Flooby Nooby

July 17, 2007

Cooking

What’s Cooking?: A Cookbook for Kids (Ratatouille)
Kids will love the Ratatouille-inspired recipes. The concealed wire binding allows the book to lie flat for ease of use while preparing such fun dishes as Remy’s Famous Omelets and Emile’s Sewer Sandwiches.

Courtesy of Sandbox World

Wonderment

What Would Wonder Woman Do?: An Amazon’s Guide to the Working World

Suspend your disbelief and imagine Wonder Woman in the working force of the world. How would she handle the pressure?

Courtesy of Sandbox World

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

The Same Color Illusion

Are square A and B the same color? They are. Are too. To verify this, click on the above image to see them connected. The above illusion, called the same color illusion, illustrates that purely human observations in science may be ambiguous or inaccurate. Even such a seemingly direct perception as relative color. Similar illusions exist in the sky, such as the size of the Moon near the horizon (which is explained by the mind interpreting more distant objects as wider, which gives the illusion of the moon appearing wider as it is closer to the horizon).

Courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive

July 16, 2007

Stop Talking

Music By The Stolen Minks
Flash Animation By Ben Jeddire

iPhone Review

The first solid info anyone heard about the iPhone was in December of 2004, when news started to trickle out that Apple had been working on a phone device with Motorola as its manufacturing partner. About ten months later, under the shadow of the best-selling iPod nano, that ballyhooed device debuted -- the ROKR E1 -- a bastard product that Apple never put any weight behind, and that Motorola was quick to forget. The relationship between Apple and Motorola soon dissolved, in turn feeding the tech rumor mill with visions of a "true iPhone" being built by Apple behind the scenes. After years of rumor and speculation, last January that device was finally announced at Macworld 2007 -- and here we are, just over six months later -- the iPhone, perhaps the most hyped consumer electronics device ever created, has finally landed. And this is the only review of it you're going to need.

Engadet's gone into serious detail here,
so here's the review split into multiple parts. Enjoy!

Part 1: Hardware, interface, keyboard

Part 2: Phone, Mail, Safari, iPod

Part 3: Apps and settings, camera, iTunes, wrap-up

Courtesy of Engadget.

July 15, 2007

Mad’s Greatest Artists: The Completely Mad Don Martin

Mad’s Greatest Artists:
The Completely Mad Don Martin

What has 1200 pages and you would have to be completely mad not to buy. Don Martin’s new offering of his "Mad" comic strips. For many years Don has entertained many generations with his strips in many magazines and digests. From 1957-1987 this tome collects all his mad rant doodles on paper. While growing up, Don Martin & Jack Davis were always two of my favorite Mad Magazine artists.

Courtesy of The Sandbox.

Peanuts!

Peanuts Classics The Ultimate Box Set

This motley collection of Peanuts books will be the envy of any collector.

This one of a kind collection is a little gem that every fan of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, and the gang will cherish. Packaged in an adorable replica of Snoopy’s red dog house, and with a limited print run during its first year in the market, it contains all eight classic titles AND The Peanuts Cookbook…which has been unavailable for over 30 years! Just lift the roof and see what’s inside:

Christmas is Together Time

Happiness is a Sad Song
Happiness is a Warm Puppy
Home is on Top of a Dog House
I Need All the Friends I Can Get
Love is Walking Hand in Hand
Security is a Thumb and a Blanket
Suppertime!
And the cookbook, which includes such recipes as Charlie Brown’s Brownies, Snoopy’s Pizza, Patty’s Buttermilk Pancakes, and More Macaroni and Cheese, Please. Best of all, every book is just how readers remember it: the paper, the ink, even the lamination look and feel just like the originals.

Courtesy of The Sandbox