Reporter's Notebook: Rain, parties and Ukrainian vodka

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Icons: Reporter's Notebook 08/19/2004 11:06 PM
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Reporter's Notebook: On the LinuxWorld
Floor

Reporter's Notebook: On the LinuxWorld
Floor 01/23/2004 02:19 PM
eWeek Jan 23 2004 11:51AM GMT

Lotusphere 2004: Reporter's notebook

Lotusphere 2004: Reporter's notebook 01/27/2004 01:44 PM
A slew of new products is aimed at helping companies complete their Lotus Notes and Domino deployments.

Reporter's Notebook: Notes from NAMM

Reporter's Notebook: Notes from NAMM 07/26/2004 07:26 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The NAMM expo which, strange as it seems, is the short title of the International Music Products Association expo -- has concluded its run here in Nashville, and it's been a hot week -- in more ways than one...

Reporter's Notebook: Keynote
Observations

Reporter's Notebook: Keynote
Observations 01/07/2004 06:15 PM
If Bruce Springstein and Beyonce were giving a free joint concert, the line couldn't have been any longer. By Dennis Sellers (MacMinute via MyAppleMenu)

Reporter's Notebook: Impressive Storage
at IDF

Reporter's Notebook: Impressive Storage
at IDF 09/09/2004 01:52 AM
While apparently grappling with his own sanity, our intrepid showfloor reporter, Mark Hachman, discovers the latest in super hard drive technology, external SATA RAID and 3-GBits/s Serial ATA 2.

Reporter's Notebook: Lost in the Windy
City

Reporter's Notebook: Lost in the Windy
City 06/02/2004 05:41 AM
By Dennis Sellers - Sometimes colossal blunders get made –- and they usually involve Yours Truly and traveling...

Reporter's Notebook: A dreary start to
Macworld

Reporter's Notebook: A dreary start to
Macworld 07/12/2004 10:24 PM
by Dennis Sellers - As I dropped by the new, US$800 million Boston Convention Center late Monday afternoon, I was struck by the lack of "signage" proclaiming the event...

Reporter's Notebook: the Apple store and
winding down

Reporter's Notebook: the Apple store and
winding down 06/04/2004 05:57 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The weather in Chicago has been great for the second annual Mac Design Conference...

Reporter's Notebook: MWSF musings and
predictions

Reporter's Notebook: MWSF musings and
predictions 01/05/2004 03:46 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The weather in San Francisco is relatively warm (high 40s) with enough of a breeze in the air to make a jacket well recommended...

Reporter's Notebook: Final thoughts on
MWSF – and Boston

Reporter's Notebook: Final thoughts on
MWSF – and Boston 01/09/2004 10:08 PM
by Dennis Sellers - Today winds up Macworld San Francisco 2004...

Reporter's Notebook: user groups,
tornados and protestors

Reporter's Notebook: user groups,
tornados and protestors 07/15/2004 10:30 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The rain just keeps on trickling down, which crimps my usual style of hoofing it around a city I'm visiting...

Reporter's Notebook: Closing thoughts on
Macworld Boston

Reporter's Notebook: Closing thoughts on
Macworld Boston 07/16/2004 05:24 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Macworld Boston 2004 is over...

Reporter's Notebook: People, Lions and
the Sunflower Cafe

Reporter's Notebook: People, Lions and
the Sunflower Cafe 01/06/2004 03:18 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Gosh, I love covering Macworld expos...

Reporter's notebook: At the DHS National
Cyber Security Summit

Reporter's notebook: At the DHS National
Cyber Security Summit 12/04/2003 05:58 PM
If there was a central theme running through the remarks of three senior DHS officials, it was the need to create a sense of urgency about cybersecurity.

Reporter's Notebook: Lots of yuks in Mac
Design keynote

Reporter's Notebook: Lots of yuks in Mac
Design keynote 06/03/2004 03:48 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Before yesterday's Mac Design Conference keynote started, the big screens at the front of the auditorium showed a laugh-inducing list of items being "downloaded" for use in the keynote...

Reporter's Notebook: Apple Expo Eyes
iMac G5

Reporter's Notebook: Apple Expo Eyes
iMac G5 08/31/2004 07:16 PM
Apple's new PowerPC G5-based iMac model makes a splash on the floor of the Apple Expo in Paris. Mac OS X "Tiger" also makes the scene.

Reporter's Notebook: Mini iPod prices
and Mac BU's timeline

Reporter's Notebook: Mini iPod prices
and Mac BU's timeline 01/08/2004 07:17 PM
by Dennis Sellers - The new iPod Minis are certainly cool, but the constant refrain I'm hearing around the Moscone Center is that they're just too expensive...

Reporter's notebook: HP World users
disdain offshore support move

Reporter's notebook: HP World users
disdain offshore support move 08/20/2004 04:36 PM
This week's HP World is over, and users at the event had a lot of things on their minds.

