Ed calls it “Serious Eats World Headquarters,” but I just prefer “the office,” which I think gives the whole operation more legitimacy. Not that it’s not legit, just that people already think blogging is not real work. [Serious Eats World Headquarters, on Flickr] Continue reading Serious Eats ‘World Headquarters’
Spotted this during NBC’s Beijing Olympics coverage on Sunday night. The extra m is for Michael Phelps, I suppose. Continue reading NBC Beijing Olympics screen graphic typo
Looks like the dudes from Go Pictures have made a mashup using Britpop band Alphabeat’s “Fascination.” Clever. [YouTube] Here’s the unadulterated Alphabeat version: [YouTube] Continue reading Go Pictures’ Alphabeat–Randy Senna mashup
[Google Video] Ah ha! All Summer in a Day. The last time I saw this was in 1983 or ’84, when I was about 10. I remember watching it at the house of a friend who had cable, and I think it was on Nickelodeon, before that channel became all-cartoon. At various times since the … Continue reading ‘All Summer in a Day’
I usually don’t eat sweet stuff for breakfast. But whenever we go to Wildwood, New Jersey, we start the day at Britton’s Gourmet Bakery, where I get their “world famous apple fritter.” It’s world famous, I suppose, because Ronald Reagan ordered a batch of them on someone’s recommendation and then wrote a letter to Britton’s … Continue reading Apple fritters from Britton’s Gourmet Bakery