You know farming has reached faddish proportions when there's a Facebook game devoted to it. Farmville was launched in June but now has nearly 60 million users. It's somewhere between the Sims and Charlotte's Web where players harvest raspberries, pumpkins, and other foods, then sell their bounty for online coins. As this recent New York Times piece points out, more and more people are becoming obsessed with putting on their virtual overalls. "The game seems to have mesmerized people from all walks of life. Every night for the last two weeks, Jil Wrinkle, a 40-year-old medical transcriber in the Philippines, has set his alarm for 1:30 a.m., when he will wake up, roll over and harvest his blueberries." See...
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What bookish flavor combo would YOU fill it with? The New Yorker points us to the Facebook group People for a library-themed Ben & Jerry's flavor! As you'd imagine, word nerds can get pretty clever with the library-related puns: Gooey Decimal System: Dark fudge alphabet letters with caramel swirls in hazelnut ice cream.Writer’s Block: Coffee with fudge chunks and nicotine stains.Over-Goo Fudge: Chocolate with marshmallow and fudge.Sh-sh-sh-Sherbet! Key Lime or a chocolate/vanilla combination. Can you top those? I'll try my hand.... The Twoberry Medal: Strawberries, blueberries, and shortcake mixed into crème fraîche vanilla ice cream. It should be noted that Ben & Jerry's isn't considering a library-themed flavor at this point. It's simply a bunch of bookworms on Facebook...
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From Bastholm on Twitpic. [via Deep Fried Kimchee]...
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Friend or Fan Lisa on Facebook....
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Valleywag reports: "The family has gotten Neal to agree to eat vegetables, but only if a Facebook group they've set up garners 1,000 users."...
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Your favorite Washington D.C. chef might be on Facebook. Let the stalking begin!...
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Are you addicted to the Scrabulous Facebook app? Here's an option to make the game a little more interesting—and more difficult: food-based wordplay. We outline some basic rules here.
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OK, Robyn, I see how it is. Bunch a copycats aping my idea here in the Serious Eats office. Here's the deal: you know that Facebook site that's been in the news lately? The one all the kids are using? Well, on Friday, I created a Slice group on it. (Non-Facebookers: "Groups" are basically little Facebook-based clubs you can join.) So then Robyn Lee here in the office goes and makes one for The Girl Who Ate Everything. And then today, she created a Serious Eats group. Hmm, wonder where she got that idea? Anyway, I'm not really that hacked off at her. As official office curmudgeon, I just like to act like it. After all, if you're a Facebooker,...
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