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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first animated feature film produced by Walt Disney in 1937. The video above is a documentary made one year later on how Walt Disney made Snow White and his other famous short films.
The folks from Information Architects Japan created the amazing Web Trend Map 2007. 200 of the most successful websites on the web, ordered by category, proximity, success, popularity and perspective are plotted on a modified Tokyo metro map.
(via Strange Maps)
"Hi. I am David Bechkam and this is my lovely wife, Victoria. Thanks to the Photoshop genius at PlanetHiltron.com, now both of us can finally look like normal (ugly) people just like all of you. Hooray!"
I swear this is not the reason why I watch The Simpsons season after season. Really! The real reason is because I love both Homer and Bart Simpson. The sexy girls? Nah.
(Thanks GeekGod)
I've just added Animation-Treasures, a delightful blog started by Hans Bacher into my feed reader. Over the years Hans has collected so many treasures from the animation past that he thought it is time to share some of it with the world. If you are an animation student or just a fan of classic animation like me, you will fall in love with his blog the moment you read it.
Update: Link above is now working. Sorry. For some strange reasons, the dude decided to change his url all of the sudden.
Faceball is a new game created by some dudes from Flickr that involves two people hitting beachballs at each other's faces. According to the site, at a deeper level Faceball is a vehicle for the release of personal animosity and the Shaming of the Weak. Great. Sounds like my kind of game.
Take a look at The Items We Carry, a Flickr pool where people post pictures of the items they carry in their pockets, purse, bags, etc. The items have to be the essentials one need to function daily at a basic level. Go take part!
(Thanks zinc)
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Anigao Girls are perfect for those of you who have a fetish for anime babes. Why settle for 2D when you can hire a real life version complete with the cute anime face! More videos here. I think this is just pure madness but errrm, I do find her strangely attractive. Gosh, I think I need some help.
Guess who's the odd one out? D'oh! Not me of course. It has to be Bart. He's upside down! Don't forget to catch everyone's favourite dsyfunctional family in The Simpsons Movie this weekend aye. Film reviews here (may contain spoilers).
Even the Sith Lord reads Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Picture from the The Real World: Darth Vader set. I guess like everyone else, he is really interested in the ending.
(Thanks T.C.)
Japan wants to turn all lovable cats into Hello Kitty lookalikes with the Hello Kitty transformation set. Crikey! The set includes hat, bib, collar and a carrying bag. God help us all.
Those of you who have been watching The Simpsons for years would have noticed that the show relies heavily on drug humour. Yay! In the show, the likes of Homer, Bart, Lisa and even members of the Springfield community have had their drug encounters. Watch the 6 trippiest scenes in The Simpsons here. Remember kids. Don't do drugs.
I must say that Make Love Not War (aka the Terminator Kamasutra) is a brilliant Flickr photoset. Two T-800s from the Terminator film in various love making positions. Each photo also comes with a binary code thats stands for the name of the position. Link may not be safe for work but who cares aye? It's just two robots having sex. W00t!
Paris' new bike transit system is really neat! Called Velib' (site is only in French), it allows anybody in the city to pick up and drop off any of the 10,648 bicycles throughout the city at 750 locations. The city expects to have a Velib’ station approximately every 900 feet for a total of 1,451 locations and 20,600 bikes by the end of the year.
To access the Velib' bikes, you can select a one-day card for 1 euro, a weekly card for 5 euros or an annual card for 29 euros. After the purchase of an access card, riding for the first half-hour is free and a supplement of 1 euro will be charged for an additional half-hour, 2 euros for another 30-minutes and 4 euros for every addition half-hour after that.
Each Velib’ parking station will be equipped with muni-meters to purchase one and 7-day passes and to pay any additional charges once the bike is dropped off. The Velib’ meters will also provide information on other station locations.
(Thanks Antoine)
Spider-Man fights the Prodigy, a crazy alien who wants teenagers to start having sex so that they can bear him babies to be used as child labour on his planet. The strangest Spider-Man comic ever!
Lillette, a lovely old friend of mine was just talking to me on MSN Messenger. She is at the National Library now, presumably checking out some cute guys there. Ha!
Lillette: IZ, I'm so sleepy now.
IZ: You should go read my blog mate. Might wake you up a bit aye.
Lillette: Oh I did. I had to. It's like caffeine for me.
IZ: Ha! Caffeine! I hope it's all good then.
Lillette: Good and bad.
IZ: Oh?
Lillette: Good because it kept me awake. Bad because it gets me addicted.
Ok, if any of you are reading this from the National Library now, do me a favour and look out for this really hot chick with glasses. She's with her laptop. Go and say hi to her aye. Don't worry. She won't bite.
As part of its promotion for The Simpsons Movie (now showing!!!), Golden Village is holding a Design-A-SIMPSONS-HOME Contest. Winner gets to win The Simpsons life size standee! From GV:
Transform your own living room into the most innovative and creative SIMPSONS home look alike before 17 Aug and stand to win LIFE SIZE SIMPSONS standee & exclusive THE SIMPSONS MOVIE hamper.Some tips for you here and here. Good luck!
1 x STAR Prize includes THE SIMPSONS MOVIE human size standee: 9ft x 12ft.
*Top Winner will have to provide own transportation upon collection of prize.
1 X Top Prize and 5 X Grand Prize to be won!
1 X Top Prize includes PVC lunchbox, table coaster set, baseball cap, kids t-shirt, directors chair, popcorn maker & home movie kit.
5 X Grand Prize includes i-pod sleeve, family movie kit, adult t-shirt, movie poster and exclusive donut maker.
Here's another use for your mobile phone. Use it to write a book! That's what Italian author Robert Bernocco did. He has amazed the literary world by publishing the world's first book written using a mobile phone. Bernocco published it on Lulu.com, the online marketplace for digital content.
Bernocco took advantage of his idle time while commuting to and from work by train, writing his 384-page science fiction novel, Compagni di Viaggo (Fellow Travelers is the English translation), on his Nokia 6630 phone, using the phone's T9 typing system. The T9 system provides a predictive text function and can be found on many mobile phones.
By dividing his manuscript into short paragraphs, Mr. Bernocco wrote his novel in perfect Italian, not your typical text-message shorthand, and saved the paragraphs on his mobile phone. Mr. Bernocco then downloaded them onto his home computer for proofreading and editing. The book took him 17 weeks to write.
"Only a few years ago I would have struggled to find both the time and the publisher to enable me to create this book," says Bernocco. "Thanks to my Nokia and Lulu, I am now proud to be a published author."
His novel can be found here.
Hitwise amassed a list of over 130,000 unique "how to" queries for the four weeks ending July 21, 2007. It then compiled a top 10 "how to" list that includes how to have sex and how to tie a tie. From TIME:
Top 10 "How to" Searches in the U.S (4 weeks ending 7/21/07)It's obvious from the list above that a lot of people have no clue on how put on a tie. We can also tell that there are a lot of curious sex knowledge seekers out there but what surprised me most is "how to levitate" coming at number 6. Now that's really strange. Maybe they've been watching too much David Blaine.
1. How to tie a tie
2. How to have sex
3. How to kiss
4. How to lose weight
5. How to write a resume
6. How to levitate
7. How to draw
8. How to get pregnant
9. How to make out
10. How to make a video
A furniture manufacturer in Japan made this wooden car that can reach 90 km/h! That's impressive but can it transform? Guess not.
(via Boing Boing)
Oscar, a cat in a nursing home in the US has become real popular for its ability to predict when patients will pass away. From WebMD:
"I first heard about him from the nurses on the unit," says Dosa, also a geriatrician at Rhode Island Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, R.I. "It came to light that he was spending time with patients as they were becoming terminal."So how did Oscar do it? Sixth sense? Is it its ability to pick out a death scent? No one knows for sure but I surely won't want it to be lying on my bed when I sleep at night.
The cat, Dosa says, seems to snap to attention when he senses a patient is about to die. In the essay, for instance, Dosa tells of Oscar arriving at the room of a woman and curling up beside her for more than an hour, purring and paying attention to the patient as the family arrives and the priest gives last rites, then quietly taking his leave minutes after the woman passes away.
