The world thought it had seen it all when physicist David Neevel’s Oreo-separating machine was revealed. But, Nabisco’s Cookie vs. Creme campaign is inspiring inventors from all over the country to come up with their own machines. Including Barry Kudrowitz and Bill Fienup, a pair of toy scientists from Minnesota who created a convenient auto-feeding Oreo separator that might leave you with second degree burns. Still, totally worth it. More »
Check out these sweet Doctor Who cookies. They were made by some friends of tumblr user falsenostalgia-sundries and seeing them all laid out on that tray makes me think that this is an animated kid’s special waiting to happen. I would tune in to watch these cookies go on adventures through space and time. I’d rather eat them though.
They look pretty delicious. I wonder if the taste matches the the Doctor. I bet William Hartnell’s doctor tastes all stale and crusty, while Jon Pertwee is all flaky and smells funny. Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor probably tastes bitter, while David Tennant has crazy flavor all over the place. I would probably prefer the Tom Baker Jelly Baby flavored version.
Christmas is over, but if you’re already planning ways to embarrass your grandmother next holiday season, Kama Sutra gingerbread cookie cutters ($55) are the right idea. More »
Super detailed cookie cutters are cool. Cookies are awesome. What could possibly go wrong? This. No matter how intricate your fancy William Sonoma Star Wars cookie cutters may be, it seems you will be doomed to barely recognizable, vaguely brain-like monstrosities, as discovered by an unnamed Geekologie reader. Sure they might still be tasty, but they’re flavored with just a hint of eternal defeat. Here’s to hoping you have better luck with the Christmas tree ones. [Geekologie] More »
Everyone is baking cookies for the holidays, but the cool kids are baking these 3D dinosaur cookies, using these cookie cutters from Suck UK that allow you to create dinosaur body parts that you can assemble into 3D dinosaur cookies.
Just make your dinosaurs, play with them for a while and then make them extinct as they enter your drooling mouth. How cool are these cookies? What other cookie will stand up on it’s own? In each pack you get cutters for the body parts required to bake a whole dinosaur. Collect all 4 (triceratops, stegosaurus, brachiosaurus and T.Rex).
Each dinosaur set sells for £7.50(~$12 USD.) Order some now and get to baking your own delicious dinos snacks before the asteroids hit.
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Emojis are a perfect way to describe your feelings. Sometimes, you need to eat your feelings. Ergo, emoji cookies. More »
The FTC might not have been impressed with Google bypassing Safari cookie settings in the name of +1 functionality, but it’ll at least be satisfied with the outcome. A Northern District of California federal court has approved the FTC’s proposed settlement, which sees Google pay a $22.5 million penalty in addition to altering its cookie behavior to respect privacy in Apple’s browser. The fiscal punishment is a drop in the bucket for a company that might well make up that loss by the time you’re done reading this; all the same, we’ll take it if other web companies are more mindful of their behavior in the future.
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Nine months on from the Wall Street Journal spotting a massive Google privacy issue—namely, that it was circumventing cookie privacy settings in Safari—the search giant’s fate is now sealed. A judge has approved the FTC’s largest ever fine, in the process rejecting appeals from a consumer-rights group that the sum should be higher, which means Google is set to pony up a cool $22.5 million. More »
As cutting-edge as Google can be, its Chrome browser has trailed in supporting Do Not Track by default; all its major challengers already have the option to cut off tracking cookies. At least that’s where Google’s fast-track development process comes in handy. Following a short beta, the stable release of Chrome 23 includes the DNT protocol to both safeguard privacy and prevent a few eerily well-targeted ads. The update is more fine-grained still with a quick drop-down menu to selectively turn off access to cameras, location and other sensitive details on a site-by-site basis. Even those who live their life in public get something: Windows users at last have graphics hardware acceleration for video, giving a lift to battery life on laptops and smoothing playback for those on borderline-acceptable PCs. More details are available at the source link, so get to clicking if you’re not a fan of small text files shadowing your web visits.
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Google Chrome 23 in finished form brings Do Not Track, graphics boosts for Windows users originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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After a debut this summer, YouTube’s visual refresh hasn’t rolled out to all of its users, but the folks at OMG! Chrome! have stumbled upon a way for you to get in on the action a little early. Simply point Chrome or Firefox to YouTube, open up the browser’s console, enter a line that’ll fiddle with a cookie and you’ll be able to cruise Google’s video service with its fresh coat of paint. To open up your console in Firefox, just punch Control+Shift+K on Windows or Command+Alt+K on a Mac. For Chrome, hit Control+Shift+J on a PC or Alt+Command+J on machines running OS X. Can’t wait to take the new look, which gives Google+ a nod, for a spin? Hit the source link below for the code snippet to get started.
Snag YouTube’s redesign early with a quick browser cookie change originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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