Did you know there is an official Guinness world record for “Highest Popping Toaster”? Well, meet the new record holder - the CO2 gas powered “Moaster“. An account of the successful record-breaking attempt can be found at Digital Lifestyles. And while the folks at Guinness recorded the trajectory at just 8.5 feet, the video shows that it actually appears to go several stories higher than that.
Amy pointed me to this item on Valleywag: “A friend of an animator laid off from a recently imploded East Bay videogames startup writes to pimp the newly unemployed buddy’s latest venture: selling toast on eBay. But not just any toast — it’s toast that will be lovingly sculpted into the shape of each of America’s 50 great states. First up? Texas. You laugh now, but you won’t think it’s such a terrible idea when the recession has you out on the street and your options underwater.”
Miracle toast? From the article: “Excitement is growing in the Northern England town of Huddlesfield following the news that a local man saw an image of the big-bang in a piece of toast. Atheist Donald Chapman, 36, told local newspaper The Huddlesfield Express that he was sitting down to eat breakfast when an unusual toast pattern caught his eye…”
The modern toaster takes an average of 141 seconds to make toast. I personally like to make use of this time to close my eyes, breathe deeply of the gently wafting aroma, perhaps compose a new toast haiku or two. But if you’re the busy high-powered executive type for whom an extra 90 seconds means just enough time to cancel the office Christmas party or to fire an underperforming subordinate or two, this Turbo Toaster boasts toast in under a minute by blowing superheated air onto that bewildered slice from two directions at once. Then you can gobble down your toast and conquer the world! Huzzah!
The House of Toast is celebrating its 13th year of business! Their development of proprietary technology such as the Toast-O-Matic XR-17 Deluxe Toasting Command Station, secret powdered toast re-hydration techniques, and their focus on principle-centered values have made them a worldwide leader in bread-based products. As if that weren’t enough, in demonstrating their excellent corporate citizenship, they have raised over $248,000 for Toast Intolerance Relief, and sponsored the House of Toast Curling Team at the International Restaurant Owners Curling Championship. Dr. Toast offers his best wishes for 13 more years of House of Toast!
Bad news for Apple. Mr Knutz said: “I was sold the iPhone as the perfect solution for satisfying all my breakfast time needs. I could read emails, surf the web, grill some bacon and do toast all at the same time with the one gadget. Well I can’t, the toast is rubbish.” via The Daily Mash.
“The device works by sucking in particles of caramelised bread and blowing them through an ionising sensor. In this sensor a small electrical current flows through an airborne path of ions, emitted by a pellet of radioactive americium-241. The ions attach themselves to any toast particles and reduce the strength of the current. You can set the toaster to switch off when the current drops by a specific amount according to how brown you like your toast.” Read the article!
Today I was in Borders Books looking for a birthday gift and was perusing the “humor” section, when I came across a book titled “505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages.” Hmm, I thought, I wonder if my site is in there? So I flipped to the index and, lo and behold, there it is on page 228: “Dr. Toast’s Amazing World of Toast”.
“The toaster really did work, and didn’t overheat the CPU! Just for fun, they also had control of the LEDs on the toaster. The keyboard was separate, connected via USB.”
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