Well, ok now! It’s been a few days since my last real update and as you can see, the site has changed dramatically. I dunno, I’m not very good at designing my way around themes and page aesthetics, so I’ve just settled on having other people do it for me. I’m currently using fresh theme originally by bartelme (who, by the way, has a pretty neat little tutorial on how to make an organic-looking desktop wallpaper). Anyway, I’ve had some fun fooling around for the past few days (online with Doobybrain and in real life), but now it’s settle-down time! For now, I’ll keep this layout and probably do little tweaks here and there. I dunno, I just get so bored if everything just stays the same. :)
If you were confused previously as to how to leave a comment, then you shouldn’t be anymore because I’ve placed the comment button underneath each post (like how it was before). When it was at the top it was all weird and all weird and all weird and all weird and all weird. And all weird.
Better late than never: this week’s secrets.
Borat, retold by bunnies — in 30 seconds. Annoying ad follows. -_-
There’s a new book out by Steve Ettlinger called Twinkie, Deconstructed, about how the ingredients in some of America’s most notorious snack foods gets into those foods and into our stomaches. The book’s website has a gallery of on-location shots presumably taken where some of the ingredients are harvested and made. Twinkie, Deconstructed sounds incredibly intriguing, especially since I’m a huge snacker (although I should probably slow down a bit). I assume, since I haven’t read the book [yet], that the book is chock full of seemingly useless information, so if you’re like me and you love learning useless things, then maybe you should buy the book and check it out (it’s got decent ratings on Amazon.com). I know I will.
If you like Twinkies, Hostess’ website has a page full of Twinkie recipes you can try. Yum! Barf! Wikipedia’s Twinkie page also some some interesting recipes and facts. Whee!
If you go to Urban Dictionary, you’ll find a totally different meaning for twinkie that has nothing to do with food.
Totally unrelated to the book above (except for the word “snack”): Wired Magazine recently published an issue about “snack culture” — how little tidbits of entertainment are fueling our generation.
Hmm! Lighting a match after you do a #2 doesn’t really “get rid” of the smell. It just covers it up…sorta. Either that or the sulfur dioxide produced when lighting a match is so strong that it just temporarily disables your sense of smell altogether. Any one of those options seem to be ok. :P
The food critics at New York magazine pick the best burgers in New York City. Shake Shack and Blue Smoke make appearances in their usual categories. I’m gonna keep this list handy and hopefully have a chance to sit in at each of these locations. Feel free to let me know you want to come too. :) [via]
By the way, for those of you who are itching to eat a tiny, mediocre, over-priced, and extremely greasy burger, you’ll be happy to know that it’s only about 14 more days until the Shake Shack re-opens to the public. Queue the long lines now, eh?
Wow. You know that RED campaign? You know, the organization that teams up with celebrities and large companies (like the Gap, Motorola, American Express, etc.) in order to help raise funds and awareness for the Global Fund? Yeah, that one. Well, in a way, they’ve been getting some negative press because those companies have spent nearly $100 million to advertise and promote the RED campaign while only raising between $18-$25 million in donations.
The disproportionate ratio between the marketing outlay and the money raised is drawing concern among nonprofit watchdogs, cause-marketing experts and even executives in the ad business. It threatens to spur a backlash, not just against the Red campaign — which ambitiously set out to change the cause-marketing model by allowing partners to profit from charity — but also for the brands involved.
Still, the CEO of the RED campaign, Bobby Shriver, thinks $18 million (or $25 million) is still way better than nothing at all. Especially since that’s already about 5 times more than what is usually donated to the Global Fund.
Meanwhile, a parody of the RED website has launched — buylesscrap.org — and is encouraging consumers to NOT buy anything at all and instead just donate straight to the Global Fund and other charitable organizations.
Alright, feel free to leave a comment. Tell me how hideous and/or confusing the new site layout is. :D
The layout of the site is okay (like it was before), but I don’t like the look/colors…it looks too much like a referred customer service or FAQs site.
it’s too bright of a blue. i like the green and orange touches, though.
i looovve shake shack! i’m so excited! custard, shake, and burgers! mmm!