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Downtown Indianapolis Restaurant Delivery Options

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 11, 2009
Post category:Indianapolis

I put together this list of downtown Indianapolis delivery options for my own reference. If you happen to know of others or if this list needs an update, please comment with suggestions.

Aunt Polly’s – 317-632-3663
Bazbeaux Pizza – 317-636-7662
Best Taste China Buffet – 317-684-1818
Bob’s Tu Your Door – 317-358-2627
China King – 317-685-8630
Domino’s Pizza – 317-635-3030
Giorgio’s Pizza – 317-687-9869 (giorgiosindy.com for menu)
Hong Kong Chinese 1524 N Illinois St. – 317-951-8882
Jimmy John’s – 317-686-0246
Luca Pizza di Roma – 317-423-2373
Papa John’s – 317-632-7272
South of Chicago Pizza & Beef (619 Virginia Ave.) – (317) 203-7110
Tip Top Tavern – 1341 N Capitol Ave – (317) 423-9905
Vito’s on Penn – 317-636-2200

links for 2009-10-11

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 11, 2009
Post category:Recently Read

CAMBAGS.COM Camera Bag Review Resource for DSLR Cameras

A review site that explains how much gear you can get into any camera bag – sweet!

(tags: photography cameras bags gear)

links for 2009-10-10

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 10, 2009
Post category:Recently Read

Shakesville: Rape Culture 101

What is it? You're soaking in it. Melissa assembles all the pieces, connecting the dots into the overwhelming pattern that makes this picture impossible to ignore or deny.

(tags: misogyny violence crime women equality culture)

links for 2009-10-09

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 9, 2009
Post category:Books Knitting Recently Read

atypically.knit – Hogwarts house scarves

I made up my own pattern for mine and it came out well, but these are more polished that mind and I think I'll make one like this, too.

(tags: knitting HarryPotter scarf)
Yarn, Patterns, Knitting and Crocheting

(tags: knitting catalog shop supplies)
One Family’s Roots, a Nation’s History – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com

In an article published on Wednesday, The Times reported on Michelle Obama’s ancestry, tracing her maternal line back to her great-great-great-grandparents, a slave girl and a white man, and their son, Dolphus T. Shields, who was born in the 1850s.

(tags: history race african-americans)
State Scorecard 2009 – The Commonwealth Fund

A map illustrating where your state falls on the healthcare scorecard. Indiana is in the lowest chunk of data, Iowa ranks third. More reason to move back to Iowa.

(tags: healthcare)
AverageCats- Your cat is average.

Actually, your cat is not LOL. Your cat is just average. Sorry.

(tags: funny parody lolcat)
Three definitions of “reader” / from a working library

The first definition is the most familiar: one who reads, or one who is fond of reading. A young girl tucked under a tree with a book in hand; an old man waiting for the bus, nose pressed into the spine; three little boys sitting on the curb sharing a newspaper, ink smudged on their knees.

(tags: typography reading essay books designCool)

links for 2009-10-08

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 8, 2009
Post category:Recently Read

Caterina.net: Working hard is overrated

Much more important than working hard is knowing how to find the right thing to work on. Paying attention to what is going on in the world. Seeing patterns. Seeing things as they are rather than how you want them to be. Being able to read what people want. Putting yourself in the right place where information is flowing freely and interesting new juxtapositions can be seen. But you can save yourself a lot of time by working on the right thing. Working hard, even, if that's what you like to do.

(tags: entrepreneurship startups inspiration ideas lifehacks productivity)
U.S. most admired country globally: survey – Yahoo! News

The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll. It climbed from seventh place last year, ahead of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan which completed the top five nations in the Nation Brand Index

(tags: Obama america politics poll)
The casting couch is all too real, but no one will discuss it – The Globe and Mail

But the Letterman story will not change anything about the secrecy that surrounds sexual relations between the powerful and the needy and vulnerable in showbiz. The fossilized sexism we see on Mad Men is alive and thrives in the TV and movie rackets. Everybody knows it happens and nobody talks about. The casting couch exists, but it is invisible in coverage of the entertainment racket.

