Archived Posts for July 2007

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28
Jul 07
Sat

Craziest Captchas on the Web (0)
Some of these are very amusing... (Quicklink) • 10:43pm •

Flatmate #3

Got a new flatmate today. Currently at the barely-know-each-other stage. So you exchange the usual pleasantries etc, but if you really want to know someone these days you Google them :). And this one came with a blog. I’m sure Fred will eventually find this blog entry and may or may not freak out a little (hi Fred).

As the very first question he asked me when he turned up was, “What broadband plan are you on?” I have a feeling we will get along just fine. Except, it seems, where it comes to football. Could be a few fireworks there :).

1:07am (GMT +10.00) tomorrow • Life • Tweet This • Comments (3) •

27
Jul 07
Fri

How to raise money from VCs – Video (0)
Very amusing. (Quicklink) • 5:07am •

Why you should always proofread your fee estimates

Might be some notion of truth behind that too, figuratively speaking.

10:05pm (GMT +10.00) • Law • Tweet This • Add a comment •

25
Jul 07
Wed

Businessman spends $247,000 on night out (0)
Ouch. (Quicklink) • 5:55am •

24
Jul 07
Tue

US troops leave Aussie for dead in Iraq (0)
These are our allies. (Quicklink) • 4:13am •

Qantas to offer inflight web access (0)
This would so help to pass the time on those long hauls. Unless you're travelling for work. Then you're stuffed. (Quicklink) • 4:13am •

23
Jul 07
Mon

Photosynth Prototype (0)
This is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Combine it with a large multi-touchscreen and it'd be mindblowing. Basically one of things this technology can do is suck in thousands of disparate 2D images and contextualise them within a 3D space. I wonder how much processing power that took to generate though... (Quicklink) • 2:08am •

21
Jul 07
Sat

$1000 tasting menu at Astral (0)
Perhaps the restaurant should be called "Astronomical". It's a custom made menu, but it's a bit much... (Quicklink) • 5:31pm •

18
Jul 07
Wed

The Wealthiest Americans Ever (0)
Adjusted for inflation. (Quicklink) • 4:09am •

Will It Blend? blends an iPhone (0)
Defilation and sacrelige! (Quicklink) • 4:09am •

17
Jul 07
Tue

The Next Reggie Bush (0)
When I played rugby at the primary school level, anyone who was any good at sprinting could do that. I remember racking scores of 50+ to nil against other schools because a couple of us would just grab the ball, dodge everyone and run the length of the pitch... and rugby doesn't have blockers. Then people got bigger. (Quicklink) • 5:54am •

16
Jul 07
Mon

Australia through to the knockout phase

4-0 tonight… immense relief. Churchill’s turned out a sizeable crowd, which was good to see. Looks like the Socceroos they finally pulled their finger out! We have a likely berth playing against Japan in Vietnam. They’ll be out for revenge.

12:41am (GMT +10.00) tomorrow • Sports • Tweet This • Add a comment •

14
Jul 07
Sat

N.Y. Bar Serves Bottled Water For $55 (0)
Such a load of crap. Those people should go and watch the episode of Bullshit that Penn & Teller did on bottled water. (Quicklink) • 5:38pm •

Emptying Nest Eggs, Not the Nests (0)
"The common practice of ending financial obligation after their children graduate from high school or college is gone. Parents are carrying their children longer, pouring in thousands of dollars a year if not tens of thousands to their college graduates. Thirty-four percent of adults 18 to 34 receive financial assistance from their parents..." (Quicklink) • 5:38pm •

13
Jul 07
Fri

Body “tricks” (0)
(Quicklink) • 3:53pm •

10
Jul 07
Tue

Gameslah’s 50 Boxing Setup (0)
It's called multiboxing. It's insane. Some of those multi-monitor setups look nice though... (Quicklink) • 1:54am •

1
Jul 07
Sun

Customer service at Pancakes

We were standing in line waiting to get in to the misnomered Pancakes on the Rocks at Darling Harbour earlier in the week. One of the waiters had come out to get the group sizes of the people waiting and he arrived at this one guy in front of us.

“Table for how many?”
“One please.”
“… One?”
“Yes.”
“… One? … Are you sure??” the waiter said, somewhat shocked.
“Yeah I’m waiting for some friends who I’m meeting up with in an hour, so I’m going to eat first.”
“Oh! So table for how many then.”
“Excuse me?”
“How many friends are coming?”
“No, just me, my friends are not eating.”
“Uh… so…”
“One.”
“Seriously, just one?” The waiter gave him a long, hard stare, shook his head, and then sighed in resignation. “Oh ok… one…” Then he added in an all-too-loud mutter, “Weird!!”

Although a little flustered by this stage, the guy politely inquired, “is there a problem with that?”
“No, no, no problem at all. We’ll stick you up in one of the back rooms.”

I haven’t seen service like that since the now bankrupted Xerts.

8:56pm (GMT +10.00) • Food • Tweet This • Comments (1) •

Patience Pays Off Big for Dallas iPhone Fan (1)
Totally owned. And all the people hoping to flog their phones off on eBay are getting owned as well. There's absolutely no shortage of supply for iPhones in the US. (Quicklink) • 2:08am •

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