http://www.kraskland.com/index.php Type description here... en-us Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:55:24 -0800 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:55:24 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1294350814 Architecture http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1294350814&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1294350814 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:55:24 -0800 I've written about Banon Chèvre before, but here's an unusual variation. Chèvre à Cerisier. It's a similar goat cheese, but rather than being wrapped in chestnut leaves,&nbsp; it's wrapped in cherry leaves. This comes from Madame Hisada , an affineur originally from Tokyo. She now lives in Paris where she runs one of her four stores. Cherry leaves are traditionally used in Japanese deserts, but not cheese. Indeed, cheese is not all that common ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1281200373 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1281200373&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1281200373 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:16:56 -0700 Friendly banter between opponents? The Tour de France as it passes by Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels. <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1279021416 General http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1279021416&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1279021416 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:46:00 -0700 The latest Monday cheese comes from artisan affineur Jacquy Cange . So what's an affineur do? They take soft, young cheese and ripen them over time. They don't make the cheese, they finish it. Often times they'll wash the rind in different ways, changing and improving the taste. This ripening process is perhaps the most crucial step in making good cheese. What makes Jac'Kriek special is that it is washed in Cantillon Kriek Lambic beer, a specialty ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1273500104 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1273500104&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1273500104 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:37:23 -0700 If a lion is stalking you, or a shark is out to kill you, you are of course in mortal danger. We have lived with these dangers for millions of years. The straight line is a man made danger. There are so many lines, millions of lines, but only one of them is deadly and that is the straight line drawn with a ruler. The danger of a straight line cannot be compared with the ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1268471891 Art http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1268471891&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1268471891 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:09:39 -0700 Tan&#269;ící D&#367;m Prague, Czech Republic <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1268253290 Architecture http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1268253290&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1268253290 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:17:42 -0700 Welcome back to the Monday Cheese series. Honestly, with my posting history it should probably be called the Monthly Cheese series. On a trip to Barcelona I visited La Seu Formatgeria , a cheesemonger specializing in Spanish farmhouse cheese. I was hoping to find Cabrales, a blue cheese famed for its spiciness. They didn't have any, so I bought several other varieties instead. The next day I ran across a small outdoor market where a farmer ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1264683661 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1264683661&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1264683661 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:10:36 -0700 An object is not so attached to its name that one cannot find for it another one which is more suitable. There are objects which can do without a name. A word sometimes serves only to designate itself. An object encounters its image, and objects encounters its name. It happens that the image and the name of this object encounter each other. Sometimes the name of an object occupies the place of an image. A word can take the place ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1254046566 Art http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1254046566&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1254046566 Sat, 22 May 2010 06:38:03 -0700 Stockholm, Sweden <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1246261067 General http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1246261067&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1246261067 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:11:00 -0700 Banon Chèvre cheese has been made for a long time. Dating back to ancient Rome, it is said that emperor Antoninus Pius died in 161BC from eating too much of it. He must have really liked the cheese. Besides its ability to kill, what makes this cheese so special? It's basically an unpasteurized goat's milk cheese from the Provence region of France. What's distinct about it is the method by which it's matured. The soft ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1235406409 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1235406409&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1235406409 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:11:24 -0700 <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1235165757 Music http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1235165757&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1235165757 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:11:55 -0700 <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1234441864 Art http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1234441864&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1234441864 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:14:32 -0700 In their last parting shot to the French, the Bush administration has increased the import duty on Roquefort cheese. Four days before leaving office, they raised the tariff from the current 100%, to a whopping 300%. This will effectively make Roquefort cheese unobtainable in the US. Why the change? This is supposedly in retaliation to the EU ban on hormone-treated beef. But why pick on Roquefort? Only 2% of it is shipped to the states, ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1233324692 Politics http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1233324692&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1233324692 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:12:17 -0800 Belgium may not be well known for its cheese, but they have a vast, rich history in l'art de la fabrication du fromage . They produce over 300 different varieties, as many as the French. But why don't they have the same notoriety? Most of the cheeses are made by small family farms and not exported outside the country. But how small is small? My latest discovery is a cheese that comes from Catharinadal Kaasmakerij , a 100 ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1232351774 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1232351774&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1232351774 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:15:02 -0700 <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1231711888 Art http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1231711888&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1231711888 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:13:20 -0800 Researchers in China have come up with a new type of loudspeaker using nanotubes. The most common speaker and the one most of us have at home uses a magnet to push a cone back and forth. The cone moves the air, and thus, creates sound. They've been making speakers like this for decades. Nanotube speakers use a thin nanotube film that creates sound not by vibrating, but by quickly heating up and cooling down ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1228487730 Technology http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1228487730&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1228487730 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:41:29 -0800 <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1227399236 General http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1227399236&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1227399236 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:14:42 -0800 Some time back a friend gave me a book, " The Strategy of Peace " by John F. Kennedy. This is a compilation of foreign policy speeches and is fascinating reading. With a few changes in specifics, such as dates and locations, it could have easily been written today. Here's an excerpt. Are We Up to the Task? January 1, 1960 Washington, D.C. "Certainly it is time for a change – time for us, in the words of Walter Lippmann, “to ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1226153039 General http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1226153039&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1226153039 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:16:49 -0800 "... