New iMac, Bullshit season ptII

Whilst bored, found this image on flickr.

iMac or Bullshit?

The usual blurry crap. It could just be a 23″ Cinema display with iMac imposed on the back. Probably is, anyway. At least I didn’t make this one up this time.

Good news is we only have to wait until tomorrow to find out. CBA to find out the exact time, just go to MacRumours and they’ll tell you.

However, I care little about the iMac. I’m waiting for a headless iMac or a new MacMini.

Oh, btw Apple, please don’t sue me.

/edit:  Shock horror it was bollocks.

Bullshit season again

Yes folks it’s that time of the year when all the blogs that know (fuck all) post guesses about the new Canon cameras. So without breaking from this bi-annual event thought I’d post my own made up specs.

Right, with the EF1200 being a right expensive cunt Canon are about to release the stunning new EF1200 f/1 IS DO Teasmaid. Sourced from the finest bullshit, it is a lens that makes tea. But not very good tea (just like any other teasmaid then). Made up picture…..

Believe this and your a twatAlthough it is a 1200mm the Superb DO optics (sourced from the rarest of Smirnoff Black Label Vokda bottles) mean the lens is a compact model. So small infact Canon couldn’t be arsed with knocking out a new body. They had a surplus of 300mm f/4 shells which has come in handy. Currently the retail price is not known, but after a couple of bottles of Grolsch it seems to be around the £800 mark.

Hot on the heals of this bullshit comes the stunning Canon EOS 2D. 28megapixel CCD sensor. Still no in Camera IS just to keep the Sony/Pentax/Olympus fanboys happy. The camera boasts an impresive 30fps and comes with a tethered Cray mainframe to help speed up the data transfer.

Originally designed by Tibetan monks the 2D is a camera to set the standard for the next 6 weeks. Which should coincide with the speculation about the next Canon 1.5D or even the .89D which will piss over every thing.

The gullible should look at the photographic representation of the 2d below.

Yes your still a twat

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King of Sandwiches

Pork

Yes, pork baguette and gravy. Obviously diet coke cos I’m fat.

Found a nice Deli on opposite the currently being demolished HP Sauce factory in Birmingham. Great food at a veritable bargain price of £3.75. Oh, I’d avoid the pub next door. It’s a bit of a vile pub.

Home Weather Monitoring

Whilst enjoying the lovely weather we are currently experiencing I thought I’d take a look at monitoring/tracking the weather. Probably just to confirm, yes it’s really shit. So the search wasn’t too hard. In fact I recalled some software which my old school mate has a part in creating. At the time when I first stumbled across this app I couldn’t use it as I was on a PC. Now I’m certified as a MacFanboy I can download and play.

The application? Home Weather Center (I’ll forgive the US spelling!). Initial download gives you 14 days to try. After that I’m sure it’ll stop working. Seems to be a bargain at $35 though. With the current weak dollar that should work out to about 12 pence (or £17 for those who’ve had a sense of humour by-pass).

Not much to say about the app at the moment. Need to play around with it for a while. They seem to be looking to integrate it with some of the publically available home weather hardware kits. Seem most of the hardware suppliers are neglecting Macs as usual. Still early days, maybe they might get closer ties with some of the hardware vendors.

Anyway, you can find out more at Lightsoft Enjoy!

Man Flu and a job I’d rather leave.

Or, my week in words.

After a fairly exciting weekend previous, I was brought down to earth by bloke flu. Started off fairly tame, sore throat and headache. Then it turns into the sweat and pounding head. Monday was a right off, no chance of going to work. Slept most of the day. Because of the flu, I slept downstairs as I didn’t want the wife to get the flu.

So the downside to sleeping downstairs, when you need a piss you have to go upstairs. So I needed to go for a piss. Got up, went up stairs and did the business. I felt a little feint, next thing I woke up on the bathroom floor. Knob still out, but luckily I’d finished (well I was dry!). So that made my decision to not go to work on Tuesday.

Now not working currently is a pisser, as my first 6 months of my employment doesn’t pay sick. So Wednesday comes I decide to go in. Not idea why really, after all we are situated in the ignore me area of the office (though to be fair we do get a few visitors – usually other work colleagues who are equally bored and ignored). Of the 4 desks, one is on holiday the other two are sick as well. So an exciting day in the office, feeling like shite with no-one around.

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