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asparagus-stuffed eggs
Deep in the Julia Child archives, past the boeuf bouguignon, onion soup, jiggling aspics and the patently untrue yarn about the chicken that fell from the counter, mid-trussing, and was dusted off and...
View ArticleAcorn on Sale for $15
Flying Meat’s Acorn — a wonderful Mac image editor that normally costs $50 — is on sale for just $15. That’s a steal. ★
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Sprinkles Ice Cream
[Photograph: Max Falkowitz]Most sprinkles ice creams just add colored sprinkles to a plain, unflavored sweet cream base. That's pretty boring. This recipe uses candy-colored, delightfully artificially...
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undergradhist: Professorial Coping Strategy #1: Grading...
undergradhist:Professorial Coping Strategy #1: Grading BingoHa ha, my family should play this.
View ArticleThe Invention of the AeroPress
Zachary Crockett, writing for Priceonomics, on Alan Adler, inventor of (among other things) the Aerobie flying disc and the AeroPress coffee maker:Adler says the mainstream toy industry has a tendency...
View Article‘If You’re Hungry, There’s a Roast in the Fridge.’
Great Mother’s Day story by Erika Hall:That moment has stayed with me my whole life — that cool, controlled response to a threat, the absolute refusal to play the victim. In both my grandmother’s stand...
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Does Skinny Equal Healthy?
Everyone has that friend with an interdimensional portal for a stomach. They eat whatever they want in massive quantities and never seem to gain a pound. They’re skinny, despite their best efforts to...
View ArticleMaker Dad
Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing and Make Magazine recently published Maker Dad, a book full of father-daughter DIY projects. I haven't dug too far into my copy yet, but the projects seem appropriate...
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Android Fragmentation, Gyroscope Edition
Game Oven, announcing the postponement of the Android version of a new game:In the Vine above are 7 devices all running the same compass app (ironically named Steady Compass) on Android. Yet, all...
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Give Yourself the Gift of Not Worrying About Money
This wine rack in J.D. Roth’s place (which is also where I am sitting as I type this) summarizes the philosophy nicely.For most people in this country, financial problems are caused by not thinking...
View ArticleHow to make cocktails
After thumbing through a copy at my local bar the other night, I've had my eye on Jeffrey Morgenthaler's new book, The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique.Written by renowned bartender and...
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Made in America: The Girls of a Certain Age list
Buying American is just good juju all-around: You have the satisfaction of knowing your purchase was produced in a safe, clean factory by workers making a decent* wage, and you’re supporting...
View ArticleSYNEK - Any beer tapped fresh on your counter
Is this legal where I live? SYNEK is legal is ALL states but: Alabama, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Vermont. We posted a list of states, number of breweries, and number of beers not...
View ArticleOlga Targaryen?
I'm indebted to Chris Williams for bringing to everyone's attention that today is the feast day for Saint Olga of Kiev:Princess Olga was the wife of Igor of Kiev, who was killed by the Drevlians. At...
View ArticleLoTR DVD commentary from Zinn and Chomsky
This is an old piece from McSweeney's, but it's absolute gold and I can't believe I've been missing it all these years. In it, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn record a DVD commentary for the first Lord of...
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easiest fridge dill pickles
Every summer, I make a note on my Oh My God Good Vegetables Are Finally Here! cooking to-do list (what, you don’t keep one?) to post about how to make classic dill pickles. Every week they’re...
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Next Level Primal: I Killed a Chicken and Ate It
This is a guest post from Bethany McDaniel of Primal Pastures. Learn more about Bethany and Primal Pastures at the end of this article. Enter Bethany…I still remember the first time I killed a chicken....
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Tuesday trifecta: Melamine
No time like barbecue and picnic season to stock up on everyone’s favorite synthetic, unbreakable dishware: this charming butterfly is one of an unmatched set of four.Etsy shop The Mad Platters is...
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How-To: Giant Hexie Flower Lap Quilt
You'll be quilting giant hexies in no time with this easy to follow tutorial from Haley at The Zen of Making.Read more on MAKE
View ArticleWhy don't OKCupid's experiments bother us like Facebook's did?
Hi, everybody! Tim Carmody here, guest-hosting for Jason this week.OK Cupid's Christian Rudder has responded to the outcry over Facebook's experiments with user emotions by... publishing a list of...
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Increase Your Motivation: 4 Ways to Have Non-Zero Days
Seven months ago, in the Get Disciplined subreddit, ryans01, an avid Reddit user, wrote a comment that soon went viral and ended up inspiring an entirely new productivity principle called “Non-Zero...
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Would Grok Work Overtime?
There’s that infamous question interviewers often ask job candidates to try to catch them off guard: “Name one of your negative qualities and talk about how it’s played out in the workplace.” Some...
View ArticleHumans need not apply
This video combines two thoughts to reach an alarming conclusion: "Technology gets better, cheaper, and faster at a rate biology can't match" + "Economics always wins" = "Automation is...
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We Sold the House! Here’s How I’m Investing the $400,000.
The good news is, we sold our house. The bad news is that the net proceeds (just over $400,000 after all related costs) are on the way to the bank account, where they will immediately become a sea of...
View ArticleThe Perfect Recordings
New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones recently compiled a series of five playlists on Spotify of "perfect" songs: vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 4, vol 5. Among the songs found on the playlists are Maps...
