By Katie Goodman I love loaded baked potatoes, but they aren’t exactly waistline friendly. Since many of us have renewed our efforts to eat healthier with the start of the new year, I thought a new loaded baked potato recipe was in order. Instead of featuring butter, sour cream, cheese, and bacon … basically, fat, […]
Working at O’Reilly Media headquarters, I’d been hearing the buzz about the new book Cooking for Geeks for quite some time, so I was thrilled when I saw author Jeff Potter filming a video in the Make: Labs on how to hack your slow cooker into a sous vide rig. Anyone interested in the science […]
The work started a few weeks before my appearance. A phone call, after seeing the piece on my book in USA Today: “Would you be interested in being on The Today Show?” Of course. Then there’s a flurry of short emails: “What can you show our viewers in five minutes? Something fun, visual, and interesting?” They had a copy of the book and suggested “Brownies In An Orange.”
From CRAFT (Lish Dorset writes): How have I not seen this before? OK, the next chocolate bar I want is this one. Watch out, Han Solo. Via Instructables
I am usually immune to the yen for expensive man-cave trophies, but I gotta admit: I would have a great time standing over this thing with a beer in one hand and a meat fork in the other explaining to my guests how my fancy grill was handmade in Estonia from recovered naval mine casings.
Miami Maker Marc DeVidts just sent word about his fantastic iPhone controlled LED suit that he recently wore to Dragon*Con 2010 in Atlanta. From the looks of it Marc has created an undergarment that contains an array of multicolored LEDs that, when worn under light-colored clothing, shine through to create a unique diffused display across his entire body. To top it off, he’s made the whole setup configurable from his iPhone.
HacDC is happy to be hosting Jeff Potter, author of “Cooking for Geeks” for a one night only presentation in DC on the finer arts of food science. Jeff’s book has been featured on NPR, BBC and his presentations have wowed audiences of hackers & foodies alike. We’re happy to have Jeff joining us for a hands on demonstration as well as book signing.
