Gadgets with FACES #189: Typhoon kitchen scales
Haven’t got around to installing the EXIF data tool on the laptop just yet, so we can’t confirm which camera “Darren” used to take this photo. But, as he was at a “party” on a Saturday night, it was probably an iPhone.
“I was at a party last night and I noticed this wee beauty sitting in the corner. I had to wait till morning to get the shot. He looks like he can’t wait to weigh my peaches” – Darren.
filed in GADGETS WITH FACES on Feb.22, 2010
February 22nd, 2010 on 12:12 pm
suspicious tin next to the rolling baccy on the right – this is a job for PC London.
February 22nd, 2010 on 1:32 pm
Linux tells me it was an iPhone. Spot on, Idiot.
February 22nd, 2010 on 1:59 pm
Not to mention foreign tobacco pouch – duty paid? Hand yourself in now before I zoom in and see a reflection of a murder in a shiny surface…
February 22nd, 2010 on 3:41 pm
You’re assuming that the photo was taken in the UK, could’ve been on the continent somewhere and the Marmite was the import. Does EXIF data include geographical location or latitude/longitude?
February 22nd, 2010 on 4:30 pm
Gosh-daarnit GigerPunk – you’re right. Will somebody with a Linux computer tell us more… this is fun – a real treasure hunt. Like Lovejoy.
February 22nd, 2010 on 4:38 pm
Isn’t that an English Cooker Mains switch…?
February 22nd, 2010 on 4:40 pm
Fumar Puede Matar – Smoking Can Kill. It’s Spanish.
February 22nd, 2010 on 8:22 pm
I’ve never seen the loose bags of “Zig Zag” filter tips in UK, readily available around Europe though.
February 22nd, 2010 on 8:54 pm
This is what i get from “properties” in linux…
Image Type: jpeg (The JPEG image format)
Width: 1536 pixels
Height: 2048 pixels
Camera Brand: Apple
Camera Model: iPhone 3GS
Date Taken: 2010:02:21 10:17:52
Exposure Time: 1/15 sec.
Aperture Value: 2.97 EV (f/2.8)
ISO Speed Rating: 306
Flash Fired: No flash function.
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure Programme: Normal programme
Focal Length: 3.9 mm
Software: QuickTime 7.6.3
February 22nd, 2010 on 10:57 pm
Typhoon scales are made in the UK and that does indeed appear to be a BS4177 compliant cooker switch, as well as the greeting card in English. From this we can conclude that the resident of the household in question is a tax-dodging drug dealer, and that I’ve wasted another evening of my life.
February 23rd, 2010 on 4:34 am
Trilby – are you sure? If in England I’d have expected far more grease-staineed tiling. The brown colour is correct though.
An oddity.
February 23rd, 2010 on 9:24 am
Who brings peaches to a party?
February 23rd, 2010 on 9:51 am
I’m still not ruling out the ‘ex-pat’ option, hence the foreign language fags, english language card, typhoon scales and (possibly imported?) marmite jar (in possibly some kind of brown leather carry case?).
And they’d probably have a maid of some sort to come round each day and wipe the grease away.
Not ruling out the tax-dodging drug dealer option either though – going by Amazon reviews it’s quite a cheap and inaccurate set of scales so why would someone living abroad go to the trouble of taking that with them? And surely drugs dealers need fairly accurate scales?
February 23rd, 2010 on 10:19 am
Wow, that must have been some party.
February 23rd, 2010 on 10:21 am
I watched a forensic TV programme once (got to stay ahead of them) and they identified a man’s house from internal photos by working out which houses were built with chimney breasts of a particular type and size.
February 23rd, 2010 on 12:33 pm
“breasts of a particular type and size”
Now we’re back on track.
February 23rd, 2010 on 2:20 pm
I think Daz is onto (or just on) something. The story hinges on the party. What punter crashes at the party site? It speaks volumes that he didn’t find someone to go home with.
I am pretty sure none of us are socially capable enough to bag someone that can throw a party.
So what does that leave us? The forgotten peaches-as-parting gifts?
February 23rd, 2010 on 9:33 pm
The marmite is definitely in some kind of gift case, hinting it’s not a regular item where they are. Is it maybe in a country where drugs are sold by the kilos, inaccurately. And was once a british colony hence the brit electrics (Cyprus has UK style electrics however there’s no reason to import tobacco to Cyprus).
February 24th, 2010 on 12:24 am
There appeared to be no EXIF data on the photo as displayed on this page, so I clicked it to open it full size. Then Opanda iExif reveals all, including the following GPS info:
Latitude Ref-North Latitude
Latittude-54°34.67′
Longitude Ref-West Longitude
Longitude-5°55.33′
Time Stamp-10:17:46 UTC
Img Direction Ref-True direction
Img Direction-338.32
So does this help reveal the location of the inaccurate scales and whether someone would eat their peaches with Marmite on them?
February 24th, 2010 on 2:31 am
Well, not surprisingly, you can’t have a latitude reading with more than 59 seconds. So I changed that to North Latitude-54°34.59′ and did a search and it turns out to be about a half mile away from the Queens University Of Belfast. That should get you within a couple of blocks, shoudn’t it?
Of course the place will probably be emptied out by the time the authorities get there.
February 24th, 2010 on 3:39 pm
“Well, not surprisingly, you can’t have a latitude reading with more than 59 seconds.”
But it is in minutes not seconds and, in GPS circles, that is known as “decimal minutes” ie 0.67 minutes.
I might even put the numbers in Google earth later.
“Now you’re stalking”
This thread doesn’t feature the word “cunt”, yet.
That’s better.
February 24th, 2010 on 7:35 pm
Wait, EXIF data can contain GPS information?! Surely this should prompt a re-examination of the entire Extra-Last/Idiot Toys back catalogue?
February 25th, 2010 on 10:53 pm
“Decimal Minutes”
Good Lord! Is there NOTHING that the metric system CAN’T do????
February 26th, 2010 on 12:40 am
Well the newe coordinates (actually the same coordinates, only used properly) now put the location within about a mile of the Queens University Of Belfast.
http://boulter.com/gps/#54%B034.67%u2032-5%B055.33%u2032
In case anyone’s in the neighborhood and needs their peaches weighed semi-accurately.
February 27th, 2010 on 7:37 pm
Wow, I had never thought about all that GPS info being embedded in the image. I’m slightly scared and turn on ;)
February 27th, 2010 on 10:14 pm
“…I’m slightly scared and turn(ed) on ;)”
Damn. I was hoping this was posted by Jody Barton, quite possibly only the third confirmed female visitor here at Extralast.
I think mostly only newer, higher end cameras are capable of recording GPS stats, and even then not by default. But I suspect that most camera phones do this automatically and their users aren’t even aware of it.
February 27th, 2010 on 11:35 pm
Sadly, Jody Barton is not a female. I know this because I checked his website.
See?
http://www.jodybarton.co.uk/about.html
Girl’s name, man’s face.
:(
February 28th, 2010 on 3:21 am
Well I said “quite possibly” just in case things took a bad turn like this.
My apologies to Mr. Barton. What he lacks in femininity, he makes up for with the kind of solid business sense that inspires him to buy 2 cents worth of ad space on this site.
March 1st, 2010 on 6:08 pm
to be fair I haven’t actually SOLD anything because of the ad… my femininity on the other hand is magnificent…
March 1st, 2010 on 9:39 pm
I believe the popular internet phrase is:
“Pics or GTFO“