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Friday, 12 October 2012

Postcard of the Interwebs - 12 Oct 2012

Here are some interesting links to the interwebs in the last while:

Incredibox: This is a very cool music making program for beatbox style sounds. You can make a diddty and send it to people as well. I did a few for my wife and she enjoyed them, as I have no singing talent whatsoever. Except false castrato. She finds it funny when I sing high pitched false Italian.

Shoot real Zombies in Vancouver: Yes, its real. You can book time to get geared up and shoot actors playing zombies in a improv/scripted get-the-scientist-with-the-cure adventure. Many levels of awesome from Vancouver's movie industry.

Rain: Want to feel better. Click to hear rain falling and nice music. Good to have in the background when working on the computer.

Alzheimer's and Type 3 Diabetes: I've been reading a few articles on this link between processed foods and the slow damaging of the bodies ability to process sugars effectively.

Spanish Scenery Planet: Oh. My. Word. This guy is an awesome terrain maker. I love his terrain workshop as well. Reminds me of Saturday morning "guy" tv with car garages and wood shops. I wish I could understand Spanish but his videos have lots of great and inspiring ideas.

What hit the Earth in 775?: A little article on evidence that something made an impact with the Earth in the past. I love articles like these for Role-Playing game ideas that threaded together with other ideas can make great adventures. For instance, combine this article with the Dyatlov incident and alien mind transfer and you could have a cool campaign.

Homestar Runner: What a great humorous phenom. To the uninitiated it seems bizarre at first but give it a little time. You could spend huge amounts of hours here and still have lots of laughs left to come back.

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Food - Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria

While biking around Victoria running (biking?) errands, I stopped in a new pizza place called Famoso. I had no idea it was a chain until I went to the website after I had returned home. Regardless, it was a clean and well run place with an open kitchen concept that I like.
I ordered the classic Margherita,which is fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, pecorino romano cheese and extra virgin olive oil. Since its Italian style the crust is thin and they use Italian flour and tomatoes as well as cook it in a wood fired oven from Italy. My wife and I were in Italy last year in March and this pizza certainly brought back memories.
Unfortunately I didn't have the gelato since I'm having turkey tonight with my in-laws (whom are staying for the weekend) but will in the future. The reason is its in stainless steel pans, a sign of being made fresh.