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My view of touchscreen laptops:
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My view of touchscreen laptops:
Thought... (Score:5, Insightful)by Reverand Dave (1959652) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @10:13AM (#44038989)touch screen laptops were called "tablets" otherwise, what's the point?
Not to mention it slows you down. It's bad enough if you have to use the mouse for something, but doubly-worse if you have to put fingerprints all over your damn screen to get something done.
I haven't always found this to be the case. There's one particular webapp we use at work that involves a lot of clicking on things, often alternating sides of the screen. With a mouse I have to mouse back and forth across the screen, with a touchscreen I can just touch the links. It's one of the few cases were I've actually preferred having a touchscreen. And I voted leaning against.
One could argue it's a workaround for a poorly designed website though.
by nitehawk214 (222219) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @02:40PM (#44041905)
I haven't always found this to be the case. There's one particular webapp we use at work that involves a lot of clicking on things, often alternating sides of the screen. With a mouse I have to mouse back and forth across the screen, with a touchscreen I can just touch the links. It's one of the few cases were I've actually preferred having a touchscreen. And I voted leaning against.
One could argue it's a workaround for a poorly designed website though.
So, replace every computer in your office... or fix the broken app.
Re:Thought... (Score:4, Interesting)
Hadn't thought of that! Makes perfect sense.
Sadly I'm just a lone user in a sea of Good Enoughs, so there's not a lot I can do about it other than make the best of it. Said interface is written by a fluffy VOIP server company with a broad reach, so I'm sure we're not the only company that's plagued by it and unable to fix it, per se.
Re: Thought... (Score:2, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward
Greasemonkey script to fix the layout.. o.o why go to such lengths for simple things
lone user in a sea of Good Enoughs
Soon in theaters near you!
Re:sea of Good Enoughs (Score:5, Funny)by SteveFoerster (136027) <steve@@@stevefoerster...com> on Thursday June 20, 2013 @04:26PM (#44064479) Homepage
Life of Sigh?
by MagusSlurpy (592575) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @06:33PM (#44044245) Homepage
So instead of moving your hand and mouse around, you have to move your whole arm around. Doesn't really seem like that's any easier.
Indeed. Remember the gorilla arm.
Not to mention that you obscure parts of the display while doing so, including (but not limited to) whatever you touch. You have to move your hand away again to see the result.
A navigation system that depends on obscuring visual focus isn't a good one, in my humble opinion.
Oh, and there's no tactical feedback either. Which makes it even worse than the same action on a cell phone (which you at least can have vibrate when it detects your taps).
This is, incidentally, why we don't have glass keyboards like in of Star Trek. Tactical feedback is rather important for both speed and accuracy.
Yes, Star Trek has some awesome tactical feedback systems....
Re:Thought... (Score:5, Funny)by cervesaebraciator (2352888) on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @03:52PM (#44053387)Tactical feedback systems in Star Trek? So when the ships get hit and the first thing that happens is the control console explodes, that's a feature?
So when the ships get hit and the first thing that happens is the control console explodes, that's a feature?
It certainly happened often enough that it seemed deliberate.
What about the monkey's paw?
That's much much worse in my opinion.
Ok so let me get this straight. Hypothetical, someone offers you a choice of one of two free laptops both with identical specs but one has a touch screen; you are going to take the one without the touch screen because you think you'll have to hold your arms out the whole time you're using the touchscreen model?
Presumably he uses both arms, and therefore doesn't have to move either significantly.
One could argue it's a workaround for a poorly designed website though.
Some people NEVER use hotkeys or keyboard navigation. They spend the entire time in front of a PC with one hand on the mouse unless they are actually typing something. Disturbingly this is actually a majority of PC users, although a minority of skilled PC users I would hope.
This means that the vast majority of users simply never notice when an application or website lacks keyboard navigation. So is it any wonder that many of them are "poorly designed" in this way?
Re:Thought... (Score:4, Interesting)by jellomizer (103300) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @11:37AM (#44039907)
Not really.
There are some things that are much easier with a touch display. Zooming in and out and scrolling, are much easier and faster on a touch screen then with a mouse.
Also being able to quickly click on things, is often faster with a touch display.
Sure we are good with a mouse, however it is slower.
You see a pointer, your brain processes the fact that this represents your input into the computer. then you use a separate devices to control it. Up means forward Down means backwards, and left and right are the same. At the same time you will need to keep an eye on the cursor to make sure you reach your destination. Using a touch screen you are really cutting down on extra brain processing and doing what is more natural for the human to do. See it, and if you want to manipulate it you do it directly. A lot less brain power there, and you can do it much faster.
Fingerprints isn't that big of an issue. Most of the matted displays with the back light, will often over power fingerprints until the display is turned off. Besides, I have seen a bunch of non-touch displays and they are often more smuggy, because every fingerprint just stays there, with a touch display you tend to wipe it off with normal use.
I find zooming and scrolling to actually be easier on a trackpad (like on Apple's MacBooks). Two-finger drag to scroll, pinch to zoom, etcetera. And a mouse with scroll ball is pretty easy to use for scrolling as well (but not for zooming, I agree).
(but not for zooming, I agree).
Unless you keep your other hand near the control key. Then it's pretty easy.
(but not for zooming, I agree).
Unless you keep your other hand near the control key. Then it's pretty easy.
But then you have to know that Ctrl and rolling the middle mouse button would actually do that? Where would you find out such a thing in this world where software needing a manual is considered a bad thing?
I bet if you asked a majority of PC users most would say they have no clue that Ctrl and the scroll wheel zoomed in and out. They odd techy might but most people who use computers in this day and age are not that clued up.
I think it's more widely known than that - Ctrl+Scroll is near-universally supported in Windows these days. It's one of those basic shortcuts that people should learn when learning how to interact with a mouse. Sans a survey or something similar (study?), I guess it's impossible to say for sure. (...sorry)
Re:Thought... (Score:4, Insightful)Two words: Gorilla arm
I knew I should have looked it up before posting... [slashdot.org]
It's not great to use a touch screen in that position all the time, but having a keyboard and mouse means you use the touch screen for things it's good for and the keyboard and mouse for the things they're good for. I've got a Galaxy Note 10" tablet with a keyboard dock. The keyboard's crap (which is unusual for Samsung but, seriously, don't buy it!) but the combination works really well for me. I tend to alternate between the tablet and a laptop - and i frequently go to touch the laptop screen (which does
Been looking at Samsung's keyboard docks and feeling mighty skeptical. Thanks for confirming. Guess I'll just get a Bluetooth keyboard--any suggestions regarding those?
