Tag Archives: internet
Posted on 05-Apr-2008
Last year I had eagerly anticipated the arrival of the Encyclopedia of Life (EoL). Entries on individual species became viewable on 28 February, a few months earlier than the projected mid-2008 deadline. Coolness!
Currently they have twenty-four exemplar species pages, tens of thousands of authenticated (but not detailed) species pages, and ...
Posted on 04-Oct-2007
A couple of friends have posted responses to LibraryThing's top unread books lists. Aha! I thought, a good way to write about books I have (or, er, haven't) read.
This is a popular blogging meme, yet none of the blogs (mostly on LiveJournal) include a link to the actual list —perhaps ...
Posted on 10-May-2007
The Encyclopedia of Life project was announced (1). Wow, this sounds very exciting!
Timewarp...
When I was a little kid, I used to have a subscription to Safari Animal Wildlife Cards —a mail order service suspiciously similar to those recipe card subscriptions from the 1970s. Nice, easy to read, tabular descriptions, color-coded ...
Posted on 24-Jan-2007
Today I tried out the Gâteau Piège recipe from Chocolate & Zucchini. The result was delicious: a tender, orange flavored cake which reminded me of a slightly crumbly pound cake. Baking it also made the house pleasantly sweet-smelling. Thanks, Clotilde!
Modifications: I used only 1/3 cup of orange juice, which came ...
Posted on 10-Oct-2006
Photos from Carsten Höller's slide installation at the Tate Modern. Wish I could play on that!
Posted on 03-May-2006
Which is to say, Dandelion cologne. The Demeter Frangrance Library has a multitude of scents you'd never think of. Like Paperback and Poison Ivy. For educational purposes, I'm sure.
[via BoingBoing]
