Saturday, October 31, 2009

Chocolate Designs : Its an Art

Chocolate Ferrari: This life-size chocolate model of a Ferrari was made out of 4,405lbs of Belgian chocolate over a year. It has a red, edible coating and this £12,000 chocolate Ferrari is based on an F2008



McLaren-Mercedes MP4/22: It weighs about 120 kilograms and measures 220 centimeters long. This chocolate cake looks almost identical to the original McLaren-Mercedes MP4/22



Chocolate Beetle: A group of artists covered a New Beetle in 440lbs. of chocolate and other candies.



Chocolate Opel Car: This chocolate car made with 800 kilogram of Belgian chocolate is the same size as an actual Opel (European car). "5 Chocolatiers were working on this car for 4 weeks, from 7 am until 10 pm. The car is made with milk, dark and white chocolate.'



Chocolate Laptop: It weighs about 200 grams, looks cool.



High-Fashion Chocolate Shoe: This metallic chocolate shoe was made by a British chocolate maker for a department store in Tokyo



Chocolate Sneakers: These delicious miniature milk and chocolate shoes were created by +41 for the 25th anniversary of Nike's AF1. +41 also designed the large versions of the AF1 in dark and white chocolate.




Chocolate Shoes: Chocolate Shoes from Gayle's Chocolates.



Chocolate Keyboard: This chocolate keyboard really looks quite real and delicious too.



White Chocolate Keyboard: A chocolate bar shaped like a keyboard.



Corporate Chocolate Gadgets: These come from the technology collection of Creative Expressions' logo chocolate offerings.



Chocolate Mail: Toby Ng Design "designed a set of stamps called Chocolate Mail, which comes in 3 flavors - dark, milk and white chocolate. They are a set of 24 1st class stamps that are designed to look like a bar of chocolate, packaged as an envelope."



Chocolate Nail:



Chocolate Pencils: These come with a special "pencil sharpener" and the pencil shaving can be used onto the dessert.



Chocolate Pie Chart: It contains 5.5 oz chocolate chart (3.5" diameter x 0.75" high), made of 70% milk; 20% dark and 10% white chocolate.



Chocolatepills: For this one you won't be needing water!



Chocolate Scrabble: "If Facebook's Scrabulous gets scrapped, at least there's still Chocolate Scrabble!"



Chocolate Glasses: Made from the finest chocolate from Rococo Chocolates in London.



Chocolate Toolkit: It costs about $22, and it includes few pliers all beautifully made out of milk chocolate along with a presentation box.



Rompibollo Chocolate: If you are weight conscious and think about the calories intake before eating chocolate, here is something for you: each of the chocolate piece has specific calorie count stated on top.



Chocolate Record: It measures 11" diameter x 0.5", costs $37, is available in three chocolate types: white; milk; dark chocolates.



Chocolate Controller: Created from the finest Austrian milk chocolate, costs $15.



Chocolate Typeface:



Chocolate Helmet:



Chocolate Sculptures:









Thursday, October 29, 2009

Governor Says "No"

The bill of the financing issues of the Port of San Francisco passed both houses and governor should sign it. But Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill and sent a letter to its author Assembly member and other legislators.
Look this letter
Do you see anything strange about it? No?
Take a look at the second picture.


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Children Riding In Cargo Area Of A Pickup Truck

Twenty states allowed persons, regardless of age, to travel in the cargo area of a pickup trucks.
Florida, where these pictures were taken, prohibits children under age 6 to ride in the cargo area of a pickup trucks.
Frankly, I wouldn't risk riding with my kids in cargo area.






Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Different Ways To Tie Your Sneakers

1. The lace is run straight across the bottom and emerges through both bottom eyelets 2. The laces then go straight up and are fed into the next set of eyelets up the shoe 3. The ends are crossed over and are fed under the vertical lace section on the opposite sides of the shoe before going straight up and into the next set of eyelets up the shoe 4. At the top set of eyelets, the laces can once again cross over and pass under the straight section as shown. This not only looks consistent with the rest
of the lacing but also forms a High Lace Lock, which tightens the lacing even more firmly.



1. The lace is run straight across the bottom and emerges through both bottom eyelets 2. The ends are looped back under the lace where it feeds under the side of the shoe 3. The ends are then crossed over each other, then they go under and out through the next set of eyelets up the shoe 4. Steps 2 and 3 are repeated until both ends reach the top eyelets.



1. The lace runs straight across the second set of eyelets from the top of the shoe 2. Cross the ends over and feed into the fourth set of eyelets, skipping the third set 3. Continue down the shoe, two sets of eyelets at a time 4. At the bottom, run the laces vertically between the bottom and second from bottom eyelets 5. Double back and work your way back up the shoe through the vacant sets of eyelets.



1. The lace is run straight across the bottom and emerges through both bottom eyelets 2. The left (red) end is spiralled up the left side of the shoe, with the end fed under and emerging from each eyelet 3. The right (orange) lace is spiralled up the right side of the shoe, at each eyelet looping through the left (blue) lace in the middle of the shoe before feeding under and emerging from the next eyelet.



