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Those eyes grab you first. Only after a couple of beats do you realize you're looking at the painted bottom of a flattened metal can left on the street, and not some mysterious fairy.
These can art people come from the imagination of a British artist known as My Dog Sighs, who has left a piece of art on the street for someone to find every Friday for the last 10 years.
Above, check out a small sampling of some of his work. Below, he talks with The Salt about where he gets those cans and his funny name.
Why did you start painting faces on cans, as opposed to canvas or wood?
I make art to go on the street as part of my Free Art Friday project. I cannot afford to put canvas out, so I was always looking for free materials. I do not want to be seen as leaving litter, so I began using litter that was already there. I collected it, painted it, and put it back more beautiful. One day, I found a can on the floor, and it just worked with a sketch I had been developing. (Click on the video A Can Is Born to see how he does it.)
Where do the cans come from? Do you raid trash cans?
It started with cans I found on the street. I quickly realized there wasn't enough out there, so I raided the recycling bin. Then as certain cans became popular, the syrup and treacle cans, particularly (like Lyle's Golden, which is something like American corn syrup, and Lyle's Black Treacle, which is something like molasses,), I began to call on friends and family. Now wherever I go, people hand me bags of "special cans." I'm known as the "can man" at my kids' schools. It's amazing how many mums bake! Great for the syrup cans.
What do the cans symbolize to you and which kinds make the best canvas?
My work is often describe as melancholic, and I suppose I work towards that. The cans are like members of my family. I let them go on the street, which is a hard thing to do. I want them to speak to their audience. They say the eyes are the window into the soul, and I'm leaving a little bit of my heart and soul on the street, so the eyes are an important part of the pieces.
Surely you must need to eat. Why do you give your art away for free?
When I started 10 years ago, I had a secure job as a primary school teacher and my art was a hobby. An all-encompassing one, but I didn't need to make money out of it. This was liberating. Leaving my work on the street meant I had no one to answer to. No galleries saying yes or no. No worry about whether people will want to buy it or not.
I've been so lucky that what I've wanted to do, others have started to appreciate. I'm in a position now that I've been able to give up full-time work and focus on my art as a career, which is amazing. I've had two London sell-out shows and galleries around the globe are approaching me.
What's the best story you've heard about someone who's found your art?
I rarely get to see who takes my work, so the best stories are in my head. I did once spend a whole week working on a painting, only to put it out and turn to see a street sweeper put it in his cart. I was gutted, but that's the nature of the game. I like to think he took it back to the depot and hung it on his street gallery wall, maybe next to an Adam Neate or a Banksy.
What's with the name My Dog Sighs?
I saw a random phrase 20 years ago scrawled on a door in Barcelona, and when I was trying to think of a name, I thought, if I can remember it 10 years later, then maybe people will remember it when they see it on my work. P.S: Don't tell anyone, but I don't even have a dog.
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It's been a while since I last made ice cream and, even with the cold days here, I sometimes feel like having a scoop or two... :D
Next time I make ice cream I know exactly where to go for inspiration: the issue #9 of Desserts Magazine is full of delicious ice cream recipes! And my sweet corn ice cream is there, too. :D
In the winter, I'll take any excuse to turn the oven on to get the kitchen warm and cozy, and that's much better when there are cookies involved. This recipe comes from Martha's website but it only worked out perfectly because of Lizzie's comment about the extravagant amount of filling and the Food Librarian's warning about burned thumbs. :D
Chocolate thumbprints
Cookie dough:
½ cup (113g/1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup (70g) confectioners' sugar, sifted
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups (175g) all-purpose flour, sifted
2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, room temperature
56g (2oz) semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon light corn syrup
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF; line two baking sheets with baking paper.
Start by making the dough: in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla on medium-high speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in flour, beginning on low speed and increasing to medium high, until a dough forms – it won't be sticky.
Roll dough by teaspoonfuls into balls, and place 2.5cm (1in) apart onto prepared sheets. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven, and press thumb* into tops of cookies to make indentations. Return to oven, and bake until light brown on the edges, 7 to 9 minutes more. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
Make the filling: combine chocolate, butter, and corn syrup in a small heatproof bowl. Set over a pot of simmering water; stir occasionally until melted and smooth. Allow to cool slightly. When cookies are cool, fill the thumbprints with the chocolate mixture – there will be some filling left, even though I halved the filling recipe without halving the dough recipe.
* I used this measuring spoon to make the indentations on the hot cookies
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Recipes reprinted with publisher's permission from Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book.
One 12-oz bottle stout, or any other strong beer you love
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp molasses (Note: If not using stout beer, skip the molasses.)
2 tsp salt
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
3 egg yolks
1 cup granulated sugar
No, you can't get drunk from beer ice cream.
Well, maybe you can if you eat a few gallons of it, but in that scenario, you'd throw up from the fat and dairy well before getting a buzz from the beer.
We mostly use stout in the shop—it gets rich and syrupy when reduced, permeating the air with a great yeasty smell—but you can use this basic recipe with any kind of beer. We like cheap beer, medium-priced wine, and expensive bourbon. Unfortunately, cheap, watery beer like PBR or Bud Light won't work too well, because the lighter the beer, the less pronounced the flavor. We've come to favor any variation of stout, but if you're a real beer fanboy, you can try other kinds of beers that have strong, distinct flavors. (For example, IPA gets its own flavor during Beer Week; we don't offer it during the rest of the year, though, because the hops are very pronounced. It's not for everyone, but beer geeks love it.
We thought beer ice cream would be more or less a novelty that comes and goes, but the legions of beer geeks proved us wrong. They're like the Trekkies of the food world, and their passion never ceases to amaze. Now beer is in our regular rotation. Lick your beer; we promise to hold your hair back if you have too much.
In a large, heavy-bottomed, nonreactive saucepan over medium heat, combine the beer and brown sugar and cook, stirring often, until reduced by half, 15 to 20 minutes. It should be slightly sticky to the touch.
Add the molasses (if using) and salt and stir to dissolve the salt. Add the cream and milk and cook, stirring occasionally, until hot but not boiling.
Fill a large bowl or pan with ice and water. Place a large, clean bowl in the ice bath and fit the bowl with a fine-mesh strainer.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until well blended.
Remove the cream mixture from the heat. Slowly pour about half of the hot cream mixture into the yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Transfer the yolk mixture back to the saucepan with the remaining cream mixture and return to medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula and being sure to scrape the bottom of the saucepan so it doesn't scorch, until the liquid begins to steam and you can feel the spatula scrape against the bottom of the pan, 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove the custard from the heat and immediately pour it through the strainer into the clean bowl you set up in the ice bath. Let cool, stirring occasionally.
When the custard has totally cooled, cover the bowl tightly and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or preferably overnight. When you are ready to freeze the custard, transfer it to an ice cream maker and spin according to the manufacturer's instructions. Eat immediately or freeze for up to 1 week.
Fun Fact: Before the New York Times profile on Humphry Slocombe was published, we had to submit to a bunch of fact-checking. Jake spent hours on the phone with the marvelous Anaheed Alani. Somewhere along the way, she mentioned that her favorite ice cream was a beer-and-peanut flavor from a Manhattan shop. To thank her for her work, Jake sent a pint of the ice cream that would later become, in tribute, Anaheed's Beer Nut. We hope it's her new favorite. To make it for yourself, prepare Stout as directed and stir in ½ cup Frosted Peanuts after spinning the custard in your ice cream maker.
Free Advice: Since the beer ice creams are all so high in alcohol (compared to other ice creams that is), they probably won't freeze completely in your ice cream machine—depending on what kind of machine you have, of course. Don't fret; freeze as best as you can in the machine and finish it off in the freezer. Transfer to an airtight container, cover, and freeze until it reaches the desired consistency.