"As people would pass, the question [among staff] was always, 'Was Oscar at the bedside?'" Dosa tells WebMD. "And the answer was invariably 'yes.'
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This is a 1924 Soviet propaganda animated short about Comrade Cominternov, the Red Army Warrior who flew to Mars and vanquished all the capitalists on the planet!
Rose & Camellia is definitely the bitchiest flash game ever invented! Don't believe me? Try playing it. To win the game, you have to out-slap the bitch. Have fun. Now, I need my revenge.
(Thanks Miko)
Singapore Airlines will be accepting bids from passengers who would like to be the first to fly on the new A380 aircraft. It will auction the seats on eBay. Proceeds will be donated to charities. From Singapore Airlines A380:
Bids will be invited for seats on this history-making flight, and winning bidders will know that every dollar they pay will go to worthwhile charities. All customers will receive a personalised ceremonial certificate confirming they were part of the first-ever commercial A380 flight.You can pre-register for notification on auction details here.
Singapore Airlines Chief Executive Officer, Chew Choon Seng, said the Airline wants to acknowledge the widespread interest in the entry into commercial service of this all-new airplane, and to use the opportunity to benefit worthwhile charities.
“The first commercial A380 flight will be a moment in aviation history. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, on an aircraft that will mark a new chapter in air travel.
“And while we will celebrate the event, we also wish to remember the people who are less fortunate and can be assisted by the charities to which all the proceeds will go,” Mr Chew said.
Frisbeecollective.com has an impressive collection of frisbees promoting world championships, television programs, movies, tournaments, food items, music, etc. I like this Oreo frisbee the best because it looks like a real Oreo cookie!
Yesterday, I posted some photos of the new Zero Hour T-shirts that are now available in Singapore. Today as promised, here are the photos of some of the cool Zero Hour jackets and bags.
Jackets cost S$65.90 each. Leather bags and cloth bags are priced at S$45.90. PVC ones are $35.90.
Check them out and more at the new Zero Hour shop by San Street at Suntec City and also at Queensway Shopping Centre. Locations here.
(Disclosure: I'm the Brand Ambassador for San Street, the distributor of ZeroHour, Action Ladfigure Inc and Extreme in Singapore. San Street is also a main sponsor of this blog.)
Previously: Zero Hour T-shirts in Singapore!
My favourite ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's has announced that they will be making a special ice cream to celebrate The Simpsons Movie premiere. From Burlington:
Ben & Jerry's Homer homage is called "Duff & D'oh-Nuts," and according to a news release from the ice-cream maker is an "extremely limited, one-time and one-day-only flavor" that's "a combination of chocolate and cream stout ice creams with glazed chocolate donuts." Duff is the brand of beer featured in "The Simpsons" television series, and doughnuts are Homer's culinary raison d'etre.D'oh, too bad Duff & D'oh-Nuts will not be available here in Singapore. Beer plus donuts plus ice cream is a fantastic combination!
In another nod to Homer, Ben & Jerry's will for one day rename its Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavor "Chocolate Chip Cookie D'oh!" in reference to Homer's famous exclamation.
This is such a neat little Flickr photoset containing 71 Spanish movie posters scanned using an Epson scanner. I think all of them are real vintage stuff.
(Thanks edgy31)
Emotibuds are cute accessories that clip on your earphones. You can choose from four different Emotibuds to portray the mood you are in. I like the Koala ones. No idea what emotion it symbolises but I guess it has to be happy.
(via thepinkbelly.com)
Someone posted on Digg a link to a class photo showing two girls kissing in front of their classmates and teacher. The story (You Gotta Love Japanese Class Photos: The two girls in the front prove how awesome Japan is. Thank you Japan, thank you.) then got to the front page of Digg, gets digged more than 2300 times and now has more than 230 comments!
The photo is not from a school in Japan but Singapore's very own Anderson Junior College! It was taken in 2004 and it even made the local news back then. I found the following story by The New Paper on a forum. From talkgeek2me.com forums:
In a rash moment, these two girls from Anderson Junior College (AJC) locked lips for the camera - all for a wacky class photo.
They pulled off the joke under the noses of their form tutor and their classmates, when posing for an informal memento at the annual photo-taking session.
Now, the former Year One Science students say they did not mean it and are sorry for what they did.
However, it has caused unnecessary embarrassment to the college, their tutor and their parents...
AJC's principal of five years, Mr Tan Tiek Kwee, told The Y Scene that the photo of the kiss was not a result of some fancy digital trick, as some suspected at first.
It was just a result of a 'silly prank', he said.
The 'fun' pose, captured by a photographer from AJC's Photographic Society, was for the class to keep.
As the photographer said 'One, two, three', the girls kissed on the count of three.
Just a selection of the Zero Hour T-shirts now available in Singapore.
Here's a pic of me modelling the T-shirt pictured second from top.
All Zero Hour T-shirts are priced at S$32.90. You can get them at the new Zero Hour shop by San Street at Suntec City and also at Queensway Shopping Centre. Locations here.
I will post pictures of their jackets and bags tomorrow.
(Disclosure: I'm the Brand Ambassador for San Street, the distributor of ZeroHour, Action Ladfigure Inc and Extreme in Singapore. San Street is also a main sponsor of this blog.)
The made in China Harry Potter and the Big Funnel novel. No, it is not written by JK Rowling. Really.
(via Boing Boing)
Related: The ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Video showing 1,500 plus inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines practice their Thriller routine. I have no idea what they are practicing for but what a great choice of song aye. Michael Jackson's Thriller rocks! Oh and I sure hope these zombie inmates don't get loose. Having them terrorising Cebu and other parts of Philippines is a really scary thought.
This is sad. My favourite wacky tabloid Weekly World News is no more. From FishbowlNY:
R.I.P. Weekly World News. The imaginative tabloid, which gave the world Bat Boy, Ed Anger and a woman celebrating her 7-year wedding anniversary with a space alien, is no more. They're shuttering the publication in August. No reason was given.I do hope that they can still continue publishing - maybe just do an online version via their current website. They can make it into a blog. Worth a shot guys!
...the tabloid's circulation sharply declined over the past five years and there's also speculaton that publisher American Media's financial troubles might have something to do with it.
The Sonic Chair provides a unique audio experience, allowing you to sit at the very centre of a sound system - it's like sitting inside headphones! The integrated satellite speakers of the Sonic Chair are precisely adapted to your ears. The speakers are encased in a carefully crafted body that creates sufficient volume for powerful bass tones, while a specially developed body-focused sound membrane serves as backrest and further augment the lower frequencies – creating the feeling of a live performance. You can also enjoy your music at full volume without disturbing others.
Pictures of an amazing used video games store in Tokyo. What a gamer's paradise! I have no idea exactly where in Tokyo this store is located but it sure does give me another reason to go to Japan.
(Thanks GeekGod)
I don't usually attend blogger gatherings (too shy) but when my man Kevin organised a farewell party at the beautiful Oosh on Saturday night, I just had to go. I think more than 15 people showed up - mostly bloggers. I did not get a chance to talk to everyone there (sorry) but I had a jolly good time and I'm sure everyone else did too. Here are some pics from Kevin's camera.
The man of the night - Kevin! Have a safe trip back mate and all the best in what ever you do.
Here's Brennan (with that sexy pose of his) and me. Brennan is a long time reader of this blog, way back during its Tripod days. It was really nice meeting him. The boy is going to enter the army soon so wish him good luck as he makes Singapore safer for all of us.
Also met and talked quite a bit with Preetam. This pic was taken just after he was explaining to me how he mobilized several hundred students in China to beat me in a blog award some time ago. Damn it. Other than that, he is a very nice bloke with a fun job- he teaches lecturers how to waste their time blogging.
Finally, the LG Shine bloggers - the very hot Veron, me and our lovely LG Shine mobile phones. Read her LG shine review here.
There are more photos over at Kevin's Flickr set.
Who wants to buy a lighthouse in the US for just US$1? Oh, ghosts included. From Boston Herald:
Geee. I've always wanted my very own haunted lighthouse. Maybe I should put in a bid.For sale: $1 property surrounded by Long Island Sound off the coast of Fairfield. Must be able to cope with possible haunting.
