Crunchy Mustard

STARGATE: CONTINUUM TEASER TRAILER!!

LOOKS SO BADASS.

I CAN’T WAIT.

A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN AoT.

Check out this strangely hilarious video released internally within Kodak, but then later released publicly because of its popularity.

Will Kodak’s cameras be able to put together the story of my life?

I’m an avid eater of all things fruity and sweet. My mother brought up my sister and I on a wide variety of healthy fruits and vegetables, which of course we still love - especially during the summer time.

So, if anyone else out there likes to chomp down on a nice piece of watermelon like I do and is as unwieldy with a knife as I am, you’ll know it’s always a battle to cut and eat a nice slice of seedless watermelon.

That’s where the ingenious “How-to” wiki comes in. Who knew that by cutting off the top of the watermelon, standing it on end, and slicing along the dark strips on the outside of the watermelon, you’d get pieces with the seeds on the outside, making them easier to pick out?

More of a visual person? They’ve got photos too.

Next up: How to Make Caffeine Jello Shots, How to Make a Citizen’s Arrest, and How to Make Mayonnaise.

The thought of editing comments after one has posted on any of my blogs has never been an issue. There just hasn’t been a convenient feature on WordPress for it yet. However, that’s all changed. Thanks to my good friend, Robbie, I’ve found this nifty “WP Ajax Edit Comments” plugin.

Now, one must beg the question: Should I or shouldn’t I allow the luxury of editing comments after they’ve been posted to my readers? On one hand, ugly typos, bad grammar, and incorrectly referenced links could be removed. On the other side, readers could back down on a view-point after they’ve seen a particular reaction, or change their previous words altogether. Where would I be without the ridiculous flame wars of “WELL YOU CAN’T EVEN SPELL ‘THOUGH’ RIGHT SO THERE!”

What do you think?

Hello folks! You should feel a little extra special today, as you’re reading the words of a Connected Ventures intern! Connected Ventures is the company behind the brains of sites like Vimeo, College Humor, Busted Tees, and a few others. So, to show my appreciation in being able to work among the youngest, most innovative web geeks out there, I’m going to tell you a bit about Vimeo!

So, unless you’re a human-being who hasn’t been living for the past year, you certainly know of YouTube. You may also know that whenever you need to find that random clip from Southpark, or that really funny bit from Stephen Colbert (hey, I like Comedy Central) you know to search for it on YouTube.

Vimeo’s a bit different. This video community focuses on the more personal edge of video-uploading. Here’s their pitch:

Use Vimeo to exchange videos with only the people you want to. We have a bunch of different privacy options so you can choose exactly who can see your videos, and others can do the same. When you join Vimeo, this page becomes your homepage and will fill up with your videos (and the videos you love).

The site is definitely a lot more private than YouTube, and it fosters a more creative environment (especially if you enjoy creating small movie-shorts.) They also use a great tagging system, like Last.fm. Each day they have new fun projects to participate in. To join, all you need to do is upload your video and tag it with the specific word they give. Example: “merightnow: Just grab a camera and film whatever you are doing right now!”

These mini projects are featured on the front page along with the latest video uploaded with that tag. It’s a really great way to get involved and be creative! So check Vimeo out

Oh, and on a final note, you may be thinking (probably not) “This girl’s got her own company! What does she need to work for free for?!” - I’m telling you people, clearly it’s just for the free lunches and the chance to work in this office. On a more serious note, I’ll be able to gain quite a bit of experience from working with the best WHILE keeping my company going at the same time.

I received an unusual piece of spam mail today. Apparently, it is in fact possible to can an entire fully cooked chicken. Now you know.

I received this gem from The MRE Depot. Their front page displays a plea to prepare for disasters… such as earthquakes and pandemic flus. Excellent.

