Taste Trip

The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds - NYTimes.com

Click the link scroll down and start the video. You eat a berry, then everything else tastes different. Sounds intriguing, epically to a foodie.

They just keep making it easier

I posted yesterday's authors@Google post via the "post to blog" feature under the share tab on YouTube. Of course, I had to navigate away from the video I was watching to set it up which was a annoying, but once set up: Click Share, More options, there's your blog. Type your take, and post it. There you go. Seamless integration.

It has become so easy to share, go to www.nytimes.com and every story has that little share button. Post it to facebook, or maybe you want to digg it. Where ever you do, it's just a click away.

Authors@Google: Michael Pollan, on Food

I make no secret of my enjoyment of Michael Pollan's ideas on food. I seem to be talking about his book The Omnivore's Dilemma on at least a weekly basis. As such, I enjoyed listening to his talk as part of the Authors@Google series (which I hadn't herd of and am now youTube subscribed to it).

He talks about simple things you can to do make sure you're eating food and not processed food like stuff. It's worth the listen if you have an hour. One of the best take aways was from a question asked at the end (around 52 min). What do I do when I'm at a friends and am offered "bad" food when I want to eat healthy? Eat it, he says. And goes on to comment that a great "rule" is to eat bad food, or as might be termed banquet food, so long as you prepare it. He uses french fries as an example, chocolate candy is another great one.

Where's my organic farm delivery service?

Social Networks' Sway May Be Underestimated

Social Networks' Sway May Be Underestimated - washingtonpost.com

Great example of the strength of social networking. My guess is that in 5 years nearly everyone who uses email today will be involved in some type of social networking, web 2.0 type activity. Employers will demand it. It's influence is tremendous and you have to participate to understand.

Clean the Space Needle

Spit and polish for a Seattle icon KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington Local & Regional

Great photos of the Space Needle getting a wash. Thanks MM!

Scheduled Posts

Google Reader has added post scheduling features, a while ago actually. You just date your post in the future and it posts when the proverbial alarm goes off. I'm a fan. I would ideal like to post once a day though as anyone who blogs knows, that's a lofty goal. More often than not, I get in the mood, or it happens to be a day of stumbling over interesting interwebs and I generate three or four. Most isn't timely, nor to I feel need to be timely, so scheduling creates the desired rhythm.

Perhaps that deviates from my blogs goal of being a way for me to note what I'm reading over time and an exercise in writing daily. None the same, I'll use it.... In fact, right now, it is Friday May, 16 2008 at 9:32 AM.

Karma

desire is the key, it reframes reality - A blog

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours."

Buddhist saying

The Army Struggles

Army strained to near its breaking point (4/6/07) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com

Kind of an abstract link but I think the tone of the article is just simply factual. Very Stimulus - Army going hard for 5 years or so / Response - Army is hurting.

I'll always maintain that the U.S. Army will be fine, it's been at it for more than 200 years, but that doesn't mean there aren't hard times ahead. Broken families and broken veterans will happen.

Touchwall

Touchwall: Microsoft’s Inexpensive Wall-Based Multi-Touch Interface

Forget Surface, how about a touch wall. As TechCruch aptly dub's it, it's the minority report interface. The link above has a video that shows interaction with the TocuhWall Microsoft demo'ed this week. The applications are many, right away I imagine doctors zooming though complex patient records including x-rays and, as later mentioned in the video, architects or other "blueprint" users sorting though huge, complex diagrams.

E-Mail Mistakes

Whats the Worst E-Mail Mistake You Ever Made? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Dubner of Freakonomics covers email mistakes. I think we've all at least come close to this. I think a solid rule of thumb for email is don't write anything that you wouldn't want anyone else to read. It's almost like posting things to the web. So easy to make that easy address mistake, or worse, that quick forward.

Trends in Dining

http://events.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/dining/reviews/07rest.html

I think what David Chang is doing at Momofuku Ko is exactly where dining is heading. Sure there will always been the ultra luxurious décor but I think you're seeing more and more "neighborhood" hot spots go simple with amazing food. And then, how does one incorporate technology into all aspects, just as the 10am click, six days in advance is required to hope for a seat at Ko. It's simply what's coming to a city near you.

Changing Enemies

Wa Po Article

The flavor changes over time. Several great points in this article.
First, the enemy in Iraq is changing. Al Qaeda is retreating to greener
pastures in Pakistan (and likely Africa). Drug lords remain and have to
protect their crop. So often that is overlooked. The number one export
from Afghanistan is opium. Think about that. I would be frustrated if
I was Columbia, like hey, we were doing that, how come we had to change
and they don't. Isn't it interesting how the goings on of the Middle
East differs so much from American involvement in South America.

Friedman is Back

Dumb as We Wanna Be - New York Times

And back with a roar. Geesh, terrible energy incentives being driven, or not driven by Congress. Same goes for Ag subsidies. I think energy policy is a place where the answers aren't that hard, sadly, the lobbyists make it that way.

Quote: On the Individual

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
- Christopher Morley