Monthly Archive for June, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-30

  • One consolation tweet for the day before I go to bed. Just so you know I’ve not forsaken you, Twitter. #
  • @highpriestess Congratulations and all the best with the new post! #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-29

  • http://twitpic.com/2y34 - Cous cous for dinner #
  • Watching NGC’s Inside North Korea. That is one freaking scary place! #
  • Momo is ripping one of my favourite books on F1. I just don’t have the energy to scold him anymore. #
  • Watching Gnarls Barkley on Channel V. #
  • 4 hours, a sofa full of unfolded laundry and a half-finished haircut later, I can finally take a break. #

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Kissing With Ross Gives Me Nightmares

OK, so I clicked on the link and came to this site. Oh how I regretted it! :(

Stop it, Ross. Stop it!! STOP!!!!!!!!

If you have a phobia about men with lots of facial hair kissing you, I suggest you don’t click on the link. And no, it’s not David Schwimmer, a.k.a Ross from Friends. But it’s fast become a viral marketing campaign by Converse.

[link: Kissing With Ross]

Fail Whale Ate My Balls, The T-Shirt


Everyone who’s been on Twitter these days must be sick of the all too regular downtimes. They’re probably even more sick of seeing the fail whale - the infamous cartoon whale that adorns the “I’m sorry but Twitter is dead again today” page.

People who have never Twittered, eg. your grandma, would probably not understand why a whale would fail at eating your balls.

[link: Feed Store] via Laughing Squid

Gay Robots Ratings


With all the buzz surrounding Wall-E, Radar Online decided to come up with a rating of how gay some of film’s robots are.

The Homometer ranks them from 0 for asexual to 10 for flaming.

This was what was written about C3P0 and R2D2:

PLACE OF ORIGIN: Star Wars

SEXUALITY: For closeted robots lacking upstanding role models in the media, C-3PO was a shining (and shiny) pioneer, and, as this magazine previously noted in its exploration of gayface: “The fussy drone’s permanently agog eyes suggest a certain feyness.”

As for R2? The dependable handy-droid might come off as genderless, but we detect in the high-pitched beeps a certain fondness for his gold-plated friend.

HOMOMETER RATING: 9

Wall-E only gets a rating of 4.

[link: Radar Online]

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-28

  • Wiping coffee off my keyboard. Many years it’s been since I first started computing, but this is actually my first keyboard coffee spill. #
  • On Flickr >> Cranberry, Raspberry And Lemon Juice http://twurl.nl/wkthnl #
  • On Flickr >> Seafood Steamboat Set http://twurl.nl/dsvt4z #
  • So hot! No fan, no aircon in this room. How to work? #
  • On Flickr >> 27062008205 http://twurl.nl/x8ugm6 #
  • On Flickr >> 27062008204 http://twurl.nl/0xyvxw #
  • On Flickr >> 27062008203 http://twurl.nl/fy5ffr #
  • On Flickr >> 27062008202 http://twurl.nl/npjmjw #
  • On Flickr >> Afternoon Sky Over The Station http://twurl.nl/hhennj #
  • I should probably call Ajab “Hoohoo” now, instead of “Booboo” with the way he’s trying to communicate. #
  • Woke up from my nap. Realised I had been sleeping in a semi slouching / lying down position on the sofa. #
  • Amazing how a simple grocery shopping trip can degenerate into a full blown drama because of one cranky toddler. #
  • Waiting for Maya to wake up from her nap before going out to get some groceries. #

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Some People Are Not Meant To Fire A Weapon

It’s been a while since I’ve had the pleasure of fondling a hot, well-oiled weapon at the shooting range. I remember going to the range was so much fun - you spend half the day eating and smoking and the other half shooting off a few rounds. Easy life, and if I was lucky, I’d get some money too. ;)

Sure the residual carbon in the barrel, firing pin and what not is a bitch to clean, and picking up empty shells scattered all over the range under the blazing afternoon sun was sucky, but it sure beats spending the whole day in some dusty barrack.