The U.S. General Services Administration is seeking a buyer for the Penfield Lighthouse, built in 1874 about 1.1 miles from Fairfield Beach. It is said to be the site of strange occurrences following the drowning of lighthouse keeper Frederick Jordan in 1916.
Here's something that most of us (Singaporeans and Aussies) do not know. Singapore owns more of Australia than the Australian government. Crikey! And some Aussies are starting to worry if it may cause tensions in their country. From The Age:
Planes, child-care centres, shopping centres, department stores, satellites, hotels, power lines, gas pipelines and mobile phones: the Singapore Government owns all that and more in Australia yet this is barely mentioned in public debate.
Does anybody else out there feel a little uneasy about this phenomenon, especially given the secretive, autocratic and undemocratic tendencies of the Singapore Government?
Australian companies, let alone our Government, would never be allowed to buy equivalent assets in Singapore. And all this investment didn't even give us the leverage to save Van Nguyen from the gallows.
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An anti-smoking public service announcement by Superman. He never says yes to a cigarette. Here's another clip.
The wait is over. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final (thank god!) book in the Harry Potter series is out in bookstores. I've watched all the Harry Potter movies including the one currently showing in cinemas (it's so boring that I can fall asleep) but I have yet to read any Harry Potter book. Really. But this being the last book in the series, I thought I should go and find out the ending for you guys. What really happened at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? Well, are you guys ready? Here goes...
Voldemort: Dumbledore didn't tell you who your real father is?
Harry Potter: What are you talking about?
Voldermort: Harry, I'm your father!
Harry Potter: No!!!!!!!!
Both Harry and Voldermort then blast each other to death with their magic spells.
The end of Harry.
Yay!!!
Ha! Ok that's not the real ending. Although it sounds very familiar, doesn't it? Hehe. Here's the real ending. From Fool45.com:
# Albus Dumbledore is really dead. But it was all part of his plan.Damn it. I want Potter dead! Grrrrr.
# Severys Snape dies while fighting opposing Voldemort.
# The centaurs and giants fight for good. Grawp and the giants fought for Voldemort.
# Mrs. Weasley kicks ass! Enough to defeat Bellatrix Lestrange.
# Voldemort was defeated when his own Avada Kedavra backfired.
# Nineteen years later, Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley are seeing their three children off. James, Albus, and Severus all board the Hogwarts Express. So are Rose and Hugo, the kids of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
# Draco Malfoy is also there with his son Scorpius. He and Harry Potter make eye contact, and nod to each other.
Harry witnesses Voldemort killing Snape, but before he dies Snape hands over memories that inform Harry that he, Harry, must be killed by Voldemort, because he constitutes a seventh Horcrux that Voldemort isn't even aware of. Heavy of heart, he slips off on his own to do so. However, the "death" he is dealt is not permanent, due to the bond between him and Voldemort, but his willingness to die triggers strong protections on the people of Hogwarts similar to the protections he received as a child from his mother's sacrifice.
Another battle ensues, Nagini is killed, and Harry is now prepared to finally kill Voldemort. Unbeknownst to Voldemort, the Elder Wand, which he has stolen from Dumbledore's grave, does not obey the wizard who wields it, but the wizard who owns it; and Harry has become its rightful owner. It thus refuses to execute the killing curse on Harry, and the curse rebounds on Voldemort, who finally dies.
After the end of the battle and the requisite fete, Harry slips away to visit the portrait of Dumbledore. He plans to keep the cloak, but to take the other two Hallows out of circulation—one dropped in the forest and the other returned to Dumbledore's grave. Dumbledore approves.
I think no top 10 list of the weirdest and funniest condoms in Japan is complete without the Gundam Condoms. Check out the illustration of the Gundam robot on the package of the condom. I'm not too sure but I think it is wearing a condom!
Dude documents every intimate relationship he has ever had in this amazing chart. The data spans 23 years! Now that's what I call great information design. I'm tempted to do one just for fun but then again, my poor exs won't be too happy to see them listed on the chart for all of you guys to see aye.
(Thanks Trisha)
Learn how to build a miniature house from matches and then go impress your friends. The evil in me just wants to light up those matches and see the house burn in flames. Wahahaha!
Remember I blogged about the Chinese steam bun seller who was caught trying to rip his customers by stuffing pork flavoured cardboard in them? Apparently the story was a hoax done by a temporary employee of Beijing Television who felt pressured to produce a story for the station. But still, I'm not buying food from any Chinese street stall! From Xinhua:
Under the name Hu Yue, Zi twice went to the No.13 courtyard inside Shizikou Village, Taiyanggong Township of Chaoyang District, and asked four migrant workers who had been preparing breakfast there to make meat buns for other migrant workers at a construction site.Previously: Steam buns filled with pork flavoured cardboard!
The four meat buns makers were identified as Wei Quanfeng, Zhao Xiaoyan, Zhao Jiangbo and Yang Chunling, all from Huayin, a city in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Zi allegedly invited a friend to act as the boss of the construction site, and bought pork and flour from a market in Chaoyang District and brought the materials to the courtyard.
In order to film the process, Zi is alleged to have instructed Wei and his fellow villagers to make "baozi" or meat buns by soaking and crushing discarded cardboard he had collected and mixing it with pork. The baozi were said to have been fed to dogs.
Zi used a home DVD camera to film the entire process and turned in his report after he edited it.
The Simpsons go to Paris with Linda Evangelista is a cool fashion spread illustrated by Julius Preite. It features them in various designs from Fall 2007 collections. I dig them in the Versace and Chanel clothes. Oh, and Linda E is hot!
Have you ever wondered how it feels to use your food blender or vacuum cleaner without all the noise that it generates? For her thesis project, design student Lise Levebre created acoustical skins that wrap around noisy home appliances to drastically reduce their noise. Her thesis explores the potential of sound as a criterion for design and the subsequent effects it could have on the look, feel, texture and overall experience of an object. Direct link to pictures here.
"Luke, I'm your father. It's me, Darth!" Darth Vader goes all artsy at The Vader Project. Check out some of the other Darth Vader helmet/mask redesigned by professional artists.
(Thanks Joshua)
Not being a team player, conducting personal business on company time and starting an office romance are some of the mistakes that one can make to kill his career. From CNN:
6. Starting an Office Romance
Unless you're in separate locations, office romances are a bad idea.
If you become involved with your boss, your accomplishments and promotions will be suspect; if you date a subordinate, you leave yourself open to charges of sexual harassment. And if it ends badly, you're at risk of everyone knowing about it and witnessing the unpleasantness.
Any Transformers fanboy (or girl) will surely get excited by this Transformers collection: 275 Tranformers from the '80s (101 Autobots and 81 Decepticons!) and 92 licensed products. Lady who owns this collection sold everything on eBay for US$1 million. Crikey! It's an awesome collection but I don't think it's worth US$1m aye. Oh well, congrats to the person who bought the collection. Mmm. Can I be your friend?
Odex, a Singaporean company that licenses and releases anime here, has started to take action against people who download anime fansubs of series from Japanese companies that it represents. The letter threatens legal action. Here's a copy (PDF). I understand that several letters have been issued to downloaders since June this year. One of those who got the letter is this anime fan. From Lawliet Shi Hao:
Oh god. I feel so guilty now.So far, Odex's crackdown is directed at people downloading anime using Bittorent. Here's how Odex caught these people. From Darkonlore:
My mum called AVPAS ytd.
They say that if my mum admit guilty now.
They will settle it out of court.
And yeah, this has become my mum's case. Cause she was the one that signed for the internet line. I feel so sorry for her. Cant really express my feelings well now.
Anyway if she admits guilty, it would be depend on whether the japan anime company wants to charge her.
If yes, she might have to go to jail, and pay a fine of near 10k.
Shit, god please dont make this happen. Please.
Anyway if i admit guilty i will have a high chance of going boys home.
Either way it sucks. Having really bad thoughts on life now.
I still want to take my exams peacefully and go up to poly all these one leh.
Dont want to have any record in my life...
And for all the sgreans here. Tell you something.