I've been thinking the same thing myself, but i haven't checked any out yet.
What I want is my old Sun Type 4 keyboard + Bluetooth.
There are some things that are much easier with a touch display. Zooming in and out and scrolling, are much easier and faster on a touch screen then with a mouse. Also being able to quickly click on things, is often faster with a touch display.
I find it much easier to zoom in and out and scroll with a mouse than with a touch screen. Scroll is quite simple and consistent. Zooming is often different from application to application, but the best UIs are ones where the zoom in and out are the ones that touch
Oh, you mean you actually like having to mess with the scrollbar? That's my least favourite part of using a tablet--makes me constantly want to reach for the wheel on the mouse.
Being able to quickly click on things is often FAR, FAR worse on a touch display. Especially when say... running Windows 8 desktop...
Re:Thought... (Score:5, Funny)by robthebloke (1308483) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @02:30PM (#44041805)They'll slow you down if you touch the screen with your fingers, but I've discovered I can use another appendage to control the cursor, and still have both hands free for typing! It's been a definite productivity improvement for me, although I occasionally get some funny looks on the bus in the morning, and I have been arrested twice this week already. Still, it's the future, so you better get used to it!
Well, you could use your toes instead. You'll still get the funny looks but you won't get arrested for it!
A tablet uses a OS such as IOS, Android, or Windows 8, and you install apps. They have limtied functionality. A touchscreen laptop usually has a full blown OS on them (XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Linux, ETC) and has the same functionality as any other laptop (with the addition of a touchscreen).
BIG difference between touchscreen laptop and a tablet.
Tablets with Keyboards were called "laptops" because you need to put them down to type.
*Disclaimer: I use an Asus Transformer and like it.
No, a touchscreen laptop has a proper keyboard and can use a pointing device, e.g. a mouse.
by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @12:03AM (#44046201)
A tablet is not a laptop. This is a fundamental misunderstanding, and once you realise the truth, you'll finally understand why the iPad sells so well.
It's not a computer. It's a TV.
That is to say, people don't buy it to use as a computer. (Those who do, wind up frustrated and disappointed.) But those who buy it to use as an entertainment device are delighted, because that's what it is - and correctly understood in that context, it's an outstanding piece of kit.
Which is why many people like it. A lot of people never wanted a general purpose computer in the first place, they only bought one because it was the only way to check email, browse the web, or do a couple other simple tasks which a general purpose computer could be used for. What we've basically been doing is selling leatherman's and swiss army knives to people who really just wanted a simple pocket knife. So Apple comes along and finally makes the iPad, which does everything that many people use a compu
'Tis another form of interface to me, not a mutually exclusive choice save when a manufacturer makes it so. Much like my P5 glove, it can be highly useful if implemented well, and supported well; if not, it is a boat anchor affixed to a car...dead weight.
Touchscreen?? (Score:5, Funny)by NoNonAlphaCharsHere (2201864) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @10:17AM (#44039029)Smudgescreen is more like it.
ASUS Transformer Infinity (Score:5, Interesting)
I have an ASUS Transformer Infinity that I use for email, browsing, music, movies etc. I have the keyboard dock, but I use the touch screen more often than the touch pad. When I have access to both it becomes more apparent that some things are easier with the touch screen, though for others I prefer the touch pad. Move that there and select that is faster with the touchscreen than reach for the touch pad, start moving finger, visually scan for where the pointer was hiding, now move the pointer to where you want.
I have a laptop that I use for more demanding processes like chess or video gaming. I often find myself reaching for the screen in frustration. When the prices get better my next laptop might be touch screen.
Laptops have pretty much supplanted desktops for all but the most hardcore of gaming rigs. They're the workhorses that are used for writing emails, creating documents, editing pictures, creating videos, etc. All of these are things that I want a mouse to do.
If all you're doing is playing angry birds and surfing the internets, get yourself a tablet. You'll have the simpler touchscreen user interface, with the added benefits of reduced complexity and increased durability.
writing emails, creating documents, editing pictures, creating videos, etc.
Why would you prefer a laptop over a desktop for any of those things? The tradeoffs are simply not worth it. With a laptop, everything is a compromise.
Shitty keyboard, or non-portable form-factor?
Unjustifiable cost, or under-performing hardware?
Insufficient battery life, or lack of binary-compatibility with x86?
Every decision you make when purchasing a laptop is a balancing act that tries to find the least-shitty solution. At my workplace, the current round (and all subsequent rounds) of upgrades is
Not a big believer in docking stations, I see. I leave the big screen, the fancy keyboard, the network and printer connections on my desk when I leave. When I'm at lunch, or at a coffeehaus, I've got the built in keyboard and trackpad. When I'm on the bus or plane, or lounging on the sofa, clickity-click, Barba-trick, I've got a nice tablet for watching videos or playing puzzle games. All on one device...
At least in my mind. In my mind, it is also waterproof, sunlight readable, full color, and folds
Not a big believer in docking stations, I see.
If, as the OP wrote, you're never going to unplug your laptop, why have one? If it's going to spend its entire service live sitting on your desk, you may as well have a desktop, especially when you consider that a desktop will cost less than a laptop and a docking station and probably give you more bang for your buck. And, if you factor in how much easier it is to upgrade a desktop or replace a failing component, the TCO of a desktop is far, far less than t
I'm a teleworker. Work pays for the computer, I pay for the electricity.
Laptops are designed for low power consumption. Desktops generally are not.
Around here, 1W costs about a buck a year. My laptop has a 60W power brick...most desktops are several hundred watts. Even if they're not running flat out it makes a noticeable difference in the power bill (and in the room temperature during the summer).
And really, for most things an i5 or i7-based laptop is entirely acceptable, and it's easy to get 8-16GB of
And when I do go into the office, I can undock the laptop and take it with me.
Please note that I specified that I didn't think that it made much sense to use a laptop and a docking station if you're never going to undock it. You use your laptop both in your home office and when you're away, so your circumstances are different. BTW, do you happen to know how much electricity your docking station burns? I'm not saying that it's enough to make that much of a difference, but I am curious.
I would like having a touchscreen in some laptops. Light ones, which you could hold with one hand. And preferably able to be used somehow while folded into a tablet - there's a million mechanisms to do this. The recent "Ultrabook" trend seems to be well-suited to this.
