Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Spice of life


mitting -- applause; "Bob Dylan's surprise appearance at the benefit provoked heavy mitting from the crowd."

mogul -- the head of a major studio or communications company; from the title of the all-powerful emperors of India; "Media moguls Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner have engaged in some heated verbal sparring of late."

moppet -- child, especially child actor; "Elizabeth Taylor is one of the few moppets who made the transition to adult star."

Mouse (also Mouse House) -- the Walt Disney Co. or any division thereof, a reference to the company's most famous animated character, Mickey Mouse; "The Mouse's music division is reuniting with talent manager Alan Smithee on a joint-venture label.

Movie industry bible Variety has published a glossary of its vivid and unique internal slang. Makes great reading, like something out of Damon Runyon. I’m going to start talking like this.

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Monday, 28 July 2008

Double tall skinny kerfuffle

A cup of Espresso and coffee beans.Image via WikipediaSo this guy goes into a coffee-shop (not Starbucks), and orders a triple espresso over ice, and the barista says nuh-uh, against store policy, so the customer gets on his high horse, tries some kind of side-step, eventually leaves a defaced dollar-bill as a tip, and leaves.

But that's not the end of it.

The customer, who admits to being a bit of a dick, blogs his experience.
It gets picked up by Boing Boing.
A witness chimes in.
More witnesses speak up here and here.
The owner of the coffee-shop defends his staff.
Someone posts (a photo of) the notice by the cash register which makes the policy plain.
The Washington Post picks up the story.
Numerous commenters on various blogs make reference to Rashomon.


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Want!

The owner describes it as a “nutty device”. It’s made entirely out of wood, and you can look at it from one side or from the other.

My birthday is in September. Don’t make me beg.

 

Running check

Is Obama president?

Sunday, 27 July 2008

Rose, by any other name

A judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. Judge Rob Murfitt said that the name embarrassed the nine-year-old and could expose her to teasing.

BBC NEWS

Ming vase

A rare 250-year-old Chinese vase worth £50,000 in mint condition has sold for £25,000 after a hole was drilled in its base so it could be used as a lamp. The porcelain, which dates from 1736 to 1796, was sold at a Dorset auctioneers to an anonymous private collector.

BBC NEWS

Highly strung

Forget concert halls and theatres, a trio of cellists have scaled new heights to perform their music.

The three self-styled "extreme cellists" threw their heavy instruments over their back to scale Snowdon and then played together at the top.

BBC NEWS

Thursday, 24 July 2008

Knol: a unit of knowledge

knol sample page.Image via Wikipedia

Google’s answer to Wikipedia is launched. Articles are written by anyone who wants to write one, and the readers may offer edits – but here’s the difference: the author, who will be credited, can take them or leave them.

The selection available for the moment is rather strange, with quite an over-representation of odd medical conditions.

It’ll be interesting to see how it works out. Wikipedia is run by control freaks, but perhaps that’s what’s needed. Google allows authors to control their own articles all the way through the process, but won’t that discourage those who offer edits but are rejected?

It’s led me to one realisation: there’s nothing I know enough about to make up one whole article. And if there were (two main realisations) I don’t think I could be arsed writing a whole Knol article about it. For what?

Knol: a unit of knowledge

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Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Sci-Fi becomes news

Meissner effect: levitation of a magnet above ...Image via WikipediaJet car flies on water alone.

(Not Rick Astley)


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12 Unbelievable Examples of Buildings in Motion

 

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Sky falling shock

Yesterday morning this appeared:

The clouds have gone, to be replaced by what the scientists are calling “Sun”.

Man’s depredation of the planet continues, and one more natural phenomenon is gone, no more to return. When will we learn?

Pimping for Jesus

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Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Doctors reveal case of Alberta woman who died after stepping on venomous caterpillars

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TinyGrapes

== Summary ==Image via WikipediaYou can now get here by typing http://tinyurl.com/SourGrapes, in case you ever forget the address when you're out and about, in Africa for example, and need to use a strange computer.

Get your own custom alias by going to TinyURL and filling in the name of the site you want to alias. Choose an alias, and if it's still available, off you go.

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Monday, 21 July 2008

Not Giving a Fuck! -- NSFW

Not Safe for Work, Peeps