Cheeseburger in a Can

I’m guessing the pic below is actually better than what’s in the can. I think this is one of those ideas that should have just stayed an idea:

Food: Cheeseburger in a Can is Both the Best and Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen

5 dangerous things you should let your kids do (

An inspiring talk from Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talking about how kids are overprotected and the 5 dangerous things you should let them do and why:

Olympic Highlights

Last video before bed time. These guys are just plain clever:

Kids not doing well at school

A teacher attaches McDonald’s application forms to kids’ failed test results… nice way to motivate them to do better next time.

via Neatorama

How important is spelling… really

I have to confess that I don’t have the greatest attention to detail. But what I saw next really proves that spelling isn’t that necessary.
Read these jumbled up words for the full story:

Cooking With Pooh

This would have to be the worst named cook book there is… my 7 year old niece squealed with delight when I showed her this cover – kids are into this sort of thing.

Titles are important – we found people think our new cook book ‘Spirit House: Travels with Thai food’ is a travel book.

If you want to cook with Pooh, you can find his book at Amazon.com: Cooking With Pooh: Yummy Tummy Cookie Cutter Treats : Cookie Cutters (The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

History of religion

A really cool animated map showing the spread of religion – 5,000 years in 90 secs. While not food related I found it quite interesting to see the spread of ideas over the millenia.

Viamapsofwar.com

Bizzare Japanese Lunch boxes

Earlier we blogged about those weird Japanese ice-cream flavours… and now I know how the Japanese get their kids to eat this weird stuff… they make it look cool. Root Coffee has fabulous photos of Japanese Bento Boxes – A bento is traditionally made in a 4:3:2:1 ratio: 4 parts of rice, 3 parts of the side dish (either meat or fish), 2 parts of vegetables, and 1 part of a serving of pickled vegetables or a dessert. However, almost anything can be used to make a bento. And here’s how you get a kid to eat raw fish:

Wouldn’t you love a mum who made a lunch box like that?

Train Runs Through Bangkok Market

We see some pretty amazing markets on our tag-along tours to Thailand but this is pretty cool… just watch it until the end:

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Bangkok’s ghost buildings

On our tag-along tours we often pass semi-completed sky scrapers that have been abandoned after the money dried up during the Asian financial crisis. With no money to complete the buildings (most are structurally unsound due to exposure to the elements) and costs of demolition too high, these buildings dot the skyline. Here’s an interesting video taking you on a tour of these ghost structures: