@ #6 I'm afraid I nearly always refer to that paper as 'The Grauniad'. It's a meme that's stuck with me.

...and it needs some sort of illuminator as well ;)

Small, compact, wireless, waterproof. Why isn't it more rounded? ;)

I am summoned oh Takuan (That smell isn't brimstone, I had Doner kebab after the pub last night)

I must admit to being stumped. Again. I don't get how you make Aeon Flux fit with the clue '86.

Belated Happy Birthday Sister. Glad you got to try Thunderbird. He MADE you drink it did he? Twisted your arm, held your nose and poured it down your throat? :)

"I don't know you guys well"

Takuan seems to know you well enough to know what you've got on your bedroom wall ;)

I wouldn't worry about difficulty level and not knowing how we think. As the solvers it's up to us to learn how the setter thinks. It's like cryptic crosswords in the broadsheets. They always tell you who the setter is, so you know their 'style'.

With that I guess 'Star Wars' and FWIW I think mine have been too easy.

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Isn't Sci Fi is it?

Small, light, convenient & cheap PC* thing. This development is the way forward. Trust me, I've been dreaming of this ever since I had a computer and read Sci-Fi.
The creation of this type of thing is more important than that useless waste of silicon the iPhone**.
Sorry I can't be more coherent, it's late, I need my bed, but my heart sings at every new incarnation of the EEE concept.
This is the sort of shit that will make up for the fact that the I've not got a silver suit and flying car in the 21st Century.

*By PC I mean *Personal* Computer, not necessarily Windows PC.

**The iPhone will hopefully be relegated to a foot note of history for it's marketing strategy and slightly interesting interface development.

I've had 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes' floating round my head, but don't know how the moon man is involved.

Could it be 'Evolution' Darwin (Erasmus not Charles) was a member of the Lunar society? That Lizard item gave me the idea.

Stumped.

Bloody Hell! That's around 2 years of music according to the capacity indicator on their Website.

FWIW Sister I was thinking about Beatle songs as part of the clue (The Chevalier Paul thing)

Decant the booze into a Platypus Water bottle It'll weigh less than in the glass and you'll be able to take more :)

No need for the Metallica song clue. A win to Takuan.

"The Filth" is UK slang for the coppers.

Should #110 read like this?

flower's child, this sister of Chevalier Paul's endeavour

Thanks for the tipoff that these exist BoingBoing. A few moments googling has got me some Birthday card fodder for a couple of pals.

I've always hated those sort of things...

But now.

Come January I think I'll be splashing some cash at the post Christmas sales in the crap gift shops. This is the sort of thing that needs nailing to the wall in the hallway, with an infra-red sensor hack that triggers it when guests arrive.

Ahh sorry for the repeat. There's a lot of thread(s) to unravel and it's difficult to find the starts and finishes.

I've only just noticed we've been rumbled at #86 here. Scarper! It's the Filth! :)

(I would have put a proper link, but do you know how long your profile takes to load Tak', and then there's the scrolling...)

Look here Top centre, left and right. I think I spy both the mechanicals you were thinking of.

So, eventually. *Dons pouch* Why? He's going to pose of course.

Half a Hybrid berry moves quickly.

Thanks for the roof supports Arkizzle :) I suspect Takuan may have written text adventures in a past life. No way in the world I would've got that.

Acting as barkeep I propose We keep very quite during the marathon.

ThunderbirdS is the SciFi Thunderbird is the drink, which I drank gallons of as a student :) "Trace your answer"? :)

Is #80 your poser Takuan?

I'm still on Sci-Fi. Yes. The Gallo brothers, will help you trace your answer.

Arkizzle. The one in question is This. "No man is an Island" according to Mr Donne and dirt, or soil is Earth :)

Whilst the bloke next to you just needs a soft cloth and a bit of polish :)

Wino's Wines or Drunk's Drinks. Try thinking cryptozoologically or Mythically.

I Need this.

*poses*

Wino's Wines or Drunk's Drinks

*Poses*

Genghis is angry?

Wouldn't work for me. Video games are one of times I smoke more.

I would have had it a day earlier. I thought Takuan had already
discovered the answer.

...and from Mr Brownlees recent posts I bet the word ejaculate will probably be used.

