January 2010
30 posts
jaejeb:
I love how Richmond looks like Zanarkand at night.
Richmond, VA? I’m there almost every week and I don’t know that I agree….
Apple Releases iPad →
"Hackers" online with commentary →
In the style of MST3K.
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller, Matthew Lillard, and…. Marc Anthony
Points to a laptop screen “It has a killer refresh rate”
Butch Vig's Smart Studios, Where Nirvana, Smashing...
twentyfourbit:
This isn’t a big surprise per se (it costs a ton of money to keep even a legendary studio in business), but we have a soft spot around here for some spaces and walls that once resonated with the such classic records. And so, we sadly must report that Butch Vig and Steve Marker’s Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin plans to close up shop this spring, according to the Milwaukee...
Women Hold Top 5 Spots on Billboard 200 for the...
twentyfourbit:
We’re not usually into music chart-tracking around here, but an interesting observation just came across my screen about the most recent Billboard 200 chart worth noting. According to Chart Watch (via Spare Candy, via @sarahspy), the top five spots on Billboard’s list are currently held by female artists for the first time in history. Now these aren’t the artists we typically...
"Magic Coffee" from Café Soleil in Madison
Cold-Brewed Magic
2/3 cup coarsely ground dark roast coffee
3 cups water
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
milk, half-and-half or cream
Put ground coffee and water in a wide-mouth jar or other container with a cover; stir. Add cinnamon and brown sugar. Stir and cover. Refrigerate for 12 hours or overnight.
Using a sieve, strain the contents of the jar into a bowl, then strain...
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“The number one quote of the year: ‘Keep your government hands off my...”
– Fred Shapiro on NPR
“Now if we don’t find viable means of stopping this fucker, sharkzilla is...”
– from Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus