art in the dark.

A retrospective. This is really neat!

ourtaste.com

In a shout out to web startups, I'm directing y'all to OurTaste.com, an online restaurant preference aggregator started by a friend of a friend. It's a pretty good idea, and brand new.

Think of it as a Menupages + Citysearch + Facebook: add your favorite restaurants (identified in a database provided by the site), and create an eating-out "profile" of sorts. Then you invite your friends--well, the ones you think have a good basic knowledge of the city, and decent taste in restaurants--to foster a private network of restaurant recommendations. No more reading reviews written by "sexyboots39" or "foodiegirl27," on websites you're just not sure if you can trust.

The website is still *very* basic, and unfortunately, only designed for the New York metro area. Another downside is that there are a few things that aren't awfully intuitive (like how to add a restaurant that isn't necessarily your *favorite*), but it has been fun to muck around on the site and see what other people like. I think with time and some TLC, this could be a great reference.

Check it out: www.ourtaste.com.

i'm not sick, but I'm not well.

Courtesy of a tipoff from a coworker, I found this video, showing office life at its best, on David Kamp's blog. Minute 3 and a half is SWEET.



Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri

I would like to work in this office. (And I would like to point out how COOL it is that I can put a video on my blog! While that may betray my handiness with modern technology, I don't care, because it is so cool!)

marathon.

Until my brain starts working properly again, check out photos here.