Articles by undulattice

Ebay Auction

Closing price of $36,099.00.
Not a bad find!

Bidders ask some odd questions though, and seller gives some remarkably diplomatic answers!

Q: Hi , Does the pants have any stamp inside pocket ? Thanks 24-Jul-08

A: There are no stamps inside the pockets, only dirt.

Q: I know that this may sound odd, but would you consider selling the dirt that was found in the pockets of the jeans? 29-Jul-08

A: Sorry, but when I turned the pockets inside out to see if their was a stamp inside the pocket as requested by a previous question, the dirt spilled out and was vacummed up.

Q: Dear Sir, If I purchased these jeans from you, what type of detergent would you suggest using to get the wax off? 29-Jul-08

A: I honestly have no idean. I have never tried to wash the wax off any of the mining items as most mining collectors prefer that if stays on.

Q: if the miner was holding a candle that was dripping on the jeans, wouldn’t the wax droplets be long in shape unlike the round drops pictured that would indicate that the jeans were laid out flat and a candle dripped from over top? Just a question. 29-Jul-08

A: I am not a Forensic expert so I cannot speculate on how the candle wax would look. or whether the miner was standing or sitting down to eat his lunch when the candle dripped on him. All I know is the drips look like those I find on powder boxes, candle stick boxes and other old clothing brought out of the mines. Nor can I awnser why these men left their pants in the mine.

Fab t-shirt from Reece Ward on redbubble.com

….and get laid in the process, but only if you’re a virgin!

http://dontstayvirgin.movielol.org/

Terms of Service

• applicants must be 18yrs old or above
• condom must be used, except if the applicant prefers to release his semen upon Tania’s body without any oral or vaginal contact
• Anal sex is negotiable, although Tania will cease the performance immediately if any form of ’surprise buttsex’ occurs
• multiple participants are not allowed, but applicants are entitled to have an audience observe the performance
• if anywhere along the process, it becomes clear that the applicant is not a virgin, Tania reserves the right to terminate all activity
• applicant must be able to provide sufficient evidence that clearly shows he has been defending net neutrality (eg. a print-out of a forum post, a link to a vlog)
• applicant agrees that in the event of the applicant infringing upon Terms of Service during the process of the act, Tania is not responsible for any genital injury that the applicant may suffer
• Tania may deny service for hygiene reasons

Via kottke.org.

Did you know that there was a ban on solo encores…:

“Did you know that there was a ban on solo encores at the Metropolitan Opera? Not anymore. After Juan Diego Flórez busted out nine flawless high Cs in a tenor solo, the reaction from the audience compelled the singer into the first solo encore at the Met since 1994.

Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said on Tuesday that he had asked Mr. Flórez weeks ago whether he would be prepared to repeat the aria, if the audience demanded. Mr. Fl’orez had already done so at other houses, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where last year he became the first to violate an encore ban since 1933.

Mr. Flórez agreed to Mr. Gelb’s request, and the orchestra and chorus were warned. A system was established. Mr. Gelb kept an open line on the phone in his box to the stage manager. After the explosive reaction he gave the stage manager the go-ahead. The manager activated a podium light for the conductor, Marco Armiliato. Mr. Armiliato held out a questioning two fingers to Mr. Flórez. ‘He just smiled, and that means ‘Yes,’ ‘ the conductor said.

Flórez nailed all nine Cs in the encore too. The mp3 of the performance is a thrilling listen.

(link)”

Wow.

glass music

(Via ze’s page :: zefrank.com.)

Bitchin’!

Fluid 0.7: ”

Freeware utility that lets you create your own ‘site specific browser’:

Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite webapps as a separate desktop application. Fluid gives any webapp a home on your Mac OS X desktop complete with Dock icon, standard menu bar, and logical separation from your other web browsing activity.

(Via David Heinemeier Hansson at 37signals; they’ve got icons you can use for Basecamp, Backpack, Campfire, and Highrise.)

“

(Via Daring Fireball.)

From the BBC News:

A group of MPs has called on football clubs to cut the number of foreign players in the English game.

What say you have more important shit to worry about?

I want one of these!

But alas:

System Requirements

MacBook Air computer

Bugger!

From The Guardian:

It may be a critics’ favourite and a candidate for this year’s best film Oscar, but it seems that the Coen brothers’ No Country For Old Men is no match for the combined might of a bunch of digitally created extra-terrestrials - losing the battle to Aliens vs Predator: Requiem at the top of the UK box office.

Oh dear.
Is this the end serious cinema as we know it?

First impressions, having just read the spec.

For the record, I like small laptops. And I mean, I REALLY like small laptops. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a sub-notebook I’d actually consider purchasing, be it Mac or PC.

And I can’t see that changing with the announcement of the MacBook Air.

I’m using a 1.83ghz Core2 MacBook with 1.5gb RAM at the moment.

An entry level MacBook Air is running at 1.63ghz and shipping with 2gb RAM.

While there’s not a lot of difference here, it is worth noting that the Air has 4mb of L2 cache on the chip (versus 2mb on the MacBook) and an 800mhz FSB (versus 667mhz on the MacBook). I’m unsure as to how much of a performance increase we’ll see from this. Have to wait and see.

Interesting to see a PATA instead of a SATA hard disk in the Air.

Multi-touch trackpad is a nice feature too. Looking forward to playing with that!

The Air certainly looks the part. It’s small, it’s light, spec is pretty good, looks amazing. Couldn’t ask for more.

Until…….

A: No Firewire.
B: No removal/upgradeable memory.
C: No optical drive as standard (available as an option)
D: No removable battery.
E: Hefty price tag

Any one (or maybe even two or three (at a push!)) of these would be acceptable, but all five really makes me shy away a bit, which is a real shame.

I was really hoping Apple would release a sub-notebook and not the iPhone-esque tablet thing that everyone’s been praying for, so I was really excited to see the MacBook Air release news.

I’m a little disappointed on initial inspection. That may change when I actually have one in front of me.

I’ll let you know when that happens.