Daily Tips

This latest profile of Alton Brown in the NYT gives us a little peak at one of our favorite food ‘celebrities’. We’ve been a... » Read More | Sep 26, 2016

Artificial intelligence and deep neural nets are taking over the technology landscape, or so it seems if all you do is read Twitter. Which is... » Read More | Sep 22, 2016

We a) love almost anything that Stones Throw puts out and b) are consistently impressed by how much better Earl Sweatshirt gets with each... » Read More | Sep 21, 2016

We love cellular automata - everything from the theory behind them that shows up all over Computer Science research, to their appealing visual presentation just... » Read More | Sep 20, 2016

When it starts getting cold, all we want is chicken soup. Maybe some matzo balls. Yes, you can buy soup in a jar, a box,... » Read More | Sep 19, 2016

Over the many many many meals we’ve had at Congee Village, we came to love the simply stir fried greens of many varieties that... » Read More | Sep 13, 2016

Sonic Youth is one of our all-time favorite bands, and since the band’s demise we’ve seen a lot of interesting activities from its members. While... » Read More | Sep 12, 2016

If you’ve never watched a beat getting made before, its a pretty fun process to watch. A producer takes some records from a crate, takes... » Read More | Sep 9, 2016

It’s September. Those tomatoes you were dreaming about back in May are now taking over your life. Your neighbor doesn’t want any more of your... » Read More | Sep 8, 2016

If you haven’t been stuffing your face with corn for the past few weeks you’re probably doing summer wrong. One of our go to summer... » Read More | Sep 7, 2016

Cryptography is one of those subject areas that even wizened computer programmers seem to be afraid of. We certainly don’t consider ourselves security experts and... » Read More | Sep 7, 2016

Seymour Papert recently passed away and we were taken aback by the depth and quality of his work once again. He was a deeply compassionate... » Read More | Sep 3, 2016

A couple of years ago, Calvin Trillin wrote about a recently vanished New York institution, “Joe’s Dairy”. It falls into a many categories we... » Read More | Sep 1, 2016

In our quest to indoctrinate everyone into the various oddball corners of music from different parts of the world, we fear we haven’t done enough... » Read More | Sep 1, 2016

We don’t remember who sent us this facsinating long read about Wakaliwood, the action film industry in Uganda but it was one of those... » Read More | Aug 30, 2016

Jacques Pépin is a legendary figure in the food world. A classically trained chef who has since become one of the biggest television personalities in... » Read More | Aug 30, 2016

Valentino Braitenberg’s Vehicles is one of our favorite books. We came across it in the early 2000s and discovered that it is an inspirational... » Read More | Aug 27, 2016

We spend a lot more time in the dusty crates of jazz vs the more contemporary artists, but once in a while an artist puts... » Read More | Aug 25, 2016

We weren’t always into canned fish. We didn’t understand what pleasures lurked beneath the strange metal tops. But we have seen the light. In the... » Read More | Aug 25, 2016

The last days of summer have us eating lots and lots of produce, trying to spend as much time outside as possible, and drinking lots... » Read More | Aug 24, 2016

We’ve been fan’s of Barry Estabrook’s writing since his politics of the plate series at Gourmet. We finally read Tomatoland recently and it... » Read More | Aug 22, 2016

In our frequent wanderings through Bandcamp in search of new music, we recently stumbled on The Black Jesus Experience’s new album Cradle of... » Read More | Aug 12, 2016

As we discussed in a recent episode of our podcast, we’ve been very interested in community building lately. One of our favorite places to... » Read More | Aug 11, 2016

AQ doesn’t have a decent Chinese takeout place where he lives now. This is somewhat of a travesty since we spent most of our life... » Read More | Aug 10, 2016

Considering how much Grateful Dead we’ve listened to over the years, we’re pretty proud of ourselves for not constantly telling you to listen to them.... » Read More | Aug 9, 2016

Earth View is a simple but awesome Chrome extension we discovered a few years ago that we appreciate constantly. All it does is show... » Read More | Aug 8, 2016

Learning about data structures has been one of the coolest and most rewarding parts of our adventures with computers lo these many years. Understanding the... » Read More | Aug 5, 2016

Dan Ashman’s Podcast The Sporkful is one of our favorites, and his recent episode about food memories around hot dogs was one of... » Read More | Aug 4, 2016

As we’ve been diving into the Zahav cookbook, we were reminded of the amazing world of spice blending, and realized we had to tip about... » Read More | Aug 3, 2016

