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Sexy People

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:24:17 -0500

Sexy People is a blog which is "a celebration of the perfect portrait." Do you consider yourself as sexy as these people? It's tough competition. Link.

Cake Wrecks

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:57:51 -0500

Cake Wrecks is a blog where cake disasters are found throughout the internet and posted for our amusement. Most are funny and some are ugly, but there are a few that are just plain creepy. Link [via]

Previously:
Optimus Prime Cake, Mario birthday cake, Mac Mini birthday cake, Nintendo! It's a ceral... and a wedding cake?, iPhone Birthday Cake

Cassette From My Ex

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:21:02 -0500

If you are old enough to remember the days before CDs then you probably have a few mixed tapes tucked away in a box some where. Cassette From My Ex is a site where you can share your stories behind those mixed tapes and even share the soundtracks. Link [via]

Do you have a mixed tape story?

Thanksgiving Links

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:40:17 -0600

Happy Thanksgiving (a day early)! Enjoy this classic Peanuts Thanksgiving clip as well as some Blogcadre Thanksgiving oldies:

1930s Macy's Thanksgivign Day Parade Photographs

Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving Turkey Song

Classic Butter Ball Turkey Commercial from 1959

Turkey Breaks into Minnesota Home... Again

White Castle Turkey Stuffing Recipe

Crabfu Steamworks happenings at Maker Faire 2007

Sun, 27 May 2007 21:24:46 -0500

I-Wei sent over a page he put together which details his Crabfu Steamworks experience at Maker Faire 2007, San Francisco. Check it out! Link. (Thanks, I-Wei!)

[Photo source]

Previously:
Crabfu Steamworks, I-Wei Huang
Howto: Draw Steampunk Machines

The Webby Awards, The Winners

Tue, 01 May 2007 16:07:40 -0500

The nominees and winners for the 11th annual Webby Awards are up. Check 'em out!

LwL: Edible serving pieces, Obesity gene, Remembering Kurt Vonnegut, Titanic watches, Dinosaurs linked to birds

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:34:07 -0500

Today is Friday the 13th. Hopefully none of you will experience any bad luck or other weirdness today. Here are your Lazy Weekend Links for this 'finally feeling like Spring' weekend.

See how Sara Thacher created cast sugar plates and salt cups for a dinner party she held for five of her good friends. I'm not entirely grooving on the salt cups because I don't like things real salty, however, I think the whole idea of edible serving pieces is quite creative.

Geneticists from Oxford University and Peninsula Medical School in Exeter are claiming they have linked a specific gene to obesity.

Kurt Vonnegut died at the age of 84 from brain injuries after a recent fall. Let's remember Mr. Vonnegut.

Geneva watchmaker Romain Jerome SA has created a "Titanic-DNA" collection in which the luxury wristwatches are made from the steel and coal from the Titanic which sank in 1912.

Based on our latest BlogCadre poll, most of you believe the egg came before the chicken. Well, I think we are all wrong -- Maybe it was the dinosaur that came first. It's strange to think that the T. Rex and the chicken are related in some way.

Here are some outrageous origami creations.

Have a good weekend!

LwL: Easter Links Edition

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:07:37 -0500

To celebrate this Easter weekend, here are some Easter-related links to pass the time away.

Make your own Peeps with this Peeps Marshmallow Maker.

Create your own custom-dyed Easter eggs without the mess. Design custom wrappers that will wrap around your eggs.

Watch as Raiden Peep and Random Peep fight to the death in Mortal Peep Fight!!!

The Easter Peeps are invading Earth!

Since 1994 each state sends a decorated egg to the White House for display. Check out the 2007 Easter Egg Collection here. [via Neatorama]

Happy Easter weekend, 'Cadre!

LwL: Harry Potter book covers, Retro games, Monopoly, Optimus Maximus, Toss it, Bad lyrics

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:58:28 -0500

If your weekend outlook is rain, rain and more rain here are some Lazy Weekend Links to pass some time away.

Harry Potter fans, check out the covers of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (There are two covers, adult and children's editions. The cover pictured is the adult edition.)

Spinner has come out with the 20 Worst Lyrics Ever. The lyrics are humorous, but what's more humorous is the commentary written by the Spinner Staff.

Here is a useful guide on when to toss things out. Whoa, I have a lot of work cut out for me this weekend.

Neave Games has put together remakes of retro arcade games such as Asteroids, Frogger and Space Invaders. It's a nice compilation and well-worth playing.

I hate playing Monopoly because alliances and enemies are made amongst your friends for the 8 hours a single game is played. It's ugly. Well, if you follow the actual Monopoly rules, playing Monopoly should be painless.

Feast your eyes on the $1,490 Optimus Maximus keyboard. Slideshow.

Enjoy your weekend!

