eat me.

espresso-chocolate shortbread cookies

here

Makes 32 cookies
what you'll need

1 tablespoon instant espresso powder

1 tablespoon boiling water

2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature

2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate (plain, or a toffee variety), finely chopped, 

or 3/4 cup store-bought mini chocolate chips

Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting (optional)

Hoverboard

HOVERBOARD - NILS GUADAGNIN from nils guadagnin on Vimeo.

Remember Back to the Future II ?

"Integrated into the board and the plinth is an electromagnetic system which levitates the board. A laser system stabilises the object in the air."

New Species (:

Aiteng Sea Slug

This slug was found in the Gulf of Thailand and is the only kind that eats bugs.

Psychedelic Frogfish

Found in Indonesia, their patterns are equivalent to our fingerprints.

Green Bomber Worm
Found in California, with gills that "glow with with bioluminescence"

here

Etsy Envy 3

the latest and greatest from etsy :)

here

Named the Squiddlepuss, hand sculpted!!

2" wide, 1.5" tall

here

Pendant Size : .5" wide x 1.25" high

Chain Length : 32" brass continuous chain.

here

Lego rings!!!

List of colors: - white, black, light grey, yellow, orange, pink, red, light green, dark green, light blue, dark blue

einstein

This is Einstein, the world's smallest horse.

14 inches high

and only 6 pounds.

born april 23, 2010

video here

nose-y frog

In the Indonesian Foja Mountains rain forest, in South America,

a new frog species has been found that has a Pinocchio nose.

The Blossom Bat is also a newbie.

here

cupcakes

chocolate soufflé cupcakes with mint cream

here

what you'll need for the cupcakes:

6 ounces (170 grams) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped (I preferred this with bittersweet)

6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) (86 grams) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Heaping 1/4 teaspoon (1 gram) espresso or instant coffee powder

3 large eggs, separated

6 tablespoons (97 grams) sugar, divided

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

what you'll need for the mint cream:

2 ounces (56 grams) white chocolate, finely chopped

3 ounces heavy whipping cream

1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract