The Rules:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you've eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The Mouse & the Billionaire Omnivore's Hundred

1. Venison


2. Nettle tea


3. Huevos rancheros


4. Steak tartare


5. Crocodile


6. Black pudding


7. Cheese fondue


8. Carp


9. Borscht


10. Baba ghanoush


11. Calamari


12. Pho


13. PB&J sandwich


14. Aloo gobi


15. Hot dog from a street cart


16. Epoisses


17. Black truffle


18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes


19. Steamed pork buns


20. Pistachio ice cream


21. Heirloom tomatoes


22. Fresh wild berries


23. Foie gras


24. Rice and beans


25. Brawn, or head cheese


26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper


27. Dulce de leche


28. Oysters


29. Baklava


30. Bagna cauda


31. Wasabi peas


32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl


33. Salted lassi


34. Sauerkraut


35. Root beer float


36. Cognac with a fat cigar


37. Clotted cream tea


38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O


39. Gumbo


40. Oxtail


41. Curried goat


42. Whole insects


43. Phaal


44. Goat's milk


45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more


46. Fugu


47. Chicken tikka masala


48. Eel


49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut


50. Sea urchin


51. Prickly pear


52. Umeboshi


53. Abalone


54. Paneer


55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal


56. Spaetzle


57. Dirty gin martini


58. Beer above 8% ABV


59. Poutine


60. Carob chips


61. S'mores


62. Sweetbreads


63. Kaolin


64. Currywurst


65. Durian


66. Frogs' legs


67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears, funnel cake


68. Haggis


69. Fried plantain


70. Chitterlings, or andouillette


71. Gazpacho


72. Caviar and blini


73. Louche absinthe


74. Gjetost, or brunost


75. Roadkill


76. Baijiu


77. Hostess Fruit Pie


78. Snail


79. Lapsang souchong


80. Bellini


81. Tom Yum


82. Eggs Benedict


83. Pocky


84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant


85. Kobe beef


86. Hare


87. Goulash


88. Flowers


89. Horse


90. Criollo chocolate


91. Spam


92. Soft shell crab


93. Rose harissa


94. Catfish


95. Mole poblano


96. Bagel and lox


97. Lobster Thermidor


98. Polenta


99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee


100. Snake

80 percent is pretty damn good, I think. We have made a pact to finish the list within the next year. We'll keep you updated.

Labels: Food, Life

Hi, we redesigned the blog. We think it's fun. We hope you do too. Bye.

NYC has opened up her loving arms to us and welcomed us back home. She is important, interesting, exciting, lovely, joyful, warm, beautiful, and still a poor substitute for our loved ones on the West Coast.

Labels: Life

My copy of Nanoloop that I ordered from ebay just came. It goes nicely with my sweet Gameboy Pocket that I got a few months ago.

So far, I am super impressed with Nanoloop. I saw Bubblyfish give a talk on chiptune music a couple months back, and immediately saw how much nicer Nanoloop was to work with than LSDJ, which I had played around with a few years back. It's not nearly as powerful, but it's a great way to come up with some super fun songs. The interface is extremely easy to understand. It's easy to navigate between the different screens, and it visualy makes sense what is happening when you apply certain functions on the sound. I need to keep this in mind when developing my own interface this coming year.

Thought: It may be interesting to actually map the key commands from the Gameboy to an external device, making it more performative.

Also, a side note: I am crapping myself over that picture of Rabato's rig. Check out more at his Gameboy music site.

Labels: MFA, Music, Technology

Dipity.com has a fascinating chronological map of the history of internet memes. It is a really nice information layout. Timelines really are generally the wayto go. Just ask National Geographic. They have placed bigger (more popular) memes towards the top of the screen, which is a great navigation element. You can also drill down and display all of the content from a given time period. Clicking on a topic will launch a window to either read about the item or watch the video.

On a side note. It's also fun to see how we have advanced in our tastes.

Labels: Fun, MFA

I recently got a copy of Nicolas Collins', Handmade Electronic Music - The Art of Hardware Hacking, and I am really excited.

It is a great little exploration in the world of sound and machines. Much of the material covered, especially the earlier chapters (soldering?), I am already familiar with, but there is a great deal of fun projects in here. Ripe with possibilities! I have been feeling stone-walled with the simplistic microchip sounds I've been making (a person can only take so many square waves), so I look forward to chapters 20 - 24 with some more advanced oscillators. Hopefully Bob Moog is smiling down.

I am getting very excited about this upcoming year of school. I can't believe there's only one more year left. I want to play with electronics, music, and the internet 18 hours a day, forever.

Labels: MFA, Music, Technology

Has anyone else noticed that Robert Redford is slated to star in the upcoming Untitled Jackie Robinson Project as Branch Rickey?

I just crapped my pants.

The question then, of course, is who will play Jackie. L says Jamie Foxx, but I'm not convinced. The imdb message boards also suggest Will Smith, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Murphy, and Derek Luke. None of these choices seem appropriate, though I recognize I may be an overzealous Jackie fan. Anybody else got any ideas?

Labels: Baseball, Film