Bento Love!

March 26th, 2007
Bento Love!

After browsing threads on the Q*Bee BBS and seeing tons of photos and reading several related blogs, I am now officially obsessed with bento! :D

If you don't already know, bento "refers to a packaged, single-portion, portable meal that is usually eaten at lunch" (Via CookingCute.com). I even made a bento page on my site to document my beginning obsession! :)

The picture you see to the right is my first official bento box and accessories! I just ordered them yesterday from JBox.com and I'm so excited! I really want to start eating better and I think if I begin to get into cooking and making food look appealing then I will enjoy meals a lot more. :)

Finally, the 30th episode of the :podcast: podcast is posted! :D Our topics cover new features and news with Google, MySpace being the target of the "Month of Bugs" in April, and a critique on the new AppleTV. I think it's weird how there wasn't that much hype about AppleTV, which was recently launched this past week, compared to the iPhone which is still in development. :P

Amazing CSS Car

Ok, this next thing completely wow-ed the socks off of me. See this pixel car? Not really an image. Yeah, you heard me. Of course, it's an image in my post, because I copied it over for reference. :P

But if you check it out on 100 Shades of Grey, you will see it is completely made out of div tags and CSS!! Holy hot sauce!! I viewed the source and was utterly amazed. I've never seen anything "pixeled" with CSS before. Just wow. And poo to all you "leet" people out there who are like "oh Melissa that is so old school you noob" because it is amazing to ME! :D Maybe I can try my hand at it someday...

Rolling back to bento, I forgot to ask. Does anyone know of any cool links for recipes, boxes, accessories, etc? I would love to check them out!

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Caitlin Mar 26, 2007

Wow I’ve never heard of bento. But I read your page about it and now I’m really interested. I look forward to hearing more about it. Your bento box is really cool! I would’ve picked the same color.

And holy crap, I can’t believe that car… that is seriously one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.

Angela Mar 26, 2007

Haha, the Bee has me so into getting a Bento box as well, OMG! It’s so cute, I must have plenty! I’m hoping to get one, the one you linked me in fact, sometime soon :D!

That pixel car is freaking amazing! I am in awww =O

Melissa Mar 26, 2007

@Caitlin: Yay! Yeah bento is so awesome! I can’t wait to learn more about it myself! Ditto about the car, literally its flippin’ sweet. XD

@Angela: Hehe! I wanna have lots of boxes too soon! And yay I’m glad you liked the one I linked you, I just thought it was so “you”! :D

Ashley Mar 26, 2007

So, I caught the Bento Bug from Charlotte a few months back. I found this link from her LJ. http://community.livejournal.com/bentolunch/ It’s a bento community on LJ. Great pictures and links and stuff. Check it out for bento-goodness. I’ll have to post piccies of my bento box at the BBS sometime!

Oh, and have a :rainbow:

Kim Mar 26, 2007

That Bento box is so cute! I’ve been looking for a way to eat better myself, and buying lunch everyday on campus isn’t cutting it. I so want one now after reading about it, hehe.

That CSS car is craaazy!

Oh, I wanted to thank you for mentioning A Small Orange on your website! I purchased http://www.kimwolfdesigns.com from them this afternoon and it was set up in less than an hour! The old company I used would take days. I also emailed support because I had a question, and they answered back in literally a few minutes. They’re amazing! :heart:

Mar Mar 26, 2007

The car is amazing, it makes me wanna try it!!! And on a side note, I like this icon. Its adorable. :game: Well atually they all are…

Lexi Mar 26, 2007

All this talk of bento boxes is making me want to start making them. You people are enablers I tell ya! :D

I’m literally staring at the coding for that car in pure amazement. That is really, really awesome.

Bubs Mar 26, 2007

I think I need to get me a cute bento box :)

Melissa Mar 27, 2007

@Ashley: Omg, that community is awesome! Maybe when I start getting more into making bento and actually have something to show, I can join it! :D And yes yes, post pics of your box, I want to seeee! :D

@Kim: That is a very cool “coming soon” pic you have on your design site! :D Nice! And YAY about ASO! I’m glad you like them, they really are the best. :)

@Mar: I agree, I totally want to try that CSS stuff sometime, it looks soooo cool! And you can get those icons at famfamfam.com if you’re wondering! ^_^

@Lexi: YAY BENTO! Maybe if enough people around here…and when I say here I mean in the lovely circle of web friends among us…we can make a cute bento community, that’d be so cool! :D And I agree, I stared at that car for quite a while too, haha!

@Bubs: Yes, yes you do! Get an octopus one! ^_^

Arien Mar 27, 2007

fine… i’ll jump on the bento band wagon too if it means that much to you people…. :P they are cute and i do need something to pack lunches in…

that car is so awesome! :art: i have to run off now and show people! squee!!

Melissa Mar 27, 2007

@Arien: JOIN US on the dark side of BENTO! *maniacal laughter fades into the night*

Neil Mar 27, 2007

Hey, glad you all like my car!

Many thanks for all your positive comments ;)

Melissa Mar 27, 2007

@Neil: Hey, thanks so much for visiting! :D No problem, that is an amazing display of CSS skill, truly! Bravo! ^_^

Jessica Mar 27, 2007

If I an find bento for seafood haters I might try it. Until then I will suffer & be the black sheeo of the bbs clan. :bug: lmao

And that car is awesome. I didn’t know you could do it with CSS. Doing a pixel car like that is amazing too. :car:

Jessica Mar 27, 2007

black sheep not black sheeo… I need :coffee:

Melissa Mar 28, 2007

@Jessica: Try this site out: http://www.laptoplunches.com :D It’s American-style bento! :) And yeah, that car is really amazing. :)

Tracy Mar 28, 2007

Never heard of bento.
This car looks amazing. I can’t believe it’s not an image. I wonder how long it took to code that. :gb:

Melissa Mar 28, 2007

@Tracy: According to the guy’s website, it took him 20 hours! That is actually a lot shorter than I thought, considering the complexity!

Jenn Mar 29, 2007

OMG! I can’t believe that car! I don’t have enough patience to pixel anything let alone do it all by coding, that blows my mind. :car:

You have the cutest *smilies* by the way lol well i guess you’d call them that :)

Melissa Mar 29, 2007

@Jenn: Lol, I know, I don’t think I would have the patience either! Kudos to Neil for the amazing work. :) And yay, glad you like the smilies! The majority of them are from famfamfam.com, if you wanted to check them out! :D

Sarah Mar 30, 2007

Well, someone already linked you to that really good LJ comm, but this is another link I have, http://www.airandangels.com/bentobox/ :)

Melissa Mar 30, 2007

Thanks Sarah! :D

Jenn Mar 31, 2007

OMG, famfamfam.com has a Million icons! thanks for the link =D

Melissa Mar 31, 2007

No problem, Jenn! :D

Noi Apr 02, 2007

Mmm I’ve always wanted to try bento boxes… They look oh so good and cute. I really don’t know anywhere that sells the food and the boxes together though. Umm.. Wow. I’m a CS major that’s transferring to IT and I didn’t know you could do all of that with coding. 20 hours is a real long time. Especially when you get errors in there. That’s no fun.

Scot Smith Apr 15, 2007

Wow, a car comprised of CSS.. What the…

– Scot