Author: Krunk

(image taken from HKenshin’s blog)

At first I had no idea why he posted this picture, and was actually trying to decipher what 4TRR111 meant. Either that was a custom made plate or the numbers and letters are just a coincidence. I was trying to make sense between the plate number and the 42.0 FM. After asking HKenshin what the plate meant, it turns out it was the 42.0FM that was interesting and not the plate number itself. Now that I look at it, it might even be 420FM. Anyway, it turns out no such radio station exists or maybe I should say can’t exist: Throughout the world, 87.5-108 MHz (or some portion thereof) is used as a broadcast band, with one very notable exception: Japan, which uses its own unique 76-90 MHz band with 0.1 MHz channel spacing.

Turns out that the 420 refers to the pot culture number: In North American culture, the number 420 (pronounced four-twenty) relates to the consumption of cannabis and elements of its associated culture. The exact origin of the term is unknown. Marijuana users gather on April 20 (“4/20” in U.S. dating shorthand) every year to celebrate and consume marijuana.

The wikipedia entry actually talks about the origins and I was surprised I was that the origin I was told were fake. The number 420 didn’t originate as a police code for drug bust.

Now the All Hits All The Time makes sense.

So I started watching a new Chinese TV Drama series called 仙劍奇俠傳 (Taiwan Site). There’s a bunch of annoying characters, including the main character, but it’s been somewhat fun so far. The main character also learns new moves at incredible speed, though he doesn’t seem to be that great at kung fu to begin with. Then there’s the bottomless pit scene where a girl’s falling and the guy comes and tries to rescue her. To speed up his descent, he holds a big bolder to so he could fall faster. But as anyone that knows phsycis, all things fall at the same speed. But then I guess, all kung fu dramas defy physics, so I guess I shouldn’t be complaining.

Apparently, this drama is based off a Chinese RPG. Artemyst says it’s based off a novel by 金庸 (Jin Yong), but I haven’t been able to find any proof of that.

There was this quote that I really liked:

當天在靈堂上, 人人都在窃窃私語. 問到怎麼這個女孩的媽媽死了, 她連一滴眼淚都不流. 那個時候, 我真正明白到, 最痛的傷口從外面是看不到的.
Translation: [On that day at the funeral, everyone was talking privately. Asking why this little girl that just lost her mom, isn’t even shedding one tear. At that time, I realize, the most painful wounds aren’t viewable from the outside]

Also, it took me forever to find out what the hanyu pingying for 女 [female/girl]. I kept trying nu, nuu, nui, nuo, etc, but wasn’t getting the character I wanted. Turns out that hanyu pingying has a different vowel introduced. The correct way to get that character out is apparently: nv. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?!?!

This was the Zippo Lighter I got for free a long time ago:

More stuff from my ancient PhotoBucket. This was probably grabbed off of 4chan as the file names look unedited. I’m still curious who the artist might be.

Danish police find heroin stash in sword blades – Danish police said on Wednesday they had found heroin worth more than $1 million (559,000 pounds) that had been smuggled into the country from Pakistan in the hollowed-out blades of 25 antique sword replicas. Hollowed out blades? At first I thought they were stuffed inside the sheath. How much heroin can you stuff inside an already thin blade? The heroin packs look way too big to find in a bad. Then again, when I think sword, I’m thinking Katana. Maybe they’re referring to swords like the on that Gatz uses in Berserk or Cloud uses in FFVII or Sanosuke uses in Rurouni Kenshin.

Woman Allegedly Smuggles Grenade Into Jail – A Salvadoran woman was detained after she tried to smuggle a military grenade and marijuana hidden in her vagina into the country’s main prison, authorities said Wednesday. In her what?!?! I guess those things can get pretty wide. Would quite painful if the grenade went off…

Bras for miles: the cups runneth over… – Women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus hope to form the world’s longest chain of bras with the twin aims of heightening awareness of breast cancer and winning a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Working at Microsoft (from /.) – It seems like there’s a lot of public interest in what it’s like to work at Microsoft. Here’s my personal persepctive on the good, the bad, and the in-between. It was an interesting read and there were many points I agree with him.

Phony doctor gives free breast exams – A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, police said on Thursday. One woman became suspicious after the man asked her to remove all her clothes and began conducting a purported genital exam without donning rubber gloves, investigators said. At first I thought he was a genius! Then after seeing all the missteps he took, I retracted that thought.

Retiree flushes fortune down the toilet – A German pensioner flushed bundles of old banknotes worth a small fortune down the toilet because he thought they were now worthless, police in the northern city of Kiel said Thursday. … Police said he dumped some 60,000 deutschemarks — which the euro replaced in 2002 — into the bowl, unaware they could still be exchanged for about 30,000 euros ($37,000). Sewage workers recovered about half the sodden currency from the 64-year-old’s plumbing. The remaining notes created a bottleneck in local sewers, where most were fished out.

Americans commute longer, farther than ever – Dave Givens drives 370 miles to work and back every day and considers his seven-hour commute the best answer to balancing his work with his personal life. Ouch!

Robotic Chair (direct download) (from Esca) – Future chairs will be broken and automatically put itself back together again! Check out this neat video.

