After the posts about the “Jello model”:http://duenos.net/article/222/JelloSanFrancisco of San Francisco and the “13 lb Gummy Bear”:http://duenos.net/article/221/13lbGummyBear, I was interested in learning a little more about Jello. It turns out that in addition to being made from connective tissue, Jello is also the official state snack food of Utah. The above picture is Jello celebrity spokesman Bill Cosby receiving the official plaque. For a list of other official state snack foods, check out the helpful “State Food List”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_foods on Wikipedia.
Previously on Duenos:
* “13 lb Gummy Bear”:http://duenos.net/article/221/13lbGummyBear
* “Jello San Francisco”:http://duenos.net/article/222/JelloSanFrancisco
Category Archives: Original Duenos
Are You Ready to Neti?
After my curiosity in the “(Jala) Neti Pot”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_pot was re-piqued from the “_Dr. Oz II_ episode”:http://images.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200704/tows_past_20070426.jhtml on the “Oprah Show”:http://www2.oprah.com/index.jhtml, I decided to go “duenos”:www.duenos.net on it. A neti pot is a tool for “nasal irrigation”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation that can provide many benefits like better breathing, cleaner boogers, and possible elimination of snoring by simply splashing salty water up there. “Mayo Clinic”:http://www.mayoclinic.com/ has “this video”:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nasal-lavage/MM00552 that details some benefits of nasal irrigation and an alternative (athough similar) method to “the Neti.” “This fan site”:http://www.yoga-age.com/asanas/neti.html has a myriad of (some hard to believe and unresearched) benefits of the Neti, but towards the bottom of the page has a well-written how-to guide complete with photos of an unnecessarily shirtless guy (see picture above). For more, check out this “pdf”:http://www.jalanetipot.com/research.html that provides excessive neti info and you can purchase inexpensive basics “at this link”:http://www.neilmed.com/ when you’re ready to neti.
The Cilantro Consipiracy
“I Hate Cilantro.com”:http://www.ihatecilantro.com/ is a haven for all of us out there who taste something awful when we eat cilantro. I noticed it a few years ago when my then-girlfriend fell in love with Mexican food and I just couldn’t understand it. The food tasted like pennies, bleach, or something else disgusting.
It turns out that I was just one of those people whose genes react very poorly to certain enzymes in cilantro (coriander in British) and make it taste, well, revolting. If you for some reason taste something horrible (usually pennies, bleach, metal) when you eat Mexican or Indian food, maybe you’re one of us. Join “I Hate Cilantro.com”:http://www.ihatecilantro.com/ and share your pain.
An anti-cilantro haiku by user Mightyscoop1:
??A gentle flower??
??Green of stem that haunts my mind??
??The vomit that comes??
Rubber Duckie, you are the one
“DuckPlanet.com”:http://www.duckplanet.com/ is the number one Rubber Duckie website on the internet and a must-see for the major collectors and the merely curious alike. After perusing the “insanely comprehensive photo collection”:http://www.duckplanet.com/collection_main.html, you may be starting to feel a jonesing for your own rubber duckies. If that’s the case, check out the “duckplanet links”:http://www.duckplanet.com/ducklinks_main.html for a long list of duck suppliers and private collections. Of course if you’re looking for the Paris Hilton-level rubber duckies, try DuckDoos “scented ducks”:http://www.duckdoo.com/. Hmm, mango rubber duckie…
If you do anything at on this site, play the “Duckplanet squeaker game”:http://www.duckplanet.com/squeaker_game_main.html in which you have to guess which rubber toy makes the specific squeak they play for you. Seriously.
One man's journey to see the results of his actions
Fred Pearce, senior environmental correspondent for the “New Scientist”:http://www.newscientist.com/ is calculating his footprint. Unlike the increasingly popular “footprint calculators”: found online, Pearce is actually going around the globe and visiting the source of the “gold in his wedding band”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/03/freds-footprint-cost-of-gold.html, the “jeans he wears”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/04/freds-footprint-jeans-from-dhaka.html?DCMP=Matt_Sparkes&nsref=fred, and his “favorite coffee”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/03/freds-footprint-how-fair-is-fair-trade.html. In this amazing series, the audience discovers, along with Pearce, just how connected the world it is. What we do and buy right here instantly (and sometimes catastrophically) effects people in as far off places as Dhaka, Tanzania and the South Africa.
