February 2008

CNN.com Wastes Your Time

ATLANTA, Georgia, February 22, 2008 If you were going to make a list of websites that wasted your time, would CNN.com be one of them? 8aweek.com seems to think so. A newly-launched Firefox plugin, 8aweek.com keeps track of your internet usage, logging those midnight hours spent browsing those ‘restricted’ sites that eat up your time, [...]

February 22nd, 2008

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Journalism & the Media

How to: Chocolate Milk

How to make chocolate milk from LauraFries.com on Vimeo. ATLANTA, Georgia, February 22, 2008 This utterly pointless video of my friend Carrington making chocolate milk at Gato Bizco Cafe [Yelp profile] in Atlanta was shot when I was testing out my new camera. It still makes me [...]

February 22nd, 2008

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Atlanta + Food

Awesome Secret Bar/Record Player

ATLANTA, Georgia, February 12, 2008 Ok, so you’ve got your plans for V-Day down. Dinner reservations, check. Clean underwear, check. Flowers from the dumpster behind the florist that aren’t too wilted once you’ve trimmed the brown leaves off, check. But once the night is successful, and you’ve lured the lady or gentleman in question back [...]

February 12th, 2008

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Things I Find

Carved Orange, Rusan’s

ATLANTA, Georgia, February 11, 2008 I stopped off at Rusan’s in Adventure Plaza (ok, Edgewood Retail Center) for some quick sushi before a wifi session. Sitting alone at the bar is always fun if you like watching the chefs go at it, and that treat was made even better when one of the gentleman carved an [...]

February 11th, 2008

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Atlanta + Food

Candied Salmon with Citrus Lentils and Guac

ATLANTA, Georgia, February 7, 2008 An amalgamation of existing recipes, this dish came together in a snap. Fast, spicy and sweet - completely unlike the horrible Lipstick Jungle (which seems to exist entirely to convince me that I ought to be wearing a wide belt around the middle of my torso). This dish is plated [...]

February 7th, 2008

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Food

Knitted Music Video

I’m in stitches. Tied up in knots. Yeah, I could make better puns, but I’m suffering from water intoxication. via Craftzine blog: Watch this beautiful animated video for the Quebec, Canada group Tricot Machine (tricot means knitting). The video is for the song “Les peaux de lievres” where all 700 frames are knitted.

February 7th, 2008

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Valentines Gift Ideas: Frog Purse

ATLANTA, Georgia, February 5, 2008 Yes, ladies and gentleman, that’s what you think it is. A change purse, made of frog. Handmade in the Philippines, and available on eBay, this lovely item is described as follows: This is a Really Cool and Unique Gift Item!! It is a REAL FROG made into a COIN PURSE!! [...]

February 5th, 2008

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Things I Find