September 2009
“This genre has seen explosive growth over the past two years, so it would be...”
– Analyist on Rock Band/Guitar Hero growth (1up)
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DIY fruit fly trap
With an apartment somehow inundated with fruit flies, I decided to take matters into my own hands yesterday. Thanks to suggestions from wikihow, I set up the following trap:
Fill bottom of wide shallow bowl w/balsamic vinegar + apple cider vinegar
Cover tightly with saran wrap
Stab saran wrap all over with fork to make holes they can get into, but can never, ever, escape from
Watch as they...
August 2009
howmuchisastamp.com →
With the constantly increasing postage, and stamps that don’t have values printed on them, I need this site.
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“…this woman is not regular sized. She is fat. I don’t think that we should...”
– Adrien Field on the size 12 model in this month’s Glamour. I’m thinking twice about further publishing his negative words, but am just too baffled not to.
(via: sazerac: Matt Langer)
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Wiggling Their Toes at the Shoe Giants (NYT) →
Barefoot shoes and running.
WatchBest hula hooper I’ve ever seen at East River Park in Williamsburg yesterday. She kept it going while jumping, walking around, shooting a water gun, clapping…
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Scents and the City (NYT) →
This piece accurately illustrates why I missed NYC this summer while in California with their “fresh air”. Sadly, there is no description of the UWS, but the excerpt below explains part of the reason why I dislike midtown.
“MIDTOWN New clothes; sporty perfume; new jeans; popcorn; sharp perfume; sundaes with nuts; horses; grabage; horse urine; salami; butter and white wine...
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“But surely the promise of interactive music is that listeners — participants —...”
– While My Guitar Gently Beeps - The Beatles - Rock Band (NYT)
A very intersting read that explores the major impact that Rock Band is having on the music industry, and the incredible amount of control that the Beatles “shareholders” (Paul, Ringo, Olivia Harrison, and Yoko Ono) continue...
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Are brownies from scratch cheaper than boxed...
As a gal who has only ever made brownies from a box, I was very interested to learn that, YES, making them from scratch is indeed the cheaper way to go.
Duncan Hines: Mix: $2.29 Two eggs: $0.33 1/2 cup oil: $0.50 TOTAL: $3.12
The recipe without the box has many more ingredients, which caused me to assume that it would be more costly in the end, but I was proven wrong. Here are the numbers...
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100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About (wired) →
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SIGG Will Replace BPA-Containing Bottles For Free... →
wow! I won’t get my hopes up too soon, however, and they are still slimy.
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“But I do believe that out of the billion or more alumni that the academies of...”
– Nate Chinen (THE GIG)
(via barthel:tomewing:examiner)
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Make Me a Mixtape, The Promise Ring
After living...
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“Good artists borrow, great artists steal.”
– Pablo Picasso
In reponse to this. I love the Surrogates posters. They add the twist of looking like a fashion ad and always catch my eye.
UPDATE: There seems to be some disagreement on the interwebs about whether this is the quote, or it’s “Bad artists copy, great aritsts steal.”...
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“For young children, it’s not easy to grasp the nuances of situations in...”
– Robert Feldman, page 69, The Liar in Your Life
FASCINATING book about how lying fits into our lives that I just started reading this weekend.
One downside to being back on the east coast is not having the opportunity to listen to oodles of NPR in the car and learn about new books and other cool...
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“None of us wants to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again.”
– Thom Yorke (NYT)
(via musicmind)
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“It’s earth-friendly, too, supposedly. Yes, it’s made of exotic materials that...”
– A New Page; Can the Kindle really improve on the book? (New Yorker)
Catching up on the New Yorker after being out of town for a month…
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“NOTHING bands do anymore is going to sell records. Because RECORDS DON’T SELL....”
– yvynyl on criticism of the band Chairlift for doing a video for Marc by Marc Jacobs
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Comfortable, Greg Thomas
I love this guy, and I...
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“…the average American now sees jazz as a form of high art. Nor should this...”
– Can Jazz Be Saved? (Terry Teachout, WSJ)
Here’s a related article with a little more sunshine:
Doomsayers May Be Playing Taps, but Jazz Isn’t Ready to Sing the Blues (NYT)
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“…we’ve gotten to the point where showing a woman with folds in her...”
– Glamour Shocks Readers By Featuring Plus-Size Model’s Belly (Jezebel)
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