"Oh my gosh, I love this person's portfolio! The "Sous la vie" meals are charmingly cynical, somehow. I look forward to seeing what this guy does in the future; school- and work-induced burnout led to some of my most fruitful collaborations and longest-lasting friendships."

"The third NY county is "Rensselaer," not "Renssalear." It's famously hard to spell!"

"In Hong Kong (and, I presume, lots of other places), KFCs supply thin plastic gloves by default. The PPE is so deeply a part of the fried-chicken experience that they changed the Yankee slogan, "finger-lickin' good," to just "so good.""

"From the book "Rietveld meubels om zelf te maken" (How to make Rietveld Furniture):"Ten behoeve van montage van rugleuning en zitting in de regels hieronder gaten boren, voor houtschroeven van 3,5 mm lengte met platte kop. Gaten zodanig boren dat de schroef haaks op rug of zitting uitkomt. Schroeven zo diep verzinken dat ze 5mm in het plaatwerk steken."Engels:"To secure back and seat, bore holes in the rails underneath for flat-headed woodscrews with a length of 3.5 mm. Bore the holes in such a way that the screws will be driven in at right angles in back or seat. Countersink the screws 5mm into the plywood."The instructions also include a very good quote about how one's sitzfleisch ("seat-meat") should behave in a chair, but I'll omit that epigram. Consider it a treat for whomever buys the book."

"I love it, but I have a hunch it's going to break another less enviable speed record: fastest time from Kickstarter pitch to omnipresent Alibaba offering."

"Global Warming's *Effect*, please."

"It's worth mentioning that this approach has one big risk: glass particle contamination. Opening those epinephrine ampoules correctly isn't as easy as you may think, and microscopic glass chips can wreck your body from the inside out, causing thrombosis or embolisms. "Caveat injector," as they say."