How It's Made: Pre-Cooked Bacon

Have you ever wondered how pre-cooked bacon was made? You know the stuff they put on fast-food burgers and sandwiches? Yeah, well here's the video for you:



It doesn't make me want to stop eating bacon, just the pre-cooked stuff. I mean that curing liquid looks pretty gross.

What cool bacon related things have you seen on the interwebs lately?

This is Why We Have the Internet...

..so we can share things like this:

Sex Officially Banned from the Internet

Over the weekend Craigslist took down their "exotic services" category and put up a "censored" image. Read more about it here. No official response as of yet, but it appears they may have had to cave to outside pressures to avoid lawsuits.

Get in my Belly!

Which European country do we need to invade to get this treat in my hands, and quickly thereafter in my stomach?!  Probably The Netherlands, they have the good shit.

To Geeks in Love (and are willing to enter into legal partnerships)

To honor the recent nuptials between Jefe and his previously stated hot new wife, and their wedding with its delightfully geeky elements (handmade boardgames anyone?), I present here some scenes of geeks entering into legally binding bliss.  Whether it be awesome invitations and announcements, ceremony in a geek venue, or wedding party decked out in their finest homemade costumes (or uniforms, farbeit for me to offend those nuts), what follows are some examples of folks letting their freak flag fly.

And good on them for it.

Invitations and Announcements (from io9)

These are just so creative, and have such geek yet personal elements.  I'm most partial to the comic book covers, especially the "indie" comic style example.  He's dressed for Firefly, she's in BSG gear, and the items stacked are great personal touches.  The Star Trek logo invites are very "geek sleek", and the ouija board is totally outside the box creative.  A shame they couldn't have the ceremony in the fall.

Ceremonies

That first wedding looks like a hoot, but talk about your mixed media.  They must have told guests to wear whatever they wanted.  Halo, Star Wars, AND Spiderman?  Madness!  Master Chief as the officiant of the wedding of what looks like a regular wedding?  The bride must have caved on that one ;).  I know that Trek fans can take any part of the Roddenberry-verse, but ToS mixed with Next Gen, and of all things a Borg in attendance is kooky.  And WTF is going with the Katamari wedding?!  Cut to scene of elderly family looking confused and a little frightened.

And Now, the Cake!

Casting a broad generalization about our geekiness, I assert that we like the sweet treats.  And these cakes are the perfect centerpiece to a geek reception:

 This AWESOME cake topper can be found along with a ton of neato trinkets @ Etsy's Website.

Both are awesome, but I've gotta give it to the Mario cake!

Finally, this wedding looks like it was so cool I had to give them their own rundown.  The lady of the house quickly put the kibosh on any such theme to any potentially pending wedding of our own.  But a man can dream.

Browncoat Wedding

Invitations autographed by both Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillian.  Wow.  All the best wishes in the 'Verse to these citizens.

Been to a geeky wedding lately?

Back in the Saddle, with a Stash Pocket

Hey readers! I'm back from foreign lands and reacclimating to the West coast timezone and rediscovering my regional allergies. Good times. Luckily, I still have a job despite a new round of fresh young hires. Because of the increased competition, however, I haven't had time to catch up on my web-slacking and my Google reader is overflowing with articles (1000+) and my podfeeder is leaking audio content (100+ podcasts)! I don't know if I can catch up, folks, and I may need to do the unthinkable and just hit reset and start over.

Before I do that though, here's something fairly recent I saw that I wish I had had on my travels. Luckily I didn't get pick-pocketed on my trip, but I was hyper vigilant about it ever since losing my wallet in Poland. If I'd had a pair of these babies on me, however, I wouldn't have had a care in the world.



Brilliant. Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but I love watching this guy shove stuff in his pants. I doubt anyone would want to bum a smoke off him after they've been in there for awhile, and not just because they got bent, but would have a slight hint of man taint to them. What kind of stuff would you hide in your Stashitware shorts?

Shameless Self-Promotion

Hey all you intertube-heads! I'm out of the country right now, having some fun in London-town with my hot new wife, so I won't be around to keep your eyeballs fixed to the site. If you can't stand the wait or if you're just looking for something else to keep you occupied, then go over and check out my travelogue. It'll get updated and pics will get uploaded as I get a chance. Here's a taste:

Survival of the L33test: Humanity continues to defy Darwinism

Take notice Sarah Palin and your "Momma Grizzlies", who speak of fierce defense of your children in defiance of whatever it is you fear at any particular moment; here is a real story of the "meek" casting off assaults from the "strong".  An Internet Gaming Center (or geek nest) in Kaneohe, HI was "held up" by a couple of idiots who thought they'd have easy marks in the pale, fleshy owner and customers inside.  But the tale turns when the geeks instead throw themselves upon the would-be criminals, arms flailing and bodies tackling.  But I'll let the video speak for itself:

Read the full story:
Gamers Fight Off Would-Be Thieves

See any other recent stories of Geek Heroism?