BBC – Food – TV and radio – 50 things to eat before you die:

Your pick of the cropIn March 2004 we asked you to vote for the top 50 things everyone should try a bite of in their lifetime. This is how you voted.

I have not had:
11, 19, 32, 37, 40, 42, 48.

Boing Boing: Comic advises women to call anti-abortion Senator to make their choices:

Comic advises women to call anti-abortion Senator to make their choices

The Minimum Security webcomic sends up South Dakota Senator Bill Napoli, who helped push through the state ban on abortion. It features a woman unable to choose what sort of salad dressing to have, who calls up Napoli’s office to get him to make the choice for her — the strip includes his office and home phone numbers in case you want to try, too.

Link

(Thanks, Steeltoe!)

brilliant!

The Vinegar Institute – Uses & Tips:

Berry ink ingredients:
½ C. Ripe berries (blueberries, cherries, blackberries, strawberries, elderberries, raspberries, etc.)
½ Tsp. Vinegar
½ Tsp. Salt

Fill a strainer with the berries and hold it over a bowl. Using the rounded back of a wooden spoon, crush the berries against the strainer so that the berry juice strains into the bowl. Keep adding berries until most of their juice has been strained out and only pulp remains. Add the salt and vinegar to the berry juice. The vinegar helps the ink retain its color and the salt keeps it from getting too moldy. If the berry ink is too thick, add a tablespoon of water. Store in a baby food jar. Only make a small amount of berry ink at a time and, when not in use, keep it tightly covered.

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well…. if i ever need this to save civilization…. i probalby won’t have a blog, but the idea of home-made ink is nifty.

Presenters, Abstracts, and Papers:

Internet Research 7.0: Internet ConvergencesPresented by Association of Internet Researchers

Media Lab Madrid, together with David Cuartielles (Arduino), Casey Reas
(Processing), Zach Liebermann (Code Artist), and Hans C. Steiner
(PureData) are proud to present a two weeks project development workshop
to happen in Madrid – Spain between April 17 – 30, 2006.

Main goal to this workshop is to create projects including open source
technologies in an open source way. All the pieces will be then exhibited
for -at least- another three weeks, and then will be toured through
different venues. So far already two festivals to happen before the summer
2006 have manifested their interest in getting this work.

The workshop is fully financed by Media Lab Madrid and the Centro Cultural
Conde Duque. You only have to take care of your transportation +
accomodation in the area.

For more information and downloading the application forms, please check
the following web-sites:

- http://www.interactivos.org

- http://www.medialabmadrid.org
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i wish i could go to this, but i’m teaching this semester, so i can’t spare two weeks.

Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society :

On Monday, April 24, 2006, the Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society is sponsoring “Representations of Race and the African American Community.” This interactive event is designed to connect members of the Virginia Tech campus and surrounding communities through a day-long series of conversations including a lunchtime poster session and opportunities for small group dialogue.

The initial goal is to examine the way that race is represented in our personal, academic, and civic lives. By the end of the day, participants will be invited to explore possibilities for campus-community projects and partnerships aimed at improving the climate for racial relations and understanding.

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this should be a very interesting event, but they are limiting it to on campus.