This summer has been all about listening to music from “The 6” - mainly because of Drake’s Views. It’s led us to discover... » Read More | Aug 2, 2016

We were beyond thrilled today to see the release of The Movement For Black Lives Platform. Here’s what it’s all about: “In response... » Read More | Aug 1, 2016

The past year has brought a little bit of a revolution in veggie burgers. We were seriously obsessed with Superiority Burger’s take on the... » Read More | Jul 29, 2016

The Morning Paper is a fabulous resource produced by Adrian Colyer, which he describes as: “The Morning Paper: a short summary of an... » Read More | Jul 28, 2016

We’re big fans of early science fiction (what we’ve sometimes heard referred to as Ray Bradbury referred to as ‘The Fiction of Ideas’) and one... » Read More | Jul 27, 2016

Broadcast is one of those bands that we didn’t pay too much attention to the first time around. For whatever reason we never heard them... » Read More | Jul 26, 2016

Something about the heat of summer makes us want to: Smother everything in fresh herbs Drink tahini like its a water Cook everything over... » Read More | Jul 25, 2016

Robert Altman was one of America’s greatest living artists. A filmmaker unlike any other, his takes on humanity, mystery, pain, love, and art were... » Read More | Jul 22, 2016

We’ve been following Michael Twitty for a while now and are extremely excited for his upcoming book, The Cooking Gene. We love food... » Read More | Jul 21, 2016

It’s the summer. We love rap music. Digable Planets “Reachin…” is one of the greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time. More than the hits. Like... » Read More | Jul 20, 2016

Continuing on the poet train … The poet Simone White recently interviewed one of our favorite artists of the moment, Vince Staples... » Read More | Jul 19, 2016

Susan Howe is an American writer from Boston whose poems have pushed the limits of language and structure for over 40 years. We love poetry... » Read More | Jul 18, 2016

We’re huge fans of Harold McGee. His writing on the intersection of food and science was one of our biggest inspirations in the style and... » Read More | Jul 15, 2016

It’s so refreshing to find really good new Hip-hop these days - Music that reminds us of the best qualities of the art but brings... » Read More | Jul 14, 2016

Those kooky Clojureists are always up to something, aren’t they? This time, they’ve introduced a library called Spec which does … a lot. It’s... » Read More | Jul 13, 2016

Cucumber Pickles were the first thing that sent AQ off on a decade long (and very much still going) exploration of fermentation and cooking with... » Read More | Jul 12, 2016

In a story that sounds almost designed for a Beats, Rye, & Types tip, the source code for the original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer... » Read More | Jul 11, 2016

Joe McPhee’s 1970 live album “Nation Time” is a legendary holy grail LP that captures the essence of everything that is so amazing and powerful... » Read More | Jul 8, 2016

It doesn’t take any effort today to be aware of the violence and systemic racism that plagues this country. Even as people who grew up... » Read More | Jul 7, 2016

We first heard the name Bernard “Bernie” Krause back in our crate digging days - he was half of the famed Beaver & Krause,... » Read More | Jul 6, 2016

We know you probably needed this tip before the July 4th weekend, but theres still an entire summer to experiment in the outdoors with the... » Read More | Jul 5, 2016

Some times soul music doesn’t have the same emotional connection without live performance. While we’ve been following Anthony Hamilton for a little while now, seeing... » Read More | Jul 1, 2016

We love cocktails. The variety is dizzying and the techniques can sometimes seem out of reach of normal humans, but there are plenty of drinks... » Read More | Jun 30, 2016

We wish we could have been at the Velocity Conference a couple of weeks ago to see Charity Majors deliver this great talk about... » Read More | Jun 29, 2016

We all have friends that recommend music to us - sometimes we take their advice, and sometimes we don’t. We all also have friends that... » Read More | Jun 28, 2016

One of our favorite cookbooks in recent memory is Tacos: Recipes and Provocations by Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman. We’ve waxed poetic about the... » Read More | Jun 27, 2016

Last week we told you to eat more weeds - we hope you did. This week, despite madness all over the world, we have cause... » Read More | Jun 24, 2016

We are unabashed fans of all kinds of reggae music, from roots to dancehall to dub and back again. When we really feel like getting... » Read More | Jun 23, 2016

One of our favorite restaurants when we lived in NYC was Brooklyn’s No 7.. We were very delighted when they opened their sandwich restaurant... » Read More | Jun 22, 2016

There are only a handful of programming books that stay on our shelves for a long time. Unfortunately, so many are tied to specific languages,... » Read More | Jun 21, 2016

