Mountain Dew sent me the “DEWmocracy” sample packs that they’ve been giving to bloggers for review (read a good early review here) so late last week I broke it out the three pack they sent me, and decided to give the sodas a try. They have created three new soda flavors, and in the [...]

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For those of you unfamiliar with the “Cell Phone Popcorn” videos, a little over a week ago, someone uploaded a clip of four young people speaking French Japanese who pointed four phones at some kernels of popcorn, called them simultaneously, and caused the popcorn to pop. Here is the first video posted for those [...]

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A former co-worker of mine is currently running a cool website and free daily e-mail newsletter called BeThree a daily guide for your body, mind and soul.

The site’s approach to life is:
“We believe in spicy modern living and embracing all of its quirky nuances. We know eating well and living actively are essential, but [...]

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The California Milk Processor Board has a new internet heavy marketing campaign that features a band called White Gold. The brain child of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, White Gold, like any modern band, has a MySpace page, Facebook group and a website.

However, unlike most modern bands, White Gold features a hilariously self-absorbed front man who [...]

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Jones Soda company has decided to put a lolcat image on one of their Jones Soda bottles and have joined forces with the website i can has cheezburger.  The site has set up a contest where users can submit their lolz, and visitors to the site can rate them.  The Top 5 rated lolz will [...]

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Three weeks ago, I wrote about the trippy new Orange Underground website and advertising campaign on behalf of Cheetos. The site and the blog are both pretty well designed, and the idea behind the campaign is unique and intricate. Goodby Silverstein, the agency behind the Orange Underground campaign clearly put a lot of time and [...]

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Trouble With Toast is organizing a DC food blogger pot-luck.
Heat, Eat, Review posts a video review of Kids Cuisine Deep Sea Adventure Fish Sticks.
Manny & Olga’s will offer heart shaped pizza’s on Valentine’s Day.
An episode of Dinner Impossible was filmed at the DC Improv on Thursday.
Kotaku reviews 13 different energy drinks.
Eating Our Words has the [...]

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Pickle Sickle, Pickle Pop, Pickle in a tube. Whatever you want to call it, this is no doubt an interesting product that the folks at Bob’s Pickle Pops are selling.

So what is a pickle sickle? Dill pickles are pressed to extract as much of their juice as possible, then that juice is put in a [...]

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I wanted to let everyone know about a new site I discovered recently called Cooking By Numbers. The site has an easy to use and simplistic layout that lets you select what ingredients you currently have available in either your fridge or cupboard. A simple click of the button, and you’re presented with a list [...]

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Kettle Foods, the makers of many delicious chips, announced today the winner of their latest consumer vote to pick a new Kettle Chip flavor. This was the “Fire & Spice” match-up. The four other finalists, Jalapeno Salsa Fresca, Mango Chili, Wicked Hot Sauce and Orange Ginger Wasabi lost out to Death Valley Chipotle:

It [...]

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Wednesday, January 9th marked the one-month anniversary of the launch of the Whopper Freakout campaign. The thousands of people who have visited So Good in order to watch the full-length Whopper Freakout video know that I am a fan of the campaign, having called it “brilliant” and “genius.” But how successful has it actually [...]

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That’s the cumulative total of free rice that will have been raised by the end of today, thanks to the website FreeRice. The site launched in October, is run by 49 year-old computer programmer John Breen, and is the sister site of poverty.com. They have a word game on the site, and for each [...]

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Ever heard of Fakelaugh.com? Neither had anyone else in the world until supermarket chain A&P got all hot and bothered by a rap video filmed by two college kids.
I first read this story on White Trash BBQ and got quite a kick out of it. Apparently two brothers in New Jersey who worked at [...]

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Check out Free Chicken and Coke.

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In a post titled Burger Democracy, Heather, over at Bacon Unwrapped, has alerted me to a new contest called “Build Wendy’s New Burger” (be patient, it takes a minute to load). Ten consumer-submitted burger recipes have been posted online for burger fans to vote on, and whichever recipe gets the most votes over the [...]

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