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We can't start the new week without posting more video of the "grandma drummer" who captured so much attention on Friday.
As we said in an update Saturday, the mystery woman who became a YouTube hit thanks to video of her rocking out at a La Cross, Wis., drum shop has been ID'd as Mary Hvizda, 63, of Onalaska, Wis.
Now, she's told local WKBT-TV about how she began drumming at the age of 15 and played in bands around Wisconsin until she was about 40.
"It was like every weekend and sometimes it was like five nights a week, and all kind of locally you know, but I loved it," Hvizda said. But after her last band — On The Road Again — broke up in 1990, "I couldn't find no other bands to play with, and then I did quit."
So she also sold her drum set, which explains why she had to do some showroom drumming when the bug to bang those skins hit her again.
Hvizda says she doesn't own a computer and wasn't aware of YouTube until she became a star on it.
Oh, and she's not a grandmother:
"I can't get used to being called Grandma," she tells WKBT. "I've never had children of my own and I never got married, but I am 63 and that is certainly grandma's age."
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If it's early August, it must be time for Damson plums. Gersine Bullock-Prado — a Vermont-based pastry chef and author of Bake It Like You Mean It — has a special place in her heart for them.
"They're not like your normal plum. They're not round. They're oval and very dark purple, almost black."
When barely ripe, the plums are firm, tart and olive green, Bullock-Prado says. "[They're] just these lovely little orbs of joy."
The fruit is the key ingredient in one of her favorite desserts: Zwetschgendatschi (pronounced ts-vetch-kin-dah-chee), which is the Bavarian word for plum cake. She shared the recipe for All Things Considered's Found Recipes series.
In additional to being delicious, it's also beautiful. Bullock-Prado says it "looks like a flower in full bloom." The cake is traditionally made on a sheet pan and as it bakes, the plum skins start to run red and dye the dough underneath a ruby red color.
She says the dessert takes her back to her childhood.
"I grew up half German and half, I call it, 'Alabamonian' — my father's from Birmingham, Ala.," she says. "My mother [Helga] was an opera singer and met my father in Germany while he was stationed there."
She says they always had Zwetschgendatschi in the summer no matter where they were — Germany or Arlington, Va. Every time they had the cake, it felt like a special occasion.
"These plums were so in the season for only about a week or two," she says. "And when we could find them in the States at the time, it was just a joy and a rarity."
Bullock-Prado ended up opening a pastry shop years later. One day, a man came in and requested a cake he'd had in Germany around World War II. After a few questions, she discovered he was talking about the Zwetschgendatschi. He asked if she could bake him one. Although she said yes, she knew it wasn't going to be easy.
"It wasn't tough because it's a tough thing to make — the tough part was that I hadn't made it since my mom died," she says. "So I was sitting there thinking, 'I don't want to do this because it'll bring back so many memories and I'm going to break down in the kitchen and I'll just look silly to my employees.' "
But Bullock-Prado steeled herself, and when the plums were in season, she set to work. Pressing out the dough and putting it the oven proceeded without incident. But when she opened oven door 40 minutes later, she lost it.
"That smell came to me — and it was my mother, my mother was in the room, and I started to weep. I mean that smell that comes from that cake, it's different from any plum cake or apricot cake; it is so specific," she says. "And since it was my mother's joy to make in the summertime, it was Helga coming from the oven."
When her employees came into the kitchen to see what was going on, they assumed something must have exploded in the oven, "that'd I'd done something horribly wrong," she says.
"But ... I'd done something incredibly right," she says. "It was just sad and fantastic all at the same time."
Recipe: Zwetschgendatschi
Bullock-Prado used traditional plums in the version pictured here because the Damson variety weren't quite in season.
Makes one 8-inch tart
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, very cold, cut into small pieces
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 pounds Damson/Italian prune plums
To Finish:
1 tablespoon raw sugar (or 1 packet you've pilfered from Starbucks)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. For the crust, using the bowl of a food processor fitted with the blade attachment, pulse together the flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Slowly add the egg yolk mixture to the flour mixture while pulsing; continue until the dough just begins to come together.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Gently knead it until the dry ingredients are fully integrated and the dough holds together, being careful not to overwork it. Press the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Spray an 8-inch fluted tart pan with nonstick cooking spray. Crumble the majority of the dough into the tart pan and gently press onto the bottom and up the sides so that you have at least 1/8 inch of crust all around. If you have extra dough left over once you've completely covered the tart pan, set it aside.
