of stuff n such - 09.03.05

Is Beer Less Fattening Than Wine?: According to the BBPA, a glass of beer with a typical 4.6% alcoholic volume, has fewer calories not only than a similar measure of wine, but also milk or fruit juice. So Beer is Good For You [via IdleDays]

Green Day Awakens Boy From Coma: Less than an hour after hearing the album, American Idiot, he had opened his eyes and was able to move his fingers and toes. Talk about the power of punk rock [via Fark.com]

Sites Hacked: Jeffooi listed a few Malaysian websites that were hacked recently, including Maybank, Customs and even Sultan of Perak's website. Is it because of this that led to this?

All about shoes: Puma Beisser has rubberized fangs on the soles. Adidas 1 has shiny LEDs and a computer inside of it. [via Gizmodo]

Mini Golf: Try this game. [Source: BBSpot.com]

RoboType: Cool tool. Tried it out and created 2 samples.

Singapore Traffic Police Seeks Alternatives To Curb Speeding: Following success stories from Israel, Russia and Florida, the TP has adopted a patented high-tech technique in its effort to catch motorists for speeding. "It saves costs and it does not endanger the lives of my men on the road!", says Traffic Police Commissioner Mr Mai Tio Pian [Source: The Conjurer]

of stuff n such - 06.03.05

BugMeNot: Bypass compulsory web registration. Try entering http://www.straitstimes.com.sg

Labs Tech Tips: [Source: BBSpot.com]

E-mail security company accidentally deletes messages: The company was attempting to install updated BitDefender to protect customers' messages, and the installation started deleting the e-mails by default. (This reminded me of losing all my work by typing "rm*.*" instead of "rm*.o" in Unix on Friday.) [Source: Geek.com]

Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age: [Source: Fark.com]

Who is Too Important for Prison? : Tracy McIntosh, faced with counts of possession of a controlled substance and the sexual assault, given a lighter sentence because of his important work with stroke victims and brain injuries. [Source: MetaFilter]

Jewish+Buddhist = Jubu: The Principles of Jewish Buddhism Point 12 states "To Find the Buddha, look within. Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers. Each flower blossoms ten thousand times. Each blossom has ten thousand petals. You might want to see a specialist"... Wow deep! [Source: MetaFilter]

Engine fails on BA jet twice in a week: A British Airways passenger jet was forced to shut down one of its engines in mid-flight twice in one week after a replacement engine failed, the airline said Friday. [Source: Reuters]

Air Ambulances Often Slower Than Counterparts On Ground: Critics say the risks of flying a patient might outweigh the benefits of doing so. [Source: Firehouse.com]

Famous people having a bad hair day: Ha ha. [Source: Fark.com]

My Milkshake: Jeff Tweiten's, the Waiting For Star Wars guy, cover version of Kelis' Milkshake.

Spot The Fake Smile Test: Got this link from Dawn via Indian Stallion. I did the test and failed. "When a smile is genuine, the eye cover fold - the fleshy part of the eye between the eyebrow and the eyelid - moves downwards and the end of the eyebrows dip slightly."

Got this from Ctrl-Alt-Del

Race Day

of bob the builder

We had intended to go to the Zoo today. But we woke up late and decided not to go. Lucky. It rained.

Breakfast at the Golden Arches

These were taken at Cold Storage. First Choice Printing. It suited well with First Choice's tagline. "First Choice: Enjoy The Difference!"

"5kg of boneless pork lon, please"


"I need a shpulder to cry on."


Should add this to the talkingcock.com dictionary

LancerLad was a terror at home. What a mess he made! He had taken his toy bucket and used it as a helmet. He kept saying: "See Bob the Builder." So on he goes. Bob this and Bob that. Even LancerLady also played around. The whole afternoon she kept calling him Bob.
"Come here, Bob"
"Hurry up, Bob"
"Let's go, Bob"
"Time to sleep, Bob"
"Bob, what are you doing here? Bob?"

I'm going to prepare (mentally) for a mega presentation tomorrow. My horoscope for the week says:

"You will have a lot on your plate at work and at home and you may have to fight to find time to relax. You also run the risk of alienating a colleague if there is a misunderstanding, so think before you speak."

Flickr maintenance. There's another farnie message captured in Ah9's blog

Sunday Qualifying

of speed talking

I was suffering from clogging the past 1-2 days. Now reading through all my daily reads.

Update: Zeenie's also clogged up

I got a call from a bank on yesterday. Below is the conversation I had with the Telemarketeer.

* Handphone rings, Lancerlord picks up *
Telemarketeer: Hello may I speak with Lancerlord?
Lancerlord: Speaking.

* Telemarketeer cocks her mouth. Squeezes the trigger. Fires shots at 2 words / second *
Telemarketeer: GoodMorningLancerlordIamcallingfromXXXXbankandIam...
happytoannouncethatyouhavebeenchosenblahblahblah...

* Lancerlord tries to interrupt but Telemarketeer like wearing ear-plugs, didn't stop *
Telemarketeer: themarketinterestrateisblahblahblah...

* Lancerlord trying to interrupt again *
Telemarketeer: Sorry sir, what did you say?
Lancerlord: Can you repeat what you just said?
Telemarketeer: Which part?

*Lancerlord scratch head, nearly wanted to scratch his balls*
Lancerlord: Everything.
Telemarketeer: Why?
Lancerlord: You were speaking too fast.
Telemarketeer: Oh sorry. I'll start again.

