Live@HOPE, Jeff Potter Cooks for Geeks
Jeff Potter plays with his food, and wants to get you to as well. He experiments with equipment, techniques, chemistry, even the psychology and genetics of flavor. Sometimes it’s delicious, and sometimes he blows up the kitchen. Sometimes both. When Potter wanted to make really good pizza, he went down to his local pizza joint…
Live@HOPE, Monochrom’s Grenzfurthner: “The future is like the Jetsons, plus rape”
The idea began over beers. Johannes Grenzfurthner (of Monochrom) and friends wondered if the notion that porn drives technology really was true or urban myth. So, they decided, why not organize a public event and find out? Arse Elektronika, a conference about technology and sex, came screaming into the world. “It was true,” says Grenzfurthner.…
Real Life Superheroes Gear Up With Ninja Throwing Stars, Ax Handles, ‘Stun Knuckles’
Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. asked a simple question in their 2008 comic book (and 2010 movie) Kick-Ass: Why don’t fanboys actually suit up and try their hand at being superheroes? As it turns out, a bunch of fanboys are in fact suiting up. Hundreds of them. Face front, true believer. Cosplay is nothing…