For the filling, split each plum along the natural seam and remove the stone, leaving the plum still hinged on the backside like a little book. Cut a 1/4-inch notch at the top of the plum, where the stem once was. Why? Because that's how my mother and Omi did it.
Arrange the plums upright on the uncooked dough, flesh side facing in. If you have any leftover tart dough, crumble it evenly on top of the plums. Sprinkle the raw sugar over the plums as well.
Bake the tart until the sides of the dough are golden brown and the plums are tender, about 45 minutes. If the plums begin to brown before they are tender, carefully cover them with aluminum foil and continue baking until the juices of the plums start running.
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Subject: Important to read - makes sense to beware
GPS A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that friends she knew had
their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was
parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and
specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included
a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been
prominently mounted on the dashboard.
When the victims got home, they found that their house had been
ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen.
The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then
used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain
entry to the house.
The thieves knew the owners were at the football
game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so
they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would
appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.
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__ Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home
address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you
can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know
where you live if your GPS were stolen.
MOBILE PHONES I never thought of this.......
This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on
her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which
contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet... Etc...was stolen.
20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling
him what had happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking
about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago.'
When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the
money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen
cell phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the pin
number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their
bank account.
Moral of the lesson: Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people inyour contact list.
Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad,
Mom, etc....
And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts,
CONFIRM by calling back.
Also, when you're being text by friends or family to meet them
somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came
from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places
to meet 'family and friends' who text you.
*PLEASE PASS THIS ON * I never thought about the above!
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Honey Garlic Chicken Slow Cooker Recipe
1 1/2 to 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs (4 or one thigh per family member)
3 garlic cloves, smashed and chopped
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 cup soy sauce (La Choy or Tamari wheat-free are gluten free)
1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup honey
The Directions.
Use a 4-quart slow cooker (if using a 6-quart, this will cook faster. Check after 3 hours on high, 5 hours on low).
Put the chicken into your cooker. In a small bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients, then pour evenly over the top.
Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3-4 (I'd go with low---).
Serve with basmati rice and steamed or roasted vegetables.
The Verdict.
My kids adore this chicken. The ketchup and honey taste a bit like barbecue sauce, but slightly more tart. The basil gives it a different, herby flavor which I like a lot. If you are into freezer meals, this is a great candidate--- load all the ingredients into a freezer bag (raw chicken, the sauce ingredients) and then freeze. Thaw the bag overnight in the fridge, then plop the ingredients into your cooker for a fast morning plug-in.
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Calculating heat exchanger effectiveness allows engineers to predict how a given heat exchanger will perform a new job. Essentially, it helps engineers predict the stream outlet temperatures without a trial-and-error solution that would otherwise be necessary. Heat exchanger effectiveness is defined as the ratio of the actual amount of heat transferred to the maximum possible amount of heat that could be transferred with an infinite area.
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Cmax = Higher of the two fluid's heat capacitiesOten times, another variable is defined called the NTU (number of transfer units):
NTU = UA/CminWhen NTU is placed into the effectiveness equations and they are plotted, you can construct the plots shown below which are more often used than the equations:
Then, by calculating the Cmin/Cmax and the NTU, the effectiveness can be read from these charts. Once the effectiveness has been found, the heat load is calculated by:Figure 1: Heat Exchanger Effectiveness
for Countercurrent FlowFigure 2: Heat Exchanger Effectiveness
for Cocurrent FlowQ = Effectiveness x Cmin x (Hot Temperature in - Cold Temperature in)
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Monday, February 16, 2009
It's a Form of Flattery. Honest.
Monday, February 16, 2009
First, since Lincoln's birthday is part of the celebration, we've got to start with this lovely example sent in by Michael N.:
Then there's this rather less lovely Reagan cake:
(Note: This one's been floating around the interwebs for a while, so my apologies if it's not actually a pro job. In my defense, most of the pro cakes I see look a lot worse than this.)
Now remember, Grace D.: if someone makes a cake bust in your likeness, it's a compliment...
...Not that they want to knife you in the head.
