martes, 27 de julio de 2010

Surf de lona.

O cómo hacer surf hasta en un polideportivo y con imaginación, o de echar una tarde haciendo algo original.

¡Vuelve Sublime!

Sublime, banda mítica ska-punk de los 90 donde las haya, vuelve con nuevo cantante (sustituyendo al fallecido Brad Nowell), jóven, de buen comer, y con voz hipnótica y "buen rollera" californiana, su nombre es Rome, dando lugar a la banda "Sublime with Rome" (tampoco lo pensaron mucho, ni falta que hace). De momento sólo hay un CD con el primer concierto de la banda y un tema inédito, en el futuro próximo llegará el nuevo álbum.

Aquí, un video de Rome en una Raw Session (las Raw Session son una especie de programa en el que distintos cantantes versionan temas famosos pero en acústico, diréctamente, los instrumentos, el tema, y ellos, como debe ser, sin adornos, sin efectos y ni recortes, sólo música):



Myspace de "Sublime with Rome"

lunes, 26 de julio de 2010

¿Qué antena ni qué antena? vamos hombre....

Estaciones de telefonía (BTS):

- Buenas: si quieres tener móvil en tu pueblo y si te pagan algo por tenerla como si fuera tu chimenea (ojo a las fotos de la antena-chimenea)

- Malas: si crees que te van a traer los siete males y más allá (nada demostrado por el momento ó es que igual no interesa demostrarlo...).

El hecho de que nadie quiera que le radien la cabeza con una antena al lado de su casa, ha llevado a camuflarlas...o a algo así...




Existe una empresa que ofrece incluso ÁRBOLES que en realidad son antenas, con la excusa de mimetizarse con el entorno, que sea como 4 veces más alta que cualquier árbol de alrededor da igual...el caso es que es un árbol, y punto.

Aparte de éstos "árboles", existen antenas con forma de postes de publicidad, de postes de la luz, e incluso como parte de la fachada de la casa en la que están "de camuflaje".

Aquí, algunos ejemplos que harán que no paremos de ver a nuestro alrededor antenas colocadas por cualquier parte mientras una vocecilla nos dice ante nuestras dudas: "¿¿qué antena ni que antena??"








Unos cuantos ejemplos más en:

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea7urm/tele_fonia/antenas_camufladas.pdf

Doblao flamenco.

Hace ya unos cuantos programas de Buenafuente y de forma aleatoria han metido una sección llamada "doblao flamenco" con versiones "agitanadas" de grandes éxitos con todo el sentimiento y duende del mundo. Aquí, un ejemplo flamenqueando a los mosqueperros :




Más Doblaos

¿Puedes hacerme un poster para buscar a mi gato, por favor? Genial.

Vale la pena practicar un poco el inglés para las contestaciones de Dave, diseñador gráfico (y especialista en bromas por correo), cuando una tal Shannon le pide un cártel para buscar a su



Hi

I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.




Missy

This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number.
Thanks Shan.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.26am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: PosterDear Shannon,

That is shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I am surprised you managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there cold, frightened and alone… possibly lying on the side of the road, her back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out “Shannon, where are you?”

Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.

Regards, David.


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Posteryeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.17am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: PosterDear Shannon,

I never said I don’t like cats. Once, having been invited to a party, I went clothes shopping beforehand and bought a pair of expensive G-Star boots. They were two sizes too small but I wanted them so badly I figured I could just wear them without socks and cut my toenails very short. As the party was only a few blocks from my place, I decided to walk. After the first block, I lost all feeling in my feet. Arriving at the party, I stumbled into a guy named Steven, spilling Malibu & coke onto his white Wham ‘Choose Life’ t-shirt, and he punched me. An hour or so after the incident, Steven sat down in a chair already occupied by a cat. The surprised cat clawed and snarled causing Steven to leap out of the chair, slip on a rug and strike his forehead onto the corner of a speaker; resulting in a two inch open gash. In its shock, the cat also defecated, leaving Steven with a foul stain down the back of his beige cargo pants. I liked that cat.

Attached poster as requested.

Regards, David.





From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Posteryeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterDear Shannon,

It’s a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.

Regards, David.



From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.33am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterThats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.46am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterDear Shannon,

Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don’t come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook and look out of the window. I am willing to overlook this faux pas due to you no doubt being preoccupied with thoughts of Missy attempting to make her way home across busy intersections or being trapped in a drain as it slowly fills with water. I spent three days down a well once but that was just for fun.

I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions.

Regards, David.




