Month: March 2013

corned beef and cabbage

Bacon and cabbage is a dish traditionally associated with Ireland. The dish consists of unsliced back bacon boiled with cabbage and potatoes. Sometimes other vegetables such as turnips, onions and carrots are also added. Smoked bacon is sometimes used.

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St. Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, “the Day of the Festival of Patrick”) is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March. It is named after Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the

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Sizzurp

Purple drank is a slang term for a recreational drug popular in the hip hop community in the southern United States, originating in Houston, Texas. Its main ingredient is prescription-strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine. Cough syrup is typically

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Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known by his stage name Lil Wayne (pron.: /ˌlɪl ˈweɪn/), is an American hip hop recording artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash

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Ides of March

The Ides of March (Latin: Idus Martii or Idus Martiae) is a day on the Roman calendar that corresponds to March 15. It was marked by several religious observances, and became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius

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Higgs boson

A Higgs boson or Higgs particle is an elementary particle described within the framework of the Standard Model of particle physics. On 14 March 2013, it was reported by CERN that they believe they have confirmed the discovery of a

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Samsung Galaxy S4

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is an upcoming smartphone by Samsung Electronics. It was announced in New York on March 14, 2013. It has new software features, a 13 megapixel back camera, and a 4.99″ 1080p display. It will be available

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Carnival cruise

References: Largest cruise line in the world based on passengers carried annually, annual revenue and total number of ships in fleet

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Pi Day

Pi Day is an annual celebration commemorating the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (or 3/14 in month/day date format), since 3, 1 and 4 are the three most significant digits of π in the

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White Smoke

In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. It is shipped with every X11 installation, hence the name, and is usually located in

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