Aquila Online

Guess what... Aquila Online has moved.

If you wondered why there has been a lack of posts here, it is because Aquila Online has found a new home on the net. From now on the blog address is http://www.aquilaonline.co.za.

Please be so kind as to update your site feeds and related links as I would hate to see you all leave.

For obvious reasons, this site will be left as is, but future updates and posting will only happen at this blog’s new home.

See you on the flip side.

Dear Diary, Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with those expensive double pane energy efficient kind. But this week I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I hadn't paid for them. Hellloooo? Now just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I am automatically stupid. So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told ME last year, namely, that in just ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves! Helllooooo? It's been a year! (I told him) There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up.... He didn't call back. Guess I won that stupid argument. [via e-mail]

Got this from the rather inactive blogger Sprouting Seeds via email and thought I'd share. So which University would you go to?

Hmm...so the News24 Blog-Off came with little fanfare, got a few mentions here and there and well then...nothing. Touted as the "Great South African Blog-Off", it seems to have fizzled down to an odd post on the internet some time ago.

"13. By entering the main competition, you have also agreed to receive e-mail notification announcing the winner(s), once the draw has been made. The e-mail will be sent to every one who enters and will be a once-off communication from News24."

According to the site, the winners were to be announced on the 18th of April. Have they, 'cos I checked my mailbox and received nothing. Anyone? Someone?

I guess Cher GP was taken - so this person decided to spell it phonetically. Alternatively, it could be the local distributor for Sher. The skincare company that loves your skin more than you do?!

Daedalus will appreciate this one, since he's a fan of WordWeb and girls (of course). According to this little program, See-Through ('see'throo) as an adjective means, "So thin as to transmit light." Which of course is exactly the way to describe these pictures of Hilary Swank. Her top is so thin, it is transmitting her (head)lights. What a sight indeed. Hilary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (links semi-NSFW).

Just a quick shoutout to the lovely Jennifer Garner who's celebrating her 34th birthday today (17th April). Some nice high-res pics of Jennifer can be seen here: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and Jennifer with baby Hannah.

Remember the pics of Vanessa Marcil performing with the Pussycat Dolls? Now it's Pamela Anderson's turn to strut her stuff. Not as impressive as Vanessa's err spread. Courtesy of the Drunken Stepfather.

Clearly I'm not the only one who finds the Hyundai Getz ads terribly irritating. The radio spot especially gives me the heebie jeebies every time "Getz Take 1" is announced with the sound of a clapperboard. "Oh f-off Bob!" she says at the end... No, really!

If like me you've amassed a number of PC's over the years you probably have a few cases lying around gathering dust in the corner somewhere. So why not turn it into a beer keg of sorts?? [Via Ubergizmo]

I know bird flu should not be a laughing matter, but I could not help but to chuckle when this crossed my inbox.

Well what do you know....music artist (sic) Pink and Terminator 3 actress Kristanna Loken sucking face. It's also been quoted before that Kristanna Loken goes both ways. (Just in case you were wondering). [Via]

So this weekend I finally got around to watching Frank Miller's Sin City. I missed it when it was on circuit, but I thought since there was so much hype around it, I'd actually just get the DVD for my collection. With a stellar cast including, Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, Michael Madsen, Nick Stahl, Elijah Wood, Alexis Bledel, Jaime King, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Michael Clarke Duncan and featuring directors Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller and guest director Quentin Tarantino, the movie wasn't going to disappoint. Anyhow, as mentioned, there was quite a bit of hype around the movie, especially with reference to Jessica Alba's performance. Indeed seeing miss Alba in a bikini top and cowboy boots does hit the spot so to say, I think a special word needs to go out about Carla Gugino. You may recall her as Karen Sisco (or not), and lest we forget such unmemorable movies such as the Spy Kids series (for which she received a salary of $1,000,000 per film by the way). Some years ago she also starred in TV sitcoms such as 'Who's the Boss?', 'Alf', 'Falcon Crest', 'Ferris Bueller', 'Doogie Howser M.D.', 'The Wonder Years', 'Quantum Leap' & 'Spin City'. Although I actually can't recall her in any of the above mentioned, I do however recall a damn fine lady in the 1994 Bon Jovi music video for 'Always'. I could go on about her Sin City performance as Lucille, a lesbian parole officer, but that would be missing the point. The highlight though was obviously seeing miss Gugino topless. There are very few if any pics around of her assets but the following sexy pics will probably not disappoint. Gugino 1, Gugino 2, Gugino 3. Some other pointless facts include the fact that she has a butterfly tattoo on the inside of her left ankle, she had a kidney operation when she was only 4 years old and she turned down the role of Vin Diesel's love interest in The Pacifier to take a small role in Sin City (thank goodness for us). Here's to seeing more of Carla Gugino in future.

Ah those were the days...

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Well that was fun...we definitely have to do that again.

I saw this technique on flickr once and haven't really had a chance to play around with it much, partly because I didn't really have the right camera. So following a combination of boredom and the fact that I was taking pictures around the house, the opportunity presented itself to play around a bit. Basically you need a camera with manual settings, a tripod, a really dark room, a flashlight and to make things a little easier you'd also need a mirror. Change your camera settings to manual and set the exposure time to around 15 seconds (you'll need time). I used an FNumber of 3.5 and ISO of 100. First you play around a bit with random movements with the flashlight pointing towards the camera, so that it picks up the movement of the light source.
Next, try to make shapes such as a heart. This is where the mirror comes in handy, since you would need to 'mirror' your movements to the camera so not to produce a flipped image. Thus, shining the light into the mirror will result in an inverted reflection back towards the camera - genius eh?

After a while, play around with something more complex, such as writing words. I found that cursive text is the easiest to begin with. Block letters take a very long time to do.

Just to show you all that I didn't copy this from somewhere else, writing the name of this blog Aquila Online, proved to be relatively easy. (I ran out of time to dot the i's though)

Then, the tricky part was to draw something that was not 'connected' as such, like a smiley face (of sorts).
Clearly I had too much time on my hands and looking at the text I wrote, it just reaffirmed that my handwriting really sucks. Technorati Tags: Light Writing

Found this little gem over at the Internet Movie Database. At first glance, you would think it is a listing for our very own FHM Sexiest Woman of 2005, however, you'd be slightly mistaken. Par for one little discrepancy regarding the birthdate, the rest is 100% legit. It turns out there's another Lee-Ann Liebenberg and she's South Africa's first female stunt co-ordinator and all round Lara Croft. She has worked overseas and has performed stunts for international films made in South Africa and now also runs her own company, Stunts4Reel. The other confusing part is that there seems to be another company, Stunts4Reel based in the UK, owned by one Peter Pedrero, who has worked on movies such as Die Another Day, Band of Brothers, The Mummy and The Saint to name a few. Okay, so many similarities, but oh so different. Damn, this is enough to to make you as confused as a baby in a topless bar.

I think the Greeks have the right approach here. Technorati Tags: Funny Signs