I already featured a bunch of Obama cakes after the election, but be sure to check out the giant 5,900 cupcake mosaic of him and Lincoln from Friday's post, too.
And lastly, naturally this post wouldn't be complete without a George Washington cake.
Erm..... [frantically searching the 'net]
Ah, how 'bout this?
Ok, so it's perfectly centered, spelled correctly, and otherwise rather wreckless - sorry. Oh! But look! The balloons on the bottom are upside down! Eh? Eh? That counts, right?
Hey, I spent at least 15 whole minutes searching for a better Washington cake, alright? This is the best I got. Honestly, you'd think bakers out there would see today as an opportunity to get in touch with their creative, powdered-wig-wearing side. But no-ooo. Hmph. Downright inconsiderate, is what that is.
All that to say: if you have something better, send it soon and maybe I'll post it.
And stay tuned for more Valentine's Wrecks.
UPDATE: Well, you guys certainly are sending in some...interesting...Washington items. So far I've gotten a pie made in George, Washington, a hilarious but not post-able Washington Monument cake (no, you can't see it; it's not professionally made), what I suspect is more of a Georgette Washington cake spotted at the fair, and my current favorite:
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How the heck is there a Ronald Reagan cake but not a George Washington cake? *scratches her head* Must be those crazy air traffic controllers partying again.
A few years ago my friend sent me a picture of a Richard Nixon cake...it was in some sort of odd context, but I'll have to see if I can dig it up for you. - February 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- Kat said...
The top border is so big! Ugh, don't they know the bottom, if anything, should be the big one? IMO :)
- February 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Patrick said...
I thought that was Bill Clinton until I scrolled down.
- February 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Baking and Mistaking said...
Why Ronnie, you're not looking so good these days....
- February 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
The Ronald Reagan cake reminds me of the "normal" people in the Eye of the Beholder episode of the Twilight Zone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHp9q3QTmVQ
- February 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Artist @ Large said...
oh this is my first post! Here's a kinda bad Obama cake
I'll keep looking...maybe?
Oh my name is Carla! - February 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- Artist @ Large said...
Hi Carla again,
Here's a cake
http://www.mmaa.org/sites/4d7874e8-0b8f-4445-9da2-d00c8bec7902/uploads/BushCakePhoto-web.jpg - February 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Artist @ Large said...
That bush cake is made by Helena Keeffe or at least it's copyrighted by her...
-Carla - February 16, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Thanks for posting the Lincoln Cake! It was done by Cake Girls in Chicago (thecakegirls.com). Here's a closeup of the memorial http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v644/186/62/20000400/n20000400_34966020_995.jpg
- February 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- Unknown said...
I have to say - the George Washington cake actually looks pretty delicious!
- February 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
That straight cheek wrinkle on Ron is really bothering me.
- February 16, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Hali Chambers said...
Wait, that's NOT Bill Clinton?
- February 16, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- liz said...
for my birthday last year my friends got me a photo cake with teddy roosevelt and william taft on it. it was pretty awesome.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ilovemuffins/Birthday#5192277335402287474 - February 16, 2009 at 11:10 AM
- Jenny Saunders said...
Is that a straight pin on Reagan's left cheek? Geez, when you want a wiggly line you get a straight one...when you want a straight line you get a crooked one...you can't win in the Cake Wreck world! LOL
- February 16, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Torii said...
George Washington Carter's mustache scares me....like it's some evil creature waiting to jump off and attack...
- February 16, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- Tabitha (From Single to Married) said...
ha! Happy President's Day to you, George Washington cake or not!
- February 16, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
The Bill Clinton cake looks like a cross between a TV evangelist and a used car salesman. How appropriate.
- February 16, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- Marcos said...
Hm, that George Washington cake is even a few years old - it says "273rd", which was 2005.
There does seem to be a shameful lack of George Washington cakes on the 'net. - February 16, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- jackie31337 said...
The George Washington Carver cake was my favorite out of the bunch. In elementary school, my brother did a report about George Washington Carver, and he got so enthusiastic about the topic. He was a constant stream of trivia about George Washington Carver for a while.
WV: tries, as in "how many tries does it take to find a George Washington cake?" - February 16, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- Leah McNally said...
