February 2012
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Right hand in a trench coat: Science™ →
No. You need a solvent (water) to get the extraction to work well –- there’s more surface contact with a solvent extraction than a dry grind, which is essentially what would happen in a citrus + sugar grind.
If “dry grind” is a specific term I’m unfamiliar with it, but having made oleo-saccharum I can say that the result of muddling the citrus peel and sugar is indeed quite...
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tbridge:
dennymayo replied to your post: What would the A-B test look like? I have more limes…
As I read it, the oil won’t go into water/booze without sugar - hence the need for the simple syrup. Simple syrup is less polar than booze, making a better solvent for the oils.
This man should know - he is a Professional Chemist.
So, does that mean we should muddle the citrus with sugar before...
January 2012
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“Joe it’s Jeff and Mandy are they on that they and I need to ask me about....”
– Oh, Vonage transcriptions of wrong number calls, where would I be without you?
P.S. The audio doesn’t make much more sense than that. Something about an RV.
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“[What kind of bar is this?] is precisely the question everyone should ask...”
– Sloshed: How to Order a Proper Drink in Any Bar, Anywhere — Grub Street New York
I disagree with his categorization of a martini or a Manhattan as foolproof, though. Sometimes the bar has rotten vermouth or no bitters at all.
Previously, in this space, my own drink ordering flowchart.
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“When I worked at the old New Statesman magazine in London, we had an annual...”
– Christopher Hitchens on New York City’s Petty Policies | Politics | Vanity Fair
Hitchens sets out to break as many unfollowable and ill-conceived laws as possible. The whole thing is fantastic, but I especially liked this bit of bad advice he uses to contrast London with New York.
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December 2011
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clutter: Baby It's Cold Outside →
tiffanyb:
As a friend asked on Twitter today: Has this song always been about date rape?
I used to think it was more like the woman didn’t really want to leave but was sort of talking herself into it.* Kind of like when you’re lying in bed, and you know you SHOULD go to the gym, but you don’t want to, and…
When thinking about this song it’s important to consider that Frank Loesser...
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“Readers of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling thriller will be happy to learn that one...”
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Videogum Joins The New Yorker In Breaking The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Movie Review Emgargo | Videogum (via lizlet)
That would do it. I’m just saying.
(via tiffanyb)
I eventually decided that all the sex scenes in the books (for which I used library borrowing on my Kindle - nothing was...
November 2011
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“Can’t we do better than this? Can’t we do better than pay 400k to someone who...”
– Balloon Juice » Can’t Anyone Here Play This Game
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“Dippin’ Dots Inc., the self-described “ice cream of the future,” filed for...”
– The “Ice Cream of the Future” Goes the Way of Solyndra - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine (via tbridge)
Will the ice cream of the future be relegated to history?
October 2011
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Plans for the future
fishbelowtheice:
I will set up a tumblr where I only follow people with beards, black-framed glasses, and red plaid shirts. That ought to narrow it down.
Stubble (usually), silver-framed glasses with tortoise temples, and I don’t own any red plaid shirts. Are you sure you want to follow me?
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the understatement: Android Orphans: Visualizing a... →
understatementblog:
Why Don’t Android Phones Get Updated?
It appears to be a widely held viewpoint3 that there’s no incentive for smartphone manufacturers to update the OS: because manufacturers don’t make any money after the hardware sale, they want you to buy another phone as soon as possible. If that’s really the case, the phone manufacturers are spectacularly dumb: ignoring the 2 year...
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DCeiver: Every News Outlet Now Has A Feature... →
dceiver:
alexleo:
Full disclosure: I used to be in charge of HuffPost’s Game Changers.
THE DCEIVER TUMBLR GAMECHANGERS FOR 2011:
1. BOGGLE, but you have to spell words in Welsh. Tricky!
2. PARCHEESI , but the dice are missing! What are you going to do?
3. THE GAME OF LIFE, but you also…
I prefer the variant, “drink Scotch whisky.” (Drinking all night long and...
September 2011
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Footnotify: Extension to rehabilitate disruptive... →
maniacalrage:
Fantastic extension for Chrome and Safari to make footnotes on popular sites like Daring Fireball and Wikipedia much less disruptive and more useful.
I love this.
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August 2011
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Telecommunications Act of 1996
kayakingupstream:
(A) in a radio market with 45 or more commercial radio stations, a party may own, operate, or control up to 8 commercial radio stations, not more than 5 of which are in the same service (AM or FM) [and must play Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” on every single one of them 10-15 times a day.]
Ok, I can’t prove that. I don’t hate the song, just…enough already.
In Oklahoma the...
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July 2011
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June 2011
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“About two weeks ago, I got the chance to go on a DC Preservation League tour of...”
– A Look at Saint Elizabeths West Campus » We Love DC
Brian did some absolutely amazing photography here.
(via tbridge)
I went on a tour in 2009.
It’s interesting to see what’s changed and what hasn’t.
American Drink: Jack Daniel's label gets honest →
americandrink:
Last Call for Lynchburg (Pop. 361)
But for the population of Lynchburg, what’s off the label is a real eye-opener—starting with the population. “Pop. 361” is gone.
Hollie Embling moved here 30 years ago, married a Jack Daniel barrel roller and had four kids. “That made it 366,” she…
I love a good fact check, but the company historian’s name is Nelson Eddy and...
April 2011
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It’s Tourist Season: Share the Love » We Love DC →
tiffanyb:
Following up to yesterday’s kerfuffle about the stupid rules-for-tourists… the best part of this post isn’t the post itself (though that’s nice too) but the way our commenters all pile on the guy who just HAS to be a douche.
ARB since I wrote it.
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March 2011
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Vote For Us →
We’re trying to get as many votes as possible before the judging round starts on the Crate and Barrel Ultimate Wedding Contest. We’ve had a good start but we need more votes — a lot more. Please vote for us. They require an email address for validation, but if you already get email from them this won’t be a change, and if you don’t already get email from them you can opt...
December 2010
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