Archive for the “things about which I am not ambivalent” category

Hot buttered rye breakfast cocktail

by Luke Rodgers on December 14, 2011

After much experimentation, I have come close to replicating the deliciousness that is the Hot Buttered Rye breakfast cocktail from one of my favourite brunch joints in Brooklyn, Rye.

1 tbsp butter
generous dash of ground cloves
1.5 tsp of molasses
earl grey tea (…)

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A valiant stand on science and religion

by Luke Rodgers on April 3, 2011

Eventually, someone, somewhere had to stand up for a politician’s right to ignorance.
I for one applaud Canada’s federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear for refusing to answer reporters questions regarding his belief in evolution. Such conversations are (…)

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Two interesting fonts

by Luke Rodgers on July 8, 2010

Whimsical and retro

My favourite painting at the MOMA

by Luke Rodgers on June 1, 2010

I’ve been to a lot of New York art museums recently, with friends visiting. Quite liked the Marina Abramovic exhibition, which wrapped up at the MOMA on May 31. My favourite painting at the MOMA, I think, is Andrew Wyeth’s (…)

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“Your opinion doesn’t have to be based on facts”

by Luke Rodgers on February 10, 2010

According to a Teabagger

Paragraph-level commenting for Wordpress

by Luke Rodgers on August 24, 2009

Digress.it is a Wordpress plugin enabling threaded, paragraph-specific discussion on posts and pages

A totally different kind of game

by Luke Rodgers on March 5, 2009

An audio-visual feast of a game

The financial crisis cloud has no silver lining

by Luke Rodgers on January 14, 2009

The New York Times has a decent (though it strangely focuses a bit too muich on her appearance and clothing) article on Naomi Klein. One of the things that caught my attention was her interpretation of the genesis of the (…)

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