November 2004

goals

November 30, 2004

in Links, Meta

43 Things poses the question: What do you want to do with your life? You can keep a list of your goals, or you can choose from a big list of what other people have been answering. Each page shows a continuously-updated display of every one else’s goals. Its a social goal-keeping site. I’m finding [...]

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persimmoning

November 28, 2004

in Food, Home & Garden, Stories

It’s persimmon season. Yum. They didn’t have persimmons back east where I grew up. Or if they had them, I never saw them. When I first moved out here I saw persimmons in the store, and people told me oh, persimmons are wonderful, you should try them. So I bought a persimmon at some exorbitant [...]

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audion

November 28, 2004

in Links, Stories

The True Story of Audion This article went around the blogs a few weeks ago, so I’m behind the curve here. Audion was a Mac MP3 player that was around for a long time and made a respectable living for its creators, the small software shop Panic. And then iTunes came out, iTunes was free, [...]

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zoomquilt

November 28, 2004

in Art & Design

THE ZOOMQUILT, a collaborative art project. Whoa. (sound of head exploding)

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stinky cheese

November 26, 2004

in Food, Links

I really love stinky cheese (much to Eric’s horror). And now, thanks to the good folks at the BBC, I have a shopping list. At Cranfield University, UK they have discovered the world’s smelliest cheese. It is Vieux Boulogne, a soft washed-rind cheese from Northern France. It comes as no surprise to me that the [...]

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