8/28/2009

A Serial Rapist's Claims - Demented or Not?

http://gizmodo.com/5348198/serial-rapist-and-kidnapper-claims-to-invent-sound-control-gadget

8/25/2009

Great Use of Twitter no.1: Shit My Dad Says

Twitter can be completely inane if you're following the wrong people. Or too overwhelming if you follow people who are too tweet-happy. The latter is the case for me. Sometimes, the tweets are much too TMI - sorry friends, but I don't care to hear about your bodily functions, or that of your baby's, no matter how cute or adorable is the said baby.

So when I find an awesome Twitter account that is filled with great tweets, I have to thank God for the creativity of these people. In this case, I want to honor "shitmydadsays" - one of the most entertaining, interesting, and personality-filled Twitterers out there. Actually, the credit is not even due to Justin, the Twitterer, but to his 73 year-old dad, who apparently utters strings of the funniest, craziest, and most memorable words. Here are some samples from the tweets:

"Don't touch the bacon, it's not done yet. You let me handle the bacon, and i'll let you handle..what ever it is you do. I guess nothing."

"I didn't live to be 73 years old so I could eat kale. Don't fix me your breakfast and pretend you're fixing mine."

"Tennessee is nice. The first time I vomited was in tennessee, I think."

"Love this Mrs. Dash. The bitch can make spices... Jesus, Joni (my mom) it's a joke. I was making a joke! Mrs. Dash isn't even real dammit!"

Yo, Justin's dad, keep up the good work! I want to hear more from you! Heck I want to meet you and make a documentary of you! You'll probably tell me to fuck off, or ask Justin to tell me to fuck off, but I think you're awesome for your creative and expressive use of the English language.
 

Technology that Makes Me Happy, and Hungry

I love this Gizmodo story about a patent for a banana injector that fills a banana with ice cream. My first reaction: What a bloody fantastic idea! Why isn't this yummy delicious ice-cream filled product in our grocery stores? I would buy that up in dozens and eat several a day! The patent exists so why aren't the products out there?

Even more amazing is the fact that this patent was filed in 1932. 19-freaking-32~! That means in the midst of the Great Depression, some genius came up with a great idea and developed the tool to make it happen, and even filed the patent for it. This person should have become a bazillionaire for the brilliant idea, and then making it come true. Unfortunately I'm going to have to guess that did not happen, since this ice cream-injected banana is not a ubiquitous snack today.

Oh but now that this patent and awesomely deliciously simple idea has been dug out of the patent archives, can someone please please make it into a reality? Either create and sell the injectors or the end products themselves. I'm lazy so I would much prefer to just buy the bananas at the store, but then with such a handy injector tool I can in fact create many other variations of the the stuffed banana. The Gizmodo article mentions pb&j filled banana, which is a great idea. I think chocolate-filled would be fantastic as well, but even better would be a PB & chocolate filled banana. Yum. And how about these ideas:

- moosetrack ice cream filled banana
- fudge filled banana
- strawberry jam/strawberry ice cream filled banana
- strawberry syrup/vanilla ice cream filled banana
- chocolate syrup and coconut ice cream filled banana
- ice cream sundae style: banana filled with nuts, fudge, and vanilla ice cream
- eclair style: custard & chocolate filled banana
- praline-filled banana
- how about a cheestnut creme filled banana with Nutella

It's literally like making an ice cream sundae - the possibilities are endless!

Oh someone make this banana injector now! I will be first in line to purchase the product - then I'll run out and buy a little cart and start making my own special creations and sell them on hot summer days @ the beach and street fairs! Second career, here I come! Heck in honor of Arrested Development, I would even create a banana-shaped stand (pending the success of the portable cart) to sell my awesome ice cream bananas!

(via Gizmodo & Novah 11)

Amazing Helicopter Rescue


This is such amazing footage. For a helicopter to fly so close to the edge of a rock wall and land on such a small footprint takes extreme precision and skill, not to mention bravery. Kudos to the pilot.

8/24/2009

enormous dead tree


enormous dead tree
Originally uploaded by szueechen
It's hard to tell from the photo, but this was a gigantic dead pine tree that had split from the root and fallen over. It was an incredible sight. It is supported only by about 1/4 of the original tree, which is still attached to the root. Most of the tree has fallen over (the horizontal part), and much of the trunk was hollow.

The image of my friend Mike is there to help provide some perspective. Some of the boys tried to jump up and grab the horizontal tangling part of the tree to see if it would topple...it was scary. Lots of creaking noises. Good thing no one seriously tried to hold on, because it would have been very bad if the trunk broke from the support and started rolling down the rock piles. Although one day it'll probably happen on its own anyway.

Fast Food Turns Gourmet

I've been to this site and found the idea fascinating - using fast food and making them into plates of fancy restuarnt looking meals. The videos are even better: they show how it's actually done, proving the pics are true!

The Feedbag makes Chicken McConfit with FancyFastFood.com from The Feedbag on Vimeo.

8/03/2009

High-Speed Photo Technology


Check out this cool video.