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16th April 2001

Raw Sophistication: The Great Cooks Discover Noncooking

“Fire, they say, is the enemy. They are a small, but increasingly influential group of culinary zealots (mostly in California, of course, but traveling a lot and proselytizing along the way), who have become so extreme in their vegetarianism that they refuse to eat food touched by heat — for fear of destroying the nutrients. They challenge conventional science with the power of their conviction and a gift for persuading even vegetarians that there is still more wrong with food than anyone might have thought. And their persuasiveness is leading some of the best chefs in the country to turn off their stoves.”

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16th April 2001

From Hot Concept to Hot Site in Eight Days

“AmIHotOrNot.com evolved from an idea into one of the biggest sites on the Web in less than two months. Such rapid growth meant the site had to scale quickly, especially in the first eight days.”

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16th April 2001

How the Blogger Deal Happened

“On April 16, 2001, Trellix and Pyra announced a relationship. (You can read the press release here or go to the Trellix or Blogger web sites.) Here’s my story behind it.”

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