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Do we have bigger noses?

If you just don’t know where to spend your money and also like shiny things, this might be the thing for you: gadget bling!

The company responsible for this is Computer Choppers, a “hobby-turned-business of customizing computer cases, laptops, and electronics” from Oregon, US. The Macbook Pro pictured above is coated with 24 carat gold, and costs more than $2000. Who said there’s a crisis?

And if gold isn’t your thing you can also opt for aluminum (polishing) Nickel, black nickel, copper, chrome, white gold, rose gold or platinum.

Well, I’ll try to remember this when I become filthy rich…

(via The Inquisitr)

Last Saturday Paulo (a portuguese lad), Pat (his housemate) and I went to the other side of the river, to Salthill, a suburb of Galway city. The destination? O’Connor’s Famous Pub, a typical Irish pub which bills itself as the first singing pub in Ireland. The decoration is exquisite, to say the least, and includes old gaslights, farm implements, crockery, photos, weighing scales and a near life size statue of John Wayne. There was live music (as is customary there) and even a singalong comprising most of the pub took place. One thing I’ve noticed was the wide amplitude of ages inside the pub: there were people from my age (24) up until people in their 60s. That was kind of cool, seeing the oldsters downing pints, but I would have prefered more young people.

Lots of lamps and all possible kinds of crap hanging from the ceiling and walls.

Curious tidbit: the bar is cleaned only once or twice per year, and it takes a couple of days to clean it all (source: Pat).

After O’Connor’s we headed to The Warwick Nightclub, just a few meters down the road, despite signs of disapproval from Paulo. We went anyway both because it was nearby and also because Pat’s friends who were at O’Connor’s (including the band members) would go there as well.

Anyway, the nightclub is not bad per se. Quite the opposite, actually. The space is very pleasant, with a big dance floor, and an area with tables that manages to be both big and cozy, due to the fireplace. The real problem is that it was, to put it simply, almost empty. For a nightclub that size, there had to be at least 10 times more people there to be any fun. Oh well, the not-so-bad thing is that the drinks were not more expensive than in the pub (which seems to be standard here in Galway), so we just hanged around the fireplace drinking Guinness.

There was a funny episode though, just after we arrived. Apparently there was a hen party going on and we were invited to bite some sweets from a girl’s belly. Even though the girl was a bit huge, we didn’t want to be rude and did it anyway.

YourFonts is an online tool that turns your handwriting into a TrueType font for free. All you need is a printer and a scanner. And best of all, it’s free.

The process is very simple:

1. Download and print the provided PDF;
2. Fill in the blanks for each letter and number with your own handwriting;
3. Scan and upload the template back to YourFonts;
4. Preview the generated font;
5. Download;
6. Install.

The above example looks really cool. I’ll surely try this out soon and let you know about the result.

(via Lifehacker)

I’ll start of by saying that I now respect the work done by painters more than I ever did. Not that I didn’t respect their work before, but it seemed so much easier before I actually had to do it…

Yes, the experience of painting my previously pink room definitely took its toll. Every single part of painting is a huge pain in the ass! Each and every one of them:

• Choosing the paint – As a guy I can only distinguish 10, maybe 20, different colors (no, I’m not exaggerating, all guys are like this. And if you know one that knows more of them, well…), so when confronted with half a dozen shades of each of those, times at least three levels of shininess…
• Preparing the room – That starts by taking everything out of the room, to make it easier to “navigate” around it while painting and also to avoid getting paint on everything. Then comes putting masking tape wherever the wall touches stuff that’s not supposed to get paint on it (like light switches and ceiling). And don’t forget to clean the areas that are to be painted (I might have skipped this last one).
• Painting – When you’re already quite worked up, the bulk of the work begins. The walls themselves are not that hard. It’s the corners (top, bottom and sides) and the details (around windows, light switches, etc…) that are tough.
• Cleaning – Just when you think you just can’t take it anymore you still have to clean all the brushes and rollers. Be prepared to spend some time squeezing them to try and get all the paint out. (I think I would have just thrown them away if they were mine…). Cold water makes it even worse and if you do it in a bathtub your back will scream for mercy. Oh, and don’t forget to take out the masking tape.
• Moving back in – The final part is hauling everything back inside the room. This is actually the least terrible part of all, since you can already see the light at the end of the tunnel very clearly. It’s still a pain to get everything set up properly.

So, next time you decide to paint your room another color… think again. I know I won’t be doing it again unless it’s absolutely unavoidable. I’ll try to avoid renting pink rooms from now on