As the spice celebrates its 70th anniversary, the retro-, primary-colored can is a visual icon as familiar to many as Campbell Soup. The seasoning, once used for crabs and shrimp in the Chesapeake Bay, is now available in all 50 states and used on french fries, pizza and popcorn and more.
Old Bay on french fried pertators. Mmmhmm.
A robot I built for my boy. The arms move and the tummy lights up. Legos over breakfast is always a good thing.
Every family, it seems, has its own set of words for describing particular Lego pieces. No one uses the official names. “Dad, please could you pass me that Brick 2x2?” No. In our house, it’ll always be: “Dad, please could you pass me that four-er?”
In our house that is a four banger. Great article.
Zoom from a coffee bean down to a Carbon atom. Back and forth, back and forth. [via]
I snapped this pic exactly two years ago with an old Sony Cybershot. Kinda sad that old camera died.
xkcd did some really nice work on these. The Lord of the Rings one alone will keep Tolkien nerds busy for a while.
Indianapolis by The Bottle Rockets. In honor of my car that just died. [via]
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