David Axelrod (the musician and producer, not the political strategist) is a notoriously prolific and cantankerous personality who probably produced a lot of music... » Read More | Jun 20, 2016

You may not be aware of it, but tons of the wild plants that we often refer to as weeds are actually not only edible... » Read More | Jun 17, 2016

Jessie Frazelle is one of our favorite modern computologists. She’s a skilled hacker, an exemplary Open Source maintainer, a thoughtful writer, and is just... » Read More | Jun 16, 2016

We’ve been listening to Dâm Funk’s strange and melodic modern funk music since 2009’s Toeachizown. We discovered it, because we will listen to... » Read More | Jun 15, 2016

We admit it. After living in New York City so long, we’ve become spoiled. We’re used to having everything at our fingertips, and having to... » Read More | Jun 14, 2016

Being people with the tendency toward obsession we love stories of the obsessed and one of our recent favorites is Jodorowsky’s Dune. After the... » Read More | Jun 13, 2016

We love programming languages. We love that new ones come out all of the time, that boundaries are being pushed, that they represent both the... » Read More | Jun 10, 2016

There are some cookbooks on our shelves that we treat with reverence - they are kept pristine, perfect in their dustcover, looked at for inspiration... » Read More | Jun 9, 2016

Bobby Hutcherson is best known as a jazz vibraphonist - his albums for Blue Note are legendary for their range, spanning from hard bop to... » Read More | Jun 8, 2016

Even though its almost two years old, Sandi Metz’s talk from RubyConf 2014 has stuck with us. In it, Sandi - one of our... » Read More | Jun 7, 2016

We were both lucky enough to be around New York City during one of the resurgences of indie hip-hop greatness: the late 90s. The epicenter... » Read More | Jun 6, 2016

We’ve been a fan of Mark McGuire since his days with Emeralds, but his more recent explorations - especially his latest album from 2015 Beyond... » Read More | Jun 3, 2016

Recently we’ve become obsessed with the rice from Koda Farms in California. After picking some up at a local grocery store on the recommendation... » Read More | Jun 2, 2016

We were browsing on our bookshelves thinking about what books we feel like we learned the most from in the past years and one of... » Read More | Jun 1, 2016

Making simple pantry items like flavored sugar is an awesome way to enhance, extend, or preserve your favorite flavors. Whether it’s the height of your... » Read More | May 31, 2016

Email is great. SMS is cool, its got emojis. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, all fun. We love and use all of this technology every day,... » Read More | May 27, 2016

While exploring different regional African music this year, we stumbled on the work of Cameroonian musician, poet, and author Francis Bebey. He recorded over... » Read More | May 26, 2016

If you work on the internet (and especially in the world of systems programming), eventually you’re going to run into problems that fall under the... » Read More | May 25, 2016

When it comes to food, even though we love to spend our time thinking, plotting, planning, and executing large, outrageously complex meals, sometimes that gets... » Read More | May 24, 2016

Recently we were lamenting the closing of a New York City record shopping institution: Other Music. We’ve had a hard time even remembering the music... » Read More | May 23, 2016

Since our relationship was cemented by our mutual love of hip-hop, it’s very appropriate that our ONE HUNDREDTH TIP !!! should be a recommendation for... » Read More | May 20, 2016

Even though neither of us write Clojure day-to-day, we’re big fan’s of its methodology and have learned many useful lessons just by reading and... » Read More | May 19, 2016

Zach Lieberman describes himself as “an artist, researcher, hacker dedicated to exploring new modes of expression and play.” Zach uses code to produce beautiful,... » Read More | May 18, 2016

Magnus Nilsson’s Faviken Cookbook is one of our absolute favorites of the past couple of years. It belongs firmly to our ‘aspirational cookbook’ shelf... » Read More | May 17, 2016

Capers are one of those foods that you hear a lot of people talk shit about. “I don’t like capers.” “Capers are gross.” Most... » Read More | May 16, 2016

Nimbus West is a seminal record label in the subgenre of jazz called “Spiritual Jazz,” which often mixes different rhythms, vocals, and emotions into the... » Read More | May 13, 2016

Yukihiro Matsumoto, aka Matz, was on one of our other favorite podcasts The Changelog this week to talk about the history, future, and... » Read More | May 12, 2016

Jim Harrison was bigger than life. When he passed away earlier this year, us and many of our food and literature fanatic friends were... » Read More | May 11, 2016

It’s not really a secret that we have a thing for strange and beautiful electronic music. So far this year the album that’s most captured... » Read More | May 10, 2016

