Thanksgiving

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How To Burn Off The Seasonal Fat

4:00PM November 27, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Thanksgiving’s just passed in the US. Christmas is fast approaching. Truly, it’s a wonderful time of food and kinship and gluttony. But that also means a big step backward in your battle against the bulge. But don’t worry! Here are a few tips to make sure you more or less still fit in your clothes once the holiday’s over. More »


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The 7 Best Deep-Fried Turkey Disaster Videos

7:00AM November 27, 2010 | Eater.com

Today’s Thanksgiving, and a whole bunch of people are going to just toss a frozen turkey willy-nilly into a deep fryer, film the exploding fireball that results, and post it on YouTube. (For which we, of course, are very thankful.) More »


Online

This Guy Crashed A Thanksgiving Party Because He Got An Accidental E-Mail Invite

2:00PM November 26, 2010 | Casey Chan

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Gadgets

The Perfect Turkey Timer

2:00PM November 18, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

I love stupid single-purpose kitchen gadgets. Inserted into a turkey or chicken, this timer’s legs pop up like a boner when the inside reaches 73 degrees—not 82, like most—for perfectly roasted bird. It’s $US13. [NYT, Image: Tony Cenicola/NYT] More »


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Astronauts Sneak Turkey Into The Space Station

5:00PM November 27, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

NASA didn’t plan any traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner for the astronauts at the International Space Station, but they had it anyway: Someone sneaked the real thing into the space shuttle Atlantis without anyone in ground control noticing it. More »


Science

The Chemistry Of Thanksgiving

11:00AM November 27, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Entertainment

MacGyver Chef: Making Choco-Cranberry Mousse With A Hair Dryer

5:00AM November 27, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

To honour this most culinary holiday, I found a dessert recipe that, in true MacGyver fashion, can be made with equipment found in a hotel room. Here, a hair dryer provides heat—but couldn’t save this disasterpiece. More »


The Revenge of the Lego Turkey Mecha

5:00AM November 30, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

You are probably still eating the corpse remains of the 47.5-ton turkey your mum did for Thanksgiving. Which is cool. Unless the brother of that turkey has access to bricks and constructs a weaponised Lego Turkey Mecha to wipe your fat turkey-eating arse out of the face of this planet. This thing seems deceptively inoffensive until you activate the attack mode and it transforms into the amazingly complex beast of destruction and feathered apocalypse that it really is, full of missiles, lasers, and doom-thingie launchers:

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10 Gadgets For The Ultimate Thanksgiving Food Fight

6:00AM November 28, 2008 | Sean Fallon

Whenever a bunch of relatives gather around a table with copious amounts of alcohol, it is only a matter of time before things turn ugly. This year, try and let the anger and frustration out by throwing your food instead of fists and insults. Not only is it effective, it is a lot of fun too. The following ten gadgets will help give you the edge in the event a turkey war breaks out. When the dust settles, only you will be left standing. Then again, that could be the tryptophan kicking in.

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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Totally Rickrolled

3:50AM November 28, 2008 | Mark Wilson

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