Rave New World, ha! #
About 2 weeks ago (has it only been 2 weeks? it feels like ages) Stephanie and I hosted the latest in our series of food-themed parties, this time centered around the humble “slider” (or mini-burger). However since then life intervened…
Every once and a while I stumble upon a forum or blog post comment where someone says they’ve heard about these mythical “MEI Voyageur bags”, but can’t figure out how to purchase one. As long as you have time and…
Edsel Ranger and Ford Thunderbird
I’m sure this has been blogged to death already—so one more can’t hurt, can it? I mean look at the thing, it’s so beautiful. A culinary work of art. I wanted to photograph it more than eat it. Mmm. Sweet…
On Tuesday evening Stephanie and I attended our first cheese class since Alpine Cheese and Alsace Wine back in March. I didn’t really look at the Fall schedule until well after it came out, which in some ways actually made…
I really like to make popcorn when we watch movies. Popcorn on the cob We found these cobs before Thanksgiving. Three minutes in a paper bag in the microwave, and they turn out just like the stove top, except without…
Haloscan is getting upgraded to Echo: Once presented with the upgrade message, Haloscan users will have 2 weeks to make a decision. You will have the following two options. Upgrade to Echo for $9.95/year – all your comment data will…
I think that’s going to be a pretty strong theme this year. Or a growing one. It reminds me of some thoughts I had on surplus not long ago. Surplus raw ingredients are a great motivator to make things that…
We wish everyone a happy holidays and a wonderful new year.
After telling Matthew and Katie about the wonders of In-N-Out in California, specifically the seemingly unchanged 1950s-era menu, they regaled us with impassioned tales of a similarly striped-down, back-to-the-basics burger joint in Austin started by the company that owns Rudy’s…
I’ve been wanting to revisit Enchanted Rock for years now, but there’s never been quite enough time around the holidays to make the two and a half hour trek—until this year. And as luck would have it, after several beautiful…
Rave New World, ha! #
I could have written this same thing, word for word: How I Hire Programmers #
This is insane: Neutra Face : An Ode On A Typeface
Thought about Futura but the em space was to wide
even when condensed, no, i’ll use another type
Gill sans the G is wack when it’s in lower case
Avante gard you make me hard but helvetica you’re played
I love this rhyming couplet in the lyrics of Camera Obscura’s song The Sweetest Thing:
You challenged me to write a love song
Here it is, I think I got it wrong
Accidental poetry: Threw my phone up against the window… #
This looks promising: Kitchen 4B: Smoked Ribs at Home #
They are their own caricatures: Portraits of Power: An interactive portfolio of portraits by Platon of world leaders, with commentary by the photographer. #
Möbius Bagel, I love this #
Must have! Gnome Chomsky #
Ok, this is just too cool: Star Wars Line Up (and I’m not even that big a Star Wars fan) #
I wonder if this will make it to the Ubuntu repo? Google Chrome for Linux goes beta! #
This is watchable: The Tetris God #
“I was just in some b-roll and I loved it!”
I just used Firebug to change the background color of Flickr from #FEFEFE to #FFFFFF so I could take a screenshot of the multilingual WAR IS OVER posters to include in an old post with a perfectly white background.
Am I normal? #
Of all the “gift guides” out there, this is one of the coolest: A Gift Guide for Canners #
To read later: A Typeface for the Underground #
I have my money on Bruce: My Reaction to Eric Schmidt #
My new fav time-lapse: Manhattan bridge wiggles #
Photoblog worth checking out: Gianni Galassi PhotoGraphia #
Yes!
To watch later: Swell Season on Boing Boing Video #
I have a small collection of Google Doodles, but this is pretty cool: Doodlewatch #
Holy cow, Yokoo of Etsy fame on the front page of the NY Times: That Hobby Looks Like a Lot of Work #
FM loses its first engineer: Andy’s Last Supper #
Man this looks good: My Type of Yule Log: Pork Roulade with Sausage, Pistachios and Chestnuts (and Cider Gravy) #
Great step-by-step photos: Tackling a turducken #
These are neat to flip through: Behind Photographs Project (though I wish there was some accompanying text) #
The camera holster market is expanding: DIY, Bigg Lugg, Spider… #
Currently reading and liking It’s OK Not to Write Unit Tests (I wish I’d had this when I wrote What is “test-driven development for web applications”?) #
It seems like everyone these days is talking about the Panasonic GF1 with the 20mm f1.7 lens (I’d love to see it side-by-side with my K7+35mm macro, and I’d certainly love to take it walking around the city for a few days, without plunking down $1000) #
Cool: Vespa four-seater #
How to not get mugged: never leave your apartment (with apologies to Maciej, re: How To Not Get Your Blog Hacked) #
Google is so “cute” sometimes: What Browser? #
I’ve often wondered, what actually is activated about activated charcoal?
Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal or activated coal, is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions.
He has a name! Helvetica Man #
Quote of the day: It’s not a disorder if you channel it into something productive #