{"id":997,"date":"2007-02-28T03:36:30","date_gmt":"2007-02-28T11:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.krunk4ever.com\/blog\/?p=997"},"modified":"2007-02-28T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2007-03-01T01:14:22","slug":"random-crap-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krunk4ever.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/28\/random-crap-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Crap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rapidshare Search Engine<\/a> (from Angelus) – An interesting tool I didn’t know existed.<\/p>\n

Tesco Cans Refunds Policy After 360 Pricing Mishap<\/a> (from Tera) – A pricing error in January meant that XBox 360 games consoles were advertised in the store for \u00a3297.81. When the machines’ bar codes were scanned at the till, customers were asked to pay \u00a3299.97 — \u00a32.16 more. Under the policy, Tesco allowed the shoppers to take the consoles for free. Ouch. Great news for crafty British shoppers, but for Tesco, not so much. They’ve now, rather wisely, ditched the offer, replacing it with a deal where “customers will get back double the amount they were overcharged”.<\/em> Guess that’s what happens when you abuse a good policy.<\/p>\n

Chocolate Wii Controller<\/a> (from Digg) – Wondering what to do with the packaging that your wiimote and nunchuck controller came in? Why not fill them with chocolate! We did. They’re both stuffed with sponge fingers to fill them out a little, otherwise we’d have used a lot more chocolate. Not a bad thing in itself, but we didn’t have that much chocolate.<\/em> I would’ve thought the hot chocolate would’ve melted the plastic.<\/p>\n

There’s a common saying in Cantonese during the new year: \u606d\u559c\u767c\u8ca1, \u5229\u662f\u9017\u4f86 (gong hey fat choy, lai see dao lar), which literally translates to wish you good fortune, hand over the red envelope (money pouch). I didn’t know how to write the character for dao, so I was searching online for this phrase. I landed on this page: \u8212\u5c55\u8d85 \u4e4b \u5927\u73a9\u6d3e<\/a> (they’re using Chinese Traditional Big 5 encoding if you’re seeing random characters). Anyway, there was this post that I found hilarious:<\/p>\n

\u8fb2\u66c6\u65b0\u5e74\u671f\u9593\uff0c\u4f8b\u724c\u5728\u624b\u6a5f\u4e0a\u6536\u5230\u76f8\u7576\u591a\u7684\u8cc0\u5e74\u77ed\u8a0a\uff08SMS\uff09\u3002\u7576\u4e2d\u6709\u7684\u9817\u70ba\u300c\u884c\u8ca8\u300d\uff0c\u6c42\u5176\u6574\u5169\u53e5\u300c\u606d\u559c\u767c\u8ca1\uff0c\u842c\u4e8b\u5982\u610f\u300d\u4fbf\u7b97\uff1b\u6709\u7684\u5247\u660e\u986f\u662f\u5c0d\u65b9\u6536\u5230\u5f8c\uff0c\u518d\u9806\u624b\u8f49\u5bc4\u7684\uff0c\u5426\u5247\u600e\u6703\u6574\u7bc7\u90fd\u662f\u7c21\u9ad4\u5b57\uff1f<\/p>\n

\u4f46\u7121\u8ad6\u300c\u884c\u8ca8\u300d\u4e5f\u597d\u300c\u501f\u82b1\u300d\u4e5f\u597d\uff0c\u5fc3\u610f\u662f\u4e00\u5b9a\u6709\u7684\u3002\u9019\u7a2e\u77ed\u8a0a\u795d\u798f\u96d6\u7136\u5f88\u6578\u78bc\u5316\uff0c\u4f46\u4e5f\u4e00\u6a23\u53ef\u4ee5\u898b\u5b57\u5982\u898b\u5176\u4eba\u5427\uff01<\/p>\n

\u8aaa\u5230\u300c\u5982\u898b\u5176\u4eba\u300d\uff0c\u4e0d\u5f97\u4e0d\u63d0\u6211\u6536\u5230\u7684\u4e00\u500b\u8cc0\u5e74MMS\uff1b\u9019MMS\u8207SMS\u7684\u4e0d\u540c\u4e4b\u8655\uff0c\u5c31\u5728\u500bM\u5b57\uff0c\u4ee3\u8868Multi-Media\uff08\u591a\u5a92\u9ad4\uff09\u4e5f\uff01\u800c\u62dc3G\u624b\u6a5f\u6240\u8cdc\uff0c\u9019\u500bM\u5b57\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u8aaa\u662fMovie\u5427\uff01<\/p>\n

