Pitching a perfect game in baseball is impressive. Winning a million bucks is also something to celebrate. Doing both from the comfort of your armchair is the cherry on the cake. That’s what 23-year-old Wade McGillberry did on just his fifth attempt in the first 90 minutes playing the newly released Major League Baseball 2K10. […]
This is a guest post from D. Salmons over at TestFreaks – a one-stop resource for the real geeks. Not sure what’s the best printer to buy? TestFreaks will help you to choose the right model. Okay, let’s play a game. Name the major web browsers in use today. If you are on a Windows […]
Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light — and we know very little about how or why. In the following video, bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean.
This cardboard sculpture by Koukichi Sugihara of the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences in Japan won the first prize at the 2010 Illusion of the Year competition. The illusion shown is all the more remarkable in that it is a solid object whereas most entries were computer-generated. See the top ten finalists […]
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While the Fat Duck is well known in culinary circles, Blumenthal is best known for his TV work. As would be expected from the visual world of television, when it comes to his series of “Feast” shows, practicality is far from a prerequisite. The emphasis is on the spectacular, including in some cases spectacular failures, […]
So it’s summer, which means that maybe you’ve got some free time on your hands. Maybe you’re even really lucky and will be spending some of that time on the beach, or by the pool. Maybe it’s the kind of free time that can really only be filled by taking a serious nosedive into an […]
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In part one of this series I discussed some of Heston Blumenthal’s approaches to more common dishes. Today we’ll take a look at his more outlandish professional work. Blumenthal made his name with his triple-Michelin star restaurant The Fat Duck, which has been voted the second best in the world (behind El Bulli in Spain.) […]
As I mentioned a few days ago, my mobile Twitter client of choice is Echofon. I also have the generic Facebook app on my phone, though I don’t use it very often. To me, Twitter lends itself much better to mobile access than Facebook, since the service itself is so streamlined. Facebook just has a […]