Atom containers are the perfect solution to storing your atoms. The Atom Container Project (a side project of mine) has just released the Alpha Series.

Today’s history lesson is about salads and salad dressing.

Disturbing and fattening at the same time: 10 statutes made out of butter.

via Kiplog’s Food Blog.

Gary Lightbody, the lead singer of Snow Patrol, is putting together a side project that is tantamount to a supergroup. Tired Pony consists of Peter Buck (R.E.M) on guitar, Belle and Sebastian drummer Richard Coburn, Iain Archer and his wife, singer Miriam Kaufman, and Jacknife Lee is producing.

via paste magazine

The Economist is warning that while stocks prices are still off their past peaks, there is overvaluation in the marketplace. Combine that with low interest rates and, as the article argues, there is a bubble forming.

Agree that such a bubble is forming?

This is not about t-shirts and other band merch. Oh contraire, the Kings of Leon have attached their name to a clothing line that includes hats, boots, jewelery, flannel and denim. Oh, and a bandana that costs £65. For those who are inclined, you can view the range here.

Chow.com has a great overview of whole grains, what they are, how to cook them and more. They call it “Whole Grains 101“.

Hardcore Saab owners gathered in Detroit yesterday to show their support for the brand and to urge GM to sell it rather than close it. Read more.

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You may or may not have read reports earlier this year that Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant business was near bankruptcy. Bloomberg has a detailed article not only on the current status of this enterprise, but Ramsay’s other activities as well.

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“Organic foods are exploding in popularity. But fears of biotechnology—and a widespread mistrust of science—won’t help efforts to create a truly sustainable agriculture.” Maywa Montenegro’s comments and hypothesizes on the foregoing in Seed Magazine.

grain edit, which is a sweet little blog, has a great collection of vintage travel posters. Here is one sample:

Vanity Fair takes on John Slattery, who plays Roger Stirling on Mad Men. Questions range John’s his acting style, to whether he likes Roger, to shark attacks. As a plus, if you make it all the way through the article, you can see John’s top 5 playlist (hint, there’s some Wilco and Mos Def).

Billboard has launched a new website, Billboardlive.com, to watch concerts for free. A nice plus is that users can select between 5 different camera views, including picking the band member/artist to focus on.

Right now the line up (e.x. Daughtry, R. Kelly and Imogen Heap) does not excite me in the least, but here’s hoping for a better roster roll out soon.

Slate.com offers up this interesting piece, which evaluates and admires Yamaha’s new AvantGrand electric piano. To quote “…Yamaha has done more than capture the soul of a grand piano in an electronic device. They have improved on a 300-year-old instrument.”

This how-to from About.com on installing a programmble thermostat seems like it will do the trick. I have not tried to follow these directions, so you are on your own. No vouching from me kiddos.

Kick ass track from a great Canadian outfit. Check out more on You Say Party! We Say Die!

It’s made by hand, it’s about the works of Michelangelo, it weighs 62 pounds and it costs north of $100,000. “Michelanglo: La Dotta Mano”, is out now.

For the first time since the Irish Potato Famine, there are prohibitions against begging in Ireland.

Wired has a greatly informative piece on the litigious and protective nature of Toho Co. Ltd., the rightsholder to Godzilla, and quick they are to protect their piece of IP.

The 2008 season has been a very bad one for the Detroit Lions. The question is just how bad will it get. This analysis from the Detroit Free Press posits that the team could go the full season without winning a game. No team has gone a full season without winning since the NFL switched to 16 games over 30 years ago.