From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Warp whistle to Chicago

March 26, 2009 This Made Me Smile

Warp Whistle
by MatthewDominick

(via BB)

The amount of water you use to boil pasta disgusts me

March 25, 2009 Food

Harold McGee (think “Alton Brown before there was Alton Brown”) writes what would seem a blasphemous article about cooking pasta using less water, a change which he estimates would result in “saving 250,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil.”
I’ve chided relations on occassion for not using enough cooking water for pasta, without ever really knowing why [...]

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You Say Sacrilege! I Say Dance!

March 21, 2009 Music

Beatles + Daft Punk + Kinks = thank you, whoever made this.

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Shitigroup

March 21, 2009 This Made Me Smile

I heart Erin Burnett. All the way back to 2007, I heart Erin Burnett.

(Via Buzzfeed)

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Some links for March 18th through March 21st

March 21, 2009 Elsewhere

Here are some recommended links for March 18th through March 21st:

Enjoymentland » Locavore – iPhone app to discover foods in season near you
Are You Happy? – Fresh Living – My old friend Valerie is co-writing the Beliefnet blog. Check it out.
DIY space photos | Blog | Futurismic
The Kindle Revolution
Netdisaster – Destroy the web! – [...]

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Good Advice, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tony_D

March 19, 2009 Being a Writer

write, originally uploaded by delgrosso.

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VIA Chicago

March 19, 2009 Food

Thoughtful review of the new Starbucks VIA instant coffee from Dan Benjamin:
Hivelogic – Starbucks VIA Review: Just Stir and Enjoy?.
Despite my joking around about it, I agree with Dan. It’s pretty good. Not the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had, but so much better than the instant coffee I remember my parents used to [...]

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