Posted on

Last Post Before Trip

seems like this will be the last post before i leave on my trip. wont have access to this computer for the next few days so everything i’ll be doing will be on the laptop, which is equally as powerful as my desktop (give or take some in different areas).

For those that haven’t seen the SouthWest deal, it’s currently $29 each way from LAX to OAK. Great for us who go to school in Berkeley. It’s NEVER been this low after the 9-11 incident! (note: this is the promotional fare, not the internet one-way)

well, back to WarCraft. ^_^x

Posted on

Go Spreads

5 more days before I go. *sniff* I’ll miss you guys.

Anyway, #elite-fansubs found a very interesting article on MSNBC that i thought i’d like to share with you guys. It’s about my current favorite anime series: Hikaru no Go. And on top of that 2 new episodes are coming out! w00h00! ^_^x me = one happy boy. Unlike many animes where it’s hilarious or contains mechs and other cool things, Hikaru no Go is more of a very emotional anime where a lot of feelings are put into it. It’s like a soap opera but intended for little kids, and now they found out that this anime is moving children away from video games and into GO! This is SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

welp, going to update picture of the week one last time before i leave. i didn’t find anything special, so i put up something cute. hehe. hope you’ll enjoy it. ^_^x

Posted on

New Scanner

w00h00! got paid for my auction i talked about yesterday. so happy, so happy, so happy. btw, before you go asking me for lunch, i already owe another person lunch, so you’re a bit late. sorry.

good news guys. cyberwings has finally shown some life. light is finally beginning to emerge from the tunnel and hopefully, my site will return to normal status in no time. but then of course, there’s my trip. Probably won’t be able to update much after that.

not sure if i told you guys yet, but i got a new toy! Canon CanoScan N1240U It’s ultra-slim and scans are EXCELLENT QUALITY. only reason my dad got this was he wanted his old b/w pictures to be scanned and reprinted. hehe.

Posted on

WarCraft III Addiction

before you ask me why i didn’t have an update for yesterday, i have a valid reason: WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. Just started playing the game yesterday and it’s very addictive. Although 3D Graphix aren’t as good as those new 3D games out there, the strategy and AI has definitely improved since Star Craft.

Had a really fun day today with my frined ungsunghero. Went to Red Lobster for lunch and then SHOPPING!!! Of course not for clothing, but TOYS!!! hehe. ^_^x Went to Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, and Fry’s. We both got our Price Match with Staples. Bought 100 CD-Rs for -$10.00. Yes that’s right, the negative sign is there. After $30 MIR (mail-in rebate), we make $10 for buying those CD-Rs. nice huh?

welp, i’m not the type to brag, but i just wanted to show u guys this: eBay #1366819120. Couldn’t believe i got $312 for it! Only costed me ~$300 to get the reward and that came with 3 Round Trips from OAK to LAX. Guess you could say they gave me free trips or even said they paid me to fly. hehe. ^_^x

that’s all for tonite. ^_^x

Posted on

Going to Asia

For those that don’t know yet… Actually, i dont believe i’ve told anyone yet. well, i did send out a email. oh well. I’ll be off to Asia from 7/28 to 8/17. Going to Japan, Hong Kong, and China. It’s going to be SO FUN!!!

i also decided that white on green looks a lot better than gray on green. or is that grey. what’s the difference? english and american english? hehe.

welp, today’s a short one. sorry bout that. ;p

Posted on

Different Metals = Different Reduction Potentials

uh oh! something has happened to animebon’s blue bug! was @ best buy today, and while opening the window, we heard a *crack* sound like the window was grinding against sand or a rock. the window no longer went up nor down. hopefully the blue bug will be better tomorrow after it makes it visit to the doctor, i mean dealer. hehe. ^_^x

picture of the week has been updated. enjoy ^_^x

Krunk4Ever (12:39:51 AM): now i remember
Krunk4Ever (12:40:11 AM): remember how u said my nerves in my teeth send out electrical systems
ungsunghero (12:40:19 AM): yeah
Krunk4Ever (12:40:25 AM): thats why when i stuck a paperclip to my tooth/cavity filling
Krunk4Ever (12:40:27 AM): to my tongue
Krunk4Ever (12:40:33 AM): i’d get that funny sensation
Krunk4Ever (12:40:45 AM): but weird thing is if my tongue touces the cavity filling
Krunk4Ever (12:40:47 AM): there is nothing
Krunk4Ever (12:40:55 AM): must have that paperclip in between for it to feel
ungsunghero (12:41:14 AM): b/c the paperclip and the filling are different metals
ungsunghero (12:41:23 AM): different metals = different reduction potentials
ungsunghero (12:41:27 AM): (AHHHH!!!!!!)
Krunk4Ever (12:41:54 AM): so you’re saying when my tongue is touching my teeth
Krunk4Ever (12:41:57 AM): the current is there
ungsunghero (12:42:01 AM): no
ungsunghero (12:42:05 AM): there is no current
ungsunghero (12:42:18 AM): the bridge is your tongue
Krunk4Ever (12:42:18 AM): why does the curretn complete with the paperclip then?
ungsunghero (12:42:28 AM): the current will go from your filling to your filling
Krunk4Ever (12:42:42 AM): oh
ungsunghero (12:42:43 AM): electrons have no reason to travel from your filling to your filling
Krunk4Ever (12:42:52 AM): i c
Krunk4Ever (12:42:53 AM): gotcha
Krunk4Ever (12:42:55 AM): thanks ^_^x
ungsunghero (12:42:56 AM): but, with the paperclip there, the electrons will travel from one to the other
ungsunghero (12:43:07 AM): YOU OWE ME LUNCH FOR MAKING ME BRING BACK THESE HORRIBLE FACTS
Krunk4Ever (12:43:12 AM): sure thing!
Krunk4Ever (12:43:26 AM): 2 lunches and 1 dinner?
ungsunghero (12:43:39 AM): no
ungsunghero (12:43:40 AM): 1 and 1
ungsunghero (12:43:43 AM): i think
ungsunghero (12:43:49 AM): <– confuzzled
Krunk4Ever (12:44:21 AM): okay
Krunk4Ever (12:44:23 AM): neato

