In some ways, we really like candy message hearts. They make good ammo, you can stamp them with your own messages, they make halfway decent sidewalk chalk, and they do bizarre things if you cook them.

On the other hand, you may or may not like the way that these things taste. (To us, many years ago, they compared very favorably to the other varieties of sidewalk chalk that we had tried.) In either case there is certainly some room for culinary alternatives.

I get stoked about Valentines Day coming around because of those little candy hearts that apparently nobody likes but me — considering I get them the day after for 5 cents a pack from a drug-store shopping cart sale. Now that I know I can eat them as well and use them as ammunition… I might buy the whole cart full and try to break the world candy distance record. Fun Stuff!

Read on and learn how to make your own highly edible custom cookie message hearts from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. [via EvilMadScientist]

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Earlier this morning, every single one of Google’s search results came with a warning that the site “may harm your computer,” including their own properties like Gmail and Google Maps. They’ve since explained what happened:

Google works with the non-profit StopBadware.org to create a list of potentially dangerous sites, which is updated periodically. One such update happened this morning, but somebody typed in “/” by mistake. That simple keystroke expands to every single URL, which is why Google was universally borked. Google engineers fixed the problem in about half an hour, and it’s back to normal now.

When something as simple as an extra character brings the entire internet to a halt, I kinda just thought the Russians were coming — At the very least the Hackers (is that a country yet?). Next time, tell us the truth, your entire computer infrastructure has become self aware, leading inevitably to the apocalyptic Armageddon as seen in the Terminator… We Are All Doomed I Tell YOU! DOOMED! [via Gizmodo via Google]

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Sometimes the simplest technology is the best. The Watercone, a solar-powered water purifier, is a testament to that.

The cone-shaped device turns salty or dirty water into up to 1.7 liters of fresh water in a matter of hours, according to Watercone.

Here’s how it works: You pour the bad water into a black pan, and then you screw on a cone. The black pan absorbs sunlight and heats up the water. Then, the evaporated water condensates into droplets on the cone’s inner wall, and the droplets drop into a circular trough at the inner case of the cone. After a few hours, you can unscrew the cap, tip the cone upside down and empty out the clean water into a receptacle.

The Watercone is due out this summer, and it should cost no more than $30. This will be a tremendous help for poorer, developing countries.

Really amazing stuff… although I have to admit that I am waiting for the Beercone and a CheeseburgerCone… [via Wired.com Gadget Lab via RedFerret]

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Nina and Edga Otto have gotten their pooch Lancelot cloned, which had died of cancer last year. The aggrieved couple decided to fill the desperate void by getting their beloved dog cloned in Korea for the huge amount of $155,000. The power of technology that revived the memories of the deceased dog can be realized at the house of Edga and Nina Otto, who had frozen his DNA sample after being diagnosed with cancer some six years back. The couple has named the cloned copy of the dog “Lancelot Encore.” Edga Otto says that the puppy, which is now 10 weeks old, took just a few hours to mingle with the other pets and now he leads nine other dogs in the house. The dog that looks like any other cute puppy resembles its forebear in all ways.

Next in news, Zombie Dog Terrorizes Town — Eats Brains. Very, very creepy. [via BornRich via Telegraph]

 

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As expected, it didn’t take long for the QuickPwn team to jailbreak the iPhone 2.2.1 firmware. QuickPwn is available now for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. [Gizmodo via QuickPwn via Lifehacker]

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Yahtzee over at Zero Punctuation has finally reviewed Gears of War 2. There’s no mention of glitching, crabwalking, or roadie running cheats in this review, just a guy with a pirated copy of After Effects and a chip on his shoulder. The verdict… well you have to watch to see. His, as usual, oh so elegant and classy reviews of what he sees as faults in the game always make me pee my pants — I believe at one point a man actually pees out of his eye, so at least I am in good company.

You can watch the video after the break, but I warn you… It is very NSFW because of his ranting language… but still hilarious. FNARR FNARR!

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Gears of War 2 has received a second title update which hopes to correct many of the glitches in the game. According to release notes the title update (aka patch) that went live this morning includes fixes for everything from Crabwalking (firing, while roadie running), unlimited Lancer ammo, grenade tagging through walls, using two-handed weapons with a shield, picking up weapons while sliding into cover and much more.

The update also activates brand new achievements worth 175 GS points, which were discovered earlier this week. Each of the new achievements are DLC-based. In order to unlock all seven new achievements, players will need to get their hands on the Flashback Map Pack, free for gamers who purchased the game new but also available on the Marketplace for 400 and the Combustible Map Pack, available for 800.

Complete patch notes and achievement listing after the jump.

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I Heart Guts — Plush Uterus Important Safety Recall

In an effort to ensure our plush products exceed federal and international safety standards, we learned the 2008 Plush Uterus has failed a pull test. The ovaries may detach when pulled, becoming a potential small part choking hazard for young children. No one has been harmed.

I contest that no one has be harmed… I damn well have been harmed. I fell off my chair when I heard that, one, that there was such a thing as a plush Uterus, and two, that said Uterus had detachable ovaries. Now, I don’t want to be a plush dick about it, but who gives their 3 year-old a plush “vagina”? [via I Heart Guts]

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The CSIRO has developed a way to network household and commercial fridges together in a distributed peer-to-peer fashion that lets them ‘negotiate’ with each other the best time to consume electricity. The organisation’s Intelligent Energy Research team based at Newcastle has developed a controller that can be retrofitted to any existing refrigerator.

Not quite as cool as last weeks Twittering Washing Machine, “The controller connects the fridges together using a distributed peer-to-peer system, according to Sam West, an engineer at the CSIRO. ‘It’s peer-to-peer so there’s no central point of failure and it’s very scalable,’ said West.”

The technology allows the refrigerators to coordinate their on/off cycles in order to use the least amount of energy possible between all connected devices.

In the future, all your home appliances could be linked together such as air-conditioners and dryers in order to save even more energy and money. Solar panels could also be networked to alert the other appliances that there is less power being created (the sky became more overcast), thus scaling down the power usage of connected appliances. As long as it keeps my Dogfish IPA cold, I like it! [via iTnews]

 

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     Bull, a new animated television show, has partnered with Screentest.biz to find the 21 character voices for its upcoming prime-time series. Anyone can submit a video or audio audition at: www.screentest.biz. Just create a user profile, upload a video of your best voice-over, and you have a shot at becoming a voice on a show slated to become as big as the Simpsons.

     I went to site and signed up for Cyclone, the overconfident, cocky American bull that doesn’t take any bullshit from anybody (literally). The other bulls listen to him and makes them their leader, kinda like Lion-O with the Thundercats. Apparently Cyclone’s accent should be the typical ‘all American’ – loud, confident, but hard to place… I think I’ll fit right in

Applicants are encouraged to give a fun, no-holds barred performance with this chance to be the next Nancy Cartwright or Hank Azaria. [via BullTVShow]

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