Chocolate and Vodka :: Main Page

Chocolate and Vodka :: Main Page 04/12/2004 04:59 AM
Chocolate and Vodka :: Main Page

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Vapourised vodka inhalers come to NYC
clubs

Vapourised vodka inhalers come to NYC
clubs 08/22/2004 07:30 AM
Cory Doctorow: Alcohol Without Liquid (AWoL) is the trade-name for a vapourised vodka product that's dispensed through a portable booze-bong that has become trendy in London clubs. Now NYC meatpacking district clubs have taken up the craze and are selling booze-inhalers to their customers.

AWoL users pour a shot of their favorite spirit into a diffuser capsule, which is connected to an oxygen pipe.

Oxygen bubbles are pumped through it, absorbing the alcohol and creating a smoky-looking vapor, which is then sucked through a tube and inhaled.

Lin k (via Waxy)

Report: No Takers for Confiscated Vodka
(AP)

Report: No Takers for Confiscated Vodka
(AP) 01/18/2004 11:32 PM
AP - Singapore is having trouble unloading some 70,000 bottles of seized Russian vodka, finding no takers when they were offered at auction for 75 Singapore cents (44 U.S. cents) each, a newspaper reported Friday.

Bacardi agrees to buy Grey Goose vodka

Bacardi agrees to buy Grey Goose vodka 06/22/2004 01:05 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Mon Jun 21, 07:43 am GMT

Kalashnikov launches new weapon - vodka
(Reuters)

Kalashnikov launches new weapon - vodka
(Reuters) 09/20/2004 10:33 AM
Reuters - The creator of one of the world's most famous guns, the AK-47 assault rifle, has launched another weapon -- Kalashnikov vodka.

Trotskyite frozen vodka nagant
recrudesces

Trotskyite frozen vodka nagant
recrudesces 07/16/2004 02:58 AM
Paul Wolfowitz is the greatest Trotskyite of our times. He believes in permanent revolution. ...and in the Middle East, to begin with, needless to say." thus spoke Seymour Hersh, at a seminal conference during which the Na tional Rifle Association and the ACLU searched for common ground - "Kenneth Starr.....will join a panel session with National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre, Jr., Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Executive Director Barry Lynn and ACLU President Nadine Strossen....". Strange bedfellows, indeed (Metafilter 21918). Whassup? Trotskyite ghosts prowl the the White House amidst a power struggle of historic proportions.

Skyy uncaps high-tech 'luxury' vodka

Skyy uncaps high-tech 'luxury' vodka 03/31/2005 03:28 AM
bizjournals.com Mar 31 2005 6:59AM GMT

MP3 of Ukrainian pro-democracy zeitgeist

MP3 of Ukrainian pro-democracy zeitgeist 12/19/2004 03:34 PM
Xeni Jardin: BoingBoing reader Kristiyan in Varna, Bulgaria says:

You can really feel the people of Ukraine, they want democracy! This is an mp3 file, amateour journalism recording of audio experience. The situation is the city of Lutsk - an Ukrainian city. The recording shows a walk of a fellow there, people screaming, "Yushchenko!" The music of the gathering party, the crowds, the street traffic. The students, the people of Ukraine demanding their democracy. A non-CNN, non-CBS, non-BBC, citizen report.

Link

US jury convicts ex-Ukrainian PM

US jury convicts ex-Ukrainian PM 06/03/2004 03:12 PM
Ex-Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko is convicted of money-laundering and extortion by a California jury.

Alcohol Enemas, with notes about
vodka-laced tampons and other oddities

Alcohol Enemas, with notes about
vodka-laced tampons and other oddities 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
Your weekend's entertainment. Alcohol Enemas, with notes about vodka-laced tampons and other oddities.

Ukrainian PM's appeals rejected

Ukrainian PM's appeals rejected 12/30/2004 11:17 AM
Ukraine's Supreme Court rejects most of PM Yanukovych's complaints about the presidential poll.

Bush Welcoming New Ukrainian President
(AP)

Bush Welcoming New Ukrainian President
(AP) 04/04/2005 08:07 AM
AP - President Bush is welcoming Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, with the White House expressing no hard feelings about Yushchenko's plans to pull troops from Iraq and the sale of weapons to U.S. foes under his predecessor.

Ukrainian minister's death probed

Ukrainian minister's death probed 12/28/2004 09:35 AM
Ukrainian investigators suspect Transport Minister Heorhiy Kyrpa may have been driven to suicide.

Explosion Kills 25 at Ukrainian Mine
(AP)

Explosion Kills 25 at Ukrainian Mine
(AP) 07/20/2004 02:50 AM
AP - A methane gas explosion at an eastern Ukrainian coal mine has killed at least 25 miners and left another 11 missing, the Ministry for Emergencies said Tuesday.

