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Aug11

My Favorite Cooking Channel with the Swedish Chef

Swedish ingenuity is incredible.

Who knew that making popcorn shrimp could be so awesome.

Note, if you click through and watch it on YouTube, click the CC button to view the captions.

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Jul14

These are the videos you’re looking for…

A big thanks to Mashable for tipping us off on the hilarious videos below from Improv Everywhere.

When you’re on a New York subway, you never know who you might run into…even storm troopers.

(The second video below is even funnier.)

The last time I went to the library, I wasn’t thinking of Ghosts, but these people probably won’t go again without thinking about spooks, but don’t worry, you know who to call if it happens to you…

I wondered about the security guard that talked to the first ghost, and those ray guns could have gotten those guys shot or in trouble. However, the idea for the stunt came from an unlikely source. According to Mashable:

The NYPL is currently dealing with some serious budget cuts, so they approached Improv Everywhere (of Pantless Subway Ride fame) to draw attention to the building’s plight.

Pretty cool.

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May07

Who knows, who knows one?

Angie and I had the pleasure of attending a Passover dinner put on by the University a few weeks ago.  It was a great experience to learn about traditions that have been passed down for nearly 3,000 years.

The Seder Service aka Passover meal was very detailed and we took lots of good notes.  Definitely, one of the most striking and unforgettable elements of the evening was the eating of the bitter herbs.  The herbs are to remind how bad slavery was, and I’ll tell you, after the eating the herbs, it was bad.

The professor that prepares the Seder Services each year may do 20 in a year, and his wife attends them all.  She said that the herbs we tasted on a scale of one to 10 (10 being the highest bitterness) were a 9.5.  The herbs are to evoke tears, and they did a pretty good job.  We had a Jew at our table and she said that the herbs were very very strong.

The evening was extremely enlightening especially the part of relating to the Afikomen which is the last food to be eaten (a Matzah-unleavened bread that is broken and shared among the participants) followed by the fruit of the vine.

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May06

Google Chrome Web Browser vs Potato Gun = Awesome

Chrome is a web browser (what you usually use to view stuff on the Internet).

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Apr13

Become a Movie Producer with Google Search Stories

Remember those Google Search Commercials released a while back? Well, now you can make your own funny Google Search videos.

We gave it a shot, and we enjoyed it quite a bit. Here’s ours:

You can make your video at Google Search Stories.

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