What did you get for Christmas?

[Michaelangelica]

I got an ecard which said "Not your average shite present"

I opened it to discover I had been given enough cow manure to fertilise an acre of some farmer's land in Bangladesh!

I was thrilled what a great present!

 

I also got my very own Sonic Screwdriver !!

Absolutely essential tool for doing for almost anything !

 

The screwdriver came from a company called Geek.com and their catalogue is full of fascinating stuff

(You know you are a Geek when. . .?)

One thing that really did interest me was a little tool that looked about the size of a USB stick that scanned photographic slides and turned them into jpeg files. I have boxes and boxes of old slides. It wasn't cheap at $99 but not too expensive either.

[Ganoderma]

i got nothing! YAY!

 

i did buy myself some plants though...and a bottle of absinthe....merry christmas!

[Pyrotex]

I got an almost new (used) 30 Gig iPod. I was stunned.

Now I have to find out how to use it, because it came with no instructions! :eek:

[DougF]

Presents, I don't need no stinking presents,

 

But I did get to spend some quality time with the grandkids, we all had a great time.

 

 

 

Make time for times like this! :eek:

[Michaelangelica]

I got an almost new (used) 30 Gig iPod. I was stunned.

Now I have to find out how to use it, because it came with no instructions! :eek:

You will be able to download all the music that has ever been on the planet onto that and spend the rest of your life listening to it!

 

I also got two interesting sciencey books "How to Fossilise Your Hamster and other amazing experiments" and The Pedant's Return. I am sure lots of bits from both will end up in Hypog's Quirky Facts. The Hamster one would be a must-read for any teacher of junior science- a lot of fun stuff Including exploding mentos and coke.

[Pyrotex]

You will be able to download all the music that has ever been on the planet onto that and spend the rest of your life listening to it!...

Even "The Magician's Birthday" by Uriah Heep??? :eek:

 

Whoa. Now, I'm impressed. Thanks for the tips on the two books.

[freeztar]

Much to my surprise, I received a Garmin GPS unit for my car. :eek:

I also got an amazing "coffee table" book of rainforests. Absolutely stunning pics in there...

I got a sweater, some boxers, and a pair of socks as well.

And perhaps my favorite gift of all: a gift certificate to my favorite restaurant, a Japanese steakhouse.

 

It was a great xmas overall.

[Michaelangelica]

Attached is a scanned page from "The Pedant's Return" (Why Things That You Think Are Wrong Are Right)

I hope you can read it. It must have been the inspiration for the Good Angel's bible collection in N. Gaiman and T. Pratchett's "Good Omens"

I hope it is readable.

[freeztar]

I don't see anything attached Mich. :eek:

[InfiniteNow]

No, me neither

It says its there but it ain't.

It may have been too big?

Help moderator?

 

Remember to upload it, then attach it. There are two steps. I've sometimes uploaded images but forgotten to go back and attach them myself.

[freeztar]

No, me neither

It says its there but it ain't.

It may have been too big?

Help moderator?

 

Well, putting on my "moderator hat", I feel obliged to state that copyright materials should not be reproduced on Hypography because of obvious legal issues.

Instead of posting a scanned page from the book, perhaps quote some text and give proper credit so as to stay within the boundaries of "Fair use".

 

:eek:

[Michaelangelica]

Copyright (are you being a Pedant? :eek: )

That was a punny, not an observation

The name of the book is. . .?:eek2:

[freeztar]

let me know if the thumnail is readable now please?

 

Perfectly readable. :eek:

Copyright (are you being aPedant? :eek2: )

I suppose perception is 9/10ths of the game, but no, that was not my intention.

 

Fair use in review !

I am giving the book a great plug!

Amazon allows you to read pages.

I could never type all that!

Paraphrasing is a good skill to have. :doh:

 

I am aware of copyright issues and try not to cross the line especially as my own work has been pirated and published at least twice.

 

I don't think you have crossed the line and I didn't mean to imply that you were unaware of the copyright concept. Sorry to hear about your own personal experience with copyright infringement. It's hard to control such things... :(

 

More on topic, the book looks like a fascinating read. A good one to put beside the loo.

[Jet2]

I can see the pic but just can read the chapter title [Religious Matters] and not a single body text. Too low resolution man!

 

For what I got during X'mas then, this is the list:

• 
  a few silly ecards, 2 cannot open (sorry my friends)
  3 SMS
  2 MSN message
  2 emails
  1 comment/greeting from my blog
  

 

On the other hand, please be reminded that this is Shanghai, we do not have Christmas holidays yet:

 

• 
  a fruitful biz meeting
  many good news from my biz partner
  3 PPT (to write)
  a biz trip to HK
  another sleepless night
  

 

:doh::eek_big::eek::eek2:

[Michaelangelica]

I can see the pic but just can read the chapter title [Religious Matters] and not a single body text. Too low resolution man!

 

For what I got during X'mas then, this is the list:

• 
  a few silly ecards, 2 cannot open (sorry my friends)
  3 SMS
  2 MSN message
  2 emails
  1 comment/greeting from my blog
  

 

On the other hand, please be reminded that this is Shanghai, we do not have Christmas holidays yet:

 

• 
  a fruitful biz meeting
  many good news from my biz partner
  3 PPT (to write)
  a biz trip to HK
  another sleepless night
  

 

:doh::eek_big::eek::eek2:

You could make a new Christmas Carol

"On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me. . . one email card" etc

(You need to know the VERY (silly) English song the 'Twelve Days of Christmas')

[Mercedes Benzene]

I got a new laptop!! That was the big thing.

I also got a camera, a couple DVDs, some books, a ton of gift cards, chocolate, running socks, coffee, a coffee-maker (:)), etc.

 

Very good Christmas. :confused:

[Michaelangelica]

I got a beatiful dark dusky green shirt made from hemp

It feels so great on your skin quite different from any other material

I am thrilled with it.

 

It has a little advertising blurb that goes with it, that I found fascinating.

With luck you should be able to read it on attachments