Random Crap

rozen maiden - azumanga daioh opening
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Rozen Maiden – Azumanga Daioh Opening (from Leara)

Some pictures from 4chan:

broken balls
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Broken Balls

hasmter fighting machine
Hamster Fighting Machine

error 404 - road not found
Error 404 – Road Not Found

drunken fist
Drunken Fist

DMac
DMac

ying yang
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Ying Yang

pissed at computer
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Pissed At Computer (may be a bit gory)

Mini pya! Flood:

(img) 錯覚 – Hallucination – looking at a box that can’t exist
(img) サッカースタジアム – Soccer Stadium – a neat little Lego project
(img) アスキーアート – Ascii Art – how ascii (keyboard) art originated
(img) ピエロ – Clown – the color and tone was a nice touch.
(img) 空き缶アート – Empty Can Art – some pretty neat work
(img) おやじむし – Father Bubble – quite big
(img) デート – Date – with nails
(img) ハーレム – HaremNOT WORK SAFE! when gummy bears have sex
(img) お互い興味なし – No Mutual InterestNOT WORK SAFE! geeks are geeks
(img) 境界線 – Boundary Line – the line that seperates the poor from the rich

Go to bed married, wake up divorcedSohela Ansari told friends that her husband Aftab had uttered the word “talaq,” or divorce, three times in his sleep, according to the report published in newspapers Monday. When local Islamic leaders got to hear, they said Aftab’s words constituted a divorce under an Islamic procedure known as “triple talaq.” The couple, married for 11 years with three children, were told they had to split.

Western Digital Corporation Settlement Information (thanks to Leara) – Apparently WDC (Western Digital Corporation) was sued for false advertising. All hard drives sold today don’t exactly speak the whole truth when disclosing the drive capacity. As the class action states: Plaintiff alleges that in the sale and marketing of its hard disk drives, Defendant overstates the useable storage capacity by approximately 7%. According to Plaintiff, when attached to most personal computers, a hard disk drive advertised by Defendant as having “80GB” will only show an available capacity of “74.4GB.” Plaintiff alleges that one reason for this disparity is the use of two different measurements of a “GB.” Plaintiff alleges that computer operating systems compute 1 GB as 1,073,741,824 bytes (the “Binary Definition”), but Defendant and other hard disk drive manufacturers compute 1 GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes (the “Decimal Definition”). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant’s conduct constituted false advertising, unfair business practices, breach of contract, fraud, and violations of the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act. Anyway, the proposed settlement is 1) on all its future product packaging, it will display “1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.” and 2) class members shall be entitled to download, from the Website, software with substantially all of the following capabilities and features: data back up; data recovery, etc. The list of capabilities of this software is actually quite interesting and claims to be worth $30, not that much considering the features it possesses. But anyway, to qualify for the free software, all you need is a s/n from a WDC harddrive purchased between 2001 and 2006 and just register here.

The Major vs The OS-girls (from Leara) – NOT WORK SAFE and UTTERLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18! A hilarious yet sexy comic strip of the Major (from Ghost in the Shell) interrogating the different OS-tans and trying to find security holes.

ajaxWrite (from /.) – another ajax word processor. somewhat neat, but still quite unpolished.

Carpool Dummy Sells on eBay for $15,000A makeshift mannequin that failed to fool police monitoring the high-occupancy vehicle lane on a highway has fetched $15,000 in an auction on eBay, with proceeds going to charity, the buyer announced.

All-star cast set for “March of Penguins” spoofActor Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to narrate an upcoming spoof of the Oscar-winning documentary “March of the Penguins” with an all-star supporting voice cast, independent studio ThinkFilm said on Friday. “Farce of the Penguins,” mixing archival wildlife footage with an R-rated screenplay written and directed by comedian Bob Saget, is aimed for a late-summer theatrical release, ThinkFilm spokesman Alex Klenert said.

