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By | November 1, 2007
As Autumn becomes Fall, thoughts are turning to Thanksgiving, which in turn becomes food and family. Thus, this month’s special release of a guide to surfing cooking. Organized around cooking, food and travel, there’s sure to be a recipe, a bit of background on a recipe, or simply a purely helpful slice of how-to to get you inspired.
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This month I encourage you to delve deeper into:
Blog Roll: Stephen Fry on Fame; Post Secret; and Scott Aaronson
Cooking: Why is hot, hot; the night Chicago ruled the foodie world; cheese and more cheese; how to sauce pasta (2 persectives); and ho9w to chicken fricasie with potatoes, asparagus and sun dried tomatoes
Design: Non-object product design; Stephen Doyle’s a few words; fffound; Big typography; and a tribute to graphic designer Paul Rand
eMail: The right to sit at a desk
History: Allan Pinkerton; the earliest Desis in America; 100 years of Pragmatism; the man behind Robinson Carusoe; and the thinginess of history
Language Arts: The American short story; predicting the future of the past tense; how holp became helped; best sports writer ever; and lots of 100 word abstracts of articles
Music: Perfect pitch; Berimbass; trailer for Heima; why the violin is so hard to play; A Toot And A Snore in ‘74…
Pics:London Zoo; Nikon’s small world gallery; breathtaking bird photography; and the international photography awards - architecture.
Science: See-through frogs; IgNobels; mind mapping; amoebic morality; neurology of self-awareness; and why pigs don’t have wings
Shopping: Custom playing card decks; dream kitchen from IKEA; the vanishing art of negotiation; 13-step method for buying a car; and Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
Spin Zone: Apocalypse Now; Mission Accomplished; Dissent; and Apologies all around.
Travel: Death of an Adventure Writer and The Chinese Dust Bowl
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Webits This Week
Don’t Give Up On Vista. (ad making the rounds)
Don’t speed in Utah (vid making the rounds)
Then, the Top 10 George Bush Moments.
Information graphics are starting to go mainstream, if this Australian commercial for an online dating service is any indication.
Dave Hill is a funny guy who gets schooled in the art of actor movement.
Go Around Twice If You’re Happy (MeFi)
Here is the two billionth (2,000,000,000) photo uploaded to Flickr.
Orangina spot (French version) is making it’s way around the net lately. This is the longer, sexier version.
Then, from Things Magazine, here’s a Morlant champaign poster somewhat on theme (monther’s milk).
7 Incredible Natural Phenomena. Venezuela’s everlasting storm, Honduras’ rain of fishes, Morocco’s climbing goats, Kerala’s red rain, Brazilan’s longest wave on Earth, Denmark’s black Sun, and Idaho’s fire rainbow.
Why do wet things turn dark? It probably isn’t what you’re thinking…
It’s that time of year…NYC dresses up it’s windows (picture set).
Other6 - Some people find God in Church on Sundays. But that doesn’t answer the question of the other 6 days. Join and share where you find G0d the other days of the week.
Thank you for using the internet.
Caution: speeding down this lane could be fatal. (Dvorak uncensored)
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Previous Web Bytes
Information graphics are starting to go mainstream, if this Australian commercial for an online dating service is any indication.
Dave Hill is a funny guy who gets schooled in the art of actor movement.
Go Around Twice If You’re Happy (MeFi)
Here is the two billionth (2,000,000,000) photo uploaded to Flickr.
Orangina spot (French version) is making it’s way around the net lately. This is the longer, sexier version.
Then, from Things Magazine, here’s a Morlant champaign poster somewhat on theme (monther’s milk).
7 Incredible Natural Phenomena. Venezuela’s everlasting storm, Honduras’ rain of fishes, Morocco’s climbing goats, Kerala’s red rain, Brazilan’s longest wave on Earth, Denmark’s black Sun, and Idaho’s fire rainbow.
Why do wet things turn dark? It probably isn’t what you’re thinking…
It’s that time of year…NYC dresses up it’s windows (picture set).
Other6 - Some people find God in Church on Sundays. But that doesn’t answer the question of the other 6 days. Join and share where you find G0d the other days of the week. The curse of consciousness is an interesting look at us all. (OneManCan)
The Sultan’s Elephant (part 2) is a giant marrionette show put on by the French street theater company Royal de Luxe. It has been performed in several European cities. (Kirchersociety)
Talk Talk has a commercial worth a view
iPhone parody at CollegeHumor
The Wisdom Academy compiles global vital stats
Viral video of the moment: Cadbury Gorilla vs. Wonderbra. (If you missed the original Gorilla video, click here.)
A terrific mime, Johann Lipowitz “That’s My Home.”
Data visualization of airline flight congestion for a single day prepared by Aaron Koblin for the FAA.
New Guiness ad ends with “Good things come to those who wait”
Ponder About has this great BBC vid about Heidegger’s Being And Time.
Burdastyle - open source sewing resource of how-to’s.Stuff you didn’t know is a collection of: Donald Duck’s middle name, the real name of Los Angeles, and almonds are part of what plant family?
Information R/evolution is a good look at the information revolution we’re living in at the moment.
This tape with Johnny Carson and the Myna bird is a classic, and has been making the rounds lately.
1000000 Places on Earth send in a photo from where you live for $2; $1 goes to charity, and $1 enters your photo into a contest for a $1 million prize.
The Where Blog enters into the world of fffound, and does a mashup of urban fffinds.
Test your audio and visual IQ.
Ever try online gambling? If you’re wondering where the best payouts are, try GambLUX.
Seeking Arrangements is a site to find your sugar daddy/baby.
How to bake Vampire Cupcakes that bleed when you bite into them.
Moebius Transformations Revealed (YT).
The American Planning Association announces the 2007 Great Places awards; the 10 greatest streets and 10 greatest neighborhoods in America. Read all about what makes the 20 great places work so well.
Directed by Daisuke Yamamoto
Defining the fine line between catchy commercial jingles and mental paralysis.
LessLawn is a place to go if your place needs less lawn - for tips and tricks, plant suggestions and inspiration.
What’s going on with journalists today?
Dove Evolution Campaign (YT).
Icastic has a large database of time visualizations.
GhostCaps is a ghost a day…now counting over 230.
Quick illustrative look at German vs. Chinese culture.
Trailer for Charlie Wilson’s War (Why does everything with Tom Hanks look so good?)
What is green accounting?
Here’s a simply amazing YT of a man juggling hammers…and wait until you see what he does with them.
Bla Bla Bla, by Gino d’Agostino (MTV Germany) .
Ever wonder what a web site looks like to a person with color blindness? Well, I suppose that depends on which kind of color blindness. Here’s a site that tests colorblindness.
Cracking Art at the Tate; the article, and the video.
Temperament and Personality Quiz (109 Questions).
The periodic table of periodic tables.
Free sound database, everything from dogs barking to factory noises.
Take the random number generator test, and see how you would do as a generator of random-ness.
Handmade Perfection, a la VW Phaeton.
Left Brain? Right Brain? Take the test to find out.
Watch what a clothing designed can do with a dress.
Interactive music video for The Arcade Fire.
Trailer for Jmpr, er, Jumper
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