by Blogbot

In this vid (originally posted on The Feast by their Bay Area Food Ed Tamara Palmer) the chocolate makers behind the scientifically and ethically-minded artisan brand TCHO explain how they can operate the essential functions of their factory remotely via a custom iPhone App. The space age Willy Wonka responsible for implementing the technology is TCHO’s creative director and CEO Louis Rossetto, who was one of the founders of Wired Magazine.

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by Ryan Stewart

What’s left to be said about Iron Man? It opens today and has a leisurely two weeks to prove its mettle before Disney’s Prince Caspian lands in theaters on May 16th and Indiana Jones muscles in a week later. Should the film do as well as Paramount and Marvel Studios secretly hope, there are, of course, plans afoot to turn this solo outing into a trilogy. Although at last week’s press junket for the film, the four writers on hand all offered different takes on where they’d like the potential franchise go next and director Jon Favreau insisted that he has not been signed for any further films, that could change on a moment’s notice. The film’s leads, Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, were both directly asked if they’d come back for a second and third helping and … well, what do you expect them to say? SuicideGirls was on hand for the roundtable discussions as Downey and Paltrow took questions from the peanut gallery.

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by Alana Joy

Every week we ask you guys to show us your ink in celebration of Tattoo Tuesday: we choose one favorite submission each from Twitter and Tumblr and they win a free 3 month membership to SuicideGirls.com.

Check out this weeks winners!

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Luffy Suicide in Lingerie Euphoria

• INTO: Neuroscience, Japan(ese), Sonic the Hedgehog, rain, the moon, anime, philosophy, volleyball, Fredriche Nietzsche, the brain, Sigmund Freud, genuine ideas, controversy, change, psychology, music of almost any sort, revolution, intelligence, sunsets, Harbourfront, corsets, the art of attraction, the little things, being myself (weird), acting, cheesecake, progress, bright colors, being me, a happy temporal lobe, existentialism, being alone, questioning the world, being philosophical, architecture, interior design, the home.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Music, chocolate, hugs and kisses, being expressive, learning something new, vibrant colors, using big words, lingerie, creativity, a good laugh, the little things, Havarti cheese, a highly stimulated temporal lobe, healthy neural connections, spring, love, being alone.
• VICES: Bright colors, beautiful eyes, hugs and kisses, sweet foods, food in general, being a potty mouth, people with original or enticing ideas, being naughty but nice at the same time, breaking rules.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Floating between objectivity and subjectivity.

Get to know Luffy better over at SuicideGirls.com!

by Laurelin

Missy recently posted something on SuicideGirls that got me thinking. She asked us to make videos of how SG has changed our lives, what it meant to us and how it has shaped our pasts and futures. Even though I am not a Suicide Girl (not for lack of trying!), I couldn’t help but think back on everything that SG has brought to my life…

I remember the first time I ran across SuicideGirls like it was yesterday. It was 2005, and I was at Newbury Comics, happily clutching some Tori Amos CD singles and a pair of fuzzy leopard dice to hang from my review mirror. A book caught my eye. There was a topless girl with tiny black pigtails, looking quite surly staring back at me from the cover. “She’s adorable,” I thought. The inside pages carried a strong statement, one that is captivating to alternative women of all ages, races and body types. Most of us have spent our entire lives feeling like we don’t belong. These girls looked like they didn’t fit in either. They were covered in tattoos, some had pink hair, others seemed to have more metal than skin – but in that, they were perfect. And naked. In front of everyone!

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by Clio, Lexie, Thistle, and Vanessa

SuicideGirls’ essential guide to tattoo etiquette: how to keep your artist sweet, and how to get the body art you want.

Do:

• Research to find a suitable practitioner. Look up local artists, and ask around. If you happen to see someone that has a tattoo you are particularly fond of, ask them (politely) where they got it done.
• Look at portfolios. Several different ones if you have to. Find someone with a style and personality that will mesh well with your own – especially if it’s your first.
• Make an appointment, both for a consultation, and to get the actual work done. While walk-ins are convenient, if you have a more elaborate piece, respect the artist enough to give them time to work on it.
• Be original.
• Know what you want, and have several ideas about where you’d like the tattoo to go.
• Make drawings (as long as you don’t have the art skills 5-year old) or find reference photos, as many as you think you’ll need to get across the concept/image you want.
• Listen to the artist’s suggestions, and understand that they may say no to some of your ideas simply because they wouldn’t come out right or make a good tattoo.
• Get something that means something personal to you, as long as it’s easy enough to convey. Getting a tree that twists into a lizard that has bird wings and a feathered mask may be the most sacred thing you could possibly think of in this world, but, really, how would that look? Weird, that’s how.
• Bathe beforehand.
• Bring something (non-alcoholic) to drink.
• Let your artist know if you feel like you’re going to be sick and/or pass out. The last thing you want on your person is a big line going in the direction you fainted because you didn’t tell your artist you were about to black out.
• Tip your tattoo artist. ALWAYS. Even if they’re your best friend. TIP THEM. It’s rude and offensive not to. As a rule, leave an extra 20%, unless it’s something minimal like $50-$60, then tip about $10. If it’s a HUGE piece that the artist works on for over 5 hours, then tip anywhere from 25 to 30%. (If the artist also happens to be your significant other and they won’t accept money, give them some extra good sex that night or something.)

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by Ryan Stewart

Morgan Spurlock’s 2004 documentary Super Size Me made enough waves to provoke the ire of a major corporation, so for his next act, the filmmaker is upping the stakes and taking his rabble-rousing to someone far more villainous than the Hamburglar – Osama bin Laden.

In his new documentary, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, Spurlock leaves his heavily pregnant wife behind and goes on a multi-country odyssey as an average citizen trying to do what the CIA apparently can’t – find out where the terrorist mastermind is actually hiding and slap the cuffs on him.

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