Limited Edition Sony Alpha 350 Camera

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It has all the same features as the black Alpha 350, this white, silver and gold limited edition looks less ‘rugged’ than the original. I used to shoot with an ancient Nikon F55 which has about the same colours, but I get the feeling that SLR cameras that are not in the standard black don’t look as (to borrow Christian Siriano from Project Runway) ‘fierce’.

Still, the Sony Alpha 350 is still a great camera. I love the swivel LCD screen which you don’t get on other DSLRs.

[link: Gizmodo]

Metallica Live in LA

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Gawd I miss these guys and I can’t wait for their album to be released in September. Judging from their performance during a benefit concert in front of 2,000 lucky fans for Flea’s music school for kids, as told in this interview with Rolling Stone magazine, they’re still rocking as hard as ever.

Does the new Metallica album have a title yet?
It’s got a title and we’re still playing with it to see if we like it. But I guess the album’s done. It’s still got to be mixed. All the singing, all the recording is pretty much done. And we’re pleased with it.

Was it an unusually long process this time?
It doesn’t seem that way, but at the rate we’re going, the next one will take four years. I don’t particularly like taking that long. There’s a few things that I know could make it shorter, but other band members disagree, so we do our best with a compromise.

4 years?? Damn! I hope they don’t take *that* long to come up with the next album!

[link: Rolling Stone]

Something Viral This Way Comes On Friendfeed

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Poor Muhammad Saleem might have a viral reaction to his question. He was frustrated because people are commenting on his Twitter message on Friendfeed instead of on Twitter itself (via @msaleem).

Well, he got his answer in a big way. Tons of replies came in, both on Friendfeed and Twitter within the past hour. Robert Scoble says he’s going to do a post about Mr Muhammad’s hate for Friendfeed. Look out for it!

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Moby’s Afraid Of Rats

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No! Not really! This is just a photoshopped version of Moby’s album, Play. Pretty cute!

Pink Floyd’s The Wall seems to be a favourite. I see quite a few different versions of it photoshopped.

[link: b3ta.com]

Dustin Hoffman Wears Running Shoes To Complete ‘Uncle’ Look

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You can’t get any more ‘uncle’ than wearing running shoes with a smart shirt (tucked in) and pants. That’s what Dustin Hoffman wore during a photocall at the screening of Kung Fu Panda at Cannes, together with co-stars Jack Black and Angelina “I’m gonna have twins!!” Jolie.

So not cool!

[link: Best Week Ever]

Draco Malfoy Sings!

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Tom Felton, the actor who played Potter-bully, Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, is releasing a few songs. This actor/musician sings a medley of his songs in this video.

I don’t know about the singing, though. As Simon Cowell would put it, “What the bloody hell was that??”.

Looks like Mr Felton needs a lot of wizardry (and more singing practice) before he becomes a successful singer.

[link: Perez Hilton]

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-15

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  • @melayuboleh You’re referring to the MRT police? I think NSF lah. They look like greenhorns to me. Not reservists because no ‘perut’! :D #
  • Fallen eye lash! Who’s missing me? Who? Who?? Is it you?? #
  • @melayuboleh OK best! Selamat datang kembali ke dunia Twitter! #
  • @melayuboleh Ah! Finally see some tweets from the uncle! Yay!! :D #
  • I believe I was supposed to complete the task I brought home from work. Meh …. #
  • @daphnemaia Haha! It was a wild guess. Glad you have power again. #
  • @daphnemaia Sounds like a blown fuse. Check your appliances then reset the breaker. #
  • @daphnemaia Awww….. you poor thing! #
  • Listening to: Hand In My Pocket by Alanis Morissette. #
  • MRT police ‘boys’ looking very fierce. Lucky bastards! Get to travel in air-conditioned comfort all day. #
  • @exsnohs Big head means big …. ? #
  • Looking at: Jack Spade messenger bags online. #
  • @iankennedy Thanks! It was by chance actually. Was looking for new friends and services to add and there it was! #
  • Just discovered via MyBlogLog that I have a Digg account I haven’t logged in to since 2006! #
  • @daphnemaia Shhhh!! Cannot discuss ‘hits’ here! LKY & son might be reading! #
  • @daphnemaia Look me up the next time you’re planning something evul. I’m the master of evul tricks! Muahahaha!! #
  • @rinaz Don’t forget to lock all the bathroom doors after adding the laxative! #
  • Finally able to log in to Twitter via Twhirl. #
  • Twitter not playing nice again today? #
  • Listening to: Dark Heart by Bomb the Bass. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-15

