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Twinkie Turns 75

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So what happens to the human body after consuming twinkies for nearly 65 years? Apparently you get to appear on the Tonight Show… and don't really look so worse for the wear. Maybe it's all those preservatives. Anyway, Louis Browning has consumed over 22,000 twinkies in his lifetime earning him a spot in the limelight and a lifetime supply of twinkies from Hostess. So catch up with the iconic treat and learn some stuff. I did. Did you know that the Twinkie orginially had a banana filling? Apparently there was a banana shortage during WWII and it was changed to vanilla. Sure. That's what they WANT you to believe. But unlike Coke, no one seemed to mind the change to the sacred recipe so it was never changed back.

Voodoo Knife Set

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"The theme was fortune, magic and lucky charms but with his project, Raffaele Iannello chose to probe the world of black magic with this knife set and distinctive holder. The striking result has gone through several iterations and is now to be produced in commercial form by Viceversa." All I can say is that I have to get one of these!

Google Goes Satellite

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In their never ending attempt to control all that is Holy — or at least Internet — Google has added satellite photo coverage to it's new map service. Oh yeah, a birds eye view of the whole country! Well not really the whole country. Google has focused on metro areas for detailed images. Around the cities is a small buffer of lower-res images and then beyond that the rest is filled in with a standard low res image that restricts zooming in significantly. Not that you need a lot of detail in the country for driving directions, but it would still be cool to zoom in anywhere. One feature that is noticeably missing, in my opinion, is the ability to click on the map and find out where THAT is. I mean where IS that nice looking lake front property? Or that rugged mountain trail? Or that hot chick sun bathing in her backyard? :D Just kidding. The zoom is stops way before such voyeurism is possible. So don't worry, only the 15 US Agencies and 3 Foreign Governments with access to current and full-res imagery can see that book your reading out on your deck. If that doesn't put you at ease… know that the satellite images are old. Terrorists planning to assassinate me will find their Google Intel somewhat lacking when they discover their forested staging ground behind my house is now high-end condos. Hmmm. I bet that's a selling feature the developer didn't think of: retirement condos, reducing terrorism in your neighborhood.

Thanks Adam