Also featured in the ongoing series “Fred’s Footprint”: “Fairtrade cotton”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/02/freds-footprint-cottoning-on-to.html, “prawns”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/04/freds-footprint-where-prawns-meet-mafia.html, recycled “mobile phones”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/02/freds-footprint-old-phones-offer-new.html and “computers”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/01/freds-footprint-dollar-day-for-wrecked.html and “green beans”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/01/freds-footprint-green-beans-and-old.html. Follow Fred’s Footprint as it’s revealed at the New Scientist “environmental blog”:http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/.
Killer Apps for Mac – TV Shows
http://thepiratebay.org and "isoHunt":http://isohunt.com. Well, all those worries are a thing of the past, and you have "TV Shows":http://tvshows.sourceforge.net/ to thank for it. Not that I'm condoning illegal downloading, but if you were so inclined this is how it works. This wonderful application runs in the background, constantly checking for the latest and greatest torrent files of your favorite TV shows that you can then open with your torrent client. Seriously, "click on subscribe, they do the rest," it's amazing. Visit the "TV Shows":http://tvshows.sourceforge.net/ homepage on sourceforge for news, reviews, and downloads.
Previously featured *Killer Apps for Mac* include: "Adium":http://duenos.net/article/129/killer-apps-for-mac-adium, "Sidenote":http://duenos.net/article/111/killer-apps-for-mac-sidenote, "Darwiin Remote":http://duenos.net/article/193/KillerAppsforMacDarwiinRemote, "Mac Pilot":http://duenos.net/article/174/KillerAppsforMacMacPilot, "Disk Inventory X":http://duenos.net/article/163/KillerAppsforMacDiskInventoryX, "Tangerine":http://duenos.net/article/150/KillerAppsforMacTangerine, "SizzlingKeys":http://duenos.net/article/119/killer-apps-for-mac-sizzlingkeys, "Vienna Reader":http://duenos.net/article/204/KillerAppsforMacViennaReader, "VLC Player":http://duenos.net/article/228/, and "App Zapper":http://duenos.net/article/231/.
Synæsthesia: How to Taste Thoughts Without LSD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia the other day and couldn’t believe my nostrils. Synæsthesia is the non-debilatating condition where your senses are switched, i.e. you can hear colors, smell sounds, and even sense emotions in numbers. As weird as it tastes, it is thought to be fairly common. It goes underdiagnosed because synæsthetes are able function normally while seeing music and feeling colors and are typcially surprised to find out that this is unique to them. "Preview this free test":http://synesthete.org/demo.php to take after "registering":http://synesthete.org/login.php?action=register&remail=&semail=&ch to see if you’re one. Also, check out "this excerpt":http://www.bluecatsandchartreusekittens.com/Blue_Cats_and_Chartreuse_Kittens_Ex.html from and "the site":http://www.bluecatsandchartreusekittens.com/index.html for a "book":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716740885/qid=1003606833/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_15_1/002-2610210-3787248 written from a synæsthetes’ sensorial perception of the world.
Alternative lacing tactics
http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/info/index.jsp?categoryId=690482 from Dick's Sporting Goods.
Here are their general lacing tips for any layout:
* Make sure your laces are loose before you slip into the shoes. Doing this maintains the integrity of the eyelets and heel.
* Tighten your laces from the bottom (toe end) to top (ankle end), tightening gradually at each set of eyelets.
* Remember that a shoe with more eyelets allows you to create a more custom fit with lacing.
Loofas are vegetables?
That’s right, the thing you thought was a sponge from the bottom of the ocean is actually a dried out vegetable and get this, you can grow one yourself!! Go check out this “how-to guide”:http://groovygreen.com/groove/?p=689 from “GroovyGreen.com”:http://groovygreen.com/ to find out how. SO COOL!!!
"Video Vets" complete
I posted a few weeks ago about the “Video Vets commercial”:http://duenos.net/article/184/ being made by “MoveOn.org”:http://moveon.org and director “Oliver Stone”:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000231/ and wanted to update you on that project. The commercial has been finished and is embedded below, although you can also “find it here”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvJ9Ys7rhrA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmoveon%2Eorg%2F. More than the ad, I found “the interview”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv2tAaTNNX0&mode=related&search= with Oliver Stone to be very interesting, although not surprisingly on the wordy side.