Bittman: What’s wrong with what we eat

A great, amazing, completely worth it TED talk by Mark Bittman on what we eat and why we need to change. Definitely watch it.

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Peonies 2017
Flame-licker engines
Neat video showing a flame-licker and an explanation of how these work. Atmospheric engines are cool.
Summer is coming
A close cut for the pooch
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*May 24, 2017: Correction, this post has been updated to reflect the fact that GOOP claims the energy of jade eggs is recharged by the moon and not the sun. From https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/dear-gwyneth-paltrow-were-not-fcking-with-you/
Pro Putting
I remember watching these on TV. Notice most of them are putting cross-handed, something that was just starting to show up on the PGA tour. hattip laughing squid
Computers must think we’re crazy
Watch this and turn on the automatic captions.
NYTimes: Ladybugs Pack Wings and Engineering Secrets in Tidy Origami Packages
Ladybugs Pack Wings and Engineering Secrets in Tidy Origami Packages https://nyti.ms/2rwxtUR
WordPress.com in the 313
It’s really cool to see our first set of WordPress.com ad spots set in Detroit, with Detroit businesses.
MP3 is free, not dead
As lucidly put by Marco: If you read the news, you may think the MP3 file format was recently officially “killed” somehow, and any remaining MP3 holdouts should all move to AAC now. These are all simple rewrites of Fraunhofer IIS’ announcement that they’re terminating the MP3 patent-licensing program.Very few people got it right. Every […]

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