Food Culture

I don't believe that I have ever had the opportunity to write about or provide something interesting to the folks in the "Foods rooms" - So here you go!!

Do you have trouble keeping all the various food world personalities and organizations straight? Check out the handy subway/food culture map created by the Hartman Group.
To be honest, I am not entirely sure what to make of this, but I love the organization of the map and how all of the chefs and organizations intersect (AND I am not sure why Rachel Ray didn't make the list!) At any rate, the map plots relationships between people, places and things in our greater food culture.

Enjoy Foodies!!!!!!!!!!!

Sum, Sum, Summertime Reading

As we approach the end of another school year, I am reminded that I haven't written anything "non-techie" in quite some time. In preparation for summer and summer reading, here without any judgement are some options for your summertime pleasure.



The LA Times Summer Reading list-Catagorized

Amazon's summer reading

On a separate note, "the Queen" will continue. I have an "insider" who has graciously agreeded to pass my posts along. I have one more post for this school year and then it is on to the next chapter.

A JUKEBOX for the ages

One of my tech blogger friends shared this information last week- I had trouble with it's functionality initially-but now find it very cool. If you are an audiophile in any way you will be excited by the National Jukebox.

The Library of Congress has created the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.

It is an archive of more than 10,000 recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925. These are recordings that were made using an acoustical recording process that captured sounds on wax cylinders. The recordings in the archive can be searched and listened to on your computer. You can search the archives by recording date, recording type, language, and target audience. The National Jukebox has also arranged playlists that you can listen to in a continuous stream.
This could be a great resource for teachers of history, music, and music history. You might have students choose recordings that they like, research the performers, and research the cultural and or political context in which a recording was made, or trace the evolution of a particular style of music.

Thanks to Richard Byrne for the heads up!

GOOGLE Science Fair

If you are interested in science in any way, shape or form, take a look at the GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR. The semi-finalists in the inaugural fair have been posted. There are 60 projects that were selected from a pool of over 7500 entries from more than 90 countries around the world. You can vote once in each of the three age-group categories until May 20 at 11:59 PM EST. The People’s Choice winner will be announced on May 23, along with 5 finalists in each age category.