3D food... what will they think of next?

These guys have stuck a bunch of pureed food into a 3D printer!
While that means you could make a tomato out of pumpkin puree, or an exact replica of the eiffel tower made out of liquorice, these folk have other ideas:

Imagine [a food] almost like a meatloaf that absorbs sauce like a sponge. That is cool — much cooler to me than printing some ersatz steak.

Yeah, they want to play around with textures and create something not possible with any other techniques.
Sounds cool. I just hope it doesn't get used for something like Paris Hilton's next cake!

FYI- ersatz means fake/not real.

via Slashdot (again)

Holy Moley!

Check out this car!
The Cosworth Forumla 1 engine is just the fuel pump!!!!!

It's 13.4 meters long, which isn't too bad when you consider its ROCKET is 3.6 meters long on its own.
Good luck with your parallel parking.

Wall Street Journal
via science.slashdot.org

My new fav web store!

So, I can't remember where exactly I first clicked from- possibly AOM, Being Manly or similar- but my new favourite store to browse is definitely the Duluth Trading Co. 

Their suspenders (above) are at the top of my (realistic) want list, while the replica Zippo, and some of their 'fire hose' gear sit on my "not-so-likely-to-get-it" want list. Also, 'the apothecary' dept is old-timey cool.

Check out the Duluth Trading Co. -where it's all designed and tested by tradesmen!

How To Make People Ignore Your Emails!

Check out this page on The Oatmeal!

Something I think we can all appreciate/learn from (I'm looking at you unnamed relatives and facebook people)!

The Oatmeal is a funny web comic- take a look around while you're there.

LINKY:

If you do this in an email, I hate you - The Oatmeal

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Not to be confused with Benicio Del Toro, Guillermo Del Toro's next film is "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark". I love Pan's Labyrinth, but this is scarier than the quasi-fairytale by the looks of the teaser.

Follow the linky to the official site to watch the teaser, but BEWARE: IF YOU DON'T LIKE SCARY MOVIES, TURN BACK NOW!

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Movie - Official Site

And yes, I did wee a little jump at the end of the trailer.

Photos of Clementine

Here are a couple of gorgeous pics I got of Tiny yesterday while she was in her cradle/hammock thing.

Take a look at Tab's blog for a very cute video of Addie and Tiny!

Queensland floods

Streets of Toowoomba

Here is the link to ABC's map of towns affected by the queensland floods. Zoom out for a greater perspective of how vast the area is. ABC News - Queensland towns

This map (also from ABC News) shows the suburbs of Brisbane under threat: ABC News - Brisbane suburbs

As I'm sure is the case with all Australians, those affected by this disaster are in our thoughts and prayers.


Photo from: http://flickr.com/photos/43409681@N07/5342341524 by Timothy.
Used under CC2.0 license.

Introducing Clementine Audrey Schultz

Here's a bunch of photos of our newest addition: Clementine Audrey Schultz.
She was born Sunday 9th January 2011. She weighed 3.26 kilos (7lbs 4 oz.) and is lovely.

New Package Arrived!

Great news! I'm super excited! A package has just arrived at the Schultz household!
It's my CAKE PREORDER!!!! Woo!

Oh yeah, we had a baby too. (I'm very excited about Clementine and she'll get her own post very soon)

The haul.

The Official release date for the album is 11th January, but they posted the pre-orders out a little early to make sure we got them on or just before then!
My unboxing pics:
Note: I got the ultimate package deal, which includes everything except the CD.

What you see first.

A close-up of the shirt logo.

Under the t-shirt.

Awesome bonus temporary tattoo.

Front of the single "Sick of You" in vinyl.

Back cover of the single.

The signed album LP.

The back of the album cover.

The LP and inner sleeve.

The back of the inner sleeve.

The sexy red LP coming out of the inner sleeve.

The single's cover, inner sleeve and orange vinyl awesomeness.

The single's A-side.

Ooh, contrast for the B-side!

If the shirt fits...

Mac appalicious!

The Mac App Store is open! Yay for shiny!

Installed and browsy!

If you have a Mac, run system update from the Apple menu and install the system update that is available to access the new Mac App Store.
The Mac App Store is the new shiny place to go to find, buy and install apps for your OS X Snow Leopard machine. It works just about the same as the iTunes app store- you browse for the app you want, click buy, your card is charged and you download your new app!
For more info, go to www.apple.com/au/mac/app-store/

! Exclamation mark1!

