The BBC, the lost tape and the 6-foot fridge
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BBC Mistakes A Fridge For A Video Tape
BBC Mistakes A Fridge For A Video Tape
06/18/2004 12:59 PMThe perfect Friday time wasting story. It appears that someone rushed
an important video tape to a BBC office recently. The label on the
tape was falling off, so someone in the mailroom replaced it.
However, he or she took the original label and happened to stick it to
the lunch room fridge. The end result should be listened to in order
to fully appreciate what happened, but the sender of the tape received
a hilarious voicemail message
wonderin
g why they had sent a "six-foot fridge" instead of the needed video
tape. Such is life in a hectic news room.
Standing 6 foot 2 instead of 5 foot 4
Standing 6 foot 2 instead of 5 foot 4
03/06/2004 01:54 AMI think I need a boyfriend. I had to move this thing from downstairs
without tearing up the walls, breaking...
Tantek's Fridge
Tantek's Fridge
06/23/2004 04:53 AMRecently spotted on Tantek's fridge:
LGE's TV Fridge
LGE's TV Fridge
06/07/2004 04:07 PM
If LG Electronics is really
trying to make a name for themselves in the American and European
markets, I'd say this refrigerator with a built-in 13-inch LCD TV is a
pretty good way to do it. It also has a built-in radio function, and
uses 'bio silver' -- tiny particles of silver, which is naturally
anti-bacterial -- to, uhm, kill bacteria (like those people who use colloidal silver
generators to clean everything, sort of). The release doesn't say
what sort of inputs the TV has -- it'd be great if you could use this
as a monitor for a networked PC. It even has a 'Carbon Nano Ball' to
help deodorize, which is probably just made up of nano-scale carbon
pieces, known as 'molecules.'
Read
[DesignTechnica]
Other News: Internet Fridge
Other News: Internet Fridge
09/20/2004 10:43 AMThis refrigerator has everything but the kitchen sink....
PC + Fridge + Wood == Tubby
PC + Fridge + Wood == Tubby
05/17/2004 01:29 PMIt only took four power supplies, nineteen 80mm, six 120mm, and one
90mm fans (not to mention the better part of a year) to create
'Tubby,' a homebrew custom wooden computer that happens to also
squeeze in an integrated refrigerator. (Thanks, Elrond Hubbard!) Read
[Gruntville]...
Fridge-mounted bottle-opener
Fridge-mounted bottle-opener
09/03/2004 06:29 AM
Cory Doctorow:
This magnetic fridge-mounted bottle-opener is way cool.
(
via Engadget)
Lost mail campaign gets lost in post
(Reuters)
Lost mail campaign gets lost in post
(Reuters)
06/27/2004 01:25 AMReuters - A postal campaign to highlight the
quantity of letters that go missing each year has been
given a stamp of authority after none of the letters
arrived at their intended destination.
Fiction: LOST BOY LOST GIRL By Peter
Straub.
Fiction: LOST BOY LOST GIRL By Peter
Straub.
11/15/2003 07:49 PMSo in addition to the standard-issue frissons to be found here (and
one of the most startling involves only a light bulb), this book also
attempts a Google ...
Gizmodo Japan: Asahi DVD Beer Fridge
Gizmodo Japan: Asahi DVD Beer Fridge
04/12/2005 11:31 AM
Jean Snow—The ultimate in
bachelor pad accessories: it's a TV, it plays DVDs, and it's a beer
fridge, all-in-one! You gotta love the higher-ups at Asahi Beer for
coming up with this concept. Only thing is, you can't buy it -- it's
only available as a prize in Asahi's latest sales campaign (the ad
appeared in today's issue of Tokyo Walker magazine). But just the
thought of having one of these at home... It doesn't really get better
than this, does it?