Who has the Biggest, Baddest, and Longest Sword

So Tera and I were discussing which anime character had the biggest, baddest, and longest sword. It first started when Leara was talking about how big Ichigo’s sword was. Here’s a clip of our chat:

<Leara> wonder if ichigo ever learns to shrink his sword
<Tera> tha sounds
<Tera> so sexual
<Tera> lol
<Tera> viagra overdose
<Krunk> i thought he did learn to shrink his sword
<Krunk> it’s called his bankai
<Leara> lol
<Leara> i meant like
<Leara> non-shikai form
<Krunk> but that’s the way it just is right?
<Krunk> it’s like cloud or berserk’s sword
<Leara> hrm
<Leara> i guess so huh
<Leara> wait wait
<Leara> when he FIRST got the sword
<Leara> it wasn’t black
<Leara> that’s what i meant
<Tera> buster sword is way bigger than gatz’ sword
<Krunk> who’s buster?
<Tera> cloud’s original sword is called the buster sword
<Krunk> oh!
<Krunk> haha
<Tera> the sword he got from zack
<Krunk> well
<Krunk> which sword are you comparing
<Krunk> ?
<Krunk> gatz latest sword is way bigger
<Tera> oh
<Tera> i dun keep with the manga
<Tera> i only know wot i’ve seen from the anime and the DC game
<Krunk> even in the anime
<Krunk> his last sword was big
<Tera> gatz’ sword is long but it’s nowhere near as thick

*note: sword here literally means sword. though reading it with the sexual innuendo in mind changes the context completely.

So I went to do some research:

Cloud with Buster Sword
Buster SwordThe Buster Sword (バスターソード) was made famous in Final Fantasy VII, in which it served as the default weapon of the game’s protagonist, Cloud Strife … Its exact dimensions are not revealed, but judging from its relative size, it must be over a foot in width and at least 5 feet in length. … While its inspirations may be forever unknown, it bears a resemblance to the oversized sword wielded by the lead character Guts in the manga Berserk. It also bears characteristics of a traditional katana (one-sided edge), a zweihänder (size), and a bastard-sword (short hilt). It may also be compared to a zanbato, a sword which appears in the anime Rurouni Kenshin.

Gatz with swordGatz with sword
Gatz with swordGatz with sword
BerserkGuts is the protagonist of the story; a tall, muscular white male with a sword about 7′ long and 12″ wide at its base with a prosthetic left forearm (that also conceals a cannon).

So it’s clear Gatz’ sword is longer than the Buster, but it’s still up for grabs if the Buster sword is wider and thicker than Gatz’ sword.

After reading the entry from Buster sword, it had dawned on me that Sanosuke from Rurouni Kenshin had the biggest longest sword of all. Though he doesn’t count because he’s not as awesome as Cloud or Gatz.

The Missing Piece

So I finished putting the Empire State Building together today. But guess what… it appears I’m missing a piece (either lost or was never there). Which really sucks about puzzles because that last missing piece is what’s stopping you from actually completing the puzzle. You spend x-hours trying to put this together, and only at the end you realize you can’t. The funny thing is if I had known I was missing a piece before I started, I would have never started to begin with.

I went through the extra foam pieces which were told to be trash, hoping to find the missing piece, but no luck there either.

But here’s what the completed puzzle looks like:

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You can check the rest of the images in my gallery album. That last photo was my attempt to show it glow in the dark, but it didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to. It does in fact glow in the dark, but very lightly, and it’s not like glow in the dark green, but more like the night few of the Empire State Building, where some light is coming from the windows. You can spot the missing piece in this image:

missing piece

HAHA! I found the missing piece!!! I was going through the extra foam one last time before I threw it away and BAM, there it was! My Empire State building is now complete.

McDull, The Alumni

Just watched McDull, The Alumni (春田花花同學會). There’s so many cute scenes and tons of hilarious scenes. It’s a typical Hong Kong movie without much plot, just a bunch of nonsense, but it’s been awhile since I had that much fun with a Chinese movie. There’s a some cute songs too. I’ve posted the McDull piggy animations videos yesterday’s post. You can view the trailer at the Official Site (listed below) and check out the other music videos too.

Official Site
IMDb: 5.9/10 (37 votes)
LoveHKFilm
Yahoo! Movies

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This song is so catchy: Fing吓Fing吓 (Do note, it’s a mp3 rip from the movie, so the quality isn’t exactly the best)

Puzz 3D – Met Life Tower

Got this as a gift back during Christas at the white elephant party. Or was it the pink elephant? Anywhere, I was a bit bored tonight and decided to see how far I’d get. I actually was about to give up half way. Most of my time was spent breaking the pieces apart and discarding the junk pieces. I eventually decided to do the samller tower (Met Life Tower) and leave the cinokucated Empire State Building for some other rainy day.

