This week, the tech blog Gizmodo is featuring tech items that have been mashed up with cuisine and food, and yesterday’s post was about the World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain, located here in Las Vegas at the Bellagio Hotel.
I’ve never had a reason to even step inside the Bellagio, so I haven’t seen this in person, but the videos give you an idea of how large this thing really is.
Standing 27 feet tall, the machine, created by Chef Jean-Philippe Maury, circulates 2100 pounds or about 120 quarts of white, dark and milk chocolate per minute.
While fully functional, the fountain is …read more

b5media will be at Blog World Expo November 7th, 8th and 9th. As a special feature, b5media is going to be hosting some special games during event, including the b5media Poker Game! And, if you happen to be a winner at poker, you’ll walk away with some pretty grand prizes such as iPhones, Wiis, iPods and Xboxes.
Attendees of BlogWorld Expo can collect b5 poker chips throughout the conference in several ways:
Be seen wearing a b5media T-shirt – $1000 chip
Answer b5media trivia – $500 chip
Tell us our secret password – $500 chip (see below)
Awesome swag trade – (depends on how …read more

One of the perks of living in Las Vegas (and there are few this time of year) is M&M’s World (unfortunately it’s on the Strip, but you get over it). Yesterday we got to meet some friends who came into town and we all decided to go check it out. It’d had been a few years since we were there last and our kids are now old enough to appreciate it a little more.

My favorite area is the wall of mugs, but most were $10+, and I’ve already got plenty. But they sure look pretty, don’t they?

The biggest attraction is …read more