From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.59am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterThis is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say Lost.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.14am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster



From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.21am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Posteryeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: AwwwDear Shannon,

I don’t have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend’s cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter, I kept the cat in a closed cardboard box in the shed and forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean faeces, I wouldn’t have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my friend came to collect his cat, I pretended that I was not home and mailed the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He still goes on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.

I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.

Regards, David.





From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.47am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: AwwwThats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.58am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: AwwwI know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says “I haven’t seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?” you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.

I knew someone who had a basset hound that had its hind legs removed after an accident and it had to walk around with one of those little buggies with wheels. If it had been my dog I would have asked for all its legs to be removed and replaced with wheels and had a remote control installed. I could charge neighbourhood kids for rides and enter it in races. If I did the same with a horse I could drive it to work. I would call it Steven.

Regards, David.


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: AwwwPlease just use the photo I gave you.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.22pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww







From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.34pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AwwwI didnt say there was a reward. I dont have $2000 dollars. What did you even put that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the reward bit. Thanks Shan.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.42pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww



From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AwwwCan you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of it.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.56pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww



From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 1.03pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Fine. That will have to do.

viernes, 21 de mayo de 2010

Para seguidores de LOST: El juego de las piedras de Jacob.

Jacob y "el hombre de negro" suelen jugar con piedras a una especie de damas pero sin pies ni cabeza (como Jacob es tontico, el otro va inventando sobre la marcha...), pero ,como de todo se aburre uno, ¡ha llegado el 4 millones en linea a la isla!



Final de Lost:
el lunes termina la serie, y como todo el mundo tiene teorías quiero dejar reflejada la mía: en el último capítulo la isla se hunde y vuelven a una realidad paralela en la que están agustisimo, ale, ahí lo dejo cuando aún quedan 3 días.

¿Alguna teoría más? Comenta ahora o calla para siempre...

Pacman en Google.

Hoy Pacman cumple 30 años, y por ello Google se ha marcado el juego como su logotipo durante todo el día, no es sólo una imágen sino que permite jugar realmente a la reina de las recreativas.


Truco: Inserta moneda 3 veces y aparecerá la mitica señora Pacman (se maneja con W,A,S,D , tódo un clásico)

Mariquilla y Olé!

domingo, 16 de mayo de 2010

Qué hacer si te llega un paquete a la aduana

Por si estás pensando en pedir algo a los USA, mi experiencia ha sido la siguiente:

He pedido a Estados Unidos un paquete con un valor de 70 euros y me lo han dejado retenido en la aduana según me informa una carta (a modo de rescate por secuestro), posibilidades que tengo dentro de los 20 días naturales que te dan de máximo:

A) Ir a la aduana directamente, pagar allí y retirarlo. Parece fácil pero esto conlleva:

- Ajustarse a su horario de funcionario: de lunes a viernes de 9:00 a 14:00

- Llegar hasta el final del mundo que es donde está la aduana, calle Trespaderne, en Madrid:




, parece estar cerca del Metro, pero no.. asique si no tienes coche puedes pillar un autobús desde el areopuerto, lo que ya supone ir hasta allí..

- Una vez allí te dan una factura, con esta factura hay que ir al banco, ingresarlo, y volver con el recibo.

- Todo en orden, te dan el paquete, y vuelves otra vez a la civilización tras haber perdido una mañana entera (si trabajas es impensable).


B) Contactar con "los piratas del Caribe" Speedtrans, que se aprovechan del morro que tiene Correos y te facilitan ellos las gestiones por un módico precio en función del valor del paquete...

- Enviar un mail con la factura escaneada o un fax

- Te envían su presupuesto

- Si aceptas, te lo envían por correo urgente

He optado por la opción B ya que, como mucha gente, no tengo libre toda la mañana de un día laborable, en total: 36 € , he tenido que pagar adicionalmente, el doble de lo que me ha costado el paquete...

Ojo! me parece lógico que cobren impuestos por importar productos porque si no sería competencia desleal, pero estos trámites me parecen una estafa.

Nota: por ley, se pueden retener paquetes con un valor superior a 150 euros, esta vez parece que se han basado en el peso (sobre 4Kg)..

Va de skate

Nuevo video de Element, con Chad Tim Tim:




Si te motivas, o ya estás motivado con el skate, el portal http://www.iloveskate.net tiene elaborada toda una base de datos con spots a lo largo de toda España


Y si quieres aprender algún truco con el chino cudeiro, échale un ojo a este video:



Surf en HD

Pilla una ola con este anuncio, "buen rollero", de un minuto de duración, sobre las posibilidades de la su cámara HD:

¿Qué le dice un tomate a otro?

Si te gustan los anuncios de Mixta: