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I can bake really quickly:
Cupcake baking and frosting on youtube
Normally I don’t use a box mix, but I thought that it would be quicker. The caramel frosting came out a bit runnier than I expected. I halved the recipe, and I don’t think my kitchenaid could properly whip the frosting when there was [...]
Lego Turing Machine on Youtube
This is as geeky as it gets. Behold the awesome power of the Lego Turing Machine. If you don’t know about Turing Machines, you can still enjoy that it is made of Legos. I was really into CS theory in college, so this video provides endless enjoyment for [...]
In my constant quest for new (to me) produce, I stumbled upon this beauty at Bi-rite.
It’s a watermelon radish, and I would never have noticed it if one weren’t sliced in half and displayed at the store. I generally don’t like the sharp flavor of radishes, but these ones were too pretty [...]
Happy sweets and flowers day. Some call it “single awareness day”. Usually I completely ignore this holiday, but I couldn’t resist these adorable Valentines.
I have a few to give away, so if you’d like one subscribe to my youtube channel and send me a note. I’ll try to send them all out [...]
Have you heard of Twestival? Twestival is an event to bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water. The organization helps provide clean water in Africa. You know how you’re not supposed to drink the water in Mexico because you might [...]
I loooooove commercials. Even though I use Tivo to watch everything, I always rewind to watch commercials that look interesting. Tell a story in 30 seconds. If the story sucks, it’s over quickly. Really good commercials are tight little reflections of our culture & society.
I finally finished watching [...]
Another Amanda Palmer video. When she sang “I want you, but I don’t need you”, a cover of Momus, the sheep were amusing and distracting. I listened to this song later, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I think most people can relate to it at some point in their lives.
Here [...]
