Comments on: Impressionist Cake http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: PAZLY http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-615176 PAZLY Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615176 This cake is beautiful! Is it edible? What flavor is the cake? What flavor frosting is between the layers? Did you have a party & share it with your friends? How many gallons of milk did you need to accompany all this cake? CAKE! I LOVE CAKE! CAKE IS FUN TO EAT & BAKE! This cake is beautiful!
Is it edible?
What flavor is the cake?
What flavor frosting is between the layers?
Did you have a party & share it with your friends?
How many gallons of milk did you need to accompany all this cake?
CAKE!
I LOVE CAKE!
CAKE IS FUN TO EAT & BAKE!

]]> By: scionofgrace http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614668 scionofgrace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614668 So VERY cool. I know somebody who would die of squee upon being presented with this cake. Can't imagine how long it must have taken, though! So VERY cool. I know somebody who would die of squee upon being presented with this cake.

Can’t imagine how long it must have taken, though!

]]> By: commonsmaster http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614162 commonsmaster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614162 Uh, I hate to be one of those RIAA dudes, but the CC license for this says "NON COMMERCIAL!!!" Do you really think you should be reprinting it this way? Are you going to share? Uh, I hate to be one of those RIAA dudes, but the CC license for this says “NON COMMERCIAL!!!” Do you really think you should be reprinting it this way? Are you going to share?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614176 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614176 You can change the font size of any page by pressing Ctrl + or Ctrl -. You can change the font size of any page by pressing Ctrl + or Ctrl -.

]]> By: djn http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614178 djn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614178 Ah, I knew I'd <a href="http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/09/great-cupcake-cake-debate-continues.html">seen this before</a>. Nice work, definitely. :) Ah, I knew I’d seen this before. Nice work, definitely. :)

]]> By: Little John http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614694 Little John Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614694 <i>"You can change the font size of any page by pressing Ctrl + or Ctrl -."</i> Unless you're using Internet Explorer 6 or lower (which, fortunately, I'm not, although many people still are). But yes, as an experienced Firefox user, I know that I can resize the text. I do it often, in fact. Too often. The point is, why should I have to? And why should everyone else have to? And what about those users who don't know how to do it? Or can't? <b>It annoys me somewhat that, here in the 21st Century, a reasonable, open-minded tech blog like BB is still insisting on providing main post text at 7/8 of users' preferred size, and comment texts at 90% of <i>that</i>.</b> The teeny bylines above the comments are fixed via CSS at 11px. Why do I have to adjust every page I go to, when I've already adjusted my browser in advance? Not that I'm bitter. ;-) I know the team are still tweaking the site, but it shouldn't be getting <i>worse</i>. I don't care about all the talk of the logo's style, I want to be able to read the damned text, and click from page to page the way we could before the site "improvements". Oops, time for my prunes... /hijack “You can change the font size of any page by pressing Ctrl + or Ctrl -.”

Unless you’re using Internet Explorer 6 or lower (which, fortunately, I’m not, although many people still are).

But yes, as an experienced Firefox user, I know that I can resize the text. I do it often, in fact. Too often.

The point is, why should I have to? And why should everyone else have to? And what about those users who don’t know how to do it? Or can’t?

It annoys me somewhat that, here in the 21st Century, a reasonable, open-minded tech blog like BB is still insisting on providing main post text at 7/8 of users’ preferred size, and comment texts at 90% of that. The teeny bylines above the comments are fixed via CSS at 11px. Why do I have to adjust every page I go to, when I’ve already adjusted my browser in advance?

Not that I’m bitter. ;-)

I know the team are still tweaking the site, but it shouldn’t be getting worse. I don’t care about all the talk of the logo’s style, I want to be able to read the damned text, and click from page to page the way we could before the site “improvements”.

Oops, time for my prunes…

/hijack

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614447 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614447 Good point. It does have a kind of sinister smile with a tentacled kind of hand-like appendage reaching up as if to taste its own frosting. Was it made in Russia? (Because as we all know, in Russia, sinister impressionist -expressionist cake eats you!) ;D Good point. It does have a kind of sinister smile with a tentacled kind of hand-like appendage reaching up as if to taste its own frosting. Was it made in Russia? (Because as we all know, in Russia, sinister impressionist -expressionist cake eats you!) ;D

]]> By: nanojath http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614456 nanojath Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614456 "Okay nanojath, really? That cake is a friggen awesome display of time and effort and love of a craft and all you can do is nitpick?" Yikes, okay, no sense of humor on boingboing I guess... “Okay nanojath, really? That cake is a friggen awesome display of time and effort and love of a craft and all you can do is nitpick?”

Yikes, okay, no sense of humor on boingboing I guess…

]]> By: Cildar http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614222 Cildar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614222 YUMMMMMMY.... oooh wait... there is an ear in my cake... yechhh YUMMMMMMY…. oooh wait… there is an ear in my cake… yechhh

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614228 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614228 gorgeous. as someone who's long been fascinated by van gogh, i would be beside myself if i was given a cake like this. i was going to nitpick as well in regards of which movement he was or wasn't part of, but other people are right — it's a gorgeous cake, and it doesn't matter. i WILL say that it's a nice touch how the cake progresses from impressionism at the bottom to expressionism at the top. gorgeous. as someone who’s long been fascinated by van gogh, i would be beside myself if i was given a cake like this. i was going to nitpick as well in regards of which movement he was or wasn’t part of, but other people are right — it’s a gorgeous cake, and it doesn’t matter. i WILL say that it’s a nice touch how the cake progresses from impressionism at the bottom to expressionism at the top.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614232 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614232 Actually more than 2/3 of that cake is impressionist. So I think it deserves the title. Even if it does throw in a little Van Gogh. That decorator is a pretty good painter! That cake is truly amazing. Actually more than 2/3 of that cake is impressionist.

