May 2011
1 post
On Restaurant.com
When Sam and I moved to San Francisco, up onto Telegraph Hill, I almost immediately checked Restaurant.com for some hyper-local deals. I fired up the site and did a search for all restaurants within one mile of our zip code, then cross-referenced those restaurants offering certificates with Yelp reviews. I immediately purchased certificates for the ten (or so) restaurants that had $25 certificates...
April 2011
1 post
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via nefffy)
August 2010
7 posts
listening to "April Smith and the Great Picture... →
She’s so fantastic.
“Why GOP Rep. Bob Inglis is looking for a new job.”
– Confessions of a Tea Party Casualty | Mother Jones
sblaufuss:
inothernews:
Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams say no thanks to 3-D moviemaking, which is good enough for me. Calling on folks not to bother watching 3-D movies, Jon Favreau says “Use the money you save to see it twice.”
“Plaintiffs have demonstrated by overwhelming evidence that Proposition 8...”
– The last page of THE DECISION
I am weeping a little, guys.
(via yodelmachine)
Get on my dashboard. You just get right on there.
(via atfrageelay)
Woo-hoo!
(via sblaufuss)
July 2010
6 posts
“I thought her bland New Delhi fare would bore me, but she taught me about...”
– My new grandmother’s cooking changed me forever - Eating and Talking - Salon.com
“The five most endangered words of the realtime internet era are:
Let me think...”
– Tweetage Wasteland : The Web’s Five Most Endangered Words
Movie review: Inception (Franklin Veaux) →
Best review I’ve seen.
How the Media Should Treat the Sexual Assault... →
'Almost All of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Workers... →
June 2010
6 posts
The Burger Lab: How to Make Perfect Thin and Crisp... →
I don’t know if I consider McDonalds to be the gold standard in fries, but I love the scientific method the guy goes through to figure out how to do french fries right. (via sblaufuss)
Watchvia Unclutterer
“One pickledick actually suggested that BP approach me and try to incorporate me...”
– Street Giant » Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR
May 2010
8 posts
All Videos « RSA Comment →
Interesting. Not sure I agree with all of the conclusions here, but it’s certainly a compelling line of thought.
Webkit CSS Properties →
“Over the next six minutes — as the official, Minerva Bautista, screamed...”
– Mexico’s crime syndicates increasingly target authorities in drug war’s new phase
S: Another option would be a Proggie medic
E: *nods* Both are very good
E: Can you deal with wiggles?
S: Wiggles?
E: You've never heard that?
E: If it smells, it's chemistry.
E: If it wiggles, it's biology.
E: And if it doesn't work, it's physics.
S: lol
S: And if it comes with fries, it's liberal arts.
April 2010
1 post
“Kids may respond better to rewards for specific actions because there is less...”
– Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? - TIME. Interesting thought: what if that’s the difference between high-aptitude learners and those who struggle - an assumption of agency and efficacy in learning?
March 2010
2 posts
The new rules for reviewing media →
Kottke talks about the importance of the container.
“What is transnational legal process? While most legal scholars agree that most...”
– The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Does a Move To Greater Internationalism Jeopardize American Free Speech Values?
February 2010
1 post
Thinking of meta-cognition...
K: how would you describe the phrase "self-aware?"
K: i know what it means, but i'm trying to write up some things about geeks
E: Understanding the process by which personal ideals, positions, and motivations came to be.
K: and while i know what it means, i'm having difficulties putting down what it mean? if that makes sense?
K: ah, you're good
E: :)
E: I'm not only self-aware, I'm extremely meta about it.
January 2010
11 posts
“Every time I eat this, I like it, but at the same time I think “wow, this...”
– angry chicken: potions and concoctions, part V. LOL.
Philip Guo - Geek behaviors present during... →
“Africa is the only continent you can love—take advantage of this. If you are a...”
– Page 1 | How to Write about Africa | Granta 92: The View from Africa | Magazine | Granta Magazine
“One of the things I’m trying to do in both projects is question the premise that...”
– Michael Pollan Offers 64 Ways to Eat Food - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
“It turns out that mosquitoes really do prefer some people over others. And the...”
– Are You Tasty? (via The Beauty Brains)
Estimate Yardage Knit Rectangles →
This is hugely helpful - definitely is a sanity-maintainer. “Really?” I think. “You can knit that cardigan in just three lace-weight skeins?” And so I plug in the pattern gauge, Then my bust measurement for the width, and my height from butt to shoulder for the length. It says I need 1200 yards of yarn; the skeins have 470 yards each. Apparently I can!
“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on...”
– Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
listening to "Dance Anthem of the 80s (Official... →
I dare you to listen this song and be sad. I don’t think it can be done.
December 2009
3 posts
listening to "Roisin Murphy-Ruby Blue with lyrics" →
I can’t hear this without thinking of the Wade Robson SYTYCD routine.
Listen to my station on Blip.fm! →
November 2009
8 posts
“There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone,...”
– How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
“An organization that wins by exercising power starts to lose the ability to win...”
– Apple’s Mistake (via Instapaper)