Its totally totally not worth it. Please stop dling anime now.
Now i dont even dare to ddl. Cause i have no idea what odex will do to contact with several ddl provider.
Its hard its hard. But please try to curb your anime addiction.
And if you think that "ah ya wont so suay kana me one la"
Please just dump your mentality into the rubbish bin.
Cause thats what i thought, and i got owned now.
We(referring to the anime community) has noticed that the ones caught are all using bittorrent. This is due to the fact that each bittorrent client keeps info of who it is connected to (IPs), and is easily accessible by anyone who use the same .torrent file. There are also trackers that would list the IPs of users who are currently connected to it. So just take down the SG IPs and ask the ISPs for their info. Encryption of data in that aspect is pointless.Odex's actions have created a furore among the anime community in Singapore. Anime fans feel that by preventing people from downloading fansubs, Odex is slaugthering anime in this country. Many also said that they have no choice but not to buy Odex VCDs because they are of a very poor quality. From MavericK:
Well, let’s see, ODEX basically has almost monopolized the distribution of anime in Singapore, so we kinda have no choice but to go to their goods. But what do they do in return? Lousy resoultion/quality, seriously bad dubbings (though they’re in dual-sound), and exorbitant prices. How exorbitant, you say? Let’s see, S$29.90 for a vcd box…which contains only around ~10 episodes. That’s like $3 for an episode. Is it worth the money then? The resolution is so bad, you dun wanna maximise to full-screen when watching them on your computer. The dubbing, the hell, you would RUSH to set the audio to the original Japanese before the characters start to speak.I'm not a hardcore anime fan (I do watch a few now and then) but I just had to highlight this after reading that so many people are furious with what Odex has done. Yes, piracy is wrong but I don't think we can include downloading anime fansubs in the same category as downloading a movie or music. Most anime titles are not well known. It is only through fansubs that people in Singapore will watch them. By preventing the downloading of fansubs, the chances that people will go to a video store and buy a new title or series are slim and that means in the long term, Odex will suffer. Now that Odex has infuriated the small but closely knit anime community in Singapore by threatening them with ridiculous fines or even jail term, many people have decided to boycott the company. Who's going to buy your poor quality VCDs now Odex? Smart move? I don't think so. Lawliet Shi Hao, the guy whose mum has settled his case with Odex out of court, said it best in his post:
BUT STILL. I NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER WILL BUY ANY PRODUCTS FROM ODEX.Good luck Odex.
It's things like these that make me love YouTube. Beep Beep! Darn. There goes my Wednesday afternoon. Anyway, don't you guys pity the Coyote? It keeps trying and trying but never seems to be able to get an upper hand over the Road Runner. Poor Coyote.
I love the Muppets so much ever since I was a little boy so it's an extreme joy for me to read this list of the 50 greatest Muppets (part 1 and part 2) compiled by the folks at Progressive Boink - especially when my favourite, Kermit the Frog is at number 1 on their list. "Kermit the Frog is number one because we love him, and we always will." Sweet!
HTTPanties by ThinkGeek are ideal for the discriminating woman who would prefer a web-savvy and somewhat-direct approach in the romance department. For example, if you wear a "403 Forbidden" it means, "no, you can't have me for the night".
(Thanks GeekGod)
Crikey! I'll think twice if I have to sign a Male-Female Fiduciary Relationship Agreement such as the following, everytime I get into a relationship. It's scary! From thisisby.us:
II. Duties(Thanks cece)
The Boyfriend is expected to, using all reasonable capabilities and faculties, at any cost to oneself, provide consistent and satisfactory pleasure to the Principle at any time such pleasure is demanded, of any nature such pleasure is demanded.
The undersigned stipulates that under no circumstances may he refuse to provide such pleasure. Should the Boyfriend choose to violate this stipulation, it is to be deemed a full and automatic surrender of any current and future compensation to be provided for said services, whereupon the execution of such termination will be deferred to the Principle.
The undersigned agrees that the Principle does not need to disclose what pleasure she is expecting from the Boyfriend. It will be mutually understood that the Boyfriend must be able to read the mind of the Principle, and therefrom infer what pleasure she is seeking, and upon discovery, provide said pleasureable activity immediately to its fullest force and effect. Failure to abide by this stipulation my invoke immediate cancellation of this agreement pursuant Article II, paragraph 2 of this agreement.
Steve Lenoff of Huntington Beach, California (and a long time reader of this blog), just informed me in an email that Singapore has recently become a BookCrossing Country. Ha! I didn't even know that mate. My bad. Steve has been a member of BookCrossing since it began. From BookCrossing.com:
We weren't kidding when we said the entire country is now an Official BookCrossing Zone! As part of the initial launch, thousands of books were released in over 2,000 SMRT Taxis, all Café Galilee and Café Cartel outlets and other various public locations in Singapore. The initial group of books released were English language books and included mostly fiction titles, some story-based non-fiction books, motivational and inspirational biographies and memoirs. BookCross@SG (BCSG), a joint initiative to promote literacy that also makes Singapore the first country to support a country-wide. The second wave of books to be released will include other world languages. The general public can also donate books to be shared in the project by dropping them at any of the 23 NLB public libraries.Links to Scott's (BookCrossing CEO) entry and the BookCrossing Singapore website. I'll be taking a look at my book collection to see which books I can donate to this exciting project. You guys take part too aye.
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Video showing a mime performer in Orchard Road promoting Kiwi Kleen Glass Cleaner. I think marketing and advertising folks should stop using mimes in their campaigns - they are so passe.
(via Lancerlord)
Ok, I just got so excited during the past few minutes when I found out that my favourite X-Files will be coming to the big screens again. Yay! Mulder and Scully, I miss you! From E!News:
Duchovny reports that Gillian Anderson, will reprise her FBI agent/skeptic role, and series creator Chris Carter is due back to direct and cowrite the film with series vet Frank Spotnitz.I enjoyed the first X-Files movie back in 1998 although it wasn't that good a script but seeing Mulder and Scully on the big screens for the first time was orgasmic! I'm just glad that they will not be focusing on the X-files alien mythology for the movie this time.
"Chris is going to direct it. Gillian is on board and I'm on board," he said. "I've been talking to Chris and he has been giving me progress reports. He actually called yesterday and said next week you should have something to read.
"I'm really looking forward to seeing what he did."
Production will likely ramp up after that, with Duchovny anticipating getting in front of the cameras as early as this fall.
"I think it's November for a summer [2008] release," he said.
On a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas to the north of Dorchester in Dorset, England, a battle of epic proportions is about to begin...
Homer Simpson (head of the Simpson family): My donut is more powerful than your club and erected penis combined, you freak!
The Cerne Abbas Giant (fertility legend): Oh really? Wait till I get my pagan followers to start doing some rain magic and wash you away, you fatso! Wahahahaha!
(Lightning flashes. Thunder roars. )
Homer Simpson: Doh!
Will Homer defeat Mr 10 inch dick? Who will win this epic battle? Background on Homer vs. Fertility Giant here.
(via Boing Boing)
I'm one of the selected bloggers in Singapore to be involved in LG's blogger relations programme for their new LG Shine phone. Recently, I found out that they have a blog that contains posts written by all the Singapore LG Shine bloggers. Go check out The LG Shine Blog and don't forget to check out the LG Shine phone too at your nearest handphone shop aye - it's a beauty!
The folks at NASA spend billions of dollars to send men to space but they can't even make sure that the name of their Space Shuttle is spelled correctly. It's Endeavour not Endeavor, NASA! Before and after pics here.
(Thanks Sir Thomas)
Here are several ways to protest like the South Koreans: 1) Drop your pants 2) Eat a flag 3) Throw shit 4) Severe several dog heads 5) Rip apart live pigs 6) Commit hara-kiri 7) Chop your fingers... More here with pics! But kids, please don't do any of these in Singapore because it is illegal to protest here.
Alki1 has lots of goodies on his Flickr but I love his Japanese Samurai Film Posters set the most. This one is a poster for the Japanese samurai film Shinpen Tange Zazen, produced by Nikkatsu Kyoto in 1935. Banzai!
