Stupid Cooking Gadgets
14 November 2002, 2:47 PM

Recent discussion on a cooking-related listserv that I'm on brought out some rather ridiculous, overpriced and useless cooking gadgets:

Pop-up hot dog cooker

and

Presto Pizzazz Pizza Oven

Who really needs these things?!? Why not just put your pizza in the freakin' oven?

I looked around and found a few more silly gadgets:

Solar images, Leaky Abstractions, and Archaeology
14 November 2002, 12:23 PM

Lots of interesting miscellaneous items today:

Checkout some new, extremely clear solar images, taken by a Swedish observatory. This image of the surface of the sun up close is just spectacular!

And here's a great article called The Law of Leaky Abstractions. My favorite lines was: "The reliability of TCP is why every exciting email from embezzling East Africans arrives in letter-perfect condition. O joy."

Nature has an article about how ancient Olympian long-jumpers used hand-held weights made out of stone to leap farther.

This one came from my archaeology class this morning: Texas Beyond History is a public education project of the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Archaeological Society. Its purpose is to share the results of archaeological and historical research on the cultural heritage of Texas with the citizens of Texas and the world. In this website you will find information on many different aspects of the cultural legacy of Texas, a legacy spanning at least 13,500 years.

And more archeology related stuff from the BBC: Bison bones open ancient window

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