But then there's the "portable desktops", like my nine-pound 17" laptop. I'd never use a touchscreen on it, which is probably why they didn't even offer it as an option.
I should also mention that, even in the cases where I would use one, it's
I'm actually on the fence about touchscreen laptops for my own use, but I see hybrids (notebooks that convert to tablets) as the future of notebooks and tablets. People like tablets because they're small and easy to use, but they'll still own notebooks because tablets still can't match them with power, and they still hook keyboards up to them (which technically makes them into laptops). I think the hybrid market is going to be more for the tablet folks at first, but I see most of us warming up to them event
... I see hybrids (notebooks that convert to tablets) as the future of notebooks and tablets.
Yes, it worked so well the first time around...
Personally, I think the Tablet PC lesson was - that combo is the worst of both worlds.
Great! -- for somethings (Score:4, Informative)by magic maverick (2615475) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @12:26PM (#44040521) Homepage Journal
I've commented before that I find my Lenevo X230 quite nice. Most of the time I just use it like an ordinary laptop, sometimes plugging in a full size keyboard and a nice mouse. But, sometimes, the touchscreen is awesome.
Disclaimer: My touchscreen is a stylus Wacom screen. You need to use the stylus.
So, what do I use the touchscreen for? Many things, but mainly drawing/practicing alternate character sets. E.g. to practice kanji using paper and pencil uses a heck of a lot of paper. This paper takes up space. Etc. etc. But, with my touchscreen (and rotated so it's flat like a tablet), I can practice as much as I want. I save the results, and then I can compare with previous times. Brilliant. I use software called Xournal for this task, as it seems to be the best touch-knowledgable software of its time for Linux. Other software I can suggest includes Easystroke for gestures (I've got it set to only listen to the stylus, and so it ignores the mouse).
Another use is using it to watch or read stuff while in cramped places (e.g. economy class on airplanes, or on buses).
Overall, I am very happy with my touchscreen.
The problem starts when all OS and applications are written in such a way that requires you to use the touch screen. You know, silly rounded corners, oversized UI widgets and lousy multitasking support
It leads to the bad habit of.... (Score:4, Interesting)touching non-touchscreens, which smudges them up. Low ring in Hell....
touching non-touchscreens, which smudges them up. Low ring in Hell....
That's been happening since forever. Not just fingers, but also pens and pencils. At least a touch screen has a glass surface which is harder to damage and easier to clean.
Touch my ass (Score:3, Funny)
If you can't use the keyboard to do everything faster then the UI is broken.
Re:Touch my ass (Score:4, Insightful)by camperdave (969942) on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @02:59PM (#44042075) Journal
If you can't use the keyboard to do everything faster then the UI is broken.
Really? Draw a picture of a wedge of swiss cheese.
Slashdot's ASCII art filter won't allow that.
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It really depends on the UI
I actually find it easier to count by pressing TAB a number of times, rather than counting visually. It depends how the links are arranged though. If they are in three columns of 12, then counting 6 down the right hand column might be easier than pressing TAB 18 times.
Since laptops are for use on the go as well as in the office/home, I can see people who need a full fledged laptop make use of the touchscreen feature when they are constantly traveling and use it in a bus or train or even in an airplane.
There isn't much space in such locations for a mouse and I can't stand the track pads built into laptops so that would be a good alternative.
Outside of that traveling example, I can't say I see much use for it but haven't had a chance to try one much as I am so turned o
I can't stand the track pads built into laptops
What, you don't appreciate it when your window focus changes while you're in the middle of typing up a furious rant for slashdot?
people don't like them (Score:5, Interesting)Touch screen PCs have been around since at least the early 80s, and the fundamental problems are still there. The arm-lifting gets tiresome, the finger isn't sharp enough for precision, and skin is oily. I liken it to 3D movies, which have been reintroduced every couple decades for 70 years. A great idea but the reality of the human body gets in the way.
Touchscreens have limited usefulness, as do all input devices. But in cases they have enough benefit to be useful.
Their main advantage is being a re-use of device space - the screen and touchpad/keyboard now occupy the same space. So they're useful on phones, as they have well-established size constraints and a need for large screens but not much input precision. They're useful in POS systems or other semi-industrial applications, where they save a bit of space and are also more durable and user-friendly than other inputs (important when you base your hiring policies around minimum wage teenagers). It's also something that can be used one-handed more easily than other input devices.
Their downsides are limited precision/accuracy, are somewhat slow, and not scaling well to massive screen sizes (if my 27" monitor were a touchscreen, I think my arms would fall off after a minute of usage). That's why they aren't popular with desktops, workstations or servers - they need fast, precise input, and they either use large screens, or no screen. That's also why they are rarely a sole input device on gaming systems - the DS/3DS/Vita/WiiU all use traditional controls with the *addition* of a touchscreen.
Tablets are beginning to push against the precision/speed limits, and are beginning to use older methods via keyboard docks or bluetooth devices. Laptops have shrunk to the point where some, but not all, of them are suitable for a touchscreen. And hybrid devices are becoming an item.
I would put a touchscreen on small, ultralight laptops. Preferably also giving them some way to fold into a rough tablet shape, because that lets them be used with one hand holding, one hand operating, the device.
But on the larger 15" laptops, and the majority of 17" laptops, the rest of the device is just too large to be suited to a touchscreen. My own massive 9-pounder would be terrible with one.
... is one with a screen large enough to show a full sheet of paper, with room for the toolbars, title bar, windows task bar, and so on. An 8 1/2" x 11" page is about 14" on the diagonal. So the laptop screen would have to be at least in the 15" range. If I am writing a letter, or making a diagram, I want to be able to see the whole page at once, at actual size.
But since so far the touchscreen laptops are all in the 12" size, I guess I will have to pass.
Also, are we talking simply toushcreen, or complete ta
I recently picked up a Dell Inspiron 15z. I'm happy with it, the hardware is excellent, and the price was right. Moving forward, I can definitely see touch screens becoming ubiquitous in laptops. That one's definitely worth a look if you're at all curious about touch screens and/or Windows 8.
No, the OS isn't perfect, but it's really not as dreadful as some people have made it out to be.
But since so far the touchscreen laptops are all in the 12" size, I guess I will have to pass.
You haven't been looking very hard.
Well, not lately. Because every time I looked they only had 12" models and below. But even the ones I just looked at on Dell.com are either 12" and below, or 15" non-swivel. I mentioned swivel above because I want that too. I want a laptop I can use as a tablet in the field.
