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“Internet Memes” database can be viewed as a...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:45:00 -0400

“Internet Memes” database can be viewed as a timeline, list, flipbook or map.

(Thanks, Ryan!)

‘bodies in urban spaces’ by willi dorner and lisa...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:04:58 -0400

‘bodies in urban spaces’ by willi dorner and lisa rastl

DJ Spock #2 Logical Awesome are the rockstars behind GitHub

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:33:47 -0400

DJ Spock #2

Logical Awesome are the rockstars behind GitHub

Chipotle Burrito Less Healthy than McDonalds Burger

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:17:35 -0400

Chipotle Burrito Less Healthy than McDonalds Burger:

from Crazed Teacups - A Fast Food Dilemma:

Chipotle burrito: 41g of fat*

McDonalds meal: 42g of fat

* It breaks down like this: 9g of fat for the tortilla, 4g for the beans, 1g for tomato salsa, 1g for corn salsa, 7g for chicken, 9g for cheese, and 10g for sour cream. Even if you take out the cheese and sour cream from the burrito, the burrito still about the same amount of fat as the double beef cheeseburger without the fries.

Chipotle burrito: 16.5g of saturated fat

McDonalds meal: 13.5g of saturated fat

Chipotle burrito: 1110 calories

McDonalds meal: 820 calories (remember, this includes fries)

Chipotle burrito: 180mg/cholesterol (even without the sour cream and cheese, it’s 110mg)

McDonalds meal: 80 mg/cholesterol (none in their fries)

Oh, and did I mention that if you add guacamole that you’re adding 10g of fat, 1.5g of saturated fat and 140 calories (zero cholesterol, though) to that burrito? That would make a grand total of 51g of fat. McDonalds doesn’t even have a sandwich that high in fat. The closest they come is the double quarter pounder with cheese… at 42g of fat. Add a hot caramel sundae at 8g of fat and you’re STILL eating less fat than the chicken burrito with guacamole.

How can this be? I keep thinking I’m doing the math wrong, but I keep coming up with the same numbers. I know from my own experience that there’s a lot to be said for eating the relatively fresh, real food they have at Chipotle versus the manufactured, processed stuff at McDonalds. When I eat at Chipotle, I can’t even finish my burrito (at 41g of fat, thank God for that), and I feel full for a long time. But when I eat at McDonalds, which is extremely rare, I can almost feel my body collapsing in on itself, although eating at McDonalds is the guiltiest pleasure - so bad for you, but so satisfying in its own, culinarily dysfunctional way. But still, it’s amazing to me that Chipotle is so well regarded and McDonalds is considered so evil.

via randomwalks/dj

DJ Spock

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:52:00 -0400

DJ Spock

Matt, Jerry & The Montauk Monster

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:43:55 -0400

Matt, Jerry & The Montauk Monster

Biggest Douchebag Ever?

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:36:14 -0400

Biggest Douchebag Ever?

Sci-brarians! Librarains compete in a dance competition using...

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:09:31 -0400

Sci-brarians!

Librarains compete in a dance competition using their book carts and some lab coats.

This is a video from “The Tinkering School” (which I...

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:05:37 -0400

This is a video from “The Tinkering School” (which I wanna go to!!!). Kids “tinker” and make their own projects such as bikes, bots, and even boats. The goal is to make them work, and also to not get injured in the process.

The Club Scene A newly scanned Flickr set of nightlife photos...

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:01:38 -0400

The Club Scene

A newly scanned Flickr set of nightlife photos from Ft. Walton, on the coast of Florida. Circa 1970’s.

Uncensored

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:52:36 -0400

A book that the government tried to censor from the general public has now been released. It’s a compliation of war victims and thier wounds.

“The average Joe Surgeon, civilian or military, has never seen this stuff,” Dr. Lounsbury said. “Yeah, they’ve seen guys shot in the chest. But the kind of ferocious blast, burn and penetrating trauma that’s part of the modern I.E.D. wound is like nothing they’ve seen, even in a Manhattan emergency room. It’s a shocking, heart-stopping, eye-opening kind of thing. And they need to see this on the plane before they get there, because there’s a learning curve to this.”

(via NYTimes)