Grayson, Alex, and the gang visit Ichiban. I’ve embedded it here, but definitely follow the link through to their site for better viewing. The GNAtv top page has a great map of restaurants they’ve blogged and shot episodes.
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Jaden of Steamy Kitchen and Culinary Sherpas Greg & Michelle attend a steak tasting. Andy Huse at Delicious History thinks new Chinese restaurant Chopstix is worthy of being elevated to one of the three elite in Tampa. The other two, of course, are Yummy House and China Yuan. While you’re visiting Delicious History be sure to check out Andy’s taste test throwdown between Trang Viet and Pho Quyen. Gentlemen, your task this winter is to see how many of the following beard types you can achieve. Over the summer I hit the mutton chops, friendly mutton chops, fu manchu, klingon, winnfield, soulpatch, zappa, and copstash standard. Today I wear the standard, but-i-just-shaved-last-week-(or-at-least-i-think-it-was-last-week) stubble. (h/t Dyers Softcore Hobography) Earlier I linked to a Halloween cocktail created by Dot at Dabbled. Since then she’s concocted a few more. Check out her Creepy Bubble Fun. E-Waste Harmful Materials October 15, 2008 – Take advantage of the Department of Solid Waste’s upcoming Household Chemical and Electronics Collection Day on October 25th from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 4010 W. Spruce Street, to safely dispose of your old televisions and computers. Electronic waste accounts for 70 percent of the overall toxic waste currently [...] In this post about a new fresh produce market (Tampa Downtown Market) Jeff Houck also posts this incredible map of fresh produce markets all around the Tampa Bay area. Now THIS is quality journalism. (It’s probably easier to just follow the link to Google Maps rather than try to navigate it on this page.) View Larger Map Local foodie Jim Webster is the winner of the Mario Batali Ultimate Grilling Challenge. Congratulations, Jim! If you’re really impatient fast forward to the 3:30 mark when it takes a turn to the surreal. Grill Skills If you want more part two is here. Serious Eats has put together this collection of treats that you should never, ever consider giving out (like toothbrushes, raisins, and anything “fun-sized.”) Upsidedown Dogs Creative Commons has just kicked off their 2008 fundraiser. CC is an important organization fighting against complete corporate control over our shared culture. To my mind it’s one of the most important intellectual developments of the 21st century. Below is a video explaining a little more what CC is all about. “Too often the debate [...] I assume you are familiar with these already, but if not - TBO Entertainment Dining has weekly restaurant reviews (in addition to their regular foodie features. Their most recent review is of The Bungalow. Previous reviews include Urban Culinary Cuisine, Ploy Thai, and El Puerto. Here’s the main TBO Dining page. A hyperlocal blog covering Tampa Heights lets us know that the Tampa Heights Yard Sale is tomorrow, October 18 from 7am to 1pm. (The following is copied and pasted from the Tampa Heights site. The original posting is by Jay McGee, publisher of New Heights magazine.) A neighborhood-wide event! Find some hidden jewels and support your community [...] According to this 2006 Federal Judicial Center publication - “No express provision of the Copyright Act similarly consigns to the public domain works prepared by employees of state and local governments. In 1888, however, the Supreme Court in Banks v. Manchester131 held that state judicial opinions are ineligible for federal copyright protection because state judges are [...] Whoops! This story is years old. Nothing to see here. Alert terrorist-hunters in Kentucky nab would-be Steven King. Nation, you can rest easy tonight. “My story is based on fiction,” said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. “It’s a fake story. I made it up. I’ve been working on one of my short stories, [...] TJP just pointed out to me that Google Maps has a beta “walking directions” feature. Not only does it provide you with a map, like the regular directions feature, but it also gives you an estimate of the time it would take. For a few months now, in a effort to not spend every single moment [...] Mark your calendars. E-waste day is just around the corner. Here’s the press release - E-Waste Harmful Materials October 15, 2008 – Take advantage of the Department of Solid Waste’s upcoming Household Chemical and Electronics Collection Day on October 25th from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 4010 W. Spruce Street, to safely dispose of your old televisions [...] This 1-hour (or so) documentary (Toxic – Garbage Island) is about Garbage Island aka the Pacific Garbage Patch. It’s a 12-part series, embedded is part one. Check out the site for a larger hi-def version, and the other 11 episodes. Bisphenol A, a chemical used to build some plastics, has been found in over 90 percent [...] Download some of these fancy poison labels, slap them on your bottles of booze, and mix some Halloween cocktails, like this Brain Hemorrhage from Tango Pango. 1/2 – 3/4 oz. Peach Schnapps Joost was created by the guys who brought you Kazaa and Skype. It’s a peer-to-peer video distribution platform. Starting today you can watch Joost programming through your browser. Previously you had to watch through a program you downloaded. Joost is the sort of thing that will offer some serious competition to Hulu. From Wikipedia - “As of [...] Nick Reynolds is the short one in the middle playing tenor guitar. Wonderful animated short. Elephant’s Dream “Elephants Dream is made entirely with open source graphics software such as ‘Blender’ and with all production files freely available to use under a Creative Commons license.” Today is Open Access Day, “to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access.” I’m currently working on an Open Access project. One the one hand it seems good and reasonable to provide open access to as much information as possible. On the other hand, it’s not clear how these sorts of projects can be financially sustained, [...] This from Rockledge, Florida - “Surveillance cameras caught a man installing a skimming device on a Rockledge ATM to steal money from innocent customers.” What, you may ask, is a “skimming device” and how can it be used to steal money? The skimming device mentioned in the article linked above is most likely reading the magnetic [...] Abbie is a timid dog. She’s fine around other dogs, but shy and fearful of people. For years we had trouble leaving her alone. She became anxious and chewed lots of stuff. So, we crated her. That worked. She really liked her crate, and would hang out inside it even when we were home and the [...] Tampa should be considering building community financed fiber optic networks. Cities that adopt broadband and wifi as public utilities will have an advantage in the 21st century. There is sufficient evidence at this point to show that electronic networks create social networks. The City of Tampa could help bring its citizens together by pursuing community [...] |
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