Frosted Peanuts
Makes 2 cups
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg white
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
2 cups roasted, unsalted peanuts
We use Frosted Peanuts in our Tin Roof sundae and in our Beer Nut ice cream, but there are about 391 other uses for them, including just snacking on them.
Preheat the oven to 250°F.
In a medium bowl, lightly whisk together the sugar, egg white, vanilla, and salt. When everything is smooth and mixed, stir in the peanuts.
Spread out the coated peanuts on a Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake, stirring every 10 minutes so the nuts separate and do not stick together in one big clump, until the nuts are dry, about 30 minutes. Transfer immediately to a plate to cool. Keep for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.


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Egypt's Dark Future
What's happening in Egypt is not a second revolution or a "correction" to the first. It is a coup d'etat that puts the military as firmly in command as it was during the autocratic reign of Hosni Mubarak.What's happening in Egypt is not a second revolution or a "correction" to the first. It is a coup d'etat that puts the military as firmly in command as it was during the autocratic reign of Hosni Mubarak. So much for the Arab Spring in the region's most populous country.
And, judging by the reaction in Washington and other capitals, so much for Winston Churchill's observation that "democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried." Instead, the prevailing sentiment about Egypt seems to be that some people just can't be allowed to govern themselves.
One does not have to be an admirer of ousted President Mohamed Morsi or the Muslim Brotherhood to see clearly what the Egyptian military has done. When vast throngs of self-proclaimed "moderates" took to the streets to protest the way Morsi was governing, the generals could have made clear their support for Egypt's new democratic order, however flawed. Instead, they protected their own interests.
Morsi had tried to assert civilian control over the military. How silly of him to think the generals would surrender so easily.
To be sure, Morsi staged a power grab of his own last November when he issued a decree granting himself broad executive powers and eliminating judicial scrutiny of his actions. But swelling protests forced him to back down — an illustration, I would argue, of democracy in action.
Morsi then forged ahead by putting a new constitution, drafted mostly by the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists, before the electorate. In December, the document was approved by 64 percent of those who voted — a landslide. Turnout was low, and opponents cited "irregularities" at polling places. But I have seen no credible claim that this vote was stolen, rather than won.
It is clear that Morsi wanted to make Egypt a more religious, less pluralistic society than it was during the Mubarak years. The rights of Coptic Christians and other minorities were under assault. To Egyptians who are young, secular and middle class — those who poured back into Tahrir Square, cellphones in hand, tweeting their rage to the world — Morsi's government must have been a nightmare.
The notion that a military coup will make everything better, however, is a fantasy.
For a glimpse at Egypt's likely future, look at what happened early Monday outside the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, where Morsi is believed to be held. The new regime is widely expected to charge the ex-president with as-yet unspecified crimes and put him on trial. (I wouldn't bet on an acquittal.)
Supporters of Morsi gathered at the compound to protest. Soldiers fired into the crowd, killing at least 51 people and wounding many others. To state the obvious, this is not the way to promote national reconciliation. It's the way to create martyrs.
Like it or not, the Muslim Brotherhood is the best-organized political force in the country. Under Mubarak, the group was banned. Egypt's new military-backed rulers claim to want to include Islamist parties in the government, but as a practical matter they're going to have to repress the Brotherhood in some way to keep the group from winning again at the polls.
The Brotherhood might choose to fight with bullets rather than ballots. Or it might just bide its time. Either way, a huge chunk of the Egyptian population will be unreconciled to the new government — and bitterly resentful of the way it came to power.
Meanwhile, I'm betting that the military will now resume the lucrative role it played in the Egyptian economy under Mubarak, with top generals reaping the lavish financial rewards they consider their due.
But a real question is whether the military's assumption of power will make the region a bit safer. I doubt it.
Under Morsi, an elected Islamist-led government honored the terms of a peace treaty with the state of Israel. It was an extraordinary example for the rest of the Muslim world. Now, alas, we have an example of what happens when an elected Islamist-led government gets too big for its britches.
Those who cheer the coup apparently believe that the military shares their values — and their vision of a democratic future. But plenty of historical evidence suggests that the military's values likely derive from self-interest and that its vision of the future closely resembles the autocratic past.
The multitudes of Tahrir Square should try ousting the generals next time. Then we'll see who's right.
Eugene Robinson's e-mail address is eugenerobinson(at)washpost.com.
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I am wife to the most wonderful Preacher husband in the world and a SAH homeschooling mama to a son (10), daughter (8), daughter (6), baby girl in Heaven, daughter (3), daughter (1. 5) and a growing baby (which we assume is a girl!) due the end of July! We're happily busy, in case you had not gathered that yet!
Babywearing just makes sense . . . for you and your baby. They need security, you need your hands, and you both enjoy the time to cuddle. The security of a child held close is a reminder to me of my salvation in Jesus Christ. I asked Him to forgive me of my sins and save me when I was just a child, and He did. That look of complete peace on my little one's face as I hold them close in a sling or wrap, reminds me of the perfect trust I need to place in God for today and for eternity.
I first started selling in local shops in 2007, but soon opened a shop on Etsy, and then eventually was selling only online. I love the flexibility of online sales. I can sew during my free time (mostly at night), and can be making sales while teaching math to my first grader or peeling potatoes for dinner =)! Now that would be difficult to achieve with a brick and mortar shop! The business keeps my days very full to overflowing, but I love being able to help moms keep their babies safe and close while still being a help to my own family! It's also been exciting to see my own family be involved in the shop. Not only do the pictures show me with my own babies (I can think of only one exception there), but my husband is the photographer. My oldest daughter can also now iron the doll slings and has begun to package them up for me! My husband and I both look forward to the children becoming more an more a part of the family business.
I do offer ring slings, wraps, and pouches (limited number) on my site. I see each of them as having their particular niche of usefulness.
The pouch - extremely simple. Good in a supported (more like seated position) for newborns and for hip carry on toddlers. Very quick to pop on. Harder to be comfortable for long trips with heavier children.
Ring sling - very versatile. Quick to use. Does not take up much room. Good for shorter times and still comfortable (when worn properly) for even extended use.
Wrap - bit longer learning curve. My carrier of choice most times for a hiking excursion or very extended use as the weight distribution is incredible! Not as convenient to put on in a hurry (at least the long versions!)
Because I tend to babywear for shorter periods of time, the ring sling has won out for me overall over the years of babywearing that I have had. The type carrier that is best for you is largely determined by what you will be using it for. I tend to recommend that if customers can, they purchase a basic ring sling and a wrap.
The wrap was so beautifully packaged when I got it!
The woven wrap gave me the opportunity to try a wrapped back carry. This carry is called a Double Hammock Carry, and I just love this carry! It's so comfortable with this tencel wrap, and Ava loved it!
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After many months of work on the new Multimedia API for KDE 4 it is time to
finally announce Phonon. Phonon will
provide a task oriented API for multimedia, making it easy for KDE
applications to use media playback and capture functionality (and more)
resulting in application developers being free to concentrate on the user
interface aspects. The number of possibilities to integrate multimedia into the
desktop experience make Phonon especially interesting.
Phonon uses exchangeable backends to do the real work which can be implemented using GStreamer, NMM, Xine, Helix or whatever else you can come up with. In turn KDE applications do not need to develop media engine abstractions anymore as Phonon provides it for them.
The folks from Motama have already started work on a Phonon-NMM backend and we will give a joint presentation at
upcoming LinuxTag this year (also see their announcement). Meet us on Saturday, May 6th at 10:00 in Hall 6.2 or later at the KDE booth.
As there is still a lot of work that needs to be done until Phonon is released with KDE 4.0 it is a great chance to get involved now, for example doing a Google Summer of Code project.