The Ronald Regan cake gave me a scary flashback of the Jelly Belly factory tour in Fairfield, CA. They have a similar jellybean mosaic of Ronnie, only it's 6' tall. http://www.jellybelly.com/Art_Gallery/bean_art_gallery.aspx
- February 16, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Wilhelmina Gottschalk said...
I would like to know what flavor the George Washington Carver cake is... because it would still stand to lose major points if there isn't peanut butter involved. :-)
- February 16, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- The Office Scribe said...
The closest I could find to a George Washington Cake was when I Googled "Quarter Cake" and found some lovely profile-esque pics of our first president.
- February 16, 2009 at 1:09 PM
- Danielle said...
The lack of Washington cakes is probably 'cause it's traditional to make cherry pie for Washington's birthday 'cause of the whole cherry thing. Isn't it? Or did my mom just like the excuse to make cherry pie?
- February 16, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Carver's gonna get carved. :P
WVOTD: poorac -- Poor air conditioning is blamed for some cake wrecks. - February 16, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- MJS said...
Here's a black and white photo of a George Washington cake. No history, and I didn't find it in the Library of Congress photo collection.
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Fancy-Cake-with-George-Washington-Posters_i2848686_.htm - February 16, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- Unknown said...
I believe it's supposed to be Carly Fiorina (former head of HP) but it sure looks a lot more like Bill Clinton.... (except the earring)
- February 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- laura beth said...
I think it is hilarious that in the George Washington cake, they used two different kinds of E's...hmm idiosyncracies in handwriting- I'm no handwriting analyst.. but that has to mean something.. If you're Greek or you know Greek, it seems that there is a lower case E (epsilon) and at the end of "George" there is a capital epsilon... hmm peculiar... and who is Carly?
- February 16, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- Doublebanker said...
Should we be celebrating the birthday or the deathday...always get that confused!
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- Hunter said...
Hey, I've eaten pie at the Martha Inn in George, WA! It was actually a tradition in my family when I was a kid that you had to stop there on the way any time you drove through Eastern WA.
- February 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- WM said...
Ok...now I'm con-fooosed??? I thought the CARLY cake was CLINTON, but now I'm not so sure(the earring thing?), except that I couldn't find any photos of her(Carly) with gray hair and Clinton does have gray hair but it's a little too bouffant for Clinton, but in the photos, Carly's hair is always combed forward...to much for brain to grasp...ARRGGHH
- February 16, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- the ginabean said...
Wow...is Pres. Carter's nose actually 3D? It's hard to tell. I never knew he was one of the uglier Presidents until I saw this cake...now I know.
I'm OH.SO.ESCITED for the upcoming Valentines Cakes. - February 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Unknown said...
Well, some good, some not so.
You win some, you loose some.;-)
~Amy B. - February 16, 2009 at 4:11 PM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
Seems I'm not the only one who didn't know that wasn't a weirdly effiminate Bill Clinton! *laugh*
- February 16, 2009 at 4:26 PM
The Iowa State Fair had a George Washington Carver bust carved out of butter this past summer! This cake looks better. (I thought peanut butter would have been more appropriate...)
- February 16, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Liz said...
Ok, so the Ronald Reagan (checks spelling, is British) cake actually looks so real I thought the poor man was having a stroke... am pleased to learn through Wiki that he didn't have one.
- February 16, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Georgette looks a little *too* happy to see the animals in DC. LOL. S/he scares me!
- February 16, 2009 at 5:24 PM
I found a few Washington things :)
And the monument
http://thecollinsfamily.name/__oneclick_uploads/2007/07/july-4-cake.jpg - February 16, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- Brenda said...
Cake busts are new to me. I could not participate in one b/c
1. I cannot eat hair. Even if it is made of icing.
2. I cannot eat a nose. Period.
3. I furthermore cannot eat a mustache. - February 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- Melanie said...
That poor Bill Clinton looks like a washed out Don King!
- February 16, 2009 at 6:08 PM
i want to see the non professional but hilarious one!!
- February 16, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- My Life and My Loves said...
is that bill? he's looking a little girly.
- February 16, 2009 at 7:13 PM
- Kat said...
That 3D nose on Ronald Reagen's face is just creepy. And that one wrinkle is kinda freakin' me out. Sometimes you have to wonder.....
~Katy - February 16, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Let's notice on the Ronald Reagan cake, the flag is going in the wrong direction.
