some great tennis at the mens french open finals right now. #1 federer has split the first two sets with two time defending french open winner #2 nadal. if federer wins he will have won the last four grand slams.
Pondering the line between delicious and medicinal reminded me that some years ago a very peppery oil had inspired a brilliant biomedical hunch. That’s why I made a note to call Dr. Gary Beauchamp, the director of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia: to get an update on the chemistry of the olive oil cough.
At the 1999 international workshop on molecular and physical gastronomy, in the mist-shrouded mountain town of Erice, Sicily, the physicists Ugo and Beatrice Palma brought along oil freshly pressed from their own trees. Dr. Beauchamp tasted the oil and felt his throat burn, as did I and all the other attendees. But he was the only one who immediately thought of ibuprofen.
When in Nashville do not miss Arnold
External I/O Ports
I'm doing some backups using external disks -- bare SATA II drives stuffed into USB external disk cases. One of the cases has eSATA support at SATA II speeds: 3 Gbps. At work, where I'm doing the backups, I have to live with USB 2.0 speeds -- 480 Mbps -- but at home I have a machine with an eSATA port on the back panel.
It just kind of struck me this evening ... 3 Gbps. Sweet. Screw USB. Screw Firewire. And Firewire 800 can go pound sand. 1.5 Gbps eSATA? I don't think so.
Three. Motherfucking. Gig.
How long until everything supports that data rate?
I'm doing some backups using external disks -- bare SATA II drives stuffed into USB external disk cases. One of the cases has eSATA support at SATA II speeds: 3 Gbps. At work, where I'm doing the backups, I have to live with USB 2.0 speeds -- 480 Mbps -- but at home I have a machine with an eSATA port on the back panel.
It just kind of struck me this evening ... 3 Gbps. Sweet. Screw USB. Screw Firewire. And Firewire 800 can go pound sand. 1.5 Gbps eSATA? I don't think so.
Three. Motherfucking. Gig.
How long until everything supports that data rate?
if you have a good computer, go to alluc.org --- full seasons of TV showsvia BT
compiled for you tube-like viewing.
My faves are UK shows Peep Show, and Garth Merenghi's Darkplace is a spoof
of UK sci-fi 70s shows with doctors in a supernatural hospital, it's
really hilarious...
Fussy Boy Breakfast Courses June 5, 2003
1) Grapes....must be left on the vine to pluck
2) Cantalope.....must be 1/2 inch slices to eat with hands
3) Peach.....not one speck of skin (and I mean speck), cut in pieces with a "big boy fork"
4) Grapefruit....must to removed from pods, and again not one speck of "that white stuff" showing, eats with hands
5) Strawberrys.....cut in pieces w/ toothpicks to eat
Love my boy!!
1) Grapes....must be left on the vine to pluck
2) Cantalope.....must be 1/2 inch slices to eat with hands
3) Peach.....not one speck of skin (and I mean speck), cut in pieces with a "big boy fork"
4) Grapefruit....must to removed from pods, and again not one speck of "that white stuff" showing, eats with hands
5) Strawberrys.....cut in pieces w/ toothpicks to eat
Love my boy!!
In what's shaping up as an electronics industry trial of the century_between two incompatible, high-definition video-disc formats_the holdout juror is Ken Graffeo, Universal Home Video executive vice president of HD strategic marketing. And he may very well upset the whole case.
Coney Island RIP?
Vintage Fantastic Four cartoon marathon on Boom now.
west village wild turkey
The Apple iTune DRM-free tracks contain user account info. I predicted they would do this with watermarking, but the info appears to be in the clear.
Trestle on Tenth has a new lunch item that IMHO is as good as it gets.....thin chicken, potatoe salad w/ capers, sliced hard boiled egg, sprinkled with tiny chips of fried chicken leg skin, rosemary, salad greens, etc etc.....YUM, gobbled it up, could have had a 2nd for dessert (the uiltimate compliment:>)......offical name is
chicken paillard with yukon gold potato salad, capers, and field greens
Marines investigate antiwar activities of inactive reservists
After discharge from active duty, troops remain in the Individual Ready Reserve for some period of time. This is a mandatory period of a few years duration.
Some IRR members have been yanked out of civilian life to fight in the boy king's enduring clusterfuck. Now, the Marine Corps doesn't think the IRR members have the right to speak out against the war.
After discharge from active duty, troops remain in the Individual Ready Reserve for some period of time. This is a mandatory period of a few years duration.
Some IRR members have been yanked out of civilian life to fight in the boy king's enduring clusterfuck. Now, the Marine Corps doesn't think the IRR members have the right to speak out against the war.
the psych animation of vincent collins