Of course now I've mentioned these words I've probably made him loathe (another good piece Brownlee vocab) to use them.

Flight of the Navigator

Locke? Google is getting a hammering from me today. I'm wondering if this game conversation might be better held on twitter or Jaiku.

Why not Takuan. You seem to have eliminated the most enigmatic aspects from this questionable piece of art.

I'm sorry to hear that Antinous. I find it easy to slide off to sleep most places as a rule.

From what you've said in previous posts I think you maybe a Princess. Well they do grow up to be Queens don't they? ;)

Well. Amongst my friends and colleagues I'm known for having what is either a super hero special ability or X-men style mutation. I can sleep anywhere. (Photographic evidence Here) I don't think I'd have any need of the outfit/artwork to kip on that bench.

Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are referred to as 'Hobby Bobbies*' by some.

*for none UK readers 'Bobby' is acceptable slang for a Policeman. Bobbies is plural of Bobby - Yeah it's how the English language works.

Do they follow the instructions on the lid and place the seam under the arrow, or do they just slap the lid on anyhow?

"...the unwillingness of students to finger the lesbians"

:)

Takuan. #123

I'm not sure, but I suspect that Islamic Morality Police wouldn't have "...an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope."

:)

Komodo Dragons are being looked at as well for this type of Antibiotic effect.

They weren't wearing gloves. There should be dabs all over the place. OK if they've never been caught, their prints won't be on file. They looked calm enough though, so may have done this sort of thing before.

I've read that. Antinous. I might still have the book in a box somewhere. Where and which book is another matter though.

The poor animal It's got fake blonde hair to make it look Aryan maybe? Then made to do a Nazi salute. They should've gone the whole hog and put jackboots on it. They don't alow people to do this anymore do they?

If you're interested in some aspects of life in China, via a westerners eyes. Maybe have a read of Beachhutmans blog It's a kind of personal and domestic style of blogging, but an interesting insight into what it's like in Beijing at the moment.

I don't see why not Cayton, but I'm not an expert.

The Windows version of the machine needed some cost trimming for the OS licence?

Just a guess.

So which early adopters are getting rid of their EEE701 then? Pass it over to me please.

The game was a fun, if terrifying like watching a horror film type way, to spend some time on-line. Reading, and typing maniacally. I've got more of an idea of what's going on in a game of PreCog/Reps/Humans now and I'll have to try and scare up another game.

What the transcript doesn't show is the PM windows I had open and was trying to pay attention to along with the main room as well.

If I'm not working Friday night, I'll be along for the Rule34 game. Hanging out live with people on-line is great fun. Kind of like having a night out, but stopping in. I can eat, drink and smoke. Plus I can go to the pub after the game and have a night out, out, as well as a night out, in.

Having read Mr Brownlee's work on Ecto' I guess the words: Squid, tentacle, Fez and Cthulu may turn up in this game.

I'm sure it could be usefully modded to a powder snorting device.

'One nation under a Groove' is what came into my head straight away.

@ 43. I'm not sure cake would be a wise move, with all those candles it'd probably count as fire hazard :)

Oh, go on then. I'll indulge you Mark. You get to wish your Gran Happy 107th Birthday more often than I ever will.

Reasons why I love the internet #n: "I get to send Birthday wishes to a 107 year old lady who's seen some awesome changes in her lifetime and makes me wonder what I'll see in mine."

Happy Birthday Mark's Gran!

I thought some more. Make the former as described above, bend the veneer round using steam(?), then pop inside another cup to hold it 'til it 'sets'. Would that work?

There must be some Makers out there who can do a 'How to'

I'd assume steam, a former (an old cup filled with sand/plaster of Paris?), some clamps/elastic bands and some sort of Varnish would be a start.

There does seem to be some problem. I can sometimes see the video on the main page. Sometime I have to click through to the Boingboing TV page to see it and sometimes to the actual post on the boingboing tv page.

Learn from your mistakes maybe Logicaldash. OR maybe 'That which doesn't kill me, only makes me stronger'?

Hands up all those people that had never heard the word Docent before?

I learned something new today. Thanks Boingboing.

I make that about 5 or 6 truck loads of the stuff (if I've not got a decimal place wrong) I find it helps to get my head round figures like 406,000lbs by turning it into approx truckloads.

