My new favorite thing comes from MeFi Projects, and it’s called “two sentences.” The idea is to follow up one innocuous sentence with another one that’s surprising or delightful in some way.
E.g. “I’m leaving you. I’ll be back tomorrow.” or “She felt the hand move up her back. Surely it was a hand.”
This is in no way okay. It’s a clip from Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen, in which a coach demonstrates a pageant routine for his four-year-old trainee. (Thing-full.)
Which has more substantive political coverage?
Would you believe neither? That’s what a telecommunications professor at Indiana U. found when she analyzed the content of The Daily Show and put it up next to a network newscast. (Card-ial.)
What efforts are currently being made to preserve human knowledge and culture (great literature, scientific theory, et cetera) for far-future generations, or in the event of a worldwide catastrophe?
I never knew about the Rosetta Project, but it sounds fantastic, as does Norway’s doomsday vault.
Speaking of new Google products, know which one I am kinda loving? Google Reader. I think this is the nudge I need to finally abandon Bloglines. (Hi, Snarkmarket readers!!! Remember me??)
This is an awesome idea: a cutting board with an integrated scale, allowing you to measure your ingredients as you slice ’em.
I’ve long wished that the task of measuring was better integrated into the cooking process. I’ve been on the lookout for a set of containers to hold my flour, rice, sugar and other dry goods, with lids that double as measuring cups. Let me know if you see anything.