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David Craddock posted a new article, <a target="_blank" href="/article/99662/doom-to-hell-and-back">Doom: To Hell and Back</a>

This has to be one of the coolest animated shorts I think I've ever seen. Anyone know of more stuff in the same vein as this? I could watch this for hours.

https://vimeo.com/179779722

It's called "Scavengers" and it's some crazy sci-fi thing. Check it out. If you're tripping balls, definitely check it out.

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A stone bowl (dolsot) bibimbap is one of my favourite comfort foods. Warm crunchy rice mixed with delicious veggies, pork and egg. So good! The traditional recipes are rather involved, but I've developed a much easier and still amazingly delicious version of my own!

What you need (per serving):
1 Stone Bowl
1/2 cup rice
Sesame Oil
3-6 Tbsp Korean BBQ Sauce
Korean Hot Pepper Paste
~1 cup Kimchi
~1/3 Carrot
~1/3 Zucchini
~1/3 King oyster mushroom
1 egg

Here's a pic of the sauces and the kimchi. The sauces can be bought from most asian grocers. We get the kimchi from Costco.
http://chatty.pics/files/bbb09_c2s396dosz.jpg

Step 1: The Stone Bowl.
The key to a good dolsot bibimbap is a good stone bowl. This is what makes the rice nicely browned and crispy, and allows the egg to fully cook as you mix the bibimbap together. They're also great for making other dishes, especially soups. I use this one: http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Korean-Cooking-Sizzling-Bibimbap/dp/B00KFMTLQM/

Step 2: Get the rice cooking!
Ideally you do this well in advance of the rest. Cook/steam the rice however you want. Then put the stone bowl on the stove, spread a little sesame oil around the bottom, and add the steamed rice. Turn the element/burner to low, and just let the rice sit there. If you can do this 30-40 minutes in advance, that's perfect, but it'll get crispy enough in ~10min depending on the temp.

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Step 3: Cook the meat!
Fry up the ground pork, and add the bbq sauce midway through. Then add it to the rice in the stone bowl, or put it aside to add later (I usually put it aside). Traditional recipes call for marinating the meat and whatnot, but it's really not necessary.

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Step 4: Julienne and cook the veggies
This is the step where we are saving a lot of time. Again, traditional recipes require separately preparing, marinating, and cooking each veggie. It's good, but requires a lot of effort and planning. Instead, I just prep/cook it all together. It's much faster and honestly just as delicious. So, julienne 1/3rd to 1/2 of a carrot, zucchini and king oyster mushroom. Don't chop the kimchee.

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Then, add them and the kimchee to the frying pan with some sesame oil. If you use the same pan as the meat, you can get some extra flavour. Fry it up and again put it aside or put it on top of the meat. Traditionally you cook them separately so they can be arranged nicely in the bowl, but whatever.

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Step 5: The Egg
The last step is to fry up an egg and put it on top. You want the yolk to be runny, since it's going to get mixed in with the rice/veggies/meat and cook in the hot stone bowl.

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Last Step: Add sauce and mix!
After you've added the meat, veggies and egg, turn up the heat on the stone bowl for a couple minutes to let it heat up nice and hot. Then take it off the heat, spurt some pepper paste on top, and use a spoon to mix the whole thing together - enjoying the sizzling sound it makes as the egg contacts the sides of the hot stone bowl!

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Then, dig in! Great for a cold day, or any day!

Optional: Cut up some dry seaweed sheets and add on top before mixing. You can also add spinach to the veggies, though that may require extra steps. I never do.

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY SHACK[LOL]

I honestly can't believe it's been nine years. Holy shit. Time flies, etc.

Here's the annual breakdown --

YEAR       LOL         ALL       TAG GROWTH 

===========================================

2007 |    87,272  |    n/a     |           

2008 |   173,173  |   182,104  |   94,832   

2009 |   153,539  |   178,536  |   -3,568  

2010 |   162,412  |   216,850  |   38,314  

2011 |   158,869  |   235,565  |   18,715  

2012 |   236,047  |   365,840  |  130,275  

2013 |   332,429  |   523,610  |  157,770  

2014 |   347,735  |   557,375  |   33,765  

2015 |   386,044  |   617,217  |   59,842  

===========================================

       2,037,520  | 2,964,369 TOTAL TAGS

We had almost double the tags over last year. Crazy.

I'm going to probably have to do something to help the poor database -- it's starting to get too big for its britches. :D

Don't know if this has been posted before, but here's a very interesting, entertaining presentation about (the limits of) technology. Something in here for designers, engineers, economists and laypeople alike.

Web Design: The First 100 Years
http://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm

Why is everyone so gung-ho about integrating the lol stuff?

What educational podcasts do you listen to?

The Awareness
http://vimeo.com/82527075

Short film that is better most full-length science fiction movies released in recent years.

Don't read the description. Just watch it.

http://www.thelondoner.me/2011/06/slutty-brownies.html