Maybe it's time for a new acronym. Similar to INAL (I'm not a lawyer) INAS (I'm not a surgeon). I think it's traditional to follow up INAL with the word but...

Yeah, but Sweet if you live in the U.K. :)

Funny about the Computer Dating. I was re-watching 'The Swimmer' (1968) the other night and the young lass who travels with him for a while says she's met a boyfriend via computer dating.

If I win an outrageous amount on the lottery I'm going to invest in the airship. I'd love to see them flying again in all their Luxurious glory. Even if it's only a unique project like 'The Maltese Falcon'

I think these are probably still banned in the UK, or at least their importation.

Well I had to look up what a French Dip Sandwich was, as I'd never heard of it. Sounds OK. A bit like the Hot Pork Baps/Sandwiches they do around these parts. (The West Midlands)

Do a Hoody and thigh boots 'work' as an ensemble Antinous? :)

Cool.

If I couldn't grab a log, bottle, Spoon, chair, kitchen knife or some other improvised weapon (I live in the UK I can't pull a gun) I'd probably have done the same...

...though now I've heard about the finger in the bottom trick. I'd probably give that a go. If it doesn't work. Ah well. I start chomping on the dogs nose.

Then wash my hands before I have a ciggy, or eat anything :)

I saw this post on my RSS feed and had a few bets with myself before opening it.

I bet that there would be a massive hoohah about the price of them. I bet there would be people saying that you're paying for a piece of proper designer schmutter and that's what the proper jobby costs.

I won the money on those two bets.

The only bet I lost was that there would be accusations of hand-in-glove, back scratching with the manufacturers of the garment and BoingBoing (unless those comments were disemvoweled and I couldn't read them)

Two out of three aint bad, as the saying goes :)

My 2d's worth. They're not for me as they're not plain black. (it's a personal taste thing) Plus I'm 43 and I wear hoodies because I like to keep warm and comfy & have pockets to put my stuff in and work doesn't require I wear a suit and tie.

Reminds me of the serial number on the snake scale in 'Blade Runner'.

@ #10

"I wonder why they crapped inside."

I wondered about that as well Mitch. Even if they didn't know about the relationship between crap and disease, you would have thought crapping in your living space would be a no-no (unless it was going to be wheeked away by a flush)

Maybe it was the Scat Cave :)

Not just Science toys, but magic too. They sell Dragons Blood.

@ #4 dougrogers

LOL. 'They' don't find *all* the good stuff first. Readers find some of it for them. See the Suggest a link button at the top of the page ;)

LOL @ MrScience. I never thought of that.

I have thought some more though. They could just sell the tops, with (Whatever flavour) in, you just carry the tops around to flavour the bottle of water you buy at wherever.

@ Thad, Muse and Gato. Yeah, stuff like this is made to make a day. First time I came across Banksy was a little Rat Bouncer, by a Red carpet and rat hole painted low down on some steps up from The Embankment in London. It was one of the best things I saw that weekend.

Antinous #82 I've been sucked into a parallel universe in the shower a few times. Ah, memories of good times ;) None of them were a widow, but I think one was a Scorpio :)

There's some serious elbow tattoo fodder there.

Strange Fruit on that tree.

I'm surprised they got away with it in the 80s as you had to send the film off for processing.* With digital cameras there must be loads of pictures of dodgy stuff floating about.

*I remember a news story about a couple of adulterers killing the husband and taking pictures of themselves dismembering his body holding the decapitated head up by the hair etc. The photo processing place dobbed them in. I have no idea how to search for the source though. It happened in the states and involved bike gangs/Motorcyclists as far as I remember.

Looks like some one has re-purposed Binary Chemical Weapon technology for the soft drink market, or maybe they're hoping that the military takes up their patent on the device for big huge sums of cash.

The video was great. There seemed to be so much animation when the bear/dog leapt up. Something I wish I could see IRL. I'm sure small kids would have loved it.

AAArrgghh. Prill Rolled :)

Is that Gold plating I see there? These vehicles seem to have been 'pimped' already? Maybe they could sell some on Earth to claw back some of the cost :) Geek rappers might go for them. Doesn't look like there's much protection for doing a drive by though.