Pics of the Harry Potter stamps by Singapore Post. I'm sure these are way better than the latest Harry Potter movie - the most boring film I watched this year.
This is what happens when you are suffering from stress at work - you begin to enjoy weird hallucinations such as piglets having a picnic on your mouse-pad! I swear this has happened to me before.
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My favourite Japanese girls, Morning Musume in their latest single featuring their two new Chinese members, Junjun and Linlin (catch them at 03:00, 02:16, 01:43, 00:53, 00:29). Have a great weekend!
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I dreamt of Morning Musume
Mexican boys imitating Morning Musume
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Here's a step-by-step guide on how to write an effective complaint letter in your organisation.
1) Direct the letter to the Head/Chief Minister/Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director or equivalent and preferably hundreds more (his assistants, those below him, staff, colleagues, etc) so that everyone can read it and share. It is much better if this complaint is sent via email so that the content can be easily spread through the intranet and internet.
2) Don't forget to start off with a bold subject line and give the appropriate greeting - Sir/Mdm, etc. For example:
Subject: A complaint about the quality control of SAF officers3) Follow up with a brief description of your role in the organisation.
Dear Sirs and all,
While I may only be a 2nd lieutenant, I am a citizen of this country. And as a citizen I have the right to demand high standards from the leaders of the SAF While it is true that high standards are hard to come by and even harder to enforce, for such events to come to light and yet nothing be done about it is to say the very least, unacceptable and disappointing.That's it. Oh I forgot to add that it helps if your father happens to be the Prime Minister of your country, your mum runs the country's investment arm and your grandad is the most powerful person to have ever lived in the country.
Yours Sincerely,
2LT Li Hongyi
Advertlets, the premier Asia blog advertising network has appointed me as its Blog Ambassador. What an honour! I'll be assisting their team in promoting Advertlets in the region, blogger relations and educating bloggers and companies about the potential of blog advertising. I'm also advising the Advertlets CEO in business matters and assisting in the acquisitions of new clients and businesses.
Advertlets offers the remarkably sensible proposition of targeted, unintrusive advertising that benefits the online advertising and blogger community, as well as their readers. Advertlets put the bling in blogging by providing bloggers like you and me with some income from advertisements. Yay!
Anyone with a blog can sign up and start earning cash! It's simple. Check out this video.
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And that's not all. Advertlets will be giving out a total of S$ 8,800 to 300 Singaporean bloggers who sign up now and write a review about them. To give you guys an idea of how to write a review, check out my sponsored review post that I did for RoomsDB, one of the many advertisers that have signed up with Advertlets.
There will be exciting campaigns coming up for Singapore bloggers so do sign up now to be a part of them aye. Anyone with questions can email me (iz2111 at hotmail.com) and I'll be happy to answer them.
Advertlets... Advertisers + Bloggers = Money + Happy.
Go sign up! Go!
Talk about going all out to get your honours degree. A student knitted a life-sized Ferrari car for hers! A steel frame was used to provide the support. Too bad it can't move or else I would petition to give her a PhD!
In Latvia, you can pay to write anything on your car plate like this one with the word "INTERNET". I reckon it's a geek behind the wheels. I would like one with "IZ" please.
(Thanks Lord Kimbo)
It's hard enough to trust some of the goods coming from China nowadays and now I've read that even a Chinese steam bun seller is trying to rip his customers by stuffing pork flavoured cardboard in them. Yummy! From Guardian:
"What's in the recipe?" the reporter asks. "Six to four," the man says.I am never ever going to eat anything in China! Hmmm, maybe fast food.
"You mean 60% cardboard? What is the other 40%?" asks the reporter. "Fatty meat," the man replies.
The bun maker then shows how the product is made. Squares of cardboard picked from the ground are soaked to a pulp in caustic soda - used to make paper and soap - then chopped. Fatty pork and powdered seasoning are stirred in.
Soon, steaming buns appear. The reporter takes a bite. "This baozi filling is kind of tough. Not much taste," he says. "Can other people taste the difference?"
"It fools the average person," the maker says. "I don't eat them myself."
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Dude shows off his excellent woodworking craftmanship and math with this incredible machine that can do addition sums using marbles. Who needs calculators aye? Now, if only it comes in a smaller size - like one that I can fit into my pocket.
Also watch: The Octapult
The British Council has revealed Singapore's six most favourite English words, according to the results of its recent online survey. In no particular order, those words are love, cool, mom, dream, family and peace. From Channel NewsAsia:
After "love", "cool" is the next favourite word, scoring over 1,200 votes.I use the word cool a lot in my blog so if you ask me, that has to be my favourite word. I'm just surprised that food and money are not in the top 6.
"What I think most Singaporeans will use would be 'cool'. And everything can be cool, like your dressing is cool…going for a vacation will be cool…everything can be cool," says one Singaporean.
The top words were picked from a list of 60.
Says Eunice Crook, Director, Singapore British Council, "As part of our campaign with the Speak Good English Movement this year, we want to look at the way people use language.
"But this is also the British Council's 60th anniversary this year, so we thought 60 words for 60 years. 60 favourite words. And looking at people's favourite words also reflects the way people think."
Some of you may find these a little too creepy but some will think they are so darn cute! These handsoaps are made to resemble baby hands. Each one is hand made using goat milk glycerin.
Meet Mona Lisa, recreated using LEGO. You can find more LEGO remakes of paintings from famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch and Rembrandt here.
(Thanks Sir Thomas)
These condoms were found in a Japanese store in Macau. They are simply too cute to use aye. Another picture here. Taken by Flickr user amyadoiyzie.
(Thanks xXx)
Money does not grow on trees in Japan but it does flow in some Japanese toilets. Some rich dude has left traditional Japanese paper envelopes containing a hundred dollars, next to the handbasins in mens toilets all over the country. From Radio Australia:
National broadcaster NHK has tallied up the figures and believes around four hundred envelopes have been found -- the equivalent of 40-thousand dollars.We need someone kind and generous like him in Singapore. Then I will love going to public toilets here more often.
Various theories are springing up as to the motive for the random acts of financial kindness.
In nearly every case, the money was left in toilets on the ground floor of local or prefectural government offices.
And in each case, a note written in traditional Japanese calligraphy brush tells the recipient to take only one envelope, and use it for their personal development.
"Do only good deeds, the writer urges, and do not think of evil."
Astronomers have found evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of a planet which orbits a star some 63 light years away, but it resides too close to its star to have any chances of life existing on it. From ESA press release:
Instead of a rocky world like Earth, HD 189733b is large, about 1.15 times the mass of Jupiter. Located just 4.5 million km from its star, it orbits it in 2.2 days. In comparison, Earth is 150 million km from the Sun; even Mercury, the innermost planet, is 70 million km away.
Astronomers classify such worlds as ‘hot jupiters’. These planets tend to have extensive atmospheres because heat from the nearby star gives them energy to expand. HD 189733b is no exception; its diameter is 1.25 times that of Jupiter.
HD 189733b’s atmospheric temperature is about 1000 Kelvin (a little more than 700°C) or higher, implying that the significant amounts of water vapour in the atmosphere cannot condense to fall as rain or form clouds. The temperature would have to be about five times lower to form clouds of water vapour or rain.
