What do you do when you’re on a train with someone who has his iPod cranked so loudly he can’t hear his cell phone ringing? According to Wired’s Mr. Know-It-All, you have several options including ignoring the situation, approaching the person, or at least making a brave attempt at alerting them.
Companies that design and manufacture cell phones are going back to the drawing board and rethinking what customers want in a phone, according to the New York Times on Friday. Of particular concern is that younger customers can be more influenced by their peers than by the company’s marketing. They’re looking at how Apple has been so successful.
Written by notmartha
I had an occasion calling for bacon themed food and my mind immediately turned towards the famed bacon mat. I needed something a little more single-serving though, so I decided to attempt bacon cups. In the bacon mat instructions there is mention of draping the mat over an overturned metal bowl and cooking it so that it would turn out in as a bowl shape. I decided to try using the backs of various muffin and mini cake pans, I ran out of bacon before I got to try as many as I would have liked so I’ll have to try more at a later date. Any excuse for more bacon.
I set the oven at 400 degrees and carefully formed foil over the back of the muffin pan. I did not coat with cooking spray, it would have been easier to remove but I suspect that the bacon would not have held the form as well if the foil was oiled and would have popped apart half way through cooking. On the other hand some bacon did break when I was peeling away the foil. I cooked the bacon, moving the pans around, until it was crisp looking and waited for it to cool before removing the foil and shaped bacon.
This all took three hours and my house filled with smoke, but it was worth it. Be sure to put a cookie sheet with a rim below the cooking bacon in the oven, there was a lot of dripping fat and I saw a few flames. Watch your oven carefully!
For cup shapes I used the back of this Wilton King-Size Muffin Pan. These are the width of jumbo muffins but are almost twice as tall (see this cupcake for a visual).
For the first try I used two layers of bacon on the sides and wove it like a basket, or at least like I imagine a basket would be woven:
I turned out to not be enough after the bacon cooked and shrank:
It held its structure very well though:
The next time I used three layers of bacon on the sides, this worked out better:
For as floppy as the bacon is when trying to weave it, it keeps its shape really well once cooked to the point that it is crisp.
I also tried to make small round bowls using the back of a Betty Crocker mini filled cake pan.
It shrank up quite a lot, leaving more of a shallow rounded shape:
Going for a breadless BLT I filled the cups with lettuce (the arugula was the best) and sliced cherry tomato. After some serious investigation it was determined that the shallow bowls were the easiest to eat as finger food, while the cups were dramatic.
I had hoped to make a mayo-based salad dressing to really fill out my the BLT theme but I completely ran out of time. Overall, a success!
O2 has reported that the Apple iPhone is the fastest selling device ever in the UK, according to Sky News in Isleworth, Middlesex on Friday. While specific sales numbers were not provided, the carrier credits its recent success in the market to the iPhone.
Solar Technology International (STI) introduced FreeLoader 8.0 on Friday, a portable solar power charging solution for Apple’s iPod, iPhone, and a host of other mobile devices. FreeLoader 8.0 is not just a solar charger, it is also a portable power source with an internal battery that can charge your device and its own battery at the same time.
The odds that Apple’s iTunes will become the #1 music retailer in the U.S. in 2008 are 5:12, according to online casino Bodog. The odds that it won’t are 18:11, meaning that the site is laying heavier odds on iTunes overtaking Wal-mart to become the biggest music retailer in the U.S.
While a brilliant product and the associated media frenzy of 2007 propelled the iPhone into the stratosphere, the current economy has analysts worried about the sustainability of the iPhone sales. In fact, the iPhone is just getting started, according to marketing expert Carl Howe in his blog on Thursday.
The iPhone will go on sale in March in Ireland and will be distributed solely via O2, according to a report in The Irish Times on Thursday.
Toshiba has a moral responsibility to compensate HD DVD buyers in some way, either through a refund or discounts on products, according to Phillip Swann at TVPredictions on Thursday.