Funny. But kinda sad. But funny. Dear Sir/Madam (via Webb) #
In December 2006, I wrote a post called Learning how to save which put down in words what I had done to organize my finances the year prior (opened an IRA and rolled my previous retirement accounts into it). Since…
My mom was giddy this morning. “Can I check something on your laptop?” she asked. “Umm sure…” A few seconds later she passed it back to me and told me to read this: Gnomes … traveling through time. I scrolled…
Matthew spent Christmas with Beth’s family this year, so we spent the night at their house to ring in the New Year and celebrate a more complete, albeit belated, Christmas with them.
It’s so easy these days to get stuff without even thinking about it. That’s Amazon’s whole value proposition. How to go from thinking about something to buying it in mere seconds. But getting rid of stuff is another matter altogether.…
The Rincon Center used to be a US Post Office building, hence the stars and bars. But it’s the clipped wings that get me every time.
It’s one thing to put together a photo book. This shot was inspired by How to Photograph a Design Poster It’s a whole ‘nother thing to rewrite the program that builds the book to increase the margins and add a…
It’s been a while since I played my first game of pétanque (the French version of bocce), but when Stephanie discovered this wine at Trader Joe’s, it brought back fond memories.
I want. For my collection. Source: Motoblog.it: la Vespa a dondolo del piccolo Diego And a bonus—though the future parent in me screams, sharp edges! Source: theblogpaper.co.uk: the rocking horse
One of the first cookbooks that really taught me there was more to cooking than combining a few off-the-self ingredients was Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Seasoned America. Published in 1991, he reinterpreted a broad range of American melting-pot cuisines and “kicked…
This may be old news, but I learned a lot watching this interview with Chipotle’s founder, Steve Ells, and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin. Nightline interview of Chipotle founder, Steve Ells (Source: Chipotle Seeks New Model for Quality Fast Food) Pretty…
In France, Fiat 500s are called “yogurt cups” because they resemble the shape of an upside down yogurt cup. Or at least that’s what Stephanie tells me. Here’s a beautiful old Fiat 500 we saw parked in front of Ristorante…
That would be the name of the cheese class I attended at the Cheese School of San Francisco last Saturday. It was taught by Michelle Buster, who led us through Cheeses of the Mediterranean a year earlier. This time we…
Source: In Touch Weekly cover for January 25, 2010 We’re glad we chose life. –Sarah and Bristol Palin You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. –Inigo Montoya
Not all cheeses in France are made with raw milk, but many are, including those aged less than the 60 days required to sell raw milk cheese in the US. Brie and Camembert, for example, are generally aged only 3-4…
Funny. But kinda sad. But funny. Dear Sir/Madam (via Webb) #
I had never heard of Lee Miller before: Savage Incongruities (via Iconic Photos) #
Dunno why, but I like art things like this: The Visual Topography of a Generation Gap #
I was thinking the other day that blog posts are kind of like postcards. So I decided to Google for a postcard blog theme and came across this cool concept Postcard WordPress Theme #
Sometimes I enjoy the backstories more than the posts themselves:
Though in this case, smoked haddock chowder sounds mighty good. #
That’s one ugly camera: Casio’s new EX-FH100 (is it undressing?) #
Oh. Oh man. This is just going to burn up the internet: The most excellent comedie and tragical romance of Two Gentlemen of Lebowski. #
This is handy: Howto Delete Files Permanently and Securely in Linux
sudo apt-get install secure-delete
YES! Fahrenheit 451… Book burning as done by lawyers:
Unlike Fahrenheit 451, the vast majority of the culture swept into this 20th century black hole was not commercially available and, in most cases, the authors are unknown. The works are locked up — with no benefit to anyone — and no one has the key that would unlock them. We have cut ourselves off from our own culture, left it to molder — and in the case of nitrate film, literally disintegrate — with no benefit to anyone. The works may not be physically destroyed — although many of them are; disappearing, disintegrating, or simply getting lost in the vastly long period of copyright to which we have relegated them. But for the vast majority of works and the vast majority of citizens who do not have access to one of our great libraries, they are gone as thoroughly as if we had piled up the culture of the 20th century and simply set fire to it; and all this right at the moment when we could have used the Internet vastly to expand the scope of cultural access. Bradbury’s firemen at least set fire to their own culture out of deep ideological commitment, vile though it may have been. We have set fire to our cultural record for no reason; even if we had wanted retrospectively to enrich the tiny number of beneficiaries whose work keeps commercial value beyond 56 years, we could have done so without these effects. The ironies are almost too painful to contemplate.
For future reference:
File this under “recipes that include sex”
Nice phrase: architectural misfeature #
Google v. China, round 2: Google fights back
Too perfect: I’m sure that if Hadopi commits two more acts of infringement, it will order its own offices taken offline for a period of a year. #
Just read the whole thing: Time Traveler Essentials Print #
You stay classy, Texas: Boy, 4, Chooses Long Locks and Is Suspended From Class
You stay classy, TSA: Meet Mikey, 8: U.S. Has Him on Watch List #
So cool I wish I had thought of it: American Pixels (more info) #
Poor Moleskine: How To Turn an iPhone into a Moleskine Book #
This makes me giggle: mass homeopathic ‘overdose’ #
Now this is news: Fiat 500 to Hit Chrysler’s U.S. Showrooms in 2010 Followed by Convertible in 2011 and Abarth in 2012 #
Very very interesting article: In Germany, a Tradition Falls, and Women Rise #
And I thought it was nuh-GEHN-eks: nginx (pronounced as “engine X”) #
This funny: The Late Night War by Ken Burns #
This looks yummy: Pici con Ragu dell’Anatra: Hand-Rolled Tuscan Pasta with Duck Ragu #
Yes yes yes! Why Can’t the I.R.S. Help Fill in the Blanks? #
What do the UK and Uzbekistan have in common? The Plight of Umida Akhmedova and U.K. Photographers Protest Police Harassment #
Makes me want to eat in solidarity with Haiti:
I appreciate Mike’s perspective on such things:
Amazing double rainbow as seen from Joy’s backyard: It’s Been Raining #