Michael Pardus, instructor at the Culinary Institute of America, shows how straightforward it can be to make as classic a dish as consommé on the food blog, A Hunger Artist. Sure, not everybody in The States has beef hearts or leeks lying around, but the general concept certainly seems a whole lot less obfuscated [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
RedScale Film
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wikipedia tells us that redscale “…is the name given to a technique of shooting photographic film where the film is exposed from the wrong side…” This process results in a red/orange cast to the developed photographs. Check out this sweet example from Flickr user xiao shan:
The typical process, in the past, involved spooling [...]
For a Totalled Combine
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
I think it would be totally worth the trip to Michigan just to see the Hillsdale Fair Combine Demolition Derby.
Well at least the photos from the American Festivals Project make it seem awesome.
A Change Could Do You Good
Monday, September 29, 2008
Crazy, trippy, fantastic:
Metamorphosis from Bryant on Vimeo.
Stub
Monday, September 29, 2008
Check out this tasty image of 40 old ticket stubs (with Spanish writing, maybe?). There’s some pleasant type, a few interesting stamps, and some bright colors - the collected lot of them making a pretty mosaic of what would otherwise be thrown away.
(via RVANews)
Crossing
Saturday, September 27, 2008
It’s fun to sit on the corner in Carytown and watch the world go by. Through my viewfinder.
Congarbulations
Friday, September 26, 2008
I couldn’t let the day pass without seriously congratulating (for the whole world to see…okay, for about five people to see) my brother, Mugs, on landing a full time position with his employer, leaving the uncertain world of “IT Contractor” in the past.
Rock on, bro. CELEBRATE.
Palin Comparison
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Look, I have to qualify my political views every time I post something of this nature, so here’s my usual pre-amble (or some such paraphrasing):
I don’t support either of the two major parties, so don’t think my writing about one candidate or another means I support another candidate more or less than the other.
All that [...]
No Country For Old Men
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
When I first watched Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country For Old Men I was filled with both a little confusion and a lot of disappointment. Confusion because I couldn’t tell what the point was supposed to be, and disappointment because I felt as if the ending was one big anticlimax. I initially [...]
A Heroic Attempt To Keep Watching
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Okay, so here’s a slightly more fleshed-out reaction to the 3rd season premier of Heroes than I provided in an earlier comment.
It’s been a while since I watched the show, and in that long intermediate period I’ve since seen a number of fantastic films and become hooked on a show with quality screenwriting and performances. [...]
