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Online Medical Advice Can Be a Prescription for Fear – NYTimes.com

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The gist: avoid the drug-company financed, poorly written, overly hysterical WebMD for the sound information at the Mayo Clinic’s excellent site, including their Symptom Checker. If you’re looking for the name of a new pill to “ask your doctor about,” as the ads say, the Mayo Clinic Health Information site is not the place for … Read more

Walter Murch: 3D Will Never Work – Roger Ebert

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In Why 3D doesn’t work and never will. Case closed, Roger Ebert prints a letter from Walter Murch explaining why 3D cinema doesn’t work. I’m not a fan, but I can’t say I’m convinced Murch will convince the studios and manufacturers. I believe (non-paying) customers will, though.

What You Do

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You take your potatoes from last night’s dinner, see, and cut them a bit smaller while the onion is going all golden in the olive oil (smell that; mmmmm). You put the potatoes in with the onions and step out to the garden for a little sprig of rosemary. Snip some of it the rosemary … Read more

And Now We Are Monochrome

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Today I changed the color scheme of the blog to all blacks and grays on the white background. Perhaps you noticed. You would, you observant thing you.

Vivian Maier Stole My Heart

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Chris Bertram of Crooked Timber posted a link that has captivated me. I’m almost reluctant to add to the hype, but the story is so unusual, and the pictures so good, that I think I’ll overcome that. In brief, then: Chicago is about to see the first exhibition of the photography of Vivian Maier, a … Read more

Don Kenn Draws Monsters.

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Don Kenn draws monsters on Post-It notes. Via TNH at Making Light.

Top 10 iTunes Smart Playlists| Lifehacker

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Here’s one of the catch-up posts – one of the oldest drafts in the bucket. I saved this Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 iTunes Smart Playlists link back in February of 2008. So, it’s old but the ideas are good ones. I have much too much music that I haven’t heard in too long, and … Read more