Full
Ad Scan [Gizmodo]
Puppy/Polar Bear Children's Fridge
Puppy/Polar Bear Children's Fridge
04/01/2005 09:28 AM
A fridge so adorable that you
could just eat it up is really the last thing you want when struggling
with your diet [You actually wrote that? —ed.], but for
the skinny crowd, Fujitronic makes a series of animal-styled
mini-fridges. Available shaped as a polar bear or puppy dog, they
feature an on-door LCD which can house a virtual pet to keep you
entertained while you wait for your bacon craving to pass. It's
unfortunately $400 (plus $120 shipping!) for just 3.2 cubic feet, but
it at least features a "conventient [sic] and practical rotary fruit
tray" to make up for it.
Catalog
Page ($520 shipped.) [Fujitronic via Popgadg
et
Lost Revenue? Nope ... Just Lost
Opportunities
Lost Revenue? Nope ... Just Lost
Opportunities
04/15/2005 06:43 PMWhenever we hear about established industries whining about how much
money they're losing from alternative forms of media consumption, we
just shake our heads. If you do too, then brace your neck before
reading on. A new study by Accenture says that TV networks will
"lose" $27 billion in the coming
five years because of ad skipping by DVR users. Not being able to
read the full story on AdAge, we can only assume that Accenture thinks
advertisers will pull back from the networks to the tune of $5-plus
billion per year, simply because DVR watchers can skip ads. Not
likely. The connection is highly dubious and the figures are entirely
far-fetched. Yet even more troubling is the age-old "lost money"
methodology. Each ad skip does not proportionally diminish the
network's coffers -- no money is being subtracted from their bottom
line. Rather, any "losses" from ad skipping would come from the
network's inability to adapt to new trends and attract those dollars
elsewise. The networks are losing money to ad-skipping no more than
record companies are losing money to downloads. The quicker they see
these as lost opportunities, instead of lost dollars, the better for
them.
Ohio Executes Murderer Who Hid Bodies in
Fridge (Reuters)
Ohio Executes Murderer Who Hid Bodies in
Fridge (Reuters)
07/14/2004 10:20 AMReuters - Ohio on Wednesday executed a man
convicted of killing his wife and 3-year-old daughter before
stuffing the bodies into a refrigerator at their home where he
went on living for weeks.
Saudi Forces Find Head of U.S. Hostage
in Fridge (Reuters)
Saudi Forces Find Head of U.S. Hostage
in Fridge (Reuters)
07/21/2004 09:38 AMReuters - Saudi forces found the
head of a U.S. hostage in a fridge at a militants hideout where
they killed two wanted Islamists and seized weapons, including
a surface-to-air missile, officials said Wednesday.
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FRIDGE
GRAFFITI
FRIDGE
GRAFFITI
06/20/2004 02:22 PM
Writing
poetry with the limited words they give you in the box of magnets is a
challenge. But I like the slightly wonky effect of their crookedness.
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Lost without Lost? You might be in the
Land Down Under
Lost without Lost? You might be in the
Land Down Under
04/05/2005 05:23 PMDelays in getting new episode of US shows in Australia have led many
to turn to BitTorrent. It may be time to rethink the broadcast model.
Off on the right foot
Off on the right foot
06/23/2004 05:31 PMUSA Today Jun 23 2004 9:47PM GMT
Big Foot
Big Foot
02/07/2005 02:09 AM
« On the first night we had Otava, we were walking down the
street and saw that someone had drawn a giant paw in the snow on a
manhole cover. Perhaps it was a warning to small dog owners that a
sasquatch, a.k.a. bigfoot, lives nearby. :) »
You know you've become a neighbourhood legend of sorts when kids
you've never seen before come by the dog park on the way home and ask
if the adorable furball is named Otava. He's something of a curiosity
since there are so few Saints in Finland which is odd when there are
so many Bernese [closely related to Saints] and Pulivari, the Saint in
Aku Ankka. Some of the older kids, and adults, remember HB and start
to ask if I'm the one with the other Saint and realise mid-sentence
that they've not seen him for many months. He loves kids and trots up
to them almost without exception and licks at their hands. Loud
noises, especially the snow trucks and plows, still frighten him but I
don't blame him as I'm not very fond of them myself. He has adjusted
well enough now that I think it's time to have friends over to meet
him finally as everyone wants to see how adorable he is at four
months.
