Among the things I’ve learned this week:
* Wasabi is traditionally grated using a sharkskin grater, called oroshigane (Courtesy: Sushi Nakazawa)
* Olde Salt Oysters are darn tasty. (Courtesy: Cafe Boulud)
* Leather water buckets and the New York City Fire Museum. (Courtesy: NYT)
Among the things I’ve learned this week:
* Nirvana’s 1992 Reading performance is mind blowing (YouTube)
* Research on the effect of face-to-face communications from screen time (Courtesy: NYT)
* The fun of the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s court tennis court (Courtesy: PMS)
Caveat emptor, I am mostly ignorant of this tidbit from The Cut of Coco by Anka Muhlstein in New York Review of Books: Chanel’s approach reminds me of the services and add-on model to open-source offerings in the software sector:
Far from being upset, she immediately saw the advantage of being copied as a form of free publicity, especially for her perfumes. Once she returned home, she organized a private runway presentation in London and specified in the invitations that her guests were welcome to bring their dressmakers, who would be free to make sketches and take notes. This innovation underscored not only Chanel’s intelligence but also her ambition.