The Royal Potato

I mean, sure. Potatoes are ugly. But they are very, very tasty. Says the Irish decedent… So out of curiosity, I googled ‘Frederick the Great potato.’ (Because I’m sure that’s how he hoped… Continue reading →

take 785 and the video meme

Awhile back there was ‘Take 783‘ leading into ‘Take 784‘ both of which led into what I’m calling Take 785, even though there have been many things in between. But this is theoretical… Continue reading →

app store essentials: cooking

The other day while snooping around for the latest free iPad apps (because I am cheap and learned the hard way with my iPhone: what you pay for is not always what you… Continue reading →

american art & the mass media conference

Tonight’s jaw-dropping discovery? American Art and The Mass Media A conference at The Courtauld Institute of Art. Of course it is in Paris. From the website: This two-day international symposium considers the dynamic… Continue reading →

iBooks Author

WHOA! Startling discovery today. iBooks Author! Is available as a FREE download in the Mac App store. And you can use it to author interactive books on the iPad. OH MAN. Time to… Continue reading →

the walters art museum

This weekend I finally got around to checking out The Walters Art Museum. I went with purpose – to view Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift, for my… Continue reading →

british dining

NPR posted a great article about British dining this weekend: Dining After ‘Downton Abbey’: Why British Food Was So Bad For So Long Downton Abbey is a British period drama, also airing in… Continue reading →

my drunk kitchen

A few months ago, a friend of mine posted a video on Facebook. It might have been on my wall (oh, I’m sorry, Timeline). It might have just been in my newsfeed. I… Continue reading →

order up, burger face

Burger Face, a screenshot elicitation! And what, you might ask, is a screenshot elicitation? Well, it is a photo elicitation. Just with screenshots. So then, you might ask, what is a photo elicitation?… Continue reading →

a new semester, a new obsession

A new semester! Recap from final review and plans for this semester coming soon. But one goal for this semester is to blog each day, with whatever it is that I am looking… Continue reading →