- February 16, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Here is a George Washington Cake from a cookbook. Professional. Check it out.
-matt - February 16, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I thought that was an amazing mix of Bill and Hillary together in a cake, but now I am completely confused.
- February 16, 2009 at 11:41 PM
- Unknown said...
Love the Lincoln cake! I blogged about it, and credited you. Keep up the great work!
- February 16, 2009 at 11:55 PM
- J.Bacon said...
I pretty much love the George Washington Carver cake!
- February 17, 2009 at 12:24 AM
My favorite is George Washington Carver. He looks so surprised to be a cake!
- February 17, 2009 at 12:34 AM
"Who was George Washington Carver?"
"Um ... the guy who chopped up George Washington?"
I'm sure there's some kind of pun we can make about these cakes with that. - February 17, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- Jessica Bell said...
A little more eyebrow, and I would swear that the Reagan cake is actually an edible tribute to Boris Karloff.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Quick question.... has anyone else noticed that on the Ronald Reagan cake, the American Flag was BACKWARDS???? Yeeeaaaahhh.... just a minor detail, that.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I should soooooo have a Richard Nixon cake at my birthday. That would be really badass.
- February 18, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- Marcos said...
It's a picture of him standing in front of an actual physical flag, which has no idea of "backwards", it's just a question of which side you're on. See what was probably the reference pic here:
If you're making a one-sided flag print of some sort, then the blue field goes in the upper left, but even then there are exceptions, for instance on the starboard side of a vessel or the right sleeve of a uniform. - February 18, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Uh oh! you're treading on sacred ground with the post of the Bill Clinton looking cake...That is Colette Peters' work...see for yourself on her website. Given Colette's reputation, I think this is forgivable.
- February 18, 2009 at 1:18 PM
- JoJo said...
hey, i know this is a few days late, but i took a photo of a bill clinton cake at the Demel Konditorei in 2006, the photo is at
it's pretty hilarious. - February 22, 2009 at 7:59 AM
very original. Fred Smilek is the acting president of the Society to Save Endangered Species. It was founded two years ago by Fred Smilek along with his two best friends Charles and Jonathan. http://www.fredjsmilek.com
- February 26, 2009 at 3:10 PM
'twas half of a heart. The sweet half.
- April 3, 2009 at 1:46 AM
- Krystal said...
I would like that Abe Lincoln cake to be my birthday cake! it's awesome
- April 17, 2009 at 6:11 PM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
The Ronald Regan cake...now thats a wreck ;)xx
- October 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM
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The Figge exhibition will include twelve renditions of architectural masterworks, including the John Hancock Building, the Empire State Building, and the St. Louis Arch. It also includes two unbuilt designs, the Chicago Spire and 7 South Dearborn buildings, as well as the world's current tallest building, the 162-story Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Comprised of over 450,000 LEGO bricks, this model stands 17 eet high. LEGO bricks were introduced in Demark in 1958; the name is short for "play well" in Danish. While the company has created increasingly elaborate versions of its product over the years, Adam Reed Tucker uses only the simplest bricks and hinges, emphasizing the creative possibilities of simple materials. The project is "all about celebrating architecture and using plastic, interlocking bricks as my medium," he said. "Lego was the easiest three-dimensional medium to use because it doesn't require gluing or cutting, it's self-contained, interlocking, and everyone knows how to snap them together."
Tucker's models will be complemented by a selection of black and white photographs, printed on steel, of Chicago architectural landmarks by Moline artist and Figge trustee Hunt Harris. Having purchased his first Kodak Brownie camera in grade school, Harris built a home darkroom and photographed for his high school newspaper, but left photography for a business career. In 2003 he began experimenting with the then-new digital cameras, and has gone on to create a substantial body of work on travels around the world. This selection of images of Chicago was created especially for the exhibition.
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The hackers are publicizing their work to reveal vulnerabilities present in a growing number of car computers. All cars and trucks contain anywhere from 20 to 70 computers. They control everything from the brakes to acceleration to the windows, and are connected to an internal network. A few hackers have recently managed to find their way into these intricate networks.
In one case, a pair of hackers manipulated two cars by plugging a laptop into a port beneath the dashboard where mechanics connect their computers to search for problems. Scarier yet, another group took control of a car's computers through cellular telephone and Bluetooth connections, the compact disc player and even the tire pressure monitoring system.
