Bacon Lover - Beer Enthusiast - Tech Connoisseur - Variety Commentator
Today in the mail I got a package from Baconshirts.com, so I quickly made an unboxing video. I am very impressed with the quality of these shirts and the packaging. You can really tell the people that own this company love bacon.
I would like to give one or both of the shirts away. Let me now if you have any contest ideas. I also have the Bacon of the Month Club offering a prize too.
Ever since I started playing Wii Tennis, my love for Pong has been reawakened. The game has always been fun and enjoyable to play. I guess that’s why designer Moritz Waldemeyer created the Pong Table.
The table has 2,400 embedded LED lights under the surface, which means when you’re done playing you can use it as a regular table. You control your paddles with touch sensitive surfaces at either end. The only thing that could of made this better is if it showed the score.
If this table was for sale I would consider buying one. I wonder why no one has jumped on this idea and started to sell it. I can’t be the only person that would pay money for this. If Ikea can sell amazing $1 frozen yogurt, I am sure it can figure out a way to bring this table to the masses.
Archie McPhee is a well known fan of all things bacon, so I mention their products all the time. Well today when I was browsing their catalog I noticed two new bacon products, Bacon Beans and Bacon Floss. Once I get a hold of these I will be reviewing them. I hope the bacon jelly beans taste a little better than the bacon mints.
Bacon Floss - $4.95 ea.
Archie Mcphee says, “Dentists recommend flossing and we recommend bacon! Now you can improve your dental hygiene while enjoying the amazing flavor of crispy fried bacon. Is there anything bacon can’t improve? Each 2-1/2″ tall plastic dispenser contains 27.3 yards of waxed floss.”
Bacon Beans - $6.00 ea.
Archee Mcphee shouts, “It’s a bacon bonanza! Sixty bacon flavored jelly beans come in each 6-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ x 1″ bacon-shaped tin. Not quite as tasty as real bacon, but better for your arteries”.
If you have tried any of these products let me know what you thought of them.
Near the beginning of the year I finally got my greasy hands on a Nintendo Wii. So far I would say it’s been a fun and enjoyable investment. Since I am what they call a “casual gamer”, it was a match made in heaven. Here is a short list of the games I have been playing.
Wii Games:
Mario Galaxy – I am a big fan of Mario games and this is by far the best I have played on any of the Nintendo systems. It took me back to when I first played Mario 64 and was wowed by the 3D. This time Mario wowed me with is intuitive game play with the Wiimote.
Boom Blox – I read about this game in Wired Magazine when I was at the airport coming back from Philly. The very next week I ran out and bought it and have been happy with it ever since. It’s a great party game, since it takes seconds to learn how to play.
Smash Brothers – I don’t own this game but just about everyone I know does. Every time I play it, it’s a blast. If I ever see it cheap at Gamestop I will pick it up.
Virtual Console/Wii Ware:
Bubble Bobble (VC) – This is a classic that never gets old. When I need to mellow out this is the game I play. It’s best to play this game with a friend; since I hear that the last boss is impossible (I have yet to make it to the last level).
Dr. Mario RX – This game drives me crazy, but I still love it. If I feel like hating myself and yelling at the TV this is the game I play. It’s one of the most challenging Tetris clones ever made.
Toki Tori – I love a good puzzle game and after reading a few reviews I picked Toki Tori. So far it’s been an enjoyable game to play, but it’s not as challenging as I hoped it would be. But after playing Dr Mario for a few hours this is a good game to unwind to, since I can actually beat this game.
So those are the six Wii games I play the most. Let me know what yours are via comment or email.
Last week I got an interesting email from a reader that has an idea for bacon perfume. If you seen the Taco Bell commercial for the Bacon Club Chalupa you have a good understanding of the idea.
Chris writes:
I have this idea about some uses for bacon, and I don’t know if it’s been covered on your site. I thought after cooking a package of thick sliced bacon (it’s got to be the thick stuff) then taking the drippings and bottling as a cologne or perfume. The downside would be that it would need to be kept warm all of the time. If I wasn’t married, and a woman walked by me wearing a bacon perfume, I’d follow her anywhere.
I would just like to point out that they could probably just use the scent they use for the Bacon Scented Tuxedo. That way you don’t have to take the time cooking the bacon or keeping the scent warm.
Maybe a better idea would be for Tide to come out with bacon scented laundry detergent, so everything you wear would smell as good as bacon.
A rare Trojan horse attacked the Mac community last week and its name is AppleScript-THT. The Trojan exploits Apple Remote Desktop Agent in OSX 10.4 and 10.5 to grant it root privileges and compromise the system. Once the system is infected, hackers can log your keystrokes, take pictures with your iSight camera, and capture screenshots.
Before you run to your bomb shelter remember this is a Trojan, which means that it has to be downloaded to be effective. Hackers will most likely distribute it via iChat or Limewire. All you have to do to be safe is not download anything that you don’t trust. This means that if you’re frequently downloading illegal music you’re going to be at risk (this is why I have been buying my music for years now).
Even though this kind of thing is bad for a lot of people, for Apple users as a whole it’s a good thing. As Apple’s market share grows it will start to look more appealing for hackers to exploit it. This means that Apple will start to look at improving is security issues. So in the end this will just push Apple to make their already great platform even better.
Every day at work I make a trip to the vending machines. I rarely ever find anything I want since they mostly just have Snyder chips and candy bars. I am not a big fan of either of those.
If they could some how sell precooked strips of bacon in the vending machine, I would be a happy camper. Wait a minute, why don’t they do that? It wouldn’t be that big of a deal. If they can sell bacon in a can, they could sell it in some kind of packaging that didn’t need refrigeration. I would gladly spend $1.50 for a few rashers of bacon. Also if you have a sweet tooth they could also sell chocolate cover bacon.
After doing some research I found out this is not a new idea. There is a vending machine in Scotland that sells and dispenses Bacon Rolls. It works buy cooking the bacon with halogen lamps and the roll with microwaves. After putting in your money and waiting for 20 seconds you have a warm bacon snack.
Looks like I need to plan a trip to Scotland, they seem to give bacon the appreciation it deserves.
