The Turkey is gone. The leftovers decimated. All I can do now is stare at an empty fridge. But Ruth Reichl seems to have no such problems. The former editor of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine and one of the most influential food restaurant critics in America, has her fridge runneth over.
Salon.com raided her frige to see what is in it. Che [...]
Monthly archives for November, 2009
Post Thanksgiving Food Cravings
The Turkey is gone. The leftovers decimated. All I can do now is stare at an empty fridge. But Ruth Reichl seems to have no such problems. The former editor of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine and one of the most influential food restaurant critics in America, has her fridge runneth over.
Salon.com raided her frige to see what is in it. Che [...]
11 Businesses You Can Start In Your P...
Don't be The Dude, kick start your career with eleven DIY businessess
Pajamas Ahoy! The best thing about the downturn is that we don’t have to get outa our jammies. For all those of you, who have morphed in “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski, but unlike him are looking for a way to do something constructive with your time [...]
The Facebook Top 50
Slate's list of 50 companies that use Facebook well includes Apple, Louis Vuitton, and Gatorade
We all use Facebook well. We did put up pictures of the dumb pie we baked, or the loser concert we attended … not to mention cutesy pictures of us at various parties to prove our popularity. We update our statuses religiously, add friend [...]
Afghanistan – A Foggy Future
Quickly reviewing all major post World War II wars, the New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg asks a series of tough questions he would like the president to answer on Tuesday:
Does it make sense, for example, to spend lives and treasure trying to eradicate “safe havens” in Afghanistan when Al Qaeda has so many other—well, options, from Sudan [...]
How Twitter Can Make You Look Like A ...
Considering everybody received the meme on Twitter and the gazillion ways it can be used to “save journalism” “aid journalism” and “wreck journalism” - here a case of Twitter gone wild in Alabama.
The idea, as all ideas do, started off as a great one. Take a billboard with an ad for a local TV station, and [...]
After Rihanna, It’s Tiger Woods...
Tiger Woods with his wife Elin Nordegren
And so the world turns. After Rihanna got her mug badly injured by Chris Brown taking a swing at her, golfer Tiger Woods, may well have been subject to his wife’s wrath.
News broke Friday, that Woods was injured in a car crash outside his Florida mansion. His wife Elin Nordegren had a golf club [...]
[Video] This will blow your mind, mak...
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At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop."
My mind took a while coming around to this video. Only because I am a crotchety old person that types with one finger- r.e.a.l. s.l [...]
Residents to city: Rezone Astoria now
Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., left, and residents of Norwood Gardens protest the construction of two new apartment buildings in Astoria. PHOTO BY SMRITI RAO
At first glance, the empty lot at 36-88 36th St. in Astoria looks like any other construction site in the city. But the mere presence of this parcel in a quiet, leafy stretch of Astoria [...]
Towards a greener Jackson Heights
Sandra Park of Queens Community House, left, and Jackson Heights residents Nuala Narango, Nuala O'Doherty and Paul Bundarin discuss ways to improve their community and increase the area’s green space. PHOTO BY SMRITI RAO
Saturday may be the hardest morning to crawl out of bed, but this week more than 100 residents of Jackson Heights gat [...]
New School to open in Jackson Heights
The city recently acquired the building that formerly housed the Blessed Sacrament School and plans to open a new public school there in September 2010
For many students in Queens, overcrowded schools are a constant reality. Each day they jostle and push through crammed hallways, squeezing into classrooms designed for fewer occupants.
Some s [...]