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, better known as SICP (full text available online here) is perhaps the greatest textbook on computation and... » Read More | May 9, 2016

Richard Brautigan is one of our favorite writers and poets. It’s a rainy Friday where we live, and Spring is being stubborn. Maybe it needs... » Read More | May 6, 2016

In a search for tool-kits for building synthesizers (a fun project that combines our love of computers and music) we stumbled on the work of... » Read More | May 5, 2016

We recently came across this amazing David Katz piece on Count Ossie, one of the most important figures in Jamaican music history. A deep,... » Read More | May 4, 2016

This weekend we were reading about how Woz created a BASIC from scratch for the Apple I. One of the things that struck us... » Read More | May 3, 2016

We’ve told you before how we feel about eggplant, so you can imagine our delight when we saw that it was getting its... » Read More | May 2, 2016

The first time someone recommended that we check out the first Secos e Molhados LP, it didn’t take very much convincing - the cover... » Read More | Apr 29, 2016

We really, really, really love John Coltrane’s music. It’s been tough holding out on telling you to listen to him yet, but until then, we... » Read More | Apr 28, 2016

Food history is one of our major obsessions and we love finding interesting stories about how and when traditional foods cross borders. This fascinating... » Read More | Apr 27, 2016

Like a lot of kids who grew up in the 80s we have always been space nerds. When NASA launched the Curiosity Rover to... » Read More | Apr 26, 2016

One of our favorite new places to eat is New York City’s vegetarian mecca Superiority Burger. The chef Brooks Headley and his crew are... » Read More | Apr 25, 2016

It’s Earth Day today, and while we all want to be inside ‘disrupting’ or ‘hack-a-lacking’ you should be outside, enjoying this insanely beautiful planet... » Read More | Apr 22, 2016

The recent Go matches between Lee Sedol and Google’s DeepMind AI caused quite a stir, even beyond the Go and AI communities. Mainstream attention was... » Read More | Apr 21, 2016

Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock is a powerful new compilation of unheard and frankly extremely good music from an... » Read More | Apr 20, 2016

The second it even hints at getting warm outside, we’re rushing out to buy a fresh batch of charcoal, roll out the grill and cook... » Read More | Apr 19, 2016

When we heard that Theo Parrish, one of our favorite producers, was releasing a mix of music from the Black Jazz label, one of our... » Read More | Apr 18, 2016

Our good friend and JavaScript guru David Nolen told us to check this video out about a year ago, and we’re just now getting... » Read More | Apr 15, 2016

We reach for our copy of The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook not when we’re looking for recipes, but when we’re looking to be inspired.... » Read More | Apr 14, 2016

Gerd Janson presents Musik for Autobahns has been on frequent rotation for us as it’s some of the best programming music we’ve ever come... » Read More | Apr 13, 2016

After we moved out of the city (yes, NYC, “the city” forever), we realized that we needed some reliable ways to keep in touch with... » Read More | Apr 12, 2016

On December 9th, 1968, Douglas Engelbart gave a demonstration at the Joint Computer Conference’s Fall edition in San Francisco that set the tone and pace... » Read More | Apr 11, 2016

Sometimes, we’re not very smart. For instance, we’ve known for years that there’s a difference between regular olive oil and REALLY GOOD olive oil. There’s... » Read More | Apr 8, 2016

There are a few cookbooks on our shelves that we consider more than books. These are tomes, volumes we treat as our guides to living... » Read More | Apr 7, 2016

Floating Points Elaenia was one of our favorite albums of last year, so we were double stoked when we discovered his recordings with... » Read More | Apr 6, 2016

Our good friend, Camille Fournier is an ever-flowing font of wisdom and advice. She writes and gives talks and was one of... » Read More | Apr 5, 2016

Did you know that it’s possible, even likely, that your local library has access to online services which allow library members to download and use... » Read More | Apr 4, 2016

First of all, you know we’re not going to be on some bullshit April fools stupidity. This is a legitimate tip that we are excited... » Read More | Apr 1, 2016

Spring is in the air on the East Coast of the USA, and we’re planning on burning some stuff in celebration. We recently saw our... » Read More | Mar 31, 2016

We were very excited this week to see that one of the technical writers we most admire, Michael Fogus released his new eBook/Magazine, » Read More | Mar 30, 2016

We both grew up collecting things (comic books, baseball cards, embarrassing stories) and for better or worse, continue to indulge our hoarder-like tendencies into our... » Read More | Mar 29, 2016

