<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : victorian : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>58736</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58736/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Victorian Laptop!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>284</score><crdate>4/17/2008 5:16:27 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-17T17:16:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>19126</id><url>http://www.plime.com/sex/l/19126/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Dr. Kilmarnock's Obscure World of Victorian Erotica]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Despite the rigid moral codes of the period, our Victorian ancestors had an interest in erotic media every bit as keen as our own.&quot;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-3</score><crdate>5/5/2007 6:04:40 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-05T06:04:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>102405</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102405/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Victorian Flea Circuses: A Lost Art Form?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The flea circus sounds funny, but it was once a serious (if strange) performance type. The fleas are actually trained to 'behave' and 'perform' in certain ways - even harnessed with tiny wires. In this day and age, there are some who say that a flea circus constitutes animal cruelty. Either way, these images and this history are amazing]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>56</score><crdate>3/27/2009 12:06:26 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-27T00:06:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>83774</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/83774/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Housing Market Goes to the Dogs]]></title><description><![CDATA[For 3 very pampered dogs that live in their custom Victorian &quot;mansion&quot;. Check out the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-1206-doghouse-pg,0,6989486.photogallery?1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">photo gallery</a> and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-doghouse6-2008dec06,0,7355067.story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">background</a>]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>154</score><crdate>12/6/2008 11:34:00 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-12-06T11:34:00+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>33074</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33074/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Abortion pill soon ready for Vic women]]></title><description><![CDATA[The abortion pill RU486 will be available to Victorian women within weeks. But the drug will be restricted to cases considered clinically necessary because a surgical abortion is not appropriate.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>102</score><crdate>8/25/2007 10:03:44 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-25T10:03:44+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64095</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64095/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Multiple orgasms in Australia's parliament]]></title><description><![CDATA[Victorian MP Jason Wood was supposed to be talking about genetically modified organisms when he ran into trouble.<br/><br/>And just in case anyone missed him talking about &quot;genetically modified orgasms&quot; the first time, he repeated it.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>323</score><crdate>6/3/2008 1:58:27 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-03T01:58:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>20343</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20343/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Victorian Spy Camera Disguised as a Pocketwatch]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is pretty cool, IMO. Not any more info here, really, but still interesting. (photo not of actual piece.)]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>57</score><crdate>5/14/2007 10:35:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-14T22:35:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>84317</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/84317/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Victorian police told to respect prisoners, make them a nice cup of tea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police have been told to show more respect to their prisoners: dim the lights at night, don't slam cell doors and serve tea, coffee or milk at least three times a day.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>225</score><crdate>12/11/2008 8:31:45 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-12-11T08:31:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>40251</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40251/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Steampunking Technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[A subculture hand-tools today's gadgets with Victorian style.<br/><br/>Some very cool images if you click on the picture.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>283</score><crdate>11/1/2007 10:22:33 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-01T10:22:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>39347</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/39347/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Victorian chemistry boosts atom-scale electronics ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ultra-modern electronic components could be made more easily using a chemical process that was last in vogue in the late 1800s. Research shows that a chemical compound discovered in 1860 can make good quality graphene &#8211; sheets of carbon a single atom thick with novel electronic properties.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>87</score><crdate>10/23/2007 9:08:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-23T21:08:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>102338</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102338/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Google Ghost]]></title><description><![CDATA[A figure dressed in Victorian outfit has been spotted on pictures from Google Maps Street View in Bute Place, Cardiff - a location famous to most as being heavily featured in time travel drama Torchwood, the third series of which was recently filmed.<br/><br/>Oh well.<br/><br/>I've hooked out screen grabs for you and put them in the comments.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>312</score><crdate>3/26/2009 7:33:45 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-26T19:33:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>15373</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15373/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes vs. the Ninja]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Western world's interest in Asian culture actually began way before Pokemon and Sailor Moon. The opening of ports in China and Japan in the mid-1800's led to a cultural &amp; artistic revolution in Victorian England.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>38</score><crdate>4/6/2007 12:50:21 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-06T12:50:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>76589</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/76589/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Datamancer.Net (Steampunk Art)]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Prestidigital Datamancry &amp; Paraphernalic Technofetishism&quot;<br/>Contains an interesting selection of Steampunk themed computer mods.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>40</score><crdate>9/17/2008 11:23:29 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-17T23:23:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>32485</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32485/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Case mod Jules Verne would definitely approve of]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't love most case mods, but I love this one.  It's very unique and I wish I had the skillz to pull it off myself.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>88</score><crdate>8/21/2007 10:47:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-21T10:47:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>13633</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/13633/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Historic Smut for the Discerning Voyeur]]></title><description><![CDATA[What turned our ancestors on? This collection of poetry, prose and illustrations from the 15th to early 20th shows they could be surprisingly naughty.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>95</score><crdate>3/19/2007 6:25:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-19T18:25:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>33198</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33198/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Everything you ever wanted to know about Corsets and Crinolines.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by gnikgnok's <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/health/l/33197/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">post below (look down)</a>]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>75</score><crdate>8/26/2007 1:34:27 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-26T13:34:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>97933</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97933/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Rose and Camellia (Flash)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fine art of slap fighting brought to you in the best way the internet can provide - a Japanese flash game.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>64</score><crdate>3/5/2009 11:49:44 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-03-05T23:49:44+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>29303</id><url>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/29303/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Edward Gorey: The Gashlycrumb Tinies]]></title><description><![CDATA[They're all condemned.<br/>In response to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/arts/l/29275/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gnikgnok's post</a>.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>12</score><crdate>7/28/2007 7:07:37 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-28T07:07:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>40419</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40419/1/</url><title><![CDATA[History of the Top Hat]]></title><description><![CDATA[The top hat caused a riot the first time it was seen in London. According to a contemporary newspaper account, passersby panicked at the sight. Several women fainted, children screamed, dogs yelped, and an errand boy&#8217;s arm was broken when he was trampled by the mob.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>86</score><crdate>11/2/2007 1:46:08 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-02T13:46:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62522</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/62522/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Other-Worldly Apparition Blamed for Car Crashes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paranormal investigators are trying, but so far failing, to find an explanation for reports of visions of a child dressed in a Victorian style causing late night traffic accidents in Halesowen.]]></description><comments>16</comments><score>414</score><crdate>5/20/2008 10:07:44 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-20T10:07:44+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>