Time to jump in bed guys and gals cause sex can make you healthy. Yay! From MSNBC:
Active sex is a good aerobic exercise, which is good for your heart. Sex also works out your stomach, back and buttock muscles, leading to greater pleasure with body esteem. Exercise on its own is also good for your mind. It relieves stress and elevates your mood, due to the release of endorphins. It is especially, a work out for specific muscles, and for women, that means the vagina.(Thanks Shy)
Like other muscles, the vagina is a “use it or lose it” organ. The more you use your pelvic muscles, the more they stay in shape. And if you don’t use them, they will atrophy and sex can become painful. Pelvic muscles also effects bladder control. If your pelvic muscles are in shape, you will have better bladder control later in life or after having babies. Who wants to pee every time they sneeze or cough? Use those muscles ladies! For men, the prostate may benefit by being active in ejaculation. Having sex may also reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
Hong Kong dude published an artistically shot nude photograph from Flickr on his post that highlighted the problems with the censorship standards of the country's Obscene Articles Tribunal. The tribunal later charged him for publishing a Class II indecent article. Maximum penalty is HK$400,000 and 12 months in jail. This is absurd! From Interlocals.net:
The citizens should care about this case. More generally, they should care about the Hong Kong system for determining indecency/obscenity. As a cosmopolitan city, we need to have easy circulation and diversity in our information and culture. The citizens should also actively try to reform the system of censorship of obscene/indecent materials. For example, the rules should not be so rigid. One needs to look at the contents of the publication, or factor in the genre, or consider whether it is a work of art, or decide if it is just peddling pornography. In the case of the , the case was based upon a survey questionnaire and a discussion essay. Maybe some people think that while the essay was poorly written, the newspaper was not peddling pornography. During the process of examination, it is necessary to separate the discussions from the selling of pornography. When making the decision, it is necessary to look at the background of the materials and determine the reason why these things are being published. Presently, the Obscene Articles Tribunal does not care about the context at all.
This authentic Darth Vader costume is from the Lucas Studios original Darth Vader patterns. The costume comes with a supreme edition Darth Vader mask and helmet with breathing sound device to make you sound like the Dark Lord himself, jumpsuit with quilted faux leather pants and sleeves, molded chest piece comes complete with flashing green and red lights, and more! Oh and they are giving away a free Darth Vader FX Lightsaber with this costume purchase. I want one!
I mentioned about my new Optimus Prime message tone in an earlier post. Some of you have requested that I share the sound file. I'm nice (hehe) so here it is... oh, but I decided to give you peeps a much better version than the one I had in my LG Shine. Last night, I took a couple of minutes to mix the Optimus Prime voice file with the "transforming" sound effect. Listen to it.
Download the file (mp3) here.
And here's just the "transforming" sound effect.
Download the file (mp3) here.
Cool aye. Enjoy. Autobots, transform and roll out!
Also read:
This is how the Transformer movie theme should sound
Hunting for Bumblebee
Singapore Gala Premiere of Transformers
Here's how to give a "french". Don't you just love the world wide web? From Hello Darling:
Don't swing your tongue round and round like a windmill.
Explore lightly, don't drill your way through.
Start to french kiss your partner as you normally would.Then slowly and GENTLY suck on their bottom lip. They'll love it.
Lick your partner's lips with the tip of your tongue.
Get his/her tongue in your mouth and hold it there by gently sucking on it.Then slowly withdraw your mouth sucking his/her tongue the whole way back.
The war in Iraq and Afghanistan is costing the Americans a whopping US$12 billion a month! Crikey! From FOXNews.com:
The $12 billion a month "burn rate" includes $10 billion for Iraq and almost $2 billion for Afghanistan, plus other minor costs. That's higher than Pentagon estimates earlier this year of $10 billion a month for both operations. Two years ago, the average monthly cost was about $8 billion.Now, if only the American government and other war loving countries use all that money to help the 8 million people dying each year because they are too poor to stay alive, we can finally make poverty history.
Among the reasons for the higher costs is the cost of repairing and replacing equipment worn out in harsh conditions or destroyed in combat.
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Gosh, I laughed so hard until I cried while watching this clip of several crazy Japanese massage chair pranks. Watch out for "Mission II". Ha! Only the Japanese can think of putting a rocket behind a chair and launching almost naked men down the snow. Awesome!
Ladies who are suffering from breast cancer can look forward to a revolutionary one hour treatment which allows fat from the tummy or bottom to be used to grow new breasts. From BBC:
Fat from the either the stomach, bottom or thigh can be taken out with a standard liposuction procedure, and the stem cells then extracted.No word yet if this treatment will work for cosmetic breast surgery but I'm sure the cosmetics industry and those who want to get a bigger pair of boobs will be following this very closely too.
These cells are placed into a cartridge ready for injection one hour later. The company says the breasts will then fill out over the course of six months.
The largest trial so far has involved 19 women in Japan. All of them had had at least partial mastectomies and all responded well to the treatment, with no major side-effects.
This is damn hilarious. A letter to Optimus Prime from his car insurance agent. From McSweeney's Internet Tendency:
We have received your accident-claim reports for the month of June—they total 27. I regret to inform you that GEICO will not be able to reimburse you for any of those repairs. I feel that I have sent the same letter to you once a month for the last six months, and I am now sending it again.
Since becoming a GEICO customer in January of this year, you have reported 131 accidents, requesting reimbursement for repairs necessitated by each one. You have claimed not to be responsible in any of them, usually listing the cause of the accident as either "Sneak attack by Decepticons" or "Unavoidable damage caused by protecting freedom for all sentient beings."
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's Now and Then online exhibition showcases the recent and past works by professional comic artists. It's very interesting because you can see how these comic artists draw like when they were just a kid.
I was vacuuming the room when I decided to use the vacuum on my notebook to suck out some dust that were trapped in between the keys. Me being the lazy dude that I am, decided not to remove the keys before vacuuming. Guess what? My "Enter" key got sucked into the vacuum in the process. Damn! I had to spend another 15 minutes removing all the yucky stuff inside the vacuum bag to get back my "Enter" key. Man, it was gross! So remember, do remove all your keys before you vacuum your keyboard aye. Trust me. You DO NOT want to look inside your vacuum bag.
I came back at 11pm on Saturday night and immediately switched on the TV to watch Live Earth, the 24 hour global concert event to raise public awareness on protecting our environment. I stopped watching at 6am because I had to go to the airport for awhile. I came back home an hour later and continued watching Live Earth till 9.30am. Then I had to get out again to attend a meeting at Pan Pacific Hotel - that meant not getting any sleep for the night.
Live Earth was great. Some of the performances that I liked were Corinne Bailey Rae (she's a doll!), Rihanna (Hot!!!) and Enrique Iglesias (ahem). In between the performances, cleverly done public service announcements starring celebrities were broadcast to educate viewers about global warming and energy conservancy.
I'm all for saving the Earth, but after spending the night watching Live Earth, I realised that it may have done our dear planet a great harm. Flying the music stars all over the world and getting millions to head to the concerts and watch them on TV cannot be environmentally friendly aye. Take me for example. I don't usually watch the TV on Saturday nights unless there's the English Premier League but my TV was on the whole night for Live Earth. That's not energy saving! Shit. Looks like over the next few days, I will have to plant a few more trees and even, cycle to town. Damn you, Live Earth.
A distinguished researcher explains the role and function of the clitoris in this January 1964 issue of Sexology magazine. Scans included! From Modern Mechanix:
Like every other part of the normal body, the clitoris varies in size from person to person. Usually it is 1/4 to 1/2 an inch long, about 1/4 of an inch thick. Like the penis, it is made up of two parts, the head and the stem. The penis has skin wrapped all around it, which covers the tube of the urethra, or urinary canal. But the clitoris has, instead, a cape or hood of skin, the ends of which (called the labia minora, or small lips) stretch down inside the folds of the outer lips.
When a woman becomes sexually aroused, the clitoris becomes erect by filling up with blood. In some women, the head and the stem of the clitoris both swell up, whereas in others only the stem swells. After swelling up, the clitoris draws back under its hood, like a snail into its shell, and is hard to locate. It stays in hiding when the woman reaches her climax or orgasm of sexual excitement, and then slowly comes out again.
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This is the August 27, 1997 KTLA 5 morning news report on a pair of waterskiing monkeys in Japan. One of them can even pilot the speed boat. Amazing!
(Thanks Mr Big)
Chinese blogger wants to auction her E-cup sized breasts for charity. She's hoping to raise US$26,316 for each breast. Good luck! From Shanghai Daily:
The girl, Xu Haojia, who lives in Qingdao, claimed that she has the biggest breasts in China and said in her blog that she hoped five Chinese celebrities, all male, can bid for her breasts because "they may need the fat to change to be females in the future," Qingdaonews.com reported yesterday...
"Thirty percent of the money will be used for a migrant workers' Website," Xu said in the article. "Sixty percent will be donated to a happy education program held by a Red Cross in Hunan Province and I'll use the remainder for plastic surgery."
