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How To: Make A Black Olive Penguin
Black Olive Penguins have always been a classic appetizer recipe in my house. I thought everyone pretty much knew about them until I was tweeting a friend of mine a few months ago, and she had never heard of them before. I decided then that during this season, I would write a post about these fun li ...
Your Whole Breakfast In A Cupcake
This morning when I woke up, I immediately started coding furiously to be sure that what I have for today gets done and that I don't get behind in my usual schedule. Is something missing from that sentence? Well, usually I don't miss out on my breakfast, but today I completely forgot about it until ...
Take A Photo: A Social Experiment With Disposable Cameras
It seems like everyone is picture crazy these days. We all love to take pictures and share them, especially online. I remember just ten years ago when I was lugging around a heavy camera in my handbag. Back then, taking pictures always required a certain amount of planning with the batteries, the me ...
Leonardo da Vinci’s To-Do List: Peek Into A Creative Mind
Do you ever read about people like Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso and some of the other most creative people in history and wonder how they approached their daily lives? I do. Sometimes I get to the end of the day and feel like I didn't finish some of the most menial tasks on my to-do list, yet there ar ...
Mama Birds Feeding Baby Birds: 8 Heart Warming Photos
I remember earlier this year when the webcam recording that family of bald eagles in Iowa went viral. Back then we were all waiting for that third egg to hatch, and at any moment there were between 100,000 and 150,000 people watching the nest live. That experience taught us a lot about the behavior ...
Your Daily Cute: Grandma Tries Pop Rocks For The First Time
Aww... I have such a soft place in my heart for old ladies. I think they are so full of wisdom and insight about the world. We've often written here on Bit Rebels that age is only a number, and we are all as young as we feel. I never want to lose my curiosity and wonder about the world, and most of ...
7 Sounds Kids Born Today Will Never Know
Oh my goodness, this is so awesome. As you know, different people are stimulated by different senses in different ways. For example. some people associate visuals or scents with certain memories. Other people associate sounds with their past. We've often seen those posts about "things your kids will ...
Food Design: Thanksgiving Cupcakes Made From Turkey & Stuffing
If you live in the States like I do, you are probably getting ready for one of the biggest holidays of the year, Thanksgiving. The traditional Thanksgiving dinner consists of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries and of course, pumpkin pie. Have you ever wanted to create that combination in ...
Toilet Yoga: Because Sometimes Shit Doesn’t Happen
The last time I saw toilets and yoga in the same sentence was last summer when that guy was caught hiding down inside a portable toilet at a yoga festival. Yeah, he was covered in poop. He climbed out and ran away when he was discovered. This article is also about a toilet and yoga, but thank goodne ...
Life Instructions: The Four Simple Rules For A Happier Life
Life itself is a complicated little thing sometimes. You can be pretty sure that it will give you peaks and valleys and vice versa at the right and wrong moments in time. The main theme of your life should be happiness of course, but there are some ethics to follow in order to make sure that your tr ...
Top 10 Must-Have Gloves For Geeks
It's getting to be that season again when it's time to break out the gloves. Here in the South where it doesn't get as cold as some places, many people consider gloves more of a fashion statement than a way to keep warm. That's not the case with me though. I wear gloves to bed all winter long. It's ...
Catvertising: All Advertising Is Shifting To Cat Videos
By now, everyone knows that cats have pretty much taken over the Internet. It started out a few years ago when people started posting their adorable cat pictures. They are just so irresistibly cute that everyone seemed to love sharing them.
I'm not a cat person in the traditional sense, and I don ...
Food Design: A Teeny Tiny Apple Pie Baked Inside An Apple
I love food inspired designs. Chefs and foodies who love to experiment in the kitchen are some of the most creative artists in the world, and I always enjoy seeing the designs that pop out of their imaginations. Take this Millennium Falcon pancake for example. It's almost too badass to eat, but I th ...
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Life Would Be So Different If It Was Like A Disney Movie [10 Pics]
Every time I see an article on the Internet about the Disney princesses, it always surprises me how popular it is. It is usually shared all over the place, and many times those posts go viral. Why is that? What is so special about that group of pretty girls? Even my own articles about them have done ...
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Tech Germs: Our Gadgets Are Disgustingly Dirty [Infographic]
When I saw an article on Mashable yesterday called 16% of Cellphones Have Poop On Them, I knew I had to check it out. Sure enough, as I expected, it was so nasty I almost threw up in my mouth a little. I've mentioned on Bit Rebels many times before that I'm a Germaphobe. I wash my hands a ridiculous ...