Monthly Archives: September 2009

SGI personal Supercomputer

Posted on September 30, 2009 by dale

SGI, previously (or better) known as Silicon Graphics Incoporated have released a “personal” supercomputer. It can go up to 80 cores with up to 1 Terabyte of RAM. I can think of plenty of uses for this, although I’m guessing … Continue reading →

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Play with someone else’s wife tonight.

Posted on September 30, 2009 by dale

While browsing around the web I came across the following banner ad a few times. And if you click on it you go through to the Ashley Madison Agency website which advertises its self as the “Premier Discreet Dating Service.” … Continue reading →

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Simple but cool tape measure.

Posted on September 29, 2009 by dale

Found this rather neat tape measure on Amazon.com, its a normal tape measure but it has a space you can right on with a pencil and a built in pencil sharpener (for round pencils). It think its kinda neat, I really love … Continue reading →

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Russian billionaire fits mega-yacht with anti-photo shield

Posted on September 29, 2009 by dale

According to this article from Wired (found via BoingBoing) the russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has fitted his yacht with an anti-photo shield that uses lasers to overpower the CCD sensors in digital camera’s destroying any photo’s of his yacht or … Continue reading →

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Ferrari – Lap Time Chronograph

Posted on September 28, 2009 by dale

As I’ve said before I have a thing for watches, I found this one while browsing around the Ferrari store. It’s a Ferrari designed watch and it looks awesome, its a bit too pricey for me but I really wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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BMW Mini Coupé concept

Posted on September 27, 2009 by dale

Below is what is rumoured to be a concept design by BMW for a Mini Coupé, I actually kinda like it… it looks nice and sporty and keeps the rather distinctive front end of the current new Mini. I wonder … Continue reading →

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Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk Watch

Posted on September 26, 2009 by dale

I love watches, always have… Strangely I don’t own a lot of them, I only have 2 watches neither of which are particularly fancy. When window shopping in malls I always go and stare (drool) over the various watches in … Continue reading →

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Awesome Lighter Cufflinks

Posted on September 25, 2009 by dale

I saw these awesome Old School Lighter Cufflinks online. I wonder if Claire will let me wear them to our wedding? I also wonder if you’ll be able to board a plane with them… Vintage Lighter Cufflinks

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Church converted into beautiful Book Store

Posted on September 25, 2009 by dale

This breathtaking place is a former Dominican church that was converted into a new retail location for bookseller Selexyz Dominicanen. You can check out the Design Top News Entry which has more photo’s of the store. Originally found on BoingBoing

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Sydney Dust Storm

Posted on September 24, 2009 by dale

Sydney Dust Storm, originally uploaded by tomhide. Found this awesome photo and entry on Flickr about the dust storms in Australia. This dust storm looks hectic, I can’t believe people braved it to go for a walk, let alone go … Continue reading →

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