Monthly Archives: June 2007

Ditherati

Ditherati is back from its long, long slumber.

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The Danger of the One-Sided Debate

An anti-vegan op-ed piece in the New York Times has received some fairly righteous debunking in an article by the Times’ Public Editor. Rachelle Leesen, a clinical nutritionist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told me that Planck’s article “was … Continue reading

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Internet Radio Day of Silence

Today is the Internet Radio Day of Silence. Web broadcasters are offline to protest increased royalty rates that take effect July 15th and will drive most of them out of business.

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Legislators vote to defeat same-sex marriage ban

The Massachusetts State Legislature defeated a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage today. Gay marriage in Massachusetts is now as permanent as it’s going to get, the next election that could have a ban on the state-wide ballot isn’t until 2012. … Continue reading

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Bumps and bruises are ‘good for children’

Sane advice for parents from a British safety organization. Peter Cornall, head of leisure safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), said: “We need to ask ourselves whether it is better for a child to break … Continue reading

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Unexpected Opera Master

I like this video from Britain’s Got Talent of the cell phone salesman/opera singer.

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Laptops Are Crippling Us

A nice piece on laptop ergonomics. I used my laptop on a stand with an external keyboard for a long time before I went back to desktops.

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Irrational incandescence

The Economist on the most cost-effective ways of cutting carbon emissions.

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Sin City Breakfast Tacos

More celebrity recipes: Robert Rodriguez makes Sin City Breakfast Tacos. The best thing about this is he shows you how to make homemade flour tortillas. Looks time-consuming but well worth it and I bet they go great with Scrambled Tofu.

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Bob Barker’s Vegan Enchilada Bake

Esquire has Bob Barker’s recipe for Vegan Enchilada Bake.

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Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats, Hooooo!

Warner Bros. is planning a Thundercats live-action movie. Related: Thundercats outtakes.

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SixApart to Open Source Blog Platform

SixApart is finally open sourcing Movable Type. Feels about three years too late.

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