I’ve been looking for a way to bring out the essential flavors of beer in a dish, without just adding a lot of beer. These ribs were our first attempt to use the core ingredients that create a deep, brown body and sharp, floral aroma, and make something that really evokes the taste of a great beer.
Last night, an essay by “a research scientist at MIT” made the rounds on FB / Twitter, explaining “Why I Am Not Worried About Japan’s Nuclear Reactors”. After another explosion at the Fukushima No. 2 power plant tonight, though, I went back…and found a good reminder of why we need to be _especially_ careful when we get information through our friends.
Michel Foucault studied “history” as a collective _story_ — and suggests some useful ways to look at the profound effects technology is having on our culture.
When you click a “Like” button, you get to make a statement about yourself and your tastes…but what else is going on? Theories of cognitive development help to explain just how deeply that simple gesture can affect the way we think about the world.
“Websites” don’t exist, and they never did. Like it or not, Facebook is just pulling the wool from your eyes — and in the process, they’re exposing deep philosophical issues from Buddhism to 20th-century philosophy of science — and help us predict the future.
Wait…what?!