Friday, April 07, 2006
- Cool Tools tips us to the AeroPress "Coffee Syringe," sort of a personal-sized French Press with a twist. Now, if only they could come up with a way to get that espresso goodness directly into the bloodstream.
- University of Ehrfurt (Germany) researcher Bettina Rockenbach finds that the Stick is more effective than the Carrot. [Scientific American]
- Headline of the Day: "Ticked Cock Sends Tick Tock to Dick Doc" [Gapers Block]
- Great news for spicy food lovers: research suggests red chili peppers and ginger both help fight cancer; the fact turmeric appears to fight Alzheimer's disease is old news at this point. Curry, anyone?
- Fibonacci Sequence Poetry [via Slashdot]
- Scientists have found a way to "train" viruses to build batteries on the nanoscale [Gizmodo]
- What do you get when you cross a paint roller with a dot-matrix printer? The PixelRoller - the geeky graffiti artist's dream come true!
- The FRIDAY RANDOM TEN!
- Blondie - "Rapture Riders (Doors + Blondie mashup)"
- Wall of Voodoo - "Do It Again"
- Dire Straits - "Industrial Disease"
- Kula Shaker - "Tattva"
- Weezer - "Beverly Hills"
- Renaissance - "Can You Hear Me?"
- Ladytron - "Flicking Your Switch"
- Bill Laswell - "Black Satin/What If/Agartha Dub"
- Buzzcocks - "Flat-Pack Philosophy"
- Encode - "All Tomorrow's Parties"