Paint the Tiger, Carve the Swan

From the comments to the hint about how to find out the serial number of the last connected iPod, I came across the following CLI/Terminal command.

defaults read com.apple.iPod

The program will then provide various information, such as this one:

“Use Count” = 143;

It also shows the date the iPod(s) was/were last connected. I’d forgotten about the 40Gb iPod I bought from OfficeWorks, before getting it home and finding out it was an older one, still full of music (and in a new box, meaning someone had bought a new one, and returned the old one…). I returned it the next day, but here are it’s details:

000A2700026661B2 = {
            Connected = 2004-10-09 10:42:14 +0930;
            "Firmware Version" = 307;
            ID = 000A2700026661B2;
            "Serial Number" = JQ410859PNU;
            "Software Version" = 35684352;
            "Use Count" = 9;
        };

I didn’t realise it was quite that long ago… September 10th 2004.

By the way, a Google of that Serial Number returns no hits. Maybe I should report it stolen…

Split Screen Sadness • John Mayer • Heavier Things ★

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Brandon: As if there weren’t already enough reasons to laugh at Nickelback

I started downloading this, just for fun. And then listened to it when there was about 750k downloaded.

I could not believe just how similar these two songs are. The drums play the same beat. The guitar riffs are pretty similar too.

And then the heavy part starts. And it’s at exactly the same time. Does Nickelback have a formula for creating their songs?

I have to finish downloading this, it’s just too good.

(And I wonder if the person who originally mashed them up is a fan…?)

Love Generation [Club Mix] • Bob Sinclair • Chillout Sessions 8 ★★

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Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com, via Boing Boing

The world’s largest restaurant chain said Thursday it had begun trialing a new scheme in Britain whereby two people from the same family who worked at the same branch could cover each other’s shifts without giving any prior notice.

All your family are belong to us.

Hey, hang on one second:

McDonald’s said the first users of the new “Family Contract,” which it believes to be unique in Britain, were two sets of twins.

What’s wrong with them just lying as to which one they are? Who needs new contracts for that?

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Boing Boing: Drunken gluttons order and eat 100-patty hamburger

Man, Boing-Boing gets the best news.

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I’m most of the way through the abridged version of the Da Vinci Code, as read by Jeff Harding. I think I’ve come across a Big Plot Flawâ„¢, but be aware that this post contains a plot spoiler.

Now, gazing up at the spires of Rosslyn… • Dan Brown • The Da Vinci Code

Apparently, Teabing is The Teacher. He seems to have been the driving force behind the murder of the Grand Master, and the Senechals. However, there are two issues here: how did he get out of the back of the car, and how come Remy did not recognise him at their meetings?

Or maybe I’m missing something here?

Time to Google this…

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Yup. Wikipedia shows that Teabing is the Teacher. But no mention of how he got out of the back of the car, nor how Remy did not recognise him. In fact, it says they are in cahoots. Yet Remy was approached by the Teacher to spy on Teabing.

I don’t get this…perhaps this is dealt with better in the full text.

Everybody Hurts • R.E.M. • Automatic For The People

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Boing Boing: How actors remember their lines

This is quite an interesting one:

According to the researchers, the secret of actors’ memories is, well, acting. An actor acquires lines readily by focusing not on the words of the script, but on those words’ meaning — the moment-to-moment motivations of the character saying them — as well as on the physical and emotional dimensions of their performance.

I think this is important because I know when memorising song words, I do exactly the same thing.

How do I know this?

I often sing the wrong words, that have the same or a similar meaning. For instance, well I can’t think of anything right now, but I do it all of the time.

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F e M a l e d i c t i o n s

That’s whay I like. Anatomically correct heart-shaped soap. How romantic:

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