Free colouring pages of holidays, animals, dinosaurs, cars, flowers, famous characters such as Barney, Bert and Ernie, and more for those of you who love colouring. Just print them out and colour your weekend away. Great for the kids.
I give these public health posters in China high marks for effectiveness! Translation of the poster on the left: "How to prevent the plague: Wipe out the rat. Eliminate the louse."
(Thanks George)
You may have seen some of these cute Japanese anti smoking notices in an earlier post but you can find lots, lots more in this gallery here.
I'm so happy with the new message tone in my LG Shine mobile phone. Now everytime someone sends me a SMS, the voice of Autobot leader Optimus Prime will be heard saying: "I am Optimus Prime. Autobots, transform and roll out!" So cool! Ok now, those of you who know my number are welcomed to keep smsing me again and again and again and again...
(Thanks Chelse)
Also read: Singapore Gala Premiere of Transformers
For only S$6, you can watch a movie that has never been screened for public session at a Golden Village cinema. Golden Village calls it Surprise Screening. I wonder if people will pay to get into a cinema to watch an untitled movie. And a never before screened movie? Hmm. I hope it's not some B-grade crap.
(Thanks Alex Chang)
Women’s Work:Portraits of 12 Scientific Illustrators presents landmark illustrations in the history of science by six women who led the way at a time when women’s contributions to science were stifled by cultural norms of the day. Also presented are images created for the important scientific publications and institutions of our time by six contemporary women.
Those of you reading this from Australia may want to apply to be a condom tester for Durex. Requirements: Must have a strong desire to improve your current sex life by bed-testing Durex's passion enhancing condoms.
(Thanks Ju)
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I've said it before how much I dislike the new Transformers theme that Mute Math did for the movie. Check out this clip by a band called Black Lab. The song used in the clip is a 2007 cover of the Transformers theme did by Lion for the 1986 Transformers animated movie. In my opinion Lion's version is the best Transformers theme song. Now after listening to the one by Black Lab, I'm loving it too and I think these guy did justice to the 1986 version. It should have been the official Transformers movie theme instead of the one by Mute Math.
Also read: Singapore Gala Premiere of Transformers
Zero Hour, a high end streetwear brand is finally here in Singapore. Zero Hour was created to bring great value clothing with a fashionable edge that ranges from casual wear to the all important formal suit to men on the high streets. The Zero Hour line includes shirts, t-shirts, caps, bags, pouches, wallets, jeans, jackets and belts. It is distributed in Singapore by San Street.
Being a Brand Ambassador for San Street, I had the opportunity to be the first in Singapore to model the Zero Hour clothes yesterday. See pic above. That's me wearing a Zero Hour tee and jeans.
Zero Hour is available at San Street's three outlets: two at Suntec City and one at Queensway Shopping Centre.
Here's an innovative alcohol breath analyser. Just blow into it, and the cute string puppets will lean downwards depending on the amount of alcohol inside your body. I like to see this in clubs in Singapore. I can see lots of clubbers downing more and more beer just to make these puppets fall. Ha!
I've always wanted to try out kite photography to take awesome shots like this but too bad I suck when it comes to flying kites. For his kite photography, dude uses a small delta kite and a cheap $30 digital camera with a SD card. To get the camera to take pictures, he built a 555 timer circuit that throws a relay wired to the camera's shutter button every 13 seconds.
What's inside everyone's favourite energy drink, Red Bull? Meat Sugar, Caffeine and Bile! No wonder Red Bull gives you wings.
Dude creates an army of miniature soldiers with weapons, shields and horses out of wire! Site is in Russian. There's also a link to a tutorial. I wanna make a few.
(Thanks yuri65)
Singapore is taking its fight against dengue seriously. A man has been charged in court for breeding mosquitoes. If found guilty, he will be fined a maximum of S$5,000 or face a jail term of up to three months. From Channel NewsAsia:
He is the owner of a commercial fishing pond in Pasir Ris.Better check your homes people. Make sure you don't breed mosquitoes aye.
Pasir Ris Drive 6 has become the number one dengue hotspot in Singapore, with close to 40 new cases as of Wednesday.
The NEA believes a pumping station at a commercial fishing pond there is the main culprit.
NEA officers found over 600 mosquito larvae there.
But they pointed out that they did not find mosquito larvae at the same site during their earlier checks.
"This pumping station happens to be en route for residents going to the MRT station. Though we have destroyed the breedings, we believe some of the mosquitoes may have found their way into the nearby homes," said Silachart Lau, GM of Northeast Regional Office, NEA.
I don't think many girls would want to get into a toilet with a sign like this (Peeping Is Allowed?) but I bet the guys would.
(Thanks Mr Big)
Donut Factory has opened another outlet at Suntec City just beside Carrefour. If you haven't heard, Donut Factory is famous for its delicious donuts and ultra long queues. I visited its new Suntec City outlet on Monday. Some pics here...![P02-07-07_11.44[01]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/712044355_94981577e4.jpg)
I was there at 11.15am and to my surprise there were only 30 people in the queue. The one at Raffles City would have been 4 times more! If you don't want to queue for 3 hours or more for the Donut Factory donuts, then I would recommend a visit to its Suntec City outlet. It took me only slightly more than an hour to buy my donuts.![P02-07-07_11.55[01]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1211/712044453_ef0d470fc7.jpg)
There are even tables and seats for people to dine in. Did not see many people doing that though.![P02-07-07_12.02[01]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1430/712044465_0e5c0d1900.jpg)
And there's also a line for those who prefer to buy a maximum of 2 donuts. I call it the express line.
A lady who works there informed me that they be taking advance orders soon. That means you can call them 24 hours a day to order your donuts. Yay! But no word if they will accept online orders.
And what do you when you have Donut Factory opening an outlet beside you?
Well, if you are Carrefour, you take out all your donuts to the entrance and sell them for 90 cents each! Now that's what I call a donut war. I did not try out the Carrefour donuts, therefore I'm not sure if they are any good. Guess I'm too happy with my donuts from Donut Factory.
I'm officially addicted!
(Pictures taken with the LG Shine mobile phone)
Previously: Donut Factory @ Raffles City
What's Cooking Grandma? is a project to create a cookbook of the grandmothers of the world sharing their special recipes. Record your granny cooking in her kitchen and upload it to their website and let the world see how great a cook your granny is! Oh boy, I sure miss my granny's cooking and my mum's too.
Lots of quality Russian movie, military, entertainment posters and more at this website, Museum of Russian Poster - really amazing collection! This poster here says: "Smoke the best cigarettes!"
(Thanks Sir Thomas)
In an earlier post, I briefly mentioned about my search for the Transformers Bumblebee action figure in toy stores in Singapore. I reckon that it's so popular that most shops ran out of their Bumblebee stock. Maybe I should just contact this dude who designs the Bumblebee toy and ask him for one aye. From PingMag:
Transformers! Once again, the toy line is a collaboration between the Japanese manufacturer Takarotomy and its American equivalent Hasbro. As you mentioned before, your work process would usually be: Hasbro comes up with a concept for a toy and you are the designer that builds it. I guess that is quite complicated…Dang! What a great job he has!
Basically, I’m an inventor and a character designer and my input is bringing everything into 3D reality and adding cool character dimensions like feature weapons and funny things to it: I do the part lists, draw the blueprints and then draw a 10 or 12 frame short animation to show how the toy would transform. I do this based off Hasbro concepts as well as my own characters and concepts that are okayed by Hasbro. They are a great team to work with.
And you did all of the Bumblebee transformations?
From the first day I started at Takaratomy I have always done Bumblebee.
We all love money making ideas and jobs that we can land without a big formal education. Burt has plenty on his website, Burt Makes Money:
DONUT MAKER
If you enjoy the smell of fresh-baked goods, like waking before the crack of dawn, and like serving people, you should consider becoming a donut maker. These people are the ones responsible for creating those fabulous donuts we all love. The donut maker works early in the morning, but the rest of the day is completely free. No experience is necessary, and almost anyone can be a donut maker.
Average pay rate: $6 to $12 per hour.
Pros: Early hours, great smell, and a consistent income.
Cons: Donut makers tend to eat a lot of donuts which leads to a fat ass.