So I think it deserves the title. Even if it does throw in a little Van Gogh.

That decorator is a pretty good painter! That cake is truly amazing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614753 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614753 Hey quickbrownfox- good eyes! I was looking at the whole piece as a Vincent VG interpretation.I bet the whole thing is even more beautiful in profile. Hey , cakebaker- I dig it when real art actually smacks you in the head- it doesn't ever become a cliche because you want to share it. Yeah, I actually said "dig it." Hey quickbrownfox- good eyes! I was looking at the whole piece as a Vincent VG interpretation.I bet the whole thing is even more beautiful in profile. Hey , cakebaker- I dig it when real art actually smacks you in the head- it doesn’t ever become a cliche because you want to share it.
Yeah, I actually said “dig it.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614763 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614763 Was Van Gogh an "Impressionist" or a "Post-Impressionist"? Was Van Gogh an “Impressionist” or a “Post-Impressionist”?

]]> By: Cheaplazymom http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614264 Cheaplazymom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614264 Just saw starry night at MOMA. The paint does look like frosting. They have a guard standing right next to it just so people don't try to take a lick. Just saw starry night at MOMA. The paint does look like frosting. They have a guard standing right next to it just so people don’t try to take a lick.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614292 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614292 That looks both delicious and impressionist. That looks both delicious and impressionist.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614294 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614294 Impressionist Cake Thanks for sharing Impressionist Cake

Thanks for sharing

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614314 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614314 Why is that cake looking at me? Why is that cake looking at me?

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614572 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614572 Yes, there is absolutely no sense of humor at all in the rest of boingdom because a few commenters didn't like your expression of your impression. None. Yes, there is absolutely no sense of humor at all in the rest of boingdom because a few commenters didn’t like your expression of your impression. None.

]]> By: nanojath http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614070 nanojath Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614070 Van Gogh was really more of a post-impressionist, actually. Van Gogh was really more of a post-impressionist, actually.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614077 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614077 http://www.bewitched.com/m/night.html http://www.bewitched.com/m/night.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614334 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614334 Only the top tier is Van Gogh. The bottom two tiers are Monet. The middle tier is from his collection of paintings of hay stacks and the bottom tier from his paintings of his water garden in Giverny. Only the top tier is Van Gogh. The bottom two tiers are Monet. The middle tier is from his collection of paintings of hay stacks and the bottom tier from his paintings of his water garden in Giverny.

]]> By: Verre http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614592 Verre Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614592 A finicky correction made in the form of a flat statement is unlikely to come across as humorous in a textual medium. Try using emotes or exclamation points to alert perceptive readers to your droll intentions. A series of at least four exclamation points ending in a "1" will clearly signify satire. A finicky correction made in the form of a flat statement is unlikely to come across as humorous in a textual medium. Try using emotes or exclamation points to alert perceptive readers to your droll intentions. A series of at least four exclamation points ending in a “1″ will clearly signify satire.

]]> By: Smita Minz http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614082 Smita Minz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614082 Well... nice expression translated in the form of a cake... Seems the cake maker is really a very colorful person... versatile and multi-talented. Well… nice expression translated in the form of a cake… Seems the cake maker is really a very colorful person… versatile and multi-talented.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614083 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614083 I'll have a slice of the cake after a plate of Salvador Dali and meatballs. I’ll have a slice of the cake after a plate of Salvador Dali and meatballs.

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614084 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614084 This is a great cake. It would make a nice wedding cake, but then again I think I'd go for individual starry night cupcakes :) This is a great cake. It would make a nice wedding cake, but then again I think I’d go for individual starry night cupcakes :)

]]> By: roboton http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614094 roboton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614094 Okay nanojath, really? That cake is a friggen awesome display of time and effort and love of a craft and all you can do is nitpick? I have tried to lay down icing on birthday cakes, and that cake is worthy of some serious respect. Okay nanojath, really? That cake is a friggen awesome display of time and effort and love of a craft and all you can do is nitpick?

I have tried to lay down icing on birthday cakes, and that cake is worthy of some serious respect.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614611 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614611 Oh, please – don't be so pedantic! Great cake! Oh, please – don’t be so pedantic! Great cake!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614113 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614113 yum, looks like several layers of frosting yum, looks like several layers of frosting

]]> By: dargaud http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614117 dargaud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614117 Beautiful, yes. Appetizing: hell NO ! I've never understood why cakes you see in US supermarkets or bakeries are so colorful. They look more like an acid trip than food and make me want to barf just looking at them. Beautiful, yes. Appetizing: hell NO ! I’ve never understood why cakes you see in US supermarkets or bakeries are so colorful. They look more like an acid trip than food and make me want to barf just looking at them.

]]> By: Little John http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/impressionist-cake.html#comment-614119 Little John Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614119 The icing work is excellent, no matter what genre we assign Van Gogh to. (And maybe <b>Van Gogh</b> was a post-impressionist, but the <b>cake maker</b> is an impressionist, giving us the <i>feeling</i> of a cake decorated by Van Gogh... Or not.) But I'll do some nit-picking: I see that bOING bOING has reduced the size of the typeface yet again. I, for one, wish it would be left at its previous, legible size. The icing work is excellent, no matter what genre we assign Van Gogh to. (And maybe Van Gogh was a post-impressionist, but the cake maker is an impressionist, giving us the feeling of a cake decorated by Van Gogh… Or not.)

But I’ll do some nit-picking: I see that bOING bOING has reduced the size of the typeface yet again. I, for one, wish it would be left at its previous, legible size.

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