Barbecued Ribs, Roast Beef, French Toast, Twice Baked Potatoes, Macaroni and Cheese, French Onion Soup, Rye Bread, Corned Beef, Brownies.

Cooking used to be all about making food that tasted good. But somewhere along the way, we seem to have decided the diet-of-the-week was more important. How to Cook Like Your Grandmother is a return to recipes and techniques that are based on what tastes good, not on junk science and fad diets. You won’t find the words lite, low, lean, free or skim anywhere. This is all real food, cooked the way Grandma would have done it.

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Dude, Peter Pan got married, wtf.

The Internets Peter Pan has grown up. Randy Constan, proprietor of the site pixyland.org, found his own Tinkerbell and got hitched at a Renaissance Fair. The photos are magical.

Peak Oil, 1925. In 2000, 20% of new buildings will be solar equipped. By the late 1990s, 90% of the world’s energy will be nuclear-generated. These and other erroneous projections are being collected as part of the Forecast Project on the website Inventing Green: The Lost History of Alternative Energy in America.

That is a pretty awesome blog. I love the article about making jet fuel from algae. Growing up in Newfoundland, we’d always looked as pond scum as something of a gross nuisance. It’s cool to see some people making better use of it.

Ashoka Tech Blog A blog about women, social entreprenourship and technology (especially in the developing world). Includes such gems as the Peepoo bag.

CSI Myths: The Shaky Science Behind Forensics Forensic science was not developed by scientists. It was mostly created by cops, who were guided by little more than common sense. And as hundreds of criminal cases begin to unravel, many established forensic practices are coming under fire.

Odosketch – create your own animated sketches

Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone. From the NYT: Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man.

There are many galaxies. The Sombrero Galaxy. The Whirlpool Galaxy. Lenticular galaxies. The occasional irregular galaxy. What types of galaxies do we find in the universe?

The bike racing world has a tradition of attention-getting designs, but some spectators at this year’s Tours of California or France might have done double-takes at some of the art on Lance Armstrong’s rides. As it turns out, Trek and Nike have commissioned custom designs promoting Livestrong, and as I write this Lance is cycling into Paris on a bike covered with butterfly wings, courtesy of Damien Hirst.

Along with the Hirst piece, TdF fans have been able to see Armstrong riding art by Shepard Fairey, Yoshitomo Nara, and Mark Newson.

If you happen to be in Paris, you can attend the Stages (warning: Autoplay Flash video/audio) exhibition, which opened on the 17th and features some of the bikes and commissioned art by Ed Ruscha, Raymond Pettibon, Andreas Gursky, and more. After the show’s over, the bikes will be auctioned off with proceeds benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

1. Say Something On The Intercom

Intercoms can be found throughout most Walmarts. When you find one, walk by it a few times to figure out which button to press. Say whatever you want. Have a look out.

2. Hide A Friend On The Shelves

Clear off a shelf. Stick someone on it and wait for someone to check out the goods.

3. Fart

Farts are always funny. Walk around the store and fart. See how people react. Film it. Note: This video is at Target, but this prank will work well at Walmart too.

4. Use The CD Players

Record yourself saying inappropriate things on a blank CD. Use the CD players in the electronics department to play it. For a bigger reaction look for small children and old people. Mother’s too.

5. Get An Employee To Say Something Over The Intercom

Go to customer service and pretend like your friend is missing. Give them a funny name, like Mike Hunt. Laugh later.

6. Set Off The Alarms

Use the magnetic bar code found on most merchandise and put it under shopping carts/stick it to your friend. Watch this video to learn how. It’s easy.

7. Collapse

Pretend to be hurt for a short period of time. Fall down and have someone help you up. Try to get something for free.

8. Dance

Do a funny dance. The “Stanky Leg” is funny. Watch and learn.

9. Return Something You Didn’t Buy There

This one’s really easy. Try to return something you know they won’t accept back. It’d probably be wisest to go an older employee for this one.

10. Drop Your Food

Find something filled with liquid. Walk around the store and slip. Drop it and watch it explode.

Note: I don’t recommend this unless you actually purchase the product. I also don’t believe in wasting food. And if you’ve made it this far into the list, I don’t actually recommend any of these pranks (except the intercom ones – I love those). I also feel it necessary to point out that both #7 and #9 may constitute fraud, and therefore may be illegal in your state/province