Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
By breaking down some of the most popular candy bars into their essential elements, Chow has created a how-to guide for making your own Halloween candy.
They’re delicious looking, and probably taste better than the store bought variety, so be prepared for a chocolate feast.
Post Halloween workouts not included.
[Chow - Make Your Own Halloween Candy Bars: Corner-Store Sweets Go High-End]
This seems like a silly idea: To celebrate Sweetest Day (Thursday, October 18), seven contestants will “lick their way through one of seven chocolate-covered Jeep vehicles”. The first two to finish will then race to candy filled Jeep Liberty’s in search of the keys to a brand new Jeep. (And heartburn)
That idea seems like a bit much to me.
Would you lick the chocolate off of the body of a Jeep for a chance to drive away in it, or is this stomach-turning task too much to ask?
Suck My Bic is a questionably named concept from Clement Eloy that might be just the thing you pen nibblers have been looking for. The candy caps would come in five flavors, and are definitely a step above ink on your face.
[Via: Yumsugar]
Above is Brian The Wonder Yak, an easter egg in Final Cut Pro.
Easter eggs are often associated with a scavenger hunt of sorts where children hunt for colored eggs and candy; but Easter eggs are also the hidden messages or features that designers hide in things like movies, music, computer programs and video games for grown-ups to hunt for. It’s a way of giving the creator some artistic expression, and users a chance to feel like they found some buried treasure. If you’re looking for an alternative to the holiday hunt, (or you just don’t like hard boiled eggs and candy), then check out the Easter Egg Archive, and go on a hunt of your own.
Since the late sixties, a Senate desk on the Republican side in a heavily trafficked area near the elevators has been known as the candy desk due to its constantly being filled with candy from the owner’s state. Rules state that senators can give gifts worth less than $100 to other senators as long as the items are produced in the senator’s home state and are used primarily by people other than the senator or his staff. Problem is, the new owner of the candy desk is Senator Craig Thomas, a Republican from Wyoming, a state definitely not known for its sweets. What will happen to the beloved candy desk now? According to the senator’s spokesman: “I’m sure we’ll get through it somehow”. Sweet.
[Via: Candy Blog]
It used to be that worms and spiders were about the scariest candy got. Now, companies have gone gross in an attempt to draw in the kiddies. How does candy poop, vomit, snot, bugs, scabs and ear wax sound? If it sounds good to you, you’re probably less than 10 years old, and have a mouth full of dentist income. Check out Candy Addict’s list of the Top 10 Grossest Candies, ‘cause handing these out during Halloween is sure to get you TPed far less than those raisins you usually give away.
[Candy Addict - Top 10 Grossest Candies]
[Via: Boing Boing]
Monument (If it bleeds, it Leads), is an installation by Caleb M. Larsen that comments on the media’s fixation with tragedy. A computer program scans the headlines of 4,500 English-language news sources, and when one reports that someone has been killed, an algorithm in the machine determines the number of deaths, and a ceiling-mounted mechanism built from Legos drops one bright yellow candy BB per person. During the time the installation is in place, BBs will accumulate on the floor, and an ever-increasing random constellation will form an aesthetic “Monument” to those who have died. Since we are in a time of war, there are periods when hundreds of BBs will fire off in rapid succession, while at other times a lone BB will fall. The paradoxical part of the installation is that something only happens when someone has died, but since viewers want to experience a BB falling, they may secretly be waiting for someone to die so that they can see the event, but at the same time, a lack of falling BBs means the world is temporarily a little less frightening.
[Monument (If it bleeds, it Leads)]
[Via: we make money not art]
