Food
Bookmarks for May 11th through May 12th
These are my links for May 11th through May 12th as bookmarked on delicious.com:
- (pdf) A brief list of misused English terminology in EU publications
- Glitch Avatar Viewer – Startling Fecundity
Von B Lives - Are foodies quietly killing rock-and-roll? – The Washington Post
"Over the past decade, we’ve seen the rise of the foodie class and decline of the record industry. Are the two related? " Wot? - Bad Blood — MATTER
"Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko discovered that radioactive poison is the assassin's weapon of choice — in the most brutal way imaginable" - Dooce You — Older. Wiser? — Medium
" I would resent being part of someone else’s life, if nothing we did together was just together." - The modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words come from – Salon.com
"An excerpt from Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing" - Are foodies quietly killing rock-and-roll? – The Washington Post
"Over the past decade, we’ve seen the rise of the foodie class and decline of the record industry. Are the two related? "
Bookmarks for May 8th through May 9th
These are my links for May 8th through May 9th as bookmarked on delicious.com:
- The psychology of menus | Life and style | The Guardian
"Restaurant menu psychology: tricks to make us order more" - Google Reader Alternatives – randomfoo.hackpad.com
Hosted and self-hosted Google Reader alternatives - Coilhouse » Blog Archive » On Misogyny in Industrial Music
"Once industrial music had fully transitioned from avant-garde venues into nightclubs, the stench of Axe body spray began to dominate the subculture as a certain douchey, bro-tastic vibe emerged." - Chineasy – Where characters are revealed
A visual-based learning system which teaches chinese characters - New Defaults In Web Design — How Much Has The Web Really Changed? | Smashing Magazine
- Spanish Lottery Winners in Sodeto: Newsmakers: GQ
"The lucky village of Sodeto, in the kingdom of Aragon." Sounds like a fairy tale. - Fierce Creatures: Savages interview | Dazed Digital
“You know this idea of the music industry having a crisis?”
Beth demands with blazing eyes. “It’s perfect for the moneymakers. They can tell young bands that if they don’t do this interview or photoshoot then they’re not gonna sell records. They made this new generation very polite and fearful.”
Sushi Morikawa
The sushi course of the Arima menu at Sushi Morikawa in The Hague. Fantastic. Although we were a little taken aback by the steady flow of hot towelettes.
Bookmarks for May 1st through May 2nd
These are my links for May 1st through May 2nd as bookmarked on delicious.com:
- Keita’s Quick Ideas | Glitch
"Keita Takahashi came up with nearly 200 ideas for enhancing the gameplay in Glitch. They were all lovingly documented and illustrated in the company's internal wiki." - When the B List Is Best – Scene Asia – WSJ
Adam Liaw on the Japanese concept of B-grade gourmet - World’s Biggest Rubber Duck Debuts in Hong Kong – My Modern Metropolis
Quack. - I’m still here: back online after a year without the internet | The Verge
"I'd read enough blog posts and magazine articles and books about how the internet makes us lonely, or stupid, or lonely and stupid, that I'd begun to believe them. I wanted to figure out what the internet was "doing to me," so I could fight back. But the internet isn't an individual pursuit, it's something we do with each other. The internet is where people are."
Bookmarks for April 30th through May 1st
These are my links for April 30th through May 1st as bookmarked on delicious.com:
- Jesus Christ, Silicon Valley | What Your Profile Picture Says About You
- Sneakpeek Reuters News
Reuters previews new reuters.com - BBC News – ‘Dutch roundabouts’ could be seen in London next year
- Hummus Is Conquering America – WSJ.com
It made me laugh. - Savages – Silence Yourself
Savages stream their debut album from their website - $82,000 Later, Financial Peace & Freedom
Matt McGee of atu2.com on being in debt, partly through following tours. Wow.
Christopher Walken: ‘I used to deliver cakes’
Chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich and her mother, Erminia Motika interviewed by Christopher Walken about their shared roots in Astoria, Queens. Lidia and Erminia used to work in Walken’s father’s bakery. Listen to revel in Walken’s idea for a cooking show in three acts: “Buy the chicken. Cook the chicken. Eat the chicken.”
You may remember Walken has a thing for chickens.