2arrs, 2ells

"When it comes time for the next major leaguer to say goodbye to the game – Nomar’s former teammate..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:05 -0700

“When it comes time for the next major leaguer to say goodbye to the game – Nomar’s former teammate Pedro Martinez, perhaps? – will he set himself up in a high school gymnasium wearing the caps of all the clubs he’s played on (Dodgers, Expos, Red Sox, Mets and Phillies) and take off each hat, one by one, until the only hat remaining is the team he wishes to retire with?”

- ESPN.com on Nomar retiring in a Red Sox uniform

beeriety: Florida – No bottles larger than 32 ounces. Is...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:02:53 -0700

beeriety:

Florida – No bottles larger than 32 ounces.

Is Florida really a state without 40 hands? No “40 oz to freedom”? This is a grave injustice!

thehiso: Scratch that. Eliot might now be the housing video...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:22:14 -0700

thehiso:

Scratch that. Eliot might now be the housing video champ.

Has Eliot finally made up for “Eliot House Sucks”?

Things to do in London

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Third in a series of non-comprehensive, incredibly subjective trip reports masquerading as “travel guides.”

Recommended Sights

Tate Modern: Awesome modern art museum in a cool building. Walk across the “Millennium Bridge” from central London (across the Thames) to get there!
British Museum: Fantastic history museum with crazy cool artifacts. Be sure to see parts of the Parthenon, the Rosetta Stone, and the Clock + Enlightenment Rooms.
Platform 9 and 3/4: I don’t know if you’re as big of a Harry Potter fanatic as I am, but it’s a cool photo opportunity! It’s at the King’s Cross tube station.
Oxford: I went for a day (like 9 - 6) and had a really good time checking out the different colleges, drinking at famous old pubs, and having high tea at a small hotel near the university.
Spitalfield’s Market: Open air market with clothes, posters, random hipster stuff, good food.

Bars I recommend

Barts: A super cool speakeasy, located in Chelsea in this random hotel called Chelsea Cloisters. You have to make a reservation, go through a “secret entrance,” and then you’re in this tiny bar with classic cocktails (added bonus - my friends have seen Hugh Grant here!).
Princess Louise + White Hart: Both are great places to drink near the British Museum (Holborn tube stop). Princess Louise is a classic pub, classy wood decor + atmosphere. The White Hart is also old/historic but more of a bar with good music + a bit of a dance floor.

Food

Obika: Amazing mozzarella!
High tea: Find a classy place to get high tea (tea + finger sandwhiches + scones). We had it in Oxford, so I can’t recommend places in London, but I thought it was really hilarious + delicious.
Indian Restaurants on “Brick Lane” (“Curry Row”): This street has like 5 billion Indian restaurants, and there are guys who stand by the doors and try to get you to come in. You can ask them for discounts if you want - we ended up getting a free round of drinks and 20% off of our check, with minimal hassle.
Fast casual: There are a lot of nifty “fast casual” places (kind of like Chipotle) that we don’t have in the US. I ate at Nando’s (chicken place w/ lots of sauces) and Pret (kind of like Au Bon Pain) and they were both pretty good. You can get a meal for like 5-7 pounds, which is less than $10, so not too pricey. In a city not noted for its cuisine, I didn’t feel too bad eating at a chain.

thehiso: Will Marra, I’m almost speechless. I knew there was...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:25:48 -0700

thehiso:

Will Marra, I’m almost speechless. I knew there was tension, but this is something new and entirely unexpected. Your conservative politics belie your true feelings. Let’s grab a beer at Shay’s soon?

First, Pretzelgate, now Pokegate 2010?

NPR Free SXSW Sampler

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:09:57 -0700

NPR Free SXSW Sampler:

Featuring Spoon, Freelance Whales, Local Natives, Smith Westerns, & more.

Pavement - Ann Don’t Cry (inspiration via NPR’s...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:07:01 -0700

Pavement - Ann Don’t Cry

(inspiration via NPR’s favorite Pavement songs)

knickknack: Mini-golf, anyone? (via simonswork)

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:38:05 -0700

knickknack:

Mini-golf, anyone?

(via simonswork)

leoncrawl: I had already heard “Dear Sergio” and “Sick and...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:22:34 -0700

leoncrawl:

I had already heard “Dear Sergio” and “Sick and Sad” on Everything Off Beat radio when someone handed me this sampler tape at Ska Against Racism in May 1998. My dad took me and three others for my birthday; he made us leave during LTJ’s set because it was getting too late.

The back of the tape says: “Ska? Punk? Swing? Whatever.”

It wasn’t swing.

“Keasbey Nights” is one of a handful of songs that I loved in middle school & still love now.

flandrea: juliasegal: Choose Your Own Adventure is not as fun...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:32:08 -0700

flandrea:

juliasegal:

Choose Your Own Adventure is not as fun as I remember…

Awww…

via lepage!

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:31:13 -0700

via lepage!

feltron: From a recent Qantas flight… so comforting.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:05:01 -0700

feltron:

From a recent Qantas flight… so comforting.

"A good session beer is a string quartet playing quietly, rather than The Messiah."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:36 -0700

“A good session beer is a string quartet playing quietly, rather than The Messiah.”

- The Mystery of Sessionability

flandrea: ilovecharts: thedeepz: robot-heart-politics: abcso...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:03:58 -0700

flandrea:

ilovecharts:

thedeepz:

robot-heart-politics:

abcsoupdot:joyshapes:

Why Americans don’t need the government telling them what to eat. This graph shows the US federal subsidies for food production over a decade ending in 2005. As we can see, there is a HUGE contrast between what the US federal government recommends and what they subsidise. According to the Federal Nutrition Recommendations, meat and dairy should comprise approximately 25% of our intake. So why do these industries receive a full 75% of subsidies? In stark contrast, we see that fruit and veg only get 0.37% of subsidies!

The lower the subsidies, the higher the pricing as it costs more for the industry to produce. So is it any wonder the US have an obesity problem? The solution is not to tax junk food, it is to ELIMINATE SUBSIDIES and accordingly eliminate price controls. Incentives do a lot more good than penalties.

image seen in Good Medicine

I always wondered that. More recent and specific data would be good, though.

http://www.hipsterwifehunting.com

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:13:00 -0700

http://www.hipsterwifehunting.com:

(via shockandjia)

Words escape me.

"Hookers die all the time; it comes with their line of work. The important thing is to stay calm and..."

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:12:28 -0700

“Hookers die all the time; it comes with their line of work. The important thing is to stay calm and make sure that you clean everything up.”

- Emails from an asshole

The British Museum - Clock Room Felt a bit like I was in the...

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:59:45 -0700

The British Museum - Clock Room

Felt a bit like I was in the Department of Mysteries…

Lagrangian Points

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:41:32 -0700

Lagrangian Points:

thehiso:

I’m a sucker for really cool astronomy concepts. I was wondering how a satellite could capture constant images of the sun at one angle without its orbit interfering—BOOM, Lagrangian points.

Even more rad than geosynchronous orbit!

lenachen: One of my friends’ Twitter accounts has been infected...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:06:56 -0700

lenachen:

One of my friends’ Twitter accounts has been infected with the most unfortunate spambot.

thehiso has been compromised!!

The Dangers of Computer-Generated Language (as seen on...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:59:44 -0700

The Dangers of Computer-Generated Language

(as seen on amazon.com… makes me miss my cs51 pirate speak babbler)