AWESOMECON http://www.awesomecon.com/blog 'cause the web is f#&%ing awesome! Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:06:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Bacon: The New Modeling Clay http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Awesomecon/~3/u8lE0IIP82I/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/12/bacon-the-new-modeling-clay/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:06:56 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=551 Baco!

It seems that bacon is being formed and then baked (or fried) into more complex and radical food delivery systems.  The next evolution of bacon science appears to be the Baco.  A bacon based tortilla replacement.  I am both horrified and made hungry by this newest step in evolution in food sciences.

[Read via Tim]

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’cause if it is then I need to get one of these bad boys!

[via @aaronpedersen]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/11/is-it-winter-yet/feed/ 0 http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/11/is-it-winter-yet/ There is something addictive… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Awesomecon/~3/ii5ygqSxsLY/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/09/there-is-something-addictive/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:11:28 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=538
Close Encounters of the 3rd (three frame?) Kind

… about the website “Three Frames“. Niki called it an:

extremely extremely distilled version of ytmnd

which is a good description. I walked through the archive in a few minutes, subscribed to the RSS on a whim expecting to throw it away after a few days and yet, I get excited when a new one comes in. Odd. Anyway, I love it and had to share.

[read three frames]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/09/there-is-something-addictive/feed/ 1 http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/09/there-is-something-addictive/ Alaska Beat Poetry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Awesomecon/~3/yFyNclAVRrE/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/alaska-beat-poetry/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:12:02 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=535 A little poem written by Palin performed by Shatner.


[video from NBC]

Kind of beautiful when done right.

[via Daring Fireball via Huffington Post]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/alaska-beat-poetry/feed/ 0 http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/alaska-beat-poetry/ Prank Wars: part 7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Awesomecon/~3/QoYKU2oEH6s/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/prank-wars-part-7/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:56:39 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=532 I haven’t really been following the internet meme “Prank Wars” by a few of the members over at College Humor, but I recall catching bits and pieces of the pranks.  Here is the most recent one pulled on Amir. After seeing the last one Amir pulled I have no sympathy for him and feel this was well deserved.  Pretty damn impressive setup if you ask me…

The only way this is going to end is with one of the pranks ending in death, I think.

[via @joestump]

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I have no idea what it means, nor do I need to (all though I do want to).  I was literally speechless after watching this amazing video.  Give it a few seconds and I am sure you will feel the same way.

[via Why, That's Delightful!]

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That looks both amazingly scary and awesome at the same time.

[via BoingBoing]

bonus video, the gravity hammer in action:

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Sorry Zachary’s, but it’s true. Little Star SF is better. I know we’re more irritating with our skinny jeans but it’s the truth.

Sorry to our non-Bay Area readers in advance for the inside jokes.

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Okay, its technically three-man act, but a one-man band.  The mutli-part one man YouTube video meme is getting a little stale, but this one is damn impressive.  Rock out baby!

[Read via Bob Nickolopoulos]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/boston-one-man-cover-band/feed/ 0 http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/boston-one-man-cover-band/ Hipsters are so ‘83 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Awesomecon/~3/kdEPsgaTYFg/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/hipsters-are-so-83/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:40:47 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=515 I was reading a tweet by @mdowney which referred to a post on BuzzFeed about the top 10 Michael Jackson acapella videos. This post is not about that… well, not directly anyway. I was watching the video for “Beat It” and during the breakdown/fight scene I had an amazing revelation. Holy SH*T!!! THOSE THUGS ARE HIPSTERS!

So, apparently hipsters are 1983 thugs from the “Beat It” video. Amazing but true. Check out around 2:30 in the video to revel in the pre-hipster-hipster fashion.

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Jordy Smith pulls off an amazing rodeo flip by using the lip of the wave. Just amazing to watch…

[via @hookjaw]

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One of the things that I will really miss now that I no longer live in San Francisco, is Fleet Week.  Every year in October the Blue Angels and other assorted flight teams come to town and buzz the city.  It was always so exciting the first day they began practicing because the scream of the jet engines would echo throughout the city.  You just have to love that.

The above video was taken from the back seat of Blue Angel #7 and it shows how intense it must be to ride shotgun in one of these high performance planes.  Love it!!

[from Wired via Aaron]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/flying-with-the-blue-angels/feed/ 0 http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/flying-with-the-blue-angels/ Become a Social 2.0 ‘bag! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Awesomecon/~3/-vBCcbqszQ4/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/become-a-social-20-bag/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:36:02 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=500 The Complete Social Media Douchebag

Ever wonder how the Twitter-verse can be owned by a total n00b like yourself?  Want to become hella l337 at the Social Web 2.0 party?  Well thanks to peeps at “The Complete Social Media Douchebag™” you will soon be able to:

use Web 2.0 Social Media to become a millionaire overnight … to increase your Twitter followers by eleventy-billion in 3.68 seconds … to use Twitter to make a gazillion dollars through affiliate marketing and multi-level marketing schemes

Why wait, act now!

Read [via DvD]

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How can you not love keyboard cat?  He is just awesome.

[via @joestump and @dburka]

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[via Adam]

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