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Archive for August, 2009

In Praise of the Unitasker

Posted in Design, Thingophilia on August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s great when something does more than one thing for you. In the case of mobile phones, it’s nice when they can double as a camera, for example, as it means you have one less thing to carry around. Alton Brown also makes a pretty persuasive case for what he calls multitaskers in the kitchen. He’s [...]

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Shuck Shack

Posted in Food, Seafood, tagged on August 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Yesterday afternoon we ventured to East Austin to check out Shuck Shack, a new seafood joint. We got there before the kitchen opened and were invited to have a seat and a cocktail in their patio area. I hesitated, because Austin is averaging temperatures of 105 lately, but the preservation of some big old trees [...]

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Happy Hour

Posted in Music, Trailer Food, tagged on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday, I met my friend Mitch at the Continental Club after work. The Continental was pretty much the reason I moved to Austin originally. My friend Jeff brought me here the night before my interview with GSD&M. It turned out that the Weary Boys (in their Mario Matteoli days) were playing that night. I was [...]

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The Anxiety Of Internet

Posted in Music, Science on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Alex Ross, author of The Rest Is Noise, had a piece in the New Yorker a couple of weeks ago about listening to classical music on the internet. The article was called “Infinite Playlist.” There was one passage in it that struck a chord with me: The medium too easily generates anxiety in place of [...]

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Prejean’s, Lafayette LA

Posted in Cajun, Food, Seafood, Travel, tagged on August 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »

NOTE: This post was supposed to be part of our big road trip series, but it somehow got lost in the shuffle. Road Food had lots of great-sounding recommendations for lunch in Lafayette, but we were finally swayed by the plethora of crawfish options at Prejean’s. Plus, it was just off the highway. They had [...]

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