Filed under: Breakfast, Snacks, Grains, Nuts/seeds, Recipes, On the Blogs, How To

If you’ve been following along for a while, you might remember the granola recipe I posted back in the summer. It’s a basic, easy recipe that is a great way to get comfortable with the process of making your own granola. However, as the post up today on Dorie Greenspan’s blog reminds me, there are a variety of ways to spice up your granola. She describes the homemade granola that friends brought with them when they came to visit over the weekend.

I am intrigued by the combinations she describes, especially the one that they made just for her that included bits of black licorice. I’ve never thought of incorporating that kind of sweet into granola and already my brain is racing with the possibilities.

If you are traveling this week to spend the holiday with friends or family, think about stirring up a batch of homemade granola to take with you. It is sure to inspire exaltation and joy from whomever receives your bag of oat-y, nutty goodness.

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Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Google (GOOG), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Staples Inc (SPLS)

MAJOR PAPERS:

• Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) may have plans for a gPhone, but their real objective is to run their own mobile network, reported the Wall Street Journal. The company is reportedly looking at a $4.6B wireless network bid.
• Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development may look to take a 9%, or approximately $700M, stake in Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE: AMD), the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog noted. An investment may draw the attention of the U.S. committee on foreign investment.

OTHER PAPERS:

• According to Business Week’s “Inside Wall Street” column, the patent Biodel Inc (NASDAQ: BIOD) was granted in September for its VIAdel technology was “key,” as it opens up markets for products estimated at $2.3B.
• Glass container maker Owens-Illinois Inc (NYSE: OI) is defying the current market tumble due to earnings momentum, reported Business Week’s “Inside Wall Street” column.
• According to BW’s “Inside Wall Street” column, some money professionals are “snapping up” shares of retailer Staples Inc (NASDAQ: SPLS) despite the housing slump, credit crunch and rising gas prices.

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Filed under: Community

We love Fox News, if only because they offer such a unique perspective on things. Here’s their reporting — you decide on how hilarious it is. You may have read about one man’s crusade to get his PS3 replaced … but it was “too dusty” to be repaired. Sony is supposedly refusing to repair his machine due to “neglect.” (Here’s a picture of the system in question.)

It’s fascinating to see the mainstream media pick up on this “story.” With so much attention being placed on one man’s defective machine, it seems wise for Sony to simply hush him with a replacement system, even if its unwarranted.

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Filed under: Action, Drama, Killer B’s on DVD

Sometimes it seems like the term “B-movie” is synonymous with low budget horror. That’s probably why I found this grade z crime thriller from 1997 so refreshing. No fake monsters or cheesy special effects here that necessitate a willing suspension of disbelief that I might not be so willing to supply. Released as part of the “1990s Independent Exploitation DVD Series” by Bloody Earth Films, (which is a subsidiary of Camp Motion Pictures), American Punks was previously released under the title Generation X-tinct, which is still what IMDB is calling it. Director Michelle Pacitto obviously took inspiration from Pulp Fiction, so much so in fact that his film — like Tarantino’s — includes an important scene that takes place while a character is defecating in a restaurant bathroom. One of the freakier homages I’ve seen, I must admit, made all the more memorable by the line “it’s bad luck to pinch a loaf with a hat on.”

Look up the word “loser” in the dictionary and you will find a picture of our main character Bobby Tilton, as played by Mike Passion. Bobby is an angry, foul-mouthed little thug who treats both friend and foe with equal amounts of derision. His unemployment benefits are about to run out, and anyone more successful than him (which is pretty much everyone) is a target for contempt. Bobby’s pal Nail (Ron Ramsey) gets whacked by a guy he owes money to, and Bobby is the guy the cops are looking at to take the blame thanks to his history of petty crime. Bobby and his friends, a collection of pot heads only slightly higher up on the evolutionary scale than he is, figure they can’t trust the cops to help, so they set out to avenge Nail’s death themselves. Bobby reasons that Nail must have been taken out by a yuppie inexplicably named Thunder Goldbird the two harassed right before the murder. An attack on Goldbird’s house leaves Bobby’s little band in disarray, with one member dead, and he sets out to buy a gun and take out Goldbird once and for all.

Continue reading Killer B’s on DVD: American Punks

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Filed under: Switched Video

We know you love our up-to-the-minute mix of gadget news and tips. We also know you’re busy, and try as you might, it’s a royal pain to lug your computer along for your commute. So we’ve created the ultra-portable, ultra-thin, zero-carbon-emitting Switched Show podcast so that you can catch up with the latest tech stories wherever you are, provided you’re within arm’s reach of an iPod, iPhone, or whatever crazy media player you prefer. Browse an archive of our favorite shows through iTunes and, better yet, subscribe (for FREE!) to the podcast and get the latest show delivered straight to your iTunes (or whatever crazy podcast catcher you prefer) the moment we kick it out the door.

But wait, there’s more: You can also find the Switched Show on YouTube.com.

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• Can Privacy Exist on the Internet?
• Mo Rocca Talks About Baring It All, Online
• How to Resize Your Photos For E-Mail

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