So I built the base for both towers first because that was rather easy. They had cars on those pieces. Hehe.

The biggest difference between the Met Life Tower pieces and the Empire State building pieces was the fact taht the Met Life Tower pieces had bigger windows. So I sorted them out by window size and eventually came up with the same of pieces I needed. Turns out I had all the pieces, an a few extra which I’ve returned to the box.

You can check my gallery album to see it from start to end.

Here’s the ending product:
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The box claims it glows in the dark, but I haven’t tried that yet.

McDull

I was skimming through McDull, the Alumni and found this really cute pig. This movie wasn’t really a cartoon, but had snippets of cartoons in the middle. Apparently, the previous 2 McDull releases were all animation: My Life as McDull and McDull, Prince de la Bun.

The skits were just too cute that I thought I’d share. Do note, all the clips are in Cantonese, so you might find them as funny as I did.

McDull, the Alumni 01 – If George Washington was a pig, cherry tree was a chicken, and his mom a sarcastic.
McDull, the Alumni 02 – Pig who doesn’t like to wear pants
McDull, the Alumni 03 – Pig decides to grow up to be an OL, because they don’t need to wear pants
McDull, the Alumni 04 – Pig imagines what it’d be like to be an OL during his bus ride. He begins to sing a really funny song.
McDull, the Alumni 05 – Pig’s mom convinces him that it’s not practical to be an OL, so he decides to be a life guard, since the only pair of pants he owns are swimming trunks.
McDull, the Alumni 06 – The principal of the school gives his thanks over a hotpot with the students and students’ parents.

There was one additional clip I thought I’d share, where an office worker fries and egg with his CPU heat. What was the things hidden in his cdrom? One thing I did noticed was they used a shuttle!

Enjoy!

Detective Conan – Desperate Revival

Heard an interesting from Detective Conan: “If that woman really does know, there’s only one reason why she won’t say so. She’s waiting. Waiting to hear it directly from your lips.” You can generalize that to be, “If a woman finds out your secret, the only reason why she won’t confront you about it, is because she’s waiting to hear it directly from you.” I’m wondering if the same applies to men. Though there is also the possibility that the woman wants to live in denial, but that isn’t the case here. If saying Detective Conan isn’t enough hint for you, the woman (or girl) in which Hattori Heji is referring to is Ran and the secret, awwww common, you must know it by now.

Episodes 188 to 193 was a very cute and short series called Desperate Revival. No images will be provided and it’ll probably be the only entry of Detective Conan where I’ll throw in spoilers and a summary.

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The Greatest Game Ever Played

Just watched this movie today. Decent enjoyable movie. Pretty much like most Disney sports movie where the entire plot is already known 5 minutes into the movie. I even knew the ending before they announced what the ending could’ve been. Though I do have to say, the trailer made Harry Vardon like a bad guy, but he totally wasn’t.

Official Site
IMDb: 6.5/10 (681 votes)
Yahoo! Movies: The Critics: B- / Yahoo! Users: B
Rotten Tomatoes: RATING: FRESH / READING: 61%
Apple Trailer
Amazon.com DVD
Amazon.com Book

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Shure E4C Earphones

As I mentioned several days ago, I finally received my pair of Shure E4c-n Sound Isolating Earphones in Black.

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I had actually mention a few months ago, before I got my Logitech Wireless Headphones for iPod, I was contemplating on getting either the Etymotic ER-4P Portable Earphones or Etymotic Research ER-6 Isolator Earphones, but I hesitated and the prices just weren’t right. Last week, or maybe 2 weeks ago, Buy.com was having almost 50% off Shure earphones including the coupons available on the new black versions of their E2c, E3c, and E4c. I jumped on this opportunity and got myself a nice pair of earphones and am quite happy with it.

The sound is just amazing! Or maybe that’s just the self-fulfilling prophecy since I paid so much for it. I’ve read reviews and they’ve compared the Shure E4c and the Etymotic ER-4P and both were in the same ballpark in regards to quality. They did mention the E4c was missing a shirt clip, which I can totally understand now. The wiring is a bit thick to ensure quality, but that leads to a heavy dangling wire.

