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So, we had some left over Black Truffle Explosion centers from the Alinea dinner, and we were up for BBQ this week (we do BBQ every Wednesday at work). Given that we had a bit of short notice to put the lunch together, we had to do something interesting, but quick.

So, using the gelatinized truffle/butter “centers,” we stuffed ‘em into the burgers.

HOLY CRAP THEY WERE GOOD.

I mean, the first bite was good, but the second bite got into the truffl-y center, where it was like the burger equivalent of the BTE. Amazing.

I don’t know that I’d ever want a non-truffle burger again!

Was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s take on Chris Anderson’s “Free: The Future of a Radical Price,” and was struck by two things:

1.) The price you pay for free content isn’t money, it’s time. There’s a reason I don’t download every free App on the iPhone App Store - it’s because most of it is garbage. Where the future is going to come from re: free content is in ranking and filtering systems that people trust. Otherwise ALL free content is going to be filtered out as garbage, because no one can sort the wheat from the chaff.

2.) Anderson’s charging $26.99 for his book? Fuck that. For someone who’s advocating the bullshit that “information wants to be free,” he’s charging a hell of a fucking lot more than free.

Took Mobius to the beach today - made him chase after sticks in the surf ’till he was worn out. Good times! I took him in this:

…which is our new car! Got it for a couple hundred bucks below invoice, which was nice. So far, it’s a blast. Quieter and more powerful than the Civic, and roomier as well.

We’re selling the Civic to a friend, so it won’t stray too far from the family. I spent the morning vacuuming it out, and pulled out enough hair to make a small dog.

Gotta wash it and get it smogged, but that’ll probably have to wait ’till later, when it’s a bit less hot.

Work’s going well - we’re closing in on the end of our next game, and the update for Taxiball’s sitting at Apple, waiting to be approved. Still having a blast, and the new game’s surprisingly addictive. It’s weird - it’s one of those simple ideas that I’m really surprised hasn’t been done and done to death already, but I expect once we launch, it’ll be a few weeks ’till the App Store is flooded with clones. We’ll see. I think we’ve got such a high-quality product - both functional and beautiful - that we’ll be able to beat back any competitors. Should be a good time.