To be sure, the "hackers" involved were well-intentioned computer security experts, and it took both groups months to break into the computers. And there have been no real-world cases of a hacker remotely taking over a car. But experts say high-tech hijackings will get easier as automakers give them full Internet access and add computer-controlled safety devices that take over driving duties, such as braking or steering, in emergencies. Another possibility: A tech-savvy thief could unlock the doors and drive off with your vehicle.
"The more technology they add to the vehicle, the more opportunities there are for that to be abused for nefarious purposes," says Rich Mogull, CEO of Phoenix-based Securosis, a security research firm. "Anything with a computer chip in it is vulnerable, history keeps showing us."
In the last 25 years, automakers have gradually computerized functions such as steering, braking, accelerating and shifting. Electronic gas pedal position sensors, for instance, are more reliable than the old throttle cables. Electronic parts also reduce weight and help cars use less gasoline.
The networks of little computers inside today's cars are fertile ground for hackers.
Charlie Miller, a St. Louis-based security engineer for Twitter, and fellow hacker Chris Valasek, director of intelligence at a Pittsburgh computer security consulting firm, maneuvered their way into the computer systems of a 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Ford Escape through a port used by mechanics.
"We could control steering, braking, acceleration to a certain extent, seat belts, lights, horn, speedometer, gas gauge," said Valasek. The two used a federal grant to expose the vulnerability of car computers. Even with their expertise, it took them nine months to get in.
Valasek and Miller released a report, including instructions on how to break into the cars' networks, at a hacker convention in August. They said they did so to draw attention to the problems and get automakers to fix them. The pair say automakers haven't added security to the ports.
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Jennifer, did you hear about the time Luke kept swatting at imaginary bugs? Yoda told him, "Shoo, or shoo not; there is no fly."
Monday, May 4, 2009
May the 4th Be With You
Monday, May 4, 2009
Jennifer, did you hear about the time Luke kept swatting at imaginary bugs? Yoda told him, "Shoo, or shoo not; there is no fly."
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Also kinda looks like Dobby from Harry Potter.
- May 4, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Unknown said...
oh my god, what's with the hairy ears?!
That's a cake worthy of nightmares. :| - May 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM
YES! It's like... Yoda, ET, and Dobby all had a love child. - May 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Well, that's not the worst cake I've seen on this site, but it is pretty bad. :) Yoda phone home.
- May 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- CassiB said...
I think there must be some sesame street monster muppet in his bloodline too.
- May 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- XOXO said...
Actually, it looks like my grandfather.
Eerily so.
Hmm.... - May 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Kristin aka Trekkie Gal said...
Love the ear hair. *blech*
- May 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- bigSIS said...
Must be a radioactive yoda. I think he's glowing.
- May 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Obviously the force was not with this baker. This baker must be from the dark side.
Never underestimate the power of the dark side... - May 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
I'm still too busy laughing too hard over why it's Star Wars Day to really appreciate the wreckiness of the cake.
- May 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
- Sandi said...
just nasty. and will probably leave you tongue all blue-green-ish...
:o) - May 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- CollinsFamily said...
It looks kind of like mold.
- May 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- ladyshanae said...
Wow - there is a disturbance in the force.... big time. Ugh!
I agree with the Dobby, ET, Yoda assessment. Full of the Dark Side, that one.
I shall have bad dreams tonight. - May 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM
- SkippyMom said...
I don't know...even without the commentary I would know that was Yoda in a heartbeat. I think the decorator did a good job - I don't see ET at all.
Just my opinion tho' - May 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- Dakota said...
So, Yoda is the child of Kermit The Frog and Miss, Piggy.
Then he had a baby with ET.
Then that baby had a baby with Dobby.
Then the grand child of Kermit and Piggy found a baker who was high enough to put his face on a cake.
And here we are now. There is no other possible explanation for this... thing... Except drugs... - May 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Two wrecks in one day?
My little heart skips a beat
. . . then stops at this cake.
wv: berbla I'm hungry and my tummy is berblaing. - May 4, 2009 at 3:30 PM
- Bec said...
OMG! I totally snarfed at "Shoo, or shoo not; there is no fly." That made my day. I'm sending it to everyone I know.
