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October 14, 2007

Lorwyn Release Tournament

Filed under: Content, Games & Related Links — roclar @ 4:27 pm
Mudbutton Torchrunner On Saturday, I played in a Lorwyn Release Tournament at Atomic Comics Emporium. I ended up with 2 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws which was better then I expected given that I have only ever played in one other sealed deck tournament, the prerelease for Mirage and that was over ten years ago. I feel like I could have played a bit better, but I didn’t go with the intention of winning, I just wanted to have a good time and play. In that goal, I succeeded. For the $25 entrance fee, I got five and a half hours of entertainment, a Lorwyn Lift Counter from a random drawing at the end and of course the $16 worth of Lorwyn packs. The write up is a by-product of watching TV and otherwise bumming around the house so its a little longer then expected. Oh well. :D

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October 9, 2007

Two iPods Purchased from Target Have Rocks Inside

Filed under: Apple Stuff — roclar @ 6:00 pm
Target logo with rocks Here is a somewhat curious story of a girl who received a wrapped iPod box filled with rocks. When the family went to return the iPod at the Target where it was purchased, Target refused to offer them anything more then store credit since they didn’t have another unit in stock. They then went to the nearest Target twenty miles away to get another iPod which they opened in the store after they bought it to reveal more rocks. I still find the story somewhat unbelievable though it can be easily explained by theft at the distribution center that both store presumably share. It also points out the problem of using store credit cards and gift cards as opposed to using a credit card since a third party credit card would allow you to dispute the charge until the mater is resolved. Whatever. The biggest reason I am linking this is for the PUNishment and other rock quips in the various comment threads.

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October 4, 2007

Sony Bravia Play-Doh Bunnies

Filed under: Links — roclar @ 6:00 pm
Sony Bravia Play-Doh Bunnies For the third in the series of colorful Sony Bravia commercials which have thus far included Paint and Balls, Sony has turned to Play-Doh. The advertisement was shot in Manhattan and was the result of the work of 40 animators working for three weeks to create the 100,000 still images for the 60 second add. You can watch the add on Sony’s European site linked below.

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September 16, 2007

Maximum Silence

Filed under: Art, Light & Illuminated Objects, Links — roclar @ 6:00 pm
Maximum Silence Maximum Silence was part of this years Notte Bianca (Google Translation) which translates to Night White Woman and is a recent yearly festival which had the theme the world in one night this year. Maximum Silence was the creation of Giancarlo Neri where they setup 10,000 slowly color changing, luminous globes on the ground of the Circus Maximus. Below is a small gallery of the globes both day and night. There is also a You Tube video of the globes slowly changing color at night.

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Unusual Hotels of the World

Filed under: Links — roclar @ 5:50 pm
Woodlyn Park Hobbit Motel Unusual Hotels of the World has collected details of a variety of unusual lodging accomodations. The site categorizes the lodges in twenty different categories including underground, kids, desert and jail and rates them from “different” to “WOW” while providing other pertinent details such as location, web site, telephone number, etc. Shown to the left is the Woodlyn Park which is located in Otorohanga, New Zealand and has three different lodging options including a 1950 Bristol Freighter Plane, a 1950 Rail Carriage and a “Hobbit Underground Motel”.

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Uranium Glass

Filed under: Links — roclar @ 5:40 pm
Uranium Glass Uranium glass also sometimes referred to as vaseline glass has been around since at least 79AD and became popular in the mid 19th century. Under normal lighting, the uranium glass appears sort of a greenish yellow, but under UV lighting, the glass glows neon green. Given what we know now about the dangers of radiation, it doesn’t seem like a particularly great idea to have glassware colored in the fashion around though the article doesn’t specify just how dangerous the level of radiation exposure is.

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September 15, 2007

Complex Highway Interchanges

Filed under: Links — roclar @ 6:00 pm
Spaghetti Junction in Atlanta Like every good geek, I have used Google Maps. Yet for some reason I never thought of using the satellite capabilities to look at some of the more complex highway interchanges sometimes referred to as spaghetti junctions. The digg thread linked below and the Wikipedia entry have some choice interchanges that I decided to find on Google Maps. Here they are: The Mixing Bowl in Springfield, VA just south of Washington, DC where I-95, I-395, and I-495 merge; Tom Moreland Interchange in Atlanta, GA where I-285 and I-85 merge (pictured to the left); Downtown Connector also in Atlanta, GA where I-75, I-85, and I-20 merge; the I-35W and I-94 interchange in Minneapolis, MN; the I-35E and I-94 interchange in St. Paul, MN; the Circle Interchange where I-55 and I90/I-94 meet in Chicago, IL; and at least the most visually entertaining the I-105 and I-110 interchange in Los Angeles, CA.

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Post-it Art Gallery

Filed under: Art, Links — roclar @ 5:50 pm
Post-it Note Elvis COLOURlovers has a collection of art projects that involve the venerable Post-it note which I found relatively interesting. Pictured to the left is a Post-it note mosaic of Elvis Presley.

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Conan Visits Intel

Filed under: Computer Related, Links — roclar @ 5:40 pm
Conan Visits Intel During Late Night with Conan O’Brian’s trip to San Francisco, the host visited Intel with cameras for a segment that was aired on May 5th this year. The TechEBlog Referer contains a link to the segment on You Tube which I found quite amusing.

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September 14, 2007

Wall-Mounted Digital Scale and Clock

Filed under: Kitchenware & Utensils, Links, Time Keeping Devices — roclar @ 6:00 pm
Wall-Mounted Digital Scale and Clock The Wall-Mounted Digital Scale and Clock consists of two pieces. The scale portion is controlled by a touchscreen, can weigh up to seven pounds and transmits the data wirelessly via infrared to the wall-mounted piece. The wall-mounted piece then displays the resulting weight in either metric or imperial. It can also function as a clock as well as a thermometer in addition it can also hold the scale portion which slides over the clock and locks into place. The Wall-Mounted Digital Scale and Clock requires a total of seven AAA batteries which are included and is available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $90. Given the amount of time I spend doing things in the kitchen, I don’t fully understand the need for a kitchen scale. That being said, this combo unit doesn’t seem to be priced that out of line compared to the other scales Salter makes.

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