Top 10 Worst Types of Blog Post (and How to Fix Them)Boing Boing has a great tutorial on better blogging. I'm bookmarking this to use as an example for all our bloggers and interns at Serious Eats.(tags: blogging blogs writing SeriousEats BoingBoing ) RMN ‘Tweets’ the Funeral of 3-year-Old Boy Killed in Ice Cream ShopI've [...]
A friend recently asked for advice on buying a MacBook. Here’s what I told her. What you quoted (2GB) is the default amount of RAM. The MacBook supports up to 4GB. You totally want to max out the RAM in that thing. But if they offer to sell you RAM in the store, don’t buy [...]
Alqaeda is TwitteringThis is pretty funny. Will look forward to getting absurd tweets from time to time. Like this: “Actually, we were hoping to make our new 'central front' somewhere nicer, like the Bahamas or Hawaii.” http://bit.ly/4rIDhW" And this: "McCain is 'aiding and abetting' us? Just so long as he doesn't start asking to be [...]
Jake Dobkin asked on Twitter: Where were you? Because I wanted to elaborate on my 140-word answer, I’ll give a little more. I was on the R train from Bay Ridge, heading in to work at Martha Stewart Living. I was already late—I realized last-minute that I had to iron my pants before leaving. Everything [...]
This is the first of what I’m going to call “Ticket Stubs,” posts about a movie, concert, or what-not that I’ve recently attended. When I was on Vox, I used to call these “At the Movies,” but now that I’m out from behind the closed system of Vox, I think I can no longer infringe [...]
Olbermann says it: The Republicans’ use of 9/11 to stoke their nonsense has been a disgrace. They should be ashamed of themselves, yet they aren’t. Olbermann sums up their despicable manipulation of what was a truly horrible day. Country first, my ass. [MSNBC]
Tamara Shopsin is a pretty strong designer. When I opened the op-ed page of the Times this morning, I could tell that the illustration there was hers before even reading her illo credit. I think it’s the simple linear style and the way her illustration could be read as both a bomb and an on-off [...]
Maxim Captain Midnight Bowling BallPlastic coverstock, available in 15-pound weight. $36.99(tags: bowling bowlingballs sports ) Maxim Neon Orange Bowling Ball at Bowlingball.comPlastic coverstock, available in 15-pound weight. $36.99(tags: bowling bowlingballs sports ) Profile of Joe Ades, the ‘Peeler Guy’ Often Seen in Union SquareBy night, Joe Ades dines with his fourth wife at exclusive restaurants, [...]
Ugh. Seriously. I get this message in my inbox and I’m like WTF!? We’re using Movable Type Enterprise Version 1.53 to run Serious Eats, and since I’ve been using MT for almost five years, I’m familiar with its quirks and what not. But for a multiuser affair like SE, trying to telegraph all its quirks [...]
I started Twittering as username “Slice” back in early 2007. (I try to grab the username “Slice” on whatever new social-networking crap looks like it’s going to be popular.) I started Slice, the blog, in late 2003. It consumed a fair amount of my nonworking life (and, yes, some of my work life, too — [...]