In a couple of the houses we were in, when I was younger, whenever we decorated and stripped the walls, my dad always got us to write our names and the date on the plaster in pencil. I've often wondered if anyone has ever found those and wondered about the previous occupants of the house.

LOL @ SXE. Nope, I'd probably end up putting the controller through the screen :)

How about something like those pill packets with the days on? Or maybe an egg tray e.g.

Take sponge out of slot/pocket/cup, use in body. remove from body put in an empty slot. End of op' just before stitching up. Check for empty spaces in the device/tray.

I don't have any surgical experience, well only on the receiving end. So same question as Semiotix.

Any surgical types out there?

@ #9 BARFF.

teb I need a Squid chaser after that sickly piece of Unicorn Rubbish.

I know if This Game existed I wouldn't be able to complete it.

Alex Empire tunes would make a good soundtrack for this sort of thing.

OK. Where can I download the PDF of the Cardboard Cutie ;)

#5 by Petrodon

Are you talking about Saag Dishes? They mostly end up looking like a fresh cowpat:)

@ #9 LB

"This is the third article I've seen today that repeats something I've seen before... on BoingBoing."

I know. The Net will eat itself. I Blog stuff I've seen on Boingboing amongst other places and I reckon that a lot of Newspapers must rely on Boinboing (amongst others) for their Weird Wild Web style columns. Then again, BoingBoing picks up on Newspaper stories.

"which for means I'll need a computer with a decent keyboard, a web browser with connectivity, an RSS reader and a way to format and upload images."

Sorry I should have re-read the other post before commenting.

'Elite' is solely responsible for my computer game addiction (though I think I first played it on a C64)

Kind of with #13 here. What about a palm IIIxe it takes AAA batteries and a nokia 5110, an old school mobi' with a great battery life and spare batteries easily available. There is a cable you can use to link the 2 together to get online. Plus there was a Portable keyboard available for the IIIxe.

Otherwise I'd start making a list of what tasks you want to carry out whilst in the wilds. Focusing on these may give you some idea of the tech' that would be suitable.

Maybe take a lower spec'/more primative machine and do stuff online with Google Docs, or online photo editing app's. (http://tinyurl.com/29eh9s)

"...said that a love vacation would be the privilege of all, even the singles..."

But what about Ceiling Cat? He'd be watching me all Holiday.

Things White People Like #1247 - Blogging

@ #10 Hopefully she thinks it's neat. If she doesn't. Maybe we're not meant to be.

That roller coaster doesn't really exist does it? :(

Personally I think they're tacky and tasteless, that's just an opinion though.

The following from the website has got me thinking though:

"...Please feel free to suggest any design ideas ie. colors, type faces, backgrounds. We can create parody of popular movies..."

I can't help coming up with really inappropriate films to base the posters on e.g. 'Species', 'The Godfather' 'Alien' or 'Rosemarie's Baby'

I think there's a lot of Worth1000 competition potential here.

Looks like they should start making Body Armour out of Turnips.

I dunno. All the dogs we had loved sitting with their heads out the car window, ears flapping in the slipstream.

Yeah I thought that Cory would have seen the light from living in the UK. He's still got a lot to learn .

In that case BoingBoing = Grade A 100% pure Internet Dope.

Ceiling cat doesn't seem so bad now.

Just off the top of my head, 2 ways that may get round this system:
1- Attack the laser unit itself before launching your salvo. That mirror lens housing looks pretty delicate.
2 - Create rounds/rockets that are intended to be blown up prior to reaching the 'target'. Containing say Radioactive crap or some sort of Biological or chemical weapon. Just launch them when the wind is blowing in the right direction.

I've seen similar types of switches on Diesel Buses here in the UK. Labled either Emergency Engine Stop or Emergency Fuel Cutoff. There's been a number of times (Mostly whilst cycling) I've been tempted to open the little door and flip the switch.

It's the Big red Button syndrome. I've resisted so far.

Get a Nokia of some sort that uses the Symbian 60 OS and check out all the software that's available. You might re-think your iPhone.

What Audiotherapist said. (Probably better than I could as s/he gave noise levels)

Yeah Drunken video review is a must.

