They grow up and try to Exterminate! so fast, don't they?
Tamara Camera took these great pictures of her hubby and little girl before they ran off Trick-Or-Treating on Halloween a few years back. Tamara was apparently a TARDIS, but she stayed home from the festivities because she was sick -malfunctioning just like the TARDIS tends to do.
The Food Lab at Serious Eats looks at things you've been told about the proper way to cook a steak. Some of what you've heard is correct, but some are just myths, like "Only flip your steak once!"
The reality is that multiple flipping will not only get your steak to cook faster—up to 30% faster!—but will actually cause it to cook more evenly, as well. This is because—as food scientist and writer Harold McGee has explained—by flipping frequently, the meat on any given side will neither heat up nor cool down significantly with each turn. If you imagine that you can flip your steak infinitely fast,* then you can see that what ends up happening is that you approximate cooking the steak simultaneously from both sides, but at a gentler pace. Gentler cooking = more even cooking.
That's just one of seven myths about steak debunked, with the science behind each. Warning: reading this will make you hungry. Link
(Image credit: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt)
We already know that having a pet is a good thing. Kathy Benjamin looked at the research and found many proven ways (ten to be exact) that owning dog is good for you.
But wait! What about cats? Benjamin posted a second list shortly afterward, with eight ways cat owners benefit from their furry friends. Some of the research contrasts cat owners with dog owners, but there are millions of people who have both cats and dogs, and derive benefits from both. After all, we know a good thing when we see it! Read both lists at mental_floss.
8 Benefits of Being a Cat Owner. Link
10 Benefits of Being a Dog Owner. Link
(Image credit: Erin McCarthy (cat) and Ethan Trex (dog).
The taxidermist, Malaki Heller, did lose some of the skin while preparing this rug for Autumn Massey. But the head retained its full size. The rug perfect for cold nights on Hoth.
Link -via Amy Ratcliffe
The ladybug in Stephanie Lippitt's dorm room found some sweet sprinkles. Hooray! But how can it eat them?
You want a slice? Well, step up and try to take this dragon's treasure away from him. Zion made this fiery cake for her son's birthday.
Link -via That's Nerdalicious!
A video about faces and some other pictures which may be familiar to you, by Nice Peter of Epic Rap Battles. (via Arbroath)
Stuart Edge is awesome. He's using his sorcerous powers to turn Washingtons into Benjamins. He says that "there's a power in the fistbump." There's also power in helping others.
-via 22 Words
The Doctor may swear bow ties are cool, but it's hard to find any bow tie cooler than this awesome 3D design. If you're wondering how you tie such a thing, no worries there -it's also a clip-on. Just slip it over your top button and you're ready for a night on the 3D town.
Link Via Inventor Spot
Not sure if you're in the mood for something salty or sweet or crunchy or chewy? Why not satisfy all those cravings at once with these buttered popcorn brownies? The secret to getting the popcorn to stick to the brownies is a heavy drizzle of condensed milk and chocolate. Excuse me, I've got to go bake some brownies and pop some corn now.
Not sure what toy to buy your favorite stinky friend? Well, Toy Critic Pug is here to help. In this episode, the winner is certainly the Furby and the biggest loser is the llama cut out, which is just plain horrifying.
What time is it? It's all times at all the times with this fantastic TARDIS clock by Etsy seller UnicornEmpirePrints.
Does anyone know the time zone of Galifrey?
Unless you're living under a surveillance-proof rock, I'm sure you've heard by now that Big Brother is always with us. But how do you tell your kids about it? With children's book, of course!
Twitter user @darth asked followers to create #NSAKidsBooks for your enjoyment, as seen in this gallery over at The Guardian: Link - via Boing Boing
Redditor adrianahasaids showed her daughter ice cream. She reacted appropriately.
I've got good news for you, kid. No matter how old you get, ice cream is always this awesome.
There are 14,000 McDonald's and 11,000 Starbucks around the country, but you know who's got them trumped? Libraries. There are more public libraries (about 17,000) in the United States than the largest fast-food franchise.
It may surprise you, but libraries reach 96.4 percent of the US population, as evident in this map by Justin Grimes (@justgrimes) over at The Atlantic Cities:
“There’s always that joke that there’s a Starbucks on every corner," says Justin Grimes, a statistician with the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington. "But when you really think about it, there’s a public library wherever you go, whether it’s in New York City or some place in rural Montana. Very few communities are not touched by a public library.”
And to make things better, there are 35,000 museums, zoos, arboretums, historical societies, art galleries, and aquariums to feed your brain. So take heart, Americans, our society isn't going to hell in a handbasket just yet (though think of how much more popular libraries could be if we can just have Starbucks inside them!)
Emily Badger of The Atlantic Cities has more: Link | Interactive map over at CartoDB
