chef'n citrus squeezer

"Dual gear-mechanism increases pressing power"

tablet comparo

timeouts 100 best british films

Does Apple get 30% when they start selling indulgences?

Marjorie Cameron: The Wormwood Star

via kembra fb

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)

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

The Daily

Oh, good, I was worried about Arianna's retirement fund.

Xoom Superbowl Ad

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!!

google tablet

Intel throwing down the gauntlet in the mobile space?

MS gets 264 back into Chrome.

iPad the second rumors

opting out w/ virtual suicide: seppukoo

people are liking this place, looks well priced

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.