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  • @melayuboleh You’re referring to the MRT police? I think NSF lah. They look like greenhorns to me. Not reservists because no ‘perut’! :D #
  • Fallen eye lash! Who’s missing me? Who? Who?? Is it you?? #
  • @melayuboleh OK best! Selamat datang kembali ke dunia Twitter! #
  • @melayuboleh Ah! Finally see some tweets from the uncle! Yay!! :D #
  • I believe I was supposed to complete the task I brought home from work. Meh …. #
  • @daphnemaia Haha! It was a wild guess. Glad you have power again. #
  • @daphnemaia Sounds like a blown fuse. Check your appliances then reset the breaker. #
  • @daphnemaia Awww….. you poor thing! #
  • Listening to: Hand In My Pocket by Alanis Morissette. #
  • MRT police ‘boys’ looking very fierce. Lucky bastards! Get to travel in air-conditioned comfort all day. #
  • @exsnohs Big head means big …. ? #
  • Looking at: Jack Spade messenger bags online. #
  • @iankennedy Thanks! It was by chance actually. Was looking for new friends and services to add and there it was! #
  • Just discovered via MyBlogLog that I have a Digg account I haven’t logged in to since 2006! #
  • @daphnemaia Shhhh!! Cannot discuss ‘hits’ here! LKY & son might be reading! #
  • @daphnemaia Look me up the next time you’re planning something evul. I’m the master of evul tricks! Muahahaha!! #
  • @rinaz Don’t forget to lock all the bathroom doors after adding the laxative! #
  • Finally able to log in to Twitter via Twhirl. #
  • Twitter not playing nice again today? #
  • Listening to: Dark Heart by Bomb the Bass. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-14

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  • OK, that’s it! I’m out for the night. zzzzz …….. #
  • Damn! I keep accidentally clicking the back button on my mouse. Irritating! #
  • Oh God! I can’t remember some of my cousins’ names! #
  • There seem to be more weirdos on the SMRT trains than the NEL ones. More cleavage too! #
  • Wondering why a woman is using a brolly at night when there’s no sun or rain. Maybe she’s afraid of bats or something. #
  • @mintea Orgasmic eh? Maybe I should go for one! :P #
  • Only one tweet from me so far today. Damned work!! #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-13

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  • @daphnemaia No problemo! *burp!* :D #
  • That wasn’t a very satisfying 3-pieces of chocolate pancakes. At least I’m awake now. #
  • Arrgh! Long queue for waffles! Think I’ll go to Mr Bean instead. #
  • @zoosapari Lazy tweets! #
  • @cowboycaleb That’s me most of the time! #
  • And why do they have to bang on their keyboards and mice every time their PC hangs? Violence is not a remedy for hung PCs!! #
  • Office aunties are the destroyers of our photocopier machine. The way they slam the paper feeder shut everytime it jams! *shudders* #
  • @zoosapari But they have the same level of dorkiness, right? OK Dr Wilson is a lot more articulate than the stumbling Archuleta. #
  • Is it just me or does Robert Sean Leonard who plays Dr Wilson in House look like an older version of David Archuleta? #
  • @rinaz Must be the result of that spoof ad you did! It’s coming back to haunt you!! :D #
  • @rinaz Female voice? #
  • Damn!! Shouldn’t have read the Superficial in the office. Megan Fox topless pics! *bookmarks* http://twurl.nl/0cx8l2 #
  • Now that Liv Tyler’s single (MILF!!), do I stand a chance? #
  • Oh, and a happy 6-months to Maya!! We love you, potato!! #
  • @malique Your cabby dunno how to operate NETS machine maybe. #

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Video-Sharing Site For Kids

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Want a safe video-sharing website for your kids and toddlers? Afraid your child might stumble upon Two Girls, One Cup or be infected by a viral Rick-rolling video?

Totlol is the answer for you!

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Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.

I’m not too concerned with the smut on YouTube or other video sharing websites myself, but having a site specially catered for the young ones is great. They can watch all the Thomas and Friends they want and all uploads are moderated by the community of this site’s members, which you don’t get in a free-for-all (relatively) site like YouTube, which, by the way, powers Totlol.

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This site might appeal to grown ups with a love for cartoons too!

[link: Totlol] as seen on Mashable

Mission: Metallica - Be Part Of The Experience!

