Eric Ripert Éric Ripert (rih-pair) (born 1964 in Antibes) is a French chef, author and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and renowned for his work with seafood.[1][2] Ripert's flagship restaurant, Le Bernardin, located in New York City, has been ranked among the best restaurants in the world by culinary magazines and S. Pellegrino's annual list of "The World's 50 Best Restaurants".[3][4] It holds the maximum ratings of four stars from The New York Times and three stars from the Michelin Guide. [5] Biography[edit] Eric Ripert was born in France and learned to cook at a young age from his grandmother. When he was young, his family moved to Andorra, where he was raised. Culinary career[edit] At the age of 17 in 1982 he moved to Paris where he worked for two years at La Tour d'Argent, a famous restaurant more than 400 years old. In 1989, Ripert moved to the United States and was hired as a sous chef in the Watergate Hotel's Jean Louis Palladin restaurant. Media career[edit]
Online : CupCake CNC build part 2: Unboxing I purchased my CupCake CNC Deluxe Kit from MakerBot Industries. This machine is from batch #8, and it’s serial #000305. Future batches may be slightly different, so don’t use this as an exact guide for making your own CupCake CNC. Here’s what MakerBot Industries says about this version of the kit: This kit has everything you need to build a MakerBot CNC and get started in DIY digital fabrication. Not only have we included all of the parts you need to build a CupCake CNC, but we’ve also included all the tools that you’ll need to put it together and have the build go smoothly. What exactly is included in the $950 deluxe kit? The laser-cut parts to assemble a CupCake CNC machine. 3 x NEMA 17 motors to drive your machine The nuts, bolts, and various hardware to assemble it. You can also save some money by purchasing the Basic CupCake CNC Kit for $750. Let the unboxing begin: The first thing I found was a nice letter from the MakerBot team and a couple of postcards. Next is the power supply.
Create Digital Music » DIY Music Tech Community Round-up; Reflecting on the State of Music DIY? The elegant patterns of a circuit board, as photographed by / (CC-BY) Last week, what was intended to be a day of posts wound up being several days of updates on events centered around music technology and DIY creation. Here’s a birds-eye view of what we covered, some of the events you can catch in person, and some of what these events reveal. It’s worthwhile just putting these posts in one spot so you can easily mark your calendar – and you can see, even in this small slice, the amount and breadth of activity happening now. At STEIM in Amsterdam, I’ll be talking about the state of DIY and open source technology for musicians and artists, and what that means for creative people — both the potential and some of the challenges. Now, here’s your guide and calendar to DIY. The best new inventions. February 17. Handmade Music kicks off in Amsterdam at the STEIM research center. February 19. Handmade Music hits Toronto. What they teach us: Why is it a “great time to make electronic music?”
Online : Lo-tek capacitive touch sensor for Halloween fun In this video, the fine folks at NerdKits show you how to use one of their kits and some aluminum foil to create a capacitive touch sensor that lights up LEDs when a hand is placed inside of a jack-o-lantern candy bucket. Capacitive Touch Sensor: Learn Electronics with a Spooky Halloween Project Gareth Branwyn Gareth Branwyn is a freelancer writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. Related Online : "Go home and make your own Maker Faire" [Photo by Scott Beale] Dan Chiles is a member of Springfield City Council in Missouri. He visited Maker Faire and wrote about it in the Springfield News-Leader. I think he does a fine job, in a brief piece, of capturing the wonder and inspiration (and the delightful wackiness) of a Maker Faire: I saw a fire truck that belched fire, and a mammoth mechanical fist powered by shrieking diesel motors and controlled by two guys who sent us colorful hand signals, and a skating Barack Obama robot pulling a human in a cart.I saw hundreds of homemade rockets hissing into the sky and parachuting to earth, and giant mechanical cupcakes motoring between weird mutant bicycles, and a guy building round aquariums to display gently undulating jellyfish. I saw a $700 machine that reads your computer design and makes an object out of plastic … or sugar! And I love the Dale Dougherty quote he ends with: “Do you like what you see here? Are you ready to remake America? Gareth Branwyn Related
{nule.org} The Dumpsterworld FAQ | Beyond The Beyond *It’s the (impressively elaborate) social network that’s all dumpster-diving, all the time. Q: I don’t understand why people want to take things from the trash. You must not be homeless, because you own computers. Why do you dumpster dive? Most people don’t understand how many useful resources are thrown in the garbage every day. We don’t dumpster dive because we’re desperate, but because it’s a smart choice. Q: Those sound like good reasons, but I’m not convinced. There’s many reasons that perfectly good things go in the garbage. Waste is a regular result of doing business. Business policies enforce waste. Relative worth is another reason why good things go in the trash. Q: I’m almost convinced this might be a good idea, but don’t you have to DIVE into a dumpster to get things? Common sense makes it pretty safe. The more adventurous you are, the more good stuff you will find. Q: What about eating it? Common sense still rules.
Asus' Eee PC 1000HE netbook I can't live without a laptop. I'm not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line, something clicked inside my brain. I realized that most of the tasks for which I was using a desktop PC could be accomplished by a smaller, more efficient, and more portable alternative. And it's not just around the house: a day full of errands usually includes a laptop in tow. It might come as a surprise, then, that I have yet to jump on the netbook bandwagon. However, in the 18 months or so since Asus started the netbook craze with the original Eee PC 701, the firm (and its competitors) have continually revised and improved upon that formula. The 1000HE represents the next evolution in the Eee PC 1000 series, which we've spent a good amount of time talking about in the past. A new Eee for a new year Not everyone has seen a netbook before, so when we discuss their capabilities and limitations, it's important to understand just what kind of device we're talking about.