What do dogs do all day?  Not really sure, but as we all know when dogs get bored, they wreak havoc in the form of chewed up stuff, feces and urine.

Well, the Kool Dogz Ice Treat Maker is one solution.  Instead of giving your dog a few toys or treats that he’ll get bored with in a few minutes, why not freeze these treats in a big block of ice a la han solo?

Your dog will be entertained for the whole day as he licks through the ice trying to get his treats.  Not only that, but he’ll keep cool and hydrated…because, after all, he’s been licking a block of ice for the whole day.

I actually think this is an excellent idea.  I mean, dogs must be so bored while their owners are at work, and this way the dogs have something to do.  Sure, once they realize that you’ve just been wasting their time all day they’ll probably revolt and destroy you.  But until that point it seems like it’ll be enjoyable.

One thing though, if you look at the product page here for the Kool Dogz Ice Treat Maker you notice something kinda disturbing…this company is selling a $30 plastic bucket.  I mean, I don’t see why you can’t make a similar ice block at home with your own bucket, and save $30.

The new iPhone comes out in 2 weeks…excited yet?  But for those of you current iPhone users what are you going to do with an extra iPhone once you purchase the 3G?

My advice?  Sell it, and sell it now.

Demand has been building for the first gen iPhone ever since Apple stopped manufacturing the device.  Not only that, but since iPhones can now be easily unlocked, there is a market for these devices overseas where the lack of 3G networks makes the next gen iPhone less attractive.

I sold my iPhone yesterday on eBay and got a decent $300…not bad considering that my auction gave details of all of my iPhones scratches and bruises.  And that $300 is just enough to buy me a new 3G iPhone when the device comes out on July 11.

I’d suggest that if you’re gonna sell your old iPhone, you sell it now.  Demand for the older device is probably going to go down after v2 comes out in July.

And to think all this time I thought Kobe was the rapist.

This video has been making the rounds on the net, and it’s great.  Kobe and Shaq have a well documented feud, partially because Kobe exposed Shaq cheating on his wife…among other drama.

Well, following Kobe’s loss in the NBA finals to the Celtics, Shaq has come back with a Kobe diss.  It has the unusual chorus, “kobe, nigga, tell me how my ass tastes.”

Now, I’m not completely educated on rap culture, but Shaw wondering aloud how Kobe thinks his ass tastes sound kind of, well, gay.

Either way, it’s a great video that will make the Shaq/Kobe rivalry that much better next year.  Personally, I hate both Shaq and Kobe…but I think if push came to shove Kobe is an all around better player than Shaq.  I mean, Shaq is good because of his size, not so much his skill.

But who cares, just watch the vid.

For you Stern fans out there with iPhones you’re gonna love this…Mallard Software today released a Sirius client for the iPhone, called uSirius.

It works with any iPhone or iPod Touch that has been jailbroken.  All you need to do is add the following source to your installer:  http://www.millardsoftware.com/files/downloads/usirius/iphone/iphone.xml  and install uSirius.

How does it work?  Well, Sirius streams over the internet, so as far as I can tell this app just taps into this feed.  You’ll need a valid Sirius user ID and password - or you can go to the Sirius website and get a 3 day trial.

The best thing is uSirius works over wifi OR EDGE, so you can get Sirius anywhere you iPhone can get EDGE data…and that’s pretty much every populated area in the US.  I’ll imagine this will be even better when the 3G iPhone comes out.

I’ve been listening now for a few minutes and it works well.  The sound is fine, and surprisingly there haven’t been any sound dropouts.

The only issue I have is that when you’re on EDGE you’re eating up battery power like a mother.  I’d use wifi whenever available.

Some websites have said that you need to pay to use uSirius after an introductory period, but I haven’t seen anything about this when using the app.  We’ll see in a few days.

It’s also important to note that uSirius is a beta, meaning lots of crashes.  I haven’t had a crash so far, but some websites have reported crashes when moving from wifi to EDGE.

Still, this is some good shit.  Check it out.

TJFKAK has a long and distinguished history of posting under that particular pseudonym.  However, for many months I have been referring to her by another name:

Pinto

Pinto?  You may ask?  Is that a reference to the horse?  The Ford?  Is it a referene to Fernao Mendes Pinto, the famed 16th Century Portuguese explorer? Or perhaps even . . . the bean?

Well, that is a question you’re going to have to ask Pinto herself.  I, personally, wouldn’t feel comfortable divulging the story behind that particular name.

Prime rib…good.  Hamburger…good.  Prime rib and hamburger in a single burger?  Oragsm?

Carl’s Jr. recently introduced their Prime Rib Six Dollar burger which combines a hamburger patty with sliced prime rib and a creamy horseraddish sauce.  And jesus does it look good.

