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Bacon: Meat du Jour

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:02:19 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:52:55 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:43:54 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:40:43 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:27:42 -0400

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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Crossing the Pond?

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:46:54 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:17:36 -0400

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

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:32:08 -0400

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!

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:30:16 -0400

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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Music: Hooray!

nobody@vox.com(Jenna) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:49:39 -0400

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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