MRE is an acronym for “meals ready to eat” and they’re mostly used in the military. I’ve actually had one before with a “camping-lover” friend of mine. My personal favorite is the Beef Roast with Vegetables! It’s simple: Pop out the heater then activate it with a bit of water. There are even MRE condiments like Tabasco sauce.

Also, the meals good for 5-10 years after they’re manufactured by the leading US military food provider - Ameriqual Foods.

Now, onto la pièce de résistance! Butterfield Farm Whole Chicken in Water. Yummmmy! MRE Depot insists: “Excellent for Soups, Salads and Sandwiches. Quick and easy way to keep chicken on hand for your favorite recipes.”

This is a deal you can’t pass up:

Brand New in the US!!
Sold by the Can or by the case of 6 cans, 51 oz per can
Your Cost; $38.21 per case*
*With 15% Discount Coupon Below, Limited Time Offer
Regularly $42.95

If only they made Canned Whole Turkeys… I’d be set for Thanksgiving!

Smirinoff has picked up on the latest trend in underage drinking (throw your favorite clear liquor into a Poland Spring bottle!). Say what?

Smirnoff Source™, the new premium malt beverage offering from Diageo North America that combines pure spring water with alcohol is now on beer retailers’ shelves and high-end bars throughout the Northeast. At 3.5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), this new premium malt beverage, with a hint of citrus, has fewer calories and lower alcohol by volume than most popular domestic beers.

EXCELLENT!

Take one part useless expensive glass water bottle design, 10 parts tap water (thrown in a “spring water purifier”), and 1/3 part cheap grain alcohol and you get Lindsay Lohan’s new drink of choice.

Here’s a first-hand experience with the drink from Jezebel:

Unfortunately the packaging left something to be desired; glass and sized for man-hands, most of the free promotional bottles were found shattered on the dance floor by the end of the night. (I hope Diageo has good insurance!) Another slight problem was that one of my more-drunk friends mistook the Source bottle for water (How could she? I mean it even says “SPRING WATER: with a touch of alcohol” in small print…) and then proceeded to vomit. A lot. (”It tastes just like water, only the WHOLE TIME IT’S DEHYDRATING YOU,” she mused later.) For more veteran drunks such as myself, however, I think Smirnoff Source may even serve as a hangover helper due to its spring water content; I awoke the following afternon curiously merely groggy-ish (I had, admittedly, consumed a thousand or so calories worth of fries). But I’m not here to state scientific fact, I’m here to state my opinion. Which is: I would drink the Sauce, er, “Source” again, gladly, after a dozen or so real drinks. - CHERYL CAMPBELL

And, if you didn’t know, the origins of the word “Vodka”are from the Russian phrase of “little water.”

Source: Diageo Press Release

It’s late one night and two Dutch architects are sitting at the table, sharing a case of beer. After lamenting over the world’s state of affairs, and the fact that their home land is drowning, an epiphany occurs.

One friend says to the other, “We’re spending millions of dollars building dikes that fail… and this global warming we’re-all-going-to-die-issue is knocking on our door. Why not make houses that just float!”

And there you have it. I’m watching the Discovery Channel’s Building the Future: “21st Century Shelter” People of different regions of the world combat earthquakes, floods, storms and other natural disasters.

The show featured one women who’s entire life sits in one small floating home. It cost around $350,000 and looks rather modern and trendy.

So, like any web-savvy citizen, I hopped on Google to find out more about this ingenious innovation. I found an article from the Christian Science Monitor that gave a few more details about the home. The model in this picture here is the same as the Dutch woman’s.

It’s called amphibious housing - structures built on land that rise and fall with the water level. They’re even planning to construct a 400-foot floating hotel in Dubia on the Persian Gulf. As if a floating hotel weren’t enough, the building will be constructed as a giant cylinder which will rotate about its base every six hours offering guests an unobstructed view of the city’s skyline.

This gives a whole new meaning to that “Where am I?” feeling after you wake up from a two hour nap.

“Honey, the building’s just rotated.