Phonon is supported by basysKom GmbH, Motama GmbH, KDE-NL who are organising a KDE Multimedia meeting and most importantly the community for providing feedback & code.
If you do this presentation, please, please include a Video for the people who cannot come to the LinuxTag - it would be great to see something from Phonon in real life :)
This is out of my control. Last year there were cameras to record the talks, but I never saw the files for download. I guess it will be the same this year.
same for me, I'm in Japan, I really would like to watch the presentation. please.
Hey, the website looks really good!
I was wondering if it is also going to be possible to write a phonon program that gets frames from a source (mic or just a file) and then the possability to modify the data (for instance real time effects) and then send it back to phonon, like jack. Do you know if this is going to be possible?
> Hey, the website looks really good!
Kudos to Nuno Pinheiro. He really did a great job on the artwork!
> gets frames from a source (mic or just a file) and then the possability
> to modify the data (for instance real time effects) and then send it back
> to phonon
Capture will be supported, an interface for getting the audio data is there already, I'm working on the video data interface now. Feeding it back into Phonon is technically possible, but I don't think it's a good idea. If you want to do processing of the audio or video data it should be done on a lower level. Phonon supports to use effects for audio and video for that.
PLEASE tell me when this comes to pass arts will be dead and gone. If so that will be the best news I have heard in a LONG time.
I think arts will stay in KDE 3 because of binary compatibillity, and then it will be replaced in KDE 4.
That's what I meant. KDE 4 + Phonon = Death of arts, if that is the case I will be too excited for words.
That's the case.
Not at all.
aRts is still a sound server, and if there will be a Phonon backend for aRts, then aRts could serve as a sound backend for a KDE 4 environment.
aRts is unmaintained. Unless that changes, I don't see how that would be such a hot idea.
Arts/esd are already dead. Current versions of ALSA come standard with dmix enabled (previously, you had to configure it which not everyone did) so ALSA-using programs can already multiplex sound just fine. Combine that with libao with an ALSA backend for platform-independent traditional audio and GStreamer with an ALSA backend for platform-independent modern audio and you're all set.
Note that for some reason the OSS emulation of ALSA isn't able to be multiplexed, so make sure you aren't running apps that use the OSS devices like /dev/dsp.
What about those who don't use Linux; such as me? I run KDE on FreeBSD, and I think that the abstraction between the soundcard/lower levels of the sound framework, and the desktop is very important.
If you don't maintain this abstraction, you'll have for ever and a day, people writing directly for ALSA, that will not only cause problems for ALSA later on, when it wishes to make radical moves, but also those whose platforms don't have ALSA, and would require major application re-working to get it running with their OS of choice.
Remember, KDE is a desktop environment for UNIX, not just Linux.
Why? As a user, arts is wonderful.
How will Phonon deal with simultaneous requests from the same user and simultaneous requests from multiple users (ie. two users logged in to different X sessions by "Switch Users" or by "su - " on the command line)?
Currently, when a KDE alert appears it plays a "gong" sound. However, if amaroK is playing while the alert appears, the "gong" is only heard _after_ amaroK has finished playing the whole song!
Another problem I've encountered is that when two users are logged in, only the first user can play sounds.
2 requests from the same user should work if he uses ONLY phonon: if you use arts in amaroK, you'll hear the sound immediately. the problem is, most users don't use arts in amarok. if you use gstreamer in amarok and aRts or whatever in another app, they can't play at the same time. phonon will not fix this - but at least all KDE apps will use the same backend (unlike now) so it will get better.
i don't know about the two-user problem, but i really think phonon SHOULD try to do something about it.
The amaroK thingie is for sure going to be solved with Phonon. It stems from the fact that amaroK uses a different sound engine than the standard KDE one, so all the KDE sounds have to wait until the amaroK sound backend releases its claim for the sound card. With Phonon, all of the sounds (including amaroK's) will be redirected to the same sound engine, so all of the applications can make sounds at the same time. (This should also work with non-KDE apps.)
About the user switching use case, I don't know if this is going to be tackled.
This isn't really the case. Phonon won't be a sound server.
What has actually solved the issue described by the parent post is that ALSA now has software sound mixing and most sound chips (even those builtin to the motherboard) have hardware sound mixing.
When aRts was created this wasn't the case so a sound server made a lot of sense. This isn't really the case anymore.
The backend to the Phonon system could be a sound server (aRts, NMM) but it doesn't have to be (Xine playing to ALSA isn't).
You need to setup ALSA to do software mixing on your computer because it seems like your sound card doesn't support hardware mixing. You can have ALSA do software mixing by setting up DMIX yourself, or upgrading to a rather recent version of ALSA (which has it enabled by default). If you're using OSS (Open Sound System) still, you have to upgrade to ALSA.
This only applies to Linux, if you're using *BSD or another *nix then you may be out of luck (I don't know if they support software mixing, or how to set it up). Mixing sounds coming from multiple applications isn't (shouldn't be) the job of a userland sound server (like aRts), but really should be on the other side of the sound API so the applications don't have to know or deal with it.
To actually answer your question (guess I kinda forgot to), if you're using software or hardware mixing, then phonon doesn't need to do anythin special to allow sounds to play at the same time, in fact you'll be able to have multiple apps/users output directly to ALSA and not have any problems (you can't do that with OSS). I don't believe Phonon will include anything special to solve the problem people that don't have hardware/software mixing have.
As I see, phonon will replace arts, but with improvements, trying to standarize multimedia apps.
About the hw/sw mixing, it all depends on what sound card you use and NOT if you use ALSA or OSS. Nvidia Nforce2 sound card uses an OSS driver and has hw mixing, i.e., you can use xmms, amarok, flash, mplayer and xine at the same time regardless what backend they use. I think this matter is way beyond Phonon scope.
Well, ALSA can do software mixing (dmix). So it does matter if you use ALSA or OSS.
How to enable multiple sound sources simultaneously in FreeBSD is described in the FreeBSD handbook (online) chapter 7.2.3. It's easy :-)
Write the values to /etc/sysctl.conf to make them permanent.
Change amarok to the arts engine, then it works.
Phonon developers,
How does the scope of the Phonon API compare NMM, Jack, gstreamer etc? What is the philosophy here. Does Phonon aim to provide a base level of multimedia support aimed at most 'simple' applications, and if you need advanced features do you then by pass Phonon and code on the API from NMM, Jack and friends?
sorry if this is a FAQ.
phonon USES NMM, Jack and Gstreamer. Phonon just makes it a lot easier for application developers to add rich multimedia features to their applications without having to worry about gstreamer, NMM, Jack or whatever. and you don't bypass Phonon, Phonon should be powerfull enough in its own right!
Well no. Especially not when it comes to Jack.
Not every media library has the same goals, and Phonon shouldn't try to be a superset.
It should try to be a reasonable subset that covers the common cases.
It's not the desktop environment's job to provide audio and video capabilities.
The Phonon API is a high-level multimedia API, NMM and GStreamer are rather low-level multimedia APIs while Jack provides an audio in-/out API especially geared for pro-audio needs.
The idea is to make multimedia application development easy. The average developer doesn't know what a (de)muxer is or how he needs to set up the flow graph/pipelines correctly. Like I said in the article, the API is designed from looking at common tasks ("task oriented API") instead of looking at what features can be provided. In the end that means, that some things which are possible with GStreamer will not be possible with Phonon.
But yes, in the cases where the Phonon API is really too limited (you should first ask me before you decide whether the Phonon API is not good enough for you) you can use whatever else you want. The only thing to take care of is that the soundcard output works nicely together with Phonon applications. I guess I should come up with a Do's and Don'ts document for such a case.
