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Bacon Milkshake: The Video

8:30AM Yesterday | Alex Kidman

If yesterday’s blow-by-blow description of how to make a bacon milkshake (and why you shouldn’t) didn’t convince you, here’s the video version of the process. Warning: don’t watch while eating or drinking. More »


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Gizmodo AU Makes Its Own Bacon Milkshake

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12:00PM February 8, 2012 | Angus Kidman

The news that US takeout chain Jack In The Box is now selling bacon milkshakes has inspired excitement and revulsion in equal measure. Given our addiction to recreating fast-food icons and the lack of a local store selling bacon-laden milky goodness, there was only one thing to do: make one ourselves. The result? It’s possible, but we don’t recommend it. More »


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At Last The Bacon Milkshake Is A Reality

4:00PM February 7, 2012 | Alex Kidman

It’s that moment we’ve all been waiting for; bacon milkshakes from a fast food joint. Good news for your arteries is that it’s so far limited to the US only. After all, while I think we can agree that milkshakes are good, and bacon is great, the combination of the two probably isn’t that grand. More »


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Infuse Vodka With Bacon

11:00AM January 26, 2012 | David Galloway

Giz loves bacon. But who knew you could mix everyone’s favourite cured meat with alcohol. Fortunately all you need for bacon-infused vodka is bacon, vodka, a coffee filter, and a few days to let it cure. More »


Science

Shoving Bacon Up Your Nose Will Stop Bleeding?

9:30AM January 26, 2012 | Adrian Covert

From the Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology comes news that fashioning a strip of cured pork into a nasal bandage will help prevent nosebleeds for those suffering from chronic episodes. More specifically, it was used in the “treatment of [a] life-threatening hemorrhage.” More »


Gaming

Because Skyrim Always Was Lacking In The Bacon Department…

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2:00PM December 12, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Scientific research I just made up has proven you can never have too much bacon. Which is why this replica helmet from Skyrim, made almost entirely from bacon, has just greasily climbed to the top spot of our fat-clogged heart’s desires. More »


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Microsoft Trying To Poach Amazon And Google Employees With Bacon

9:50AM November 22, 2011 | Casey Chan

Microsoft is trying to hire new employees by luring them with god’s greatest creation, the devil’s most delicious treat and man’s greatest love: bacon. They’ve set up a bacon cart outside of Amazon’s offices and will give away free bacon to everyone. EAT BACON, WORK MICROSOFT. More »


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How Your Bacon Is Made: The Jarvis JR-50 Super Pig Decapitator

1:30AM June 30, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Slaughterhouses are dangerous places to work, what with all the tightly packed cutting implements and atomised brain matter you’re inhaling. The Jarvis JR-50 Head Dropper aims to make hog processing safer for everyone but the hogs. The name even sounds peaceable. More »


Online

Bacon Ipsum Turns Your Dummy Text Into Yummy Text

6:20AM June 10, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Anyone harnesses the written word for a living is eye-bleedingly familiar with lorem ipsum the long string of Latin jibber-jabber that acts as a placeholder until your actual dictional genius shines through. Good news! It’s dead. Bacon ipsum killed it. More »


Cameras

Breakfast Is Most Delicious At 1000fps

2:20PM May 17, 2011 | Brian Barrett

It’s getting to the point where I’m not sure there’s anything not improved by slow motion. Even one of the most lavish—and most brutally upended—breakfast spreads I’ve ever seen. Will nobody think of the bacon? More »