Microlog
Microlog entries posted in November 2011
Top 10 Things Every Budding Foodie Should Know
I hate that word, ‘foodie’. But anyway. Most of this is common sense, yet worth revisiting. Permalink ·
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s hot food for cold days recipes
I’m so hungry right now. Permalink ·
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for carrot and mung bean salad, plus red lentil soup with fried tofu and chilli oil
Both of these look delicious. I can’t believe I’m saying carrots look delicious. Permalink ·
“Your mother can’t be with you anymore”: 17-plus entertainments that teach children about death
Just the mere description of City Dog, Country Frog has me on the verge of tears. Permalink ·
Gateways to Geekery: Giallo
I love The AV Club’s Gateways to Geekery - this one on giallo is a very handy primer - and I’m thinking it’s an idea that would lend itself very well to print… Permalink ·
Why can’t I control my individual toes?
In short: because I haven’t practiced. But can neuroscience explain why I can’t click my fingers? Permalink ·
Microdata for recipes at schema.org
A descriptive framework or microformat for recipes in HTML. It’s a bit too ‘machiney’ for my tastes (not their fault — the W3C proposal for microdata is to blame) but other than that, nicely done. Permalink ·
Phil Gyford on asymmetry
The notion of seeing - and judging - others differently to ourselves. In other words: “I am infinitely subtle, complex and never quite what I seem; you are predictable and straightforward, an open book.” It’s particularly evident in US politics and culture at the moment. Permalink ·
Charlie Brooker: Everyone knows David Cameron is a lizard. So why does the Telegraph continue to deny the truth?
Some people just can’t handle it. BUT WE KNOW. Permalink ·
Is Philosophy the Most Practical Major?
The sooner industries realise that philosophy is “a tool for thinking about everything else”, the better. Permalink ·
John Gruber comments on accusations that Steve Jobs built freedom-sapping digital ‘prisons’
Jesus, Gruber drives me mental sometimes. Maybe calling Apple products and services ‘tyrannical’ or ‘freedom-sapping digital prisons’ is overstating the point, but it’s pretty clear those words are being used for rhetorical emphasis, not absolute literalism, so that smug bullshit doesn’t play. As for the main point: if you invest so much in a closed system (like I have), it’s never as easy as just choosing to leave. Could I switch platforms tomorrow and go back to a Windows-based set-up? Not without an outlay of thousands of euro and a few solid days of software installation. ‘Prison’ might be too strong, but ‘debtor’s prison’ is an apt simile in this case. Permalink ·
Putting Steve Jobs’ passing into perspective
The Princess Di-ness of the whole thing left me a bit disgusted, to tell the truth. See also: What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs. Permalink ·
Incredibly Useful CSS Snippets
Boilerplate code to cut some headaches out of the web design process. Permalink ·
Generate sound from a line of code
Not being a coder, I don’t know how useful this is for me, but it’s worth saving. Permalink ·
Why Do Spicy Foods Make Your Nose Run?
Didn’t realise there was a downside to it. With my bad sinuses, I should be more careful in future. Permalink ·
Yotam Ottolenghi’s turkey cakes with wasabi guacamole recipe
Please remind me to make these soon, okay? Permalink ·
Scott and Scurvy
Epic post from Maciej Ceglowski last year that I never noticed at the time. Did you know they forgot the cure for scurvy in the 19th century? Crazy stuff. Permalink ·
Robottke
A robot blog emulating the style of Jason Kottke. It was bound to happen at some point. Permalink ·
Don’t Call Me Limey, Yank! Limey, Don’t Call Me Yank!
MeFi’s linguistics nerds have a field day. Permalink ·
Looking Back at the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Early Years
Reviewing more than 15 years of the comedy team that’s spawned “about half the funny people on [US] TV”. Permalink ·
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