How-To
Bacon and Cheese Pizza Burger
I just threw up a little bit in my mouth right now…ask me why.
It turns out that the internet contains many treasures, and a few disasters: Goatse, two girls one cup, and the bacon cheese pizza burger.
I found the following horror while looking at some pixelicious Space Invader cookies. (I know I spend too [...]
Recipe – How to Make Tortillas
I have been living here in Central Europe for over a year now, and after a broad search, I can say with confidence that Mexican Food is an undiscovered commodity. When considering the handful of restaurants that offer anything with a tortilla, consider this: two of them also serve pizza, and the third charges ten [...]
Ira Glass on Creative Work
This American Life is my favorite podcast, and these days one of the few pieces of radio or television media that I consume. The others are 60 Minutes, The McLaughlin Group, and Radio Lab. I generally save podcasts until I have a long train trip and then listen to several episodes consecutively. Typically because of [...]
Hang Drum Redux: Hank Drum
This is an update to my earlier post about the amazing hang drum. Apparently the widespread interest in the innovative musical instrument coupled with the lack of availability has driven a resourceful instrument maker to fashion an alternate version of the hang drum from a common propane tank.
DIY instrument pioneer Dennis Havlena has published [...]
Mac OSX: Why You Need ImageWell
I frequently edit images for the web and presentations. Often I am using a screen grab or modifying a photo from a website and I need to make some quick adjustments. Using Photoshop to make simple changes such as cropping, resizing, saving for web, or adding shadows and rounded edges is very time consuming and [...]
