http://jbaum.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ den of squalor and iniquity en Vox Thu, 15 May 2008 19:14:12 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/terrifying-ads.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/terrifying-ads.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/terrifying-ads.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 May 2008 19:14:12 -0700 The Schick Quattro for women ad is really terrifying if you've read or seen the movie "The Ruins". <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/terrifying-ads.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00fa9675cacb0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/a-steampunk-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/a-steampunk-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/a-steampunk-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:38:11 -0800 I got to this site from jessamyn's post about a library wedding, but the steampunk wedding is such a great idea. I hadn't heard of steampunk, but having read Gibson's "The Difference Engine" and Moore's "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", I shoul... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/a-steampunk-wedding.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00f48cfc24bc0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/marketing-gone-amok.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/marketing-gone-amok.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/marketing-gone-amok.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:58:26 -0800 Kate and I saw the Sopranos Bada Bing Cherry flavored ice cream Chipwich yesterday, although we did not buy it. The best (worst?) thing about it is that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Sopranos, other than being pink inside. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/marketing-gone-amok.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398dca1b30003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/the-eye.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/the-eye.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/the-eye.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:47:44 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398dc260a0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398dc260a0002-50si" alt="Eye" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> If you've seen me lately you may have noticed that I was wearing my glasses. I've been wearing contacts for most of my adult life in public and it's really unusual to see me wearing them. On Halloween this year, I got this annoying case of dry ey... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/the-eye.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398dc36a60004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/blue-men-not-in-any-group.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/blue-men-not-in-any-group.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/blue-men-not-in-any-group.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:35:48 -0800 I saw Paul Karason, the man who turned blue recently by ingesting and spreading colloidal silver on his skin, in front of the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller center today. He was smoking a cigarette, so I question that this was a health treatm... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/blue-men-not-in-any-group.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398d014e20004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/great-white-egret-sighting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/great-white-egret-sighting.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/great-white-egret-sighting.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:35:59 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398bef3750003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398bef3750003-50si" alt="IMAGE_009new" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> On my lunch break a few weeks ago I saw what I think is a great egret hanging out near the Bronx River behind the ABC Carpet and Home outlet. I only had my cell phone camera to work with and I somehow managed to only get a picture of the trees an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/great-white-egret-sighting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398bef36d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/random-things-im-loving-right-now.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/random-things-im-loving-right-now.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/random-things-im-loving-right-now.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:15:26 -0700 (In no particular order...) Ani Phyo's site of raw recipes and her show got picked up by BoingBoing, where I discovered her site. She has some amazing looking recipes and this weekend Kate and I made the raw donut holes. They were crazy good and ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/random-things-im-loving-right-now.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00e398a6bd560003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/goji-controversy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/goji-controversy.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/goji-controversy.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:12:18 -0700 As a librarian, I don't usually like to use Wikipedia as my source, but gosh darn it if they don't have interesting articles sometimes, especially on new or unusual things. They have a great article on Wolfberries, often marketed as Goji Berries. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/goji-controversy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00d4144cabf33c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/urban-foraging.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/urban-foraging.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/urban-foraging.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:59:33 -0700 Our knitting circle has been having some interesting discussions about "local" cuisine. One knitter's husband was interested in some cookbook about squirrels, sparrows and other urban game. While this is totally not my boat, I have been reading ab... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/urban-foraging.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00d09e7feb59be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/more-tasty-food-in-the-bronx.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jbaum) http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/more-tasty-food-in-the-bronx.html?_c=feed-rss http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/more-tasty-food-in-the-bronx.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:57:48 -0800 This happened awhile ago already, but I got bogged down in the morass of financial management homework. Our friend Alex picked me up at work in his little eco-mobile (his Parks department natural gas car) and we went to Frattelli's Pizza Cafe (Kat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jbaum.vox.com/library/post/more-tasty-food-in-the-bronx.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251d77208e1d00d414234dec3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>