EE's 4G may grab the headlines, but the company's also offering land line phone and internet services with a (Kevin) Bacony-twist. Now, the network is coaxing existing customers away from rival ISPs like Virgin and BT with six new unlimited broadband and call packages. The £5-per-month basic tier will give you unlimited ADSL and weekend calls, while bluer bloods can fork out £29 a month to get unlimited fiber (up to speeds of 76 Mbps), unlimited calls to landlines and 1,000 free mobile minutes each week. We've added a chart for comparison after the break, assuming you don't reach for your wallet every time you see a product pitched by the guy from Footloose.
Kevin Bacon is so well-connected that everyone in the world (or at least, in the world of showbiz) is only separated from him (or to others, because of him) by no more than six degrees.
And now Kevin Bacon himself has been immortalized in bacon by mosaic artist Jason Mecier.
Mecier is no stranger to food art. He previously crafted beef jerky mosaics of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and will no doubt continue to do so in the foreseeable future.
All I can say is, Kevin’s got some fat cheeks and an even fatter forehead. Yum!
[via Foodiggity via Neatorama]
Now, this is quite a fresh take on the standard celebrity portraits: a Kevin Bacon made out of actual bacon! Now, if only we knew a Thomas Cheese or Charles Burger, we’d be in for a treat, right?
Meet the work of San Francisco artist Jason Mecier. He became known for ...
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We had a bit of a laugh with Google's Kevin Bacon calculator. Not everyone needs to tie their searches to the star of Footloose, though, which is partly why Google is pushing out an update to its Knowledge Graph that explains how searches turn up related items. The effort is starting with actors, celebrities and their links to any movies and TV shows they've starred in. Looking for Orson Welles and mousing over Rita Hayworth's portrait reminds us that the two luminaries were married for years, for example. We won't know when the more intelligent searches will expand, but at least we won't be quite so confused if the animated Transformers movie appears next to Citizen Kane.
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Google Knowledge Graph explains related content, finds the six degrees with less Bacon originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Adding to the fun and games already hidden within its search box, Google's new not-so-secret addition gives you a quick way to calculate exactly how many degrees your favorite (or most obscure) actor falls from Kevin Bacon. Sure, it may take half the debate out of it, but at least the definitive answers are now out there -- just type in "bacon number" followed by your thespian of choice.
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Google adds 'Bacon Number' easter egg to its search engine originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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