Octopodial Chrome

We all know that Windows Vista breaks a lot of things. What’s surprising is that it breaks Windows software so badly that running that same software under Linux and Wine (a free Windows implementation) can be a better choice. Here’s a list of games which run better under Linux+Wine than under Vista. Microsoft sure have some egg on their face with this one.

The bhut jolokia is the new hottest chili pepper in the world at 1,041,427 Scoville units. That means that it would require 1,041,427 drops of water to dilute one drop of the pepper such that the heat would be unnoticeable. A jalapeño is only about 5,000 Scovillle units.

I want one. I want several, actually. I want to grow a bhut jolokia plant.

Best two quotes from the article? When you eat it, it feels like dying, reads the advertising copy from one retailer. We’re about the only species who like hot peppers; you can’t even train a rat to like them, says a taste researcher.