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Cooking Time-Wasters You Should Toss in the Garbage Bowl [Cooking]

Cooking Time-Wasters You Should Toss in the Garbage Bowl [Cooking]:

We do plenty of stupid things we do in the kitchen, including things that seem smart or helpful, but really just waste our time and make cooking and cleaning up more annoying than it needs to be. Here's a list of kitchen time-wasters you should stop doing right now. More »

The Right Way to Sauce Pasta [Video]

The Right Way to Sauce Pasta [Video]:

Cooking pasta isn't rocket science, but cooking pasta well is definitely an acquired skill—one that takes a little guidance. We've shown you the right way to cook pasta and how to match your pasta with the right sauce: now let's set you straight on how to properly sauce your pasta once it's cooked. More »

Glad I took a short cut through our science building to avoid the rain. Got to see this

Glad I took a short cut through our science building to avoid the rain. Got to see this:

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Pooping Dog Lamps by Whatshisname

Pooping Dog Lamps by Whatshisname:

Pooping Dog Lamps by Uk artist Whatshisname. Cool..(Read...)

The Eat Well Guide Travel Map Offers Healthy Eating Options for Your Next Road Trip [Nutrition]

The Eat Well Guide Travel Map Offers Healthy Eating Options for Your Next Road Trip [Nutrition]:

Eating healthy is easy when you're at home, or have your favorite market nearby, but if you're in a new town or planning a road trip, it can be easier to just drive through a fast food joint to grab a bite. Well, no more: the Eat Well Guide has over 25,000 healthy eating options, from cafes to stores, where you can grab a bite that's good for you, whether you're in an unfamiliar place or you're in the car on the way to your destination. More »

The Gnomes of Gnù: Umberto Eco Teaches Kids About Ecology Through Abstract Art

The Gnomes of Gnù: Umberto Eco Teaches Kids About Ecology Through Abstract Art:
A beautiful allegory about ecological collapse and salvation.
In the 1960s, celebrated novelist, list-lover, and philosopher Umberto Eco partnered with illustrator Emilio Carmi on an unusual children’s trilogy. First came The Bomb and the General, a primer on semiotics that used language as a malleable toy to comment on the nuclear age and deliver a message of peace. Then followed The Three Astronauts, using recurring symbols to teach kids to draw connections between text and image. Finally, nearly three decades after the original two, in 1992, Eco and Carmi produced the last installment: The Gnomes of Gnù (public library) — an abstract allegory about ecological collapse and the capacity for change, told through a Space Explorer (“SE”) who sets out to find a beautiful new habitable planet to which to port human civilization. But when he does find Gnù, the gnomes that inhabit it turn out to be less than interested in receiving civilization.











The Gnomes of Gnù is fairly hard to find, but Ariel S. Winter has kindly scanned it and made it available on Flickr in its entirety.
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