undulattice

Pig is lost in the Californian desert

undulattice — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:47:36 +0000

#000000 is the new black

undulattice — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:07:22 +0000

Fab t-shirt from Reece Ward on redbubble.com

Defend net neutrality….

undulattice — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:00:13 +0000

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

http://dontstayvirgin.movielol.org/

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

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

undulattice — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:10:12 +0000

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)”

glass music

undulattice — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:00:57 +0000

Wow.

glass music

(Via ze’s page :: zefrank.com.)

Native OS X Web Apps

undulattice — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:14:32 +0000

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.)

Football?

undulattice — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:57:11 +0000

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?

Macbook Air Superdrive

undulattice — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:57:28 +0000

I want one of these!

But alas:

System Requirements

MacBook Air computer

Bugger!

Sign of the Times

undulattice — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:43:31 +0000

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?

MacBook Air

undulattice — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:12:27 +0000

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.