Monthly Archives: October 2012

How to Make an Animated Jack-O-Lantern With a Smartphone or Tablet

28 Sunday Oct 2012

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I love pumpkin carving – it’s my favorite part of Halloween.  This year, I decided to do something a little different with my jack-o-lanterns: animate them!  I was inspired by the guys at DigitalDudz, who came up with the very clever idea of brining Halloween t-shirts to live by taping your smartphone or tablet inside the shirt and playing a video that aligns to the image on the front of the shirt.  If it works for a t-shirt, why not a pumpkin?

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Gastropocalypse 2012: Fourth Stop: Vendôme

11 Thursday Oct 2012

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Schloss Bensburg

After hitting the quality cuisines of England, Austria and Spain, I made my final stop on Gastropocalypse 2012: Germany.  Just outside Cologne resides a giant palace, the Schloss Bensberg, and tucked within is the best chef in Germany and his restaurant, Vendôme.  In May 2012 Chef Joachim Wissler was voted the best in his trade by the 100 finest cooks in Germany for the second time in a row, as the “Cook of Cooks”. A three star ending to a five star vacation.  Or so I thought.

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Eating In (And Exploring) Barcelona

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Barri Gotic In Barcelona

The Barri Gotic In Barcelona

Catalunya, the current center of the gastronomic universe.  I hadn’t been there since 2001, when food meant to me whatever the closest restaurant was offering at the moment.  This time I walked through Barcelona with a culinary eye, and found (and ate) many a wonderful thing, if only for a short couple of days.

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