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Hong-Kong Keller

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Steven, FTW!

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Funny Facebook Status Messages and Posts - Failbooking

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[extracted from Steven, FTW! via feedly]

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Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Hawksmoor Burger. Gonna be in London in a bit, need to go there. via Hawk...

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The Hawksmoor Burger. Gonna be in London in a bit, need to go there. via Hawksmoor – The Burger « eat like a girl

Photo of the Day: Slowburger from Slow Bar in Portland

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:50:10 GMT

A Hamburger Today

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What can I say? This would more than make my day.

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[Flickr: pouryourheartintoit]

Since Slow Bar got the most recommendations in our Dear AHT post about where to find the best burger in Portland, I looked up a photo of their signature Slowburger to see what it was all about.

A stylized photo appeared on the cover of Portland Monthly in June ...

Photo of the Day: Bacon Cheese Turtleburgers

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:22:43 GMT

A Hamburger Today

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"Just when I thought I've seen it all" describes this really quite well. Of course, I want this! NOW!

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[Photograph: klg2a]

Just when I thought I've seen it all, in come these Bacon Cheese Turtleburgers: ground beef patties topped with sharp cheddar cheese and wrapped in woven bacon, impaled with hot dogs for the heads, legs, and tails...

Top 5 artists this week

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Testing Burger Boundaries at Wood Spoon in LA

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:10:24 GMT

A Hamburger Today

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I want Yam fries too.

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[Photograph: Damon Gambuto]

Wood Spoon

107 E. 9th St, Los Angeles CA 90014 (map); 213-629-1765; woodspoonla.blogspot.com
Cooking Method: Griddled
Short Order: I say, beef is best for burgers. This pork version is another piece of evidence in my case.
Want Fries with That? Yes. I found myself filling up on the salty sweet...

Top 5 artists this week

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Naomi Klein on how corporate branding has taken over America

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:39:35 GMT

Global: Naomi Klein | guardian.co.uk

Ten years after the publication of No Logo, Naomi Klein switches her attention from the mall to Barack Obama and discovers that corporate culture has taken over the US government

In May 2009, Absolut Vodka launched a limited edition line called "Absolut No Label". The company's global public relations manager, Kristina Hagbard, explained that "For the first time we dare to face the world...

Freakish Toblerone

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:01:26 GMT

Freakish Toblerone

Top 5 artists this week

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The GDrive – don’t fret it, Dropbox (and others)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:58:05 GMT

In tune with my method of forming headlines that distract from my writing’s lack of any real substance or originality, I’ve managed to summarize the whole point of this posting in a mere eight words. But for the sake of you taking the time to actually clicking through to my site, I’ll elaborate just that tiny bit more to make it worth your while.

Now, the fabled GDrive has been around for quite some time now (check out this news timeline for the last couple of years), albeit only in the wet dreams of tech-journos and bloggers. With companies providing online storage sprouting like the proverbial mushroom from the vast expanses of our dear Internet, everyone expected Google to come out with a solution as well. Which, considering they own roughly 90% of all active serverspace currently in existence, wouldn’t be too surprising a move (about that percentage: this is something I just made up, but feel free to quote me!).

Anyway, Google was largely unimpressed with everyone and their grandma pestering them to offer that kind of service already, but a couple of days ago, in a nonchalant move mirroring the actual impact of their announcement, the GDrive was introduced. Only that it’s not called that and that it adds another dimension to the term “underwhelming”.

Why? Well, here’s what it does. Basically, it’s an extension of Google Docs, the online document collaboration tool offered by Google for everyone with a Google account. Until now, the only files you could upload to Google Docs were those that are, well, some sort of document. As the more detailed announcement on the Google Docs blog says , they will start rolling out the ability to upload any kind of file (provided it’s not larger than 250mb), up to a limit of 1GB, with the option of buying more GB for a certain amount of money.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I like it. It’s nice to be able to upload all sorts of shit and have it lounging about in my Google Docs window. It’s just, this isn’t anything they couldn’t have done 2 years ago. Actually, it isn’t anything anyone could’ve done 2 years ago with a bit of server space and some spare time on their hands. And yes, I do get the whole sharing idea, which, as we’re being told 24/7 by anyone who thinks you’re listening, is pivotal to the way the Internets work today. But hey, I’ve known of services that let you upload files and share them for, well, ages.

Which ones, you might ask? Well, there’s box.net, which has been around since the Nixon administration (I think), which does a fantastic job, has a great API and is overall one of the best online storage solutions ever. And then of course there’s everybody’s new darling Dropbox. Which, I might add, truly is one sexy little service (and with sexy I really mean useful, I just thought it might sounds sexier to call something sexy instead of useful – for reasons you might want to file under “trying to attract new audiences by using the word sexy”). Dropbox not only lets you upload files, it also offers to sync them to all your computers and portable devices.

Now, let’s return just real quick to that carefully crafted headline you’ve been subjected to at the start of this lengthy beast of an article. Ever since Google has proved to be not only good at search but also good at throwing money and manpower at anything they think might be a good addition to their services (everything), little startups have had it rough. After spending years developing a service and establishing and maintaining a user base, Google could simply step in, decide they want the same thing and suddenly your business model of charging users for what Google offers for free would seem a bit off.

With the GDrive though, Dropbox, Box.net and their myriad of colleagues have lucked out. Because even though the GDrive might be an interesting enhancement to Googel Docs, it’s nowhere near anything current online storage services offer, meaning that whoever runs Dropbox, etc., can now finally get some sleep again.

But the best thing about it all? People will now finally shut up about the GDrive.

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Top 5 artists this week

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT

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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Of past and future decades

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:57:56 GMT

During the last couple of days I read the usual plethora of end-of-year lists, reviews and rants, and was mostly unphazed. Except for those that resonated with me (which is already expressed by the usage of the word “except”. So yes, I won’t stop using bad grammar, not in 2010 and not in the many years to come).

Anyway, I thought it prudent to at least quickly write something up, so people know where I stand when it comes to the advent of new and the goodbye to old decades. Well, here I stand: I don’t give a fuck. What I do give a fuck about, though, is the way some people manage to use that man-made concept of time, calendars and new-years bashes to create a sort of sense-inducing narrative for their own lives, something which I have never managed to do and which I truly envy.

Which is yet another reason why I’ll never be writing an autobiography.

To you, on the other hand, my dear and loyal reader, I wish a fantastic new year. May all your plot-lines work out the way you once envisioned them in that head of yours.

Of Trees, Food, Nativity Scenes and Rain

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:35:14 GMT

So there we go. We’ve all spent weeks collecting presents and honing our social skills to survive the getting together of large quantities of human beings only for it all to be over in a mere two and a half days. That’s Christmas for you.

But, as always, it’s two and a half days that are quite rewarding. Spending time with people you like and/or are related to seldomly leaves you in a bad mood, especially if it involves trees adorned with shiny stuff, little sweet things commonly referred to as cookies (biscuits for the Brits among you), obscene amounts of poultry, tiny little nativity scenes you can practice your camera’s macro-mode on and of course brief bursts of thunderstorms on Christmas day.

For graphical representations of above ramblings, click the picture on top. For a brief glimpse of what the rain accompanying a thunderstorm looks and sounds like, watch the gripping feature presentation below. Enjoy.

40 Seconds of Rain from Richard on Vimeo.

Christmas Dinner

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:28:45 GMT

Christmas Dinner

Christmas Dinner

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:28:37 GMT

Christmas Dinner