Though we have our own strong political beliefs that we’ve expressed in different forms throughout our posts and shows, we care more about having the... » Read More | Mar 28, 2016

Preserved lemons are made by submerging lemons, their juice, salt, and other spices in a jar, and then waiting. Waiting is the magic ingredient in... » Read More | Mar 25, 2016

We’re super lucky to be alive at a time when you can learn about amazing people and their research by keeping up with them on... » Read More | Mar 24, 2016

In light of the sad news today that Phife Dawg has passed away we just want you to do something you should already be... » Read More | Mar 23, 2016

This is a very short tip. You probably love bacon. If you do, use The Bacon Method. » Read More | Mar 22, 2016

To get a little background for our latest episode with Idalin Bobé, this recent New Yorker article by Jelani Cobb paints an interesting... » Read More | Mar 21, 2016

It’s no secret that when it comes to music, our tastes are not what you’d call ordinary. We’ve spent hours discussing our various musical obsessions... » Read More | Mar 18, 2016

One of our favorite internet artists (we love the future) is Darius Kazemi, better known as on Twitter. Darius has created tons... » Read More | Mar 17, 2016

We love things that overlap more than one of our interests, and Sam Aaron’s Sonic Pi hits a ton of them. Not only is... » Read More | Mar 16, 2016

We love when a talk at a conference silences and audience and makes them think - when the power of the speakers voice and words... » Read More | Mar 15, 2016

We’ve told you before that we prefer to shop at restaurant supply shops over fancy brand name kitchen stores - they sell battle-tested equipment at... » Read More | Mar 14, 2016

By the way we’re super stoked because this is 🎉🎉🎉 Tip #50! 🎉🎉🎉 One of the pillars of Beats, Rye, & Types is ABL -... » Read More | Mar 11, 2016

On this #tbt, we’re in disbelief that its been 10 years since J Dilla (aka Jay Dee) released Donuts, possibly the definitive instrumental hip-hop... » Read More | Mar 10, 2016

Alan Watts was a philosopher and culturally influential figure who made it his mission to explain, amongst other things, Buddhism in a way that... » Read More | Mar 9, 2016

We’d heard stories about how some big restaurants have crazy water filtration systems, but it wasn’t until we read the essay about water in » Read More | Mar 8, 2016

We love reading real world tales of how business can succeed and fail by the will of their leaders. “Almost Perfect” by W.E. Pete... » Read More | Mar 7, 2016

Winter is still hanging on for dear abandon here on the east coast of the United States, and we’re desperate for more Spring than the... » Read More | Mar 4, 2016

Ginger is one of our favorite ingredients, but it’s one that took us a while to learn how to work with properly. Storing, peeling, grating,... » Read More | Mar 3, 2016

Mary Rose Cook helped build and shape one of our favorite institutions, The Recurse Center, which is renowned for empowering individuals to do... » Read More | Mar 2, 2016

London based artist, Mo Kolours released one of our favorite albums of 2015 (and a previous favorite of 2014). His music is an eclectic... » Read More | Mar 1, 2016

In her talk from StrangeLoop 2015 our friend Carin Meier gave an intriguing presentation looking at programming from a different angle. Chemical Computing... » Read More | Feb 29, 2016

Of all of the dishes we ate during Jewish holidays growing up, latkes remain high up on our list of favorites. I mean, come on... » Read More | Feb 26, 2016

About a year ago we had our first guest on the podcast - our friend, the inimitable Jed Schmidt. Even though we spent most... » Read More | Feb 25, 2016

Philip Cohran is an example of a jazz musician who you may not have heard of but who has most certainly shaped the history of... » Read More | Feb 24, 2016

Technical writing can often be hit or miss, especially in a post-blog world, often technical material is dated by the time it is printed. » Read More | Feb 23, 2016

We’re not really in the business of trying to get people to buy expensive items for their kitchens. In fact, we recommend you get most... » Read More | Feb 22, 2016

Kelsey Gilmore-Innis is a backend developer, tech provocateur, First Lady aficionado, and is also really good at Twitter and giving talks at tech conferences... » Read More | Feb 19, 2016

Unconscious bias is a pernicious force that is a part of our day-to-day interactions with other human beings regardless of who we are or where... » Read More | Feb 18, 2016

Grant Achatz is one of our favorite artists - he just happens to be a chef (and restaurateur, author, entrepreneur, etc.). Neither... » Read More | Feb 17, 2016

A couple months ago one of our favorite artists (Prefuse 73), on our favorite labels (NinjaTune), dropped a mix of one of... » Read More | Feb 16, 2016

