg whites, at room temperature

Method

1) In a small saucepan over medium-low heat combine sugar and bourbon. Let cook until sugar had dissolved, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.

2) In a medium saucepan add enough water to come 2 inches (5 cm) up sides of pan, bring to a boil, then lower to simmer. Place chocolate in a medium glass or metal bowl, place bowl on top of pan and allow chocolate to melt, stir in 2 tbsp (25 mL) of cream. Stir bourbon mixture into melted chocolate. Set aside and let cool slightly, about 2 minutes.

3) Whisk egg white until stiff peaks form.

4) Whisk remaining cream until soft peaks form.

5) Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture to combine

6) Gently fold cream into chocolate mixture until just combined. Divide amount 6 goblets or bowls and chill for at least 3 hours before serving.

Seasons greetings from Kaizen Web Design!

It’s time to get your promotional materials and website improved, upgraded and ready so that they can be the best they can for a great start to 2010.

Kaizen Web Design does more than just websites, we offer complete branding solutions and specialize in web design, graphic design, promotional materials and search engine optimization.

Contact us today to learn more at 1 (866) 742-5115 or by email at info@kaizenwebdesign.com.

When you get a logo from Kaizen Web Design you get a vector logo – not just a raster bitmap file.

Many businesses may have a professionally designed logo, but unfortunately the designer only provided them with the raster files which are OK for using in something like a Word document, but do not work out very well for anything else, such as the website, business cards, print promotional materials etc.

The reason that you need to make sure you receive a vector version of your logo from your designer as opposed to a .jpg logo created using pixels is that vector logos can be increased or reduced to any size while still maintaining crystal clarity. Whether you want your logo displayed on stationery, a poster, a billboard, store signage, company vehicle, packaging, etc. A vector logo is the way to go, and Kaizen Web Design specializes in creating beautiful logos for a wide range of clients across the globe.

To help to illustrate the difference here is an example of a rasterized version of the Kaizen Web Design logo increased in size Vs. a vectorized version of the same logo enlarged:
Click here to view raster version (boo)
Click here to view vector version (yay)
You can see that the vector version is far more crisp and clear than the raster version.

Contact us today to learn more about our custom designed vector logos toll free at 1 (866) 742-5115 or by email info@kaizenwebdesign.com.

Did you know that something as simple as a contact form can increase your web leads exponentially?

We have set up some forms for clients that have since experienced a flood of new business pouring in through their newly set up web forms.

If you don’t currently have a contact form on your website, give us a call and find out how affordable it is to start generating all sorts of new business to your company through your website today!

If you use Internet Explorer to surf the web then you need to make sure you have the most up-to-date version installed for optimal web viewing.

Simply go to your ‘Help’ menu and select ‘About’ to find out which version you have. If it is anything under version 8.0 then you must upgrade!

It is free and easy, just follow this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx

Designers and developers across the world will stop making web pages cross-compatible with older versions of IE in 2010 so don’t miss out on any more of the wonderful things the web has to offer, upgrade that browser right now!

If you’re ready to switch away from Internet Explorer here are a couple of modern web browsers that are great alternatives:

1. Mozilla Firefox – overall a great browser that is highly customizable, secure and fast. It also automatically updates itself once installed so you don’t need to worry about having an outdated browser ever again. Click here to download and install Mozilla Firefox

2. Google Chrome – renders web pages faster than any other browser. Click here to download and install Google Chrome

We designed the website for Kudos Home & Design, a high end contemporary furniture store in Mississauga, Ontario. The website includes their supplier provided flash animation and a great photo gallery showcasing their many available products.

Click here to visit www.kudosfurnishing.com.

We redesigned the Sheer Illusions website to include their own pictures which showcase and highlight the window covering solutions they offer to the Grande Prairie, Alberta area.

The new website features a great photo gallery where you click next and previous to slide through the gallery. The online estimate form was simplified and updated.

Click here to visit www.sheerillusions.com.

Kaizen Reef name: Derp
Common name: Lawnmower blenny
Scientific name: Salarias fasciatus

Physical description: Although it is mostly stated that these are drab in colour and physical appearance on close inspection their markings are actually quite amazing. Mostly shades of grey and brown these really look like lizards especially when they are perched and looking around. Their eyes move independently of each other as well.

Diet: algae

Important dates:
12/11/09: Added to the tank
1/18/10: Derp got sick and died (removed from tank on January 19)

Personal notes: Yet another noob mistake on this one… Turns out you shouldn’t add two blennies together in such a small tank (we have a 38 gallon). The first few days we saw a different side to our Bicolor Blenny as he chased and bullied this new fish repeatedly. It’s been a few weeks now and they seem to have calmed down. We hope we can keep both of them harmoniously. The lawnmower blenny is awesome to watch and fascinating the way he looks and perches like a lizard. Update: although we have read that it is okay to have a bicolor blenny and lawnmower blenny together we recommend you do this with extreme caution. Our lawnmower blenny got sick and the bicolor blenny would not leave him in peace, we had no quarantine tank so we had to remove the bicolor and return to fish store to see if the lawnmower would recover. He died a day later and it could be a combination of malnutrition, bullying and not acclimatizing properly. We had Derp for just 5 weeks and were sad to have our first fish death. We have since purchased a new little lawnmower blenny and hope to have better luck with this one.

Kaizen Reef name: Eleven, Henry, Edmund, Scrappy, Curly, Larry & Moe
Common name: Blue leg hermit crab
Scientific name: Clibanarius tricolor

Physical description: Very small hermit crabs with blue legs.

Diet: Algae and detritus.

Important dates:
12/11/09: Added 10 to the tank

Personal notes: These are very small and hard to distinguish between specimens, Eleven has a white shell so we know which one he is. They seem to be nocturnal and eat algae and detritus. Update: as of 1/24/10 We have found three empty shells and no signs of the crabs, the anemone may have eaten them as there have been signs of crab legs and pieces by her area.