"The Phonon API is a high-level multimedia API, NMM and GStreamer are rather low-level multimedia APIs"
Why do I get the feeling that we have Phonon, which talks to Gstreamer/JACK/NMM/etc. and they talk to ALSA. So that's three layers on top of each other. Doesn't that make debugging harder? How about bloat?
Adding overhead by yet another layer (besides ALSA and gstreamer/NMM/...) is exactly what I was wondering about. Is it really that hard for developers to use gstreamer & co. for playing audio/video? Or is there another reason for wrapping it?
I can't imagine that another layer is going to simplify anything for the user, but you may prove me wrong ;-)
Gstreamer sucks, so right there is one good reason to have a wrapped API. That way when the next overhyped beta-quality media engine get shoved in people's faces, it should be easy enough to switch to it. Then switch back to Xine.
And even if you think gstreamer is great, it might have an ABI change before KDE 5.0.
It's a GNOME project, so will most likely have an ABI change before KDE 4.0.
So funny and so true. Xine rocks.
Gstreamer isn't to bad the latest release works well and even surpasses Xine in some areas, Xine is a pain to get "win32" codecs running with sound. With GStreamer all you have to do is install the "Ugly" branch. Xine still is a great, don't get me wrong but. Gsteamer right now I think is a good framework
Its not like Phonon is some sort of running process that has to "talk" to xine, gstreamer etc. It just layer of API in keeping with good OOP design. So, it adds a couple of extra function calls.
The ability to change multimedia backends while retaining binary compatability is a large benefit. We don't want KDE 4.x to be stuck on one multimedia system like KDE 3.x is stuck with aRts.
First: "talk" is a term which suggests that it takes a lot of time for the Phonon -> GStreamer -> ALSA "communication", which doesn't have to be that case (of course it can be slow if you program it like that). And it would make debugging harder if those were processes (or threads), but actually debugging will be easier than with aRts, and not harder than without Phonon.
The term bloat is unjustified. Phonon at this point has about 9500 lines of code including example code and the fake backend. libphononcore has 189892 bytes (stripped) in comparison to 2000212 for libkdecore or 385852 for libkutils.
really. look at these sites:
don't they all look BEAUTIFUL? really wonderfull, professional and such?
respect to those who made them...
i think all KDE sites should use this look'n'feel, even if there are differences like between phonon and the other two - they don't have to look exactly the same, just similar.
I agree, http://www.kde.org could learn something. :)
:) thanks i feel embaressed we in oxygen work very hard to make kde visual elements beter and beter.
We are working on lots of other kde related sites and i can promisse kde is loking beter by the day.
you should feel proud of yourself :D
My issue with the phonon site is the fixed width, requiring me to scroll left and right. Very little point, considering the lack on content in it. It may look good, but for me it's unusable.
Has monitors get biguer and bigher the fix withe is imo the best aproach try to read a page on a 1900 screen in full screen mode, you get intire text's in one line and you constantly lose the starting point couse your eys lose th reference points.
I think 59em must be the optimum width for a page, because then you can fit ten words per line, which apparently is easiest to read. And the average word length is apparently 5 characters. So 5 characters times 10, plus 9 spaces would be 59em.
If you're scrolling on a monitor with the resolution set to 1024x768 and an almost full screen window thats a bit too large, considering most people still use 800x600. Other than making you scroll on a small monitor I really love the new sites (the art is really nice, I can't wait for Oxygen!).
Actually, I'd have to disagree about the 800x600 comment there.... Most I've seen in the last two years are at 1024x768, as monitors (LCD and CRT) have INCREASED in size.
I'm not impressed, what a waste of space.
And it's not close to validating, but I guess that's part of having "professional look". I just hope they're not indications on what will happen with KDE4
What is the idea with the central configuration and choosing the right backend. I can imagine that depending on a certain use, eg. local playback vs. web movies, one would like to choose for an different one. Or can/should a movie player query all backends and let the user decide?
Btw http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/cvs-api/kdelibs-apidocs/p... link is broken.
Who is handling network streaming for eg. mms and rtsp protocols, is that phonon or should the backends handle those (and what happens with password protected links then)?
Is there a way to specify whether the backends should be in- or out-process, eg. for konqueror web browsing one might not want to pull in the gstreamer libs but for a movie player that might not be an issue.
Everything should "just work", you should not even have to think about it
That sounds pretty boring, count me out then :-)


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Strict Texas Abortion Bill Fails After Challenge + Wendy Davis' Filibuster
AUSTIN (AP) -- Despite barely beating a midnight deadline, hundreds of jeering protesters helped stop Texas lawmakers from passing one of the toughest abortion measures in the country.
As the protesters raised the noise to deafening levels in the Texas Senate chamber late Tuesday, Republicans scrambled to gather their colleagues at the podium for a stroke-of-midnight vote.
"Get them out!" Sen. Donna Campbell shouted to a security guard, pointing to the thundering crowd in the gallery overhead that had already been screaming for more than 10 minutes.
"Time is running out," Campbell pleaded. "I want them out of here!"
It didn't work. The noise never stopped and despite barely beating the midnight end-of-session deadline with a vote to pass the bill, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said the chaos in the chamber prevented him from formally signing it before the deadline passed, effectively killing it.
Dewhurst denounced the protesters as an "unruly mob." Democrats who urged them on called the outburst democracy in action.
In either point of view, a raucous crowd of chanting, singing, shouting demonstrators effectively took over the Texas Capitol and blocked a bill that abortion rights groups warned would close most abortion clinics in the state.
"They were asking for their voices to be heard," said Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, who spent nearly 11 hours trying to filibuster the bill before the outburst. "The results speak for themselves."
The final outcome took several hours to sort out.
Initially, Republicans insisted the vote started before the midnight deadline and passed the bill that Democrats spent the day trying to kill. But after official computer records and printouts of the voting record showed the vote took place Wednesday, and then were changed to read Tuesday, senators retreated into a private meeting to reach a conclusion.
At 3 a.m., Dewhurst emerged from the meeting still insisting the 19-10 vote was in time, but said, "with all the ruckus and noise going on, I couldn't sign the bill" and declared it dead.
He denounced the more than 400 protesters who staged what they called "a people's filibuster" from 11:45 p.m. to well past midnight. He denied mishandling the debate.
"I didn't lose control (of the chamber). We had an unruly mob," Dewhurst said. He even hinted that Gov. Rick Perry may immediately call another 30-day special session, adding: "It's over. It's been fun. But see you soon."
Many of the protesters had flocked to the normally quiet Capitol to support Davis, who gained national attention and a mention from President Obama's campaign Twitter account. Her Twitter following went from 1,200 in the morning to more than 20,000 by Tuesday night.
"My back hurts. I don't have a lot of words left," Davis said when it was over and she was showered with cheers by activists who stayed at the Capitol to see her. "It shows the determination and spirit of Texas women."
Davis' mission was cut short but her effort ultimately helped Democrats earn a rare victory in a Legislature dominated by Republicans for more than a decade.
"It's a bad bill," said Sen. Kirk Watson of Austin, leader of the Senate Democrats.
The bill would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and force many clinics that perform the procedure to upgrade their facilities and be classified as ambulatory surgical centers. Also, doctors would be required to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles — a tall order in rural communities.
If signed into law, the measures would have closed almost every abortion clinic in Texas, a state 773 miles wide and 790 miles long with 26 million people. A woman living along the Mexico border or in West Texas would have to drive hundreds of miles to obtain an abortion if the law passed. The law's provision that abortions be performed at surgical centers means only five of Texas' 42 abortion clinics are currently designated to remain in operation.
Republicans and anti-abortion groups insisted their goal was to improve women's health care, but also acknowledged wanting clinics to close.