Love it. Jen, I heart you! - May 4, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- Empty Promises said...
Folk art!
- May 4, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Becky C. said...
Don't forget the authentically mouldy-looking icing. Just...why?!
- May 4, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Danyelle said...
dear God, make. it. go. awwaaayyy!!!
- May 4, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
Yoda's looking a little green(er) these days...0_o Maybe he's got the Dagobah flu? Either that or it looks a little pop-art.
But those ears. *shudder* Not appetizing, this cake is. - May 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
- joanne wardle said...
a bad cake that is!
- May 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- El Comodoro said...
It's as if millions of legitimate, talented cake decorators cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
I fear something terrible has happened. And that it has ear hair.
captainjackmakesport.blogspot.com - May 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Look its EToada, after his light saber exploda.
*giggle* - May 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Kathy said...
When baking a cake with 900 year old ingredients, look like this it well.
- May 4, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Gross! The ears hairs made me gag.
- May 4, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- Raychel said...
Wow! That is one ugly yoda
www.mycreativeway.blogspot.com - May 4, 2009 at 5:53 PM
- Wolverine Girl said...
Slimy? Mudhole? My cake, this is.
Word verification: coppa - this cake looks like it's made out of 900 year old coppa - May 4, 2009 at 5:54 PM
- Katie said...
You should have said:
"Choux or choux not, there is no fly"
Kills a lot of punning birds with one stone, if you see what I mean. - May 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Jenn said...
And at last, my 4 y.o. son has been introduced to Cake Wrecks! His first words upon seeing this pic was, "Is THAT a CAKE???" LOL
- May 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM
- Robert said...
I kinda thought there was some Mickey Rooney in there, too...
- May 4, 2009 at 6:10 PM
- Sarah Henderson, BCCDC said...
May the corpse be with you?
- May 4, 2009 at 6:45 PM
I especially like the ear hair.
- May 4, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- Scientific Chick said...
Yoda I like because long poofy ears he has.
Long poofy ears this Yoda cake has not.
Also, gross it looks. :) - May 4, 2009 at 7:01 PM
- Buffy said...
Normally I show the daily wrecks to my husband, but not this one--cry, he might.
- May 4, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Was the cake made by JarJar Binks...Really Bad.
BTW, how does one put earhair on a cake? - May 4, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Yule {b}Log said...
Gross, this cake looks.
- May 4, 2009 at 7:28 PM
- Christina M. said...
Yeah, the hairy ears just add a whole other dimension. Kinda looks like a zombie hobbit, doesn't it?
- May 4, 2009 at 7:44 PM
this particular cake is the most unapitizing thing i have seen EVER!!! it makes me want to hurl!
- May 4, 2009 at 7:45 PM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
lol :P wow my gf's birthday was on star wars day :P
- May 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- Tags said...
I always knew Dustin Hoffman shoulda played Yoda. Just a hop, skip, and jump from Ratso Rizzo.
- May 4, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Kaysha said...
Nothing says "yum, dessert!" like ear hair.
I LOVE that this has caught on as "Star Wars Day!"
(it is my son's birthday and my husband is a big Star Wars fan...it was destiny!) - May 4, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- Suzanne said...
Oh my. It reminds me of this furry sweater someone I know used to have. This though, is so much worse.
- May 4, 2009 at 9:26 PM
- Kimberly said...
It looks like Yoda/ET/Dobby is carsick.
- May 4, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- robyn said...
Ack--the ear hair really gets me!
- May 4, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Miranda said...
Most unappetizing!
- May 4, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Bad bad bad bad bad.
- May 4, 2009 at 11:01 PM
That looks much more like Yogurt from Space Balls than Yoda.
- May 4, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I want to say that this cake IS in fact, molded over. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
the violet seems to be the regular green melding into some other frosting and changing color or something... o__O
wv: acked. Yes, I acked, alright. - May 4, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Well, pooh. I had occasion to visit the local Super Walmart tonight and actually remembered to check their bakery for Wrecks. Alas, they obviously hire only talented decorators, because every cake in there was either a) beautiful or b) completely adorable (the baby turtles were to die for)!
I feel unworthy to enjoy your efforts so completely when I cannot contribute myself. :'( - May 5, 2009 at 12:58 AM
- Unknown said...
