Easily peel potatoes

This video is a tip from the Japanese "Urawaza" (secret tricks) TV show. This lesson is on how to peel a cooked in one shot. Basically, you score a potato with a knife, boil it, put it in ice water for ten seconds and then you're able to snap the skin off! Brilliant!

(Via Neatorama)

Project Runway Season 3

The latest batch of designers on Bravo and Heidi Klum's third installment of Project Runway has been announced!

They are:

Bradley Baumkirchner, 32, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Best, 36, West Hollywood, CA
Laura Bennett, 42, New York, NY
Malan Breton, 32, Long Island City, NY
Bonnie Dominguez, 31, San Diego, CA
Stacey Estrella, 40, San Francisco, CA
Katherine Gerdes, 25, Minneapolis, MN
Kayne Gillaspie, 27, Norman, OK
Ulrike "Uli" Herzner, 35, Miami Beach, FL
Alison Kelly, 25, Brooklyn, NY
Angela Keslar, 33, Amesville, OH
Michael Knight, 28, Atlanta, GA
Vincent Libretti, 49, Santa Monica, CA
Keith Michael, 34, New York, NY
Jeffrey Sebelia, 36, Los Angeles, CA

Pictured: (top l-r) Vincent Libretti, Kayne Gillaspie, Robert Best, Ulrike Herzner (middle l-r) Alison Kelly, Laura Bennett, Angela Keslar, Keith Michael, Katherine Gerdes, Stacey Estrella (botton l-r) Bradley Baumkirchner, Jeffrey Sebelia, Malan Breton, Bonnie Dominguez, Michael Knight.

Season three's winning designer will be awarded a mentorship with Macy's private label sportswear line, I.N.C. International Concepts. Hmmm, not quite the same prize as the Banana Republic mentorship of season two.

Check out thumbnail pictures of the Project Runway Season 3 cast as well as an ensemble picture of Heidi, Tim Gunn, the Season 3 cast and the models.

Project Runway 3 will premiere on Wednesday, July 12 @ 10PM ET/PT on Bravo.

(Via JustJared)

Make a gift box out of two dollar bills

Looking for a neat, cheap, do-it-yourself way to wrap something small? Try this gift box made from two bills. You can use any denomination you like, but the cheapest combination is obviously two one dollar bills.

Check out more money origami at Clay's site.

(Via Random Good Stuff)

The Universal Packing List

Headed on a trip and not sure what to pack? Let the Universal Packing List generate a custom packing list for your journey. A simple web-based app, it's pretty neat. Check it out!

(Via Signal vs. Noise)

Spooky playground sculptures/art

Art and sculptures on children's playground is supposed to be fun, whimsical, and merry, right? Well, that's what I thought. Take a look at these pictures and you'll see that there's some pretty creepy/disturbing playground art out there.

What are your children playing on/around?

(Via Boing Boing)

Back from Boston

I'm back from work in Boston and now able to devote more time to The Markr.

Here come some new posts! :)