"If this passes, abortion would be virtually banned in the state of Texas, and many women could be forced to resort to dangerous and unsafe measures," said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and daughter of the late former Texas governor Ann Richards.
The showdown came after Davis had slogged her way through about 11 hours of speaking while Senate Republicans — and several House members — watched and listened for any slipup that would allow them to end the filibuster and call a vote.
Democrats chose Davis, of Fort Worth, to lead the effort because of her background; she had her first child as a teenager and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Rules stipulated she remain standing, not lean on her desk or take any breaks — even for meals or to use the bathroom. But she also was required to stay on topic, and Republicans pointed out a mistake and later protested again when another lawmaker helped her with a back brace.
Lawmakers can vote to end a filibuster after three sustained points of order. As tension mounted over Davis' speech and the dwindling clock, Campbell, a first-term lawmaker from New Braunfels, made the call on the third violation, sparking nearly two hours of debate on how to handle it.
After much back and forth and senators shouting over each other, the Republican majority forced a vote to end the filibuster minutes before midnight, sparking the raucous response from protesters.
Senate security and several Department of Public Safety state troopers tried to quiet the crowd but were simply outnumbered and had no hope of stopping the outburst.
Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, blamed the confusion surrounding the final vote on the demonstrators and Democratic senators who urged them on.
"Had that not happened, everyone would have known," what was happening, Patrick said.
Standing next to him was Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, a Democrat.
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Seattle Sounders defender Patrick Ianni won the 2012 Goal of the Year in Major League Soccer. Ianni's goal June 20 against Sporting Kansas City topped a strike by Portland's Darlington Nagbe against Real Salt Lake, and a long-range blast by Seattle's Fredy Montero's against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
On the winning play, Patrick launched himself horizontally to meet Mauro Rosales' curling free kick with a right-footed side volley inside the near post. The goal tied the match in the 15th minute and the game ended 1-1. It marked Ianni's first goal of the season — the fourth of his seven-year career – and was selected MLS Goal of the Week.
"It was a special moment for the team and the organization," Ianni said. "Watching the fans reactions was the best. I felt just like them when I watch the clip."
The award marks the first time that a Seattle player has earned Goal of the Year. Kasey Keller previously won Save of the Year in 2010 and 2011.
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Henry V
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by William Shakespeare
directed by Christopher Luscombe
April 29
June 15, 2014
in CST's Courtyard Theater
by William Shakespeare
directed by Christopher Luscombe
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Chicago Sun-Times
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!" In a rousing finale to the 2014 season, Shakespeare's powerful history play takes center stage in our magnificent Courtyard Theater for the very first time. Acclaimed British director Christopher Luscombe, whose work has been featured at the Royal Shakespeare Company, sheds new light on the Bard's legendary coming-of-age story. Against all odds, a charismatic young monarch confronted by the ferocity of war proves his worth as a man—and king. Henry V is Shakespeare's rallying cry, celebrating the power of language to summon battlefields from thin air and ignite our souls to action.
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Wow. I've been a broken record about America's stay-the-course monetary policy, about the Fed failing to fulfill its mandate to maximize employment at a time of rampant joblessness, about Ben Bernanke channeling Jerry Seinfeld and basically doing nothing while Congress was doing less than nothing. Well, Bernanke and the Fed did something Wednesday. They did something big.
The technical details are pretty dull. The Fed announced that it intends to keep its key interest rate at zero until unemployment drops to 6.5%, the first time it's ever set a target for employment. It also signaled that it will tolerate inflation as high as 2.5%, above its stated goal of 2%. And it extended its "QE3" bond-buying program to hold down long-term interest rates. What it means is that Bernanke and his fellow inflation doves have won their argument with the hawks, and the Fed is stepping on the accelerator instead of riding the brakes. After three years of doing a wonderful job of maintaining stable prices while doing a terrible job of maximizing employment, the Fed finally seems determined to take its dual mandate seriously. As Bernanke admitted in his press conference, the Fed has consistently overestimated the pace of growth since the recovery began in 2009.
The hawks who already describe Bernanke as Helicopter Ben and Zimbabwe Ben are sure to screech that the new targets will produce hyperinflation, which they always think is just around the corner. But as I've written, a little inflation can be good for economic growth, encouraging families and businesses to spend and invest rather than hoard their cash. And persistently high unemployment is a tragic waste of human capital. It ruins lives. It hurts kids. It's the enemy.
In an ideal world, Congress would try to do something about it with fiscal policy. But after Republicans reclaimed the House in November 2010, the Capitol Hill conversation turned to austerity. President Obama refused to accept GOP austerity demands, so the U.S. hasn't followed Great Britain back into recession. But Republicans have refused to accept Obama's push for more fiscal stimulus, and the recovery has remained weak. The so-called fiscal cliff, with over $500 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts due to kick in January 1, could impose even more pain if Congress cannot work out a deal to avoid it; Obama has proposed some additional short-term fiscal stimulus, like extending unemployment benefits and payroll tax cuts, but Republicans have been allergic to stimulus since he took office.
It would have been nice if Bernanke had picked up the slack sooner. Maybe he feared the political consequences of juicing the economy before the election; Governor Rick Perry had warned that "we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas" if he tried another round of monetary stimulus. Maybe some of his hawkish colleagues who had been fighting for tighter policies came around to his side after their predictions stubbornly failed to come true; to his credit, Narayana Kocherlakota of the Minneapolis Fed changed his views after seeing more data. Maybe Bernanke just figured that enough was enough, that it shouldn't require a global economic meltdown to get the Fed to do creative things, that it was time to re-adopt the whatever-it-takes attitude that made him Person of the Year in 2009.
There will be more to say about what these new targets mean for the Fed. But for now, they should help the economy—or at least prevent cliff-diving politicians from harming the economy as much as they might like.
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Create a fun, memorable family tradition by making a surprise box for Christmas Eve for everyone to share!
And, most importantly of all for our family, there is the much cherished book about the birth of Jesus, with beautiful illustrations and a really lovely retelling of the Biblical account. We will read this around the tree, near to the fire and then sing some of the Christmas hymns we have been learning. C is very good at teaming "away in a manger" with her own invented dance and Pop has the actions down pat!
There's also the very last book, number 24, from our nativity advent calendar called The Story of Christmas (mentioned in the Nativity Small World Play post) which will be a lovely way to end the evening before bedtime and stockings!
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The new album is a nice return to hard rock for Geoff Tate! – Jeb Wright/Classic Rock Revisited
25 years after the Mindcrime revolution, the Rÿche returns with their 13th studio album – a new chapter in the epic saga of one of the most critically adored and commercially successful metal bands of all time!
Vocal powerhouse and frontman Geoff Tate leads the HEAVIEST Rÿche ever, including longtime guitarist Kelly Gray plus newly acquired bassist Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO)!
Guest appearances by K.K. Downing (Judas Priest), Chris Poland (Megadeth), Ty Tabor (King's X), Paul Bostaph (Slayer), Brad Gillis (Night Ranger), Dave Meniketti (Y&T) and more!
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Friday, January 15, 2010
The #2 Way to Ruin a Cake
Friday, January 15, 2010
Step #2: Add random poo piles - just for giggles.
Eh? What's that? You think those are simply palm tree poos? Ok, I guess I could see that. But, can you explain...[dramatic pause]...THIS?
Actually, this isn't too much of a leap if you figure the customer asked for a "Princess and the Pea" cake. [wicked grin]
Then there are the stock designs with poo built right in:
And to think: this is what "passes" for "cake decorating." But hey, maybe the designer was wiped out after a hard day logging too many hours, and got a little lax? If so, let that be a lesson to us all: don't push too hard; you'll only strain yourself producing crappy results.
