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Heston Blumenthal: The Culinary Geek [Part 2]
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.) […]
Do you update your social statuses more often from your phone or your computer? Any particular reason why?
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 […]
Things Are Looking Steamy for Mac
Just when I thought that I had everything in balance. You know, I’ve been playing Dragon Age just fine; I finally managed to kick the WoW habit because my hands don’t allow me to (geeky fact: I first had carpal tunnel symptoms playing WoW…). Really, I had achieved gaming zen—content with what I have and… […]
The Geek Alphabet: From “Away Team” to “Zork”
As a geek, you definitely know your ABCs, but do you know these? From A to Z, “away team” to “zork,” here is [GAS]’s take on the Geek Alphabet. Please note that all pictures featured below were licensed under a “CC” license. We’ve sourced them all at the bottom of this post. All images used […]
Everything is Terrible: Oh Noes! A Hacker!
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Heston Blumenthal: The Culinary Geek [Part 1]
Most lists of “why to date a geek” will make some reference to cookery. And when it comes to geekdom and cookery, Heston Blumenthal is the undisputed king. What makes Blumenthal such a kitchen geek is that he recognizes that cooking is both an art and a science. Indeed, as Philip Harben, one of the […]
James Randi’s fiery takedown of psychic fraud
Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world’s psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I’ll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)
Get Out of There Supercut [Video]
How many time will I have to tell you, GET OUT OF THERE! :) [Via Neatorama]
A Black Market for IP Addresses?
The internet could run out of addresses as early as next year — and there are warnings that a “black market” could develop further. The problem isn’t with domain names, which can be expanded simply by creating news suffixes, but rather with IP addresses. Those are the numbers which, to put things very simply, identify […]