January 2012
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onehelloworld:
Movies When You Die
“I’ve...
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Simple Song | The Shins
I was a little down...
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Future Timelines →
(via petervidani)
future-timelines:
The Wiki
2035 - A research group in Wales create bacteria in the lab that form crystals which resonate with radio frequency.
2041 - The same group demonstrates that they can modify a percentage of the glia in a mouse brain to resonate with RF, opening up the possibility for biological radio receivers. These glia are dubbed “radiocytes”
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“It’s both our worst nightmare and our dream come true.”
– Charlie, on the closing of all local Chili’s restaurants
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Emails with Charlie: Episode 1
Me: how is there not even ONE recipe for tapatio butter on the internet?? UGH the webz are failing me today.
Charlie: um...what is that?
Me: it's not anything. i was just eating a toast and i thought, hmm, i wish i had some spicy butter to put on this. like tapatio butter. i simply cannot be the first person to have thought of that.
Charlie: So... let me get this straight. You are looking for a recipe that includes butter and Tapatio... and nothing else? Seriously, you need a recipe for that?
Me: LOL I know I know, but I just wanted to know the ratio and if it would separate all weird
Charlie: Hahaha. "Chelsea's Test Kitchen 2012 - Round 1: Have you been searching for that oh-so-perfect spicy yet smooth and mouth watering buttery toast spread? Well, tonight, Chelsea will delve into the mysterious world of mexican chili pastes and local dairy solids and give you the BEST ratio of chili to butter to ensure that every spicy toast bite is as good as the rest. All your questions will be answered and don't miss out on our special look at butter choices. Organic or not? The answer may surprise you!"
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“All of us have our bad habits, but an especially bad one is indulging in...”
– No Proof Paula Deen’s High-Fat Southern Cooking Caused Her Diabetes - The Daily Beast (via nickdouglas)
A good reminder that reacting the way the sensationalist media would like you to - CAPSLOCK OUTRAGED AT EVERYTHING!!! ABOVE IT ALL!!! JUDGING EVERYONE ELSE!!! - isn’t the most gracious or...
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Mikey, everyone's favorite South Pole blogger,... →
This Q&A has some real gems, including stories of drinking, hooking up, and crazy 80s parties at the Pole. But my favorite bits are:
I haven’t seen any penguins. Apparently a skua [seabird] flew past the station one day and they announced it over the PA, but I missed it. Other than that, the only life we’ve seen is a slug that came here on a head of cabbage. We tried keeping it as a pet...
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The "Radiolab Effect" . . . Have You Felt It? →
jtotheizzoe:
Alexis Madrigal writes at The Atlantic:
… our cultural expectations of radio — funneled through different technological listening devices — are changing. It may be broadcast over traditional airwaves, but it’s webby. It feels interactive and interrogative rather than narrowly investigative. Abumrad and Krulwich aren’t coming from on high, but right there with the listener...
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West Coast Units Of Measure
A while ago, Charlie and I were having a conversation about how she and Toph tried to make home-made tater-tots at home in this little fryer they had been given. She was describing it and she said, “It’s about 3 tots big.” We started laughing about how that could be a unit of measure for Portland (because, if you didn’t know, everyone here is obsessed with tater tots....
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Soundscape: Mechanical World
Everything I can hear right now:
The clock on the wall ticking
The fan from the gas fireplace
My laptop whirring
The water filling in the icemaker in the fridge
The oven ticking as it warms up.
This house is alive.
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Stories I loved writing
I thought I’d do my own little year-end recap. Here are my favorites from the pieces I worked on this year.
Using EEGs to find consciousness in people with ‘locked-in’ syndrome
A Q&A on the crazy underworld of the exotic pet trade, inspired by the story of the man who released 56 wild animals in Ohio and then killed himself
A look at Derek Boogaard’s death and the...
December 2011
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