And finally, a classic for the ages:
Many thanks to my #2 wreckporters Kelli N., Wendi P., Stacey B., Jenny, & Sara B.
- Related Wreckage: Who Ordered the Poo Poo Platter?
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- Taylor@MyOlderBrothers said...
1) Who knew that Curious George was a poo-flinger?
2) "A dream is a wish that your fart makes!"
3) That must be from the scene in the movie where Eve shoots at Wall-E. Because she scared the crap out of him!
4) Isn't Wolverine's name really Logan?
5) Would a rose by anything like that smell as sweet? - January 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Kelli W said...
OMG! The commentary under the fourth cake is killing me!! How many toilet jokes can you work into on paragraph:)
- January 15, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Uh-oh! Looks like Sabertooth left some presents on Wolverine's lawn again and boy is he pissed!
- January 15, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- shikishinobi said...
Perhaps next time you do a poopy post, you might want to give a heads up on what this entry contains. It does look very convincing (at least a few of them do) so I simply won't comment further.
- January 15, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Trevor said...
Obviously the last one is meant to be fertilizer for the rose. I mean, c'mon Jen, get with it. I disappointed you missed that. :) I mean what else could it be (Because, honestly, I don't want to THINK about what else it could be... and neither do you!)?
- January 15, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Cake #1: tell the wreckerator cocanuts are NOT SHINY!
On the other hand maybe sometimes poo is...blech...
These wrecks go with that disturbing "man on a toilet" cake... [shivers]
Mocking - January 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- =0)jessica said...
wow, what on earth is that last one supposed to be?? my 4 year old saw it & said, "That's poo Mommy, it's a picture of poo-poo."
blech! - January 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- Beluga said...
Yay! Poo cakes are one of my favorite Wreck varieties.
- January 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Miranda said...
AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! I don't even believe in dieting, and yet I fear I may go on one because my appetite is now ruined for the next 50 years!
Wait, I'm probably not gonna live another 50 years...but a middle aged girl can dream. lol - January 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- moosefied said...
Are you trying to tell us that the potty's over?
Smirk. - January 15, 2010 at 9:51 AM
The first one was pretty stinkin' cute until the additional "deposits" were made.
- January 15, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- Mella said...
The last one is really nasty but I give points for artistic skills. Looks like real poo
- January 15, 2010 at 9:53 AM
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wv: dalic--isn't that a Doctor Who alien bent on destroying everything? - January 15, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- mn_me said...
your wreckreporters never cease to amaze. oh my...
that last one is, shall we say, something else? - January 15, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- EG said...
What is that last one supposed to be?!
- January 15, 2010 at 9:56 AM
For cake #1, I am concerned about why that monkey is trapped underwater with all that seaweed. Maybe that's the source of the poo.
- January 15, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- The Maples said...
- January 15, 2010 at 9:59 AM
If placing poo-like piles on cake is the second way to ruin one, I don't even want to know the first.
Becky - January 15, 2010 at 10:04 AM
. . . and the #1 way to ruin my appetite lol.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Lise said...
Thanks a lot. Now I'll be singing "Chain of poos" for the rest of the day.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:16 AM
If only the Beast had understood gardening, he would've properly maintained the enchanted rose, and then he never would've resorted to kidnapping. - January 15, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Natalie, the Chickenblogger said...
I gotta go.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:18 AM
HaHaHaHa!!!! Great puns!
That last picture is....... um....... yeah. Astonishing. Yeah, that's it. - January 15, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- writtenwyrdd said...
Holy crap! This is about the funniest entry you've ever done.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- Kathleen said...
That fairy tale castle with the poop trail leading to it was obviously the work of someone who is experiencing a less-than-fairytale life, and he/she just wanted to make sure everyone knows it!
- January 15, 2010 at 10:39 AM
oh, the puns today! you are on fire!
wasn't Wall-E SUPPOSED to clean up crap? :p maybe they should have stuck him in a litterbox cake.
and are those piles supposed to be from "ass"teroids or something?
pretty pink plastic palace + river of poo blobs. I don't get it. Is it a poo path of stones? the color is so offensive compared to the pink. was it an "accident"?
nice captions, Taylor!
"Beauty and the Feces!" LOL But seriously, what is the intention there??? - January 15, 2010 at 10:39 AM
'Actually, this isn't too much of a leap if you figure the customer asked for a "Princess and the Pea" cake. [wicked grin]'
Jen, if I keep having these cake nightmares, I'm going to start wetting the bed. - January 15, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- funkymunky5683 said...
I think this is your punniest post yet. I love it. (I'm a sucker for puns.)
- January 15, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Ellen said...
Beauty and the Feces - I almost peed my pants laughing at that one.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Unknown said...
Okay, the last one really got me. Almost choked on my coffee... hilarious! What on earth?!?!?
- January 15, 2010 at 10:54 AM
I saw the first one and thought "that's not so bad"...
...then I made the mistake of scrolling down.
Pass the brain bleach, please. - January 15, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Normally I don't get too riled up by other comments but...
SHIKISHINOBI, here is your warning. This is a site about CAKE. No real poop was used or misused to create the humour here. People likely ate the cake that you are so offended by. They ate poop looking cake.
And for future reference, ALL the posts here may contain some sort of something that may offend someone. Since you appear to be one of those people who are offended by most everything, Walt Disney has a really nice website you could visit without any fear.
Whew. Thanks for listening.
Rebecca F. - January 15, 2010 at 11:08 AM
". . . and the #1 way to ruin my appetite lol."
I dunno...to me, it's only #2. - January 15, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Caroline B said...
I was prepared to be generous and could see where the decorators were coming from with cakes 1-4 (although no.3 was a bit too graphic, I just picked up something similar whilst taking my dog out) but that last one beats the cr*p out of me....sorry!
- January 15, 2010 at 11:15 AM
If Wall-E's supposed to be on the beach, I thought it could be pretty realistic portrayal of things.
But then I saw the next cake, with poo in space, and I realized I'm back to square one. (Two?) - January 15, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Etiquette Bitch said...
cw3 doesn't make any sense...what, the robots are....fighting? and poo just comes out of their guns? or the poo field was already there, and that's where the robots happen to fight?
your commentary below cw4 is just effing riotous.
happy weekend! - January 15, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Kami said...
I *almost* missed the pun in the post's title until I read shikishinobi's comment. You are just amazing, Jen. AMAZING. I wish I could be HALF as punny as you!!!
- January 15, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- Jules AF said...
Oh my gosh! My nephew got the exact same Wall-E cake for his birthday, and I was going to take a picture of it and send it in. I am so sad that I could have been published.
- January 15, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Comedic and punny gold:
"And to think: this is what "passes" for "cake decorating." But hey, maybe the designer was wiped out after a hard day logging too many hours, and got a little lax? If so, let that be a lesson to us all: don't push too hard; you'll only strain yourself producing crappy results." - January 15, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- alogsdon said...
That last one just makes no sense.
-Ambrosia - January 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- About Me said...
I'd like to complain about one of your site ads. It had the words "sex" and "gay". I'm offended. Please remove said ad or I'll never visit this site again.
Your loyal reader - January 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Kelli W said...
I had to come back and say...I just saw the title of this post again in my reader and I had a huge "Duh" moment! Then I died laughing...#2 way! Hilarious!
- January 15, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Katrina said...
I agreed with the previous poster. I saw the George cake and thought, "That's actually pretty cute." I didn't think it was wreck-worthy. I actually felt bad for the decorator that it was included.
Then I scrolled down...
The following cakes more than made up for it. Yikes. The last one. Really? Someone ACTUALLY thought, "Yep. That looks great. Slap a price tag on it."
