Sunday, July 18, 2010

Face recognition software

Just had a chance to check out my cousins iphoto. It recongizes faces if you train it. Supposedly the more you teach it the better it will be able to identify faces in new photos taken. For example a family picture pops up, and it queries - is this errol?

Of course when it identified Ali as Dutch Yemez, i knew it still has some way to go.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Bled

Really great to see all the cousins here. The scenery is marvellous. We are nestled in a tiny nook between Italy and Austria. I am still working on figuring out the wine. The children are gorgeous. The Gokkayas are proliferating like Fibonacci's rabbits - well not quite, but you know what i mean.

2014 in Mole National Park.
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Spotted on the lake walk:

tinyurl.com/25f8f3z

Friday, July 2, 2010

Brazil down the toilet

Goodbye Kaka
Goodbye Dunga
Paises Bajas 2 Brazil 1

Sunday, June 27, 2010

ThJ on ViN

Dec 16, 1815

Dear Sir,

Disappointments in procuring supplies have at length left me without a drop of wine... Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health, which is now suffering by its disuse

Thomas Jefferson

Cupa / FIFA / Dunya / Vindaloo / Apartheid- World Cup 2010 Videos and such

Ghana beat USA today, and I think they can go all the way.
France gone, drama? - who cares. Italy gone, age?- who cares. Nigeria gone.
Croatia not present. And Angland? We're going to score one more than you.
Me and me mum and me dad and me gran we're off to waterloo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLph6ePNkGQ
And apartheid?
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/video/features/video=1257904/index.html

Thursday, June 24, 2010

The difference between Syphilis and Syrah

Joke first seen by me on Tanzer's site: http://www.wineaccess.com/expert/tanzer/article.html?content_id=62785

Q. What's the difference between syphilis and syrah?
A. At least you can get rid of a case of syphilis.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Bordeaux 2009 Futures Pricing

Some first growths have just come out with their opening tranche futures pricing.
For example Lafite rolls in at 755Euros and Latour, not to be one upped, at 823Euros. No these are not case prices my friends, this is per bottle delivered to you in 2 years, and perhaps meant to be consumed a decade later.

Ausone came out at 1000Euros (per bottle) in 2005, so its not a record, but it still smacks me as silly.

So would one of my wine loving friends please buy a few extra bottles of the above and call me over when the time is right for a tasting? You know who you are. And if you have a pimple on your ass that needs to be popped, by all means let me know.

It's all summed up at the following website: http://bordoverview.com/