His personality is starting to manifest itself already. He's a
climber. He cannot get enough of going up and down the hills in the
park or diving into the big drifts of snow. The sofa has presented
itself as his own personal Mt. Everest which he attempts to conquer
each and every evening. Yesterday afternoon, I hid behind the door to
the living room, to let him try it just once as he appeared to be
looking for something in the cushions whenever he tried to scale Mt.
Largesse. Through the crack between the door and the wall, I watched
him wriggle his way up to the top, sniff a little, survey his domain
and flop down into the cushions while letting out this loud, satisfied
sigh. I suppressed the urge to laugh and walked into the room and
pulled him off of the sofa. I fully expect that someday, when he's
older and has full run of the house, I'll come home to find him on the
sofa drinking beer, eating pizza, and surfing for porn on my laptop.
We are also convinced that he was a woodchuck in a former life since
his lust for wood and paper of any kind continues; Books, paper
towels, tissues, newspapers, trees/saplings and anything else
containing trace amounts of wood pulp. He has not as yet figured out
that the furniture is loaded with this magical tasty substance. He's
housetrained, he knows how to sit, he knows how to come when called,
but the cunning doesn't extend to getting the clue that all the
furniture is made of wood. Of course, as soon as I utter these words
he'll devour the entire dining room table in an afternoon. Well, I've
always thought furniture was rather bourgeois anyway.
He is, perhaps, one of the most affectionate and well behaved puppies
I've ever known. Aside from the occasional excited barking before
meals, his fixation with the sofa and being reluctant to leave the
house and/or the park [though he is improving], he's very attentive
and happy. I happened to see a beef kidney at the market yesterday
when I was out shopping and bought it since it was only a euro. I
chopped it up, cooked it with some carrots and rice and gave him a bit
of it with his dinner. I don't know that I've seen such a happy and
contented puppy give such a look of utter love and devotion before. I
think that he has decided to keep us. :)
37-Foot Hot Dog May Be a Record (AP)
37-Foot Hot Dog May Be a Record (AP)
07/02/2004 06:30 AMAP - Vienna Beef is claiming the record for the world's longest hot
dog.
Once a life, now just a foot.
Once a life, now just a foot.
10/31/2003 12:33 AM The severed foot : "The force of the blast
propelled this severed foot over a high wall, into the yard of an
unoccupied house." - In Iraq, has the US seized something
similar to the West bank or the Gaza strip (but the size and
population of California) in which
"
;The light at the end of the tunnel" casts a wan, pallid
light over a future in which such events will seem routine ?
Shooting yourself in the foot
Shooting yourself in the foot
10/30/2003 12:36 AMKimbro Staken on DRM: The record
companies can be proud that they've so thoroughly screwed things up
that there really isn't even any point in paying for music
now.
Eight-foot NES controller
Eight-foot NES controller
03/31/2005 02:32 AMCory Doctorow:
Gavin sez, "On Monday, we re-launched what used to be known as The
Screen Savers (where we've had Xeni, Cory & Mark on as guests) as
Attack of the Show! and to celebrate we created a working eight-foot
Nintendo controller. The link goes to Monday's show page which has a
video clip of the controller in use. The verdict is still out whether
or not it's a world's record but we've got the call into the Guinness
people as I type."
Link
(
Thanks, Gavin!)
"taunted a 13 foot croc "
"taunted a 13 foot croc "
01/04/2004 09:35 AMShoe on Other Foot Dept.
Shoe on Other Foot Dept.
