All times Eastern.
• 6PM, Discovery Channel – How It’s Made: Engine blocks; jawbreakers; drum shells; drums.
• 6PM, National Geographic – Ultimate Factories: Apache Helicopter. The evolution and building process of a lethal attack helicopter.
• 6PM, Science Channel – Raging Planet: Earthquake. The friction of tectonic plates, earthquakes can raise mountains and flatten [...]

Brilliance often comes in a flash, when we realize we have always had the answers to life’s questions right in front of us. To wit: the baconburger, produced by grinding a pound of bacon into loose meat, creating a patty, and frying the whole thing up.
God help me, that actually looks amazing.
Bacon Burger [Pepper And [...]

All times Eastern.
• 6PM, Discovery Channel – How It’s Made: Hockey gloves; snack cakes; remoulded tires; waste water treatment.
• 6PM, History Channel – Man, Moment, Machine: Alexander the Great and the Devastating Catapult. Alexander the Great and the torsion catapult.
• 6PM, Science Channel – Driven to Invent: Duel in the Darkness. Scientists [...]

Brooklyn Industries is pushing out some of their cold weather clothing on discount, like hoodies and jackets and sweaters. I used to sort of feel like BI was the Gap of New York street wear, but I have to admit that I’m loving a lot of the stuff they’ve got on sale. (I can’t afford [...]

A new over-the-counter version of Xenical is on the market, dubbed “alli,” which prevents your body from metabolizing fats. What a smart way to save calories, you might think, chawing down on a handful before you tuck into a deep-fried Thickburger. Hold up, Hero Ton-ma: all that fat has to go somewhere. That somewhere is [...]

What’s not to love about a Volvo in Dukes of Hazzard livery named “The General Leif”? Those Dukansson boys are up to no good!
(Photo: Aaron Schmidt)

All times Eastern.
• 6PM, Discovery HD – Comet Collision!: NASA launches a spacecraft designed to fly directly into a comet.
• 6PM, G4 – Ninja Warrior
• 6PM, MTV – Exposed: People choose dates based on lie-detector results.
• 6PM, History Channel – Mega Disasters: Mega Freeze: The devastating effects of a dramatic climate change.
• [...]

Reyka Vodka sent us a bottle of their new vodka, best known at the moment for being made in Iceland from glacial water filtered through volcanic rocks. I’ve actually been more interested in their ad campaign than anything else; it’s very low key and not at all trying to be suave.
We drank about a fourth [...]

Todd Alcott, screenwriter, watched every single Bond movie and blogged it all. My favorite section so far: challenging his readers to upstage the title “Octopussy.”
The task, I admit, was harder than it appears to be. I asked that the proposed titles include the Latin form of a number, a pun, and a vulgar term for [...]

The one time I was in Japan I almost came home with a guitar shaped like a machine gun. I still regret not purchasing that. This custom “Sword Angel” guitar on sale at eBay would ease the pain slightly, but when I search my pockets for a spare nine grand all I find is lint [...]

Love me, love my rhythm-based videogame addiction. While the Guitar Hero series will hold many greater memories for me—raising money for Child’s Play via Fünde Razor; playing a round on Expert in front of a live crowd; hearing my 8-year-old brother sing the opening lick to “Ironman”—I’ve put the game behind me, as the brand [...]

Today I am building shelves. Let the excitement begin!
We need two sets of shelves: one in the bathroom and one in the kitchen. I’m not doing anything ornate as we just rent. (Our landlord would probably shit a brick if I did anything more than screw them into the walls for support.) I don’t have [...]