I'm still waiting for the rise of the 'Thrash Bangra-Billy' Genre

Ahhh. They had that in the Student Union, I don't know how much of my grant I fed into that machine. It made me go out and buy a second hand Dwayne Eddie album, just for the music (Peter Gunn)
They also had Gauntlet ("The Elf is about to Die" "Wizard, your life force is running low") Those were probably the last time I shovelled money into Video games. Why would I do that, once I'd bought a Spectrum :)

As we can only see the fingers and not the back of the hands this picture is from the inside looking out, if you get my meaning ;)

Symbian 60, 80 and Windows Mobile devices allow 3rd party apps'. They haven't lead to the the mobi' networks collapsing under the strain. Probably because data costs over the phone network is still very expensive here in the U.K.

@ Dragonfrog.

If you wanted it cut as a stencil it would probably be best to get it laser cut for ease.

Excellent. It comes in 3 flavours. Pdf, *spits* HTML and YAY! Mobipocket.

This was subverted nicely to a Ring tone, teachers and Parents can't hear.

@ #26

Do you pee out your penis Tim? :)

I gave up storing stuff on the Sim when I found that swapping it around phones caused all sorts of spurious/duplicate entries in the phone book & failure of caller ID. Plus now I can sync to 'puter. I retain all the numbers anyway.

Nice story, but bloody awful gameplay. I hope I wasn't expected to patch up all 3 holes in the whore. The poor strumpet died under my clumsy mouse fumblings.

Looks like Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor got of lightly then :) hehehe.

#1 posted by Lydia9 , February 20, 2008 8:45 AM

That'd be my guess as well Lydia.

"In keeping with mid-western tradition, we gift each other only pork-derived salves."

Oh how I wish I was brought up in the Mid-West. :)

Well I'm looking forward to my e-mail. I liked 'Starship Troopers' and I liked 'The Forever War'.

Now I just have to keep my fingers crossed & start wishing.

Please let it not be a pdf,
Please let it not be a pdf,
Please let it not be a pdf,

Please let it be mobipocket format,
Please let it be mobipocket format,
Please let it be mobipocket format,

"In case of sonic attack on your district follow these rules..."

"...made a robot jizz bullets. On Mars. "
That is my new favourite phrase.

Available in the UK I've not dealt with the company (Heinnie Haynes) I just have their site book marked for drooling over every once in a while :)

Not 'Anansi Boys' I struggled to finish it. It kicked in enough in the last 1/4 to make finishing it worthwhile, but I was disappointed, as I'd had Neil Gaiman recommended to me as an Author I should read and would probably enjoy.

So with that in mind, could somebody suggest the next book by Mr gaiman I should try?

Can we now lookforward to an episode of BoingBoing TV with Xeni modeling a set? :)

Nokia FTW. I'm a big fan of Nokia phones. Especially the Communicator series, because of the qwerty keyboard, that I could thrash out large blog posts on whilst sitting in the pub. Nokia seem to have got their various interfaces and software just right.

The 9300 was nearly the perfect phone for me. The 'i' version wasn't available from my Phone Co. The WiFi would have been icing on the cake. Then I went and lost it. (No I wasn't drunk)

As it was a works phone it was replaced. With a piece of shit HTC touch. Windows mobile still isn't right, even version 6 is still shonky for phone use. The Sony phone above looks nice, but with WM on I'd steer well clear.

My personal phone is a Nokia9500, yes it's a brick, that bit I hate, but it has a qwerty keyboard, Camera, Bluetooth & WiFi.

The E90 is the current phone I'm lusting after, looks like Nokia has put together another winner (as far as I'm concerned) looking at the specs'.

Oh and just as an after thought THE Best phone ever made was the Nokia6300i
battery life for ever, could get a signal when no-one else could, clear sound & great volume (I work in a sometimes noisy environment)

You can still get one hand wrist watches.

The way he's behaving I just assumed he'd already eaten a load of mushrooms & they were kicking in.

Maybe try one of these Came across it the other day whilst looking for something else, so I dunno if it's any good.

Have quite a lot of Beard I steer well clear of petrol Zippos.

The Canon is 'only' 100kg. The Zeiss 256. I'll take the Canon please.

Look, could we get something straight. The stuff is Lego. No 's' on the end, not even when there's a whole bucket of Lego Bricks or Lego Pieces.

