- Visit NYC, Eat Breast-Milk Cheese
published: March 9, 2010
If you want to try human breast-milk cheese, make sure you stop in at Klee Brasserie in New York City the next time you visit. It's made from the chef's own wife, and he tells the New York Post, "It tastes like cow's-mik cheese, kind of sweet," and changes flavor depending on "wh...
- Hailbow
published: March 9, 2010
Snow or hail, below are two of the best shots of yesterday’s SF weather drama.
Lentil-sized hail via We Built This City:
scottmeinzer’s rainbox HDR treatment (via brittneyg). Worth zooming into for the unicorns and leprechauns alone.
Of course, this wild SF weather totally trumps the hail and...
- GDC 2010: From concept to Top Paid with Unity iPhone
published: March 9, 2010
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Developer
Unity Technologies hosted the sponsored lunch panel during GDC 2010 today, and their "product evangelist" Tom Higgins gave a quick rundown of the software platform that enables developers to assemble and release games extremely quickly on multiple platforms....
- SecondBar Puts a Menu Bar on All Your Mac's Monitors [Downloads]
published: March 9, 2010
Mac only: Multiple monitors do great things for your desktop space, but your menu bar sticks to one screen. If you're looking for more menu access, free utility SecondBar puts one at the top of each monitor.As veteran Mac users know, each application's menu fills in the menu bar at the top of the de...
- Record Revirginizer - the facial peel for your LP's
published: March 9, 2010
Many people have come to associate the pops and crackles heard on vinyl LP’s as an inevitable part of a record’s aging process - the more it’s played, the more scratches and pockmarks it develops. According to Australian inventor Cary Stoddard, however, most of those noises are actually due to...
- Video: Running the 'Ring in reverse in a VTEC'd Mini
published: March 9, 2010
Filed under: Videos, Mini
Click above to watch the video after the jump
The Nurburgring is the gold standard for any track not comprised of a banked oval, and it's a blast to watch dashboard-mounted video of various vehicles taking on the best the Nordschleife has to offer. We typically share with...
- Tomás Saraceno: 14 Billions
published: March 9, 2010
In a triumph of art, science and architecture, Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno's site-specific exhibit "14 Billion" scales a Black Widow's web up to magnificent proportions. Currently on display at Stockholm's Bonniers Konsthall, 14 Billion is an extension of the work he showed at the 2009 Venice...
- Possibly the Best Use of San Francisco in a Film, Ever
published: March 9, 2010
Sure, we've got Bullitt, Dirty Harry, Streets of San Francisco, and Trauma. But hot damn, if this isn't the awesomest use of a San Francisco setting for a film sequence I've seen yet...
It's from the 1958 noir, The Lineup, and I challenge you to watch to the end of this 9-minute co...
- List Of Subscriber Fees Shows What You Pay For Channels You Hate
published: March 9, 2010
After the spat between Cablevision and Disney invaded the Oscar telecast last Sunday, the fees channels charge cable companies (who then pass them along to you) have come into the spotlight. All Things Digital posted a list from industry analyst SNL Kagan tha...
- The Price Is Creepy
published: March 9, 2010
Turns out Bob Barker was a mega-skeev in the 70s.
Then he found Christ (got sued) and re-focused that attention on spayed and neutered animals. Everyones a winner.
The Best Links:
via Rich of fourfour fame
Watch Video ›
- Staying Motivated at Work with a Status Board [Workflow]
published: March 9, 2010
Panic is a software company that makes useful tools like my personal favorite, Transmit for the Mac. They've also made a beautiful project status display that keeps their team on top of what they're working on and keeps everyone motivated.
The board is actually an internal web page that auto-updates...
- MythBusters' Adam Savage: My Lifelong Pursuit of the Perfect Blade Runner Gun [Ultimatediy]
published: March 9, 2010
Giz friend Adam Savage, in our estimation, can make just about anything. Here he explains the path he took to turn a toy gun into an astoundingly sharp Blade Runner pistol replica.
I made my first Blade Runner pistol when I was 18, while living in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. I stared at the VHS version on...
- Cisco router could give up to 322Tbps to AT&T, others
published: March 9, 2010
Cisco as part of a self-proclaimed "revolutionary" event today launched a new router system meant for the very highest levels of Internet and cellular carriers. The CRS-3 is roughly three times faster than the previous Cisco best and theoretically provides as much as 322 terabits per second (Tbps)...
- Unemployed Man Google Mapped His Résumé—Someone Give Him a Job For His Creativity Alone! [Google Maps]
published: March 9, 2010
Here I was, thinking having a color résumé made me stand out from the crowd. Ed Hamilton, an unemployed copywriter from London, put his CV on Google Maps. It makes more sense if you click here. [Google Maps via LitmanLive]
- Calumet Multi Clip
published: March 9, 2010
These double-sided clips from Calumet are perfect for controlling light within small-scale or tabletop photography setups. The sprung clips rotate on the steel U that connects them, so they’re easily manipulated to stand on their own, with one clip acting as a foot while the other cla...
- New Shelf System : Konnex by Florian Gross
published: March 9, 2010
Konnex is a new shelf system by German designer Florian Gross. It is super versatile and can be put together in several ways. It has a contemporary appearance and would fit in most places. The shelf system is a basic cube set, which can be assembled according to the need of the house. It can also...
- Cakespy's 8 Favorite Savory Meals in Paris
published: March 8, 2010
[Original artwork and photographs: Jessie Oleson, unless otherwise noted]
On a recent trip to Paris, my travel goal was simple: I wanted to try at least one pâtisserie in each of the 20 arrondissements. Did I attain my goal? Oh, you bet I did (and the findings will be reported here soon). But in...
- Why A Salad Costs More Than A Big Mac - The Consumerist
published: March 8, 2010
My Note: Sad.
The Consumerist highlights the persistent, shameless gaffes of modern consumerism - and the latest scams, rip-offs, hot deals and freebies. We also encourage our readers to tell us about their everyday experiences with absurdities of consumer culture - and suggest ways for them to fight back.
- The Dish: Pica Pica - Venezuelan Street Food Comes to SF; Ironside's Cubano Is Not Just For Lunch Anymore
published: March 8, 2010
[Pressed Cubano at Ironside, SF. Photo: Dina Brooks]
1) Mission: For those of you who have had the pleasure of sampling chef Adriana Lopez Vermut's authentic Venezuelan fare at Pica Pica Maize Kitchen in Napa and have been wishing for more opportunities closer to home, there's good news! A seco...
- Intel readies 8-core Nehalem-Ex processors for a March launch
published: March 8, 2010
My Note: Hoping this ends up in a Mac Pro refresh.
Intel's current generation of Xeon processors already represents some of the fastest silicon you can buy, and yet the company's forthcoming Nehalem-Ex-based Xeons are being touted as the single greatest generational jump in its history. To achieve that, Intel has strapped eight cores into each CPU...
- More...
- Plugin by C. Murray Consulting