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Metallica’s as yet untitled album is due to be released sometime in September, and to allow fans a rare inside look at the band in the process of making their highly anticipated album, Mission: Metallica was launched. It promises to give their fans:

  • Footage of the band writing and recording
  • Riffs and excepts from the new album
  • Exclusive new and archived photos
  • A chance to win backstage passes to every show this summer
  • Unique live tracks and much more ….
  • And best of all, fans get the chance to have Metallica’s upcoming album delivered to their doorstep the day it is released. Details will be out soon.

    Mission: Metallica Screenshot

    [as seen on Rolling Stone.com]

    Promo ‘Trailer’ For Snuff By Chuck Palahniuk

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    One of my favourite authors, Chuck Palahniuk, has a new book out next week! Snuff is the story of Cassie Wright, who is an aging porn queen in search of something to reignite her career and she intends to do so by shagging 600 men in one day.

    Here’s a clip from the promotional ‘trailer’ for the book. It’s really funny the way it was done as a parody of 70s porn. Sort of SFW, I guess.

    If you’re a fan of Chuck Palahniuk, this is definitely one to add to the collection. I’m not sure if I should buy the book when it is released on May 20th. After all, I’ve hardly touched the last four books I bought, including Freakanomics, and that was nearly a year ago! Maybe I’ll just wait for the movie (if there will be one!).

    [as seen on Fleshbot via Gawker]

    Twitter Updates for 2008-05-12

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    • @mintea If I watch reports of commuters dying on News5 Tonight, I’ll know it’s you! #
    • @zoosapari To dig ’stuff’! #
    • The new Blackberry 9000 looks very nice! #
    • @mintea You’ve decided to become a Hobbit today? 4th breakfast?? #

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    Heather Mills Breaks Promise To Provide Woman With New Artificial Limb

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    You would have thought with all the money she’s siphoned off Paul McCartney, £10,000 for a pair of prosthetic limbs for an amputee is peanuts, but it seems Heather Mills has broken her promise to the Russian woman and she only got help from a kind-hearted British couple who raised money themselves through donations including £2,000 of their own money.

    Mucca, who has an artificial leg herself, tenderly told the star-struck 28-year-old: "I will help buy you legs like mine. I will help you walk again."

    But once she had basked in the glow of the photo opportunity, she IGNORED pleas about the increasingly pitiful plight of Maria—who was being forced to BEG on the streets of Moscow.

    Former porn model Mucca just made yet more empty promises—despite claiming in her recent divorce case that she needed £627,000 a year for "charitable work".

    And Maria is only now able to walk again because of the determination and fund-raising of British couple Robin and Inna Barratt, who befriended her. Robin revealed: "Heather rang us and emailed us repeatedly with promises to pay for Maria’s legs.

    "But every single promise she made fell flat. In the end, she never did anything at all." Yet when Mucca met Maria in her Moscow flat four years ago it seemed a dream come true for the pretty Russian mum who lost both legs after falling from a train when she was five.

    [link: News of the World] via Perez Hilton

    John Mayer Splashes Around With Jennifer Aniston’s Nipples

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    You lucky bastard! I just hope he doesn’t treat her like his other hot ex-girlfriends like Minka Kelly, being the player that he is.

    [link: A Socialite’s Life]

    Twitter Updates for 2008-05-11

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    • @outofmytree Congratulations! #
    • Match over, season over …. trophyless. *sigh!* #
    • Maybe the Liverpool players read my tweets on the field. First Voronin and now Torres. 2-0 to the Reds! #
    • Someone do something exciting please! This match is making me fall asleep! #
    • Final match of the season …. only remotely interested in the Spurs vs Liverpool game. #
    • At HarbourFront. Gonna check out the new Mothercare store. #

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    Twitter Updates for 2008-05-10

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    • Boys are watching Doom. First time they’re so interested in a show that has no cars in it. #
    • @iblogger I’d rather buy deng-deng for that kind of prices. #
    • @iblogger As expensive as Godiva? #
    • *yawn!* That was a nice 3-hour nap. Nice cool weather too. #
    • Buying breakfast at Jalan Kayu. Make that brunch! #

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    Twitter Updates for 2008-05-09

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    • 2.20am. Time to sleep …. #
    • I guess the Twitter-powered status updates on Facebook is ok now? #
    • BK whopper with cheese and sixty slices of bacon. Will Mr Malique do it? http://twurl.nl/mvd0o2 #
    • @iblogger Can use the device from Click to freeze Jaws and fart in his face like what Adam Sandler’s character did to his boss. #
    • @daphnemaia Cool! The smaller arty Van Gogh notebook with the orange cover is nice. Was thinking of getting that before deciding on this. #
    • Fondling my new Moleskin notebook. Mmmmm …. leather ….. ! #
    • @iblogger "See my booty get down, right!" M-dollah ….. I thought she was referring to Mat Dollah from next door! Hehe! #

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    Mr Malique Has Accepted Moby’s BK Challenge!

