We've scoured the Web to find the best intel you might have missed this week. In this edition: The Obama campaign joins Pinterest, the world finally gets its first edible cookbook, MC Hammer celebrates his 50th birthday, and your Mega Millions Jackpot is now . . . $640 million.
Obama Cares
That whole health-care thing might not
be going well, but at least Obama supporters can take solace in knowing
that there is now an official presidential Pinterest account. So far,
the page has eight boards and 65 pins, and it's a lot more engaging than
the competition's. But is it too much to hope that the
campaign will stop acting like it needs to do this stuff to win and
just let Joe Biden speak freely? [Pinterest]
Hammer Time
Today is rapper MC Hammer's 50th birthday,
which means that from now on, it's not so much that you can't touch
this; it's that you probably won't want to. Nevertheless, The Boombox
honors the rapper turned minister with a roundup of 10 facts you may not
know about him. [The Boombox]
Eat Your Words
This week we stumbled upon the
first-ever edible cookbook, courtesy of the German creative firm
Korefe. Made
entirely out of pasta, each "page" doubles as a sheet of lasagna. So
far, so good—though if you forget to make a note of the cook time after
it goes in the oven, you're shit out of luck. [Korefe]
Royal Flush
Everyone is freaking out about tonight's
$640 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing. Buzzfeed has a nice piece on
26 absurd things to buy if you win, including a $12K toilet
"throne," a $100K straw Panama hat, a $10K iPhone case, and solid-gold
playing cards—all of which are just about as practical as the notion
that you should drop a bunch of cash on lotto tickets because you're feeling
lucky. [Buzzfeed]
—Justine Goodman, associate Web editor at Details
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