Op-Ed Columnist – The Fat Lady Has Sung at NYTimes.com — $300 911 calls and: C-Span is just ESPN with only two teams. (tagged: politics economy ) What really happens when you navigate to a URL (tagged: webdev tutorial tech network http ) Coconut & Lime: Asiago & Crab Macaroni & Cheese (tagged: recipe ) […]
PKD writes the FBI October 28, 1972: “…several months ago I was approached by an individual who I have reason to believe belonged to a cover organization involving politics, illegal weapons, etc….” Dare we say that if it were anyone else we would believe him to be crazy? (And how does that preclude us from […]
Persian Saffron Ice Cream at Al Dente (tagged: food recipe ) hasLayout.net Doesn't look like it's been updated in … a while … but probably worth skimming and/or for to brush up… (tagged: webdev css html IE todo ) US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive at The Telegraph — the […]
Doug Rushkoff on DIY currencies at B² (tagged: currency money economy research ) NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer via DF: worth a link, for sure. worth a few minutes for a smile and a chuckle. (tagged: design visualization graphics humor math ) iPhone Wrestling Smackdown: WWE vs. TNA via The Apple Blog: tempting… if only […]
Peanut Butter Ice Cream with White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups *d*r*o*o*l* (tagged: food todo ) Federations Another great-looking anthology compiled and edited by John Joseph Adams. Plus a few free samples up on the site. (tagged: scifi fiction free todo ) Free remarkable short sf from Paolo Bacigalupe via B² — I tend to like […]
Tauntaun Sleeping Bag ThinkGeek wins the price this year for best April Fool's prank. Hands down. (tagged: geek fun kids wishlist starwars blog ) Wrong Tomorrow – pundits vs. time via fogus, DF — rejected alternate title "pundit fail"? (tagged: prediction future blog ) SXSW Typography: Quit Bitchin and get Your Glyph on If there's […]
Spoiled: Organic and Local Is So 2008 by Paul Roberts (at Mother Jones) — the gist seems to be: re-evaluate your assumptions about what sustainable agriculture means (hint: it involves more than just carbon footprints and whether/not the farm is organic; see also: labor conditions, see also: man-hours of labor) and maybe be prepared to […]
Why I’m Buying the New Mac Mini: Value Reconsidered at The Apple Blog: It is underpowered, it is overpriced, and, worst of all, as Gizmodo points out, it is not easily upgradeable after the fact, so most users would be advised to bite the bullet and pay Apple’s extortionate rates for in-house upgrades, or risk […]
Though perhaps a more appropriate name might be lolDigg or lolSlashdot or some such…
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street Great article, even if it glosses over certain things. Especially good in combination with: crisisofcredit.com — that said, I'm still not sure what a "credit default swap" is… (tagged: money economy business math ) Italian Food and Woodworking Does enlightenment bring with it responsibility and obligation? […]