Whilst I'm at it. It's Colour, Grey, Cheque, Pavement, Rubbish, Cellar...

:)

Damn! There's something wrong with the focus on my monitor. *sniff* It's gone all blurry.

Congratulations.

TRIP TOY! Want.

Though I'd probably only make noises that were good in my own head ;)

"...and we want you to make it so that if a soldier has his arm blown off we can replace it and get him right back in the front line..."

@Ployntabs: You're on the internet. Do what I do if I don't know what something is. Look it up.

If I'm reading that map right it appears that people don't travel to Canada.

'fraid I have to agree with #8. I would've just turned the sound down, but wondered if there was any audio commentary on the video. Afraid I had to press stop about half way through.

Takuan, Beryllium, There's a Utilikilt model with 'modesty snaps' so you don't have to worry about holding the ladder, or the glass bottomed Gondola for that matter.

I'm with Noen. Why don't just start making Fliegerschokolade again.

"I was a LEGO model designer back in the eighties"

*Jaw drops to the floor*

"We are not worthy we are not worthy"

If Apple sold sheets of paper, you'd only be able to write on them with the iPencil. 3rd party writing implements would be impossible to find for them :)

I like the way 'they' suppressed it "...until such time as it may be needed as a defensive weapon."

I'm wondering if one of the categories of classification was "Lurking"?
This suggests that the machine monitoring of a CCTV feed for apparently suspicious behaviour is now easily possible.

So this is what Beck was thinking about.

This looks like fun. Where do I hang out for her to throw herself at me?

"...not even that enamored with Disney World..."
Yeah but your colleague Cory is. I'd love to see his face when he sees this.

"We are taking e-reading and bringing it to the mobile phone."

This is nothing new. I've been reading e-books on my mobi' for a while now. It's one of the features I look for in a phone. Will it run mobipocket?

Having said that...

HOW FUCKING COOL IS THIS?

Just imagine:

An EEE PC and a roll out 19" screen.

An electronic version of the Ordnance Survey maps, a screen you can open up to about A3 size to view the map, then fold away & carry on walking.

The guy that skillfully pastes the grid of posters on the massive bill boards is out of a job.

"Can you pass me the remote please dear, I want to change the (e)wall paper pattern"

The 'Predator suit' comes a step nearer.

"...and as we go into the 20th lap here at Monaco, viewers will have noticed the Advertising on the Williams has changed, this is because Marlborough have paid to sponsor half this race Whilst Benson & Hedges are sponsoring the other half."

"...Then the bloody copper 'rezzed' the markings on the car & I realised I'd been followed by an undercover unit. They busted me"

"...and this is Jean-Paul, he's a(n) (e)fabric designer"

You realise I'm going to have trouble sleeping tonight as my mind whirls away coming up with neat ideas this could be used for. Now all I need is my silver suit & Hover board. Maybe the 21st Century isn't going to be so disappointing.

I drink too much to have stairs like these.

Blah blah 'Woman'. Blah blah 'African American' Blah blah.

Shut your mouths & open your eyes.

The post title in my RSS feed, using the phrase 'Rosie the Riveter', put my head in a WW II expectation. As soon as the picture appeared and I saw the colour.
No.
Not the person of colour, but the COLOUR in the photo, I was thrown.

I think of the past as Black & White, because I have B&W family pictures from the mid 60s, early 70s that look more 'old fashioned' than this picture. I have colour photos from the same period that look more 'old fashioned' than this picture.

'Stunning' is the right word to describe this picture.

The image is older than me. It's around the same age as my now dead Parents would be.

This picture looks like it could've been taken yesterday.

Sorry I'm rambling.

That's what happens when you're stunned.

It's made the past 'now'. It's made 60 years ago more real. Because the picture doesn't look 'old'.

Hmmm. I need to get a few of these. The fisherman's wife might dream of me then ;)

How many washes, before it turns a kind of grey colour? :)

If anyon's in the UK & looking for similar quality food of this sort check out your local kebab shop & see if they do Naan Kebabs.

Get the 'Mix' or 'special mix' version. A naan bread, covered in the elephants leg stuff, chicken meat & Shish. You can have salad if you must. Add chilli sauce & mint sauce & you've got a meal for around 3 or 4 quid that will stuff your belly 'til next week.

