Daily Archives: March 23, 2011
Horseradish Mustard Mayonnaise Sauce
Nice little sauce goes over all sorts of things. Good on beef, burgers, chicken, seafood, mashed potatoes, potato salad or Irish stew (corned beef, potatoes, cabbage, etc.) I had it over boiled potatoes with some stuffed salmon. 1/4 cup mayonnaise … Continue reading
The Reversion of Detroit
There are plenty of internet sites out there that show you the burned out Hellish wreckage that is Detroit, Michigan. Most cities that look like Detroit have just been through a war. In the last decade, Detroit lost 25% of … Continue reading
Filed under Americas, Michigan, Midwest, North America, Regional, Sociology, Urban Decay, Urban Studies, USA
Dickens in Africa: Welcome to Lagos
Amazing article by George Packer about the Hellish city of Lagos, Nigeria. See that guy squatting over the curb? Wonder what he’s doing? With only .4% of the city hooked up to the sewage system, why do you have to … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Corruption, Crime, Nigeria, Regional, Travel, West Africa
Google Hammers Content Farms
Overview here for those who are confused by the headline. I always wondered what was up with these content farms. Why would anyone make one? But apparently this non-blogs are just a way to make money for their creators. If … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
Efficiency of the US Electrical Grid
Efficiency of Electrical Grids Area % Efficiency Japan 90 Europe 80 US 34 How lame. Our grid was designed a century ago, and it loses 2/3 of the power it produces! Ridiculous.
1% Failure Rate For Nuclear Power
There are 450 nuclear power plants in the world. There have been 4 meltdowns in history, one each at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and two so far at Fukushima, as partial meltdowns count as meltdowns. That is a ~1% … Continue reading
Vaginal Capacity
How much can one vagina hold? Karin Mackalinaus was arrested on suspicion of burglarizing a hotel in New York City after she crashed her car. Police found 3 bags of heroin on her. Then they noticed her squirming in the … Continue reading
