Archive for December 31st, 2007Pregnant actress Jessica Alba has some words of wisdom for young girls who are in a relationship. In a recent interview for CosmoGIRL magazine, which also features the actress on the cover page,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Filed under: Farming, Business, Fruit
We’re not quite sure what the big deal here is with California. Florida already has oranges, so why wouldn’t they want to keep California oranges out of the state? We’re sure there are plenty of people on the western half of the country who can eat all those oranges. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed under: Beef, Southern States, America, Health & Medical
Wrong. Timothy Biela, Chief Food Safety and Quality Assurance Officer for the company that produced the beef, says they are concerned, not for consumers who purchase beef through normal channels, but “for the safety of those people who may be persuaded to buy beef products under questionable circumstances. We do not know how this product has been handled since it left our control. The stolen truck had only a limited supply of refrigeration fuel.” The beef was produced by Fort Worth-based American Fresh Foods. The company had set the trailer of beef away to eventually be removed from commercial sale. After the trailer was stolen, the USDA issued a public health alert and is now working with local and state law enforcement authorities to recover the stolen product and vehicle. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed under: Dessert, Grains, Nuts/seeds, Recipes, Candy, Baking, How To, Spices, Sugar, Christmas
Right. So until then, let’s cut into a giant pan of baklava, which you might not consider a cookie — rather a dessert pastry — but hey, if we’re calling brownies “cookies” because they’re “bar cookies,” we count baklava, too. Basically, baklava is layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts, usually walnuts or pistachios. The layers are prepared in a large pan, drizzled with honey or other sweet, spiced syrup, then cut into bars or other shapes. Yes, we know the baklava pictured above isn’t as beautiful as the ones you’ll see in Mediterranean or Middle Eastern restaurants, or out of the home kitchen of your favorite Greek aunt. However, it was a good attempt at working with phyllo dough, which is tricky because it’s so thin and fragile. Continue reading Cookie-a-Day: Baklava Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed under: Cheese, Recipes, On the Blogs, Holidays
Here are just a few of her suggestions. Have a pizza night, which with homemade dough and an assortment of toppings is really yummy and pretty darn cheap. Whip up an assortment of veggie and legume based dips (there’s almost nothing easier than making hummus at home and you can always get creative with what you put in it). Her recipe for apple salsa and brie crostini is making me hungry even now. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Sourfizz.com is proud to announce that it has acquired a brand new file host called http://www.dirola.com
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You know those streetside artists who seem to have way more talent than folks at the local art gallery? Well, you can now get your portrait done by a robot instead of relying on human talent thanks to this robotic effort by researcher Sylvain Calinon. The robot developed is capable of recognizing a face in its field of vision, snapping a digital photo and extracting the major characteristics of their face. Once its algorithms get to work, the robot will automatically function as an X/Y plotter, fleshing out your details slowly but surely. Does this mean that street artists will be out of a job anytime soon? Nah, but this is certainly an interesting development. Check out a video of it in action here. Permalink | Comment | Uberbargain | Uberphones |
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If you’re a college football fan, then you know that states have been facing off with each other since last week. However, in what we could call a foodish Citrus Bowl, 
Some thieves got away with a bounty of beef — 14,800 pounds of it, to be exact. But who gets the last laugh? The 
Looks like Wal-Mart won’t be offering its online video download service anymore, and this news comes as a shock since the service has been live for less than a year. This came about after HP discontinued the technology that powered it, and Wal-Mart won’t be looking for a different technology partner as well, hence the closure of the video download-only merchant store service. At the end of the day, it is profit that matters, and since this organ failed to translate to a surplus of dollar signs, it is but wise to can the entire service. Have you downloaded movies before, and do you think Wal-Mart has no faith in the long term advantage of movie downloading?
NTT DoCoMo has revealed a new safety device which is capable of obtaining high-precision location information courtesy of its GPS function. This device enables location tracking whenever the slide switch is pulled, allowing family members and authorities to get a better idea of just where the user is at the moment. In addition, the slide switch also functions as a crime prevention buzzer switch on the device itself just in case you get into a rather sticky situation. Dubbed the CTG-001G, this device was developed by Giant Electronics on behalf of DoCoMo. Would be nice to see more of such devices here in the West.
While most calculators these days are dual-powered (that is, they rely on either the batteries within or on natural sunlight), who would have thought of a 