* Telemarketeer giggled then cocks her mouth. Squeezes the trigger. Puts to auto firing mode. Fires shots at 4 words / second. Lancerlord LPPL *
Telemarketeer: Iamhappytoannounceblahblahblahblah... So you are given 2 options. Which one do you prefer?
Lancerlord: Sorry but I'm not interested.
* Lancerlord anyhow hantam an answer. In his mind he thinking: "What the coo-coo you talking about? Talk so fast." *

* Telemarketeer continues on and on and on *
Telemarketeer: blahblahblahblah....(she asked another question which I couldn't make out)
* Lancerlord still blur like sotong, just whack same answer *
Lancerlord: Sorry but I'm not interested in whatever you mentioned.
Telemarketeer: Are you sure? blahblahblahblahblahblah...
Lancerlord: No it's ok I do not want to sign up.
* Lancerlord don't even know what the question is how to be sure? *

Telemarketeer: Well thanks for your time. Bye.
* Lancerlord didn't have time to say bye *

Talk about Kin Kah Kin Chew. This one Kin Chui (Fast Mouth) also.

Update: Keithf, thanks for the link-up.

Fwahhh......

of stuff n such - 05.03.05

Pininfarina Birdcage 75th Concept Car. Debut at the Geneva Motor Show 2005. Cool. 700HP. Boh Beh Chow

Renault Zoe Concept Car: This car seats 3. Renault indicates that "market research shows most cars only carry 1.4 passengers at a time". [Source: Jalopnik]

Napster is Laughable Competition: Writer's comments - "After all, they (Napster) can't compete product-wise with Apple (iPod) and they can't compete cost-wise with P2P. I guess they will just have to deal with profitability on a much smaller scale. A small scale that only includes the soon to be less than 10% of MP3 player users who don't own an iPod. I guess someone has to service those people." [Source: AppleMatters]

eBay scrambles to fix phishing bug: "The problem, described by the company as a "software bug," could be exploited by criminals to create an actual eBay link that redirects customers to a malicious site" [Source: CNet]

Not thinking doesn't need fixing: "Think before implementation" [Source: Yawning Bread at Sintercom]

E-Z Catch Harvester: Lean mean chicken machine. Watch the video. Reminds me of this and this. [Source: boingboing]

Blink O Rama: Blink. Blink, blink. [Source: Metafilter]

It's Fupa not Puma: So says IZ

Bubble Wrap: Favorite habit when I get hold of these. "Must have moreee..."

Fly Swatter: Die fly die!

Saturday Qualifying

of stuff n such - 02.03.05

Craze is pole lot of fun: Welcome to the world of Extreme Poledancing. [Source: The Sun]
Update: Ah 9, thanks for the link-up.

Scientific wizards find real cloak of invisibility: Harry Potter turns reality? [Source: scotsman.com]

Microwave 'Gun' Could End High-Speed Police Chases: This is what you need to zap a car. [Source: ABC News]

Other celebrity cell-phone pictures they don't want you to see: Eeek! [Source: The Fark]

Bored? Rewrite a famous quote as if Yoda had said it: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to sufferingggggggg...." [Source: The Fark]

Bill Gates to Receive Honorary UK Knighthood: Sir Bill [Source: Reuters]

UnHappy Birthday: Did you know Happy Birthday is copyrighted and the copyright is currently owned and actively enforced by Time Warner? [Source: unhappybirthday.com]

Hackery hoodie with "1337" embroidery: 1337 (hacker-speak for "leet" or "elite") [Source: boingboing]

Segway XT: Some new models from Segway [Source: cnet.com]

Soccer ball microchip helps inattentive refs: A microchip embedded in the soccer ball will transmit a signal to a watchlike device on the referee’s wrist. [Source: engadget]

A competing Game Boy Advance rumor emerges: So much hype now on gaming consoles. 360, revolution, DS, PSP and what have you. ZDNet also has an article that talks about the next generation consoles. [Source: engadget]

Geneva Motor Show 2005 Premier: Jalopnik has photos of some cars that will be on display at the show [Source: Jalopnik]

Macintank: iMac fish tank [source: numb3rs.com]

The Commonly Confused Words Test: I've taken the test and I feel confused after taking it. Me Advanced sial [Source: okcupid.com]

ABkey: The ABkey is a globally patented revolutionary keyboard that offers you a choice –"the long-awaited freedom from Qwerty". It’s alphabetical, with all the common keys in and near the homerow, and an ergonomic flexible V-shape. The ABkey idea was conceived in the USA, while the inventor, a graduate student from Singapore, was watching the popular TV program Wheel of Fortune. And one last note, it is endorsed by Sandy Chua leh. It took Sandy only 25 minutes to go from Qwerty to abKey.

of how to write an essay

I got this email from a friend. Farnie!


Ted is 7-yr old and he was very bad in essay writing. One day the teacher asked the class to write a 400-word essay based on any title they liked.

Ted thought real hard and finally he started his essay:

Title: Composition - my lost cat
One day I lost my kitty, I went out to the streets and started calling,
"kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty
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kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty..."
But she never came back. That's how I lost my cat.
(400 words)


Count the number of words if you're feeling boh liao like me?

Update: Mr Miyagi, thanks for the link-up.