One thing though…it ain’t healthy.  The burger has over a thousand calories, 70 grams of fat and nearly 3,000 mg of sodium.  That’s pretty bad, even for a fast food burger.

Not only that, but apparently the burger doesn’t look as good in person as it does on TV. Of course that’s true of all fast food, but check out this pic below from Griffin Eats OC.  It looks like a big greasy turd in between two buns.

Personally, I always fall for the prime rib deal.  Quiznos had a prime rib sandwich that was complete shit, and this one appears to be headed that direction.  At the end of the day, fast food prime rib is more like greasy deli meat than a real thick, juicy cut of beef.

Anyone try one yet?

This topic came up on the Stern show yesterday, and immediately I thought of Jak and his rants about the superiority of Italian food from New York.

On one hand, I get it.  East coast/west coast feuds are nothing new…expect instead of beats this one focuses on pizza dough.  But is there really any truth to this stuff?

I mean, say some guy from Italy moved to California and started a restaurant.  It happens all the time, and several of these folks have been very successful.  Should that food be forever be marked with a west coast asterisk?

I’ve actually heard some theories as to why stuff on the east coast is better.  For example, some of the better known pizza joints on the east coast have ovens that have been used for decades.  Thus, pizzas cooked in these ovens are infused with decades worth of pizza flavor goodness.

Another argument is that the water on the east coast tastes different than water elsewhere.  Therefore, anything made with water, like pizza dough and pasta, will have a distinctive…i.e. better…flavor.

Now, I think a lot of these theories are horse shit.  Why don’t New Yorkers like the taste of west coast pizza?  Because they’re fucking snobby, that’s why.  I mean, just admit it…west coast food will never be as good as east coast food because it is from the west coast…don’t blame the water.

With that said, I agree you need to be snobby sometimes.  Sure, a korean sushi chef will never be as good as a Japanese sushi chef…just because.

But east coast vs. west coast?  Come on!  We have the same stuffed crust pizzas and pizza hut pasta that you guys have over there.

I finally finished the latest season of Top Chef last night.  Overall it was another strong season for the show, although there were several weak points that were annoying.

The weakest point of season 4 were the contestants.  For some reason, the show had 3 lesbians, including two lesbians that were a couple.

Now, I’m not biased against gays, but really this seemed like a cheap ratings ploy that decreased the integrity of the show in my mind.  I mean, you expect that Hell’s Kitchen will choose contestants for their personalities rather than their cooking ability…and that is fine because it is a Fox show.  But Top Chef was always more focused on the food and cooking, rather than the personalities of the contestants.

I would have preferred to see more diversity among cooking styles than lifestyles.  And I’m sure a more compelling mix of cooking styles could have been picked if Bravo wasn’t so focused on what seemed to me to be a pro-lesbian, feminist agenda.

Not only that, but the inclusion of a couple in the show was inexcusable.  You can’t tell me that these two were the best chefs available…because they were far from it.  If Top Chef thinks it will be more successful with more human drama, it’s wrong.  It’s a show about food first…not a reality show.

For the most part, there were few distinctive cooking styles this season.  You had Richard who played around a bit with molecular gastronomy, but was nothing like Marcel.  Then you have Lisa whose focus was ‘Asian’, although mostly her food looked like a poor fusion knock off.

With that said, I am glad that Stephanie won.  She did a good job throughout the competition, and was one of the leaders in terms of wins.  Her food seemed strong too, and she wasn’t too fancy about things.  Stephanie’s focus was to focus on simplicity while letting the ingredients speak for themselves…and it seemed to work.

I do have to say that I can’t see her taking charge of a kitchen.  She’s just too nice.  And one thing missing from season 4 was a comprehensive restaurant challenge where they actually have to turn out a meal service.  But apparently Stephanie does already operate her won restaurant, so who knows?

The other finalists were a mixed bag.  Going into the finals I thought Richard would blow away the other two.  He was generally more inventive and his molecular gastronomy techniques had the potential to overshadow the more basic techniques of his competitors.  But he seemed to really falter when it came to creating a cohesive tasting menu…and as he admitted, he choked.

Lisa on the other hand was a complete cunt throughout the season, and she had no right to be in the finals…much less win.  And she came close to taking the whole thing, thank god she lost to Stephanie or I would have never been able to watch the show again.

Lisa was your typical fat, dykey lesbian with an attitude.  That was annoying for sure, mostly because she didn’t back up her attitude with good cooking.  She had one of the least impressive quick fire records, and most of the time her ‘asian’ food looked like cheap knockoffs of various asian dishes.

All in all, this season was entertaining, but also frustrating.  I think Top Chef has always focused more on food, and it should continue to do so.  If it strays into a more typical type of tabloid reality show style then it will be indistinguishable from Hell’s Kitchen.  I hope next season they bring in chefs with a wider variety of cooking styles and let they chips fall where they may in terms of personality.

