Category Archives: Link

tzatziki tuesday

Tuesday 9/1 is Free Gyros Day
Bless those fine folks at Kronos.

flat, bread

Scanwiches
This is the rare sort of thing that makes me jealous of New Yorkers. (Thanks, Joel.)

au jus

The Straight Dope on Italian beef sandwiches

Into Infinity

Into Infinity
Each refresh pairs a circular piece of visual art with an 8-second audio loop from the likes of dntel, Meanest Man Contest, and Odd Nosdam.

Biophony

Clive Thompson on How Man-Made Noise May Be Altering Earth’s Ecology
“For example, the population of spadefoot toads in the Yosemite region of the Sierras is declining rapidly, and Krause thinks it’s because of low-flying military training missions in the area. The toad calls lose their synchronicity, and coyotes and owls home in on individual frogs [...]

Give More Get More

Buy MP3s, support touring bands
“Every time you buy an MP3 album from Insound (not EPs or singles), Insound will donate $.25 of our take to a touring band.”

Best sandwiches in America?

Al’s, Borinquen sandwiches land on coveted Esquire top sandwiches list
Now I must try this jibarito from Borinquen.

When Audiences Get In on the Act
“If we are too conscious of our own presence in the presence of art, it can be a distraction to engagement. Think of how hard it is to connect with a beloved painting if you come upon it after too many hours in the museum, your feet sore and [...]

Going green

Every reason David Banner turned into the Hulk on TV
24. Being tied up and fed soup by an elderly Japanese woman who doesn’t
understand words like “You’ve GOT to cut me loose!”

William Gibson interview

Rolling Stone interview with William Gibson
“People worry about the loss of individual privacy, but that comes with a new kind of unavoidable transparency. Eventually we’re going to know everything that every twenty-first-century politician has ever done. It will be very hard for politicians and governments to keep secrets. The whole thing is porous. We just [...]