ah the good old days of no kids, no health concerns to stay alive for the kids, and when Lupa was on fire!!
TOP TEN MEALS OF 2002
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Kai (NYC, NY)
#4 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#5 L'Astrance (Paris)
#6 Temple Club (Saigon)
#7 Jewel Bako (NYC, NY)
#8 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#9 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#10 Lupa (NYC, NY)
TOP TEN MEALS OF 2002
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Kai (NYC, NY)
#4 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#5 L'Astrance (Paris)
#6 Temple Club (Saigon)
#7 Jewel Bako (NYC, NY)
#8 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#9 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#10 Lupa (NYC, NY)
Interesting Neal Stephenson article about the history of rockets and the strange lock-in we can encounter along paths of technical innovation.
To employ a commonly used metaphor, our current proficiency in rocket-building is the result of a hill-climbing approach; we started at one place on the technological landscape—which must be considered a random pick, given that it was chosen for dubious reasons by a maniac—and climbed the hill from there, looking for small steps that could be taken to increase the size and efficiency of the device. Sixty years and a couple of trillion dollars later, we have reached a place that is infinitesimally close to the top of that hill. Rockets are as close to perfect as they're ever going to get. For a few more billion dollars we might be able to achieve a microscopic improvement in efficiency or reliability, but to make any game-changing improvements is not merely expensive; it's a physical impossibility.
There is no shortage of proposals for radically innovative space launch schemes that, if they worked, would get us across the valley to other hilltops considerably higher than the one we are standing on now—high enough to bring the cost and risk of space launch down to the point where fundamentally new things could begin happening in outer space. But we are not making any serious effort as a society to cross those valleys. It is not clear why.
OMAP 5 - TI's 4 core processor for tablets
more my speed and hopefully my price is the (the little white one)
2012ish Audi A1 All Electric
yes i am studying up for the learners permit!!
2012ish Audi A1 All Electric
yes i am studying up for the learners permit!!
opting out w/ virtual suicide: seppukoo
get an early start on your superbowl ad viewing.
caesin the joint
Maria Schneider RIP
dont have high hopes for chris elliot's walker, texas rangerish spoof (timely!) debuting at midnight on cartoon network. but at 15 minutes ill give it a whirl.
"Here's the first episode of Masterclass, from that Oprah channel. Essentially, it's a 45-minute interview/profile of Lorne Michaels."
burger tome
the julie project. wow. i'm hooked. but have to get back to work.
An Arizona restaurant that serves exotic fare will forgo a plan to serve lion-meat tacos, citing safety concerns and following threats from angry protestors.
Bryan Mazon, owner of Boca Tacos y Tequila, a Tucson Tex-Mex joint that in the past has served alligator, python and turtle tacos, announced via Facebook that the restaurant will pull the plug on a planned February promotion to sell tacos made from farm-raised African lions.
"Due to concern for safety of our families, customers, vendors, and friends we will not be selling African Lion Tacos on Feb. 16th, 2011. We will continue to bring unique and creative menu items, but not at the expense of safety," Mazon said.
In the week since the restaurant announced its plan, animal rights groups and activists have protested the restaurant's decision to serve lion, a rare but legal delicacy.
When Mazon first announced the promotion, he told ABCNews.com he had received " more calls to tell me to go to hell and drop dead," than actual orders but planned to keep lion on the menu because "there's interest out there."
At the time Mazon said the criticism would not deter him from serving the tacos, but according to the Associated Press he was bowed by "threats."
Calls made to the restaurant Tuesday morning were not answered.
Mazon had planned to purchase the lion meat from a California farm he said raises the animals for meat.
The announcement sparked online complaints on the restaurant's Facebook page, but some of the protests focused on the erroneous assumption that lions are an endangered species, making lion meat illegal.
"Lions are not endangered," said Crawford Allan, regional director for TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring program administered by the World Wildlife Foundation. "When bred in captivity, their meat is allowed to be traded. There are particular operations in the U.S. that are breeding lions, butchering them and selling them for meat."
Mazon planned to served meat from lions raised legally for consumption on a California farm.
Bryan Mazon, owner of Boca Tacos y Tequila, a Tucson Tex-Mex joint that in the past has served alligator, python and turtle tacos, announced via Facebook that the restaurant will pull the plug on a planned February promotion to sell tacos made from farm-raised African lions.
"Due to concern for safety of our families, customers, vendors, and friends we will not be selling African Lion Tacos on Feb. 16th, 2011. We will continue to bring unique and creative menu items, but not at the expense of safety," Mazon said.
In the week since the restaurant announced its plan, animal rights groups and activists have protested the restaurant's decision to serve lion, a rare but legal delicacy.
When Mazon first announced the promotion, he told ABCNews.com he had received " more calls to tell me to go to hell and drop dead," than actual orders but planned to keep lion on the menu because "there's interest out there."
At the time Mazon said the criticism would not deter him from serving the tacos, but according to the Associated Press he was bowed by "threats."
Calls made to the restaurant Tuesday morning were not answered.
Mazon had planned to purchase the lion meat from a California farm he said raises the animals for meat.
The announcement sparked online complaints on the restaurant's Facebook page, but some of the protests focused on the erroneous assumption that lions are an endangered species, making lion meat illegal.
"Lions are not endangered," said Crawford Allan, regional director for TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring program administered by the World Wildlife Foundation. "When bred in captivity, their meat is allowed to be traded. There are particular operations in the U.S. that are breeding lions, butchering them and selling them for meat."
Mazon planned to served meat from lions raised legally for consumption on a California farm.
Mark Bittman's Food Manifesto:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/a-food-manifesto-for-the-future/
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/a-food-manifesto-for-the-future/