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    Dear people of the local blogging scene, I never expected this, but our friendly burger-monster, Mr Malique, has accepted my Burger King “super special order challenge”, whereby he will go to a Burger King outlet of his choosing and attempt to prove Burger King’s promise that customers can “have it our way” by ordering a Whopper with cheese and SIXTY (60!!) slices of bacon (as a result of this post and his comments).

    I want proof, dude!

    Snap a picture or better still, get a Pingster to take a video of you ordering that special burger. Prize? No money, just a little fame (or infamy!). :D

    Will he go through with the dare?? We’ll see ….

    Spot And Share Stuff On Celebrities Using The Coolest Products

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    Another celebrity gawking site, but this time with a twist. Coolspotters allows you to discover what brands and products your favourite celebrities use, share the info with other people and connect with other fans like yourself. Whether it’s a picture, a video or audio clip or just about anything, if you ’spot’ a celebrity with a particular product, associate the two and share it online.

    A Spot is an association between two Profiles, and they are all created by YOU. See a photo of Jessica Simpson wearing her William Rast Stella Sure Fit Jeans? Spot it! Read an interview where David Beckham talks about his new Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet? Spot it!

    When browsing Profiles on Coolspotters, you can always create a new Spot. Just click on “Add New Spot” and we’ll take you through a quick and easy process that will help you create a new association for other users to discover. Whether you’re spotting a celebrity with a product they use, or a car in a movie, or a celebrity with another celebrity, you’re going to love how easy it is to create a new Spot!

    I think this site is great for people obsessed with their favourite celebrities and would want to know what products they use. Good for advertisers and potential sponsors looking for a celebrity to endorse their products too.

    Want to know what kind of candy Madonna munches on? You can probably find it on Coolspotters. And it works both ways too. Search for a product and the site will give you a list of celebrities associated with it. For example, according to the site, the Apple iPhone was spotted being used by 30 celebrities, like Orlando Bloom and David Duchovny, and was spotted on TV programs like Mythbusters and American Idol.

    Pretty neat site! I love it!

    Coolspotters Screenshot

    [link: Coolspotters] via AdFreak

    Recycle Now!

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    Greenpeace says in this ad, “Recycling: You’re already doing it. We humans are born to recycle. So why not find out more on how to do all the different kinds of recycling?”

    I get that we need to recycle to preserve Earth’s fast-depleting natural resources, but the image in the ad!

    Kind of reminds me of NEWater. :P

    Greenpeace Recycling

    [as seen on Ads of the World]

    Twitter Updates for 2008-05-08

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    • 4th straight day I have Hard Candy stuck firmly in my ears. Sweet! #
    • Got off the phone with guy from company’s helpdesk. I could have sworn I was talking to a robot with the way he droned on the phone. #
    • @WishBoNe *looks around cautiously* Nooooo!!! Colleague’s back!! Arrrghhh!! Why did she come back from her meeting?? Grrr!! #
    • I spy with my little eye, conversations on Twitter Spy. (hey, that rhymes!!) #
    • Boss has gone home. I’m the only one left in my section in the office. Temptation to slip away and go home is immense!! #
    • Mushroom pie from Prima Deli is surprisingly tasty. *burp!* #
    • Reading: "Twitter Starts Blacklisting Spammers" (http://tinyurl.com/58qupz) #
    • Delivering mail. That means it’s time for a smoke break too. Hey, I’m multi-tasking! #
    • Updated Twhirl to version 0.8.1. Now with ‘blocking’ function! Yay! #

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    Lunch!!!

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    Why can’t there be a Starbucks at my workplace? I’m sick of vending machine coffee.

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    Oops! I think I’ve just blogged a tweet.

    BK Special Order: Whopper With Cheese And Sixty Slices Of Bacon

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    At an unknown Burger King outlet, a customer made a special request for a Whopper with cheese and sixty slices of bacon and he got it! I guess Burger King isn’t kidding when they say "Have it your way".

    Someone wanna try that kind of request in Singapore? Sometimes getting an extra packet of chilli sauce is met with an incredulous stare from the counter staff, so good luck to the person brave enough to try it! :D

    [link: About Colon Blank]






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