Brassfield in Brief
- Paul and Huntsman: too nuanced and non-pandering for this #GOPDebate 1 month ago
- New York City now sleeps! Where are the 24 hour coffee shops of my youth? 5 months ago
- DC suffered an earthquake and a hurricane after the tea party started driving Congress. Coincidence? Alas, science suggests so. 5 months ago
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Guest Post: Two brains are better than one
One of my favorite food sites is 101 Cookbooks – lots of yummy, interesting, healthy, and most importantly, vegetarian food. (Don’t worry friends, the infamous vegetarian-hating, bacon-loving Ted Brassfield has not converted – this is She, guest blogging while He … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged 101 Cookbooks, Beverages, Blackberry, Carbonated water, Cocktail, cocktails, Cook, Cooking, food, Home, Recipe, She
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Food Recalls Galore (But Going Vegan Won’t Help)
A half billion eggs have been recalled. Tyson just issued a recall of deli meat shipped to Walmart. And the host’s comment on NPR‘s American Public Media’s Marketplace: “Vegan, anyone?“ Two quick responses: First, I hope that he is not sued … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged Agriculture, colorado, egg recall, food, Lifestyle Choices, Local food, Oil spill, Polyface, Polyface Farm, recalls, transparency, Veganism, vegans, Vegetarian
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Another Privacy Problem with Facebook
You might have thought that after their new privacy controls debacle, Facebook would have carefully checked the layout of their latest innovation privacy destroying tool, “facebook places,” before launch. You would be naive. The latest update to the site I … Continue reading
Posted in Security, Tech
Tagged danger, Facebook, Luddite, Online Communities, places, privacy, privacy settings, Protocols, security, Social media, Social network
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Nicholas Merrill, a Hero
Hero is an overused word. In this case, it is appropriate. Seven years ago, when Nicholas was the CEO of an Internet Service Provider in New York, the FBI brought him a National Security Letter demanding a significant amount of … Continue reading