February 2010
8 posts
The Rules of the Game: A Fuller Thought on J.... →
Good post on Vampire Weekend and discussions of race in contemporary music criticism.
January 2010
14 posts
The Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger: A union of... →
I Blog New York: Your Guide to Gotham's Best →
“18 obsessive, cantankerous, and unstoppable Gotham blogs worth going ape over.”
Restaurant Week @ Telepan
Three-course Restaurant Week dinner at Telepan was fantastic. Small portions with careful attention to flavors and especially textures; and really fantastic wine pairings. Egg in a Hole used beautifully-textured bread (crisp but uniformly pliant) and mushrooms (hen of the woods, crisp just on the folded ends). Duck & foie gras ravioli quite delicate—maybe too much so; I enjoyed the beef...
“In search of a less bleak playground, the toddler pedaled faster.”
– Unhappy Hipsters
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Google Chrome extension: Tell-Tale Tab →
I love this Google Chrome extension (get the OS X build with extension support). It puts an unread item count in the favicon for supported sites (Gmail, Google Reader, Facebook, etc.); they’re unobtrusive, and work well with pinned tabs.
The latest version seems to not be working, but through the magic of GitHub, I put up the source of a previous version, and added Google Voice support. ...
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The "Leaky Pipeline" of Science →
This article and associated report examine why researchers leave the science “pipeline,” with a particular focus on why more women leave than men.
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Science—like a lot of things—depends on vision. What’s your vision?
How the Senate bill would contain the cost of... →