Word: wonka
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...founded and still largely run by a bunch of engineers, Google apparently knows a lot about human nature. Just as they did with Gmail, the Googlers have made their newest product invitation-only. You can't just use Google Wave; you have to be chosen. It's like Willy Wonka and the golden ticket. By the time I finally got my Wave invitation, I actually felt grateful. In some part of my brain, I really believed that instead of using a browser-based communications app, I was attending a totally excellent party...
...help but think of Willy Wonka when you meet Tsang Heh-kwan. While walking around her factory in Hong Kong's New Territories, the 80-year-old giggles as she offers samples of a candy product she's developing. The subtly sweet ginger confectionery is a delight, and Tsang - hale and lively - declares that she has finally perfected the formula that prevents it from sticking to teeth...
...series, is the sales representative of Magic Hat Brewing Company in the greater Boston area. During his presentation, he spoke about Magic Hat’s most successful beers, the process of brewing, and the history of Magic Hat. Magic Hat, or the “Willy Wonka of Breweries” as described by Maclean, was founded in 1994 in Burlington, Vt. For the company, Maclean said that Beer School presents an opportunity to spread the taste of the new beers to college students and to have a fun time while doing it. “It?...
...Jonathan Kamler ’07, a physics concentrator who had taken Edwards’ class the year before and stayed to do post-grad work in the Idea Translation Lab, also joined the team. Their brainstorming sessions in the Lowell dining hall were straight out of Willy Wonka. “We imagined neurocircuitry that would bypass the mouth altogether and target different parts of the brain for different smell and taste sensations,” Zhou said. “People would wear a helmet. There could be a pole attached to the ceiling. It would be like...
...Willie Wonka Style. Buy a $25 box of Godiva chocolates, and you may find a card giving you a night in a chocolate-covered suite created by Top Design's Jonathan Adler at New York's Bryant Park Hotel. The room are completely kitted out in chocolate - and I mean completely - from a chocolate mosaic wall, chocolate covered table, with chocolate candles and flowers, to a chocolate headboard on the bed. There's even an abstract painting done in dark, milk and white chocolate. No golden ticket in your box? Don't despair, there are 100 other winners out there...