tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37140082311619888182011-07-29T04:16:46.888-04:00benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02182978305843746546noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714008231161988818.post-41999091817797497492010-05-12T18:10:00.003-04:002010-05-12T18:11:29.088-04:00

Benjamin's blog has moved to its new address: www.benjaminyoung.com.   

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Or, rather, it does a really superior job of sucking... Sucking up all the dirt, dust and debris in your house, that is. Designed by MIT researchers and launched in September 2002, the Roomba has yet to become a common household item but once you try one, you won't want to go back to regular vacuum cleaning. Take my word for it--I've been robot-enabled for the past five years.Without getting into

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Ask the majority of New Yorkers about the "Free for All at Town Hall" concert series and you will most likely receive blank stares. After all, classical music—even free—isn't for your average Joe Six-Pack or Hockey Mom... But, then again, New York City isn't the country's cultural capital for nothing and I suppose I really shouldn't have been surprised to discover the program's overwhelming

benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02182978305843746546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714008231161988818.post-20834744336173232252009-01-05T16:58:00.014-05:002009-06-30T10:41:24.979-04:00

While a number of scientists produce informative, regularly-updated blogs that conform to the expected format without sacrificing content, blogging in the humanities—an area in which the form should logically have flourished—hasn't been quite as successful. Few scholars in the humanities seem to have embraced the form with any notable level of success.There are of course good blogs relating to

benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02182978305843746546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714008231161988818.post-41260768598126965422008-08-15T17:35:00.026-04:002009-06-30T12:28:34.852-04:00

Since my first food-related review on this blog was squarely focused on New York City, it seems only fair to provide some space to that other coast, so oft neglected by those with a Euro-centric food-view.This comment will likely have sent some west coasters into an uproar, and who can blame them? To be sure, in recent decades cities such as Portland and San Francisco have become food tourism

benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02182978305843746546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714008231161988818.post-42295602733657919392008-07-27T17:20:00.017-04:002009-06-30T10:42:24.770-04:00

To celebrate my newest domain name acquisition—UniSashimi.com, which will instantly be recognized by sushi and sashimi connoisseurs around the globe (none of whom read this blog) as a most enviable address—, I have decided to treat my still nonexistent reader to a short series of sushi restaurant reviews.One very special name instantly comes to mind as I begin this series: Naomichi Yasuda. A

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Well, as predicted, I am a terrible Netizen who has quickly become remiss in his blogging duties! Things have been incredibly busy over the past few months but I wanted to reassure my reader (i.e. myself) that I would be posting something very soon.

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That's way too much to address in one post, so I'll focus on "what" and "why." I could pretend I have some grand scheme in starting this blog but the truth is I don't. In addition to random ramblings (see Post One for proof positive), you may find entries on what interests me at any given moment (life in New York, the music and theater scene, lectures and conferences, editorial projects, my

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Well, this is my inaugural post. Everyone seems to be blogging these days, from senators and contenders in the 2008 presidential race to Aunt Doris and her next door neighbor's cat. In fact, Aunt Doris's next door neighbor's cat—Pudding—has been a blogger since 2001, way before it all became cool. So, why have I resisted the urge to carve out my own piece of freewheeling, self-indulgent

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