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I read it on 09/29/09 at 03:46 PM
Posted on 09/29/09 at 06:56 AM
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Publisher - Cake Wrecks
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I've been looking forward to posting this since Saturday. [rubbing hands together gleefully] So let's get to it!
The setup: What do you think would happen if two bakeries received the exact same phone order, but interpreted in two very different ways? That was the inspiration Paul of Jet City Cakes had when he and Matt from Starry Nights Catering got together to provide the cakey goodness for our signing at Third Place Books in Seattle.
First, here's Matt's order form:
And his gorgeous cake:
 (It tasted heavenly, too. Raspberry cream - yum!)
 No? Well, maybe you will when you see his creation:
 Wait for it, waaaiit for it... (Four "tears", purple iris, and fancy piping: Check, check, and check!)
Here Matt and Paul ponder their order forms:
And then size up each other's creations:
 (I love this photo.)The fabulous thing about this collaboration is that it allowed Paul and Matt to work to their strengths. As you can see, Starry Nights does more elegant, traditional work, whereas Jet City really shines with the crazy, sculpted designs. By the way, both of these guys are up for The Best of Western Washington awards in the Evening Magazine. Click here to vote for Jet City, which is up for best cake shop, and click here to vote for Starry Nights, which is up for best caterer (login required). [announcer voice] But wait, there's MORE!! How about some cupcake Wreckplicas? Our grand prize winner:  (Her lap, her lap, her lap is on FI-YUR!)And our other top two "winners":   (It's a Dalek. Obviously.)Plus a few more of my favs:    You can view all of the entries on the CW Facebook page here.Thanks to all of you who came out, the Third Place Books staff, our fantastic driver William, and of course Paul and Matt! John and I had a fantastic time in Seattle thanks to all of you!
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I read it on 03/14/08 at 06:42 PM
Posted on 03/14/08 at 11:39 PM
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Since when is Lou Reed an audiophile? Down at SXSW Reed gave a talk where he complained about the sound quality of MP3 technology and the fact that people didn't realize how awful they sounded. This is a complaint made by quite a few other people as well, who seem to ignore the fact that for most people and most music, MP3 technology is perfectly good enough, and the convenience of being able to carry around more, is a lot more important than a barely (if at all) noticeable change in audio quality. In the meantime, has Lou Reed listened to any of his early Velvet Underground recordings? I don't recall "audio quality" being one of the key characteristics of those songs...
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I read it on 01/17/08 at 11:58 AM
Posted on 01/17/08 at 08:12 AM
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Bad news for big downloaders who use Time Warner Cable as their ISP: you may soon face a higher bill. The nation's #2 cable ISP is set to begin charging customers more based on the amount they download.
A spokesman for the company says that the top 5 percent of downloaders can account for up to 50 percent of network capacity, which is why they are considering the new pricing structure. According to a report from the Associated Press, Time Warner Cable would offer various tiers of pricing, versus what could become painfully expensive pay-as-you-go charges for bandwidth. However, there is no need to freak out yet if you're currently a TWC customer for now, the new pricing structure is only being offered as a trial in Beaumont, Texas, and will only impact new customers.
While I imagine the immediate reaction to TWC's plan will be decidedly negative, it at least seems more reasonable than AT&T and Comcast's filtering of traffic for users that frequent p2p download services like BitTorrent.
On the other hand, if TWC's interest is truly to be fair, prices won't only go up for big downloaders, but they'll go down for those that consume little bandwidth (yea, right).
Is it fair for ISPs to charge heavy downloaders higher fees?
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I read it on 01/15/08 at 07:20 PM
Posted on 12/15/07 at 12:55 AM
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To coincide with the release of Adobe AIR beta 3, the Adobe Flash Professional team has released a refresh of the Adobe AIR Update for Flash CS3 Professional. This software allows you to package and preview .air files directly within...
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I read it on 08/26/07 at 08:38 AM
Posted on 08/26/07 at 06:34 AM
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A source close to the sale of the Digg clone platform Pligg tells us that the owners are seeking $150K for the site, which is essentially the business side of the open source Pligg platform, including the Pligg.com site and forums but not the open source code.
This could be monetized via consulting, Pligg hosting, development [...]
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