My wife’s friend married a Moroccan man. This friend was just visiting Morocco and brought me back a tiny bundle of saffron. It’s the strongest saffron I’ve ever had. Incredible. Instead of packaging in a little jar or a tiny zipper bag, the saffron was wrapped in old office paper. The paper was folded over [...]
Mares eat oats. Does eat oats. Little lambs eat sammiches on oat bread. Ingredients 1.5 oz rolled oats (about 1/2 cup) plus additional handful of oats to coat the loaf 18.5 oz flour (3 full cups, one shy cup) 8oz water (for the oats) 4oz water (for the rest) 1tsp active dry yeast 2tsp salt [...]
Fantastic photos from the In Focus blog World War II: The American Home Front in Color – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic.
Khoi Vinh wrote the following nostalgic piece on reading the Sunday paper: “Don’t Forget, the Sunday Paper Is Still Great”. It’s a good piece of short writing but it doesn’t reach me. He writes: These days I have a young family, and a startup — and, let’s face it, ubiquitous Internet access that makes printed [...]
Charming story of being young and dumb and young. I Owe William Jennings Bryan an Apology – NYTimes.com. Sorry, W.J.B., to Bring This Up Again
I’ve clicked on my last ‘mark this comment as spam’ button. My site doesn’t get many legit comments because my readership is small. Regular readers are close friends and colleagues, everyone else is following a search result or a link to a technical piece I’ve written. Neither group is inclined to leave a comment. The [...]
I was out buying some bits and pieces to help a friend repair some bathroom tiles. That’s right I can cook and I’m handy. I stopped by the Old Navy to buy some socks. Because from time to time, a brother needs socks. This is the selection I was presented with: At first I was [...]
This week I ran across four things I’d like to try. Steak, extremely rare Michael Ruhlman explains how to make Steak Tartare (safely) at home. I’ve only had this dish a few times, but I’ve always enjoyed it. If I make it at home as a treat then I have another excuse to put a [...]
Sometimes a new post on Metafilter will be deleted (by the moderators) before I get to see it. The post will still shows up in my RSS feed though. If I click through to find a deleted post it’s sort of like I’m somewhere I’m not supposed to be. Like internet trespassing. It’s amusing to [...]
Tuesday was my first day back online after an extended weekend. Here’s what I’ve been catching up on. The great Typekit table All the fonts Typekit offers in one handy table. Walt Disney explains the multi-plane camera This video of Walt Disney explaining their multi-plane camera was making the rounds on the intertrons today. I [...]
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