When I first met R, I thought he was a typical womanizer and wouldn't give him the time of day. He tried his best to win me over and when he finally succeeded in taking me out on a date, I gave him the third degree. One of the first questions I asked was, "What is your favorite book?" "Love Story," he replied without hesitation. I laughed him off for two reasons: (1) I knew Love Story well, because it was one of my favorite movies...
Continue readingWhen I first read about the Heineken Beertender on Geekologie back in January, I almost fell out of my chair. Because not only do I love beers, Heineken is my favorite common beer. And Krups is one of my favorite kitchen gadget brands. Put the two together and...
Continue readingYou may find it surprising that I was in a sorority in college. I was not only a member of this sorority, but I was very involved, having held three VP positions, a pledge mom one semester, and chapter president for two consecutive semesters. I can go on and on about my sorority days, but I'll save that for another day. One of the many things that the general public knows about the greek system is that when a member stars pledging, he/she is given a nickname. This nickname may be based on the pledge's personality, looks, hobbies...
Continue readingYesterday, New York's MoMA began an exhibition called Design and the Elastic Mind, which, according to their website, "focuses on designers' ability to grasp momentous changes in technology, science, and social mores, changes that will demand or reflect major adjustments in human behavior, and convert them into objects and systems that people understand and use." In other words, geek art. Right up my alley. Here are three works from the online gallery that particularly caught my eyes: "Attracted to Light," from the Long Exposure series, by Geoffrey Mann "Attracted to Light narrates the erratic behavior of a moth upon the stimulus of light," explains the designer. The trajectory is captured through cinematic technology and the echo of the path, materialized through rapid prototyping, forms a delicately poetic hanging lamp. The Long Exposure series,...
Continue readingAn article in today's NYTimes caught my eye: Starship Kimchi: A Bold Taste Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before Ko San, the first Korean astronaut, blasts off into space onto the ISS on April 8, and he will be bringing a hefty supply of kimchi. While bringing a cherished food on a long journey might seem like a simple act, taking kimchi into space required millions of dollars in research and years of work. “The key was how to make a bacteria-free kimchi while retaining its unique taste, color and texture,” said Lee Ju-woon at the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, who began working on the project in 2003 with samples of kimchi provided by his mother. Ordinary kimchi is teeming with microbes, like lactic acid bacteria, which help fermentation....
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