For 35 years, Your DeKalb Farmers Market, the 140,000-square-foot grocery store with more than 800 employees from more than 40 countries, has changed the way metro Atlanta has shopped and cooked. It will only get bigger. Much bigger.
(Photo by the wonderful Dustin Chambers)
Read of the day.
Ron Swanson may know this by heart.
(via The Periodic Table of Meat)
This is a worthwhile argument … and that haircut is amazing. Behold!
HELLO, COMPUTER!
Computer?
1987 - I was born.
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“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.” — John James Audubon (b. April 26, 1785)
(Source: rulesformyunbornson)
Awesome.
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This morning in #ATL’s Piedmont Park, things were looking pretty beautiful.
*(An incomplete list)*
The Covalent Bonds
Progeny
Golgi Apparatus
Moraines
Heritable Traits
Chronostratigraphy
Quantum Foam
Van Allen Belt
Mass Spectrometry
Mole
Hiatal Hernias
The Subduction Zones
I listen to a lot of podcasts, so I thought I’d make a list of some of my favorites and maybe a little bit about why I like each one.
Jordan, Jesse, Go! -Hosted by Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris, this is one of the few free-form podcasts that is actually listenable. Full of obscure pop-culture references and running jokes, it’s a lot of fun.
Risk! -Created by Kevin Allison (comedian from The State), Risk! features celebrities and everyday people sharing crazy, scary and sometimes unbelievable stories. It’s a lesson in both the craft of storytelling and the weirdness of the human experience.
WTF with Marc Maron - There’s a reason this is one of the most popular podcasts. Maron’s introspection and self-deprecating wit adds a new layer to all of his interviews with comedians, comics and celebrities. He achieves a level of intimacy in his interviews that many trained journalists never learn.
Slate Podcasts - I could probably spend a whole post just talking about these. Slate was one of the first publications to go all-in on podcasting programming and it shows. With tight, intelligent and interesting conversations covering a wide variety of subjects including politics, culture, sports, women’s issues, books and others, Slate has it covered. Here are a few of their ‘casts.
- Political Gabfest
- Culture Gabfest
- Hang Up and Listen
- XX Factor (every other week)
- and more.
This American Life - Another obligatory podcast. Ira Glass is one of the best and it shows with every show.
Radiolab - Forget the interesting stories and interviews, I could listen to this for the sound design alone.
Filmspotting - For movie fans, this is an intelligent and engaging look at both the newest blockbusters, indie releases and also looks back at some of the best movies from the past. They’ve also started an occasional mini-show which covers the newest streaming movies from Netflix, Hulu and more.
On The Media -As a journalism/media nerd, I love this show. Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone deftly discuss and examine the hot media topics of the week while pulling no punches. They also monitor the cutting-edge changes in technology that affect the way we understand and take in media and news. Great show.
Doug Loves Movies - Another movie podcast, This classic humor ‘cast from Doug Benson features him and his comedian and celebrity friends discussing and joking about films and playing fun movie-related games.
The Nerdist - Chris Hardwick, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray host this romp through nerd-dom discussing a wide range of things from movies to TV, video games and more. They also have a variety of celebrity guests.
Left, Right and Center (KCRW) - At a brisk 30 minutes, this is one of the better political roundtable shows. Featuring commentators from a variety of political discussion, the show prides itself on grown-up and polite discussions. Mostly free of talking-points and empty rhetoric, it’s a thought-provoking listen.
99% Invisible - Created by Roman Mars, this brief (but always great) show focuses each episode on an amazing, but often overlook masterpiece of design, ranging from technology to architecture.