There’s nothing all that special about taking a photo of yourself every day for a year as you grow facial hair (unless you’re like me and can’t really grow anything but fuzz). But turning it into a stop motion adventure is something new and exciting.
Category: Curiosities
Would you like beer with that marshmallow?
The other day, over at thebeanstalker.com (my coffee blog, read it, click some ads – I make money), I did a little experiment with coffee and beer. I bought a proper coffee beer and made my own. It was science. Tastebud stretching science. I like beer. Nothing beats it on a hot summer’s afternoon. I also like marshmallow. And chocolate. But I’m wondering if chocolate-coated beer-marshmallows is taking things a bridge too far (though coffee beer probably is too). Why not just enjoy all these things separately…
But they look so good.
And here’s how to make them. To whet your appetite – here are the ingredients from this recipe.
Chocolate-Dipped Beer Marshmallows with Crushed Pretzel Garnish
Makes 18-22 marshmallows, depending on how you cut themFor the Bloom:
1 1/2 tablespoons (just under 1/2 ounce) unflavored gelatin
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup (2.5 ounces) flat dark beerFor the Sugar Syrup:
1/4 cup (2 ounces) flat dark beer
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (5 ounces) corn syrup or sugar cane syrup
3/4 cup (6 ounces) granulated sugar
pinch saltFor Coating and Topping
10-12 ounces milk chocolate
2-3 teaspoons canola oil, optional – for thinning the melted chocolate
1/2 cup stick pretzels
Apple Water: What it would look like if Apple produced bottled water
I would buy it. It would make me cooler and I’m part of the Apple Cult. It would be better than Evian. Which is naive spelt backwards. Did I just blow your mind?
From here.
Exploded diagrams of popular 8-Bit game characters
These are pretty cool. Designing a world beating game character now seems surprisingly easy… thanks to Chris Kuma’s exploded schematics of your favourite game character from the 80s and 90s.
Pi plate: Because everybody needs a thousand digits of pi
This. Friends. Is a pi-plate. It has lots of pi. It has almost 1,500 decimal places (1,498 to be exact). So that you can invite a mathlete to dinner.
Via etsy.
Playable Angry Birds Cake
Firstly, the concept of a playable cake, in itself, is pretty cool. But look at this….
Thanks to Amy, who sent me this video.
What do you call a segway with one wheel?*
It has been some time since my last Segway post. My name is Nathan Campbell and I’m a gyroscopaholic.
This one only has one wheel. And is slimlined.
Nice. Though I have about zero percent chance of successfully riding one.
Via Cool Hunting
* These guys called it a solowheel. Boring.
For Mitch, my brother-in-law…
My brother-in-law Mitch takes great pride in not reading this blog. He’s only interested in “real” websites by “qualified” people. Or something. I think he knows it’s awesome and addictive and he deliberately avoids it. This might be more like it.
Sadly, he’ll read this because his name is in the title.
Via Gary’s blog.
Samurai v Shadow
My new week’s resolution was to post less YouTube.
This video killed that almost straight away.
Bonus. This Wolverine v Hand graphic novel/video thing is cool.
Wolverine Vs The Hand from Gary Shore on Vimeo.
Both are from one cool thing a day.
Real Life Mario Kart
This is one of the better Mario Kart in real life videos I’ve seen.
But, perhaps, not as good as Remi Gaillard’s version.
And look, there’s a sequel…
Hat tip to Scott who posted the top video on Facebook.
Ice Scream
I like this.
I have an inflatable scream doll somewhere. I’m thinking I might take him on the road and recreate the painting wherever I go.
From Tastefully Offensive.
Dr Who: By infographic
Do you like Dr Who? I don’t really. I have some bizarre childhood memories of how scary daleks were – but haven’t really gotten into the modern resurrections of the time lord. Sacrilege, I know. So here’s a handy cheat sheet via the Internet…
From ForeverGeek – though I think I saw it at DavidOuld.net.
Building Utopia: An artistic exercise in inappropriate literalism
Rory Macbeth, an artist, thought building Thomas More’s Utopia was such a brilliant concept he decided to take it somewhat literally. He spray painted every single word of the hundred page novel on this condemned building.