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The Japanese people seem to have the craziest of stuff on their TV. This one shows you several ways how you can escape a fart. Warning: Some of the actions require agility and skill and should not be tried without expert supervision. Shit! I think I may have slipped a disc.
Recently I took some pictures of the wallets, belts and buckles by streetwear brands Extreme, Zero Hour and ALI at San Street's outlet in Suntec City. Here are some of the pics:![P18-06-07_18.23[01]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/702513432_443d8cbf66.jpg)
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There are lots more designs to choose from at San Street's two outlets - Suntec City and Queensway Shopping Centre. Pricing for the wallets range from S$15.90 to S$49.90, the belts range from $45.90 to $65.90 and buckles range from $26.90 to $32.90. Do check 'em out aye.
Disclosure: I am a Brand Ambassador for San Street, the local distributor of Extreme, Action Ladfigure Inc and Zero Hour streetwear brands. San Street is also a main sponsor of this blog.
Related: Presenting the San Street T-Shirt Contest Winners
Kelvin Chin took this photo of a note found on a wish tree in a soba restaurant at Paragon. Another one here. Judging from the handwriting, it is from the same kid who wrote the first one. Losing a parent through divorce or death sucks big time!
The Adventures of Kool-Aid Man was published by Marvel Comics in 1983-89 for General Foods as a promotion tool for its Kool-Aid drink. Some scans here: Kool-Aid Man in Super Surfin Contest and Kool-Aid Man in The Mystery of the Missing Key.
Director Michael Bay screws his producers Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy for trying to take credit of the creative process of the Transformers movie. From Transformers Live:
One day not too long ago, the writers of our movie Alex and Bob called me in a panic saying all of a sudden after the movie was almost finished in post that Tom was applying for writer's or story credit. I was appalled because neither the writer’s nor I ever saw any treatment. Well, he applied for credit, but the Writer’s Guild shot him down, denied him.
But what made my blood curl was something that was on the Net with Tom at the Saturn awards on IESB.net where they interviewed him about the movie – a movie I might add he had not seen yet. He acted very much like he did. Check it out as he vamps through the questions, and how Hugo put his “thumb print on it”. Give me a break the guy was lying through his teeth - he had seen nada, nothing until the press screening...
What these guys did do was stuck with a ‘silly toy movie’ and pushed it around town and kept the faith after everyone turned them down, always with the hope that maybe someone somewhere would make it. Now I commend them on that. Hats off to them, but trying to taking creative credit in the press let me just say it – irks me. Too many credits are given to too many people who had nothing to do with the movie. Hell even investment bankers with not the slightest idea of how to make a movie all of a sudden are big producers in town.
I've been searching a few Toys R' Us outlets and other toy stores for the Transformers Bumblebee figure (or this Ultimate version) but couldn't seem to find it. Damn! It seems they ran out of Bumblesbees in Singapore. Oh btw, I watched Transformers again last Friday. Yay! My second time!! Ok, I'm such a crazy fanboy aye. Read my review of Transformers and a report from the Gala Premiere here.
Get your print out and keep guide to next season's Premiership matches. There's one for each Premiership club. All guides in PDF. Only one more month to go! Can't wait for the action to start.
(Thanks Neil)
In anticipation of The Simpsons Movie, 7-Eleven in the US has turned a dozen of its stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores in The Simpsons cartoon. These stores will also sell Simpsons' Buzz Cola, KrustyO's cereal and Squishees! I hope the 7-Eleven stores in Singapore will get the same makeover too. It will be cool to drink a cup of Squishees. Here's a photoset of a 7-Eleven store in the US converted into a Kwik-E-Mart.
(via Metafilter)
If you are a comic book collector, then you should know how to care for your comic books so that their value will soar over time. I wish I still have my stack of old comics. I'm sure they must be worth something now. From Rare Comic Books:
To keep them in mint condition, they must be carefully flipped through while reading. Please refrain from dog-earing and folding the pages. Afterwards place in a Mylar Sleeve. This is like a clear envelope with a pressed-board backing. This sleeve prevents moisture from damping the comic and the board ensures that the comic isn't folded or crumpled. Slide the comic into the sleeve against the treated side (the white side) and the comic cover facing front. If you plan on storing the comic books for more than five years, make sure to use premium quality acid-free backing board and paper. After this, the comics should be stored in a long or short comic box with the comics standing up.(Thanks Mr Big)
Invisible City is a one-hour documentary featuring people in search of Singapore's past. The film made by local director Tan Pin Pin will premiere in Singapore on July 19. From Reuters:
In a brief preview of "Invisible City" shown exclusively to Reuters, a group of young archaeologists discover an abandoned fort at Sentosa, an island where one of two Singapore's casinos will be located.(Thanks dann)
In the next scene, Ivan Polunin, the elderly amateur filmmaker who owns the footage -- believed to be Singapore's largest private trove of colour footage from the 1950s -- struggles to recall what he captured on film.
Tan's films usually offer viewers a melancholic image of Singapore, vastly different from the government's picture-perfect version of sanitised streets and sparkling buildings.
The top 10 robots in movie history! List written before the Transformers movie was out, therefore Optimus Prime (1986 animated movie) only gets an honorable mention. From Film School Rejects:
2. R2-D2 and C-3PO from the “Star Wars” series (1977-2005)
Although some might consider this another tie, it’s impossible to separate the Laurel and Hardy of science fiction. Yeah, they didn’t have very good roles in the prequels (well, that is to say that 3PO didn’t), but this mindless philosopher and overweight glob of grease defined a generation and were responsible for practically every film released after 1977 having a cute robot in it.
1. The Terminator in “The Terminator” (1984)
Before he became the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger played the baddest badass ever to walk on screen. The Terminator had the body of the Incredible Hulk, the killer appetite of Jaws and the tenacity of Sean Young trying to secure the role of Catwoman. In the sequels, Schwarzenegger played him as a good guy, but the original and best was the one with the intent to kill. It was so sad to see him go.
Watch this 1964 film, The Last Man on Earth, about a scientist living in a post apocalyptic nightmare world. The world has been consumed by a ravenous plague that has transformed humanity into a race of bloodthirsty vampires. Creepy!
Ryan was one of the 45 000 people that attended the National Stadium's closing ceremony yesterday. The stadium will be demolished to make way for the new Sports Hub. He has a review of the closing ceremony in his blog:
After the match, local Radio deejays Mark and Brian Richmond took us on a tour down memory lane as we listened to the past history of the National Stadium, the crowning moments, the histories made there. Kit Chan also came on for a song and finally, President S R Nathan officially declared the closure of the National Stadium. It was a poignant moment and soon, there were fireworks. My only complain is the fireworks were a bit too short. Guess the budget is very much lesser than that for the National Day Parade!
The name of a new bat virus has offended the Malaysian state of Melaka (Malacca). From Fox News:
Looks like the protest is working. The latest word is that the name of the bat virus will be changed.They called it the Melaka virus, using the name of the southern state where it was isolated in early 2006 in a human patient.
Chief Minister Ali Rustam said Saturday the state does not want to be associated with the virus and called the name choice "an insult" to Melaka, which is a popular tourist destination because of its historical sites.
"Melaka is a good state, beautiful and peaceful, not the birthplace of diseases," The Star daily quoted him as saying.
Ali said the state government would lodge a formal protest with Malaysia's health ministry.
Sleek design, stunning display, innovative multitouch user interface and superb web surfing experience - that's the new Apple iPhone. I want one! Cnet has a review:
Criticism aside, the iPhone display is remarkable for its multitouch technology, which allows you to move your finger in a variety of ways to manipulate what's on the screen. When in a message, you can magnify the text by pressing and holding over a selected area. And as long as you don't lift your finger, you can move your "magnifying glass" around the text. You can zoom in by pinching your fingers apart; to zoom out you just do the opposite. In the Web browser, you can move around the Web page by sliding your finger, or you can zoom in by a double tap. And when looking at your message list, you can delete items by swiping your finger from left to right across the message. At that point, a Delete button will appear.And for those of you who prefer to look deep inside the iPhone, here's the iPhone dissected.
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