Grape Expectations
Rake food and wine writer Ann Bauer, has a piece on wine-making and global warming on Salon.com.
Cristina Córdova
Is Intel Evil?
Huffington Post’s Jamie Court responds to Intel’s new advertising campaign: “Inside Intel Is There A ‘Slave-Ship’ Agenda?“
Ride 'Em, Cowboy!
FAIR Grit, Guts, and Grace I hate to mention the Minnesota State Fair two days in a row — particularly after having spent the day there yesterday with Owen — but today’s event is the real deal. The online brochure says it all: “Have a kickin’, rearin’, rip-snortin’ time at the first ever Minnesota State … Read more
Science Blog
One of my new favorite blogs is Pharyngula. I have to be honest, I can’t remember who turned me on to it, but I love this stuff; and it’s even a local blog — a professor, of course. (I’m such a sucker for the academic.)
A Top Undiscovered Reading Web Site
My first discovery from PC Magazine’s Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites: Verbotomy challenges you to create a word for a given definition.
It's All Right Here
Oh, yeah. This one is going to nourish me for quite some time — as well as nourishing my Net Raker posts. Hot Soup in the Eye just posted a link to my former employer’s website — PC Magazine’s Top Web Sites 2007. The best part is the second list, the Top 100 Undiscovered Web … Read more
Microtrends
Mark J. Penn has an interesting Trendsurfing post today at Forbes.com, “The Critical 1%.”
Finally, Maybe People Will Listen
New immigrations policies are hurting us all. Now they’re even jacking up wine prices.
Paradiso
I can’t pass up anything related to The Divine Comedy. Read The New Yorker’s “Cloud Nine” to discover a new translation.
Pssst… Do Something
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