01/06/2005 10:31 PMFormer Directors of Worldcom agreed to pay $18,000,000 of personal
funds to settle claims by defrauded investors. Coverage here. Once
upon a time I was the first angel investor in UUNET, which was
swallowed by MFS which was swallowed by Worldcom....
FOOT FETISH FRIDAY
FOOT FETISH FRIDAY
06/24/2005 04:49 PM
Do you
want to know what the great tennis players wore on their feet? I
mean,
do you
like sneakers? Do you
really like
sneakers?
WPA's Achilles Foot
WPA's Achilles Foot
11/04/2003 10:56 AMWPA has a gaping hole in its interface implementation for key choice:
Watch for a full report later today on what I hope will spur the
industry into fixing a massive security hole in WPA related to
front-end implementation. I'll have a paper from a security expert and
some non-technical translation that shows how while WPA's fundamentals
remain intact, the choice of TKIP keys could render it as susceptible
as WEP to cracking. Yes, I'm teasing you all. Check back later today
for more....
"Has France shot itself in the foot?"
"Has France shot itself in the foot?"
12/25/2003 08:59 PMFoot in Mouth award
Foot in Mouth award
12/02/2003 01:08 AM Donald
Rumsfeld has won the 2003 Foot in Mouth award. The award is given
by the
Plain English
Campaign for the most baffling quote by a public figure, but they
don't seem to realize that Rumsfeld was actually creating
poetry. I wonder who
will
present
the award.
Apple Has Just Shot Itself In The
Foot... Twice
Apple Has Just Shot Itself In The
Foot... Twice
11/19/2003 12:30 AMHow many Mac users will forgo purchasing the 2.0Ghz G5 during the
Christmas season for the opportunity to purchase a similar machine and
save $500? By Sean Foushee (MacNETv2 via MyAppleMenu)
Man Wins Right to Erect 30-Foot Hot Dog
(AP)
Man Wins Right to Erect 30-Foot Hot Dog
(AP)
04/14/2004 09:13 AMAP - An entrepreneur has won his wiener war with city hall.
Tours on Foot Planned Online
Tours on Foot Planned Online
09/18/2004 07:13 PMThe Web can help travelers create customized walking tours.
Man Stabs 6-Foot Gator to Free His Dog
(AP)
Man Stabs 6-Foot Gator to Free His Dog
(AP)
08/27/2004 01:59 PMAP - A man stabbed a 6-foot alligator with a pocketknife after the
reptile grabbed his dog by the head, and managed to scare off the
reptile.
Cricket: England put on back foot
Cricket: England put on back foot
12/27/2004 12:55 PMEngland close day two 30-0 in their second innings, 163 runs behind
South Africa.
Foot-and-mouth exercise planned
Foot-and-mouth exercise planned
06/29/2004 02:34 AMThe government launches a nationwide simulation of a foot-and-mouth
outbreak to learn the lessons of 2001.
'100% Legal MP3s,' my foot!
'100% Legal MP3s,' my foot!
07/06/2004 09:51 PMZDNet Jul 7 2004 0:19AM GMT
Thirty Foot Beacon Listens to SMS
Thirty Foot Beacon Listens to SMS
04/19/2004 12:18 PMThis 30-foot stainless steel beacon on display in Middlesbrough, U.K.,
will change its color by receiving text messages sent to a (sadly, not
specified) special number. The 'Spectra-txt' will receive its first
text message from Tahiti, a small tropical island off the coast of
Wales. Read [via Tech-Digest]...
Town Grills 48-Foot Bratwurst (AP)
Town Grills 48-Foot Bratwurst (AP)
07/05/2004 08:09 AMAP - It was no mere weenie roast here when residents of this community
50 miles north of Milwaukee cooked what they hope is the world's
largest bratwurst.
A Foot in the Door of Wired Homes
A Foot in the Door of Wired Homes
11/14/2003 04:08 PMBusiness Week Nov 14 2003 3:06PM ET
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