Internet: Fun Size! Vox 2008-07-07T19:07:57Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd970dcab44cd5/ Dedicated to the cool, the overlooked, and the unusual Bacon: Meat du Jour tag:vox.com,2008-07-07:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500fad69833450004 2008-07-07T04:02:19Z 2008-07-07T19:07:57Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Vosges Bacon Bar

As you know, one of the semi-recurring themes on this blog is the king of meats - none other than bacon. Salon has written a semi-brainy article deconstructing the current vogue of bacon. Do enjoy it. A choice excerpt that sums up the content an...

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]]> How To Video Roundup tag:vox.com,2008-06-17:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500fad6913ba60005 2008-06-17T02:52:55Z 2008-06-17T02:52:55Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Acting With James Franco - Episode 1: "Sense Memory"

James Franco, all-American-looking "serious" actor, shows his humorous side in these series of "acting lessons" videos with the help of (dare I say it?) his really adorable/hot kid brother Dave. Each video starts as a semi-earnest look at the cr...

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]]> Fill In tag:vox.com,2008-06-07:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500fa967c3c950002 2008-06-07T19:43:54Z 2008-06-07T19:43:55Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bricked!

Jan Vormann did some touching up in Bocchignano, Italy as part of a group art project. He used Legos to patch up cracks and missing stones. More photos here.

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]]> Starry-Eyed Surprise tag:vox.com,2008-06-01:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500fad68c542d0005 2008-06-01T01:40:43Z 2008-06-01T01:40:43Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Soy tu padre

Subway ads are a fact of life in New York. At the very least they're something to look at while your train is running late. However, there is a unknown artist "Poster Boy" who is shaking things up a little bit underground with mashups like the a...

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]]> Mechanical Engineering tag:vox.com,2008-05-27:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500fad68ac3320005 2008-05-27T02:27:42Z 2008-05-27T02:27:42Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Creme That Egg!

Here is an absolutely delightful video. It's an incredibly intricate Rube Goldberg machine (an unnecessarily complicated contraption) whose sole purpose is to destroy an innocent Cadbury Creme Egg. It takes several minutes and two entire walls. ...

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Telectroscope

This weekend I visited a delightful art installation beneath the Brooklyn Bridge called the Telectroscope. It's a giant steampunk "machine" ostensibly using a series of optics (or is it fiber optics?) to link New York and London. You can stand ...

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]]> Mux Yourself tag:vox.com,2008-05-16:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500fae8b9bdd6000b 2008-05-16T03:17:36Z 2008-05-16T08:24:52Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mix It Up

Muxtape is an online "mixtape" site. You can upload 12 songs for a personal playlist. Then you can click to listen to yours and everyone else's mix. It's an interesting way to find new music, but it's completely random. You never know what you'l...

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]]> The Completely Un-Blockbuster Preview tag:vox.com,2008-05-10:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500f48cf68bdd0003 2008-05-10T00:32:08Z 2008-05-10T00:32:08Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Iron Sky Trailer

Sure, this summer is all iron men, speedy races, crystal skulls, batmen, and sex in cities. But the internet, in what sounds like the best worst idea ever, has decided to make its own Movie. Using the collaborative film production site Wreck A M...

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]]> Miracle Fruit Update - it works! tag:vox.com,2008-05-05:asset-6a00cd970dcab44cd500e398f67c7a0004 2008-05-05T02:30:16Z 2008-05-05T02:30:16Z Jenna http://jennapetersen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Sideroxylon dulcificum

Miracle Fruit is a semi-rare tropical berry that makes other bitter or sour foods taste amazingly sweet. You can bite into a slice of lemon and have nothing but a party in your mouth - no puckering or sour flavor. I posted about this earlier and ...

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Together_as_one #35.1 - Cold War Kids - St John #10.4 - Grizzly bear - The Knife

I've covered DJ Earworm's spectacular mashups before, but I must inform you that he has a new song up on his site called "Together As One". Take a listen. It involves U2, The Beatles, Diana Ross, and Mariah Carey. In my opinion this is one of th...

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