We’ve all been suck without a bathroom when a big shit was in the chamber.  It’s painful.  And dangerous.

Well, the English have come up with a solution.  Enter the Shit Box.

It’s a portable box that unfolds into a quasi toilet.  Really, it’s just a box with a hole in it…but hey, that’s all you really need.

It contains a bag where your shit goes, and all you gotta do is remove the disposable bag when you’re done, toss it, and grab another bag for next time.

It’s actually a pretty brilliant solution if you’re camping.  But if you’re in a more populated area you’re still gonna have to be sitting there with your pants down on top of a box.

You can pick one up here.

Blair’s 16 Million Reserve Crystals is purportedly the hottest spice known to man.  It registers an SHU (Scoville Heat Unit) of 16,000,000, compared to a Habanero that maxes out at around 350,000 SHU.

Why’s it so hot?  Well, unlike regular hot sauces, Blair’s is pharmaceutical grade crystals of pure Capsicum, the main component of chili peppers.  No messing around with an actual sauce.

And this stuff doesn’t come cheap.  It’ll cost you at least $545.  Only 999 bottles were produced, and each bottle only includes 1mL of crystals, making this stuff way more expensive than even heroin.

You can pick it up here from hotsauce.com.

Earlier this week I posted about Allison Stokke, by far one of the hottest athletes in sports today…and maybe ever.

And in my continuing…uh…research, I came across this pic of Allison’s high school boyfriend.  Now look, I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but let’s be fair, he’s clearly one of the douchiest guys in existence.

Not fair.

What’s interesting is that Stokke has really been overwhelmed by all the Internet attention.  I’m a bit late on this one, but apparently it started over a year ago when Stokke was still in high school.  One of her pics got out on the net, and it was over from there.

She was flooded with Myspace messages, blogs everywhere started posting about her with lewd comments, and tons of photographers started showing up at her track meets.

Now that Stokke is in college, all the attention is a bit less creepy, I suppose.  But her father still checks the net to identify potential stalkers.

Stokke just finished her freshman year, and to its credit Cal is refraining from posting her pics on the school’s sports website.  But several pics of Stokke have emerged on the net, like this one:

And I have to say she looks as good as ever.

NASA has sent a bunch of robots to Mars.  They roam around and take pictures of rocks and dirt.  Not so interesting.

But today, the Phoenix rover sent back images of ice on the surface of Mars…and yes, ice equals water.

The official announcement came from NASA in the form of a twitter post.  It read, “Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!”

Why is ice so important?

Well, where there is ice, there are mokes, and mokes on Mars is pretty big news.  Or more likely, where there is ice, there is water, and where there is water, there is the possibility for life.

Neat, huh?

Hopefully its not Aliens vs. Predator life…or andromeda strain life…maybe some harmless bugs or bacteria or something.  But life on another planet, that’s big news.

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out over the coming months.  I mean, if there is life on Mars what will the jesus freaks and scientologists say?  And if there is water on Mars, then that means we could live there too.  Great.

It is kind of sad though that by the time we do something cool on Mars, e.g. Total Recall, we will be all long gone.  But still, I’m looking forward to some cool Mars shots over the next few days…or, I’ll settle for more shots of Allison Stokke at Cal track meets.

Sadly too late for father’s day, this month’s woot off is now on.  Get your wallets ready.

Remember when you were like ten years old and everyone had a fanny pack.  Not only were they acceptable back then…they were actually kind of cool.

But sadly, the fanny pack quickly fell out of style, so much so that nowadays when you see someone with a FP they are almost certainly either 1) gay or 2) suffering from a disease that requires constant access to lots of medication.

At the same time though, you could argue that today fanny packs are needed more than ever.  Not only do you have standard stuff like wallets and keys to hold on to, you have your iPhone, iPod, gameboy or PSP, and whatever toiletries that you use on a daily basis.

I think it’s time to bring the fanny pack back.  I mean, from a guy’s perspective the men’s purse is the only other option…and if you carry one of those you might as well walk around with a cock in your mouth as well.

I’m thinking that the fanny pack needs better marketing…maybe some product placement?  Like, if Nelly and fidy were in a few videos with FPs then boom…back in style.  Lets work on it, people.

On Monday it was revealed that Howard Stern staffer Jason Kaplan has an interest in gay porn photography.  Jason admitted that he made an offer to take nude and solo jerk-off pictures of fellow staffer Kevin Kraft.

Jason assured Stern that he is not in fact gay, but was interested gay porn photography for the money.  Jason then proceeded to take pictures of Kevin on air, giving orders like, “Start lifting up your shirt slowly. Show me a little bit of stomach…Look into it.”

It’s an interesting twist for Jason, who is engaged and recently held a bachelor party.