Now... how much money do I have left...

A Guide To The New Australian Consumer Protection Laws

From Lifehacker:

A Guide To The New Australian Consumer Protection Laws

Important things to know!

READ IT.

TLDNR is invalid.

God's Birthday?

A Question to Bring Forth the Philosorapture

from puns.icanhascheezburger.com

mmmm.... CAKE, my fav!

My Christmas present for this year is coming next year. Cake (the band) is releasing their new album, 'Showroom of Compassion' on January 11 (Happy Birthday Jeff!).
My pre-order went in as soon as it was available, which means my Vinyl LP copy will be SIGNED BY THE BAND!!!!

This album's been a long time coming: Cake's last release was the "B-sides and Rarities" compilation in 2007. The last new music album was "Pressure Chief" in 2004 (when they toured Australia and I saw them LIVE). Last year they re-released their first album, "Motorcade of Generosity", digitally remastered & beautiful.

Here's the band talking about the Showroom of Compassion and the first official music video from it (Sick of You):

From the Archives: Party time!

Do you know what makes a good party?
This 1950 Coronet Instructional Film can help both host and guest!




from Archive.org

Nature by Numbers [Video]

Fibonacci is awesome.

Math and/in nature- beautiful.

YouTube - Nature by Numbers

UK plans to block all porn

The UK Gov. are planning to get ISPs to block all porn, unless adult users 'opt-in'. Good on 'em!

Problem with porn in your life? Go to xxxchurch.com!

All internet porn will be blocked to protect children, under UK government plan | News.com.au

See? Drunk tourists are good for something!

Look out sharks! Drunk Serbs are around!

Basically, a shark was eating people, so this drunk tourist jumped on its head, killing it.

He was hospitalised... for ALCOHOL POISONING!!

Hit the link for the Mina news article: MINA Breaking News

A Christmas Wish List

I'm not expecting anything on this list to appear under my tree this year, but one of the fun things about Christmas is sending Santa your wish-list! If you know someone like me, here are some ideas!


iPad: If you don't know why someone like me would want one of these, you either don't really know someone like me, or you need to learn more about what an ipad is!

Cr-48: I don't really need one, and I'm know there are better notebooks around, but the Cr-48 is exclusive! And it's perfect for the OS tinkering I like to do- nothing fancy, just trying out different distro's of Linux.

Saddleback Leather Co Bag: The manliest man-bags around!

A tailored suit: A man's gotta look sharp!

Camping gear: Since coming to Broken HIll, I've been on a few creek-bed sleep-outs. I'd love to get my own gear to head off for a weekend every now and then. Oh yeah, Tab likes camping too.

Tools: Tab and I have some tools, but there are a few that would be handy and others that make my toolbox frequently inadequate! Top of the list includes: a drill bit set, a jigsaw and my circular saw could use a new blade. A router would be awesome, as would a Dremel set.

Timber/building supplies: Honestly, some planks of Australian hardwood would make an awesome present, even just sticks of pine would be useful! Timber is expensive, so getting some as a gift would enable me to build an assortment of projects- shelves, cabinets, a larger chook pen..

Cigars/pipe: I know, smoking is bad for you- really bad, but I currently don't smoke at all, and would only like to take it up as a luxury (once or twice a week at most). Like coffee, I enjoy the ritual and 'earthy manliness' more than the taste etc- hence cigarettes are not very appealing to me.

A bottle of Port: Who doesn't love to sit down at the end of the day to admire his handiwork with his pipe/cigar in one hand and a glass of port in the other?

Well, that's my brief list! Of course, there are a plethora of other things I'd love, but just haven't thought of them right now- also, often the best gifts are ones the person didn't even know they liked!

5 Cool Games- name your price!

Follow the link below to humblebundle.com! For 6 more days, you can buy a bundle of 5 great games by indie developers that are compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux!!

The best part? You decide what the bundle is worth to you!

That's right: YOU decide what you're going to pay!!!!!1!!11!!

Also great: part of the payment goes to charity!

Exclamation marks!!!!

The Humble Indie Bundle #2

Via Slashdot.org

Google's plans- creepy, but helpful

Cool, but a bit big-brotherly creepy (and I don't mean my siblings)- using your location and what you are doing atm, google wants to send you info before you ask for it!

Checkit:

Google: We'll find info before you know you need it | Software | silicon.com

via slashdot.org