January 2010
15 posts
Ask MeFi: Make me a film snob →
I’ve recently gotten excited about Film with a capital “F”, what should I watch?
Jan 31st
Jan 26th
Ask MeFi: Help me assemble Dessert Devastator. →
Can you help me find principles for dessert making, so that I can make a dessert without following a recipe?
Jan 20th
Ask MeFi: Help me teach myself Physics via the... →
I’ve decided to nerd out by working through the Feynman Lectures. Help me turn that desire into a workable plan.
Jan 19th
Jan 19th
The Royal Nightmare →
Jan 17th
Disappointment
Fresh ‘n Easy’s store brand yogurt contains HFCS. For shame!!
Jan 17th
First week new job wrap-up
I’m only one week in, so this should be taken with a large grain of salt, but I like my new job so far. The work’s a little monotonous, I guess, but the organization I work for is great. I think the hardest part will be not so much the anticipated monotony, as having to deal with so many people! My old org had a tiny staff. Here, I run into at least 30 co-workers every day in the...
Jan 16th
MeFi: What's wrong with my Internet? →
ICSI Netalyzr is a java applet that performs an impressive collection of tests on your Internet connection, and reports the results back to you (and to the ICSI) in an easily readable format.
Jan 15th
MeFi: (Adobe) Flash Gordon! →
Gordon is an open-source Flash runtime — in JavaScript! Demos here and here. It only supports version 1 so far, but with hardware acceleration for things like <canvas> and SVG gaining…
Jan 14th
MeFi: Who watches what where? →
A peek into Netflix queues. From the New York Times.
Jan 10th
WatchWatch
Conan O’Brien saves the world by presenting us with Puppies Dressed As Cats
Jan 9th
MeFi: The Tonight Show with? →
The Late Shift was a 1996 HBO movie exploring the highly political world of how Jay Leno and secures the Tonight Show hosting job over David Letterman (played by a young John Michael Higgens)…
Jan 8th
Ask MeFi: Distinguishing between early 19th... →
Can you describe to a non-music-theorist fan the differences a close listener might hear in the piano music composed by Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven? I’ve been loving…
Jan 8th
MeFi: Play out 2009, B. B. Bunny... →
We already had video dating… but here’s The Found Footage Festival’s Top Ten VHS Finds of 2009
Jan 2nd