(tags: sexism feminism employment)

links for 2009-10-07

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 7, 2009
Post category:Recently Read

Facebook Connect Commenters | MovableType.org – Home of the MT Community

I should have installed this awhile back.

(tags: movableType facebook plugin)

links for 2009-10-06

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 6, 2009
Post category:Recently Read

Welcome | MagCloud

Publish your own printed magazine. Check out the photo mag done in just 31 hours from beginning to finished product. Sweet.

(tags: magazine printondemand self-publishing photography design)
Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 20-1

Yeah, mostly.

(tags: music lists best)
Photographers – Toughest Shot | Outside Online

Photographers discuss the most difficult shots they took, and why they were so hard. Very cool stories.

(tags: photography toread)
Your Money – The Higher Lifetime Costs of Being a Gay Couple – NYTimes.com

From healthcare and pensions to family planning, life is more expensive for same-sex couples.

(tags: marriage equality rights lgbt)

links for 2009-10-05

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 5, 2009
Post category:Recently Read

Fat Cat Software – iPhoto Library Manager

a piece of software that fixes crap that iPhoto does. Gee, too bad none of this functionality is actually in iPhoto itself. Harumph.

(tags: photography tools apple iphoto)
Roman Polanski: ‘Everyone else fancies little girls too’ – Telegraph Blogs

Polanski quote in 1979: "“If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… f—ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f— young girls. Juries want to f— young girls. Everyone wants to f— young girls!” — No, not everyone, you disgusting douchbag.

(tags: rape polanski currentevents justice crime)

links for 2009-10-03

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 3, 2009
Post category:Knitting Photography Recently Read

Wonkette : Deleted: ‘Peggy Noonan Will Educate The Young Princes, Now’

Ah, Wonkette, your commentors are a delight.

(tags: funny)
Where to buy? Battery for E-620 – Fourthirdsphoto Forum

Bookmarking for future reference. I haven't run my current camera battery down, but I may need a replacement sometime soon.

(tags: cameras)
The Smoking Gun: Polanski Grand Jury Testimony

Trigger Warning required – not for the feint of heart, this is the transcripts of the grand jury testimony in the Roman Polanski rape case. This should change the mind of anyone supporting him.

(tags: justice crime polanski)
Tatting my Doilies: Stuff Daniel Made, and More Besides

Cool patterns and knitting from Daniel Yuhas – animal and critter designs among them. Lots of fun. He's a published pattern designer, so his knitting patterns appear in various books and magazines.

(tags: knitting patterns blog)
New Take On Why Social Cues Confuse Babies And Dogs In Classic Hiding Game

Interesting study on Babies and dogs in hiding games., or in my house "Why the dog can't figure out where the toy went when he didn't see it land." 🙂

(tags: science babies research)
Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found–Disproves "Missing Link"

Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor. The find reveals that our forebears underwent a previously unknown stage of evolution more than a million years before Lucy, the iconic early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago.

(tags: science evolution history biology currentevents)

links for 2009-10-02

Post author:HFM
Post published:October 2, 2009
Post category:Recently Read

chrismm | Celebrities supporting the Roman Polanski arrest

A nice compilation of famous folks who've spoken out in favor of his arrest.

(tags: polanski crime justice)
Roman the Rapist – Rasmussen Reports™

Rape is a crime against the state, as well as a civil wrong against the individual. The victim is free not to pursue damages. That is her decision. Where victims refuse to cooperate, it is often difficult or impossible to secure a conviction, but cooperation is not a legal requirement. The state presses charges, not the victim. Polanski pleaded guilty to a crime against the state. It was "People v. Polanski." The People — in this case represented by the district attorney of Los Angeles — are not putting the whole thing behind them. Rightly so.

(tags: polanski crime justice)
Shakesville: The Bargain, and Its Alternative

More lovely writing about relationships and privilege.

(tags: feminism women equality relationships)
Rabbit rabbit – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“Rabbit rabbit white rabbit” is a common superstition. The most common modern version states that a person should say “rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit” or simply "rabbit, rabbit" upon waking on the first day of each new month, and on doing so will receive good luck for the duration of that month.

(tags: wikipedia folklore odd)