Press On : A Work In Progress

A friend of mine referred me to this site over the past weekend and I have been addicted to it ever since. TURNHERE, branded as "Short Films, Cool Places" is a collection of short videos about local secrets and favorite places. The site covers the SF / NYC / LA areas in depth, but also has movies from just about any other area you can imagine. I highly recommend taking a look through the site as it is quite amazing. You'll most likely find quite a few places you recognize and learn a thing or two about your neighborhood.

Enjoy! Link Here

Stuff them:

fresh breadcrumbs (no seasoning, get them from the bakery)
herbs de Provence
olive oil
white wine (what you should be drinking while making this)
a little salt and/or pepper (I think salt is cheating)
Heirloom tomatoes

Cut the top off the tomatoes like you would a pumpkin. Scoop out a small amount of the meat, and pack in the breadcrumbs. Stuff as much as you can into the tomato without bruising the meat.

Cook for about 30 minutes, or until the skin starts to crack. When they are done the tomatoes will be so juicy and amazingly flavorfull your guests will never believe it.

Read this: http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/att_klein_wired.pdf

More to follow.

You can really put this over anything, from rice to rissotto and pasta. Its really good, especially if you like escargot.

Ingredient list:
1 package of linguine (or whatever you want)
2 tablespoons butter
1 can of artichoke hearts
1 small can of sliced mushrooms (I prefer fresh, but cans work)
1 can of escargot3 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon sagea little oregano (less then you'd put on your pizza)
1/4 cup of parmesean cheese

Make sure you drain anything in cans. You don't want the sauce they are sitting in. The artichokes and mushrooms need to be sliced, the garlic chopped (or use a press) and the cheese grated.

Escargot cooks really quickly, so keep an eye on them. Think shrimp, but a lot smaller.

You start by melting the butter, then toss in the mushrooms and the artichokes. Always stir anything in a frying pan. As soon as the mushrooms start to brown, toss in the garlic. Cook untilt he garlic starts to brown (you'll be able to smell it by now).

Now stir in the escargot with the sage and oregano. Cook this for just a few mintues. Add about half the parm and then you're done. Put this over your linguine and serve with the rest of the cheese.

If you like Thai food, and Thai soup, you'll like this. Its a staple at every American Thai restaurant. Its really good, and if you eat a lot of it, you'll get fat... Coconut milk is not good for you in large doses. And don't use anything from a can... Its just not right.

What it takes to make it:
4 cups water
1 can coconut milk
fish broth / sauce
and cilantro (if you want)
coriander
cumin
chicken breasts (.)(.)
bok choy
lemon grass
Shitake mushrooms.
Peanut Oil- to fry with
Garlic, slice paper thin, use a sharp knife
red pepper or cayenne pepper
onion
Fresh Ginger, grated (NOT PICKLED)

1. Slice things:
garlic super thin
grate the ginger
chop the lemon grass
crush up the red pepper
shred the bok choy
slice up the chicken into strips
chop the cilantro
slice the onion

2. Heat the oil to cook:
garlic
ginger
lemon grass
red pepper
coriander
cumin

Cook them until it smells good, about 2-3 minutes.

3. Stir in the chicken and onion and cook for about 5 minutes. The chicken should start to look cooked, basically white.

4. Now throw in the bok choy, cook it until it wilts, about 5-8 minutes depending on how fine you shredded it.

5. Your concoction should be nice and cooked now. Dump in 4 cups of water, the can of coconut milk, fish broth, and cilantro. Simmer until the chicken is all done....

Now eat it.

Ingredients:
2 bunches of scallions (green peppers)
2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning powder
2 tablespoons capers
2 celery stalks
2 tablespoons black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
as much tabasco as you want
about a cup of ketchup
1 cup of olive oil
3 tablespoons mustard
2 teaspoons coriander
2-3 lemons (juiced)

Take it all, throw in a blender, and hit blend. Adjust taste to your preference.

Here's another work piece I did. This should provide you with some great information on how to protect yourself online:

http://wiki.unilocusa.com/Consumer_Security

"With a little preparation and education most consumers can avoid online fraud. The first thing you want to be certain of when conducting online banking or credit card transactions is the identity of the organization you are dealing with. Never give your information out, whether online or over the phone, unless you are 100% sure of the integrity and trustworthiness of the recipient. And NEVER email credit card numbers, social security numbers, or your login information.

The first step to protecting yourself against cybercrime and online fraud is to protect your computer. Make sure you are running a software firewall and anti-virus solution- and keep them updated. Regularly apply your operating system vendor’s software patches. Keeping your computer updated is a never ending process, and you should regularly monitor it."

This is only partially about identity, but demonstrates a significant concern over how identities are evaluated.

We've all "lost" a television show to poor ratings. But how many of us actually know what ratings are and how they are accounted for?

Television ratings are determined by a company known as Nielsen Media Research (hence the Nielsen Ratings). This company conducts population samplings of households across the US to determine television ratings.

The Nielsen ratings generally rely on ~5,000 households. Now there are about 99 million households in the US, so the population sampling represents only a small percentage of the actual population.

When organizations announce that 36 million people watched American Idol (how sad) last night, it is really an extrapolation of those 5,000 households.

What this means: Nielsen TV ratings sampled 5,000 households, and found that 1810 households watched American Idol.

Using the rules of sampling and statistical analysis, Nielsen is able to report that 36 million homes were tuned to American Idol.