The World’s Most Expensive Coffee is From Beans Cycled Through an Indonesian Monkey’s Digestive Sys

January 31st, 2007

Kope Luwak-gourmet coffee from Indonesia from beans digested by an animal-Truth!:

Kopi Luwak does exist, is very expensive, and is made from coffee beans passed through the digestive system of an Indonesian animal, but it’s more like a cat than a monkey. According to a feature article by the Manila Coffee House, which sells the stuff, the people who harvest the digested beans don’t really have to pick through cat litter to get it. The animal processes the beans and excretes them whole, unscratched, and without dung.

The animal is a palm civet, a dark brown tree-dwelling cat-like creature found throughout Southeast Asia. The scientific name is paradoxurus hermaphroditus.

According to the Manila Coffee House, the palm civet just happens to like to ingest the ripest and reddest coffee beans, which also happen to be the ones best for brewing. The cat eats the outer covering of the beans in the same way that is accomplished by de-pulping machines. Something happens to the beans in the journey through the cat’s intestines that gives it a flavor that is celebrated by coffee drinkers.

At this point, most of the beans are purchased by Japanese buyers.

Well I never. If this takes up in Melbourne then I guess that there would be no problems with people drinking recycled water. I guess this is something Bracksie will pull out to say that we should not do this, as who wants to drink water that has gone through somebdoy 9 times? Oh I guess that would be me as I come from London, where the water is recycled and I have had no side effect yet!

AIM Phone Line – +1 310 601 5826

January 24th, 2007

Free Internet Phone Service From AIM Phoneline – Free Local Phone Number:
I got me one of those phone numbers that allows anybody to call me on +1 310 601 5826 and talk to me. Wonder if I will get a call from the President of the United States congratulating me on this new number. Or could I get a missed dial call from somebody trying to dump their partner of 3 years because they discovered they were sleeping with Elmo (not the the doll but the voice actor).
I don’t mind what you say it is all in good fun.

isoHunt.com back up

January 23rd, 2007

Yay, IsoHunt is back. Hop over to http://www.isohunt.com/ to find out all the news.

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Deliver-cat

January 22nd, 2007

YouTube – Deliver-cat

Not sure what this cat is trying to do, as i have never seen one carrying something in its mouth before. They are also some amazing balancer too.

If Hilary Clinton becomes President what title does Bill get?

January 22nd, 2007

I was watching The Money Pit on Channel Ten yesterday, when during the ads they have their News Update. The first article in this was about Hilary Clinton announcing her run for President of the USA. Now I am not normally politically minded, but this one struck a cord with me.
When Bill was President his wife was known as The First Lady, but if the tables were reversed what would Bill be called? I asked Relle for her opinion as I initially thought “The First Man”, which was what she thought too, and then it became “The First Gentleman”. However I am not sure, so in times of trouble I go to Yahoo Answers. This is what I have found.

So far the general consensus is “The First Gentleman”, although I am not sure if this in an appropriate considering his past. Wonder if I get any Secret Service investigating me for this question?

maps.google.com vs local.live.com

January 19th, 2007

I just chose a random place in London in both maps.google.com and then decided to view it in local.live.com to see the difference.

http://maps.google.com/ vs http://local.live.com/

From what I can see there is not much in the way of difference. I do live local.live.com ability to find landmarks quicker, but I prefer maps.google.com anyday.

IsoHunt suspended by ISP

January 19th, 2007

Today is a sad day, as my favourite Torrent Search Engine has been temporarily shutdown. It is not the end of the world as there are others out there, but IsoHunt was the best. I have often wondered how it works, never to really figure it out, as if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Perhaps I will use it as a development exercise to learn how to do this.

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Web Developer

January 17th, 2007

Web Developer | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation:
Another handy tool I use to help me figure out issues with HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc.

JAR Class Finder

January 17th, 2007

alphaWorks : JAR Class Finder : Overview:
A tool to aid in finding classes in JAR’s. Works in Eclipse 3.1+, although there is a version for lesser versions on there too.

Add N Edit Cookies for Firefox 2.0+

January 15th, 2007

Add N Editcookies-0.2.1.1.xpi:
I use this tool alot @ work and recently upgraded my version to 2.0.0.1 and my one of favorite plug ins would not work. I decided to have a look @ it and found that I could change a version number in one of the files contained within the XPI and it would install. It is a shame that this plug in is no longer supported and has not changed since Nov 22nd 2005. All you need to do is click here and it should install for you.

Edit: I have now added the correct Mime Type to my download server so you just need to allow www.nirving.com to the list of places where you can install from. Sorry for the delay.