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Entries from December 2009

The Food Lab: The Importance of Resting Meat | Serious Eats

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Source: www.seriouseats.com
    Ever wonder why the steaks you cook at home don’t taste as good as those in restaurants? If so, you’re most likely not resting the meat after it’s cooked for the right amount of time. Improve your steak cooking game by checking out this article and start resting those steaks!

http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/12/how-to-have-juicy-meats-steaks-the-food-lab-the-importance-of-resting-grilling.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seriouseatsfeaturesvideos+(Serious+Eats)&utm_content=Google+Reader    

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The Food Lab: The Importance of Resting Meat | Serious Eats

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

The Food Lab: The Importance of Resting Meat | Serious EatsSource: www.seriouseats.comIt’s time for another round of The Food Lab. Got a suggestion for an upcoming topic? Email Kenji here, and he’ll do his best to answer your queries in a future post. …

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The Food Lab: The Importance of Resting Meat | Serious Eats

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

The Food Lab: The Importance of Resting Meat | Serious EatsSource: www.seriouseats.comIt’s time for another round of The Food Lab. Got a suggestion for an upcoming topic? Email Kenji here, and he’ll do his best to answer your queries in a future post. …

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Envisioning Development: What is Affordable Housing?

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Source: envisioningdevelopment.net
    A VERY cool visual map of incomes and costs of living in NYC ‘hoods. Find out how your area stacks up in terms of cost to live there and what the average income in your area is compared with NYC as a whole.

http://envisioningdevelopment.net/map    

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Envisioning Development: What is Affordable Housing?

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Envisioning Development: What is Affordable Housing?Source: envisioningdevelopment.net

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Envisioning Development: What is Affordable Housing?

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Envisioning Development: What is Affordable Housing?Source: envisioningdevelopment.net    A VERY cool visual map of incomes and costs of living in NYC ‘hoods. Find out how your area stacks up in terms of cost to live there and what the average inc…

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2009 – Né dans la rue : Oliver Kosta-Théfaine

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Source: www.olivierkostathef…
    This guy makes art using a bic lighter. I wonder if he burns his fingers a lot.

http://www.olivierkostathefaine.com/index.php?%2F2008%2F2009—ne-dans-la-rue%2F    

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2009 – Né dans la rue : Oliver Kosta-Théfaine

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

2009 – Né dans la rue : Oliver Kosta-ThéfaineSource: www.olivierkostathef…SymphonieFlame of the lighter on ceilling—Né dans la rue – GraffitiFondation Cartier pour l’art contemporainParis – France2009

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Learn the five secrets of innovation – CNN.com

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Source: edition.cnn.com
    Want to learn how to innovate and think outside the box like Steve Jobs? Research says that you need to be curious, constantly challenge your assumptions and practice.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/26/innovation.tips/index.html    

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Learn the five secrets of innovation – CNN.com

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Learn the five secrets of innovation – CNN.comSource: edition.cnn.comComing up with brilliant, game-changing ideas is what makes the likes of Apple’s Steve Jobs so successful, and now researchers say they have identified the five secrets to being a gre…

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Learn the five secrets of innovation – CNN.com

December 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Learn the five secrets of innovation – CNN.comSource: edition.cnn.comComing up with brilliant, game-changing ideas is what makes the likes of Apple’s Steve Jobs so successful, and now researchers say they have identified the five secrets to being a gre…

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Installing Ruby

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Ruby and Ruby on Rails is all the rage these days. As a dev environment, it’s one of the most simple I’ve ever worked with. Ruby – Install latest Ruby one-click installer for Windows from http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/ Include Ruby Gems. Up to you on installing the editor. Once you’ve installed Ruby, type this at the command [...]

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Vote With Your Dollars | Company Political Contributions from GoodGuide

December 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off

Source: www.goodguide.com
    Interesting graphic showing political contributions by company and where they fall on the political spectrum.    

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Vote With Your Dollars | Company Political Contributions from GoodGuide

December 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off

Vote With Your Dollars | Company Political Contributions from GoodGuideSource: www.goodguide.comWhich companies give more money to Democrats or Republicans? Use the GoodGuide Political Contributions Explorer and vote with your dollars

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Vote With Your Dollars | Company Political Contributions from GoodGuide

December 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off

Vote With Your Dollars | Company Political Contributions from GoodGuideSource: www.goodguide.comWhich companies give more money to Democrats or Republicans? Use the GoodGuide Political Contributions Explorer and vote with your dollars    Interestin…

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Ruminations on In-N-Out Burger | A Hamburger Today

December 1st, 2009 · Comments Off

Source: aht.seriouseats.com
    A rumination on In-and-Out. Makes my mouth water just reading it. I wonder if Jet Blue has any deals to LA ….Gregg! I’m coming to visit, but only long enough to pick up a burger!

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Ruminations on In-N-Out Burger | A Hamburger Today

December 1st, 2009 · Comments Off

Ruminations on In-N-Out Burger | A Hamburger TodaySource: aht.seriouseats.comNote: Although people may call In-N-Out Burger overrated, it gets plenty of love: from regular consumers, famous chefs, famous actors, a book about its history, and imitators?…

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Ruminations on In-N-Out Burger | A Hamburger Today

December 1st, 2009 · Comments Off

Ruminations on In-N-Out Burger | A Hamburger TodaySource: aht.seriouseats.comNote: Although people may call In-N-Out Burger overrated, it gets plenty of love: from regular consumers, famous chefs, famous actors, a book about its history, and imitators?…

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