Friday Night Links (1/22/2010)…

I am ready for a big weekend with the Colts playing the Jets, a birthday party, and maybe a bit of relaxing. But first things first: we need to talk about some links. From the looks of it, I am hungry!

• Bing Recipe Search (http://thedig.in/a3) – Heading to sites like RecipeZaar and Food Network is good for getting a few new recipes, but if you want to cast your net a bit wider, you can try out the new recipe search feature on Bing, the search engine by Microsoft. It provides everything you need to know right in the search engine itself once you click the recipe you like. You can find nutritional info plus it gives you a little bar indicating whether it is high in fat or calories.
• Five-Minute Sorbet (http://thedig.in/a4) – I know it’s blazing hot outside (a toasty 36F out here), but you probably could use some sorbet. Sorbet is great because it is a nice light desert that is low in fat. All you need are two large ziploc bags and some fruit juice, ice, and rock salt. Shake it around and you’ve got yourself some sorbet. Don’t forget to rinse the salt off the inner bag before you eat.
• Crowd-Source Coverage Maps (http://thedig.in/a5) – The number of cities is limited at this point, but if you live in an available one and want to help your fellow humans find a cell phone provider that give a great signal, you should grab this app and get to recording your signal strength. You can also sign up for notification when they move into your town. Go Indianapolis!
• Edibility Testing (http://thedig.in/a6) – Afraid of being stranded in the wilderness? Me too. But now you will at least know how to test out plants before you go just eating all willy-nilly. I’m not really sure about their techniques on selecting plants since one of the bits of advice is to rub a plant on your wrist for 15 minutes. Ok, sounds good. Then they tell you to wait 8 hours to see if there is a reaction. Umm, I’m starving in the wilderness! I’m not sure what I would actually do in that scenario, but I doubt I’m going to chill and drink water for 8 hours before eating.

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