This is one nifty gadget. It’s the Insant Noodle Perfecting Timer. Don’t think too hard about what this contraption does. It counts down the time until your instant noodles are perfectly cooked, and then let’s you know with an LED light. Perfect for when you’re really tired and can’t just look at the clock. $25 gizmo for 25¢ noodles? Sign me up!
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Domino’s Pizza is teaming up with “The Dark Knight” to give away Xbox game consoles themed around the upcoming summer blockbuster. Starting July 7th, if you order The Gotham City Pizza or The Dark Knight™ Deal by phone or online, you will get instant access to The Dark Knight Vault, which has exclusive content like trailers and wallpapers. Also, you will have a chance to win prizes like $10,000 or one of the 110 available consoles. Visit Xbox.com for all the details.
Actor, stand-up comic, and TV game show host Drew Carey is placing one heck of an order at his favorite pizzeria. According to the Associated Press, Carey ordered 45 large pizzas from Antonio’s in his hometown of Ohio for delivery…to Los Angeles. The pizzas were ordered as a celebration for the season finale of the Carey’s CBS game show “The Price is Right.” The pizzas alone will set Carey back $450, and the way gas is nowadays, who knows how much the delivery will cost. While everybody is chirping about how food and gasoline cost to much nowadays, this guy goes and orders 45 large pies from 2000 miles away. Very nice!
Candy manufacturer Mars is going on a quest to improve one of life’s favorite guilty pleasures: chocolate. The company is investing $10 million to unlock the secrets behind the chocolate genome. Yep, your eyes aren’t playing trick on you. $10 million. US. American. A genome is the entire genetic hereditary makeup of an organism, and by decoding this for chocolate, scientists are hoping to understand every aspect of the cocoa tree’s life. This information may help growers protect their crops from disease and combat pests. Read more about this epic quest at the Times Online.
Maybe someday the secrets unlocked in this quest for chocolate’s holy grail can make each plant produce tastier chocolate? Cocoa DNA crossed with graham cracker RNA and marshmallow nuclei? S’mores. We all know how delicious these are, but with modern science, we could be growing real ones in our backyard by next year. The possibilities are endless.
Last week we spoke about about The Burger, Burger King’s limited edition Japanese Wagyu beef burger selling for nearly $200. Well apparently it’s pretty popular, because the extravagant burger has sold out after just two days of availability, June 18 and June 26. Due to the overwhelming success, organizers are considering creating an exclusive burger hot line dedicated to handling orders. Thanks to Forbes.com for the scoop, check out their full story here.
