- September, 2014
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Dinner at Ethiopian cafe
A typical dish consists of injera accompanied by a spicy stew, which frequently includes beef, lamb, vegetables and various types of legumes such as lentils.
Ethiopians eat exclusively with their right hands, using pieces of injera to pick up bites of entrees and side dishes.
The best part for me though is that the meals are eaten from a communal plate.
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Euro-peein'
If you are someone like me, who enjoys both beer and coffee, know that paying to use a public toilet is a European custom. The usual charge is the local equivalent of about 50 cents. Some restaurant have a tip dish by the entry — again 50 cents is plenty for this.
- August, 2013
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Thoughtstream 2013-08-13
On hipstersThe difference between a hipster and a geek
This is the major difference between a hipster and a geek: When a hipster sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say “Oh, crap, now the wrong people like the thing I love.” When a geek sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say “ZOMG YOU LOVE WHAT I LOVE COME WITH ME AND LET US LOVE IT TOGETHER.”
Hipsters On Food Stamps, Part 1 has a line that precisely captures what I think about obsessively posting pictures of food
There's plenty of attention to style, to identity, and regression to our most primitive instinct: eating, fetishized.
On buyingAn Interview With Craigslist's Notorious Google Glass Hater
I hate commodity fetishization. I don't mean that in the Marxist sense. I mean the process of deriving of pleasure from the purchase of commercial goods above and beyond the actual value or utility of the product.
- March, 2012
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seven years at Yahoo!
Today completes my seven years at Yahoo! These seven years have given me an opportunity to work with some great people, given me a chance to clean up mess at a huge scale and taught me new almost every day. Thanks Filo & Jerry for creating this place.
- February, 2012
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2012-02-28 - thoughtstream
Here is a quote (slightly paraphrased) that I have seen people throw around a bit
Let us be like Apple and make our app simple. We will not allow users to change this and this, and obviously, we have no need to expose this setting to them in any way.
As someone who has used Apple products for some time now, I have never found Apple devices to restrict what users could configure or change. Almost every Apple device has a "System Preferance" and you can tweak a lot of settings from there. Of course, most of Apple devices are pretty usable out of the box. I have not used an iPhone for a long time, but my experience with Macbook is that it is extremely customizable. I can say the same about the Apple TV.
I think if an artifact meets either of the following criteria, it can be called art
- Something that shakes me out of a rut and see something ordinary with a new perspective
- something that can bring joy
- something that can inspire
- December, 2011
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rants by Kapil Sibal, with lolcats
Kapil Sibal, India's Telecoms minister has prompted an uproar after it was revealed he met with executives from Google and Facebook to pressure them into screening 'objectionable' content.
A side effect of Kapil Sibal trying to censor the internet is that he has been given a goldmine of comic quotes. And any quote looks adorable with a kitten. I converted his quotes to lolspeak and put them with pictures of cute kittens. The kittens should countereffect the increased blood pressure caused by his idocacy.
Without further ado, here are the cats with Kapil's quotes
U go and delete information on the Internet that might offend the sensibilities of people in India
U go and delete information on the Internet that might offend the sensibilities of people in IndiaWe have to take care of the sensibilities of our people. Cultural ethos is very important to us.
We have to take care of the sensibilities of our people. Cultural ethos is very important to us.There is some content on the Internet.. that any normal human being would be offended by
There is some content on the Internet.. that any normal human being would be offended byI have seen subject matter which was so offensive that it hurt religious sentiments of large sections of community
I have seen subject matter which was so offensive that it hurt religious sentiments of large sections of community
I decline to define what, exactly, is offensive content I am not offensiveImage credits
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