Hasta La Gadget!

There’s more to being a chef than just searing or frying stuff up. A large part of the entire process is the preparation, and if you mess that part up, then you’ve effectively messed up the entire dish.

Columbia-based culinary school Escuela de Cocina Carull is well aware of that fact, which is why they came up with a truly unique and novel introductory cookbook that will test – and in the process, teach – students how to slice, so that they’ll hopefully make the cut.

Students will have to carefully slice through the workbook pages by following the perforated guides and precise lines on the cookbook in order to access the recipes within. When they get the cut right, the recipe is their reward. If they get it wrong, they probably won’t have any dish to work on… because the recipe will be sliced to pieces.

It might be hard to imagine how the cookbook works based on just reading about it, so check out the clip below to see for yourself:

Now that’s what I call hands-on education.

This innovative cookbook was designed by Juan Jose Posada for Ogilvy & Mather Bogota.

[via Behance via FoodBeast]

I could use a new bedside lamp, but I’m pretty sure my wife would make me sleep in the doghouse for a week if I bought this one.

This Nintendo controller lamp was cobbled together by Etsy artist Woody 6 Switch, and features controllers from the N64, Gamecube, Super Nintendo, NES and Wii. While it’s incomplete without a Wii U touchscreen controller, I’d imagine that would increase the cost of the lamp significantly. Though I do think it would make for a good base for it. And if you’re wondering about the NES Zapper light gun, that’s available in a separate lamp for the other side of the bed.

While these are awesomely geeky, they’re never coming in my house. For some reason, I’m reminded of the whole Leg Lamp story in A Christmas Story. I think I’d wake up one morning to find it in pieces on the floor, and all of the glue in the house would be used up.

If you watch Adventure Time, you know that BMO is an incredibly versatile robot. He/She/It can function as a video game console, toaster, flashlight, alarm clock, music player, electrical outlet and more. And now, BMO can serve you a cup of tea.

This awesome four-cup BMO teapot was handcrafted by Rebekka Ferbrache of Jade Flower Ceramics, and is a perfect likeness of the Game Boy-inspired robot pal. Rebekka says she was inspired by the Bitter sketch from Five More Short Graybles, in which BMO teaches its alter ego Football how to drink tea with pinkies extended.

But wait, there’s more – you don’t just get BMO when you buy this teapot. You’ll also get four nifty ceramic teacups so you have a place to pour your freshly-steeped brew instead of directly onto the surface of your coffee table.

The BMO tea set is available over on Jade Flower’s Etsy shop for $150(USD).

A couple of years ago we saw a Portal-themed bedroom that a father made for his son. Accountant/interior design nut/test subject Lauren recently shared her take on a Portal-themed bedroom on Reddit. It’s neat, creepy and very geeky. Doug Rattman would hate to stay here.

Lauren wanted to make it so her bedroom was filled with references to the game but still looked tidy and could be appreciated by someone who wasn’t familiar with the game. I think she didn’t quite succeed with the latter, but the room does look clean despite the grimy borders and the terrifying scrawl on her closet. The room really shines when its orange and blue LEDs take over though, especially the ones on the Portal guns and on Lauren’s infinity mirrors, which were made by her friend Steve Gilbertson.

Open a portal to Imgur or on Lauren’s website to see more pictures of her bedroom.

[via Reddit]

A life-size T-800 Terminator is one of those those that I hoped I would never live to see. Thank God this one is made of LEGO pieces and not Skynet parts. Even if he comes to life, so you could just take him apart brick by brick if you had to.

This 15,000-piece, full-scale Terminator T-800 LEGO model was built by Martin Latta. Quick! Hit it with a hammer and watch all of those bricks fall down. No, I haven’t seen the John Connor minifig, stop asking. My jacket is also not your size. Anyway, the detail on this awesome LEGO sculpture is very impressive.

How about a LEGO Terminator franchise of video games, LEGO guys? You have Batman and Star Wars, so why not?

[via The Brothers Brick via Geekologie]