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Candy Bar Identification Quiz
via Slashfood by Kat Kinsman on March 03, 2008
... under: Snacks, Chocolate, Culinary Kids, Guilty PleasuresThink you can tell a Skor from a Heath or a Snickers from a Baby Ruth just by looking at a cross-section? It's harder than you'd think.Candy Bar Identification QuizPhotographer Rachel Been was so inspired by working on the shoot, she's started a photo blog at cross-sectioning.blogspot.com.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Braille on Beer Cans in Japan
via Serious Eats by Robyn Lee on March 03, 2008
How does a visually impaired person pick out a can of beer from other canned non-beer beverages? By feeling the braille on the top of the can—if you're in Japan, at least. Beer manufacturers in Japan have started stamping braille on the top of cans that spells out "alcohol" or, if made by Kirin Brewery, "Kirin Beer." Whether this will increase the number of drunk blind people on the...
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Starbucks Closing for 3 Hours Today
via Serious Eats by Adam Kuban on February 26, 2008
Fair warning, coffee addicts: Your local Starbucks will be closed when you go for that late-afternoon cuppa joe. Don't freak. All 7,100 of the chain's U.S. stores will be go dark from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for employee retraining—all 135,000 baristas. And Dunkin' Donuts knows an opportunity when it sees one; it'll be offering small lattes, cappuccinos, and espressos for 99¢ from 1...
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TGIF!
via Serious Eats by Raphael on February 22, 2008
Your Friday LOLSquirrel brought to you by icanhascheezburger.com.
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How it Works
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on February 18, 2008
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And the Alford talk re-ignites
via The Hoosier Scoop: Indiana University Hoosiers Basketball, Football, and more by Doug on February 19, 2008
Alford is destined to coach at Indiana. At least according to a writer in Albuquerque.Click here to read.
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International Builders' Show Product Preview: Amana Jot Refrigerator
via Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog by Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog on February 16, 2008
If your kid tends to scribble or doodle on everything in reach, you might find yourself reading—literally—the writing on the wall . . . or the floor, counter, and other household surfaces. But what if you could strike a deal so that your burgeoning Picasso or aspiring Austen were to confine his or her assaults to only one front: the refrigerator?A 28-inch-wide top-freezer fridge from...
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