\u8a71\u8aaa\u5e74\u521d\u4e00\u90a3\u5929\uff0c\u624b\u6a5f\u300c\u561f\u561f\u300d\u97ff\u8d77\uff0c\u6536\u5230\u77ed\u8a0a\uff1b\u6253\u958b\u4e00\u770b\uff0c\u537b\u662f\u4e00\u5247\u591a\u5a92\u9ad4\u77ed\u8a0a\uff08MMS\uff09\uff0c\u7531\u670b\u53cbP\u541b\u5bc4\u4f86\u7684\u3002\u7576\u4e2d\u5305\u542b\u4e86\u4e00\u6bb5\u77ed\u7247\uff0c\u9808\u5148\u4e0b\u8f09\u624d\u80fd\u89c0\u770b\uff0c\u6211\u5c31\u4e0d\u7531\u5206\u8aaa\u540c\u610f\u4e0b\u8f09\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n

\u4e0d\u6d88\u4e00\u6703\uff0c\u4e0b\u8f09\u5b8c\u7562\uff0c\u5f71\u7247\u64ad\u51fa\u3002\u53ea\u898b\u4e00\u500b\u6b72\u96f6\u5169\u6b72\u7684\u7d30\u8def\uff0c\u4e00\u526f\u62dc\u5e74\u7684\u88dd\u675f\uff0c\u5411\u6211\u908a\u62b1\u62f3\u908a\u7259\u7259\u5b78\u8a9e\uff1b\u80cc\u666f\u6709\u4e00\u7537\u8072\uff0c\u660e\u986f\u662f\u5176\u7236\u89aaP\u541b\uff0c\u5728\u6307\u5c0e\uff08\u6307\u4f7f\uff09\u4ed6\u8aaa\uff1a\u300c\u606d\u559c\u767c\u8ca1\uff0c\u5229\u662f\u9017\u4f86\u3002\u300d\u7d30\u8def\u5c31\u7167\u6a23\u5b78\u9053\uff1a\u300c\u516c\u5668\u7f70\u8ca1\uff0c\u4f60\u5c4e\u5012\u4f86\u3002\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u6211\u770b\u4e86\u4e4b\u5f8c\uff0c\u54ed\u7b11\u4e0d\u5f97\uff01\u5ffd\u751f\u4e00\u8a08\uff1a\u65e2\u7136\u4f60\u7528MMS\u62dc\u5e74\uff0c\u6211\u5c31\u7528MMS\u6d3eCyber\u5229\u662f\uff01\u65bc\u662f\u7528\u624b\u6a5f\u81ea\u62cd\u4e00\u6bb5\u6d3e\u5229\u662f\u7684\u77ed\u7247\uff0c\u56de\u4e86\u904e\u53bb\uff01\u5920\u7d55\uff01<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The overall post talks about a guy receiving Chinese new year greetings over MMS and SMS. One of them included a video clip of a very young kid learning from his father how to say, “Gong Hey Fat Choy. Lai See Dao Lar.” Chinese has a bunch of characters that sound the same and in Cantonese. To complicate that even further, there’s like 6 or 7 tones for each sound, making it even easier to screw up. In Mandarin, there’s only 4 default tones, with a soft 5th tone. So the kid basically says most of the sounds correctly, but in the incorrect tone, making a completely new sentence saying “public machine fines wealth, your poop has arrived.” It’s a common tradition when a kid wishes you good fortune to give them a red envelope (usually filled with some cash). However, since this person used a MMS to greet him, he decided to reply with a cyber red envelope, instead of a real one with cash.<\/p>\n

I was telling this story to Cari and she tells me a story in return:<\/p>\n

haha my mom’s god son.. he says fat choi like the vegetable.. the black hair like things we eat. so his sister made fun of him and said.. why is he congratulating a vegetable?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How To Give A Great Man To Man Hug<\/a> (from SueOn) – Pretty funny to tutorial.<\/p>\n

clocky<\/a> (from Digg) – The alarm clock that runs away and hides when you don’t wake up. Clocky gives you one chance to get up. But if you snooze, Clocky will jump off of your nightstand and wheel around your room looking for a place to hide. Clocky is kind of like a misbehaving pet, only he will get up at the right time.<\/em> Haha! Perfect gift for your kid going to college. They’ll need it.<\/p>\n

Photosynth Technology Preview<\/a> (from Digg) – Welcome to Photosynth, a new technology from Microsoft Live Labs that takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed three-dimensional space.<\/em> Pretty neat and it utilizes Windows Presentation Foundation for the neat UI graphics.<\/p>\n

