February 2012
2 posts
Discovering the Mysteries Of Rice Krispyhenge →
brockdavis:
NPR’s Robert Krulwich writes about some of my recent food-related projects.
September 2011
2 posts
August 2011
2 posts
July 2011
6 posts
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“There’s one other wrinkle and has to do with people’s taste for...”
– The Salt Wars Rage On: A Chat with Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle: Scientific American
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June 2011
8 posts
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“New-York based Irish novelist Colum McCann has won the world’s richest...”
– Colum McCann wins Impac award - The Irish Times - Wed, Jun 15, 2011
Loved everything about this book.
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April 2011
16 posts
a.k.a. how to train your robot copy
spiers:
Service journalism from Forbes: How to Suck All of the Fun Out of a Cocktail Party.
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Can I eat this? April 2011 « →
Round up of “Can I Eat This” questions from Ask MeFi” - my favorite questions from the post:
- Why shouldn’t I eat a goose from Central Park?
- There’s a fuzzy blob in my fridge! We named her Squishy Honey. What is she?
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“It’s now become unavoidably clear to me that I’ve been doing each of...”
– Cranking | 43 Folders
The whole post is amazing.
“On his 30th birthday, June 27, 2009, Dan had decided to quit his job to become a...”
– Can a complete novice become a golf pro with 10,000 hours of practice? - St. Petersburg Times
Or as Erik calls it, The Eat Pray Love of Florida.
“Hashify is different from virtually every other site on the Web in that every...”
– Hashify
woah.
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Exiles by Roberto Bolaño | NYRBlog | The New York... →
Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood behind. Which would lead to the conclusion that the exiled person or the category of exile doesn’t exist, especially in regards to literature. The immigrant, the nomad, the traveler, the sleepwalker all exist, but not the exile, since every writer becomes an exile simply...
iPads for Kindergarteners: Experts Applaud... →
infoneer-pulse:
Move over, finger paint. A school district in Maine recently approved a $200,000 initiative that would give each of its 285 kindergarten students a new hands-on tool: Their very own iPad 2.
In what they are calling “a revolution in education,” the Auburn, Maine, school district will be bringing the $499 Apple tablet devices into kindergarten classrooms starting in the fall with...
“No pop-ups/notifications. See a theme here? If there is a non-app associated...”
– Toddler app user interface guidelines - Gabriel Weinberg’s Blog
Great list of things to consider when designing an iPad app intended for a kid. My nephew is 2 and a half years old and can happily entertain himself on an iPad for over an hour.
March 2011
3 posts
“You don’t deserve this sort of torture. This bread hits all the comfort spots in...”
– Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread — Joy the Baker
possibly the best introduction to a recipe ever.
Eggs, Over Easy, Scrambled or Smiling -... →
alternatives to waiting for a GI specialist
My mom has been in the hospital since Friday afternoon. She has a gallstone, and unfortunately, did not get that diagnosis until 11pm on Friday. So she has to stay in the hospital until Monday - possibly even Tuesday! - to wait for the specialist to do the endoscopy to remove the gallstone. She will be fine, but hospitals suck. They suck a lot.
So, I propose 3 alternatives to waiting for the GI...
“For the past five years, I’ve taught a workshop for the graduate graphic...”
– OBlog: Five Years of 100 Days: Observers Room: Design Observer
Famous Objects from Classic Movies →
Okay - this is pretty awesome for the movie buff. Part cute design, part hangman.
February 2011
6 posts
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January 2011
7 posts
Mark Zuckerberg & Jesse Eisenberg's SNL Showdown:... →
katieisms:
My latest for the MTV Movies Blog - in the wake of SNL’s Meeting of The Bergs, I marinated on some other funny would-be actor/biopic subject pairings.
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Why secondhand... →
mcnallyjackson:
powells:
Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years, it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged…
That is one of the disappointing things about my Kindle - it does not smell like cookies.
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– consumed
crazy awesome catalog of everything he ate for a year