Drunken Noodles

Pad Kee Mao is a versatile dish. It can be made with noodles, spaghetti, without noodles and served on rice, with seafood… you name it. Essentially you can make anything ‘kee mao’ by including a lot of chilies, fresh peppercorns & holy basil. In Thai, ‘pad’ means to stir-fry, and ‘kee mao’ means someone who […]

Earth Eats Corvettes

Few people have been allowed inside the sky dome at the National Corvette Museum since a sinkhole emerged early Wednesday morning, and one of them was the museum director Wendell Strode, who arrived at work to the devastating scene. "Where we had Corvettes, there's now a big hole," said Strode. WBKO was able to capture […]

Mustang over Champ

On a lighter note... A few weeks ago, my little Fender Vibro Champ XD stopped working. It just faded out in what should have been the middle of an epic rock noodling session. But, since it was pretty cheap when I got it, and it was probably out of warranty, I thought it would cost […]

SS,DD

Oops. Misplaced comma. Should be SSD,D : Solid State Drive, Damn! This weekend, I swapped out my PC's boot drive for a solid state drive (Samsung 980 Pro, 256G). Used the software included with the drive to clone the existing drive, then pulled the HDD and dropped in the SSD. Took a while to do […]

Start Your iPods

Random five, sorted by preference. Pavement - Kennel District Duran Duran - Girls On Film The Standells - Dirty Water De La Soul - Plug Tunin Magic Mushrooms - It's a-Happening Can you dig it?

Dragon Bridge

The Vietnamese city of Da Nang has celebrated the 38th anniversary of its liberation during the Vietnam War by opening a new bridge in the shape of a giant dragon that breathes huge balls of fire. Da Nang is Vietnam's fourth-largest city, an important port and now also home to the country's largest steel-span arch […]

Cream Your Jeans!

Oh Becky, your jeans! They are so ....... moist! WRANGLER will launch the first pair of moisturising jeans. Modelled by Lizzie Jagger, the pioneering skinny-fit style incorporates high-performance skincare ingredients to protect your legs from the dehydrating effects of denim. The Denim Spa jeans come in three finishes - Aloe Vera, Olive Extract and Smooth […]

A fancy word for betrayal

The Economist Nov, 2010: LOOKING back, the rout seemed inevitable. As the president himself has conceded: “All the voters knew was that they didn’t yet feel more prosperous or more secure; there was too much fighting in Washington and we were in charge; and the Democrats were for big government.” Another lesson: “You can have […]

Mechanical IT

Q: What's the difference between a Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer half-height PCI sound card (pictured) and a "low profile" Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI sound card? A: 10 minutes cutting down that metal bracket with a Dremel and a fiber-reinforced cutting disk. Lots of stinging sparks and flying metal fragments. But now I will be […]