Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
Ahem. *Drools*. The most popular story on NY Times today. “You can’t underestimate the importance of salt in sweet baked goods,” she said. Salt, in the dough and sprinkled on top, adds dimension that can lift even a plebian cookie. To make the point, she referred to her recipe for Sablés Korova, a chocolate chocolate-chip…
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Africa and Coca-Cola
AFRICANS buy 36 billion bottles of Coke a year. Because the price is set so low—around 20-30 American cents, less than the price of the average newspaper—and because sales are so minutely analysed by Coca-Cola, the Coke bottle may be one of the continent’s best trackers of stability and prosperity. In other words, Coca-Cola sells…
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Washington Post hires Marcus Brauchli
The New York Times reports that Marcus W Brauchli, a former top editor of The Wall Street Journal, will become the executive editor of The Washington Post on September 8. It was somewhat surprising apparently. In a statement, Ms. Weymouth (the publisher) said that Mr. Brauchli’s experience at The Journal would “help us navigate the…
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Firefox 3 and Colbert
The Colbert bump is real. Firefox proved it. …we looked at downloads of Firefox 3 by users within the U.S. – and then we drilled down to a minute-by-minute view to see what, if anything, could be detected. At minute 23 of the broadcast, Colbert said, “Firefox 3 just got the Colbert Bump.” What happened…
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Google Lively
Annoying music… anyways… So is this Google entering the virtual world Second Life market? Will it work? Will they do an Orkut/Google Video on it? *Big Brother tone* You Decide.
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Litvinenko killing 'had state involvement'
Mark Urban has a scoop over on his blog. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko was carried out with the backing of the Russian state, according to Whitehall sources. A senior British security official has told Newsnight “we very strongly believe the Litvinenko case to have had some state involvement; there are very strong indications that…
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Rita Hayworth – Bewitched
Rita doing her thang. The movie Pal Joey with Frank Sinatra was on over the weekend. Great stuff.
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A history of banking in 47 minutes
Educational.
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Iraq's oil reserves
The US estimates there are 112 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Iraq. At the beginning of the war in Iraq, oil traded for about $30 a barrel. It now trades at $142. So in 2003, Iraq’s oil was worth $3.36 trillion (About 3 months of US GDP) In 2008, Iraq’s oil is worth…
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Classic Catchphrase
Hehe.
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