December 2011
1 post
Where's the Beef?
Waldo Jaquith on the impracticality of really making a burger totally from scratch. And we’re not talking about buying some ground beef from the grocer:
Further reflection revealed that it’s quite impractical—nearly impossible—to make a cheeseburger from scratch. Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in spring and fall. Large mammals are slaughtered in early...
November 2011
2 posts
WatchIf you’re a U2 fan, this trailer will roll your socks up and down.
“There is practically nothing that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a...”
– Thomas Carlyle (via Drake’s of London)
October 2011
1 post
Not Your Father's Digital Assistant
John Gruber on Siri, Apple’s new voice command app:
I was out running errands today, walking through the city. I remembered, a mile away from home, that a screw had fallen out of my wife’s favorite eyeglasses over the weekend, and that she was waiting for me to fix them. Walking down a city street, I said, “Remind me to fix Amy’s glasses when I get home.”1 Half an hour later, within a few...
September 2011
1 post
What it means when you say "literally" - The... →
August 2011
4 posts
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Rob Delaney: Bought some US stocks →
robdelaney:
I just bought some shares in an index fund that tracks the Wilshire 5000, which means I just bought shares in the 5000 largest American companies. I did this because I wished to take substantive action immediately upon learning of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US credit. Standard & Poor’s, and to…
July 2011
5 posts
elle oh elle: A confusing alphabet →
The English language at its best.
elle-oh-elle:
I work right next to my company’s account coordinators, who spell a lot of things on the phone for our clients. I decided to make them all an alphabet they can use to confuse the shit out of the customers. Here it is.
A as in Aisle
B as in Bdellium
C as in Czar
D as in Djembe
E as in Eureka
F as in Phone
‘Look at That, You Son of a Bitch’ →
Via Daring Fireball
WatchThis gave me goosebumps. Dare I say Bono is the best vocalist of his generation.
A hole
Demetri Martin on WhoSay
June 2011
2 posts
Dear Photograph →
I love this idea. Dear photograph…
May 2011
6 posts
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A Thought on the Web and Information
I like this observation from Dan Webb on our information on the Web:
The reason the web is so powerful is that it is a web of information. Any piece of content can reference any other piece of content directly. Our information is no longer siloed into various disconnected libraries, now all our data is linked together.
The means by which one piece of data is linked with another piece of data...
Google Street View Photo Essay →
“The detached gaze of the automated camera can lead to a sense that we are observed simultaneously by everyone and by no one.”
“Some few films evoke the wonderment of life’s experience, and those I...”
– http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/05/a_prayer_beneath_the_tree_of_l.html
If the rest of the album is like this, we're in...
“It was this scientific approach to burger-flipping that led to what is now one...”
– http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/05/05/050511-opinions-history-white-castle-wood-1-3/
“Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service...”
– http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/05/05/stewart-photos
April 2011
2 posts
“In Lustig’s view, sugar should be thought of, like cigarettes and alcohol, as...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all
Gourmet toppings give upscale hot dogs their... →
“The salt of the dog and the tang of the mustard go really well with the bubbles in champagne,” Read more: http://www.k
March 2011
8 posts
WatchIt is mind-boggling what we as humans are capable of. This guy is going solo and unsupported to the north pole, and trying to do so in less than 36 days. What do most of us attempt in a lifetime that even comes close to this?
“I recall many times over the past decade when it seemed as though my MacBook...”
– http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/the_ipad_2
Traffic Sucks
Via: Car Insurance Guide
Charlie Sheen Quotes As New Yorker Cartoons →
Very funny.
February 2011
5 posts
“With that in mind, let’s look ahead to what’s on the menu for this...”
– http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201102/the-day-the-movies-died-mark-harris
WatchThe Harry Baals Government Center
December 2010
4 posts
“If you became aware of secret information revealing serious wrongdoing, deceit...”
– http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/14/manning/
November 2010
3 posts
WatchRemember when U2 shot a music video in Kansas City in 1997?
“Indeed companies have spent fortunes to lobby for their machines to be required....”
– http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/11/where_i_draw_the_line.html
October 2010
3 posts
WatchMy favourite show on the telly, Top Gear. Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes did a story on them last night.
September 2010
4 posts
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Regarding the T.V. Production from Game 7 of the...
The production is simple by today’s standards. NBC appeared to use about five cameras. The graphics were simple (the players’ names and little else) and rarely used. There were no instant replays, no isolated cameras, no analysis, no dugout reporters and no sponsored trivia quizzes.
Viewers looked at the hand-operated Forbes Field scoreboard, which on that day (of 19 runs and 24 hits) got a...
