Good Eatin': Tiramisu...Heaven in Your Mouth
A big, authoritative site that tells you everything you wanted
to know about Italian pudding but were afraid to ask, including the recipes of classic versions as well as for dozens of variations, including low-fat, eggless, and other concoctions. Readers can submit recipes of their own and rate versions of the stuff in local restaurants. <http://www.heavenlytiramisu.com/>
to know about Italian pudding but were afraid to ask, including the recipes of classic versions as well as for dozens of variations, including low-fat, eggless, and other concoctions. Readers can submit recipes of their own and rate versions of the stuff in local restaurants. <http://www.heavenlytiramisu.com/>
posted by John Gabree at 11/23/2005
"Choose a tour by school or medium and explore the National Gallery's collections of 
physics--all the cornerstones of a new world--were being born at once. Yet, today change comes exponentially faster. The breakthroughs recognized here were chosen after four months of research, hundreds of interviews, and consultation with a top-flight panel of advisers created for the purpose. Together, these advances promise to transform energy production, empower the disabled and open new realms of exploration. Some of the innovations are already saving lives; others will enhance them. The future is sooner than you think." -- from the website. <
"The 1920's and 1930's ushered in an unprecedented era of travel to exotic and romantic destinations. And no-where was this more clearly expressed than in the travel posters of that time. The Los Angeles Public Library's collection of travel posters perfectly captures this era. With this exhibition, the Library shares its bounty with the public for the first time." -- from the website. <
An unusual and fascinating look at the "African American soldiers of the 24th Infantry and 9th Cavalry [who ] protected the National Parks of California at the turn of the last century." <
was something called a "book": Now, as "Your Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions," Roadside America is back as a website, with all the weird and wonderful destinations -- the Mother's Day Shrine, the World's Largest Catsup Bottle, the Albino Squirrel Capitol of the World, the beer can house -- and many more. <
Stephen McSwain decided to create a new breed he likes to call 'functional art.'
out of antique mechanical parts from garbage dumps and garage sales. The detritus of aging rotary phones, electric meters, safety deposit boxes, geiger counters, and brownie cameras, and other junk emerges transformed into cool automatons like hiphopish 
"SwarmSketch is an ongoing online canvas that explores the possibilities of distributed design by the masses. Each week it randomly chooses a popular search term which becomes the sketch subject for the week. In this way, the collective is sketching what the collective thought was important each week." -- from the website.
"One Free Minute is a mobile sculpture designed to allow for instances of anonymous public speech. When you call the cellphone inside One Free Minute, you get connected for exactly a minute to a 200 watt amplifier and speaker. The speech produced by the speaker can be heard clearly more than 150 feet away from the sculpture." -- from the website. <
in Microsoft Powerpoint. The "simplified" presentation, in lively contemporary colors, is amplified with dramatic but meaningless graphs, soothing bullet points, and a list of key objectives (i.e., "Government not perish"). <
tap-tap-tap of a hammer, or the wail of a creaking door? Is playing a garbage can different than playing a drum?...Explore the science of music with us, through these online exhibits, movies, and questions. Along the way, you can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment, and above all...listen." -- from the website. <
which "are commonly found in lakes and ponds and many of [which] provide food for vertebrates such as fish, ducks, turtles and some other birds," also discusses the history and current uses of leeches for medicinal purposes. <
an Independent Lens (PBS) profile of Parliament Funkadelic, George Clinton's aggregation, includes a history of the band from its origins in barbershop doo-wop as The Parliaments in the 1950s to its present impromptu existence, profiles of band members (including Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel and Bernie Worrell), descriptions of albums, images of album cover art, a "Test Your P-Funk Knowledge" quiz, and related links. <
numerous ways, but mainly, all of the recipes in cocktailDB have been authenticated in print. This cuts out all the sophomoric, never-once-ordered recipes clogging many other drink sites. We already have the largest collection of verified drink recipes on the Internet or in any book, and this collection will continue to grow....All recipes already link to the most massive drink ingredients data bank around: ours! Don't know what something is? Merely click on it and you will be immediately told...and shown! Photographs of the vast majority of ingredients ever put in a cocktail are just a click away, even for ingredients not produced in 60 to 100 years! Furthermore, if something is difficult to find, substitutes are often advised right there and then. If an ingredient has no substitute, at least you'll know what it is." -- from the website. <
With new grades for the first time since 2001, our nation's infrastructure has shown little to no improvement since receiving a collective D+ in 2001, with some areas sliding toward failing grades. The American Society of Civil Engineers' 2005 Report Card for America's Infrastructure assessed the same 12 infrastructure categories as in 2001, and added three new categories. Access the complete Report Card with details on each infrastructure category and state infrastructure information." -- from the website. <
Good for a rainy day:
science and invention from the eighteenth century to today. It explains the development and the global spread of modern industrial society and its effects on all our lives. The site expands upon the permanent landmark gallery at the Science Museum, using the Web and dynamic multimedia techniques to go far beyond what a static exhibition can do." -- from the website. <
items from libraries, museums and archives of North West England which tell the story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry." Includes data on the British textile industry, cotton mills, the Lancashire cotton famine, cotton districts and towns, living conditions of cotton mill workers, machinery, uses of cotton, etc. <
