The Snail Shell

I'm in Ireland! I guess I should have made that more clear. Anyway, I'll be back online (for serious) as of June 11, and in the me...

For all of us! 30. The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible - I'm still not too sure this is the followup record we were all hoping for. It's go...

but here's something for today: Adam Werbach, former president of the Sierra Club. Got an hour? Listen to this. Don't? Read this. ...

http://danseats.blogspot.com/ Full-text searchable! Arbitrarily taggable! Permanently online! Accessible from anywhere! This is the best ...

You'd think I'd learn by now. This happens every semester. I come home and, all of a sudden, there are no emails anymore. I still...

Watch this video . I finally did. It's 20 minutes. Or, if you're at work, read this article . A few key points: - The US kills 10...

Let's go with "cooking vegetables" first. Here's an article . (the gist: cooking food can be better for some foods, like...

I have met my match in terms of food squeamishness twice in one day. I don't think I remember the last time that happened. Ewww! Eww...

50. The Notwist- Neon Golden - Maybe the most melancholy electronic record I own, really movie-soundtracky stuff. Try "Pick Up the Pho...

Kicking and screaming about foie gras? Wusses. Making a fuss about battery-farmed chickens? Lame. See, REAL badass animal rights activis...

The blog challenge: I'm losing already! Well, we can start it today if you like. I blame family and graduation. And before I dash off ...

Hey. First question: I have a bunch of old emails from my times at CMU. I'm transitioning to my Gmail address. I'd like to keep m...

Okay, this is dumb and self-indulgent, and it's not even really a top-n list of ANYTHING, I guess technically it's a list of "a...

I made a list of the top 88.3 albums of my college career. Beej thought this was silly. Obviously he doesn't understand my really grea...

oh yeah, it's for links to stuff like this: a brilliant skewering of yogurt commercials . (consumerist.com being a big ol' blog full...

The year's ending, and my research project is wrapping up, so I wanted to get a gift for my advisor, Noah. He's been great all year...

I've got this little Google News feed on my home page, it gives me the five biggest stories aggregated from papers around the world each...

Think bars Click on "think5". Try the "red berry" one. Read the ingredients list: vegetable powders, fruit concentrate...

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." A tricky little catch for hipsters, eh? If you...

I guess what I want is experience. Here's my internal debate: If you're going somewhere, should you do a lot of research, plan your...