Archives for July 2008:

Jul 30, 2008 2:30 pm | no comments

Schrodinger’s lolCat

Posting this here for posterity. Just in case.

[Schrodinger's lolCat via dantekgeek on Flickr]

Jul 29, 2008 2:30 pm | no comments

Blog Addiction: More Fuel for the Fire

[XuHui by Montrasio International (Flickr)]
I don’t know why it took so long for me to get hooked, but it’s official: the Gothamist has sunk its claws into me. Or actually, Shanghaiist and Bostonist are the blogs that have made it onto my Google Reader, the first for its thorough (if at first a bit trigger-happy) [...]

Jul 28, 2008 6:23 pm | no comments

The 2008 Beijing Summer Collection: Stir-fried Eggs and Tomatoes

There is a Chinese dish called 西红柿炒蛋 (”fried eggs and tomatoes”) and it is–strangely enough–delicious. It is not, however, a good idea to wear local delicacies, even if (read: ESPECIALLY if) you are representing your country in the 2008 summer Olympics.

[via Lost Laowai]

Jul 27, 2008 11:19 pm | 1 comment

Un baiser s’il vous plaît: kitschy and cruel

Love is fragile, awkward, painful, and hilarious. Sometimes awkwardly, painfully hilarious. Love is all of these things, but above all it is something even more–love is not your fault.
This is the message I pondered through most of Un baiser s’il vous plaît, a kitschy romantic comedy with an occasional cruel streak that aired today at [...]

Jul 25, 2008 12:48 am | 6 comments

Not what Harvard is like, but close.

[via Ty]