• Candied Pecans: easy and addictive – Slashfood
  Adding sugar to the roasted, salted nuts makes them dangerously addictive.
  (tags: food)
• How to make homemade marshmallows – Slashfood
  How to make homemade marshmallows
  (tags: food)

• ScienceDaily: Spy software used in call centers
  The technologies, which were originally developed for eavesdropping, have been employed by customer service agents to get a better idea of customers’ moods.
  (tags: tech scary coincidence)
• Microsoft Looks Within to Design and Test Chips – New York Times
  Voice recognition may also be an area where the research could play a significant role. “Voice is big,” Mr. Thacker said. “You can throw as much technology at it as you want to.”
  (tags: tech scary coincidence)

• Feijoada
  FEIJOADA (Black beans and pork stew)
  (tags: food)

apart from the fact that this (good) article is about CSS, I reckon the following lines are very apt and apply to a whole range of situations:

resolve to remove “but” and “should” from your professional vocabulary for a while. Replace them with “how” and “why” and commit to meeting your project objectives.

R

• Attracting and Retaining IT Pros: An Idea You May Not Have Thought Of
  Talented, motivated IT professionals want three additional things: career advancement and new challenges; a great group of people to work with; and a certain amount of work/life balance. Not just in their current jobs, but especially in the jobs and roles
  (tags: work life balance)