Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer, prophesier of geosynchronous orbit, and all around visionary, passed away yesterday. He was 90 years old. Here's his wikipedia page.
And here are some interesting excerpts from his diary written during the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
And here are some interesting excerpts from his diary written during the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
whats new, pussycat? just started on tcm. the riches season premiere on fx as well. reruns twice tonight.
http://www.google.com/m/search?mrestrict=xhtml&q=3d+dlp#query
this has potential.
this has potential.
saw samantha power on colbert tonight. she seemed smart and thoughtful. too bad she got caught up in the medias gotcha games.
A gold star to anyone who can explain the Bear Stearns thing to me.
I'm gonna be visiting these guys tomorrow. Damn, I forgot to pack my hardhat.
espn had a pretty compelling documentary on last night about the history of african americans in basketball and its interplay with our history of civil rights. part 2 airs tonight. seemed alot more interesting than the john adams miniseries which kicked off last night on hbo.
Who knew the dregs of sake could be so tasty? Chef Wylie Dufresne discusses the unusual Asian ingredient sake lees (also called sake kasu), the thick rice paste that’s left at the end of the sake-making process. Often used in Asia as a marinade for fish or meat, sake lees are given an unusual twist in Dufresne’s kitchen. Their deep umami flavor is reminiscent of miso, but sake lees have a sweetness and a lingering note of sake that makes their taste distinctive. They are available at many Asian specialty-food stores.via adman
metropolis on tcm at 1215am tonight.
techno viking (dont make him point that finger)
interesting film
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
(via skinny's cousin)
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
(via skinny's cousin)
Yikes. Construction crane topples onto 4 story brownstone killing 4 people and completely destroying the building at 305 east 50th street.
was cajoled into watching some chop socky nonsense, Five Deadly Venoms which is apparently a cult classic. didnt seem any better or worse than 100 others.
fortunately i had The Hidden Fortress which cleansed the palette afterwords.
fortunately i had The Hidden Fortress which cleansed the palette afterwords.
sustenance or tv jamboree?
Saw the season opener to Top Chef. They sort of had a "compulsories" section. Two contestants had a soufflé-off, two had a chicken picata showdown, two had lasagna mano a mano, etc., etc.
So the soufflé folks didn't really know how to make them. One said he hadn't done one in twenty years. He at least understood the magnitude of his failure. When his vaguely mexican inspired creation failed, he said "My nachos just didn't cut it".
Over in the crab-cake fisticuffs, one of the guys didn't know the recipe for mayo. WTF? How can you go into a Top Chef contest lacking such a fundamental building block of making sauces? It's like not knowing how to deglaze a pan.
I guess I haven't seen the early elimination rounds in previous years. I think they need to cut the field in half pretty quickly.
Saw the season opener to Top Chef. They sort of had a "compulsories" section. Two contestants had a soufflé-off, two had a chicken picata showdown, two had lasagna mano a mano, etc., etc.
So the soufflé folks didn't really know how to make them. One said he hadn't done one in twenty years. He at least understood the magnitude of his failure. When his vaguely mexican inspired creation failed, he said "My nachos just didn't cut it".
Over in the crab-cake fisticuffs, one of the guys didn't know the recipe for mayo. WTF? How can you go into a Top Chef contest lacking such a fundamental building block of making sauces? It's like not knowing how to deglaze a pan.
I guess I haven't seen the early elimination rounds in previous years. I think they need to cut the field in half pretty quickly.
if you've seen the incredibles, this is pretty funny
This just in, again.
Dershowitz on Spitzer at WSJ -- free today
Shorter: The government has ridiculously intrusive laws that are selectively enforced, but they should only be applied to real criminals, not people like us.
Shorter: The government has ridiculously intrusive laws that are selectively enforced, but they should only be applied to real criminals, not people like us.
Video fly through of a 3D computer model of Manhattan. I want that on an iPhone with the ability to bank and climb and dive by tipping the phone.
