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4th country of 2014: Mexico

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I think my most recent trip outside of the continental United States is my last of the year…and it was a particularly splendid one, made just a bit better by getting to catch up with a good friend from home. Though it was just a four day visit to Mexico City, I still found a way to fall in love with the place, the people, the food and the overall vibe there. Vibrant doesn’t do it justice. Novel barely covers the sights around every corner. And warm is an understatement when talking about the welcoming atmosphere. Yes, D.F., I’ll be back.

You can view an entire album full of travel photos over on my Flickr (and probably a few on ye olde Instagram, for good measure).

Slash the trash

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Wired today has presented some design concepts from a Masters thesis project by newly minted creative person, Aaron Mickelson.  The goal of the project, entitled The Disappearing Package, is to reduce consumer waste from exorbitant amounts of packaging on our day to day items.  For example:

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There are more interesting concepts over at Wired so check them out.  While not perfect (as pointed out viciously by a few commenters) the intention is noble and the ideas are certainly novel.  It does, though, remind me at least a little of this Portlandia sketch:

Both food for thought and food for rats…

Product 19

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Not to be confused with Soylent Green or Ubik, Product 19 is a cereal from Kellogg’s that was conceived in the 1960s as a healthy competitor for Total. Apparently the copywriter had one of the largest “fuck it” moments in the history of his trade and named the 19th product pushed through his office in 1967 exactly that. No, really. Though still being produced, Product 19 is being discontinued by grocers, thus providing the scifi/surreal (ce-real?) cart you see above.

1 point to YouTube commenter

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In this product showcase from Corning – that io9 has dubbed “creepy” – we are presented with a world that benefits largely from the ubiquitous integration of touch-enable data displays integrated into every day glass surfaces. It’s beautiful and I want to live in this version of the future, but I think the first YouTube commenter summed up a nagging feeling in the back of my mind best:

BUY STOCK IN WINDEX NOW!!!

Aside from the impossibly clean houses, cars and public spaces that Corning seems to envision, I am also curious about how we are powering more and more screens at bigger and bigger sizes.  How are we producing all of this glass and where?  And who has access to the technology aside from the conspicuously diverse group of under 40s actors who portrayed “the near future”.

They may always end up as fodder for Paleofuture, but these videos sure do encapsulate the nearly Utopian dreams of our modern society, don’t they?

Saddest story ever told

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In my world, the weekends exist almost solely for the making and eating of delicious pancakes. There are many kinds that I have built into my repertoire: whole wheat with cardamom, walnuts and almond milk, unbleached white with bananas, cinnamon and curry powder, etc. It’s hardly a Saturday without a pan-cooked treat covered in black cherry jam or orange marmalade.

Which is precisely why this robot who can flip pancakes but never taste them is the most depressing use of technology I’ve ever seen.  Thanks for nothing, Engadget.

Summer drink mixing

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Discovered in the newest issue of Everyday Food, this drink required the purchase of a massive bottle of Maker’s Mark, a brown liquor that I would normally shun.  However, after muddling a slice of peach or two with three blackberries, tablespoon and a half of honey, tablespoon of lemon juice and some powder sugar, splashing with seltzer and allowing some dried mint to infuse, it was infinitely sippable. A truly Southern sort of beverage.  Bravo to Kate.

¡Bienvenidos a Mexico!

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Updated with more photos aqui.

Well, friends, I’m here. Here are some photos of our stay in Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo, Mexico so far:

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Good morning from Mexico!

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The Mexican Rigel – a Mexicat, if you will.

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Yes, it really does look like a god damned postcard.

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Ah, extravagance!

So, yeah. I do have to say that I’m extremely grateful for being a US citizen at the end of the first decade of the 21st Century. This is beyond amazing – far better than any Mayan king could have imagined – flying thousands of miles to be on a beach in the dead of winter.