Unfamiliar with the Shack Stack? It's only sold in NYC at the famous Shake Shack, otherwise known as the best burger joint in the country. The normal Shackburger is the epitome of fast-food-style burgers: absolute burger perfection. But for those seeking a more gluttonous option, there's the Shack Stack.

The Shack Stack takes the Shackburger, then adds a second patty. In between these two burger patties, it slaps a cheese-stuffed, deep-fried portobello mushroom cap. Oh sweet mother of god, is it good. Because Shake Shack isn't a big chain, there's no nutritional info available for this thing, which is probably for the best. I can't imagine it's less than 1800 calories. But man, is it worth it.

So yeah, I guess maybe in the end it's good that they don't sell these in cans. Because if eating one didn't require waiting in the ever-present line at Shake Shack, I might end up eating one every day. And I would die within six months. But I'd die happy. [Shake Shack photos via A Hamburger Today]

Oh, and for comparison's sake, here's a picture of the cheeseburger in a can:

Taste Test is our weeklong tribute to the leaps that occur when technology meets cuisine, spanning everything from the historic breakthroughs that made food tastier and safer to the Earl-Grey-friendly replicators we impatiently await in the future.

Delicious Library developer Wil Shipley did ask for permission, but Amazon told him to yank they app or they'd shut him down themselves. So if you never got around to grabbing it, you're out of luck. And it is specifically on the mobile side that they're being prickly:

You will not, without our express prior written approval requested via this link , use any Product Advertising Content on or in connection with any site or application designed or intended for use with a mobile phone or other handheld device.

The only rational explanation—insofar as there is one here—is that they want people to use Amazon's own mobile apps to access their data and check out products, which, in a way, goes along how they're pushing Kindle as software on multiple platforms. (Software is important to them now, rather than being a dumb data provider, in other words.) I guess they think you're more likely to buy stuff from Amazon while you're poking around in their apps. [Alan Quatermain via Twitter via TechCrunch]

It works, as you can see in the video, but if I owned one of these I'd rue the day I came home plastered from the bar and tried to eat it. So, yeah, basically every night. I'm a writer, you see.

[Techeblog via Geekologie]

The $24 prix-fixe lunch. Here's what Bill had a choice of munching on, via Alley Insider:

Appetizer choice of:
Bang Bang Chicken Salad
Satay of Chicken with Peanut Sauce
Bamboo Steamed Veggie Dumplings
Peking Duck Spring Rolls with Hoisin Sauce

Entree choice of:
Soy Ginger Salmon
Kung Pao Chicken
Shanghai Scallion Beef
Wok seared NY Sirloin
Vegetable or Chicken Pad Thai
Sushi Roll Trio

Dessert:
Zen Parfait
Fresh Fruit & Tangerine Sorbet
Banana Bread Pudding

I'm thinking Bill went with the Bang Bang Chicken Salad, the Soy Ginger Salmon and the Zen Parfait. Or maybe that's just what I would get. And thanks to inflation, in five years a $24 lunch will be a good deal for the rest of us too. [NY Post via Silicon Alley Insider]

The body was created using a plastic torso I found at a used mannequin/store display shop downtown. It only went down to the top of the thigh, so I had to build out the rest of his legs to the knees using molded chicken wire. The hands were tough... If I knew used male mannequin hands would be so tough to find on a whim, I would've used eBay. Given that I was running out of time, one hand was made using one of those articulated wooden artist's hands you can buy at an art store, and covered it in papier mache. The other hand, not nearly as nice, was foil covered in papier mache, and had to do for now.

Click through to see more pictures and read the rest of the story about how this ridiculous piece of deliciousness came to be. [Without Papers via [Neatorama]

Apparently, it cuts down on unpopped kernels, prevents burning and helps to save a few trees at the same time. But the best part is undoubtedly the built-in butter strainer. It beats the hell out of Orville Redenbacher, and Jiffy Pop is completely useless—unless you are looking for a makeshift smoke/fire detector like the one pictured below.

[Taylor Gifts via RGS / Jiffy Pop image via Digg]

If there's one thing we have to hand to Zune guys, it's that they really know how to pick good looking colors for their players. We're totally in the mood for some juicy, delicious fruit right now. – Jason Chen

First Images of Red on BET.com [Zune Insider via Zune Online]

The idea itself—keeping track of what types of foods you've eaten by its chemical signature and telling you what foods you're lacking—is pretty sound. Why not just integrate it into a regular-looking phone? – Jason Chen

Health Conscious Tracking Phone [Yanko Design via Sci Fi]

The cake itself looks gigantic, and features none of the features the actual Ocean has—unless you count the fact that they both make us drool. Hit the link to see more pictures and the two creators posing next to the cake.

– Jason Chen

Edible Geek: Helio Ocean Cake [Geek Sugar]

This week at Lifehacker: Don't pay for video at the iTunes Music Store - subscribe to free, del.icio.us video in iTunes. Create your own own iPod videos. Or forget the White Status Symbol of Apple Cult Membership, and watch your video to go on a big screen PocketPC. Of course, if you do decide to pay the man, be sure to give an iTune as a gift. Also: power texting tips for the SMS-happy, and how to make the four biggest search engines bend to your will with the top 20 search helpers.

Now that iTunes supports "vodcasting" - video podcasting - and social bookmarks manager del.icio.us supports filetypes, you can subscribe to movie files bookmarked in del.icio.us right in iTunes. With a little URL hacking with custom tags (want .mov's tagged "funny"? "movie trailer"? "girls," you pervert?) you can get free video surprises downloaded right into iTunes every day.

If Steve Jobs the Snake Charmer got you to run out and pick up your very own video iPod, check out this tutorial on creating your own iPod videos. No doubt a home video of your kitten batting at some yarn'll score some points on a first date.

Of course you could always resist the temptation of the Great White Music and Video player watch video on the go with a less sexy but more functional PocketPC.

However, if the draw of the iTunes Music Store does break you down, be sure to suck your friends and family in as well. Give an iTune or an iTMS video as a gift right inside iTunes.

Did the gagillion text messages in your mobile phone plan go unused last month? Point your clicker at a few power texting tips for the newbie and experienced thumber alike.

Finally, the search engine operators that will make Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask Jeeves return exactly what it is you're looking for. Demand only the finest-crafted queries: dig up exactly the information you need from the darkest, loneliest corners of the Web with our top 20 search helpers.

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