Tablet laptops were all the rage about a decade ago (they even tailored an XP version for them), then the fad passed. Unfortunately, because I think it is a very good niche product.
I think the convergence of laptops and tablets is unavoidable, but the typical "clamshell" design of laptops simply isn't ergonomic in touchscreen interation -- it leads to the often-cited "gorilla arm" syndrome and will NEVER work well as a touchscreen device.
I prefer the "slider" design, but it unfortunatelly didn't gain traction in touchscreen laptops: Asus eeePad slider didn't really sell that well (everyone chose the clamshell Transformer version instead). Also, the slider-design models avaliable in
I find the combination of touchscreen and pointer stick to be unbeatable. (Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate touchpads with the burning fires of a thousand exploding suns.)
Why is this even an issue? (Score:4, Insightful)by Sonny Yatsen (603655) * on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @06:31PM (#44044231) Journal
I don't understand why people are against touchscreen laptops - nobody is forcing you to use the touch screen. You can still use the trackpad or a mouse or whatever. If you don't like it, just don't use it!
- Extra cost from extra electronics.
- Design compromises to accommodate the input type.
- Software becomes increasingly designed to utilize this input to the detriment or exclusion of other input methods.
From all the orange Cheetos fingerprints on the screen.
Yes, I really like putting my finger in front of the thing I'm trying to look at. That'll really help me to see it better.
I also really like having to move my hand several inches instead of using a mouse and moving it a fraction of an inch.
I definitely herald the introduction of new data input devices, but this is probably one of the nastier ones. Only an advantage for a very narrow range of uses.
Why should I be for or against some product? Everybody should buy what they like and can afford. What do I care?
That way I don't feel so foolish when I thoughtlessly poke at the screen instead of using the trackpad like a sane person.
Touchscreens are OK for applications that you need to use for 5 seconds, like a kiosk where you would look up some information and then go on your way. But for continuous use, they are not the right interface.
The moral of the story is... (Score:5, Insightful)by ConceptJunkie (24823) on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @03:51PM (#44053375) Homepage Journal
In the 1980's touch interfaces (and pen interfaces) were thoroughly discredited as a good input method for a desktop computer and nothing will ever change that. Nowadays, tablets have become a good implementation of a touch interface and fit a significant niche in terms of usability and function. But like everything else, once something becomes cheap, it gets foisted on us whether we want it or not, or whether it makes sense or not. Just like 20 years ago when everything got a clock put in it whether it made sense or not, and 10 years ago everything got a camera put in it whether it made sense or not, now everything has a touchscreen, whether it makes sense or not.
UI standards were a big thing in the early 1980s and I thought Microsoft was doing a really good job by adopting CUA and making a serious effort to adhere to UI standards. Even Windows 95, which introduced a lot of bad ideas along with the good ones still had a pretty consistent and well-thought-out UI. These UIs weren't fancy or very slick, but they made sense and people were able to use them well.
Then came cheap, high-res, high-color video cards, and suddenly by the late 90s, everyone went hog wild on the skeumorphic bandwagon. UI standards (and common sense) went out the door every time an interface designer broke the shrink-wrap on a new copy of Photoshop. Microsoft, of all people, eventually become the front-runner in pointlessly flashy (and usually much uglier) UI that broke all the standards but didn't supply a commensurate level of added usability or functionality. Remember how for about 5 versions, Windows Media Player kept devoting more and more screen real-estate to the border and pointless chrome and less to the actual, you know, media playing but, until it became a joke? I'm not trying to pick on Microsoft, but they are ubiquitous. Honestly, they were a little late to the game of pointless graphics and crappy UI, to their credit, but once they took the plunge, they went at it with gusto. The last good-looking UI they ever made, IMO, was Windows 2000.
Well, now that it costs almost nothing to put touch into every screen, we're going to get touch screens whether we want them or not. And Microsoft, again showing they've forgotten all the hard lessons they learned over the last 35 years when it comes to making software that is easy to use and consistent, will force us to adopt to the touchscreen paradigm whether we want it or not (i.e., Windows 8), and we'll have to suffer with it because they are still a monopoly. Now I am trying to pick on them, especially because I finally got a chance to use Windows 8 in the last week and I think it is easily the ugliest version of Windows since version 2. And Windows 2 was ugly because the technology limitations pretty much made it impossible for it not to be.
Yes, Apple will always have its niche of people who think they are more clever than the rest of us (or are just less stingy), and a few brave souls will wander the vast and wonderful frontier of Linux and friends (but to be honest, after seeing Unity and Gnome 3, it seems the bad UI disease isn't limited to the dinosaurs). But we are still in a place where the tail is wagging the dog and we have touch-screens not because they are the best solution, but just because they are cheap and make for a good checkmark on some marketroid's list.
by Colonel Korn (1258968) on Saturday June 22, 2013 @02:32AM (#44076989)
I've been converted by the Surface Pro in the last couple weeks. Windows 8 seems like Windows 7 + annoyances on the desktop, but on a tablet it was instantly more useable in terms of navigating between programs, local content (to a huge extent), and internet content than my iPad or Nexus 7 have been. For my previous use cases, compared to my x230 running Windows 7 I'm happier with the Surface Pro about 2/3 of the time.
On top of that I've go a new capability that wasn't possible with previous devices: handwritten note-taking with the digitizer and OneNote. I've tried Evernote on iOS, which mostly fails because of the capacitive touchscreen + stylus experience. I've tried various pieces of software on my x230, but I find that half the time I don't have a place to set my laptop when I take notes and I end up taking most in paper notebooks. On the Surface Pro I take notes as easily as I do on paper via the tablet version of OneNote (it fills the every pixel on the screen with its drawing surface, whereas the desktop version doesn't quite get there) and those notes are then synced via Skydrive so they're available on all my devices. I like the hierarchical organization, which I never quite manage to do with paper, and also the very effective search, which shows me every instance of a searched term appearing in any of my notes despite my bad handwriting.
The Surface Pro is definitely not for everyone. Its battery life is comparable to ultrabooks. I get 5-6 hours taking notes, 4-5 hours on the web, using Office / Photoshop, or watching video. That's half what I can get on an ARM tablet (at twice the price!) but the ARM tablets just don't have the same capabilities. But I think for a decently big chunk of the populace, probably tens of millions in the US today, it's probably the best tablet available.
A couple final notes on using the Surface Pro to take notes at work: 1) A lot of people want to comment, usually saying something like they've tried to do something similar on an iPad but it was a bad experience so why does my black iPad clone seem to work so well? 2) People are most impressed with the ability to flip over the stylus and erase. For some reason this blows a lot of minds.
