Saturday May 5, 2007
Ted Saturday
- A field guide to hot peppers including photos and Scoville heat scores.
- The Copenhagen Consensus: what we should (AIDS prevention) and shouldn’t (Kyoto) do. Video: Bjørn Lomborg explains it.
- The dark side of Snopes.
- Note to Self. (via kottke)
- Last week we had proof that vampires don’t exist. Today, proof of the fact that people landed on the moon.
- Michael Pollan writes about food. He’s a joy to read, and not just because his suggestions benefit one who heeds them and the planet. Read this first — it’s a NYTimes article where he sums up his most recent thinking. In fact, don’t just read it — print it out and save the text to your hard drive before it falls behind the NYTimes pay wall — you’ll want this later. Then/or check out his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma — the best thing I’ve read in the last year (here is a book review, also in the NYTimes). If you’re lazy or unsure, at least check out Meg Hourihan’s cliff notes to the article. Here’s dude’s website, where, actually, a lot of this stuff is archived. But one last one: here is Pollan on the US Farm Bill, which, he persuasively argues, subsidizes junk food.
- The Zimmers’ ‘My Generation.’
- Demise of the Tree of Ténéré.
- “To a worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish.” Malcom Gladwell shares. Oh, and you’re only allowed to click this after you’ve watched the video, because it lays out an interesting underbelly to what he’s talking about.
- But fuck it, here’s the link to all the TED videos. Caution: addictive.
- Inside-out Teddy bears. Sick.
- Proposed versions of the British flag. Here’s what actually happened.
- The Garfield randomizer. See also deconstructing comix.
- Take time out of your busy schedule to Feed the Head.
- Update: Holy crap!: three of the guys from the Republican debate the other day don’t believe in evolution.
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Bannana peppers and scotch bells are best, especially with Kenneth Cohen and Artblog.net.
Neatorama.com maybe up your alley
Dervis is the best – even though I may have spelled his name incorrectly.