I for one welcome our greasy doughy overlords.

I like my enamel pot for making coffee. Yeah yeah I know I'm a heathen.
What sort of temperature do the coffee experts suggest for making espresso? I've got the message about pressure I think ;)
It's got me thinking. I've got an old bike tyre somewhere. I feel a hack coming on.
Oh yeah final question for the experts:
Am I right in thinking I have to 'unleash' the pressure through the coffee, rather than just pumping away with a bike pump to force water through? TIA

@ #8
I bet the mother of your child doesn't benny :)

Nice. Bootlegtastic.

One of the irritating anti-piracy adverts on the front end of DVDs mentions that pirated videos fund organised crime and terrorism and that's why you shouldn't buy Pirate videos. Looks like they've covered their ass then, no matter what the German justice Minister says.

halfvenus, just 'cause it's called a hand blender doesn't mean you should... :)

Thinking about being LMOE. Has anyone got an idea how long the GPS constellation of satellites would be useful?

There's some great caption contest material in these pictures. My favourite is picture number 8:

"I'm going to play ping pong with your head!"

If you really want Swastikas for your Lego you could get some Custom Rub down transfers made.

Is this the free gift from issue 1 of Thrilling Underwear Pervert Stories :)

"...I might pick up one cheap set just for an Indy minifig."

But look at the truck! Just look at the truck. Want.

I just have a beard, saves me money buying razors & I get extra time in bed, as I don't have to shave in the morning.

On a more serious note...
If anyone fancies a go at seeing how this system works and if they're any good at it. They might want to try this quiz at the BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml

It's based on the FACS system, which commentors seem to think is the sytem that might be used by the TSA.

Have a mooch about that part of the BBC site. there are some more interesting 'Quizes' there.

From the film 'Team America'
Chris: Susan Sarandon.
Susan Sarandon: [bound up with rope, sitting on a small bench] Oh thank God. We have to stop the ceremony! Kim Jong Il is mad! Here, let me loose. I'll show you where the theater is!
Chris: All right.
Gary: No! Chris! Stay away from her!
Chris: Fuck you, she wants to help us!
Gary: No, Chris. She's acting....
Susan: I am not. The others tied me up because I wouldn't go with their plan.
Gary: Your skills are fading with age, Ms. Sarandon.
Susan: [her facial expression darkens] You shall die a peasant's death! [bends down and breaks out of the rope that bound her and whips out and begins firing semiautomatics at Gary and Chris] YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! [Gary quickly fires back and keeps the bullets coming as he backs her up against a balcony. She tumbles over it and falls to the ground at the main palace entrance. Her body parts splatter all over the place. Chris and Gary walk up to the balcony and look over and down]
Chris: Jesus Titty-fucking Christ, I ...could've sworn she was telling the truth.
Gary: That's why they call it acting. [turns around to leave] Come on, we've gotta find Lisa.

Maybe Terrorists will now take acting lessons? :)

Yay. A cat taunting toy for laminate floors.

If you're going to get peeler geeky you should try one of these.
When I've done kitchen work I've taken this in with me and peeled sacks of potatoes. Works really well.

Shitty news, but he seems to be facing up to it. So in that spirit:

"Which would you rather have? Alzheimer's or Parkinson's?"

"Parkinson's - I'd rather spill half my drink trembling, than forget where I put it."

:)

Hey Cory. What about getting a custom made flight case? Something like This. Or the one on this page. AT least when you move around you can transport all your tech' in safety.
I do like the look of the Davenport desks though. There are a few going on EBay. I might think about knocking something up in Plywood or MDF.

I NEED to see this film, but then I liked 'Bad Taste', 'Evil Aliens' and 'Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter'.

I wonder if you could get the iSite footage (Bitage?) uploaded to You Tube before the 'plane completely wrecked?

A nice project for someone with one of those 3D printers.

Cute makes me want to maul things (to death). It's why I turn off the graphic smileys on any forum I'm on. It's why I changed my Windows XP 'look'. It's why I gave up on Myspace and YMash.

Cute is for fat lasses that have a whole menagerie of soft toys on the parcel shelves of their car, for fat goth girls that dress in purple crushed velvet. Cute is coloured pink and for 12 year old girls.

