Hasta La Gadget!

Postprandial weight gain is all a matter of timing. In the short term-I mean the very short term-any food and drink that you put into your body will make you exactly that much heavier. Eat a pound of marshmallows, and you’ll have added one pound to your mass, at least until your body starts to excrete the food or use it for energy. So until metabolic processes kick in, the amount you gain from Thanksgiving dinner depends exactly on the amount you’ve decided to stuff down your gullet. More »

It won’t arrive in time if you find yourself lacking company and a hot meal today, but you can ensure the same thing doesn’t happen at Christmas with this mildly depressing self-heating Dinner in a Can. More »

One of the problems of heading home for Thanksgiving is that you’re invariably asked to fix all kinds of technological problems. What projects are you working on today, beside chomping on turkey and swigging liquor? More »

Every family has a Thanksgiving tradition. Some do potluck, some oven roast their bird, and some just dunk them in a vat of boiling oil. Unfortunately, that latter tradition also forebears another time-honored holiday repast—structural fires. Here are some of the most destructively-impressive turkey tragedies of Thanksgivings past.

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It’s rare that we take a day off here at Technabob, but instead of researchin’ and ‘ritin (and ‘rithmatic) we’re going to gather ’round the table for some turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, pie, more pie, and any other carbs we can get our hands on today.

In the mean time, enjoy this little interlude, courtesy of Mythbusters’ Robo-Turkey and share it with your friends and family…

That said, have a happy Turkey Day with you and your loved ones, and we’ll see you back here on Friday! Gobble, gobble!