Some of the guys didn’t enjoy range as much though. There was one guy who was actually scared shitless of firing his weapon. It was so bad for him that his hands were actually shaking whenever he took aim. As a result, almost always he’d end up failing his classification shoot. Whatever phobia he’s going through, it’s quite understandable. Guns aren’t for everyone.

Especially the people in this video. OMG! The number of misfired and mishandled weapons! I’m just surprised no one got killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, especially the woman who fired the Dessert Eagle. That’s a .50 calibre weapon, madam! Not a toy! Still pretty funny how the gun nearly konks her on the head as a result of the recoil and poor handling of the gun.

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-27

  • Uncle, it’s TICKET, not TEEKEK! And to think he’s the president of a prestigious country club. #
  • REACH, the government’s feedback arm on Facebook. That’s so funny. Plurk next? Twitter? #
  • @iblogger Add 1,567,167,218 tweets to that list. :D #

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Geeks Rule The World!

Comparison picture of Microsoft’s top honchos in 1978 (the HAIR!!) and now.

Back row (left to right): Steve Wood, Bob Wallace, Jim Lane
Center row: Bob O’Rear, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald, Gordon Letwin
Front row: Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood, Paul Allen

They can all afford better haircuts now because they are all multi-millionaires.

[as seen on Engadget]

Cassette Tape Lamps

What a brilliant idea! Convert old cassette tapes, arrange them in a visually appealing pattern, stick a light bulb in there somewhere and you have a great looking lamp.

Muxtapes cannot be used, unfortunately.

[link: Technabob]

Joss Stone Says Music Piracy Is Brilliant


Unlike most artists who are constantly bitching about how people are ’stealing’ their music by illegally downloading them, Joss Stone thinks piracy is brilliant and that music should be shared.

Yeah, I love it. I think it’s brilliant and I’ll tell you why,” Stone continued. “Music should be shared. [...] The only part about music that I dislike is the business that is attached to it. Now, if music is free, then there is no business, there is just music. So, I like it, I think that we should share.”

“It’s ok, if one person buys it, it’s totally cool, burn it up, share it with your friends, I don’t care. I don’t care how you hear it as long as you hear it. As long as you come to my show, and have a great time listening to the live show it’s totally cool. I don’t mind. I’m happy that they hear it.”

Wow! She must be really contented with her music career to be so cool about stuff like sharing of music. A DRM fan she certainly isn’t.

[link: TorrentFreak]

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-26

  • @iblogger Haha! Always does! ;) #
  • @iblogger Did someone say TETEK?? #
  • Scared myself silly when I thought I had lost my phone. Frantically searching for it. Realised I had plugged it in earlier to recharge it. #

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Screw With A Telemarketer With Just One Word

Telemarketers must have a horribly difficult job if they’re faced with people like the guy in this video. I understand that telemarketers need to earn a decent living, but some of them are just plainly irritating. So what do you do when a telemarketer calls you up but you’re not interested in whatever they’re selling? Just answer “yes”. To every question.

Muahahaha!! :lol:

[as seen on Dark Roasted Blend]

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-25

  • 1am’s not too late for Pearl Jam, is it? I’m trying to stay awake while I do some work. #
  • I thought I was through with you. You keep coming back. I thought I was done with data-entry, until I found you hiding beneath the stack. #
  • It’s gonna be another long, long day …. #

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Spiderman Mobile Phone Holders For Cars

How cool are these? Very! I think they’re definitely better looking than some old, boring black ones that available in the market.

[link: Gadget4All.com] via Geek Alerts

The Car I Will Probably Never Own

It’s red. It has a prancing stallion on its hood, sprinkled with auto-lust and has a sound as sweet as an angel (if you can call the roar of a V8 engine angelic). Ferrari’s make me drool. No doubt about it. There’s no other brand of automobiles that captures my imagination and have often been the subject of my fantasies like a Ferrari. From the Testarossa to the 599, and now the Ferrari California.

Sweet mamma, come to Daddy!!

[as seen on Autoblog]