Referenced in the recent New York Times review of Seattle restaurant Tilth, a recipe for Bourbon Hot Chocolate: 1 ½ cups whole milk 2 cardamom pods, roughly chopped 3 ounces Theo dark chocolate Pinch of salt 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon Marshmallows If nothing else, it’s reason to have those ingredients on hand at all [...]

Wired (of all places) features a story describing the righting of the mammoth Cougar Ace by a rag-tag group of “legal pirates” from a company called “Titan Savage.” It is a fascinating read full of characters that seem ready to jump into a Michael Bay movie: the Jackson Hole-based team leader who has a license [...]

In The Simons and Paulas of DIY, the LA Times describes the trend of posting pictures of ones home and the hot-or-not critique that follows. It’s kind of a dumb article, actually, and pigeonholes Apartment Therapy, which I don’t think I’d ever describe as an “an online design equivalent of American Idol.” But it does [...]

A fantastic collection of pictures of kids with their science “experiments.” Just go to the page: I don’t want to ruin any by attempting to pick my favorites. Via kottke.org

I still can’t get used to those headlights, and the instrument cluster looks a little GM to me, but other than that, the new Rolls Royce Phantom Coupé is gorgeous and, for lack of a better word, romantic. (click image for gallery) Via Autoblog

I never tire of pictures of show dogs and their owners. The Times has two slideshows from the recent Westminster Dog Show: Just the dogs With their owners Curiously, the former slideshow is filed in Sports. The latter: Fashion.

Since these guys won’t be available for a while, I thought I’d do a set of alternatives in honor of Brad’s birthday today.

I just can’t stop listening to Thao Nguyen’s “We Brave Bee Stings and All.” In particular, this set of lyrics from the first track keep racing through my head: Oh no! How can you stand it When I run, when I run like a bandit? I wear him like a habit In the lining of [...]

When this little guy’s alarm goes off, he stomps his feet or pounds his fists, or even plays music from a connected iPod. But wait! There’s more! Then! He sends a signal to these mushroomy dudes, who light up in the color of your choice: If I could, I would buy these for Brad for [...]

Flickr member DanSays unboxes* an unopened Apple //c that originally shipped in 1988. A highlight is the picture of the registration card, which is followed by a stream of comments, goading him to send it in. * At some point — probably around the release of the iPod — people started taking pictures of the opening [...]