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Re: Shopping in Hillcrest on a Bicycle: It Does Happen

misheast — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 02:01:23 -0000

I've ridden my bike from North Park to shop at the Ace Hardware in Hillcrest and the shopping center across the street also. When you factor in finding parking, it's sometimes faster. I wish University felt safer to ride on, though.

Re: Joe. My. God.: Open Thread Thursday

misheast — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:19:10 -0000

Just finished reading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein. It was fun reading how in 1966 he envisioned a computer becoming sentient and calculating how to run a revolution.

I recently moved to SF, and was given a copy of Season of the Witch, by David Tolbot. "Everyone who lives here should read this." It's a history of the city from 1967 to 1982, when the city "radically changed itself". So far I'm up to the Human Be-in Festival, Jan 1967. Lots to go.

Re: bdotr

misheast — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:39:23 -0000

Is that the new 1WTC building in pic #4?

Re: Jeff Cooks - Coconut Shrimp with Tamarind Ginger Sauce, Baingan Bharta, Simple Summer Stew with Herb Butter, Naan

misheast — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 02:41:39 -0000

Nope, I didn't know you made it around the same time. Bittman's version too? Good to see I wasn't the only one who thought the balance was off.

Re: Jeff Cooks - Ruth's Pancakes

misheast — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 02:20:49 -0000

Glad you liked them too!

Re: bdotr

misheast — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:40:17 -0000

hahahahah

Re: Citibike

misheast — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:42:32 -0000

I do not think the intention is to keep it below the park forever - they just preferred to keep it really dense within one part of the city at first, rather than sparse throughout the whole city. Check back in a year or two and I'd expect it to cover more of the city.

Re: Joe. My. God.: Scientists Play "Spot The Bottom"

misheast — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:49:41 -0000

FWIW, here's the actual results:

From only looking at a face pic, subjects correctly guessed if someone had identified as a top 66% of the time, and subjects correctly guessed if someone had identified as a bottom 39% of the time.

They then said, "but in general there were more people who assumed "top" in all circumstances, so lets try to get rid of that bias" - and so they did some technique to get rid of the bias (I don't understand enough social science to understand how they did this) and got that overall people were correct 63% of the time.

Re: Joe. My. God.: Scientists Play "Spot The Bottom"

misheast — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:34:08 -0000

That was my thought too! The authors spent a bit of time in the intro saying, "this is a satisfactory number of subjects", but I don't know enough about the standards of the field or stats to determine if it's true.

Re: Joe. My. God.: Scientists Play "Spot The Bottom"

misheast — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:28:48 -0000

The study didn't assume that. They looked on a dating/hookup site and found 100 people who identified as tops and 100 that identified as bottoms. It just didn't include those that identified as versatile or didn't give a preference.

Re: Joe. My. God.: Scientists Play "Spot The Bottom"

misheast — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:23:40 -0000

The study looked at people from a dating/hookup site who said they were a top or bottom, it didn't assume always anal. It didn't assume there was one identifier, instead it looked to see if face pics could be an identifier.

Re: Jeff Cooks - Passover in San Diego

misheast — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:34:20 -0000

Hah yeah, got a request for it I couldn't refuse. Not quite the right holiday..

Re: Jeff Cooks - Millet and Chickpea Pilaf with Saffron and Tomatoes

misheast — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:59:52 -0000

Oh no! Usually I just search the web for copies of recipes that I cook from cookbooks, and I guess I need to check them more. I fixed the link to a different site, though, just in case. The diced tomatoes pretty much dissolved into the sauce, so 5oz of puree sounds, taste-wise, like it should basically work. I've read that a 3:1 water:grain ratio works for both millet and quinoa, but who knows. Glad it sort've worked out!

Re: Teaching the origins of life

misheast — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:20:52 -0000

I like it so far.

I think it also might be useful to introduce the idea of a replicator - that there had to have formed some sort of molecule which, under the conditions, was able to self-replicate. proto-RNA, for example. I like your description of cell membranes. Maybe how cells without structure which would ingest things like ameobas, and could have swallowed another cell in order to create a cell with a nucleus.

Also I think it's important to emphasize the scientific process. something like "there's many different hypotheses on how life started, the field is called abiogenesis. Here are 2 or 3 of them, and here's how we go about testing if they're true or not." And mention one or two of the very untrue ones from centuries ago which are clearly false now, and how we learned they were false by taking data, doing experiments.

Re: The practical guide to casual and stylish looking clipless shoes

misheast — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:01:41 -0000

So which shoe did you get?

Re: http://jeffcooks.tumblr.com/post/26962053166

misheast — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:30:05 -0000

I remember seeing that book when it came out, and being very tempted by it. I've been cooking Bittman recipes from the NYT for years, and I like his general cooking philosophy and style. We shall see! I've been trying to actually use the books I already have before expanding my collection.

That said, I recently got a gift of an Indian cookbook from a chef in Vancouver, Vij's at Home. I was happy to get a book full of Indian recipes, which I think is about 1/3 vegetarian. It's not a giant tome like the 660 Curries you'd mentioned before, but what I've tried so far has been good.

Re: http://jeffcooks.tumblr.com/post/22767169760

misheast — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:48:42 -0000

Thanks for the tip on the book, it might be worth adding another 900 page tomb to my collection.

Re: http://jeffcooks.tumblr.com/post/17200057013

misheast — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:57:46 -0000

Good idea, I'll give it a shot. I think I've had these peppers whole in a tub in my fridge for a few months already without anything happening to them.

Re: The Friendslist Story [Chapter 2]

misheast — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:04:28 -0000

There's going to be a part 3? Such suspense!

Re: http://adamess.tumblr.com/post/6300403110

misheast — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:49:15 -0000

How much footage was required for this condensed 3 mins of traffic video? (ie, number of incidents/hour or something..)

Re: http://chasewhiteside.com/post/5119576775

misheast — Mon, 02 May 2011 01:41:06 -0000

I cut this out of the Village Voice when they first printed it ~2003 and put it on my wall in college. Love it.

Re: http://tumblr.bwong.net/post/4529463886

misheast — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:09:08 -0000

? snickers butterfinger kit-kat
? ? ? ?
almond joy ('s got nuts) 3-musk ? milky way
? ? 10,000 Grand(?), payday
mounds (don't), baby ruth ? ?

Got 9-10 this time! Neither of us have any clue on the second row. The one you think is carmello I now think is 10000 Grand. But I've never had a carmello, so maybe not?

Re: http://tumblr.bwong.net/post/4529463886

misheast — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:41:34 -0000

Cool cutaways. I think I recognize 6 of them. 3rd row 2nd column is my fav.

Re: http://tumblr.bwong.net/post/1276396234

misheast — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:01:41 -0000

I gotta get a poster of something like for my apartment...

Re: Comparing Android, Blackberry, and iPhone App Sales

misheast — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:32:05 -0000

I agree on the Touch being a big deal. For my needs, which were requiring certain types of apps but not wanting to upgrade my phone service, the iPod Touch was the only option.