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BeepEgg Timer for almost perfect hard-boiled eggs
Juniper Foo | Mar 17, 2009
(Credit: Firebox.com)
Don't laugh, but boiling eggs is a rocket science, contrary to what those wits tell you. It's not as simple as plug-and-play, speaking as someone who has over-boiled eggs, under-boiled eggs, and ruined a perfectly good color-changing egg timer in the process.
In fact, in the search for the perfect hard-boiled egg, blogger Nick Kindelsperger of The Paupered Chef undertook several experiments, before discovering that cooking the humble egg at 154 degrees Farenheit for--get this--4 hours resulted in a super creamy-yolked egg.
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Test driving the Schwinn Tailwind e-bike
Wayne Cunningham | Mar 17, 2009
Schwinn adds electric assist components to a standard bicycle frame. (Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET)
The Schwinn Tailwind is one amongst a large number of electric bicycles available today, a segment gaining popularity due to interest in transportation alternatives to the car. But don't expect to sit back and let the Tailwind whisk you along--the electric motor on this bike merely provides assistance; the rider still has to pedal.
We found the Tailwind works largely as advertised, with a nice assist while riding around town and a battery with a high capacity that recharges quickly. On our test bike, the front brakes were too grabby, and we wondered why such an expensive bike wouldn't have disc brakes. And the price of the Tailwind, above US$3,000, puts it far beyond the realm of people who may just have a casual interest in an electric bike.
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Scary shower curtain makes for bloody good time
Leslie Katz | Mar 17, 2009
Remind me not to use this one when I remodel the bathroom. (Credit: Spinning Hat)
Imagine your guests' surprise when they go to the use the restroom and encounter a blood-stained shower curtain. Good times! Or so reason the UK-based designers of the Blood Bath Shower Curtain. When scrunched closed, it looks like your standard shower accoutrement. But fan it open and you get an image straight out of Psycho--a curtain with bloody handprints. Eek, eek, eek...
But that's not all, horror movie fans. For US$16, you also get a realistic blood-stained bath mat to complete the Hitchcockian scene. Bloody knife not included.
Now, we're not trying to tell you how to lead your life, but might we suggest letting your guests in on the joke before they start exhibiting signs of acute shock?
Via Crave CNET
WiiSpray graffiti controller
John Chan | Mar 16, 2009
(Credit: WiiSpray)
The topic of graffiti is very divisive. Some view it as art, while others perceive it as nothing more than vandalism. Here's a little something that will fuel that debate, a concept addon controller for the Nintendo Wii that simulates a spray can.
Started as a university design project, the WiiSpray concept lets you insert a Wii Remote into a spray can-shaped shell. You will then be able to use it as if it were a real spray can on a digital display. To make it even more realistic, colors are changed by physically swapping out different caps so you actually get a feel of the "color" of the object you are holding.
The picture seen here is the latest mockup, a vision of what the final product might look like. It's not all talk as a prototype has already been made, though this final rendering is closer to what the creators have envisioned it to be.
Though it seems like a very serious project, don't get your hopes up on seeing it on your Nintendo Wii. It's not really a commercial effort to get a WiiSpray game published, but rather just making use of the Wii sensor technology together with its own server to promote graffiti art and collaboration. But if it ever does make it as a game, this would be a good one for future graffiti artists to practice their trade. So even if you view it as a public menace, the upside is that kids will have some experience under their belt, and the drawings that are viewed as vandalism will at least be pretty.
WiiSpray page (via notcot)
Official Watchmen costumes hit Net--for better or worse
Matt Hickey | Mar 16, 2009
(Credit: HalloweenCostumes.com)
Last year, my friend Matt Hastings predicted that the coming Halloween would see a flood of people in unfortunate Joker costumes, inspired by The Dark Knight. He was, of course, right. I'm hereby predicting that every un-creative person in the world will try being Rorschach from Watchmen this year. Mark my words.
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