As always, love your post. - January 15, 2010 at 11:34 AM
Oh wow... these are just... crappy. (yeah, yeah, hardy har har) :P
- January 15, 2010 at 11:41 AM
I thought it was handy the little grey and yellow spaceship on #4 had a big shovel on the back. Obviously it's an intergalactic pooper scooper.
WV: reoherub- where you go when you're too drunk to go to rehab... - January 15, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- Confessions of a Closet Hoarder but you can call me Judy said...
That last one left a bad taste in my mouth! GAG!
wv:wayish That last cake is wayish out there! - January 15, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- queenb said...
Jen! you're so PUNNY!!!! love it! This post is hysterical...Beauty and the Feces??!!!! Commentary Platinum! (cuz Gold just isn't good enough)
@Taylor---NICE Additions to an already laughtastic post...
Happy Friday!
Bonnie - January 15, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Cake #4:
Obviously, the space theme is intended to depict ass-teroids. - January 15, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- Lisa said...
I wouldn't doubt that at least the last one IS actually meant to be poo. There are restaraunts in Japan called Toilet where the ramen, or worse, a brown curry, is served in giant toilet shaped bowls. The japanese have a weird sense of humor about and attachment to...poo. Sorry if you didn't know, but it's true. Maybe this cake is from a japanese run bakery?
- January 15, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Just Jim said...
We should put these cakes on the Endagered Feces list.
- January 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
*gag* 'scuse me-- *runs for the bathroom*
Ok. I feel better now. I'll never eat cake again, but I feel better.
(whyyyyyyyy) - January 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Sheila Bennett said...
'Beauty and the Feces' maybe an upcoming movie? lol
What continues to amaze me is that people actually PAY MONEY for these hideous creations! - January 15, 2010 at 1:00 PM
- Jill said...
Now that is some SERIOUS pun-dropping talent under the fourth cake.
Hehe..."dropping." :) - January 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Regarding the commenter who posted regarding offensive ads: I visit this site every day (sometimes more than once. . . I know. . . get back to work, Liz) and have never seen anything like that. The ads are almost always about wonderful-looking desserts and weight loss. Nice little feedback loop they've got going there. Anyway, certainly something could've slipped throug the cracks that may be worth investigating, but it isn't the norm to see any remotely sexual ads here in my experience. Just thought you should know in case you were worried.
Liz in Seattle - January 15, 2010 at 1:07 PM
No warnings, Jen? Well you're in deep doo-doo now!
(I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself) - January 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- WATERBABY CHRISTINE said...
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the, er, poo?
- January 15, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Oh boy oh boy. What happened- they just had chocolate frosting and decided to pipe away??
- January 15, 2010 at 1:37 PM
yum... chocolate....
- January 15, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Hobbit said...
Yeah, what the heck is that last one supposed to BE? The others I can kinda see where they were going with it (coconuts, road to castle, um, grease stains left from spontaneous combusting x-men).
- January 15, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Green said...
Smell as old as time
Rude as it can be
Went to get Depends™
Then somebody bends
Just a little push
Small to say the least
Someone had to share
From their derriere
Beauty and Feces
t - January 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Veronica Wald said...
The problem with poo is, alas, it is the same color as chocolate.
(sigh...) - January 15, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- mamabeck said...
#4 hubbyman says "It's POOsteroids!"
- January 15, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Wow. Gee. To think people order and then "eat" these things...well, we don't have evidence of it, but the thought thereof leaves me...er...speachless.
- January 15, 2010 at 2:16 PM
...and I laughed my head off for the rest of the day...
- January 15, 2010 at 2:17 PM
This post really had me laughing!
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- Megan said...
The first one excites me because my name is Megan and my husband is Kyle.
But then I look at the brown and am creeped out and don't want our names on that cake. :P - January 15, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- The Laws' said...
Totally SNORTED when I read E.M. Green's, um, song? :-)
Maybe the Princess Cake is Rapunzel's cake... Yeah, and... and... you just can't see HER... Just her Hair... and... and... ok, I got nothin'. Sorry. ;-) - January 15, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Jamie said...
The Curious George cake might have been cute, if not for those curiously shiny piles. I live in Hawaii, and none of the coconuts here (or the trunks of coconut trees) look like deer pellets. I imagine if they did, it would somewhat detract from the beauty of these islands.
I'm really trying to put myself in the wreckerators' shoes, to figure out what these must have looked like to them to make them think they were passable... Yeah, I got nothing. - January 15, 2010 at 3:18 PM
Appart from the obvious poo factor, I'm still trying to determine what that last item is? Is it really a 2 piece CCC? A side view of a sheet cake? TELL ME!!
I could think of is this would make a hilarous break-up cake. Forget a "Dear John" letter. This would certainly get the message accross! - January 15, 2010 at 3:53 PM
I actually read the comment about offensive ads three times thinking someone was trying to be ironic and I was just missing it. Guess I was wrong! Thank to the person who posted info about AdBlock Plus. I didn't know something like that existed.
wv: hople as in I hople people who read a humor site have a sense of humor. - January 15, 2010 at 4:13 PM
If such an ad was found here, how on earth will you ever know it was removed without looking at the site again?
About that Curious George cake, I think it absolutely belongs here. Just because poo is well-executed, it's still poo. And pate de fois gras is still just liver. In either case, I don't know why people go to such lengths to defend something so dreadful! There are other colors to consider in the jungle besides poo-brown, you know. I think there were probably some bets taken back in the kitchen when that one was made. Also, same when pate was invented. - January 15, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Hana Jenkins said...
what IS that last one?! (besides a wreck of course)
- January 15, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Ruth said...
Maybe that last one is a tribute to Outkast?:
"I know you like to think your sh*t don't stank
but lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-poo!!"
:D - January 15, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Hi Cake Wrecks,
I've been reading your blog for a long time, and thought that the fundraising you did before Christmas was amazing and inspiring. In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, would you be up for calling on all of your readers to come together one more time? I know that organizations like the Red Cross and Partners in Health are accepting donations, among others.
Thanks for your consideration and for all of your hilarious posts! - January 15, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Wolverine Girl said...
Yay a Wolverine wreck! They seem to be comparatively rare. I was going to say 'thin on the ground' but that could go all kinds of nasty places. Meanwhile, from this angle, poor Wolvie looks like he's fallen over. Maybe 2 dimensional Magneto (pretty sure that's him and not Sabes) has discovered Wolvie's Kryptonite - or is that Kraptonite? Actually that would explain why Magneto is looking kind of flat. Those are some massive piles!
- January 15, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Rita Templeton said...
No matter how old I am, I will never. EVER. be too old to appreciate poop humor! :)
- January 15, 2010 at 5:43 PM
- Renee Nefe said...
holy crap!
- January 15, 2010 at 6:11 PM
In the last one, I think the Beast was just marking his territory....
- January 15, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Gary said...
That last cake must have been ordered for an organic fertilizer sales convention.
- January 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM
If you squint your eyes and pretend a little, that last cake looks like the Beast's hand holding the enchanted rose. Right?
- January 15, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Holy poop references! That's pretty impressive that you squeezed all those into one paragraph.
The first cake, at least I can make sense out of the piles of poo and what they're intended to be. The other cakes? No! No reason. Just piles of poo. - January 15, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- favoriteauntl said...
anyone know of any 'Walter the Farting Dog' cakes (based on the kids books? I'm sure the wreckerators got really creative for those. It came up today when my friend said her son asked for Walter on a cake.
- January 15, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Question: is there any way that brown frosting could be used on a cake WITHOUT it looking like poo?
- January 15, 2010 at 7:17 PM
- mn_me said...
okay, i just returned to look at "Beauty and the Feces" one more once (great pun by the way).
