Wow. We’ve talked about Bacon & Chocolate before in bar form, but this week’s Bacon Product of the Week takes the combination to a whole new level. Marini’s Munchi’s of Santa Cruz, CA– also known for their Goatse-esque logo– has, after numerous R&D trials, no doubt, developed the mythical chocolate covered bacon.
At $17.00 per pound, eat it at your own risk, though it sure looks tasty. Or, if you’re the more adventurous type, you can even try Kevin Karagitz’s homemade recipe. But as he says, proceed with EXTREME CAUTION.
But now they’re getting cool about it. To promote their newest experimental flavor, they have unleashed “Doritos the Quest” - an online game that has I.Q. test/problem-solving puzzles akin to Myst or Riven.
The game will be released in four parts (part 2 will come out in a week) - the grand prize winner will receive “$100,000 in treasure.” It appears that the finalists will actually have to physically compete for the grand prize - a la obstacle course, etc. - as stated in the game rules.
I really hope the grand prize isn’t a $100,000 golden corn chip.
Coming soon to a phone near you: Scanbuy’s Scanlife software, which allows users to create and interact with 2 dimensional barcodes, which serve to link the physical world with the virtual world (and no, I don’t mean Second Life).
All you have to do to interact with a 2D barcode (like the one below) is install Scanbuy’s software (free) and then take a picture of any 2d barcode with your phone. Because the square barcode is made up of a lot of smaller squares that are either black or white and nothing in between, the crossword-like barcode is essentially a graphical depiction of the binary numeral system, and can contain as much or more information than a hyperlink (like http://www.blogadilla.com). Not to mention that they can exist and be interacted with in the physical world.
2-D barcodes are already widely deployed and used in Asia and in parts of Europe, but have yet to hit the US market because our mobile landscape has been comprised of 4 companies that together hold a monopoly on what we can and can’t do with our phones. But times are a changing with the advent of the iPhone, which I’m told, with the new firmware set to release in June, will be compatible with Scanbuy’s software. If your phone is already compatible, try it out! Otherwise, be on the lookout.
PS: HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BLOGADILLA!! (you’re growing up so fast!)
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won the right to compete for a place in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The AP reports that the “Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations.”
As part of the overruling of the ban, Oscar Pistorius asked to have independent testing done at MIT. This story is special to me because I was living in Cambridge when random (able-bodied) people were bouncing down the street wearing the now-infamous cheetah blades. I can only assume that those people were either involved in conducting the tests or out for joyrides on blades of their own. While this story is certainly a departure from what I typically contribute to Blogadilla, the ruling marks an important day for both disabled people and able bodied people as well. Check out the story on ESPN.
Everyone should feel the joy a of mustache, so . . . For those of you without mustaches, below is a set of printable cut-out mustaches:
• For the gents - the Magnum P.I.
• For the ladies - the Frida Kahlo
A Friday night at 11:00pm.
New York’s McGraw-Hill Building.
Nicholas White was working late and stepped into the elevator.
The elevator stopped and Nicholas White was trapped for 41 hours with no food, water, cellphone, or watch.
Here is the NewYorker.com time-lapse video.
Via Gawker.com, this just in: a “facebook tipster” (aka facebook programmer) reports that from one’s facebook page, the tables can easily be turned on the five people who stalk you most!
Simply click in the search area on the lefthand column and press the down arrow. Et voila, there it is: five people who previously thought they could watch you from a-far. Wah wah wah.
Post Script: Gawker also notes that this fact is something to share with nerds. Consider yourselves shared-with. I certainly did.
(via Aly)
UPDATE: Somewhat mysteriously, the ‘cheat’ requirements have been modified. Interested parties will now need to hit the spacebar followed by the down arrow. Mr. Zuckerberg, you are one TRICKY TRICKY man.
Charles Babbage designed computers in the mid-1800’s - though operating with gears, many were effectively digital. He designed (yet never successfully completed building) the “Difference Engine no. 2″ - designed to do complex polynomial equations (necessary at the time for navigation reference tables, etc.).
In 2002, the “Babbage Engine no. 2″ was finally built (London Science Museum), and in March 2008 a second one was built, and as of today the second one is on display at the Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) for the next year. Went to the opening event today.
Bonus Round:Babbage Groupies
(photo courtesy of Dana Chrisler)
This is an actual Ada Lovelace tattoo (a mathematician and colleague of Charles Babbage) - perhaps the only one of its kind in existence. Its owner was at the exhibit opening today.
