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April 2, 2008
You might be tempted to apply for Dutch citizenship. Or perhaps eat oranges. Maybe paint something in that colour. It’s not a bad colour really. It is of course a bad colour if you apply it to your skin. Now we here (read: me) at uttershite don’t like making comments on other people’s appearances very often because, quite frankly, what you do with yourself is your own business. This doesn’t however apply to us laughing at you should we find your appearance amusing in anyway. I wish I could post something about amusing appearances today but unfortunately that’s not the case. I have the sad and arduous duty of posting about a rather tragic phenomenon called “guido”.
You may or may not be familiar with the term “guido“. For those not familiar with the term as of yet, don’t worry, this post is a crash course in matter guido. Basically it defines how you don’t want to look. It defines the term “too much tanning lotion”. It explains the terms cloning, genetic malfunction and retarded to children by the use of pictures. It’s like… like… an army of gel haired, orange tinted, muscle shirt wearing gym monkies. I’m perhaps being a bit unfair because I’ve not yet met a real life guido (and I include thanks for that in my nightly prayers). Perhaps they are really, really nice people. Then again, it could be that first impressions aren’t all that far from the truth and what I speak is the truth. Truth is uttershite’s backbone. Its philosophy and what makes these pages render in your browser. We cannot lie otherwise we’d 404.
Study this strange creature for yourself. For those who wish to learn more you can’t find a better picture book style documentary of this strange beast than this website. :P
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February 18, 2008
Where have I been? Like you care. Well I’ve been catching up on Lost (which I affectionately call “SLOT” as it bugs my fiancee when I refer to the show as such). With the 4th season snaking its mysterious way around the world with the promise of “answers” I figured I would “recap” and actually watch seasons one through three. Bit by bit. Disc by disc. Episode by episode. Question after question. (more…)
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February 8, 2008
What is it you ask? It’s a Swedish dish that’s basically fermented Baltic herring which are brewed “in-the-can”, allowing bacteria to work their magic and produce the distinctive odour. Nice ja? Well what this “distinctive odour” smells like, is hard to convey over the internets, especially on a blog like this. But we give thanks to some impressively brave Brits, who overcame the stench to give us a bit more of an idea of what these Swedes consider to be “distinctive odour” and “edible”. Video contains some justifiable strong language.
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February 1, 2008
Today we’re going to write about 5 animals that most of us wouldn’t expect to be dangerous to us but actually are. We’re not talking about the fluffy little kitten armed with an AK-47 or the goldfish with an explosive belt strapped round its waist. These are just the animals that are, by their very own nature, able to kill, severely harm you. They might not always be in the mood to but if they want to they could make a right mess out of you. (more…)
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November 28, 2007
They’re not meant to be a substitute for an arm lock or strong words. They are meant to be non-lethal replacements for guns. Clearly he skipped that chapter in the training manual
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November 21, 2007
Before the digital era we had a number of advantages. One was that we owned stuff we bought. Digital stuff we don’t really own. Example:
“When someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if they want. Everyone understands this.”
— Jeff Bezos, Open letter to Author’s Guild, 2002
Makes sense right? Now see what Amazon’s terms for the new digital book reader state:
“You may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorize any other person to, bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent security features that protect the Digital Content.”
— Amazon, Kindle Terms of Service, 2007
Wow. Bit of a change in what you’re allowed to do with the stuff you buy. The same goes for DVDs to be honest. I can buy a book anywhere in the world and read it where ever I want. With a DVD however it’s locked to a region of the world… how strange.
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October 10, 2007
Time. That’s what I’m talking about. Where has it gone indeed. The last thing I remember was posting about the warning sign off Oxford Street and now it’s over a week later… or two. Hell, I’ve even lost count there. But I’m back [for now] with something a bit spooooooooky. Well, to me it is, to you perhaps not. Remember those insect drones we all dread. They made a cameo appearance in Deception Point (trashy Dan Brown book) and are generally used for covert espionage… no? Well have a look at this then. Apparently spotted in Washington these little beasties have made their way into the general public. Yuck. I also wonder what the implications are of swallowing one of these when cycling along. Bugs are gross enough, but at least they’re biological matter. I’m not sure how my intestines would deal with something like that.
What else we got today? How about a taste of Scotland????
You got to love that headline really. I don’t think I’ve ever kicked anything that hard. Ever. I’m not sure who got hurt more in the end… But he’s a real brave one isn’t he? Taking his chances with a burning man.
So hopefully I’ll get round to posting some more Lego related stuff, but it’s been a bit quiet on that front since I discovered the Lego Digital Designer, as it does pretty much what I want. I think the next stage is to really figure out how to get it all into Maya (or some other decent 3D package) and make some nice renders from it.
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September 25, 2007
You wouldn’t want to post too many musings on the internet these days. Turns out that at the University of Arizona (if you live in a desert what else can you do but…) have created some fancy new technology. You remember those anonymous postings you made a few years back and the other postings you made under a different username? Well this project Dark Web claims to be able to identify individuals from their writing styles. You’d be forgiven to think that the government created the internet to ease tracking individuals. Before the internet they’d have to plant surveillance devices, tap phones, intercept letters etc, today they just run a few scripts and spiders to trawl the internet and voila, you got yourself a nice little portfolio on an individual.
Those interested in reading more on the topic there’s some quotes below….
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September 20, 2007
As a toy this would be really cool. However as a police surveillance device it’s quite scary… or at least unnerving. Especially the part of the video where the drone hovers outside someone’s window… watch the video and see for yourself.
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August 17, 2007
UNI is a new way of thinking about computers. Essentially you have a base station which is called ‘Think’. This is essentially the main core of a computer. However if you wish to write a DVD or save data to a hard disk you will need to plug the relevant module into “Think”. The devices communicate via the household powerlines at 200Mbps or via wireless USB at 480Mbps. The idea behind this is that you can upgrade, replace or add on only those parts that require it. From the pictures it looks like you can add USB devices, memory card reader and the like.
What I don’t get is that the modern PC is already modular. You can replace a DVD drive, memory module and so on, or add a new one in. I guess this is the simple way to do it but it does mean that your computer gets bigger each time you add something. Plus if you want to get an new module or replace one you are required to buy their brand. Smells a little of the Apple marketing strategy to me. I personally like to pick and choose as many components as I can. Being an Apple user I don;t have much choice most of the time and therefore I find myself stuck with these goddamn Matshita DVD drives thatthey think everyone wants. The only solution to replace those is to buy an external drive or just to simply live with it.
It’s an intersting approach but one that I think needs to be thought through a bit more to see if it actually makes sense to break a computer into stickle brick components.
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