There doesn't appear to be any CAKE associated with either pile of frosting - rose or otherwise. I wanna know - who orders something like this?
@shikishinobi - the title "the #2 way to ruin a cake" wasn't a clue today's topic might be a poopy post? even the second or third sentence mentioned the word poo... seems like there was plenty warning if you wanted to skip it. - January 15, 2010 at 7:41 PM
Am I the only person who saw the "coconuts" that were in pairs of two and thought they looked an awful lot like the truck testicles?
- January 15, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Mike said...
Maybe some people didn't guess what "The #2 Way to Ruin a Cake" was going to be about, but I was pretty sure we'd be in for a poo report on this post. I mean what else is #2 likely to mean??
- January 15, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- Gal220 said...
*dissolves into laughter*
- January 15, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- web said...
I was at a party recently that had that exact Wall-E cake, complete with poo... whatever it's supposed to be. I almost took a pic but wasn't sure it qualified as a wreck. Now I know better!
- January 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM
- Kathleen said...
to jo:
hahahahahahaha! "ass"-teroids. OMG! Hilarious!
And the paragraph of puns. AWESOME!
Beauty and the Feces = sheer brilliance. *lmao* - January 15, 2010 at 9:17 PM
I wish I had something coherent to say, but in reality I am laughing so hard that I can't breathe!
- January 15, 2010 at 11:03 PM
- robyn said...
Ohh, the puns! They huurrt!
- January 15, 2010 at 11:13 PM
- MeganT said...
OH MY GOODNESS! My husband's name is Kyle, our birthdays are a week apart, and he likes monkeys! I wonder if this is a cake we were supposed to see, but never did. . .
- January 15, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Ahahaha "Chain of poos"!!! You're killing me here!
- January 16, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- Mary Connealy said...
Where'd yesterday's blog post go?
Couldn't take the heat? So you got out of the kitchen?
I need a pregnancy joke instead...out of fertile ideas?
Hey, cake jokes are your job, not mine. Love your blog. :) - January 16, 2010 at 12:19 AM
- Carrietastic said...
Oh...... wow.
This belongs in the "Classics" or "Fan Favorites" sections imho. - January 16, 2010 at 3:41 AM
- Rebecca said...
Is "beauty and the" feces made entirely out of icing?
I think so!
(And those parenthesis are in exactly the right place!)
;) - January 16, 2010 at 5:19 AM
Anonymous @3.53- I guess you could say they were ALL sheet cakes, if you have an accent- eef you get my dreeft ;-)
Amanda, Chocolate icing doesn't look quite so poo-like if you use a star tip... - January 16, 2010 at 6:19 AM
- Leslee said...
Classic! You rock with the commentary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great way to start the day!
- January 16, 2010 at 7:48 AM
I could have bought that the brown dots in the first cake were coconuts,but a whole trail of them on the left side has led me to believe that Curious George has indulged his instincts.
- January 16, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- ksaldria said...
I actually thought the first one just looked like some poorly arranged kola nuts. The rest....there is no excuse.
- January 16, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Dorci said...
I had to tell you guys this. Sometimes I'll tell my husband about the posts on Cake Wrecks, and the titles are just as hilarious.
I told him about this poo post and then told him about the title to this one, and without even thinking about he said, "what's the #1 way?"
I just burst out laughing and he suddenly got it and started laughing, too. - January 16, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Susan said...
I just got the #2 reference! D'oh!
- January 16, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Barb Koumjian said...
Oh-Oh-Oh my tummy hurts from laughing so hard-"Beauty and the Feces"--oh dear, oh dear,(holding tummy)your posts are dangerous to the health. Has anyone ever gotten a hernia from reading these?
vf: crucings: a portmanteau word combining cruel and icings. - January 16, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Kathleen said...
E.M. Green - wow..your lyrics are amazing. *lol* I am totally hearing it in my head :D
- January 16, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Kelly said...
I've never read so many poo puns in one post. Hilarious! What was that last cake supposed to be, anyway?
- January 16, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- Steph said...
If you name your kid after a European city but add in some unnecessary letters (Mihlann), I'm going to assume you're too ignorant and stupid to ever travel abroad.
- January 16, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- Unknown said...
Ugh! -- Whayne
- January 17, 2010 at 12:28 AM
"Oh and FYI, google ads on blogs like this display ads based on web pages your computer has viewed, and keywords your browser has searched."
While that may have been true at one point, it is no longer anymore. Please don't spread misinformation. - January 17, 2010 at 2:56 AM
- Tammi said...
Chain of poos! *Classic*
Speaking of classics: Mary and such ilk. Here's a great FREE daily dose of humor and you want to fuss at them over the ads that make this site possible?
Dear, don't threaten, just do it. And have a slice of poo cake on your way out.
WV: donid = if you weren't such a wimp, you'd a donid already. - January 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- Linda said...
this was just what I needed today. Sometimes poo humor is all it takes to make me happy.
That last paragraph was pure genius! - January 17, 2010 at 12:46 PM
We bought our son the Wall-E cake for his 6th b-day. The poo piles were supposed to be the cute little blocks he makes of garbage and tire tracks. It looked like poop all over the cake. It was sooo funny but really terrible looking.
- January 17, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Jenn said...
My 3 year old explained it all. The Palm tree cake has grapes on it. The 2nd cake has a bridge on it. Wall-E and Eva were enough distraction, as was Wolverine. The last cake was she had to appeal to her 5 year old sister for help. The rose is apparently sitting next to a pile of pancakes.
- January 18, 2010 at 3:20 PM
I didn't know Wall-E could poop.
- January 19, 2010 at 4:45 PM
I needed a good laugh, and this post definitely provided it - thanks! It also cured my recent cake urge.
- January 19, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- Diana said...
I've never commented, but I just had to throw in that I've never seen such a huge load of ____ ! {You know *wink*}
ROTFL!!! - January 20, 2010 at 2:34 AM
What was the last one supposed to be?? I can't figure out where they were even going creativly here.
- January 22, 2010 at 10:27 AM
How timely! Just as I was viewing photo no. 4, my 2 year old came up to me to tell me that he pooed.
- June 10, 2010 at 6:53 PM
There should be a LAW against BROWN ICING BLOBS/coconuts/planets/whatever...Just sayin'!!
- June 30, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Perhaps SHISHKINOBI's sense of humor is also in the toilet...Just sayin'!
- June 30, 2011 at 12:54 PM
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A big bottle of maple syrup was sitting on my counter just tempting me to use it again and I could not resist. I opened my browser and did a quick search for bookmarked maple recipes and came across this one for maple pots de creme on Eggs on Sunday that sounded decadently delicious. Pots de creme are cream mixed with some kind of flavour, such as chocolate or maple syrup along with a sweetener if required, that is baked with egg yolks until it sets like a custard. Maple flavoured pots de creme sounded irresistibly good and I got to making them right away! The maple pots de creme were pretty easy to make and well worth the hour waiting for them to bake while being tortured by their amazing aroma. They were nice and warm and light and creamy and full of maple goodness! With a nice show of will power I wrapped the extras up in plastic wrap and placed them in the fridge. The leftovers were really nice while still cool from the fridge. They were a bit thicker and nice and cool and refreshing but they were still amazingly creamy and full of maple flavour.
Maple Pots de Creme
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Bring the cream, maple syrup and salt to a simmer in a sauce pan.
- Mix the egg yolks and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Mix the cream mixture into the egg yolks a little at a time.
- Strain the mixture through a fine sieve.
- Pour the mixture into 4 ramekins.
- Place the ramekins in a baking dish and fill the baking dish with hot water until it come halfway up the ramekins.
- Bake in a preheated 300F/150C oven until set, about 50-60 minutes.
- Remove from hot water bath and let cool to room temperature.