LwL: St. Patrick's Day Edition

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:56:36 -0500

This Saturday, March 17, 2007 is St. Patrick's Day. Here are some St. Pattie's Day links to celebrate this fine occassion.

Orange County, FL residents, watch out for the speed trap in the area of University Boulevard and state Road 417. You can't miss it -- It's a "Deputy Leprachaun" equipped with a laser speed-detection gun and a sign which reads, "Watch your speed or it will cost you your pot of gold." [via Weird Daily]

I couldn't find a recipe for green beer so this green beer t-shirt over at ThinkGeek will have to do.

Want to know what parades and events are going on in your area? Check out this site. You may also want to read up on who St. Patrick is while you are there.

Need something green to settle your stomach after a weekend of celebrating? Here is a howto on making Mylanta mint chocolate chip ice cream. [via Make]

Happy St. Pattie's Day, Cadre!

[Photo of my niece, Siena. 2007]

LwL: geek furniture, purchase food with mobile phone, baby for down payment, emoticons, cut trans fats, Google traffic status

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:35:59 -0600

Here are your Lazy Weekend Links for this weekend:

In need of more seating in your apartment or home? Are you a geek? Well, have I got the perfect piece of furniture for you. Check out these giant computer key seats. [via Random Good Stuff]

Soon the tech savvy will be able to purchase food with their mobile phones at participating fast food restaurants in Japan.

In Colorado, three people accused of swapping a 5-month-old baby for a down payment on a used car.

What's your favorite emoticon? Here are Japan's thirty top favorites.

The Girl Scouts are cutting trans fats from their popular assortment of cookies.

Google has now added real-time traffic status for 30 major cities in the U.S. [via Hackszine]

Happy weekend!

Shutdown Day is March 24, 2007

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:45:43 -0600

March 24, 2007 is Shutdown Day. Join thousands of others around the world in shutting down your computers for 24 hours and remembering what life was like without them.

It is obvious that people would find life extremely difficult without computers, maybe even impossible. If they disappeared for just one day, would we be able to cope?

Be a part of one of the biggest global experiments ever to take place on the internet. The idea behind the experiment is to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if we all participate!

Shutdown your computer on this day and find out! Can you survive for 24 hours without your computer?

[via The Presurfer]

LwL: No more weddings, Superstitious airline logo, Your heart, Boombox, Vintage Hungarian commercials, R2-D2 trash can

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:11:33 -0600

Here are your Lazy Weekend Links for this weekend:

An Argentinian couple has placed a paid announcement in a major newspaper "expressing their desire for some social neglect," meaning, they don't want to be invited to anymore weddings.

Brussels Airlines is adding one more ball to their 13-ball logo on all tails and sides of their Airbuses because it was scaring superstitious customers away.

Heart disease is the number one killer in women -- take care of your heart.

Forget iPods. Bring the Boombox back.

Check out this small collection of vintage Hungarian commercials I found on YouTube: sausages, milk, bug killer, workgloves. Did anyone else notice that the milk looked a little thick? Who eats that much sausage? And do people really hold hands a lot when they are wearing workgloves?

I had an R2-D2 cake at my 5th birthday, but no R2-D2 trash can.

Happy weekend!

LwL: Toyota's bad product placement ad, Chimps used tools, "Sweep the Leg" music video, Lego Relativity, 5 yr. old gives birth

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:36:58 -0600

Here are your Lazy Weekend Links for this fine weekend:

This has got to be one of the worst product placement ads I've seen. I don't foresee many people buying Toyotas in the near future.

Scientists have found evidence that 4,300 years ago Chimpanzees in West Africa used stone tools.

The original Karate Kid cast from the 80s reunited to put together a music video for the group No More Kings for their song "Sweep The Leg". The video stars Billy Zabka who played "Johnny", the bad boy of the Cobra Kai.

Here is a 3D Lego model of M.C. Escher's Relativity. It was created by Andrew Lipson. [via digg]

Believe it or not, a 5-year-old girl gave birth. "Not possible," you say? Read the article, look at the pictures, and you decide. [via digg]

Happy weekend!

BlogCadre Valentine's Day Round-Up

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:18:42 -0600

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here is a BlogCadre love link round-up of previous Cadre posts to commemorate this day of love. Enjoy!

Say "I love you" with a Valentine's Day GeoGreeting
Vouyer? Check out the zoo...
Can't find love? Try Hot Prison Pals
Prehistoric lovers found in an intimate embrace
Lovelines: Words and pictures of love and hate through personal blogs
Finding Dates Worth Keeping
Lovers of Teruel (Los amantes de Teruel)
Faceless

[Photo taken by Angelo Storari from Ancona, Italy courtesy of The Cloud Appreciation Society - via Neatorama]