Posted on

Worst Traffic Jam EVER

Had the worse traffic jam ever today! Was stuck in traffic over 2hrs! Rumor that it was a bomb threat @ Puente Hills mall off of Azusa (the whole Azusa Ave. was blockaded; police wouldn’t allow entrance) or it was a flipped over tanker. For those that are familiar with City of Industry, it tooke me 45mins to get from the intersection of Azusa & Gale to Fullerton & Gale. Sigh… Going to check this link more often now.

Staples finally sent me my WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos today. Got the human edition for only $25.30! nice eh? hehe.

for those that haven’t heard of my RAM/Video Card problem, I’m happy to announce it was only a simply driver problem. Thanks to WinXP and it’s rollback feature, i no longer incur anymore freezes. w00h00!

Posted on

I get to DRIVE again!

Took a drive to Redondo Beach today. Well the city at least. Dropped by the retail store of PC Liquidator and grabbed some cheap monitors for the company. They had 17″ Dell Trinitons (Sony Rebadged) for $50 each. Of course they were used, but who needs new monitors @ the company anyway. They’re $59.99 on the website, but they’re holding a sale this week for only $49.99. nice!

GUESS WHAT!?!?! I get to drive again. I’m on probation tho. Have to drive my mom’s Ford Aerostar till sunday and if I’m good, I get my Civic back! w00h00!

anyway, g’nite ^_^zzz

Posted on

New Computer

wow, it’s been a whole week since i’ve updated my site. sorry about that folks. cyberwings is a process of moving to a new server and I was too lazy to update the dns name servers to have it forward to my OCF account.

well, a lot has happened this week, too much even for me to remember. hehe.

I’ll start off with my new computer. Not totally new, but new motherboard and hd:

The reason for this upgrade was because i was experiencing frequent freezes/crashes on my system. And NO, I was not using Win9x. In fact I was using WinXP which has ALWAYS been stable till I installed a raid controller card and even a COMPLETE format didnt fix it. And YES, the RAID controller has already been removed. hehe, i think i’m beginning to sound like a certain someone i’ve very familiar with.

Here’s a picture of my old mb + cpu fan. (notice the excess thermal paste i used. i was uneducated about thermal paste back then. always thought the more the better. hehe)

Welp, i sorta ran into a roadblock during this upgrade. Realized I didn’t have DDR-RAM and the new motherboard only supported DDR in contrast with my old ECS motherboard which still had SD-RAM compatibility. Guess more RAM for my server @ home. hehe. Oh well, i was forced (yes, my computer is my life and i feel as i’m dead with it not on) to pay summer ram prices ($49 shipped for Crucial Technology 256MB PC2100 DDR-RAM). Best Buy just had a sale this weekend which I got in on (PNY 256MB PC2100 DDR-RAM for $50 – $20MIR)

here’s some pictures during the upgrade:
pic1 | pic2 | pic3 | pic4 | pic5 | pic6

next thing i’d like to talk about is networks. u know, how ethernet cables have 8 wires. well 4 of them are useless. I found that out from animebons who i was helping creating some network jacks for the company i work @.

There’s only 4 wires that are being used, 2 for transmitting (wire 1&2), 2 for receiving (wire 3&6). So inside a hub, switch, or a jack, only 4 wires are being used. So I saw how 1 jack miracuously became 2! by using wire 4,5,7,8 and converting them to wire 1,2,3,6, we were able to run 2 network jacks to the server which used to be one before. The link below shows you exactly what i’m talking about.

Linksys’ FAQ

last but not least, some couple updates within the site. as i noted in my dreambook, dreambooks are now part of my site through the magic of php. nifty trick eh?

i also learnt how to use javascript to pop up those windows for pictures. enjoy ^_^x.

Posted on

K-Pax

watched K-Pax today and it was an awesome movie! I hope the info I provide here won’t be any spoilers for anyone. 2 interesting parts I’d like to mention is:

  1. Prot says “Every being in the universe knows right from wrong. You humans, most of you, subscribe to this policy of an eye for an eye, a life for a life, which is known throughout the universe for it’s stupidity. Even your Buddha and your Christ had quite a different vision, but nobody’s paid much attention to them, not even Buddhists or Christians. You humans, sometimes it’s hard to imagine how you made it this far.”

    As heiyaheiya said “you seem to have a very strong japan fetish huh?” For those that has seen my subprofile lately, they’ll notice this new info:
    A concept related to this is “Hito no me,” which means “the eyes of others” and refers to the silent, always-watching eyes of everyone around you, looking at you to make sure you’re not doing anything too far outside the norm. I encountered this when I moved to a new neighborhood, back when I was single. Trash day was Wednesday and Friday, and you had to put your trash in the assigned place before 7 am on the morning they were to come pick it up — you could not put it out, say, the night before. Since getting up at 7 am was a little early for me (I worked from 2 to 10 pm and stayed up late), I tried “bending” their rules just a little, putting my trash out at night very quietly. But in the end, the disapproving eyes of all those living around me wore me down, and I conformed. I felt that the power of all those eyes was far more powerful than, say, if they had a law requiring me to put my trash out before 7 am. The concept of “hito no me” is one of the most important reasons why Japan is the way it is.

    I just found it interesting how these 2 things related. ^_^x

  2. I know this is definitely a spoiler, therefore I’ll hide the text. Just highlight the following empty lines to read it: (Show)