If you haven't spent a few weeks using Windows 8 on a touchscreen laptop, you don't know what you're missing. Aesthetically, the tiled homescreen could use some work. Functionally it is quite nice once you start using it.


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Crystal Palace top scorer Marouane Chamakh faces a fitness test on the hamstring he injured at Swansea.
Diego Costa will likely miss this weekend's friendly against the Thailand All Stars.
Shay Given is questionable for the FA Cup Final with a groin injury.
David Sullivan, the West Ham owner, has promised the club two big signings and an exciting new boss.
Carlton Cole has been released by West Ham for the second time.
Danny Welbeck continues to struggle with his knee injury but otherwise Arsenal are fully fit for Saturday's FA Cup final against Aston Villa.
Stoke City has moved on from long-serving veterans Thomas Sorensen and Andy Wilkinson as neither have played a significant role with the club this season.
Andy Wilkinson has been around at the Britannia forever but no more as the player was released after 15 years with the club.
Wilson Palacios has been released by Stoke City leaving him free to sign with any team.
Cody Cropper was released by Southampton following the close of the Premier League campaign.
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Backed by 10 Second Half Goals, #6 Women's Lacrosse Closes Out Regular Season with 17-6 Win over Lenoir-Rhyne
April 17, 2013
MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Pfeiffer University poured in 11 second-half goals en route to a 17-6 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Wednesday afternoon. The sixth-ranked Lady Falcons finish the regular season at 13-1 overall while the dropping the Bears to 7-6.
Four different Lady Falcons would score the game's first goals as Shannon Bonnel, Courtney Luther, Sarah Daly and Carly Garrison all found the back of the net within the first eight minutes on Wednesday. After the Bears tallied the next three, two by Mary Minick, Ashleigh Kassab and Bonnel would close out a low-scoring first half as Pfeiffer held a 6-3 lead at the break.
Garrison and Luther would quickly begin second half scoring for the Lady Falcons before Katherine Athens recorded back-to-back goals in front of a Gracie Herbert strike pushing the lead to 11-4 midway through the final period. After Kristina Anderson and Minick traded goals late, Pfeiffer would then reel off the final five goals, three by Daly, to take the 17-6 victory.
Athens would pick up a game-high five groundballs and three caused turnovers while Britton Muir controlled five draws. Rachel McCarthy picked up the win in goal stopping six saves altogether, four in the first half.
Pfeiffer will now get into postseason play beginning with Saturday's semifinal matchup with third-seeded Queens. The Lady Falcons will take the #2 seed into the weekend tournament which will be held at Williams Stadium in Burlington beginning at approximately 4:30 p.m.


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Hoult has been making a name for himself in the US over the last few years with parts in films like 'X-Men: First Class,' 'Warm Bodies' and the very recent 'Jack the Giant Slayer,' but you might have noticed him before then — he starred in the first couple of seasons of the British teen series 'Skins.' It's a show called 'Skins,' so, you know, that should tell you something. But really, it's like 'Degrassi,' but with more drugs and sex. Scandalous!
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U.S. oil futures edged higher in choppy electronic trade Wednesday as investors looked ahead to weekly inventory reports.Crude oil for March delivery were little changed, gaining 2 cents to trade at $96.68 a barrel, ahead of the contract's expiration at the end of the global day.The moves follow March crude's 80-cent advance in Tuesday's floor session on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Those gains came in the wake of upbeat German data, and as the S&P 500 rallied to a new five-year high. Read: Oil futures end higher, back above $96 a barrel.But analysts at Citi Futures said that the market could be ignoring bearish supply fundamentals."Focus on the S&P rally and the intermediate-term rally in crude-oil prices, for example, and one might miss that U.S. crude-oil production has ...
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The Bulls will host Super Rugby's final against the Crusaders – and win it!
I am with the bookies on this weekend's semi-finals, both to be played on Saturday.
The Crusaders have shown the best form in the last few weeks at a time when the Chiefs have looked secondary to their status as champions.
The big name players in the Crusaders are showing Test-like form and home ground advantage isn't likely to be the significant advantage in Hamilton. The Chiefs will be passionate and tough but they won't have the class to beat the Crusaders, whose pack has been performing better and whose backline has looked superb because of the direction from Dan Carter.
I have the Crusaders to win by 10-plus.
I also have the Bulls to win by 10-plus, despite the obvious vulnerability in a pack missing Juandre Kruger, Pierre Spies and Arno Botha.
The Brumbies have been sensational at times this season and appeared outgunned at others. They're a good side, magnificently coached by Jake White and his assistants, and if the match was being played in Canberra I'd have them to shade it.
But the Brumbies looked exhausted in the win against the Cheetahs. Several of the players look emotionally drained after being involved in the Lions three-Test series.
White has spoken about starting well and getting early points to silence the Loftus crowd but the Brumbies, in their evolution currently are more a good than a great side, and they don't have the class just yet to regularly do what they did to the Sharks in Durban.
The Bulls physically will also never fall away as the Sharks did. Then there is also the Loftus crowd which will be a far greater element that a half empty Kings Park was a few months ago.
Morne Steyn will be the influential player in the semi-final. His boot will be accurate and his tactical kicking game will be as effective.
The Bulls will win and it will be the Crusaders who have to travel to Pretoria for a play-off.
Fortunately we know how that movie plays out … and it isn't with a New Zealand victory.
As it is the Kiwis have the World Cup, the Bledisloe Cup, the Rugby Championship, the Sevens World Cup, the Sevens World Series and the Women's World Cup and Sevens World Cup. They also have the Super Rugby trophy, courtesy of the Chiefs, so they really can do with one less trophy.


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These are the meeting notes for our club meeting on January 7th, 2011 that will take place at the BBC Tap Room in downtown Louisville. They are being posted in advance so everyone will have time to become familiar with them and the new direction the club is taking.
Restructure Officer Roles
There are lots of disc golfers that want to give back to the sport a little or help out in some way. And who wouldn't? This is one of the cheapest sports and form of entertainment, exercise and competition around and it couldn't exist without volunteers. We know everyone is busy with jobs, family, kids, and other hobbies so what if helping out didn't mean you had to take on a big task by yourself or carry the weight of the club on your shoulders? What if it meant you simply do one thing a year for disc golf? Like help with a fundraiser, organize a club picnic, or run a league or tournament? Everyone has a unique set of skills and strengths, use yours to help out. By doing your part and helping with just one thing, with all the active disc golfers there won't be an end to the things we can do.