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." www.change.gov <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1226055479 General http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1226055479&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1226055479 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:00:02 -0800 Amsterdam is a city where cheese is king and the kind of cheeses is Gouda. While I was out getting slightly lost in the city (all those canals!), my fellow fromage fanatique ran into the Kassland cheese shop , one of the better know in Amsterdam. It has a staggering 280 varieties of cheese. Gouda is a cheese with many personalities. When young, it's slightly creamy, easy to slice, and somewhat sweet in taste. But as it ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1224514512 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1224514512&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1224514512 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:55:12 -0700 Vox , a compilation of soundscapes created from vocal elements, has been released at Intelligent Machinery . In addition to my track, A Word From Our Sponsors , you can find 18 other weird and wonderful tracks all in one convenient zip file . I'm really impressed with the diversity and quality of the tracks on this release. While you're there (and you will go there, won't ya?), check out their other releases. <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1223562994 Music http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1223562994&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1223562994 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:12:44 -0700 I've seen a lot of beautiful street art lately. While roaming the streets in Amsterdam I came across this piece. Luckily, I found the author of this - C215 . You can see more of his work here . <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1222954102 Art http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1222954102&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1222954102 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:35:56 -0700 A new track, A Word From Our Sponsors , has been posted and you can download it here . This is my submission to a compilation of songs using only human vocals. I'll post more details when it's released, probably sometime next week. Can you pick out the great orators in this piece? <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1222456297 Music http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1222456297&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1222456297 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:13:42 -0700 Monday cheese will be a little late this week, so in the meantime enjoy some cheesy YouTube goodness. <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1218568653 General http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1218568653&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1218568653 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:25:45 -0700 Brussels has many outdoor markets . Most communes will have a farmers' market weekly and some even more frequently. Every day of the week you can find several open somewhere in the city. They sell everything you'd imagine would come from a farm such as fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, seafood, cheese, bread, olives, flowers, etc. The larger markets also have a wide variety of clothing, plants, electronics and other goods, all at really good prices. ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1217854701 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1217854701&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1217854701 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:58:55 -0700 Sweden has a lot of cheese. They, along with the other Scandinavian countries, account for half of all European cheese exported to the US. Much of this cheese is mild, which is ok for sandwiches, but otherwise not all that interesting. In a market in Göteborg I was happy to find two blue cheeses made by artisan cheese makers. The first is Blå-Ädel, made by Skärvångens Bymejeri, a small diary farm and cheese maker run by ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1217243186 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1217243186&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1217243186 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:15:03 -0700 Napoleon ate it every day. French troops received it as a daily ration during WWI. It's been made since the late 18th century but may not survive in its original form. Camembert, the cheese that unites France, has traditionally been made from raw, unpasteurized milk in Normandy. Many countries, like the US, have completely outlawed young, unpasteurized cheese so authentic Camembert cannot be found. Even in France, multi-national corporations make pasteurized Camembert claiming that traditional methods ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1215706057 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1215706057&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1215706057 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:09:12 -0700 Two new tracks have been posted, Splitsville and Paranoia Machine . Also, there's a new flash player that allows you to download the mp3s if you want (right click on song title) . <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1215079237 Music http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1215079237&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1215079237 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:57:17 -0700 Browsing through the neighborhood grocery store as I often do when in the need of food, I spotted a bright green cheese that looked like it had gone terribly wrong. Not wrong-right as in 4" mold hairs growing on it, but wrong-wrong as in toxic chemical reaction or an overdose of FD&amp;C Green No. 3. Turns out it was pesto cheese. It's firm, easy to slice like cheddar, and really did taste like pesto. It ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1214842546 Monday Cheese http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1214842546&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1214842546 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:50:53 -0700 The music section of the site is finally functional. Of note are two tracks, Music for Monorail and Music for Bubbleator . Recently the citizens of Seattle attempted to create a mass transit system using elevated monorail technology. This idea was based on an existing and functioning monorail created for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. In existence for over 45 years, it is the only fully self-sufficient public transit system in the ... <br clear="all"> http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1214746432 Music http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1214746432&comments=comments http://www.kraskland.com/index.php?entry_id=1214746432 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:23:45 -0700