January 20, 2007: HTML extension cake

Undertoad · 01-20-2007, 10:34 AM

axlrosen points to this LiveJournal entry which explains (and I edit):

Quote:

So apparently you can email an order to the Wegman's bakery for cakes, etc... including what message you want on the cake.

The cake was supposed to be a mix of English and Italian, but the staff apparently knew no Italian. The problem? Wegman's email system also apparently did not recognize some of the proprietary Microsoft HTML extensions!

[Actually,] the email likely feeds directly into their computer that runs the food-grade equivalent of an inkjet printer to place the message on the cake, so it is possible that the message made it onto the cake because someone did not check it on the computer first.

So, automated.

It's still funny.

lumberjim · 01-20-2007, 10:36 AM

yeah, that or she is a geek granny and can read that gobbledy gook

Griff · 01-20-2007, 10:47 AM

Heh. That's my store. Ever eat one of those cakes? The frosting is enough to put you in a coma.

footfootfoot · 01-20-2007, 05:42 PM

the ink should be made of time release insulin

SPUCK · 01-21-2007, 04:11 AM

Ah yes the human touch...

Elspode · 01-21-2007, 11:28 AM

UT, did you turn off the html code on the frosting?

BigV · 01-22-2007, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

UT, did you turn off the html code on the frosting?

Doesn't matter, you can't block that shit. It's more of that image *#*=)^#(&$!~`#$ spam.

Sheldonrs · 01-22-2007, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Doesn't matter, you can't block that shit. It's more of that image *#*=)^#(&$!~`#$ spam.

Ewewww! Spam cake!

axlrosen · 02-12-2007, 06:38 PM

This shirt has the same problem as that cake - accidentally printing the metadata rather than the data.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbly/387809714/

Sundae · 02-13-2007, 11:29 AM

Damn that smail amount of bleed....

axlrosen · 04-24-2007, 08:31 PM

Another interesting edible-printing item from boingboing:

AndrewAndrew, a design firm, has created this cookie whose nutrition facts are printed right on the icing, in edible ink.

01-20-2007, 10:36 AM	#2
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01-20-2007, 10:47 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Heh. That's my store. Ever eat one of those cakes? The frosting is enough to put you in a coma. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-20-2007, 05:42 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	the ink should be made of time release insulin __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-21-2007, 11:28 AM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	UT, did you turn off the html code on the frosting? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-12-2007, 06:38 PM	#9
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	This shirt has the same problem as that cake - accidentally printing the metadata rather than the data. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbly/387809714/ Attached Images __________________ Warp Bill Gates

01-21-2007, 04:11 AM	#5
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Ah yes the human touch...

02-13-2007, 11:29 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Damn that smail amount of bleed.... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-24-2007, 08:31 PM	#11
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	Another interesting edible-printing item from boingboing: AndrewAndrew, a design firm, has created this cookie whose nutrition facts are printed right on the icing, in edible ink. __________________ Warp Bill Gates

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