Wow, does August 17 ever whip back around really fast.
What can I say? A year ago I was complaining about how freaking how and sticky it was. This year, I’m just complaining about freaking hot …

Remember Modernist Cuisine? For those of you in need of a couple of rounds of bridge to work that short-term memory, I bla-blah’d about it way back in June (here). You can read Martin Lersch’s …

Yeah! Nathan Myhrvold has finally published his long-promised tome on modern cooking techniques.
Modernist Cuisine – The Art and Science of Cooking has popped up for pre-order with a SRP of USD$625. WTF? $625? that’s iPad country. However, …

But… I need it.

glass and stainless-steel case
960×640, 326 dpi ”Retina Display”
A4 SoC processor, 32 GB storage
front-facing camera with videochat
5 MPxl rear camera with LED flash, improved low-light capabilities and 720p/30fps video capture
quad-band HSDPA and 802.11n
gyroscope for …

Well I certainly feel old right now.
The Empire Strikes Back was released on this day 30 years ago, and I was one of those in line for the opening day screening.