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Category Archives: Science and Technology

It’s really just a technicality.

For that killer drink…

For that tasty mix of irony and awesome, you really ought to consider a tray that makes bullet-shaped ice.

VOUG. Strike a (nerd) pose.

So I’m back in Richmond as of last night, but posting is likely to remain sparse today and tomorrow while I attend a conference for VOUG - the Virginia Oracle Users Group. The pluses, other than the intense and educational sessions I’m sure to encounter? Plenty of catered food included, carpooling with my [...]

Nathan Rabin Interviews Simon Pegg

The A.V. Club’s Nathan Rabin interviews British actor Simon Pegg. I’m already a huge fan of Pegg’s work in Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, but this interview sheds some light on his wit and intelligence as well.

myPhone

An iPhone, I has one.
Sure, I’m excited about having the internet in my pocket, location-aware applications, the ability to easily access my Gmail account from my office, et cetera. But mostly I’m happy to be able to put my phone in my pocket again and get rid of that HTC Brick.
Oh yeah, and the [...]

DFP:Blog

David Friedman, of Ironic Sans, has recently updated his portfolio site. That’s all fine and dandy, but said portfolio site now includes a photo blog as well.
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His Inventor Portraits are shaping up to be a fascinating series.

Portrait of Siberia

I’d forgotten the sheer beauty of Phillip Bloom’s film making:
Portrait of Siberia from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Life in Miniature

Dig that sample of the Knight Rider theme…
Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
(via yewknee)

Consommé Demystified

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 [...]

A Change Could Do You Good

Crazy, trippy, fantastic:
Metamorphosis from Bryant on Vimeo.

Stub

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)