Food

Computer wallpaper sites are a dime a dozen, but the very best place in the world for free wallpapers is InterfaceLIFT. It offers hundreds of high quality wallpapers for FREE, for all sorts of screen resolutions ranging from dual and triple monitors to widescreen to mobile devices, from 2560 x 1600 to 320 x 240 pixels. What really sets this site apart from most other wallpaper sources is the abundance of absolutely mind-blowingly gorgeous photography present in these graphics. Some are so good you’ll want to change your desktop background every other week. Believe me, this is a place you’ll wanna bookmark…

The Wired How-To Wiki has published an easy-to-understand guide describing how to download MP3s from streaming music sites. Using Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, File2hd, or StationRipper (the last of which can access Pandora.com, Slacker.com, and AOL Radio), you can easily grab downloaded MP3s that have streamed to your hard drive using the browsers’ caches or by using the software programs.

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This motorcycle-riding clown sets new standards of craziness and wrecklessness:

1. My girlfriends won’t let me out of bed long enough.
2. Busy perfecting a new spicy food recipe.
3. Can’t stop laughing at all those Joe Biden gaffes.
4. I like sleeping.
5. Trying to finish the next Great American Novel.
6. Still trying to figure out what “meme” means.
7. Too busy hanging outside Drew Barrymore’s house shirtless trying to impress her.
8. Waiting in line for those Labor Day sales at the mall.
9. Found myself in Tijuana with only one kidney and only three cents to my name.
10. One word: LOLcats.

A long time ago, in a kitchen far, far away…

It’s CaJohn’s Flavor and Fire in Jolokia Sausage Wars, a clever little commercial with a Star Wars theme. You’ll see CaJohn Hard (of course), Chef Steve Lawrence, Doug “DK” King and Al “Buddah” Goldenberg of Taste the Fear, Jonathan Passow of The Hot Zone Online and others. Feel the heat force, Luke.

Here’s a brand of generic habanero pepper sauce I stumbled upon at one of my area grocery stores for only one dollar: Savory Collection’s Diablo Hot Sauce. Ingredients: Cayenne peppers, vinegar, water, salt, habanero peppers, xanthan gum, and other preservatives,

While perusing the dried snack/nuts aisle at one of my local Trader Joe’s, I noticed bags of Chile Spiced Mango slices on the shelf and thought I’d give them a whirl. Hey, I’m all for combining spice and heat with just about food item, including ones that are predominantly sweet. Some of these types of culinary partnerings are successful, while others are a complete flop. Trader Joe’s Chile Spiced Mango slices fall somewhere in the middle.

Ingredients

Dried mango slices, sugar, paprika, salt, citric acid, and cayenne

Smell

The aroma given off by the open bag was light yet borderline…

Ever want to know more about the world’s most popular hot sauce? Joey Green of the Wacky Uses website has compiled a nice little list of Tabasco Sauce facts and information…

I’ve written a list of my viewpoints and preferences on several serious and trivial subjects so that you may get a better idea of who the “real” Scott is. As a contrast, I’ve also created an “Anti-Scott”, who would be the complete opposite of me…

Don’t want security cameras snapping pictures of you everywhere? Here’s a brief video showing how to make an “invisibility mask” using an old baseball cap and LED lights:

It may not exactly be practical or comfortable, but it might be fun to try out even if you aren’t a privacy nut or plan to use it for nefarious purposes (which I don’t advocate, by the way:-)).

If you’re using the new Firefox 3 but don’t particularly care for the intrusiveness of the Smart Bar, then you’re not alone. Below are a few simple fixes that will help you regain some of your privacy when surfing the web.

The above clip from the 1940 Bob Hope classic The Ghost Breakers remarkably still holds very true today (especially with the rise of the Obamabots).