Thursday, December 11, 2008 :::

Article about someone who is trying all the recipes from the alinea cookbook. It's really very well written. she also did the same thing with the french laundry cookbook.

Labels: cooking, molecular gastronomy

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 :::

copypastecharacter allows you to click and paste characters into any application (mac). via cult of mac.

article by john hodgman about his newfound fame. via kottke.

Labels: copy, macs, paste, utilities

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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 :::

an an interview with director whit stillman. an article on whit stillman. still more whit stillman. an av club interview with whit stillman. most links via spout blog, via the morning news.

Labels: directors, movies

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Thursday, October 16, 2008 :::

New York Magazine has a profile of Nate Silver, the man behind the election projections site five thirty eight.

Labels: politics

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Friday, September 05, 2008 :::

stricter enforcement from the new york city government has been a boon to exterminators getting more business from restaurants. via gothamist.

what it's like to write subtitles professionally. via mefi.

a personal service for scanning and tagging your personal documents. This is a useful resource for a graduate student like myself who has a lot of notes on paper that are placed away in binders and not so readily accessible. depending on fair-use restrictions and OCR capabilities, this could be a really powerful organizing tool.

14th and you is a local blog.

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Sunday, August 31, 2008 :::

reviews of book covers via oronte.

an online chat with mad men series creator matthew weiner.

vintage advertising weblog. via kottke.

Fonts personified at a font conference, including zapf dingbats.

Ted talk: Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen. via boing boing, I believe.

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Friday, August 22, 2008 :::

An online currency in china began to be used a real one, causing some consternation. link also discusses an earlier WSJ article on the same issue. via boing boing.

dcmetrocentric discusses dc construction projects and real estate. not sure where I saw this originally.

an article about the family meal at various nyc restaurants. via kottke.

I was a mad man, a recollection of life in advertising from a former ad-man back in the day.

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Monday, August 18, 2008 :::

so, on with the many links to post:

a map of how google search terms are closely related to a particular country. a lifehacker post.

Funny, But No. greeting cards that were rejected as too outré. originally a blog of note back in the day.

Dear Economist. Personal advice from an economist. via the morning news. The Economist the magazine has an article about TCHO chocolate, which is making chocolate on an "open source" model, and testing chocolate-making to try to make better chocolate. they also have a weblog of their own.

a casino insider tells (almost) all about security. via haha.nu.

this american life explains the giant pool of money from global investors and its role in the collapse of the housing market. not sure where I saw this one.

more beautiful photos from alaska. via mefi.

well, that catches me up to the end of may, as far as old links to post goes.

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so I'm catching up on old links since I haven't posted in a while. for instance, how consumer reports' mystery shoppers have to shop in strange, exacting ways.

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Saturday, April 19, 2008 :::

unclutterer is devoted to finding ways to save space in places that need it. via lifehacker.

Labels: organization

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Friday, April 04, 2008 :::

oobject displays photographs of various things material, such as moving bridges and interesting elevators.

Labels: dazzling displays of modernity, dazzling displays of postmodernity, modern things

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Thursday, April 03, 2008 :::

AV Club interview with Anthony Bourdain.

Labels: chefs, interviews

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Sunday, March 30, 2008 :::

on youtube: mark brown featuring sarah cracknell (of st etienne fame) - "The Journey Continues"

Labels: music, sarah cracknell, videos, youtube

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the top 10 most underhyped web apps. via lifehacker.

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Monday, February 25, 2008 :::

excerpt from a new book, explaining how vestiges of amphibian breathing systems in our bodies cause us to have the hiccups.

Labels: books, evolution, excerpts

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Sunday, February 24, 2008 :::

hank azaria does various simpsons voices.

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