Cameron Moll's series on The Highly Extensible CSS Interface. I kinda love this sort of stuff.
New York Observer's first magazine issue. All us mag geeks will be dissecting this today.
Kedrosky checks the situation:
I talked to six southern California Apple stores, and here is the gist:
* No iPhones at any of these six stores
* Most ran out Friday/Saturday
* They don't know when they will get more, so "just keep calling"
* It hasn't happened beforeThis is tough one to figure. Strikes me that one of three things is going on:
1. Apple has a component issue and is doing a quiet recall
2. Apple has a supply issue with a major sole-source supplier
3. Apple is set to do a surprise launch of a 3G phone
This is, in fact, super odd for Apple, which might have trouble keeping up with demand at the start of a product cycle, but almost never has issues with established gear. When you see this sort of shortage on Apple laptops, for instance, it's almost always because they're about to announce new models.
As much as I'd like the 3G phone to be the reason for the shortage, I don't think we'll see that before the fall. My guess: problem with a supplier.
"To be the man, you have to beat the man!" So long, Ric.
Basic Fountain Pen Restoration: Tips on fixing up junker pens.
Science News takes on molecular gastronomy. Not much of a read, but some OK science here.
Q&A with Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenthal on gourmet.com. I've linked to the print version, so you don't have to click through five pages. Blumenthal's book is coming out at the same time as the Alinea book.
Available on Amazon as of today: the Alinea cookbook. If you haven't heard of Alinea, it's the Chicago restaurant that Gourmet magazine named the best in America:
Meanwhile, someone new has entered the arena. His name is Grant Achatz, and he is redefining the American restaurant once again for an entirely new generation. And that - more than his gorgeous, inventive, and delicious food - is what makes Alinea the got-to-go-to restaurant in the country right now.
I can't even express how proud and excited I am to be involved in this project. When I first ate at Alinea for a story I was writing for Wired, I knew that I had stumbled into a completely new world. Chef Grant Achatz and his team blew me away, not only with the astonishing creativity and taste of their food, but also with their dedication and commitment to the restaurant, and to one another.
I stayed in contact with Grant and his partner Nick Kokonas over the next couple of years, as Grant was diagnosed with cancer, and then beat it back. When they asked me to contribute to their cookbook, I said yes in a heartbeat.
It's going to be an amazing project. I'm writing about the science behind some of Alinea's dishes. Meanwhile, maybe the two best food writers in America, Jeffery Steingarten and Michael Ruhlman, are also writing about Alinea. Michael Nagrant of hungrymag.com is also bringing behind-the-scenes looks at this amazing place.
The book will be out in October, and you can preorder it either at Amazon, or better yet at Alinea's site, where you will get a limited edition of the book and also access to Alinea Mosaic, where there will be videos from the kitchen at Alinea, extra recipes, and tons of images.
Hey there, everyone -- whoever you may be. Welcome to my latest attempt to launch a blog that I can actually keep up with. I've switched from Movable Type to Wordpress. My attempt to install MT 4 was completely maddening, and I finally threw up my hands and switched. Wordpress has its little oddities, but so far so good.
I'm also trying to mix both Tumblr-syle quick hit posts with longer looks at more in-depth topics. It's not unique; Kottke has been doing it for years, but I think it should allow a little more flexibility, and relieve the angst that can be brought on by that empty text field in the browser window.
So, howdy. Let's see how this goes.
A classic: "He was giving him the business."
Kottke has a good post today outlining some of the notable magazine and newspaper archives that are available online:
In past few years, several prominent US magazines and newspapers have begun to offer their extensive archives online and on DVD. In some cases, this includes material dating back to the 1850s. Collectively it is an incredible record of recent human history, the ideas, people, and events that have shaped our country and world as recorded by writers, photographers, editors, illustrators, advertisers, and designers who lived through those times.
He highlights Harpers, The New York Times, Time, Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post, among others. Some of them are full archives, and free, which is pretty damn cool.
For instance, Sports Illustrated just opened up the SI Vault, with full-text of every issue. I worked at SI from 1994-1999, and you can now see everything I wrote for them.
I'll throw in one more good archive: Wired, where you can read full text of every issue of the mag.
Pat Jordan on trying to write about Jose Canseco. What's astonishing about this piece, beyond the kicker, is that a writer of Jordan's stature is publishing it on a blog....Well done, Deadspin.
On the list of things I used to do that would be fun to do again: play tournament bridge.
25 ways to simplify your life with kids. Some really good advice here.
One thing you don't see in most coverage of long cycling races? The moment where the riders all stop to take a leak.
I've been wanting to try the new version of Firefox, but worried about it overwriting my current, heavily-modded setup. But here's a way to try Firefox 3 and keep Firefox 2 Safe on a Mac.
The area covered by Aldrin and Armstrong on the first moon landing? Less than a soccer field.
