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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 24, 2014, 10:47 AM »

An update to my previous post.

Biologist says 6th grade science project stole his lion fish research - UPI.com

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 24, 2014, 10:41 AM »

4 Bizarre Rules for Naming Fictional Characters  Cracked.com

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 22, 2014, 09:31 AM »

6th-Grader's Fish Project Blows Away Scientists - She says experts were making a silly assumption

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 22, 2014, 09:26 AM »

(Newser) – For two Harvard University undergrads, what began as "an excuse to eat a lot of cake" may turn into the invention of a lifetime. John McCallum, a 20-year-old from Louisiana, was daydreaming about cake his freshman year during his “Science of Cooking” class when he happened to see someone spraying whipped cream and thought to himself, why not spray cake? Is that possible? He and his girlfriend and fellow student Brooke Nowakowski went on to prove that it is, winning first place and $10,000 in the 2014 Harvard Innovation challenge, reports ABC News. Their "Spray Cake" involves spraying cake batter from a can, then cooking it for one minute in a microwave. You can also cook it in a traditional oven, and they say it will cook faster than typical batter because the spraying helps release air bubbles inside, prompting it to rise in the absence of baking soda or baking powder.
The ultimate test, though, came when the duo recently took Spray Cake—which, with just 30 seconds in a microwave, can also make cupcakes—to pastry chef Joanne Chang, who first inspired McCallum's idea when she lectured in his class about how cakes rise. The result? A big thumbs-up. When McCallum first told her about the idea, "He was just like, 'Cool. Lab project,'" Nowakowski tells the Boston Globe. “But I thought it could go somewhere.” Both are careful to say that Spray Cake isn't meant to replace cakes baked lovingly from scratch, but is instead an improvement over ready-bake mixes.  The pair, who will be juniors in the fall, are working on patenting it and are trying to find a manufacturer.

Harvard Students Invent Cake From a Spray Can - The 2 students get a big thumbs-up from a Boston culinary star

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 22, 2014, 09:23 AM »

(see attachment in previous post)

-crabby3 (July 22, 2014, 09:03 AM)

A version of the one posted earlier with the caption "He's wireless."

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 19, 2014, 01:32 PM »

     

Edvard was here.



Sign spotting

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Living Room / Re: You like science fiction, don't you? Of course you do!

« on: July 17, 2014, 06:33 PM »

I have read 3 books in this series and would like to recommend it.



Amazon.com Origins (Spinward Fringe Book 0) eBook Randolph Lalonde Kindle Store

Smashwords – Book Search randolph lalonde

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 16, 2014, 09:43 PM »

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 16, 2014, 09:16 PM »

I'm still waiting for "Tacky" to show up on Youtube.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 14, 2014, 01:53 PM »

.. more ..
 (see attachment in previous post)

-crabby3 (July 14, 2014, 09:08 AM)

How sinister!

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 14, 2014, 01:49 PM »

42'' tablet



What kind of bear are you most like?

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 14, 2014, 01:44 PM »

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 12, 2014, 12:44 PM »

I'm wondering if anyone here can read the Chinese here to find out if it is an answer to the question or means anything at all. Looks reals, but are appearances deceiving? Did Google Images search; Chinese sites have it, but don't say anything about the answer. The joke may be on the instructor who asked the question to someone who knew Chinese when the instructor didn't.



A bit of test foolishness.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 10, 2014, 02:20 PM »

I saw the Update shield on my WinXP machine this morning, and it was real. It seems Microsoft is not done with XP yet. This seems to be related to the Adobe Flash exploit in the news now.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 09, 2014, 02:48 PM »

American foods the rest of the world thinks are strange

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 09, 2014, 02:40 PM »

Android Data Wipe Leaves Personal Data
Factory reset tool on Android smartphones does not remove all photos, emails, chats, and other personal data, says security firm.

Android Data Wipe Leaves Personal Data - InformationWeek

Has anyone here sold an old cellphone recently?

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 08, 2014, 03:42 PM »

‘Avengers 2' First Look - Set Photos Reveal Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver


9 Times Winter Soldier Revealed Future Marvel Movie Plots



20 Brilliantly Obscure DC Movie Easter Eggs You Didn't Notice

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 08, 2014, 03:30 PM »

After Reading This, You Will Never Watch Frozen, Tangled or The Little Mermaid the Same Way Again



The Frozen Theory (And The Detail It Misses)



Tarzan’s Jane is descended from Beauty and the Beast’s Belle



The Disneyverse Has Its Own Walt Disney

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 08, 2014, 03:15 PM »

While researching the possible use of the name Rape-punzel, I found this nest of movie universe articles.

30 Disney Movies That Share A World
Posted on 25th August, 2013 by Joshubuh
Are all Disney movies connected?
Walt Disney’s films are littered with so many references and connections I was surprised I was the first to try mapping them in one unified Disney world.
I’ve stuck to major Disney movies and sequels, but I do appreciate the Disney Channel/XD/Junior cross-overs that many people have pointed out in the comments.
Also, because Jon Negroni did such a fantastic job with The Pixar Theory I’ve resist the urge to include connections between the Disney and Pixar worlds.
To see how Frozen fits in to the unified Disneyverse, read: The Frozen Theory.
I hope you enjoy my Disney experience…

Theory: 30 of Disney's Animated Features Take Place in the Same World

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 08, 2014, 03:06 PM »

One phrase I remember from my brother is "If you can hear the scream of the butterfly, you are truly weird". This video shows the source of that line.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 04, 2014, 11:30 PM »

How the NSA Could Bug Your Powered-Off iPhone, and How to Stop Them  Threat Level  WIRED

How many of you national security threats here need something like this?

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 04, 2014, 08:01 PM »

 

Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time  Science  WIRED

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: July 04, 2014, 07:56 PM »

The Ultra-Simple App That Lets Anyone Encrypt Anything  Threat Level  WIRED

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: July 04, 2014, 07:30 PM »

Tech Time Warp of the Week Watch Steve Ballmer Mock Linux While Dressed as The Matrix’s Neo  Enterprise  WIRED

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: June 30, 2014, 02:50 PM »

An alcoholic's paradise?

This Guy Is Drunk All the Time Because His Body Produces Its Own Alcohol  VICE United States

Gut Fermentation Syndrome, Auto-brewery Syndrome or Syndrome A, Endogenous Ethanol Fermentation  The Medical Bag

A Case Study of Gut Fermentation Syndrome (Auto-Brewery) with iSaccharomyces cerevisiae-i as the Causative Organism