2020
Some Staples stores in Boston are getting podcast studios
Great idea and/or sign of the impending apocalypse.
Making coffee with Aeropress, according to inventor Alan Adler
Aeropress inventor Alan Adler demonstrates making three cups of coffee at once: YouTube
I tried something like this technique this morning. I have three cups of coffee a day and I make it all at once in the morning. Previously I’d done it in two pressings, but this technique works for a single pressing.
The taste was a little strong and one-dimensional; I need to work on that. I used an espresso grind, the finest our grinder would do. Maybe a coarser grind?
Adler’s single-serving method: YouTube
And tips from Adler: YouTube
I got a couple of ideas from this, including: Press down just by resting the weight of your arm on the plunger, to keep from applying too much force. Also, a nifty way to control the temperature of hot water when you don’t have a regulated kettle.
One-day Friends-themed pop-up brunch restaurant is coming to San Diego.
No one told me brunch was going to be this way.
“Then during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you.”
There is no Dana. Only Zuul. Via
Ramesses: The First Arab Car Via
If I had a dime for every time I went to the grocery store and forgot to bring reusable grocery bags, I would have a big pile of dimes. Instead I have spent a lot of dimes, and we have a big pile of reusable grocery bags at home
After a drunken slip of the tongue, Steve Marsh and his siblings discover a secret their mother has been keeping for almost 40 years. Now, Steve wants to help his mom resolve the matter. The Marshes - Heavyweight
A new "I, Claudius" podcast
John Hodgman, Elliott Kalan and Jordan Kauwling have launched a podcast about “I, Claudius”. Special guests will include Mike Duncan, host and author of the excellent History of Rome podcast, as well as one of the stars of “I, Claudius,” a young guy with a full head of hair named Patrick Stewart.
Whatever became of Stewart? Did he ever do anything else after “I, Claudius?”
The name of the podcast is “I, Podivs." Fun so far!
This silly little $6.50 plastic gadget makes walking the dog more comfortable
It’s called the Urban Pets Hands Free Dog Poop Bag Holder Waste Knot. It’s a clip that you attach to the handle of the leash, with hooks from which you can hang a full dog-poop bag, after you’ve picked up after the dog. So now you don’t have to carry the full bag in your hand when walking. Easily holds two bags – will probably hold three if the dog is being extra-productive that day, although I haven’t tried.
This is, like, the best $6.50 thing I’ve ever bought.
It’s the little things, amirite?