1. The lace is run straight across the bottom and emerges through both bottom eyelets 2. One end of the lace (orange end) runs straight up the right side, is fed into and runs straight across the second set of eyelets 3. Both ends now run straight up the left side, each skipping one eyelet before feeding in two eyelets higher up 4. Continue running both ends across the shoe, then straight up two eyelets at a time 5. At the top of the shoe, the laces end up on the same side and the shoelace knot is tied at that point.



1. The lace runs straight across the bottom and the ends are fed into both bottom eyelets 2. One end of the lace (orange end) runs straight up the right side, emerges from and runs straight across the second set of eyelets 3. The other end (red end) runs diagonally underneath and, skipping the 2nd set of eyelets, emerges from and runs straight across the 3rd set of eyelets 4. Continue running each lace diagonally across and up 2 sets of eyelets until one end (orange in my example) reaches the top right eyelet 5. The other end (red in my example) then runs straight up the left side to emerge from the top left eyelet.



1. The lace runs straight across and emerges from the third set of eyelets from the bottom 2. Both ends run straight down and are fed into the second set of eyelets from the bottom 3. Both ends again run straight down and emerge from the bottom set of eyelets 4. Both ends now run straight up along the outside and are fed into the fourth set of eyelets (the first vacant pair) 5. The ends are crossed over each other, then they go under and out through the next set of eyelets up the shoe 6. Repeat step (5) until both ends reach the top.



1. The lace is run straight across the bottom and is fed into rather than emerging from both bottom eyelets 2. The ends are crossed over, then inserted into the next set of eyelets up the shoe 3. This process is repeated until both ends reach the top eyelets and end up inside.



1. The lace runs straight across the bottom and emerges through both bottom eyelets 2. Skipping two sets of eyelets, cross the ends over and feed into the fourth set of eyelets 3. Both ends now run straight down one eyelet and emerge from the third set of eyelets 4. Continue up the shoe, each time crossing over and going up three sets of eyelets, then straight down to emerge from the next set of eyelets
below.



1. The lace is run straight across the bottom and emerges through both bottom eyelets 2. The ends are twisted together with one complete twist in the middle of the shoe 3. The ends then continue across to the opposite sides, where they go under and out through the next set of eyelets up the shoe 4. This process is repeated until both ends reach the top eyelets.



1. The lace runs straight across the bottom and emerges from both bottom eyelets 2. Cross the ends over and feed into the 4th set of eyelets up the shoe (skip past 2 sets of eyelets) 3. Both ends now run straight up and emerge from the 5th set of eyelets 4. Cross the ends over and feed into the 2nd set of eyelets up the shoe (skip past 2 sets of eyelets) 5. Both ends now run straight up and emerge from the 3rd set of eyelets 6. Cross the ends over, feed under and emerge from the top set of eyelets (skip past 2 sets of eyelets).



1. The lace is run diagonally and emerges from the bottom left and the top right eyelets 2. The top (red) end of the lace is zig-zagged from the top set of eyelets down to the middle eyelets in a similar manner to the Shoe Shop Lacing 3. The bottom (orange) end of the lace is similarly zig-zagged from the bottom set of eyelets up to the middle eyelets.



1. Start with two pairs of different colour laces, preferably the wide, flat variety (I was lucky to receive two such pairs with my last runners!) 2. With one colour (orange in my example), lace the shoe using either Straight (Fashion) or Straight (Lazy) Lacing 3. With the other colour (red in my example), start at the bottom of the shoe and weave the lace in and out of the other lace until you reach the top 4. Fold around the top lace and head back down, weaving out and in until you reach the bottom 5. Continue across the shoe until you’re out of room or out of lace, whichever comes first 6. Tuck all the loose ends of the laces into the shoe.



1. The lace runs straight across the bottom and emerges from both bottom eyelets 2. Cross the ends over and feed into the 4th set of eyelets up the shoe (skip past 2 sets of eyelets) 3. Both ends now run straight up and emerge from the 5th set of eyelets 4. Cross the ends over and feed into the 2nd set of eyelets up the shoe (skip past 2 sets of eyelets) 5. Both ends now run straight up and emerge from the 3rd set of eyelets 6. Cross the ends over, feed under and emerge from the top set of eyelets (skip past 2 sets of eyelets).



1. Take two different colour laces, each a tiny bit longer than the correct length for the shoes 2. Cut them not quite in half, but offset by two or three centimetres. See below for how to calculate the difference in length between the two halves 3. Tie one shorter piece of one colour (orange in my example) and one longer piece of the other colour (red in my example) firmly together and trim off the excess. For extra security, add a dab of glue. Use the remaining pieces to make the bi-colour lace for the other shoe 4. Pull the longer (red) end out through the bottom right eyelet, feeding from inside the shoe, until you reach the joining knot 5. Now lace the rest of the shoe as per Straight (Fashion) Lacing.