I propose we change the officer structure. Anyone can volunteer to be an officer and there are two requirements to be an officer:
1. Be a current member of the club.
2. Do a minimum of one thing for the club each year. Here are some examples:
Be part of the fundraising team for the CVO.
Organize a club picnic.
Run a club tournament.
Help run a club league.
Organize a disc golf clinic.
Help organize a club event to raise money for a non-profit or local charity.
Or come up with your own idea. What are your personal strengths and how can you use them to help disc golf in the Louisville area? So what do you want to do? What's your idea to make disc golf better for everyone?
Some of these things might sound like big tasks at first, but what if you had 1, 2, 5 or more other people working together with you? Many of these projects will require more than one person to do so officers are encouraged to work together. That's the point of having officers now, if everyone does a little and works together, there will be endless disc golf activities AND you'll still have plenty of time out on the course and for your job/wife/kids/etc.
So think about it and please consider helping out your disc golf community. You don't have to come up with a project before you volunteer. It might take some time for the spark of inspiration to strike or you can always help with projects that need additional people. If every one of the officers does one thing or helps out in some way, 2011 could be the most successful year the club has ever had!
LDGC bylaws
As you have certainly figured out, this a big change from the current bylaws. I have amended them and request a vote (2/3 majority according to current bylaws) at our January 7th meeting.
Attached is a revised copy of the by laws that thoroughly outlines the club organization and how it will run. Please read through this to learn more about this big change.
Making the LDGC a non-profit organization
This will likely cost a good amount of money but has some big, long term benefits for the club. At the meeting we're going to discuss the pros and cons of becoming a non-profit. We're still looking into this so there will be more details to come.


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Every year the Hannibal Chamber of Commerce selects a local boy and girl to be the town's goodwill ambassadors, Tom and Becky. Seventh graders compete for the honor and are chosen based on their personality, grades and savvy about Mark Twain and Hannibal (they take written tests). On July 4, the names of the new Tom and Becky are announced during National Tom Sawyer Days, and the winners spend the next 12 months wearing their period costumes (Tom carries a fishing pole, Becky a slate) to ribbon cuttings, school events, parades, etc. During the summer, Tom and Becky stroll downtown Hannibal and mingle with tourists on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tom and Becky are volunteers, but the positions do have their perks, like the trip to Bermuda that the 20092010 winners (Alex Addison and Paige Cummins) took in November 2009. Because the island was one of Mark Twain's favorite vacation spots, Tom and Becky were invited to appear for its 400th birthday festivities.


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Mercedes Hargett not only pitched a gem, but she came through with a clutch RBI in the seventh inning to lead the Havelock Rams to a 2-1 win over host
The Rams were trailing 1-0, heading to the seventh, when Laneisha Nolan reached base on an error by
Two batters later, Sam Howell singled and advanced Nolan to third base. Malorie Rowe then walked to load the bases before Hargett smacked a deep, run-scoring sacrifice fly to left field — driving in the game-tying run.
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The Rams stranded nine runners on base – two each in the first, fourth and seventh innings.
Hargett struck out 12
"I was real pleased with Mercedes," Spear said. "I'm really pleased with the early part of the year with having a new group playing together."
New Bern broke the scoring drought with a run in the bottom of the fourth when freshman Lexi Smith singled off the glove of Hargett, bringing home Loghan Tiger, who pinch-ran for pitcher Kristen Daughtridge.
The Bears opened the inning with a triple by Taylor Niemotka. She tried to score on a ground ball, but was thrown out for the first out of the inning.
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Would love to hear some opinions on this. It's always interesting to see how non-professional perfumers' compositions compare to those more classically trained.
Thread: R'oud Elements by Kerosene
Not sure if anyone noticed this?
Looks like Kerosene has a fragrance of his own - time to show our support with a few $$ hey!
Here's the vid:
Would love to hear some opinions on this. It's always interesting to see how non-professional perfumers' compositions compare to those more classically trained.
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Found R'Oud Elements by Kerosene on Etsy.com for $75 and the following description
'An edp with notes of Oud, Sandalwood, Amber, Vanilla, Lavender, Iris and Orange Bitters.
R'oud Elements has a smoldering oud opening that will tingle your nose hairs, then after about twenty minutes, settles down to a velvety oud and lightly spicy woody scent. Masculine and warm.
The 100ml bottle is painted by myself with automotive grade paint and clearcoat.'
Would like to read reviews about this one too.
Congrats to Kerosene for actually getting a scent out there. I know a lot of people talk about it and dream about it and it's a huge challenge to actually compose one.
I'm really curious if he used any pre-made bases or pre-made fragrance oils (these are always accords, such as "green tea" or "black rum".. I'm assuming he used a synth oud base such as Givaudan's Black Agar base), or if he did it the hardcore way and actually composed it entirely of hand chosen single aroma chemicals.
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Absolutely! Lets get this in the directory for a start!
This is interesting.
I have a sample coming soon. A YouTube fragrance reviewer named WallyStinx is also doing a split.
Kudos to Kerosene. I would like to sample it.
Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the support.
Im not into marketing so Im really just going to let the people that try the fragrance be the voice for it. Like all scents, itll either be liked or not. Of the wood notes, theres about 10 of them, it just so happens that theres a higher concentration of oud notes in the formula, thus the reason for the name. I really think this is middle ground for an oud-based fragrance. There is a blend of pure oud oil and some synthetic oud. It took a while to get the combination right and I also wanted to keep the price reasonable at the same time. As most people are aware that oud is really expensive stuff. And the bottle alone takes a bit of time. But I wanted it to be professional looking. And if this kicks off, customer service will be priority #1.
Personally, Ive never been attracted to really bombastic scents, so I hope the formula is strong enough for most people. Depending on the feedback, I just may need to amp it up. But its really hard to judge longevity when its freezing outside and everyones skin is dry as a bone here.
I also have about six scents that are in serious works. Dont know when theyll be ready though, but please stay tuned.
Thanks again,
Kerosene (John)
Hey Kerosene,
I'll see how it holds up for projection and longevity in the Florida heat.
Hi, Kerosene. Are there any fragrances that inspired your construction of R'oud Elements?
My goal is that each fragrance will stand on their own and hopefully not remind you of something you've worn before.
Don't know if I answered your question….I can sometimes just ramble randomly.
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I can't wait to try this! Congrats Kerosene!