What your Sleeping position says about you<\/a> (from Digg) – Scientists believe the position in which a person goes to sleep provides an important clue about the kind of person they are.<\/em> The names they gave to the sleeping positions are rather funny: Foetus, Log, Yearner, Soldier, Freefall, and Starfish. I definitely swap between the Foetus and Soldier positions.<\/p>\n

Beer launching fridge<\/a> (from Digg) – Wow. Now this is an idea that could pick-up: a mini fridge with a catapult on top and an automatic beer launcher. The cool part is that it’s very small and incredibly accurate. Seriously, it’s a gadget that I would buy!<\/em> I really like the little contraption on how they pull the can out from the fridge.<\/p>\n

Stand-in Chinese mistress sought to take wife’s abuse<\/a> – A Chinese businessman has advertised on the Internet for a stand-in mistress to be beaten up by his wife to vent her anger and to protect his real mistress<\/strong>, Chinese media reported on Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n

TMNT Arcade ‘Level 1’ gameplay<\/a> (from MS newsgroup) – I remember spending countless quarters playing this game (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) at the arcades. If this game supports multiplayer (all 4 controllers), it’d be super neat!<\/p>\n

Guess what’s in my pants<\/a> (from Angelus) – Jimmy Kimmel from The Man Show sticks something inside his pant pocket and asks random women on the street to feel it and guess what it is. Rather hilarious. One woman actually starts biting it.<\/p>\n

Russian Tunnel Video<\/a> (from Tera) – This 3150 m long tunnel in Russia is the longest in-city tunnel of Europe. There is a river running over it and water leaks at some points. When the temperature reaches -38 degrees like it did this winter, the road freezes and the result is the attached video taken during a single day with the tunnel camera. And the answer to the most popular question: the name of the song on the video is “Avalon” performed by an artist who goes simply by the name “Juliet”. The album is “The Best of NYC Afterhours – Volume 3”.<\/em> You’d think they’d put up big red flashing signs warning people to drive slower…<\/p>\n

Beatboxing flute inspector gadget remix<\/a> (from Hjo3) – Beatboxing Flute player Greg Pattillo inspector gadget with a twist like nothing you’ve heard (unless you’ve been wandering through washington square park and heard him there)<\/em> The 2nd song he’s playing is actually Axel F (from Axel Foley) and isn’t really related to Inspector Gadget.<\/p>\n

The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items<\/a> – More secret menu items at Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Chipotle, Subway, Jamba Juice, In-N-Out Burger, Starbucks, Dairy Queen, Chili’s, Blimpie, Burger King, Popeye’s, TGIFriday’s, Denny’s, and Arby’s.<\/p>\n

Costco\u2019s Electronics Return Policy<\/a> (from The Consumerist<\/a>) – Due to abuse, Costco is once again updating their return policy. The following items now have a 90-day return window: Televisions, Computers, Cameras, Camcorders, iPod\/MP3 players, and Cellular phones. However, it does come with 2 year warranty from the date of purchase, which is rather neat. This only applies to purchases after this policy goes into effect which is being slowly pushed into all stores. Good thing I bought my TV before then \ud83d\ude09 There is something new where Costco is offering in-home TV setup. I wonder if that means they’ll deliver the TV too, which was one of the main reasons I didn’t get a TV till recently.<\/p>\n

Parents raise copycat risk from TV’s revhead tot<\/a> (from \/.) – AN award-winning TV commercial showing a toddler driving a four-wheel-drive has been pulled off the air. The Advertising Standards Board said it had banned the ad for Hyundai’s Sante Fe 4WD after more than 80 viewer complaints.<\/em> You can watch the ad here: Hyundai Santa Fe<\/a>. I thought the ad was rather cute.<\/p>\n

Toilet Paper Folder & Dispenser Prototype<\/a> (from Digg) – This is a project that me and my friends built for school (UC Berkeley). Its made of lego mindstorms, scissors, and some scrap metal. With all things considered, I think it turned out alright. Not only does it fold your paper for you, it also cuts it. It would be the perfect accessory for a fancy, high-tech, Japanese bathroom! This video shows two test runs; the first run works well, while the second one could have gone a little smoother…<\/em> Haha! I need one of these!<\/p>\n

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Rapidshare Search Engine (from Angelus) – An interesting tool I didn’t know existed. Tesco Cans Refunds Policy After 360 Pricing Mishap (from Tera) – A pricing error in January meant that XBox 360 games consoles were advertised in the store for \u00a3297.81. When the machines’ bar codes were scanned at the till, customers were asked … <\/p>\n

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