Archive for May, 2006



Doggie bags in Europe

“No one has doggie bags, so don’t even ask. (Although a friend of mine showed some cleavage and got one. Once.)” There. David said it. As an American living in Paris, he’s warning fellow-Americans about restaurant ettiquette in Paris. Believe me, it’s like that all over Europe, live with it!

Tomato Rucola-Pesto Tartlets

For quite a while now, I’ve been known by friends and relatives to be kind of a foodie. I like talking about food, I like preparing dinner for friends, for myself. It relaxes me. I get great joy of seeing people enjoy (my) food. Anyway, I must admit that, for some months now, I have [...]

Fed Ex Orchestra

Check out this radar-video of Fed Ex planes landing at Memphis airport around a thunderstorm. [via Binary Bonsai]

Four days of work a week

Take fridays off. Right, sounds great, but is it possible? Maybe I should try to take off Sundays first, moving from a 7-day week to a 6-day week. Then we’ll see how much more we can shave off.

Be God.

I’ve been blown away by Maxis Games upcoming incredible new game, Spore. Evolve your own world starting from designing your own cellular life to earning your way up the food chain, onto conquering other cities, upto earning your interstellar drive and making first concact with other species. Here’s a video showing the entire process by one of the main developers of the game. I especially like the genesis tool around minute 27 of the video. [via totalspore]