Ukrainian PM Presses Challenge of
Election Results

Ukrainian PM Presses Challenge of
Election Results 12/31/2004 02:17 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 31 2004 5:51PM GMT

Ukrainian Court Overturns Part of New
Election Laws

Ukrainian Court Overturns Part of New
Election Laws 12/25/2004 05:17 PM
A court ruled that a new limit on the number of Ukrainians allowed to vote at home violated the constitutional rights of ill and disabled people.

Ukrainian Court Overturns New Limit on
Homebound Voters

Ukrainian Court Overturns New Limit on
Homebound Voters 12/26/2004 01:34 AM
A court ruled that a new limit on the number of Ukrainians allowed to vote at home violated the constitutional rights of ill and disabled people.

Ukrainian Giant Battles Poverty,
Loneliness (Reuters)

Ukrainian Giant Battles Poverty,
Loneliness (Reuters) 05/13/2004 09:31 AM
Reuters - All Leonid Stadnyk wants is a simple, quiet and inconspicuous life. But the 33-year old Ukrainian is just too tall for that.

Ukrainian Court Ruling Sows Confusion
Before Vote (Reuters)

Ukrainian Court Ruling Sows Confusion
Before Vote (Reuters) 12/25/2004 04:58 PM
Reuters - A top court in Ukraine on Saturday overturned some legal changes intended to cut election fraud, a day before a re-run of a presidential vote that has become a test of democratic legitimacy and national identity.

Refusing to Accept Loss in Election,
Ukrainian Premier Looks to Courts
(washingtonpost.com)

Refusing to Accept Loss in Election,
Ukrainian Premier Looks to Courts
(washingtonpost.com) 12/27/2004 09:40 PM
washingtonpost.com - KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 27 -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych refused to accept defeat in the country's presidential election and vowed Monday to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the result, claiming that millions of his supporters were disenfranchised and that there was systematic fraud.
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Introducing the Kalashnikov MP3 player

Introducing the Kalashnikov MP3 player 08/09/2004 05:44 AM
An absolute must-have for street-hip insurgents

Kalashnikov: US gov't is pirating my
AK-47 design

Kalashnikov: US gov't is pirating my
AK-47 design 07/26/2004 07:23 AM
The US government is an enthusiastic supporter of pirate manufacturers of Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, and Kalashnikov himself is pissed off that he's not receiving royalties from all these American-bought bootleg firearms.

Since the collapses of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein's army in Iraq, the United States has been purchasing or arranging the transfer of thousands of knockoffs of Kalashnikovs commonly referred to as AK-47's, to outfit new military and security forces in Kabul and Baghdad.

These rifles have not been made in Russia, where the arms industry holds patents for the weapon in several nations. Instead they have originated in weapons plants controlled by Eastern European states, each of which was a partner of Moscow's in Soviet days.

Link (Thanks, Roy!)

CNN.com - Kalashnikov launches liquid
weapon - Sep 20, 2004

CNN.com - Kalashnikov launches liquid
weapon - Sep 20, 2004 09/22/2004 12:18 AM
inventor of the AK-47, launches his own brand of vodka with a bang

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Keep tipping those bottles, it still
works

Keep tipping those bottles, it still
works 02/05/2005 09:07 PM
About this time last year, MacMerc worked its way into the soft drink hall of fame... Or Pepsi's hit list, but I really prefer to think of it as the hall of fame. Anyway, we let the world know that instead of buying just any iTunes Pepsi (and hoping for a winning bottle), a simple twist of the wrist and a watchful eye could reveal if a bottle had music in its future. We received many media accolades over the piece, but also buckets of hate mail, which just goes to show how seriously some people take this stuff. So why am I using this space to tell you a year old story? The trick works for the new contest.

I was able to find some of the bottles for the new contest today and I'm happy to report that tipping the bottles still works. It appears a little more difficult (though I could just be imagining this, I would need to secure a bottle of year old suds to confirm), but it is indeed possible. Most caps have a little interior ridge, though I don't see how this obscures the view. Overall it seems the caps are shorter. But again, this could be complete poppycock.

You can find photos of both winning and losing caps on Flickr.

Still need the trick? You can check out our original report for full directions and a lengthy commentary--no need to try to piece it together from poor copy cats.

Are reusable water bottles dangerous?

Are reusable water bottles dangerous? 04/05/2005 11:29 AM
David Pescovitz: At The F Blog, former BB guestblogger Jenn Shreve writes about her quest to find an environmentally-reasonable yet non-toxic portable (and potable) water container:

Being the green gal that I am, but not wishing to sacrifice my own health for the planet (sorry, earth, just being honest), I decided just to re-use the flimsy plastic water bottles for as long as I could. I was happy with this solution for quite some time, until I learned the horrible truth: HARMFUL BACTERIA! Yes, with each refreshing sip I was backwashing germs into my water and providing them with a warm, wet place to grow.