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The Handpresso
I don't drink coffee -- quelle horreur! quelle suprise! quelle whatevs! -- but those around me seem excited by The Handpresso, a travel-sized espresso maker. The Wild Hybrid model even lets you use...
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What you don't know...
We went to the movies with my parents and my mom translated this movie poster for The Interview. It says "Don't trust these stupid Americans." Hah!
View ArticleFBI and Police Departments Endorse Apple’s Full Device Encryption
The Washington Post:FBI Director James B. Comey sharply criticized Apple and Google on Thursday for developing forms of smartphone encryption so secure that law enforcement officials cannot easily gain...
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Baked Apple & Pork Meatballs – Guest Recipe
Recipe: Baked Apple & Pork MeatballsToday’s recipe for apple and pork meatballs comes from Monica at The Movement Menu. She has lots of yummy recipes and ideas on her site and was kind enough to...
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Best Paleo Friendly Omelette Recipes
We love omelettes! Here we’ve gathered together some of our favourite paleo friendly omelette recipes for you to try.Eggs are high in protein, good fats, and contain all the essential amino acids our...
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Diana of Themyscira.
“‘Wonder Woman’s origin story comes straight out of feminist utopian fiction. In the nineteenth century, suffragists, following the work of anthropologists, believed that something like the Amazons of...
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Top 5 of the day: Fair isle sweaters, slightly subverted
I love that designers continue to reinterpret this preppy standard, and the mix right now is especially inspired. There is no particular reason why space-dye and fair isle should work together, but...
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Our latest pattern - The Alice Dress/Top
Alice Top in Liberty of London Capel Dark BlueWe are very excited to be releasing our latest pattern - The Alice Dress/Top. This smock style top/dress features a self-lined yoke bodice with shaped...
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Google Fit SDK available now
After previewing it earlier this summer, today the Google Fit APIs are fully available on Android, Android Wear and the web so that you can build and publish apps for users on Google Play. Head to...
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Automate Your To-Do List With Todoist and IFTTT
We’re happy to announce that, today, many peoples’ dream is becoming a reality… Todoist and IFTTT (If This Then That) have integrated for the most awesome, automated task management experience, ever!...
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Resize and upload images with Acorn and Transmit
Over the years at Macworld I built a bunch of workflow tools to make the business of writing and posting stories easier, and distributed them to my colleagues. They were generally AppleScript scripts...
View ArticleCapresso 12-Cup Coffee Maker $20
Model: 424.01The lazy person's fussy way to make coffee10 spray nozzles to fully saturate groundsFancy GoldTone filter, no need for paper filters24-hour programmable timerPour and LazyYou know how...
View ArticleWired Interviews Google Designers on Material Design
Kyle VanHemert, writing for Wired:There’s also the risk that material design’s stringent rules could make for an unrelentingly homogenous ecosystem. Nicholas Jitkoff, one of the project’s lead...
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pickled cabbage salad
I first discovered the peculiar subcategory of chopped raw vegetables called “health salads” some 14 years ago when a friend introduced me to the many wonders of the prepared foods aisle at Zabar’s....
View ArticleThese are the Mikes I know
This article I saw last week on FiveThirtyEight.com estimated that 11.6 out of every 1,000 Americans are named Michael. That’s considerably more than any other first name, the runners-up being James...
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Apple-Pecan Bourbon-Caramel Pie
Apple pie and pecan pie: two world-famous classics. But let's be honest, one's a little wholesome and the other's a little too sweet. You know which is which. But what if we combine them into a single...
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3, 2, 1 Code-in: Inviting teens to contribute to open source
We believe that the key to getting students excited about computer science is to give them opportunities at ever younger ages to explore their creativity with computer science. That’s why we’re running...
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Nine and Fairfax’s streaming service Stan signs content deal with BBC Worldwide
Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media’s joint venture streaming service Stan has announced an exclusive content agreement that will see a selection of BBC Worldwide programs available on the...
View ArticleMaster blacksmith forges a beautiful knife
Watch as a Latvian master blacksmith forges a Damascus steel1 knife with 320 layers of steel. Then he uses the finished knife to make a leather holder for it.Pound it flat, fold it over. Pound it flat,...
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The 100 greatest console video games, 1977-1987
The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987 is a recent book chronicling the best games from the first golden era in console video games, from the Intellivision1 to the Atari 2600 to the...
View ArticleHow to care for introverts
I've read a lot about introverts and extroverts over the years (posted this back in Feb 2003 for example), but this list (found here) of how to care for introverts still hit me like a pile of bricks.1....
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Pork Belly and Kimchi Soup
A steaming bowl of pork belly and kimchi soup is like sipping a restorative tonic. It warms you right the core, filling your belly with a good dose of healthy bacteria in a surprisingly delicious...
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Mayo-Free Chicken Salad With Kimchi, Ginger, and Scallions
Mixing mayonnaise into chicken salad is the most common way to add moisture, but it's not the only way. Vinaigrette works well too, like this tangy Korean-inspired rendition with kimchi, pine nuts,...
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Every David Bowie hairstyle from 1964 to 2014
Helen Greendrew all the hairstyles worn by David Bowie from before he was a star in 1964 on up to the present day. Here's they are in a glorious animated GIF:Green also did a one-sheet of the B&W...
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