Kenneth Stanley’s talk Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned from earlier last year came across our desks this weekend and it was ripe for sharing.... » Read More | Feb 15, 2016

The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual or as it’s affectionately known in our houses “The Frankie’s Cookbook”, is by far the #1... » Read More | Feb 12, 2016

Axel Willner, better known as The Field, released “From Here We Go Sublime” (Spotify, Amazon) in 2007 on one of my all-time favorite... » Read More | Feb 11, 2016

We’re big fans of research papers that describe real-world systems and their successes and failures. A lot of the best ones come from the biggest... » Read More | Feb 10, 2016

With all of this talk of a political revolution in the United States, my mind has naturally been craving all merit of art, literature, and... » Read More | Feb 9, 2016

As delicious as iced coffee is, it can be difficult to get it right at home. Making a fresh pot of coffee and then letting... » Read More | Feb 8, 2016

I don’t know about you, but winter-time just makes me want a stew. Being the food snob that I am though, I can’t just have... » Read More | Feb 5, 2016

#tbt To coming home after school and spending my parents money to order Grand Puba ft. Mary J Blige - Check It Out... » Read More | Feb 4, 2016

Rich Hickey’s talk about Clojure and ‘Complecting’ - Simple Made Easy is one we reference and think about a lot. Looking back at this... » Read More | Feb 3, 2016

Growing up, I wasn’t much for eggplant. The only time I ate it was in an the occasional eggplant parm hero, which can hardly count... » Read More | Feb 2, 2016

This sounds like a very self-serving tip (and how!) but it’s been exactly a year since we launched this here enterprise and we couldn’t... » Read More | Feb 1, 2016

Racket is a programming language in the Lisp tradition that is different from other programming languages in a few important ways. It can... » Read More | Jan 29, 2016

You can definitely say our music tastes are eclectic, but I feel like you probably don’t have a soul if you don’t love Aretha. I... » Read More | Jan 28, 2016

The world recently lost Marvin Minsky, who died at the age of 89 after living the kind of life that inspired millions. He was an... » Read More | Jan 27, 2016

Something about these cold, blustery, and quiet days have us reaching for music that heightens, rather than changes those feelings. Grouper’s “Ruins” is one... » Read More | Jan 26, 2016

Last week we were in NYC briefly to celebrate some good work on the Pizza Book and had a late snack at Eataly.... » Read More | Jan 25, 2016

When you are boiling pasta or blanching any kind of vegetable, you have the opportunity to season that food while you cook it. Pasta that... » Read More | Jan 22, 2016

“Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis” is more than a collaborative album, more than a compilation. It’s more than music, in fact, and reaches beyond... » Read More | Jan 21, 2016

While we’re not really very intense about optimizing our local development setups for writing software, both of use some software that we couldn’t live without.... » Read More | Jan 20, 2016

Jacobin was one of our favorite discoveries of 2015. We ended up discussing articles from the magazine, self-described as “a leading voice of the... » Read More | Jan 19, 2016

Beginning with “Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.” and ending with “These sentences... » Read More | Jan 18, 2016

Cooking can seem like an awfully expensive hobby sometimes, one that is relegated to people willing to buy very expensive equipment to use in their... » Read More | Jan 15, 2016

In the wake of the sad news of one of our heroes passing earlier this week, we (along with a lot of the world)... » Read More | Jan 14, 2016

At this point, MRB and I have become seasoned tech speakers. It wasn’t always that way, though. We got our start speaking at our local... » Read More | Jan 13, 2016

I recently moved to Takoma Park, Maryland, a few hundred feet from where John Fahey grew up. It was actually a coincidence since I’ve been... » Read More | Jan 12, 2016

If you plan to make Pizza or really do any kind of baking a digital kitchen scale is a hard requirement. SeriousEats has... » Read More | Jan 11, 2016

Tech conferences are known for a lot of things, but breaking with the status quo and pushing a Social Justice agenda aren’t usually on that... » Read More | Jan 8, 2016

If you’re a developer who writes code for production, your day job is probably more aptly titled “Debugger”. Regardless of what language you program in,... » Read More | Jan 7, 2016

One of the best things you can do for your kitchen is throw out all of your old, nasty spices and buy new ones. When... » Read More | Jan 6, 2016

This isn’t really a secret or mind-blowing revelation, more of just a reminder. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - Mecca and The Soul Brother... » Read More | Jan 5, 2016

We know a thing or two about pizza, and you can trust us when we tell you that you should never cook the tomato... » Read More | Jan 4, 2016