So I did what any bacteria-fearing primate would do and bought a nice, reusable Nalgene bottle. Boy oh boy, nothing makes you look or feel more like a tree-hugging, mushroom hunting nature girl than one of those bright, hard plastic bottles! Until it comes out that Nalgene gives you BRAIN DAMAGE! Yes, Bisphenol A, used to make Nalgene bottles and other hard plastic projects, apparently seeps into the body and can, in certain doses, mess with the function of the brain. (I’m paraphrasing/exaggerating and not everybody agrees, so look it up.) I could almost dismiss the fear as environmentalist fear mongering, but it turns out that California legislators take the threat seriously enough to consider banning it in children’s products.

L ink

First Pepsi iTunes Bottles in
Circulation

First Pepsi iTunes Bottles in
Circulation 01/23/2004 09:51 PM
Apple and Pepsi announced in October that they would be giving away 100 million songs. The giveaway will officially launch on Feb 1st with a Superbow...

iTunes-Pepsi Bottles Delayed

iTunes-Pepsi Bottles Delayed 03/06/2004 02:02 AM
USA Today reports that the Pepsi-iTunes promotion hasn't delivered on a large spike of digital sales -- yet. The reason is that the bottles have ta...

Stanley Pastel Vacuum Bottles

Stanley Pastel Vacuum Bottles 04/13/2005 08:57 AM

Evincing the fondest memories of finding a crushed peanut butter and mostly jelly sandwich had smeared into my soccer gear, five minutes before practice, (true story, sadly) Stanley has released a set of pastel colored steel vacuum bottles for soccer mom's and Easter bunnies alike. The new bottles are available in light blue, pink and violet for roughly $40, but I've always been a Thermos< /a> man myself.

Product Page [Stanley via CoolHunting]

Malt liquors are often sold in 40-ounce
bottles

Malt liquors are often sold in 40-ounce
bottles 03/19/2005 02:56 AM
Malt liquors are often sold in 40-ounce bottles

Schools Replace Milk Cartons With
Bottles (AP)

Schools Replace Milk Cartons With
Bottles (AP) 12/28/2004 04:47 PM
AP - Yet another familiar school-days object may be going the way of the inkwell and the slide rule. Encouraged by a milk industry study that shows children drink more dairy when it comes in round plastic bottles, a growing number of schools are ditching those clumsy paper half-pint cartons many of us grew up with.

20,000 bottles of champagne found under
English Channel

20,000 bottles of champagne found under
English Channel 07/19/2004 02:52 AM
Divers in the English Channel have discovered the 50-year-old wreck of a French cargo ship with 20,000 half-bottles of (slightly flat) champagne in the hold.

Divers from the Folkestone Diving Club and other south-east clubs, who remain tight-lipped about exactly where and when they found the champagne, dug out bottles to bring back to dry land and cracked them open with friends and family at dinner parties.

Link (via Fark)

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures:
Watch me grow

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures:
Watch me grow 06/30/2004 09:31 AM

Analog Hack Tells Which Pepsi Bottles
Offer Free Songs

Analog Hack Tells Which Pepsi Bottles
Offer Free Songs 02/18/2004 10:49 AM
Once upon a time, Pepsi would have reconciled itself to knowing that people in one or two communities were in on the design flaw. Now they have to know the news is everywhere.

Grandpa Collected Bottles, Today’s Kids
Collect Cell Phones

Grandpa Collected Bottles, Today’s Kids
Collect Cell Phones 05/31/2004 02:17 PM
Parents and grandparents remember the days when they collected empty bottles and old newspapers to raise money for Scouts, clubs, and teams. Today’s kids are far more high tech, so the latest boom in fundraising is collecting old cell phones. [PRWEB May 28, 2004]

Pictures of Nothing

Pictures of Nothing 01/01/2005 12:36 AM
End-of-2004 remarks, punctuated by five pictures of nothing...

"pictures"

"pictures" 12/10/2003 10:15 PM

pictures

pictures 12/12/2003 04:36 AM
Album 2 .. his .. 2

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No pictures please

No pictures please 06/17/2004 06:34 AM
USA Today Jun 17 2004 10:55AM GMT

Not enough cat pictures on the net?

Not enough cat pictures on the net? 06/06/2005 12:09 AM
From CNN Money, Bank of America gets personal: Bank of America will require Internet clients to register their computers and assign a digital image, such as a photo of a pet, to their accounts in an effort to cut down...

SID in Pictures

SID in Pictures 05/27/2004 01:47 PM

E3 in Pictures

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Reporter's Notebook: Rain, parties and Ukrainian vodka

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