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Entries from November 2005

Who sold the most consoles in 2004? Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo?

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

Nintendo. Worldwide Nintendo sold approximatly as many consoles as Microsoft and Sony combined. Next time someone says Nintendo is going the way of Sega, slap them.

.:Nintendo Insider:. Intelligent Gaming Coverage
In the three-way race between Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, Nintendo is very far from third place in Japan. In fact, as you can see, it is [...]

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Tags: CreationRobot · Games

English Statistics 2005

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

You want odd statistics on England? You got them.
Sex
1% of women aged 16-44 have had more than 40 partners
The average number of sexual partners for men aged 16-44 is 6
17 is the median age both men and women lose there virginity in the UK
Money
In 1971 cigarettes cost 27p
2.30 GBP Average spent per week by children [...]

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Tags: CreationRobot · Current Affairs

Joyful Joystick

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

I’m at a loss for words … how creative.

Via: Boing Boing: HOWTO convert Atari joystick into a vibrator

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Tags: Consumerism · CreationRobot · Links

Journo fired over rigged Mercedes brake tech test - Top Gear Apology Needed?

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

I saw this on BBC 2s Top Gear last night, who, like everyone, thought that the Merc had failed to brake automatically; and reported it as such.
Now it seems that a random Journo had convinced Merc engineers to ‘fake’ the auto braking, as the engineers had told the journo it wouldn’t work in the steel [...]

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Luke Chueh - Great Paintings

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

I love these paintings, in acrylic and ink. I’ve been wanting to do some like this in oils for about a year, but never got around to it. Translate that to not brave enough, there are few things more intimidating than a blank canvas. A blank page in a wordprocessor is almost as bad.
Luke did [...]

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Tags: Consumerism · CreationRobot · Review

Using Opacity Masks in Adobe Illustrator

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

How to make some cool word posters in Adobe Illustrator. Originally via Make.
Using Opacity Masks in Adobe Illustrator

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May I check you out? It’s my job

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

Christmas, Apple Store style.
ifo Apple Store is reporting that Apple Store employees are wearing red T-shirts and sweatshirts with amusing phrases this season, including, “It’s the thought that counts. It’s just hard to wrap,” “Keep? Give? Keep? Give? Keep? Give?,” and my personal favorite, “The gifts that others will be exchanged for.”
The Unofficial Apple [...]

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NSFW Chair

November 29th, 2005 · No Comments

OK, I’ll admit I can be lazy but there is a lim…

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