Google goes for quiet comprehensiveness; Apple chooses charisma. Which strategy ensures success?

GOOD's Nicola Twilley wonders how the industrial analysis of qualities like texture, consistency, and juiciness will transform age-old culinary cultures, in the second in a joint series exploring the science and technology of food.

We know about Archaeopteryx lithographica thanks to an image-making process found in the Earth's crust.

Apple hosted a special music event today at the YBCA Theater in San Francisco. Steve Jobs took the stage at around 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, dressed in the traditional Apple CEO regalia. So what did Dear Leader unveil today at the “special event?” Let’s recap, shall we?:

A relic from the prophetic Hildebrandt chocolates collection of foreboding predictions for the future, this artist clearly had no idea what he was talking about. For one, those video conversations are clearly taking place over a 3G connection. Secondly… flying cars? Come on, that’s crazy talk. All I can say is that this woman must have said something mighty rude ...

PeopleToo took on the responsiblity of recreating The Beatles in the form of papercraft. I’m sincerely sorry for posting about such an obscure band, but I couldn’t find any Meat Loaf papercraft. I tried, I really did. If you haven’t heard any of The Beatles’ stuff you really should. You might have to do some hunting to track down their ...

You know, they say this album perfectly syncs up with The Wiz. The Dark Side of the Triforce was created by wizard-in-training Jon Jackson, who was inspired to create his own Triforce masterpiece after witnessing the Triforce Latte. After a quick Google search he realized that, amazingly, no one else had created anything similar. Link [via]

Let’s keep the scratchin’ going to the early morn. Yeahhhh, boooooy. Made using an old, retired Fischer turntable and a rockin’ Doobie Brothers vinyl album, the Turntable Clock WAS available on Etsy, but has since sold out. I’m guessing there was only one available in the first place, but who knows, more might pop up if you’re lucky, Link [via]

The creation of bento is just as much an art as creating a painting or a piece of jewelry. So integrating the art of bento box creation and jewelry shouldn’t be that tough, but yet, no one had done it, until now. This awesome Bento Jewelry by Carolyn Tille features realistic pieces of sushi and other related Bento foods, integrated ...

There have been countless methods of recycling your old, abandoned, bong water-stained vinyl, but none that have integrated the actual casing and cover art as well. If you have such epic records as Led Zeppelin‘s IV, there is no reason NOT to show them off some how. BUGHOUSE designed this unique record table, which would fit spectacularly into your den ...