Monthly Archives: August 2009
Twitter in theory
This isn’t a video and it isn’t funny. Only click if you want to read a cogent explanation of how Twitter works in theory and why it’s not banal. Not everyone we can see will hear us, as they don’t … Continue reading
Meta Pirate Bay
Worried about the future of The Pirate Bay? One user is and uploaded a 21.3 gigabyte torrent containing all 873,671 other torrents available on the site.
The case for a “fat tax”
David Leonhardt writes this week in the Magazine about the economics of being overweight: Two years ago, the Cleveland Clinic stopped hiring smokers. It was one part of a “wellness initiative” that has won the renowned hospital — which President … Continue reading
My 10,000 Lakes retrospective
I’ve had more than a full week to recover now from the 2009 10,000 Lakes Festival. Let me say upfront it was more fun than I’ve had in a long time, with the jam bands, the blue grass and the … Continue reading
Wing review: The Butcher Block sweet and spicy barbecue
Previously on “Doug Tries Every Wing Flavor at Minneapolis’ The Butcher Block Restaurant”: house and spicy mustard. Marching right along today, I tried the sweet barbecue and spicy barbecue, which together only count as one of the 29 flavors, but … Continue reading
Wing review: The Butcher Block house and spicy mustard
I stopped by The Butcher Block again today on my way home to try their house and spicy mustard chicken wings. The wings were a little scrawnier than the Incredible Hulk wings (which looked like they had graduated from the … Continue reading