Seagate Leaks 750GB Barracuda 7200.10 Details – Two 750GB models have already shown up on the Seagate website. The Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640A (PATA) and the ST3750640SA (SATA) will be two new models we can look forward to seeing this year. The Seagate webpage reveals dozens of other NCQ-ready 7200.10 based products ranging from 200GB on up. Cache information was not available via the website yet, but the official Seagate PDF claims the Barracuda 7200.10 series will come with 16MB and 8MB buffers. Considering these two drives will be the best of breed for Seagate, it is fairly safe to assume these drives will have 16MB caches. *drools*

(vid) 最高のプレゼント – Best Present – I can’t believe how excited this little boy is
(img) 王蟲の幼虫 – Bug King – that’s one giant catepillar or worm or larvae or whatever it is
(img) お、落ちる… – Oh, I’m falling – pretty neat mini cooper ad – though I don’ think the falling part was intended
(img) 食えますか？ – Are you going to eat it? – cute game character cookies (including chocobo, koopa troopa, the squid from mario and more)
(img) 燃える空 – Burning Sky – I thought this looked really pretty
(img) 裏表のない男 – The man with faces on both sides – awesome haircut, giving him shades, mustache, and beard on the behind
(img) 手作りケーキでおもてなし – Handmade Cake – really cute!
(vid) イスの爆発 – Exploding Chair – pretty neat video where the chair breaks apart into 6 or more different pieces and comes back together.
(vid) 指パッチン – Hand Tap Dance – never knew hands could make so much noise
(img) Universal Serial Bus – some interesting things with the USB adapter (i.e. syringe, tie, lock, phone, rotary dial, belt, bra). I wonder if these are real. I know most of them are for aesthetics, but the handset is actually useful for VoIP and the lock was actually quite interesting, because without the key, you actually won’t be able to read the contents inside. Just another layer of security
(img) 店先にて – At the store ahead – frog cookies
(img) ズコー – Puppy tripping
(img) ぐるぐる – Guru Guru – pretty trippy
(img) 折り紙 – Origami – a Gundam folded from paper!!! I learnt a new Japanese phrase today. I wasn’t sure what that first kanji (折) was so Babelfish told me it was to fold, so that phrase would mean folded paper. I took a step back and though, the last word paper (紙) was pronounced kami, so something ri kami, then it hit me it was origami!
(img) 雲の上 – Above the Clouds – pretty scenary
(img) 思わずジャンプしたくなる光景 – The spectacle that makes you want to jump uncontrollably – by placing Mario ? boxes and coins around the city
(img) 植木屋さん？- Gardener? – it’s a party filled with bush animals!
(vid) 冬といえば – If you mention the Winter – a collection of funnies
(vid) 水難事故 – Water Problem Stories – a collection of funnies
(vid) やわらか男子 – Rubber Man – oh how he stretches!
(img) びっくりフラッシュ – Surprise Flash – haha! I remember when these were popular and people would share them all the time
(img) 炭酸祭り – Carbonic Acid Celebration – I just thought it was hilarious they’re wearing Coke bottles as caps. I wonder if it’d work if someone didn’t have black hair.
(img) 唸れ！　ワンツーパンチ nya！！ – Groan! One Two Punch Meow!! – punching cat
(img) Σ(゜∀゜)アヒャンっ – Cute Puppies
(img) ベルト – Belt – belt that can hold your iPod Nano
(vid) 縦列駐車メンドクサイ – Parallel Parking Craziness – you’ve got to have a lot of balls to do that.
(vid) モデル面接 – Model Interview – haha! maybe you shouldn’t wear shoes you can’t walk in
(vid) この世の終わり – End of the World – a guy dances pretty neatly to O-Zone’s Dragostea Din Tei
(img) ガシガシガシ – Gashi Gashi Gashi – A very big biting mouth
(img) 金魚の揚げ物Friday – Fried Goldfish Friday – goldfish tempura just sort of grosses me out
(img) 職人技 – Craftsman Skils – chain made from one tree?
(img) HEART and LOVE – I really think the shirt says Hate and Love (not heart)
(img) 風の谷かハイジの村か – Valley of the Wind – reminds me of the pretty scenaries in Switzerland
(img) ダイダルウェーブ – Tidal Wave – run, run, as fast as you can
(img) 像 – Elephant – pretty neat puzzle made of 6 elephants
(img) 集団リンチ – Group Bullying – Mountain Dews vs 1 Coke
(img) 姉○設計 – Weird Building Design – I’d think it’d be pretty easy to get lost, but pretty neat though
(img) 自分探しの旅 – Searching for yourself – I wonder if his face really looks like that
(img) 手乗りウサ – Bunny in hand – cute bunny
(flash) ローゼンセブン – The Rozen Seven – interesting flash with characters from Rozen Maiden
(img) 額にマークnya – Cute Kitten
(img) 龍とお出かけ – The Dragon Backpack
(img) (wan)僕はもうだめだ – (woof) I’m lazy – sleeping puppy
(img) 一人になりたくて – When you want to be alone – that’s what you get for having roommates. i wonder what’s he doing under there that requires privacy
(img) へへへ – hehehe – boy pees on wall inside house
(img) 最近の携帯は・・・ – Recent on things you carry… – the Ring has returned!
(img) そびえ立つ我らの荷物 – Luggage Tower
(img) キティちゃん – Kitty Chan – I’m not sure if that hello kitty is suppose to be cute or scary
(img) 足元に蝶 – Camouflage Butterfly