Word: toaster
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...must confess that I have a crush on Ann Coulter. Coulter is, of course, the political pundit infamous for saying things like this: “By the age of fourteen, you’re either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster.” A refreshing alternative to left-wing comedian Al Franken ’73, she is also more audacious and outrageous than Franken—and that’s why I am smitten. Coulter chastises letter-writers to the New York Times for being...
...storing data to sensing the movement of a bridge that is beginning to weaken. Thanks to this, Nanosys can already embed microscopic photovoltaic crystals into plastic sheeting. One prefabricated Nanosys roof could generate enough electricity to run all the appliances in a typical home, including the washing machine, the toaster, the PC and the entertainment center. Electricity generated during the day can be stored in batteries for use at night...
...helicopter-flying game on the Icebox while Stuart, 11, stands nearby, using the tablet's browser to start his science homework. Later their mother takes over the Icebox to print Allrecipes.com's instructions for Beef-and-Noodle Bake (using an HP ink-jet, another loaner, that sits where a toaster oven might once have been). All that connectivity helps keep the family together in one place (though Dory still runs downstairs out of habit to check her e-mail). But those tasks could be tackled from an ordinary laptop rigged to a home network much simpler than the one they...
Unlike culinary virtuosos who guard their secrets carefully, Kelly is generous about sharing his methods. He begins by obtaining a hoagie roll, and then toasting it using an actual toaster oven rather than the toasting conveyer. “Point of fact,” he explains, “this doesn’t work in the conveyor because the bun gets caught...
...shred it by hand.” Kelly admits that other more serious impediments can occur, such as the grill being closed. “Or sometimes, there are adventures,” he adds, referring to a particular incident where a bun caught on fire in the toaster...