birthdays

Where we're wishing Jeff Bakalar a happy birthday

EPISODE 62

Moving from one part of queens to another means subpar cable service, Foodler hooks us up with some sushi in a snap, Amy Winehouse looks absolutely awful, plus we open up the snorefest that is the 700MHz auction. All that, and Nicholas Carlson from Valleywag joins us to help us trash Valleywag's sterling reputation. Happy 26th birthday to Jeff!

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The Internet does birthdays, too

Birthdays are one of the wonderful aspects of life that set us apart from robots, but that doesn't mean the cloud that is the Internet isn't fond of well wishing people with birthday salutations. Working at Webware, I register with an average of two services a day, often times more. Depending on the type of site, they'll occasionally ask for my birthday (mostly for age verification), which gets tucked away deep inside some server farm in rural Russia, or Ohio. Over the course of the past 10 months I've been here, plus whatever sites I've … Read more

Serenading cake slicer

It seems the older you get, the more lackluster the birthday celebrations become. And, while there's no need for birthday hats and balloons to fete the event, it seems that at the very least an indulgent cake is in order. The folks over at Gifts & More, however, would argue a musical cake server that plays the Happy Birthday song is in order too.

Made to mimic antique milk glass, this mint-colored plastic is attractive enough to pull out whenever cake slicing is called for. (So long as you don't mind it playing Happy Birthday on your wedding … Read more