{"id":1038,"date":"2008-04-08T22:55:03","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T22:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/04\/the-t-qualiser.htm"},"modified":"2008-04-08T23:14:07","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T23:14:07","slug":"the-t-qualiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/04\/the-t-qualiser.htm","title":{"rendered":"The T-qualiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"T-qualiser t-shirt with graphic equaliser\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/t-qualiser.gif?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" \/>Earlier this evening I won a t-shirt in a quiz (thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/community\/bb380168.aspx\">Phil Cross<\/a> at Microsoft).  I already have many Microsoft t-shirts, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashwear.com\/online_store\/flash_tqualiser_tshirt_tq_chiller_31.cfm\">this one is a little bit different&#8230; it has a battery pack sewn in and a graphic equaliser on the front that responds to the ambient noise<\/a>.  Cool huh?  Now, where can I go clubbing in Reading on a Tuesday night?  (On second thoughts I&#8217;ll wait a while as I need to lose a few pounds before I can squeeze into it!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this evening I won a t-shirt in a quiz (thanks to Phil Cross at Microsoft). I already have many Microsoft t-shirts, but this one is a little bit different&#8230; it has a battery pack sewn in and a graphic equaliser on the front that responds to the ambient noise. Cool huh? 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