Monday: February 8, 2010
- Heinz pulls the curtain back on brand new ketchup packet design. Behold!
Say goodbye to those hard to open splatter-prone ketchup packets. Say hello to the totally redesigned peel-back-BBQ-sauce-like-dipping-style design. Wait, it took them this long to figure this one out?
Tuesday: January 5, 2010
- The most popular Google searches of 2009 according to well, Google.
Years later we all look back at this and realize just how much we adored American Idol, that crazy swine flu, cash for clunkers, and last but not least our kooky paranormal activity. Wait, what?
Monday: December 28, 2009
- A faster and more caffeinated Google search is coming your way in the near future.
Chances are you probably won't notice anything overtly different since most of the rumored changes are under the hood (algorithms, indexes, what have you). According to TechCrunch, Google will start to weight news and social media sites higher than older indexed pages. Eh, you'll learn to live with it.
Monday: December 21, 2009
- A handy tutorial on how to make time go by faster.
Sorry, but there are no time travel methods listed in this particular tutorial. The tutorial does give some handy advice on how simulate the appearance of time going by faster - which may be just as handy for you.
Monday: December 14, 2009
- Scientists deduce the best method in which to remove a Band-ADo it fasid.
The results will shock you. Ok, no they actually won't shock you at all. Do it fast and you'll have less pain. Don't you feel better knowing that this is scientifically proven now? No? Yea, me neither.
Monday: November 30, 2009
- Thirty-three tips for optimizing your beloved copy of Firefox.
Covers a wide array of optimization tricks from blocking Flash to tweaking memory usage (of which I will take a deep look at as Firefox is a giant memory hog on my local machine).
Monday: November 16, 2009
- Dell pulls the curtain back on world's fastest laser printer (so they claim).
Is the option of printing forty-seven pages a minute missing from your life? Forty-six pages just not cutting it? Then look no further. This beast of a printer onwheels will set you back just $1,549.
Monday: November 9, 2009
- Unsuccessful breakfast cereals through the wholesome eye of Photoshop.
Yes, Pickle Flakes are part of this breakfast although you might want to check the nutritional facts before pouring yourself a bowl. Yum.
Friday: November 6, 2009
- Twenty-five awesome fast food toys through the years.
Ah, fast food memories. I think I still have some of these beauties laying around somewhere in a box in the attic. On a related note, actual McDonald's burgers seem to age just as well.
Tuesday: October 27, 2009
- A list of eight programs that can make your computer run faster.
A comprehensive post that covers some software you should be using for regular computer maintenance. There is also a list of alternatives to popular software to keep your RAM usage low.
Wednesday: October 14, 2009
- Kellogg's planning to laser etch brand name into their corn flakes.
Kellogg's will produce a number of trial batches before considering whether to put some branded flakes into each box to guarantee authenticity.
Wednesday: October 7, 2009
- Burger King to be the home of the newly renovated Whopper by end of 2010.
These sleek design changes will occur in 12,000 Burger King locations worldwide. The photos look suspiciously like when Marty visits Cafe Eighties from Back to the Future II.
Thursday: September 24, 2009
- Want to know the furthest distance between two McDonald's joints?
...McDonald’s cluster at the population centers and hug the highway grid. East of the Mississippi, there’s wall-to-wall coverage, except for a handful of meager gaps centered on the Adirondacks, inland Maine, the Everglades, and outlying West Virginia.
- Internet Explorer runs ten times faster with Google Chrome Frame plugin.
Something tells me that Microsoft won't be too happy about this little bit of news.
Tuesday: September 15, 2009
- Google pulls the curtain back on new method for reading online news.
From a UI point of view that sure is a lot of visual information to take in at once. Also, it's interesting that the links don't end up back to the source publication but rather a larger screenshot on Google - most of the time without advertising (source article is now two clicks away).
Monday: August 10, 2009
- McDonald's seems to be doing quite well selling fancy coffee.
A national advertising campaign started in May helped lift McCafe espresso-based drinks to about 5 percent of total sales in the U.S. Low-priced menu items drove sales in the U.K. and France, and longer store hours boosted demand in Australia, McDonald’s said.
Tuesday: August 4, 2009
- JetBlue and United to try and sell last minute airline seats via Twitter.
JetBlue has 'Cheeps', United has 'Twares'. See what they did there?
Thursday: July 9, 2009
- Have a peek at the world's fastest remote-controlled car.
...and building your own will only set you back about four grand.
Monday: July 6, 2009
- Soon you'll be able to grab a Big Mac while charging your electric car.
...a new North Carolina McDonald's will include electric vehicle (EV) recharging stations, part of the ChargePoint network. While you stuff your face, your car could be stuffing its battery.
Thursday: July 2, 2009
- Five clever ways in which theme parks can bleed you for extra money.
Had no idea Six Flags and Universal charged for the 'fast pass' concept.
Tuesday: June 30, 2009
- Firefox 3.5 officially released and available for your upgrading pleasure.
According to Mozilla, Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2. It would appear that speed is the name of the game with this update. I like speed, speed is good.
Monday: June 22, 2009
- Want to start having a lighter lunch? Try drinking a glass of milk in the morning.
Particular substances present in milk such as whey protein and casein have been found to suppress appetite in animal and human studies. Fruit juice is nutritious in its own right and we encourage people to continue having their fruit juice during the day.
