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I started this tumblr mostly because my dad started reading my actual blog, the one I’ve kept...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:58:02 +0800

I started this tumblr mostly because my dad started reading my actual blog, the one I’ve kept for 5 or so years, and I thought I needed a place to vent uncensored thoughts and gossip about boys. But it became what most tumblrs become, that random collection of links and interestingness and funniness.

But I realized today that I don’t do anything with myself except languish on the internet. I don’t read the news, haven’t read a book in a while, have a million unfulfilled promises written on scattered bits of paper on my desk. So I’m going to try to be more productive with my spare time, which unfortunately also means giving up tumblr. I will keep up with my actual blog, though, so feel free to email me at the address above if you’d like the url.

Otherwise, thanks for being interested enough to follow.

unburyingthelead: BLDGBLOG posted a nice write up of a project...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:02:02 +0800

unburyingthelead:

BLDGBLOG posted a nice write up of a project by Studio Lindfors called Aqualta which imagines New York and Tokyo almost entirely covered by water.

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Chef Hong Tsai-chan, chairman of Taiwan’s beef noodle...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:34:31 +0800

Chef Hong Tsai-chan, chairman of Taiwan’s beef noodle association, has made beef noodle soup for more than 20 years. In an interview at one of his shops, he broke down the three essential parts of the dish. “Choosing the meat is very important,” he said.

For his standard “hong shao” (“red-cooked,” or cooked with soy sauce) beef noodle dish, he uses Australian beef for the big chunks, and Taiwan beef for the skinny strips. He stews the big chunks for two hours, and roasts the thin strips in a few seconds.

“The noodles should be thick and very chewy,” he continued. “Now comes the soup. We make soup with natural vegetables and fruits, cabbage, chives, carrots and white radish. Then we add some Chinese medicine — just a little bit, to stew, so that the smell will be good.” (via Chinese Cooking | Chinese Food)

"When Mr Putin came to power, 22 business groups controlled 40% of Russia’s industrial output,..."

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:51:05 +0800

“When Mr Putin came to power, 22 business groups controlled 40% of Russia’s industrial output, according to the World Bank. Mr Putin’s admirers, including some foreign investors, saw the attack on Yukos as an attempt to dilute this concentration. Instead it marked the beginning of a system whereby a cabal of bureaucrats and businessmen friendly to the Kremlin manage important assets for their own benefit and what they deem to be the state’s.”

- The restructuring of Rusal: Saving the oligarchs | The Economist

The Man Behind Russia's Deadly Train Blast - TIME

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:46:25 +0800

The Man Behind Russia's Deadly Train Blast - TIME

iboong: Заяц ПЦ играет в доктора

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:24:22 +0800

iboong:

Заяц ПЦ играет в доктора

Meston: It was also interesting to see how young women today...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:58:57 +0800

Meston: It was also interesting to see how young women today strongly defy the gender stereotypes of even a decade ago: they had sex just for the pleasure of it and if the partner wanted commitment it was often viewed as negative; they were embarrassed of, and wanted to get rid of, their virginity; they wanted to be sexually experienced and add “another notch on their belt”; they had sex because they were competitive with other women—they wanted to win; and they were curious—they had sex just to see what it was like with men of different ages, ethnicities, careers, and penis sizes.

Ask an Academic: Why Women Have Sex: The Book Bench : The New Yorker

chinadoll: Ad-free tube. (via iamdanw)

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:48:54 +0800

chinadoll:

Ad-free tube.

(via iamdanw)

It’s Not You, It’s Your Apartment - New York Times

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:47:00 +0800

It’s Not You, It’s Your Apartment - New York Times:

Recently reminded of this article.

DATING is fraught with disappointments, so you can imagine how delighted a single woman might be to find someone like Albert Podell — particularly after she Googles him and learns how rich he is. Last year, Mr. Podell, a 70-year-old lawyer, gave N.Y.U. Law School $2.9 million. He goes out four nights a week, to the opera, symphony or theater. He is well read. He says he has traveled to 162 countries.

Then comes that magic evening when the woman is ready to go back to his place. “It’s totally unchanged, like it was when I went to law school in 1973, a time warp,” Mr. Podell says of his small one-bedroom in SoHo, a description that seems plausible, given the hot pink living room with the futon seating and the fraying contact paper on the kitchen cabinets.

sarzha: (via chelseanico by way of seagull)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:30:58 +0800

sarzha:

(via chelseanico by way of seagull)

What are the chances of finding Adjaruli khachapuri in Taipei, I...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:52:25 +0800

What are the chances of finding Adjaruli khachapuri in Taipei, I wonder?

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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:52:57 +0800

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The Tajik Solution | Foreign Affairs

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:46:20 +0800

The Tajik Solution | Foreign Affairs:

By lowering its sights and concentrating on order, the international community has helped to stabilize Tajikistan. The same cheap, simple approach could work in Afghanistan, too.

Interesting but difficult to see how this would work in the Afghan context. I can’t imagine the Afghans would allow, say, Iran’s military in to maintain peace like the Russians did in Tajikistan.

Everyone takes that train to St. Petersburg. Sigh.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:30:19 +0800

Everyone takes that train to St. Petersburg. Sigh.

"2012” is so long, and its special effects are at once so outrageous and so thunderously predictable,..."

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:26:00 +0800

““2012” is so long, and its special effects are at once so outrageous and so thunderously predictable, that by the time I lurched from the theatre I felt that three years had actually passed and that the apocalypse was due any second. Emmerich’s main achievement is to take a bunch of excellent actors, including Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson, and to prevent all of them—with the exception of Oliver Platt and a pair of giraffes—from giving a decent performance.”

- Who doesn’t prefer Anthony Lane’s reviews over David Denby’s?

“Broken Embraces” and “2012” review : The New Yorker

Do British people just have filthier apartments than their Western European/American counterparts?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:47:08 +0800

Do British people just have filthier apartments than their Western European/American counterparts?

Sheet Music: Separate Beds Lead to Longer-Lasting Love - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:51:46 +0800

Sheet Music: Separate Beds Lead to Longer-Lasting Love - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International:

He snores, she suffers. But many couples insist on sleeping together because they worry that having separate beds will lead to emotional distance. Still, scientists say, they are ignoring findings that say that being well-rested — rather than cuddling — might be a whole lot more important for a healthy marriage.

Narelle Autio, “Splash” from the series,...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:29:41 +0800

Narelle Autio, “Splash” from the series, Watercolours. (via Two Looks, a blog by Magnum’s Alex Webb and his wife Rebecca Norris Webb)

Monsanto: The parable of the sower | The Economist

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:22:39 +0800

Monsanto: The parable of the sower | The Economist:

The debate over whether Monsanto is a corporate sinner or saint

Monsanto’s usually vilified (like in Food, Inc.), but seems to do some good as well.

China executes two in tainted milk scandal

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:08:45 +0800

China executes two in tainted milk scandal:

The scandal has forced global food companies, even those whose suppliers and products were cleared of contamination, to step up quality control standards. Many foreign food companies say they have taken over quality testing from suppliers, in an attempt to safeguard their brand image.

Having seen the impossibly shabby dairy supply chain in Ukraine up close, I’m hoping that this is the case everywhere in the world.