The earphones comes in one of those stupid plastic super sealed boxes which requires a razor to open. Inside you’ll find instructions, registration cards, the actual earphones, a volume control unit (which isn’t actually attached to the earphones), tons of ear pieces so you can find the correct ones that’ll fit your ear, some replacement parts, and even a earwax picker. The ear pieces are the interesting part. There’s foam; there’s soft plastic; there’s hard plastic; they even have those funky 3 layered ear plug thingies. I haven’t tested all of them yet, but so far the soft plastic is what I’m using. I actually had to switch to a smaller size because the default ones that came on the earphones were a bit too big.

At first it was hard getting used to the earphones, because the plastic actually expands to fill your entire ear. This helps isolate sound and allow more air for bass noises. They help isolate sound so much, I’ve already not noticed 5 or 6 people that were calling my name at work trying to get my attention. Haha.

Did a quick search on Blingo and found this review: TrustedReviews

CNET also has a video and more photos.

Jail vs Community Service

Break the law and live by a beach – Article was interesting, but it brought up a point I wanted to comment about: The 2.6 square km (1.0 sq mile) Bastoy island offers its 115 “residents” cross-country skiing, tennis and horse-riding, but before the inmates can slope off to practise their serve or head to the beach for a swim, there is work to do on the farm.

I’ve always thought jail was the most stupidest form of punishment. They get locked up and live OFF the expense of tax payers. I agree there are some corner cases where psychos do need to get locked up, but most of the time, instead of having us pay for their meals and shelter, why not have them contribute back to the community for what they’ve done? It’s basically cheap service provided to the community which they’ve done wrong to. Having the community forgive them for what they’ve done on the other hand is different question, but at least they’ve tried redeem themselves from their wrongdoing.

And studies have always shown that incarceration doesn’t work correctly most of the time. Another interesting point is when jailed people come back out looking for jobs, it’s very difficult for them to find work having a “record” as they say. By doing a good job with community service, they can even get a recommendation letter from whoever is the officer overwatching them.

Just my 2 cents.


Random Crap:

Cambodia by Julian Li (from MS newsgroup) – I spent two and a half rollercoaster days of highs and lows in Cambodia. Some of the experiences here are now seared into my conciousness forever changing the way I look at life as well as certain aspects of what I believe in. In truth, I nearly deleted this gallery as it was painful to recall back the memories months ago, but then thats not going to help the kids here. I hope some good comes to the children from my photos, and maybe someone with financial power can come to help. Does anyone know Bill Gates? The pictures were beautiful and touching and shot very well. You can see more of his photo projects at www.julian.li.

Nerd caught Playing W.O.W World of Warcraft (with himself) (from Esca) – NOT WORK SAFE! Splitting the word “playing” and “with himself” tricked me.

The Ladies Bathroom (from Cari) – NOT WORK SAFE! A cute little animated cartoon about what really goes on in the ladies bathroom.. When women refer to objects such as lipstick, chocolate, or even horoscopes, do note those are names for their ‘vibrators’, just like how men have names for their *cough*

Texas arresting people in bars for being drunkThe first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission’s Carolyn Beck. Getting drunk in a bar is considered public intoxication?!?! Guess the only place left to get drunk is in the comfort of your own home.

JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank (from Panzer) – Although a bit ugly, for $20 grand, you can own your own tank!

ThinkPad X60 laptopThe X series is the Thinkpad ultra-portable lineup, which consists of a single spindle design. The Thinkpad X60 is the current incarnation, and our model sports a Intel Core Duo T2400 CPU clocked at 1.83GHz, Intel GMA950 graphics, and a 2.5″ SATA drive. (Note: this is a different model than the X60s, which, while lighter, utilizes a lower-voltage Core Duo L2300 CPU and lacks the fingerprint scanner). It weighs in at a svelte 3lb (depending on configuration) and claims to have quite an impressive battery life. An optional dock can hold a second battery and/or an optical drive. Drools… I was originally thinking my next upgrade would be to a Thinkpad X41 (or is the X42 out?) which is the tablet version, but now that the X60 is out… I dunno… It’s just as light: 3lbs!!!

Viagra for stallion who wouldn’t horse around…And when the stallion was given the potency drug, it emerged he was fully functional, he added.

Windows Vista delayed into January 2007 – Immediately after this announcment was made, Microsoft stock drop from 2.56% in after-market trade. It dropped from $27.74 and I believe today it opened today at $27.08. Let’s just say I’m happy I sold my stocks a few days ago. =)