I want an interface that looks like it knows what it's doing. As a user I feel "motivated in a happy, positive manner" when I can navigate round something properly because it's laid out clearly.

Some bug eyed cartoon character is not the way to please me. It's the way to make me wonder were I left my axe and what I did with that piece of lead pipe & the heavy stick with the nail in.

Cute is the reason I'd punch a Panda.

Cute is the reason people hate that fucking paper clip so much.

I am Ren. Not Stimpy.

#8 posted by mark , November 28, 2007 8:07 PM

"Principles."

Could you elaborate please Mark.

I think I'd prefer to get tased for a bit of mouthing off, rather than mauled.

I do listen to the radio. Want.

If anyone is going to this can they video it for me please? Computer hacking HA! that's so Passe. I want to be a Bio-Hacker.

Seriously though, if anyone can video it or point me in the right direction for a tutorial online, I'd be grateful. If 'Make' do a how-to-do article I'd subscribe.

Looks like he's been at the medicine cabinet himself :)

Excellent. As soon as I saw the picture & before reading the words 'Repoman' had jumped into my head. "You find one in every car" always jumps into my head when I see one in a car.

"...and a TV remote control that's powered by your muscles."

A long stick? :)

Women can have it as easy as men. Technology is a wonderful thing.

A 1 Dollar fan from the 99 Cent store?

You got ripped off there Mark.

Hey 'Aaron T' Yeah I knew about the coffee already :) The Problem for me is, it's bad enough running out of coffee. It's worse, to have coffee, but to have run out of filters that you *need* to make a cup.

I was interested right up to the moment where I found out there was a consumable part (The Filter Paper) Think I'll stick to the Enamel Pot then.

Why not use it to build Airships? It's about time the luxury leviathans of the sky made a come back.

My Mum lied to me! I believed her when she told us Chewing Gum wrapped round your throat and you died if you swallowed it. My friend claimed it was your heart it wrapped round if you swallowed it and that caused you to die. Either way it stopped us swallowing Gum (when we were allowed it)

Well bugger me. Xeni, pronounced 'Shen-ee'. I've been hearing it pronounced Zen-ee when reading. You learn something new every day.

"...as much control as someone using a handheld device..."

pwned at a LAN party by a kid with no arms, how embarassing would that be?

I may never look at You Tube ever again.

What do you mean "Please don't buy these". I'd rather have one of those than an iPhone. Hmmm. I live near a Glass shop.

They are works of Genius. When I saw my first episode I flashed back to being at school in the 70's. My favourite is 'music' ( http://tinyurl.com/39ae7m ) because of the 'boite diabolique' & the 19 forbidden notes.

I'm surprised no-one picked up on this.
"...dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space and cyberspace forces."(My emphasis.)

An interesting phrase.

I was really disappointed that neither of the two blokes on the VBS show gave the stuff a go.

I wonder what the legal situation is if your ATM is emptied under the influence of this drug, as you haven't given anyone else the PIN.

It looks like you don't have to buy a set of pans to enter the competition, just make a suggestion. Which is a bonus, as 70 quid is a bit steep for a set of pans if you're going to mash 'em up. Plus I wouldn't want to be giving 'The Fat Tongued Mockney Bastard' any of my money.

Oh & if your kitchen is *that* tight for space, just buy a camping set of pans for 20-30 quid.

...or eat out :)

HANG ON. Follow the link. Scientists at HIROSHIMA University created a see through frog. They reckon they've got a glowing one as well.

I reckon scientists at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos were probably responsible for it.

Just like they were responsible for Godzilla :)

I'll be doing This to my back garden then :)

Replace the paper map with some e-paper, pop a GPS unit in the thing. Voila! Updated for the 21st century.

So you bought the name from the person that was cyber squatting it? I looked for a boingboing Twitter the other week & found an "If you want to buy this..." message.

Nice work Davex. Your version was more pointed than my two versions:

http://www.dylanmessaging.com/messages/E2Y9-VS1X-U689-8512-50F5

http://www.dylanmessaging.com/messages/WEK3-ZTF2-38W1-R7KL-9X68

Call for pricing? Hell No! I have a jigsaw & a spare piece of Plywood.

Comments. Excellent. It was frustrating reading neat articles & not being able to comment on them. Thanks.