Year: 2010

Chocolate Oreo ice cream done in 40 seconds – The BlendTec Recipe

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 9, 2010
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Web Watch enjoys watching the WILL IT BLEND videos on YouTube. Whether it be a blender full of marbles, a broom handle, or an iPhone — the BlendTec Total Blender makes fast work of turning those items into inedible shrapnel.

As they say – don’t try these experiments at home.

But there’s something about having a blender with over 1600 watts of ice crushing power that makes you say, “we gotta have that”. In part because we’ve blown through other blenders when trying to go through different food prep over the years, and in part it’s because Web Watch wants to have the option to shred a jar full of marbles.

We may never do it, but it’s nice to know that we could if we had to.

Tags food, gadget, recipe

News

Pretty girls don’t always get what they want… but plastic surgery can work wonders for others

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 8, 2010

Web Watch knows that if you really want to get ahead at the office, you have to apply yourself. This is simply common business sense that everyone in the corporate world should follow.

But some women (and some men, too – don’t think that they’re getting a free pass on this) believe that they can skate by in any situation on their looks alone.

Face it, toots – what may have worked in college at the sorority house when you tried to get the local computer nerd to do your CompSci homework for you simply by batting your eyelashes at him ain’t going to work in the real world.

That’s the gist of a study published in the JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY entitled Physical Attractiveness Biases in Ratings of Employment Suitability: Tracking Down the “Beauty is Beastly” Effect that says that contrary to popular belief, PRETTY PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY WANT.

Tags business, News, plastic surgery, survey

How To Websites

How to potty train a 6-month-old? Just say “pss-wss-wss” and you’ll be diaper-free in no time!

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 7, 2010

Potty like a Rock Star bag

Web Watch has heard horror stories from our parent friends about the difficult times they have toilet training their children. One couple is still doing the diaper thing with their four-year-old, continuing to take the stance of “when they’re ready to use the potty, they will” rather than trying to force a child to do something that they’re not willing to do on their own.

Hey parents – here’s a hint for you: maybe they are ready, but they really like the attention that they get by you continuing to wipe and diaper them every few hours. We’ll hazard a guess that once you stop pampering your child with luv (puns intended), then maybe they’ll start taking care of their business on their own.

But let’s harken back a few years ago to a New York Times article entitled A FAST TRACK TO TOILET TRAINING. The article talks about how parents are trying to get their children to use the potty earlier in life – most often around 6 months old, but with one interviewee claiming that her child was using the potty at 10 weeks old.

Tags bathroom, How To, parenting, website

Travel TV Video Websites

Video Fun: Travelogue Parodies of PURE MICHIGAN tourism campaign

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 6, 2010

Video and filmmaker John Kerfoot knows funny when he sees it.

And when John first saw the PURE MICHIGAN ads that were put together to promote travel throughout the lovely state of Michigan (as voiced by Tim Allen), it was just a matter of time before John was able to put his own spoof videos together.

NOT SO PURE MICHIGAN is a collection of those parody spots, highlighting… or low-lighting, if you will… some of the not-so-pleasant sides of visiting Michigan’s tourist destinations.

Tags Travel, TV, Video

Disney How To Websites

How to take a photograph of a popular location without any people in it

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 5, 2010

Photobomb!

The Photobomb. It was a great picture… until somebody walked into the shot.

When it comes to vacation pictures at popular tourist destinations, a photobomb is inevitable. Someone always will get in your way as you try to take that once-in-a-lifetime shot.

Web Watch’s friend Chip recently posted an article entitled HOW TO GET THOSE EMPTY DISNEY PARK PHOTOS where he goes on to describe an elaborate process that many people do in order to get that classic “nobody is in front of the Castle” shot down Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom.

While Web Watch was able to get our own photo of the Castle without any people in it by running down Main Street immediately after the rope-drop and taking the picture before the throngs of madly-rushing people behind us got in our way (it’s a great picture, in case you were wondering) – Chip’s solution is to make an early-morning breakfast reservation in the park, and take your picture while you’re heading over to the restaurant before the park opens for the day.

While Chip’s answer offers a more leisurely method of getting the photo compared to our rope-drop version, there’s still an infinitely easier way to get that same “ghost town” effect on any photo that you want to have of a big, popular tourist destination.

Tags Disney, How To, photography, Photoshop, website

News sports

Bowl for free! Vote for Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift & others during National Bowling Week

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 4, 2010

This week is NATIONAL BOWLING WEEK and that’s why the BOWLING PROPRIETORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (BPAA) have decided to let the fans decide who is the BIGGEST CELEBRITY PROMOTER OF THE SPORT OF BOWLING, with the celebrity receiving the most votes being entered into the CELEBRITY HALL OF FAME at the International Bowling Museum.

The celebrity with the most votes on AUGUST 7th (NATIONAL BOWLING DAY) will be the winner, and YOU can vote as many times as you’d like for your favorite celebrity. What else is special about NATIONAL BOWLING DAY? You can get a free game of bowling with this coupon! Use it on August 7th, and help set a world record for the most bowling games played in a 24-hour period.

But more importantly, who are the celebrity nominees and what their vote tallies were as we head into these final few days before voting closes?

Tags Celebrity, holidays, justin bieber, News, sports, survey, World Record

food

Do you LOVE to cook? That’s what three in ten people say about themselves

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 3, 2010

Kiss the Cook

Web Watch knows our way around a kitchen, even if it is to help someone else prepare a meal. That’s because we know that people approach the kitchen as one of three groups:

Some people love to cook. It’s in their blood. These are the people you always are sure to invite to the local potluck dinner or bake sale.
Some people don’t mind cooking – they just know how to make food that is edible enough to survive on. It won’t be fancy, but don’t expect anything spectacular. The majority of people out there should fall into this category.
And there’s the third group that doesn’t know their way around a kitchen. Web Watch knows someone who claims to be so inept in the kitchen that they can burn a pot of water. (They tend to order out a lot.)

So it should come as no surprise that a recent Harris Poll of over 2000 adults discovered that THREE IN TEN AMERICANS (about a third) LOVE TO COOK.

Here’s the breakdown of that stat: 79% of adults said they liked cooking, while only 30% said they loved cooking. 49% said that they only enjoy cooking when they have the time. 14% said they did not enjoy cooking at all, and 7% of survey respondents said that they did not cook at all.

Tags food, Relationships, survey

Movies Video

The Lindsay Lohan and Shamwow Connection

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 2, 2010

Shamwow
Shamwow!

Linsay Lohan and Vince “the Shamwow Guy” Offer have something in common.

No, it’s not being arrested and having their mugshots plastered all over TMZ and other websites (although that is a good guess from any reasonable person).

No, they are appearing together in a new movie called UNDERGROUND COMEDY 2010 to be released later this fall.

Catch the trailer here:

Tags infomercial, Movies, Video