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Congrats Kerosene! The bottle is just beautiful!
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Very cool. Much success.
Here's a first impression video from another fellow basenotes member Frunkinator. I'm liking what I'm hearing a cross between Creed, Bond No.9, and Thierry Mugler.
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Way to go! This is awesome.
Can't wait to see what the feedback is.
Congrats Kerosene, nice concept/name/bottle. Good work!
I got a sample from Kerosene...Thanks Kerosene!
I am not at all good at describing scents but I get something sweet at the beginning that goes away fairly quickly. I am not sure what the note is at the beginning, I recognize it but I can't figure out what it is. Then I get a great deal of a sweet oud mixed with some other woods, maybe come vetiver but the oud is dominant. Not an animalic oud but a sweet oud. Does not really remind me of anything I have smelled before, definitely a masculine scent and good for the winter. Besides the change that comes for me at the beginning I don't get much of a change as time progresses. Unlike the video review above, I don't get any kind of clean laundry vibe and maybe only a hint of musk. Mostly I get various woods mixed with oud with a touch of sweetness that I simply can't put mu finger on.
I put this on about 8 hour ago and it is still alive on my skin. I look forward to reading other reviews of this because, to be honest, I am lame at describing scents and notes. I can say that I love this and it is unique for me as it does not remind me of anything else I have sampled. Yes, I am considering a buy in this. A great one IMHO and I hope more people sample this one.
Congratulations Kerosene and thank you. .
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1. Amouage Epic man
2. Dior Leather Oud
3. Perris Monte Carlo Oud Imperial Black
4. Le Labo Patchouli 24
5. Amouage Opus VII
6. Byredo Bullion
7. Masque Milano Russian Tea
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This looks incredibly cool. Definitely blind-buy worthy!
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KUDOS kerosene !!
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Topping this thread because I hope there are others that have tried this.
Some Favorites
1. Amouage Epic man
2. Dior Leather Oud
3. Perris Monte Carlo Oud Imperial Black
4. Le Labo Patchouli 24
5. Amouage Opus VII
6. Byredo Bullion
7. Masque Milano Russian Tea
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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Wow Kerosene - how exciting for you. Congrat's
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-- Eckhart Tolle
make an oudless batch and I'd be all over it
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well done kerosene
I got a sample and decided to get a bottle before I even got to the drydown. It's exactly what I was hoping, based on the description. I would also say that people above have been doing a good job of describing it. I can totally see everything people have been saying.
If I had to reduce it to a sound byte, it would be "imagine Tom Ford Orange Oud - and they actually did it right". I say that with great pause, because it's not Tom Ford - it's Kerosene. You can smell the stylistic difference, just as much as the similarity. Watch a Tom Ford video and Kerosene's video, and the difference in their styles is reflected in their scents. Where Tom Ford scents have "darkness plus money polish", this one has the dark, sweet, smoky polish of my #1 BBQ pit. Yet there is something very smooth, relaxing, and comfortable in both, and therefore I think that anybody who loves Tom Ford stuff would be wise to check this out. For my money, the non-scent aspects of buying a really nice niche debut scent are just as compelling as whatever grins one gets from buying stuff that costs so much nobody else has it.
More specifically, anybody who is considering Royal Oud or one of the Bond no.9 ouds should definitely check this out. And people who were calling the price on Royal Oud and non-glitter Swarovski out of line, may come to a different decision on this.
OK - now more about the scent. Bigsly - I'm not getting a lot of note separation, so this may not be your bag. That's not to say you can't get a lot of individual notes, but they mix like BBQ or Indian food - not your nut-encrusted pheasant and greens salad. The woods here are dark and rich - dry enough to feel woody, but never too dry. If most of what's not oud is spice and woods, I would say less spice and more woods. It's darker longer than Royal Oud, and has the desirable complexity of all the scents I've mentioned. The spice notes are not as distinct and individual as they are in Royal Oud after the oud backs off. The opacity here hangs on longer, but at a very nice level that keeps the dark orange aspect in constant focus. There is a certain submerged complexity in the Bond Swarovski Limited Edition oud that I totally dig, and you have something just as pleasing here. The oud is less intense than New York Oud, and even less than New York Amber. The style is also darker and more smoky.
But the part that just makes me love it to death is the orange bitters aspect. OH BABY. That's why I sampled, and that's why I bought it. There are moments when the orange even reminds me of TdH parfum. I tried to imagine JCE making this stuff, and the image it brought to mind was seeing him dressed in a black leather jacket and three-day-old clothes with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, sunglasses, greasy hair, hung-over, cursing and swearing, working out of the back of a repair shop somewhere off the highway in France, on a sheet of plywood on stacks of tires - looking every bit like Harry Dean Stanton, but still doing his amazing thing in an alternate life. Sorry, but I just have to own that fragrance!
The woody oud and the dark orange are like the best, old wood, stand-up bass you ever heard, with Barry White doing his "ooooooooh baaaabe" thing. The orange keeps it from ever getting dry and scratchy, and yet it has that slightly rough quality that brings Barry White's voice to mind. No shrill stuff....
Longevity - yes, it lasts, and the magic goes on for quite a while, but it still fades with time. It's like Noir de Noir in terms of longevity - actually a little better in terms of the magic moment, possibly a little worse overall (I'm at 5 hours, and it's almost a skin scent by now). You want it to keep going forever, but it can't. So? Buy another friggin' bottle with the money you just saved. And you won't need to, anyway. Everything I'm getting from it right now? One spray. Two or three, and I would have been sillaging good.
And the wife likes it, too.....
Oh, baby!
Ok, I'm interested!
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.
Received my sample yesterday and had a full wearing yesterday and today. There have been many great reviews of this fragrance so I'll make mine really simple and give my honest impression.
The notes that I can smell are Orange Bitters, Amber, Oud, and Woods. All the notes are very well done and none of them are overpowering and I'm a big fan of amber so I liked this right off the bat. The overall vibe is very comforting and it's like sticking your nose into a dryer sheet. It doesn't smell like one, but really gives you that relaxing feeling. On smell alone it's very good.
Having worn this in 75 degree weather it held up very well and can easily be worn in the summer. Matter of fact I think it could be worn almost any time of the year. Projection is just OK and the one area where I think it could be improved. Longevity was good and it's an easy 6 to 8 hours.
As far as quality I would compare it to the house of L'Artisan. Final thoughts are it smells great, has quality ingredients, well blended, versatile, masculine, comforting to the senses, and affordable. Great job Kerosene!
