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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

The art of the NY pie.

quote [ Do not think that following this will be easy. It's not. It will still take practice. This may be the most detailed, accurate and complete recipe on the net for making a true Pizza Napoletana. ]

Jeff Varasano has now opened a restaurant. This recipe is awe inspiring. It's more of a tome; a secret manuscript filled with deep tribal knowledge. Top it off with an interlock hack for a domestic electric oven's self-clean cycle to produce the requisite 900F baking temperature and you have a winner.
[by donnie@11:00amGMT] [+10 Interesting] [94 comments]


Saturday, 10 November 2012

A world without coffee?

quote [ A study conducted by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in collaboration with scientists in Ethiopia, reports that climate change alone could lead to the extinction of wild Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) well before the end of this century. ]

Domestic coffee is weak, in the Darwinian sense. Wild coffee is needed to keep it strong. I can't imagine not having coffee... I really hope this climate change thing is overblown.

[sci&tech] [by donnie@9:57pmGMT] [+5 Interesting] [38 comments]


Tuesday, 26 June 2012

In the deep...

quote [ Members of the Ocean X team exploring the alleged "UFO-shaped" object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea say that their equipment stops working when they approach within 200 meters of the mysterious object. ]

weird... interested to see what comes of this.

[sci&tech] [by donnie@7:58pmGMT] [+7 Interesting] [79 comments]


Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Non Standard, but on the Rise.

quote [ According to a story by USA Today, cars with manual transmissions are enjoying demand that otherwise hasn’t been so strong since 2006. In fact, 6.5 percent of new cars sold in 2012 have had manual transmissions, which is more than double that of 2007. ]

Manual transmission is dead... long live the manual transmission!

[sci&tech] [by donnie@8:05pmGMT] [+10 Interesting] [168 comments]


Monday, 6 September 2010

Born Rich

quote [ Born Rich is a 2003 documentary about the experience of growing up as a child in one of the world's richest families. It was created by Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. ]

Not sure how many have seen this - I just found it on Google Video and thought it was interesting. No comment, really, I think it speaks for itself.

[by donnie@12:21amGMT] [+9 Interesting] [13 comments]




Tuesday, 10 August 2010

P≠NP - Headlines and Rumours

quote [ Vinay Deolalikar is a Principal Research Scientist at HP Labs who has done important research in various areas of networks. He also has worked on complexity theory, including previous work on infinite versions of the P=NP question. He has just claimed that he has a proof that P is not equal to NP. That’s right:P≠NP. No infinite version. The real deal. ]

Still very much an open question, but this new paper seems to be making a stir. An occasion, at least, to revisit the idea for discussion.

[sci&tech] [by donnie@5:45amGMT] [+9 Interesting] [22 comments]


Monday, 26 July 2010

SC2 - Razer King of The Beta Tournament

quote [ For Day[9]'s Starcraft 2 Countdown party on July 26th, I'm hosting the Razer King of the Beta tournament to declare one top player as the champion of the beta. The invited 8 players are... ]

Repost fix - link is to a collection of VODs from the Starcraft II "King of The Beta" tournament. Semifinals and Finals are to be broadcast on launch day, Tuesday. A great way to see the game in action and how much the nerds have been slaving away at it before it even hits the shelves.

[games] [by donnie@1:56amGMT] [+8 Interesting] [79 comments]


Sunday, 27 June 2010

Thai Street Food - Watch and Learn

quote [ Thai Street Vendor Video Series

Enjoy watching the treasured Thai street vendor in action. There's no better way to learn how to cook Thai food. ]

Get it straight from the source - how-to videos shot on the streets of Thailand showing how to prepare some of its most famous traditional and street food dishes.

[by donnie@10:39pmGMT] [+10 Good] [31 comments]


Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Earthquake Strikes Ottawa Area

quote [ A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit central Canada Wednesday afternoon, rattling buildings from Sudbury to Quebec City, and as far south as New York City.

The epicentre of the quake was in Quebec, about 38 kilometres north of Cumberland, Ont., which is on the Ottawa River, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 p.m. EDT at a depth of 18 kilometres. ]

Got sent home from work at 4pm for stupid building inspections because of this.

[by donnie@8:28pmGMT] [+10 Interesting] [53 comments]


Saturday, 12 June 2010

Alvin Greene - Political WTF

quote [ "Here is Alvin Greene, unemployed, he goes into the Democratic headquarters and pays $10,000. That's no little bit of money for an unemployed person," [...] Jim Clyburn [...] said. "This guy, who is he? Where did he come from?" ]

Random guy wins SC Democratic primary. Seems to have zero communication skills, no platform, and absolutely no idea what he is doing. This has made "normal" politicians crazy and paranoid. I don't even know what to think, but this guy is funny as hell.

[politics] [by donnie@3:36pmGMT] [+10 WTF] [112 comments]



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