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Snowball
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. [Andy Tanenbaum, 1989] As someone who did a lot of computing before The Cloud or Dropbox was a thing, I...
View ArticleAtalier Crenn
We had dinner at Atalier Crenn on Friday night, and here are details on her menu: White chocolate shell filled w/ cider, topped w/ creme de cassis jelly (Kir Breton / “Spring has come with its cool...
View ArticleMotoi
Menu notes from our dinner at Motoi in Kyoto, Japan on May 13th, 2017. aperitif: Rice flour dumpling (deep-fried rice flour dumpling, stuffed w/ a bit of sweet bean paste, wrapped in prosciutto)...
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Dumpster Language
NLP analysis done on a dataset of about 8,000 transcripts of Dumpster (as in “Trump’s a Dumpster-fire”) back to 2007. Unfortunately there are no trends that obviously jump out. He has probably been...
View ArticleSons & Daughters
Menu notes from dinner at Sons & Daughters in San Francisco on October 20th, 2017. Aperitif was a glass of Cava Taste was a leek and beluga caviar tartlet (crunchy) Glass sphere w/ celery broth,...
View ArticleAnonymous Genetic Testing
My paranoia level on this project is about a seven out of ten, where one on the scale would be a trusting grandma and ten is well-informed tinhat. Lately I have been wanting one of the genetic testing...
View ArticlePhilanthropy Picks (2017)
Here is a list of the philanthropies and charities where we donated this December 31st, after a messy year of the Dumpster administration: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, 17%) National...
View ArticleHot Hands
As someone who flirts with the hospitality industry, I actually find handwashing morbidly fascinating. The CDC has officially changed its stance on the temperature you should use for washing, saying...
View ArticleReview: Moongate Lounge
(2 out of 5 stars) Excellent dimsum with just enough cross-cultural elements of comfort food to be playful and interesting. That said, the entire front of the house at Moongate should be scrapped and...
View ArticleReview: Al’s Place
(1 out of 5 stars) If you were to draw-up a list of the saddest fashions, affectations, ill-placed culinary passions, and grande cooking mistakes of the last few years, I think Al’s Place would solidly...
View ArticleNotes on The Man Who Solved The Market (Jim Simons)
Like seemingly everyone who works on the buy side, I have been reading the Zuckerman book about Jim Simons of Renaissance. The book spends a lot of time with the big personalities who have worked at...
View ArticleTexas Hold ‘Em Variant: Buying the River
Texas Hold ‘Em is usually what people mean when they think of poker now-a-days. After the last poker night I attended, I thought of a variant of Texas Hold ‘Em inspired by the card shopping in Dominion...
View ArticlePhilanthropy Picks (2019)
Here is a list of the philanthropies and charities where we donated this Giving Tuesday, after another messy year of the Dumpster administration: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, about 14%)...
View ArticleSaison
Dinner at Saison was really solid. Spectacular service with attention to detail, an open kitchen with almost-haphazard arrangements of tables around the high-ceilinged, taxidermied space. The smell of...
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Going Out While Social Distancing
Wanna go to that kaiseki in The Mission? They have a 7 address, so our whole crew will be there. My ‘rents just moved into the 123 High Street building. Now we can meet at the pub on the corner. He...
View ArticleBro. Do you even bake?
The recipe for the famous Tartine country loaf is less helpful than advertising for the bakery and new age woo woo. Pretentious garbage, really. Here is my consolidating upon a practical, clear recipe...
View ArticleLike the Electoral College but Worse
We should expect Trump to announce electoral victory on the night of November 3rd. Or earlier the next day. This will be due to some combination of stronger-than-expected in-person voting results and...
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Tasting a Higher Proof
Fred Minnick just released his well-regarded ranking of the top 100 American whiskies for 2022. He started with 800 whiskies, and over several rounds, narrowed things down to his top 100. All else...
View ArticleAnother Poker Variant
Take turns sitting out a hand as the “fluffer.” The dealer deals two hands per player to the fluffer, and then the fluffer chooses half the hands to be used for the round. The intent is to force more...
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