Hey, I think it's really cute! So awful it's fabulous. But would I eat it? No.
- May 5, 2009 at 4:13 AM
The ear hair...*twitchsuddertwitch*
Yoda, this is supposed to be? Yoda, it does not look like. Looks like an old man, it does. A very bizzarely-colored old man with the aforementioned scary ear hair. - May 5, 2009 at 5:38 AM
the creature is a character from Stingray!!!! Gerry Andersons underwater supermarionation show before Thunderbirds! he was trying to get the secrets of Marineville and the World aqunatic patrol,but Troy Tempest, Marina and phones foiled him! ahh happy days. black and white TV and my Dad saying you dont want to watch this do you...http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/stingray/ for lots more stuff
- May 5, 2009 at 7:02 AM
its this one!http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/stingray/gallery/11stingray.shtml
- May 5, 2009 at 7:07 AM
I would not eat that, never. Its neck looks a little moldy...
- May 5, 2009 at 7:14 AM
Is that mould on the bottom of it?
If only I'd known about this blog three years ago, I'd have sneaked a few photos from the cake 'shop' (I use the word shop very loosely because it never sold anything) in my town center for you. Especially the wedding cake that had been in the window since uh, I moved to this town. 13 years ago. - May 5, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- Aly said...
I was going to say that, really, it's not that bad, but the mold kinda loses it for me.
- May 5, 2009 at 8:36 AM
- Unknown said...
UCK! Someone please use the force to make this cake appear appetizing.
- May 5, 2009 at 9:11 AM
- the ginabean said...
The ear hair is pretty nasty. Oh yeah, so is his face...
- May 5, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Laylabean said...
That was Yoda? Dang. I thought it was Mr. Miyagi.
- May 5, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- Hyena Overlord said...
"Shoo, or shoo not; there is no fly." OMG...so funny.
It looks like someone ran the yodbbyet cake over with a speeder.
wv untsms...sentences that begin with words starting with un. "Underestimated the approach of speeder you did." - May 5, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- Another Face said...
I have found that the comments are sometimes as funny as the blog!
I dare not show this to my father! I think he might turn to the dark side and strangle me! - May 5, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Anna said...
My favourite post EVER. And forever. You are so hilarious Jen, I don't know how you do it.
- May 5, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Thanks for the Star Wars Day post! My 11 year old noticed that Yoda looks alot like the lettuce on the cover of the book advertised next to the post!
- May 5, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Oh, my. It's so...green.
- May 5, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Kelsey said...
I don't really get what's so bad about this one. Yeah, his ears aren't long enough, but so what? The thing certainly isn't top-notch, but I think it's obvious who it is. Just because it gets posted on Cake Wrecks doesn't automatically make it the worst thing in the world, people. =)
- May 5, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- Willow said...
Come to the Dark Side! We have really ugly cakes!!
- May 5, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- MJS said...
OMG, I asked my 8 yr old if he wanted to see a Yoda cake. He took one look at the photo and said, "That looks like ET, not Yoda." If you ever need a guest blogger...
- May 5, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Janet said...
It also looks a lot like Evinrude from the Rescuers.
- May 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Unknown said...
Yikes! Eww..
~Amy B. - May 5, 2009 at 1:22 PM
- Amy Mitchell said...
I think it looks like a cross between Yoda and that blue Sesame Street muppet Rosita.
- May 5, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Unknown said...
haha shouldn't it be, 'shoo or shoo not, a fly there is not'?
- May 5, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I showed this picture to my father, and his reaction was, "Looks like a fungus."
- May 6, 2009 at 10:27 PM
I forgot to celebrate Star Wars Day this year...dangit! I'm glad someone did.
- May 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM
This looks a bit like the Muppet Gonzo, for me. The ear-hair effect is striking, and somehow much better than the rest of the cake. Queer and unusual.
- May 8, 2009 at 2:50 AM
That Yoda looks like it was made using the same shaped-pan used to make the unrecognizable Shrek :) http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/03/and-in-mornin-im-making-waffles.html
- May 10, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- Cindy Major said...
I just found your blog today and am having one heck of a time reading everything. That has to be the ugliest cake I've ever seen! Who would even want to eat icing that is that garish colour?!
Forget about clowns. THIS is scary!
Cindy - June 16, 2009 at 3:42 PM
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