NYT: How to Boil an Egg? Scientists Claim to Have Cracked the Recipe.
The scientists’ new method calls for alternating between boiling and lukewarm water: The egg gets two minutes in 212-degree water, followed by two minutes at 86 degrees, with the cycle repeated eight times.
Stephen Hacket (512 Pixels): The Field Notes Thing
At the end of every year, I publish a photo on Instagram cataloging the Field Notes notebooks I used over the previous 12 months. Here is the most recent picture: …
Vanity Fair: The Proust Questionnaire
The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. Here is the basic Proust Questionnaire. …
Amazon: The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life (Anu Partanen)
A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children.
Sounds like a good book for these times…
ScienceAlert: Children of Divorce Face Greater Risk of Future Stroke, Study Reveals
Children of divorced parents are substantially more likely to have a stroke later in life, according to a new study of more than 13,000 older adults in the US.
The findings suggest that emotional turmoil during a person’s formative years may have lifelong health effects that we could be missing.
NYT: Tony Roberts, a Nonchalant Pal in Woody Allen’s Films, Dies at 85
Tony Roberts, the affable actor who was best known as the hero’s best friend in Woody Allen movies like “Annie Hall,” and who distinguished himself on the New York stage with two Tony Award nominations and what one critic called his “careful nonchalance,” died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 85.
His daughter and only immediate survivor, Nicole Burley, said the cause was complications of lung cancer.
Last Updated: 07.Feb.2025 23:24 EST
