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December 2016

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Smoke in the Woods | The Straight Up

https://drinkstraightup.com/2013/08/19/smoke-in-the-woods/
Mix equal parts Knob Creek (or other Bourbon), Campari and Carpano Antica in a large glass jar or other suitable storage vessel. Add about 1lb of 100% Natural Hardwood Charcoal, cut into smaller pieces if needed. Let sit in a cool, dark place for 7-10 days. Start tasting around day 5 and see what you like best. Strain the mixture through a coffee filter multiple times (use a fresh one each time) until most of the sediment has been removed. This is the most painful part of the process, but the end product will be more than worth it.
#bourbon #cocktails #imported:pinboard #smoked
archive.org #31387

Smoke in the Woods | The Straight Up

https://drinkstraightup.com/2013/08/19/smoke-in-the-woods
Mix equal parts Knob Creek (or other Bourbon), Campari and Carpano Antica in a large glass jar or other suitable storage vessel. Add about 1lb of 100% Natural Hardwood Charcoal, cut into smaller pieces if needed. Let sit in a cool, dark place for 7-10 days. Start tasting around day 5 and see what you like best. Strain the mixture through a coffee filter multiple times (use a fresh one each time) until most of the sediment has been removed. This is the most painful part of the process, but the end product will be more than worth it.
#bourbon #cocktails #smoked
archive.org #26966

We say we don’t hate our audiences. Our mobile strategies suggest otherwise.

https://medium.com/@s_m_i/we-say-we-dont-hate-our-audiences-our-mobile-advertising-strategies-suggest-otherwise-60c1cc8e1f4a?source=rss-f9133b07a948------3
Some people’s phones are filled with photos of their families, of their friends, of beautiful landscapes, of adorable pets. My phone is a museum of rage-inducing mobile experiences. I had the opportunity to channel that rage into an Ignite talk at a journalism conference. This post is an adapted version of that presentation. POYMAAAS: Pissing Off Your Mobile Audiences As A Service Almost everything I do on the internet, I do on my phone. Which means that every single day, I am provoked to John McEnroe-esque reactions by what Ye Average Media Organization forces audiences to endure. Like the, “oh, you wanted to do that thing? First jump through several hoops to download our app”: Apple: punishing you for having deleted their not-at-all-best-in-class Podcasts app.Pinterest: judging you for daring to want to check out Disney Princess tattoos in your mobile browser. Or the “sign up for our newsletter that might or might not have anything to do with the story you want to read but now can’t because of this full-screen call to action that our growth team insisted we force upon you”: On the left, Fusion. On the right, Blavity. At least neither of them went for the guilt and shame strategy. Or the “how many things that are not the thing you want can we put between you and the thing you want”, in which the distractions from the journalism include “and now some content from our sponsor” that takes up an entire screen: What exactly do you want me to do here, HBR and Runners World? Or the “please allow us to passive aggressively shame you as only the English can even as we take that sweet, sweet money from Outbrain and Taboola”: And we haven’t even gotten to the proliferation of the “Read More” button, a way for publishers to make your user experience worse so they can prove to advertisers that someone saw the ad that immediately follows your dispirted tap. Or the inescapable ad that autoplays as you try scrolling past it: Or the truly evil forced browser redirect to the app store, where you might be prompted to download an app you already own or one you would never even consider because wow, ad targeting is terrible: And so I ask: what have our audiences done to deserve any of this? And why do we think we deserve to have any audience at all when this is how we treat them? I’m spending my year as a 2016–17 JSK Fellow at Stanford University trying to improve mobile news experiences. If you’re someone with ~opinions~ and perspectives on these issues, please do get in touch.
#imported:pinboard #medium #recommended
archive.org #26927

As someone who maintains an OSS project of a similar popularity to Babel I fully understand where…

https://medium.com/@photonstorm/as-someone-who-maintains-an-oss-project-of-a-similar-popularity-to-babel-i-fully-understand-where-c2548aa1ea0a?source=rss-f9133b07a948------3
This isn’t about having a ‘thick skin’, it’s about educating them about what is acceptable. If they come back with the exact same issue… Continue reading on »
#imported:pinboard #medium #recommended
archive.org #26907

I loved your description of the ultra modern fixtures and the tiled tubs in the colonial up the…

https://medium.com/@thejaytaylor/i-loved-your-description-of-the-ultra-modern-fixtures-and-the-tiled-tubs-in-the-colonial-up-the-8800344911ef?source=rss-f9133b07a948------3
We never could find the perfect home, but we loved the rest of the home enough to look past the awkward tubs and futuristic LED lights. At… Continue reading on »
#imported:pinboard #medium #recommended
archive.org #26877

A letter to “open minded, genuinely kind, educated, willing to listen and learn white assholes” out…

https://medium.com/@thistechgirl/a-letter-to-open-minded-genuinely-kind-educated-willing-to-listen-and-learn-white-assholes-out-40ccf808e933?source=rss-f9133b07a948------3
Tonight a (white) friend posted on her Facebook wall that when she has recently talked to people about the secret group Pantsuit Nation… Continue reading on »
#imported:pinboard #medium #recommended
archive.org #26858

Donald Trump will be countered by cities: Social scientist Benjamin Barber on the emergence of a new urban radicalism — Quartz

http://qz.com/837383/cities-will-be-a-powerful-antidote-to-donald-trump-social-scientist-benjamin-barber-on-the-emergence-of-a-new-urban-radicalism
The election of Donald Trump has left the Democratic party defanged. Despite winning the popular vote, the Democrats now face four years of a radically right wing executive and at least two years in the minority in both houses of Congress. via Pocket
archive.org #26854