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Hey, nice legs

Timothy Wong — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:41:32 +0000

Pledge against the r-word

Timothy Wong — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:13:12 +0000

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Hanging by a parachute

Timothy Wong — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:21:08 +0000

This is taking extreme sports to a whole new level.

She could have made a little more effort.

Timothy Wong — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:12:38 +0000

How about a bread toaster?

Timothy Wong — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:53:09 +0000

100 ton bomb explodes

Timothy Wong — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:29:31 +0000

Not bad!

Image Exchange – Free Image Hosting and Photo Sharing

Timothy Wong — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:20:11 +0000

If you’re looking for a place to host your images or photos online, and you need to do so quickly, check out Image Exchange (http://www.imgxc.com).

Image Exchange is a free image hosting service that allows you to easily upload and share images online. Each uploaded image is assigned a unique URL which you can send and share with anyone. For example, if you have photos from a recent family dinner and you want to send them out to all of your relatives, your first instinct would be to throw them in as an attachment to the email. But this may cause problems – many email providers place limits on the size and number of attachments one can receive.

This is where Image Exchange comes in. You upload your photos to the website, get the unique URL, and send this URL to all your relatives. If you have more than one photo, you can upload it as a ZIP file and Imgxc will create a photo album for you. The whole photo album itself is given a unique URL, as well as each individual photo. Images can be JPEGs, GIFs, or PNGs, and each individual image can be a maximum of 2MB – which is plenty for most users.

After you’ve uploaded your image(s), Image Exchange also offers a set of tools that easily allow you to share your image(s) on other websites such as Facebook, Digg, Reddit, etc.

But what makes Image Exchange so special is that you can upload and share an image without the need to register an account first. So this allows for a quick “get the job done” service, as well as complete anonymity. You can even tag photos as “Adult / Private” which means no one will know the image exists unless you tell them. More specifically, your image will not appear on the website’s latest images, random image or image tag cloud page, and it won’t appear on Image Exchange’s Twitter – which Imgxc uses to post site updates and cool or popular images that have been recently uploaded. You can upload anything you want, as long as it isn’t illegal. Each image page also has a “report” link which allows users to report illegal images.

Managing your images, without the need for an account is also incredibly simple. When uploading an image, Image Exchange allows you to specify a “deletion key” (or have one generated for you), which you can use to delete any images you have uploaded. You can also ask the system to email you your image URL and deletion key, so you don’t lose it. A dead image or one that has not been viewed in over a year will be automatically deleted. A thumbnail for your image or photo is also generated, alongside image statistics such as view count, and HTML / forum codes are generated so you can easily share your images on the relevant website.

Uploaded images can also be “hotlinked”, so if you have bandwidth limits on your current web host, you can easily offload some of your images to Image Exchange.

Image Exchange even offers a mobile website, and image email uploads. You don’t even need to go to their website to upload an image – just send an email with your image attachment and Image Exchange will upload it for you, and reply with your unique Image URL.

Image Exchange definitely stands out from the crowd – if you don’t like having to create an account and registering all your details with the likes of Photobucket and ImageShack, Imgxc is for you. Similarly, if you’re fed up with the number of limits other hosts impose on you, look no further; I’ve yet to find a more convenient image host.

Floating cat anyone?

Timothy Wong — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:45:36 +0000

Sicilian prefers prison to house arrest with wife

Timothy Wong — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:02:25 +0000

A Sicilian builder transferred from prison to house arrest tried to get himself locked up again to escape arguments with his wife at home, Italian media reported Thursday.

Santo Gambino, 30, did time for dumping hazardous waste before being moved to house arrest in Villabate, outside the Sicilian capital, Palermo, Italian news agencies reported.

Gambino went to the police station and asked to be put away again to avoid arguing with his wife, who accused him of failing to pay for the upkeep of their two children.

Police charged him with violating the conditions of his sentence and made him go home and patch things up with his wife.

Elvis Presley’s hair sold for $18,300

Timothy Wong — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:05:20 +0000

A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house.

The King’s hair was one of up to 200 items of Elvis memorabilia collected by the late Gary Pepper, who was the president of the Tankers Fan Club set up for Elvis fans.

The top price of $62,800 was paid for a cream collared cotton shirt with the monogram EP that came with a magazine showing the King wearing the shirt, or at least one similar. It had been expected to sell for between $2,000 and $4,000.

A red ultrasuede shirt, which was also expected to sell for between $2,000 and $4,000, and was also believed to have been worn by Elvis sold for $34,000.

Chicago-based Leslie Hindman Auctioneers posted the results of the auction on its website, saying the lot of hair sold for $18,300 which topped the expected price of between $8,000 and $12,000. All prices on its website included the buyer’s premium.

The auction house said the hair was given to Pepper to mail to Presley fans. No DNA test was carried out on the hair but the auctioneer quoted “an expert in celebrity hair authentication,” John Reznikoff, saying it matched the Elvis hair he has in his collection.

No details of the winning bidder were immediately available.

Elvis died in 1977 at the age of 42.

Seriously..?