While not as dedicated to the perfect cup as others, I am particular about my coffee and go about making it in a way that works for me. I get beans delivered every three weeks or so, I grind them just before I brew, and I use a French press; I even steam and froth my milk. But if you want a general idea of how to make the best cup of coffee, check out the six fundamental principals seen over at The Atlantic.
It turns out that Vine just “woke up” thinking six seconds of video would be the right length of time. Still, they knew something wasn't perfect and they soon started looping the videos offering a whole new world of creative possibilities.
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This mini-biography of Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer is such an interesting story. Not only did it give me a better look into her rise and “fall” at Google, at what drives her or who she is as a person, leader, and designer, and where she wants to take Yahoo!, it got me very excited for what's to come.
Alex Rubens for Polygon wrote about how Missile Command, the popular arcade game from Atari, came to be. He opens:
Sweat dripping down your forehead, soaking your entire body. Waking up, relieved the horror you just experienced wasn't real. Seeing nuclear missiles drop from the sky, streaking to the ground, toward the city you live in, impacting as the nuclear wave sweeps toward your Northern California home and brutally kills you and everyone you love.
Dedication to creating one of history's most popular video games caused horrific and graphic visions for its creator.
Dreams such as this haunted Dave Theurer for years, both during and after production of Missile Command, a game he worked on at Atari in the early 1980s; a game that tasks players with defending six unnamed cities from incoming nuclear missiles fired by an unnamed enemy.
It's a fantastic look at the game and its design process with a great human element as well.
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Play-Doh is one of those things I played with as a kid for hours. It was also my introduction to color mixing. I remember my mother teaching me how to make different shades by kneading the dough (or is it Doh?) together. She even made us some homemade Play-Doh a few times which was better than the store bought if you wanted it to try out for a sculpture or something.
I don’t know what recipe my mother used but Instructables has one that looks good.
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