How to Make Harry Potter’s Butterbeer [Video]
Hey, this actually looks pretty good… or at least, better than last week’s recipe, Skyrim’s Sunlight Soufflé. [Feastoffiction]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Apple busted for dubious Applecare selling
Apple has been fined more than a million dollars in Italy for misleading customers about their warranty rights. Italian law says customers are legally entitled to a free two-year warranty and technical support on electronic goods. However, Apple staff kept quiet about this when selling to customers, instead detailing Apple’s standard one-year warranty and then […]
Uncommon Taste: How to Prepare Skyrim’s Sunlight Soufflé [Video]
Freddie Wong’s brother, Jimmy Wong, has just started a new web series that aims to re-create dishes presented in popular video games and turn them into reality. To the menu this week: Skyrim’s Sunlight Souffé, as presented in one of the game’s books: Uncommon Taste. [Feastoffiction]
Why we Have Blind Spots – and How To See Blood Vessels [Video]
I am studying cognitive neuroscience at Brown University, and the trick in this video was shown to me by Professor David Sheinberg. A big thanks goes to him for all the awesome stuff he’s taught me! [Source: TheGnome54]
To Understand is to Perceive Patterns [Video]
For decades, we assumed that the components of such complex systems as the cell, the society, or the Internet are randomly wired together. In the past decade, an avalanche of research has shown that many real networks, independent of their age, function, and scope, converge to similar architectures, a universality that allowed researchers from different […]
The Raspberry Pi: An ARM GNU/Linux box for $25
The Raspberry Pi: A $25 system that features an Arm processor that supports up to 1080p resolution at up to 20 frames per second. It also offers onboard storage via an SD card, HDMI support, ethernet, a composite connection, and analog audio. The system will apparently go on sale sometime in January 2012. [Raspberry Pi […]
Gamer Girl Manifesto: We’re Here to Pwn
Don’t be racist. Don’t be homophobic. Don’t be sexist. Follow that code and everybody will have a good time. And when someone breaks that code, CALL THEM OUT. Don’t just let it ride. [Via EpicPonyz]
Gingerbreadtron: A Transforming Gingerbread House
One shall eat, one shall be eaten! It was built with an Arduino Uno board for simple programming and six servo motors. In hindsight the project would have worked a little better if I had thought to use more powerful motors. You can see that some elastic bands were needed in the front to help […]
A Very Zombie Holiday [Video]
The lovely ladies from Team Unicorn are here to help you survive the zombie apocalypse this holiday season. I don’t know about you, but these all seem like really solid (and very sexy) rules to abide.
Doctorama: Doctors’ Heads in Futurama Head Jars [T-Shirt]
[Available on a shirt @ Redbubbles]