19 Nov 2008

NYC Rooftop Bee Keeper

Fantastically fun article:

“When I first came to the green market here in New York City, I thought to myself, there are lots of buildings down here, and lots of flowers, but no black…


19 Nov 2008

Ian Rogers On The Death Of The Music CD Business: “I Don’t Care.”

We’ve written a lot about the death of the recorded music business, but in a keynote address to a music industry conference a couple weeks ago Topspin CEO Ian Rogers sketches out a…


18 Nov 2008

Here is how it will get done...

..at least for black folks, I think. I don’t think we’ll get it until we see how close this thing really is.



18 Nov 2008

Not Just for Skull T-shirts Anymore
Inspired by the 88-artist exhibition Africa Remix, Juxtapoz magazine’s most recent issue is almost entirely dedicated to contemporary African artists. Highlights include Pieter Hugo’s Nollywood…

18 Nov 2008

Gigolos Doing Better than Mistresses During Recession [Sex Wars]
Now that you’re just rich instead of super-rich, you’re gonna find out if your mistress really loves you. Will she stick around even if you can’t keep her in the manner to which she is…

18 Nov 2008

Here's A Cartoon Explaining The Types Of Bonds [Remedial Finance]
Slate’s “The Big Money” has decided it’s time to start educating readers on some core financial principles, and they’re starting with the very basics, presented in a “Schoolhouse Rocks!”…

18 Nov 2008

I have found very few women that have not already been beaten down to a flimsy, irrational, empty pulp.
You should contact me if you are a skinny woman. If your words are a meaningful progression of concepts rather than a series of vocalizations induced by your spinal cord for the purpose of…

18 Nov 2008

How Do You Sous Vide a Whole Pig? In a Hot Tub, of Course

From Serious Eats

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From the Telegraph:

For Feast, a forthcoming series due on Channel 4 early next year, Heston [Blumenthal] interprets historical banquets and cooks an entire pig…


18 Nov 2008

Emergence Project: Representing a Textual Discourse
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The Emergence Project [emergenceproject.org] is a “software art” installation exhibited at Hyde Park Art Center’s digital building facade gallery. It is based on the ideas and textual…

18 Nov 2008

Pizza Via TiVo

A new service:

“This is the first time in history that the ‘on-demand’ generation will be able to fully experience couch commerce by ordering pizza directly through their television set. You’ll…


18 Nov 2008

Researcher Claims “Attention Spirals” Hold Key To Predicting Success Of YouTube Videos


Why do certain videos on YouTube become mass phenomena while the vast majority of videos just get a handful of views, if any?

Riley Crane, an American post doctoral fellow currently…


18 Nov 2008

Qua-duc-ant (Quail, Duck, Pheasant)

From Serious Eats

20081118-quaducant-small.jpgTurduckens and churkeys were so five minutes ago. A quaducant—following the Russian matryoshka nesting doll model of meat—would be quail’s breast meat stuffed in duck’s…


18 Nov 2008

Race and D&D
Here’s an interesting essay on the presence—or lack of presence-of non-white folks in D&D throughout history. It’s a funny thing to be a black kid into fantasy. Most of this stuff is ripped from…

18 Nov 2008

Philip K. Dick: A Day In The Afterlife

I am a self-professed “Dickhead”, dedicating two full shelves of bookcase space to the work of Philip K. Dick, one of science fiction’s most prolific and insane authors. The ebb and flow…


17 Nov 2008

Text Message Breakup

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Ginger Anyhow has embroidered a series of romantic text messages received 02/06 to 04/07. Running through the photographs gives one a sense of the relationship’s rise and fall in a…