Got a sample and will be reviewing soon. Would love to keep hearing others thoughts though, too!
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Ok, so how can the UK Basenoters get hold of a sample this side of the Atlantic?
You guys have peaked my interest for sure.
Kerosene, drop me a PM if you are able to ship to the UK!!
I'm so happy that your fragrance is getting a lot of love kerosene
You're an awesome guy and you have some of the sickest reviews , I highly enjoy your videos ! especially the dior homme vid where the ending had me laughing for like hours , literally.
Good job done man ! And keep uploading more videos , your humour is inspiring :P
I received my sample Monday but I'm still digesting. Comments to follow.
- Expect the unexpected
This is my take on R'oud Elements, Kerosene's first release. I wish more will follow.
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I got my sample of this today. I gotta say, it is definitley niche quality. It's dark, rich.. something I would expect from Kerosene based on his style. The oud is without doubt present imo. I get it from the start. Although this is only my first impression, I do enjoy it, but it doesn't blow my mind. It's well done. I can say from experience that it is not easy to perfect a fragrance, allow it to transition through stages of notes and accords, to project and to last long. Everything has to be just right. 1 drop too much patchouli, or incense, or whatever your fancy could destroy your product. Hats off to Kerosene, he did an excellent job.
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Wow, the reviews sound wonderful, I look forward to smelling it soon.
"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
My first wearing was interesting. I'm not going to post a full review yet, as I want to give it a few more wearings. I'm not really getting the dark aspects others are mentioning though. I got a lot of sweetness - a sweetness similar to Reflection Man (or Le Male) in the opening. Although the sweetness faded over time, this almost camphoraceous vanillin like note did persist into the base and it gave the scent a bright rather than dark countenance to this nose.
Great longevity! I got 12+ hours of being able to smell it easily with only two sprays. I hope Kerosene does not cave in to the inevitable demands of a higher concentration, or if he does so, that he releases it as a separate fragrance or as an option ala Montale's concentrated juices.
I probably shouldn't have said anything before the full review but I couldn't refrain from posting something. The scent is definitely interesting and better than I expected!
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I have received Bottle #8 !! Great stuff here.
I have been sniffing for the past hour and a half and it's definitely some different stuff. The package and bottle are awesome, Velvet pouch, shiny sparkly black bottle, very classy.
First spray is a blast of juicy powdery orange to me, with some warm incensy oud in the back and a tiny dry wood but not the synthetic wood you feel in Black XS this is nice warm dry wood.
Smells wonderful, hard to describe and almost leaves a taste in the back of your mouth when you inhale it almost like you ate some orange candy at first. The Oud sure seems familiar but I can't place it right now, of the different types I would call this more of the bandaid type, there's no barn or poo in here. The oud is way in the background and you have to be looking for it at first to smell it but it comes out more after the orange burns off some.
I might have more to share later, going to try this on some fabric also to see if I can keep that opening going longer. Glad I bought a full bottle this one is going to get a workout!
Thanks Kerosene, keep it up.
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Thanks so much, Quiptos!
I'm waiting for Christmas day to open up my package! In the meanwhile, check out this interview and review:
I just found this and Copper Skies and Creature available at MiN New York. I am not sure if this has been posted already on the board.
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This is wonderful! I've seen a few of Kerosene's reviews on YouTube; never knew he released a few scents. I'll be sure to give these a try soon!
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I was wearing this again yesterday and it strilked me. It reminds me of Habit Rouge EdP, only lighter and more modern. Sort of an Eau d'Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum if this makes sense.Habit Rouge EdP has an oud note so it makes sense to me.
Wore this today for the first time (thanks to a kind Basenoter who sent me a sample). I'm not ready yet for a full review but, so far, I can say this would make and HELL of a designer fragrance. Honestly, put on the bottle a designer's logo (Therry Mugler, Jean Paul Gaultier or whatever you want) and it will turn into a blockbuster in no time...Good job, Kerosene.
Amazing product for sure! If there were only more designer products as good as this...
(I want to thank you for your blog too. I read it regularly!)
Some Favorites
1. Amouage Epic man
2. Dior Leather Oud
3. Perris Monte Carlo Oud Imperial Black
4. Le Labo Patchouli 24
5. Amouage Opus VII
6. Byredo Bullion
7. Masque Milano Russian Tea
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.


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The Phoenix ended up with a 12-11 victory on Ryan Kinsella's single over a drawn-in outfield with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
There were no signs of a celebration, even for a team that might be finding its footing.
"It's about (securing) what you fought for for the first seven innings," Kinsella said of the outcome before describing the ninth as "nice, easy and relaxed. We weren't playing that way early in the year."
Elon (12-8) has a season-best five-game winning streak. Princeton (1-12) lost a one-run game for the sixth time this season.
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Bower began Elon's ninth with a bunt single and went to second base on Sebastian Gomez's sacrifice bunt before walks to Alex Swim and Antonio Alvarez. That brought up Kinsella, who drove a ball over center fielder Nate Baird's head.
Despite holding a 10-3 lead after seven innings, Elon saw the advantage vanish entirely on Mike Ford's two-out RBI double in the top of the ninth, when the Tigers scored five runs and then left two runners stranded.
An inning earlier, Ford belted an apparent grand slam. But Ford passed teammate Jonathan York, who held up near first base to see if the ball cleared the fence in right field, and thus was ruled out for the second out of the inning. The three runners on base scored, cutting Elon's lead to 10-6.
The Phoenix caught another break when pinch hitter Chris King's two-out fly ball was dropped in the bottom of the eighth, allowing Elon to hold an 11-6 edge.
Elon starter Jacob Baker was strong after Princeton scored three first-inning runs, taking an advantage of an error and Steve Harrington's RBI double. Baker lasted five innings and was in line to be the winning pitcher until the ninth.
Nate Young (1-0) was the winning pitcher after he was unable to post a save.


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In the 1990's, some scientists proposed that certain chemicals might be disrupting the endocrine systems of humans and wildlife. A variety of chemicals have been found to disrupt the endocrine systems of animals in laboratory studies, and compelling evidence shows that endocrine systems of certain fish and wildlife have been affected by chemical contaminants, resulting in developmental and reproductive problems.
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This site provides information about EPA's approach toward and progress on screening chemicals for endocrine effects. If you are new to the topic of endocrine disruption you might want to read the EDSP Overview and EDSP Primer for more detailed information on the endocrine system and the EDSP.
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