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Powerful in its simplicity.
About the author
Nerdy dirty hippie, turned midwestern academic, turned quasi hipster, turned aspiring dot-commer. Who like clothes.
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Worst thing for someone who is both impatient and slightly neurotic is knowing the tracking number for something I ordered online. I keep going to this website to check and every time I’m shocked that it isn’t closer.
And now today I see that my (two!) new pairs of shoes are waiting for me in San Pablo. They got there at 3 — in my mind that’s plenty of time to get to Palo Alto.
Why is it that the world doesn’t run on Amazon Prime?
I read a LOT of cookbooks and I can’t recommend Thomas Keller’s new Ad Hoc Cookbook enough.
It’s like French Laundry for the rest of us. (I love French Laundry, have been there 3 times, and did not mind losing $300/meal in the process.)
Weekend Reading (via Schlomo Rabinowitz)
I was skeptical when I got this since every recipe seemed so insanely involved. But once I started digging into it, it all started making sense. So far I’ve tackled:
1. Roast chicken with root vegetables.
2. Curried cauliflower and chick pea salad (this blew my mind)
3. Pickled carrots, which have become my go-to snack.
Thought experiment - James Fallows
redrawing state lines to have 50 states of approx. equal population. fun new state names!
The survey of 371 journalists working for newspapers, magazines, and Web sites found that a large majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources for story research. Among the journalists surveyed, 89 percent said they look to blogs for story research, 65 percent go to social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, while 52 percent check out what’s happening on Twitter and other microblogging sites.
“Most Print and Online Journalist Use Social Media for Story Research” - Poynter Online E-Media Tidbits
brit:
Great to see so many guy friends featured on the Entrepreneurs page in the new Tumblr Directory.
But um… where are the ladies?
Seriously, here are a few recs from my own follow list:
* Olivia Leigh (yes, a *non-internet* entrepreneur!)
Excellent point. So props go out to Weardrobe founder Suzanne Xie, who is featured, though not in this screenshot.
