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Spend It All, Shoot It, Play It, Lose It

2007-08-15T23:56:00.000-07:00

"One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes."

-Annie Dillard, "The Writing Life" (p.78)

Desire

2007-05-04T19:16:00.000-07:00

"Too often, the thing you want most is the one thing you can't have.

Desire leaves us heartbroken, it wears us out.
Desire can wreck your life...

But as tough as wanting something can be,
The people who suffer the most are those who don't know what they want."

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV Tome)

Without History Our Lives Amount to Nothing

2007-04-30T18:20:00.000-07:00

"Some people believe that without history our lives amount to nothing.
At some point, we all have to choose:
Do we fall back on what we know?
Or do we step forward to something new?

It's hard not to be haunted by our past...

Our history is what shapes us, what guides us.
Our history resurfaces time after time after time.
So we have to remember,
Sometimes the most important history is the history we are making today."

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV.com)

The Same Short Moment of Life

2006-11-28T15:51:00.000-08:00

"Our lives on this planet are too short. [T]he work to be done [is] too great... But we can perhaps remember [...] that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life."

-Robert F. Kennedy, Bobby (IMDb)

Do No Harm; easier said than done

2006-10-22T18:19:00.000-07:00

"First, do no harm; easier said than done.
We can take all the oaths in the world; but the fact is, most of us do harm all the time.

Sometimes even when we are trying to help, we do more harm than good...

And then the guilt rears its ugly head.
What you do with that guilt is up to you...

We are left with a choice...
Either let the guilt throw you back to the thing that got you in trouble in the first place,
Or...
learn from the guilt and do you best to move on."

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV Tome)

Top 20 Japanese TV Ads

2006-09-08T15:43:00.000-07:00

An inaccurate list of YouTube goodness, I'm sure... (and some of them are actually Thai and Korean) But, nevertheless, they are pretty funny.

It's good to see that some good creative minds has been working hard :)

My favs are number: 15, 8, 6, and 2 ^^

via: Boing Boing

Plug-in Posters

2006-06-08T19:55:00.000-07:00

Don't be so surprised if you see poster with a hole that looks like an audio mini jack as you commute to work. It's a new advertising campaign gimmick from Pepsi. By plugging in your head/earphone, any passers-by can listen to short song snippets from the publicly-situated "multimedia displays." And of course it makes sense since everyone now a day carry some kind of audio player with them, the only question is whether they would want to look stupid by plugging things into a sign while everyone around stares at you, wondering what the hell are you hearing--or more likely: what the hell are you doing.

via: Engadget

Flash Animator vs. Animation

2006-06-05T16:04:00.000-07:00

It's a struggle between a stick figure and his creator. Flash animators should feel right at home and recognize the dueling arena. It's a fight using items on the Flash toolbar! :)

Very creative use of a simple concept... using what every Flash animators see right in front of them everyday.

via: digg.com (see other stories I "dugg")

Worlds Fastest Growing City

2006-06-03T20:00:00.000-07:00

Click here to see the slideshow.

"In many areas, it is not easy to see Dubai's sky without at least one crane in your view.

Industry experts cautiously estimate that 15 to 25 percent of the world's cranes are in Dubai. Some US$ 90 BILLION are on-going in Dubai alone."

via: digg.com (see other stories I "dugg")

Motorola Dominates List of Highest-Radiation US Phones

2006-06-03T19:33:00.000-07:00

It turns out Motorola managed to score the top eight spots in a list by CNET of phones with the highest radiation levels--as tested by the FCC. The list is headed by the SLVR L6 at a whopping SAR level of 1.58W/kg (1.6W/kg is the max allowed).

via: Engadget

Beatbox Video

2006-06-01T17:09:00.000-07:00

(2 min 6 sec, 7.16 MB)
Check out this one man jam. It's a slow start vid, but gets pretty interesting as you watch into it ;)

via: The Daily Nut

Internet Has Emotions

2006-06-01T00:46:00.000-07:00

WeFeelFine.org searches emotion words in blogs then it records and shows them as clickable small particles. It's pretty fun to play around with the filters since you can see into specific world region, certain emotions, gender, or age. A look into the internet's current emotions.

via: digg.com (see other stories I "dugg")

Rejected iPod Engravings

2006-06-01T00:17:00.000-07:00

Some funny things to try to put on the back of your iPod :)

"As you may know, you can order an iPod from the Apple Store with a custom, laser-engraved message. However, not everything gets engraved. Apple has been rejecting some messages for editorial reasons..."

also: Rejected "Dirty" iMix

Shopper Bites Back

2006-05-31T19:17:00.000-07:00

Why you should think twice before selling harddrive to other people... (especially those you do not know)

"After selling a broken laptop on Ebay..., the buyer was pleasantly surprised to find Amir didn’t wipe the hard drive. The purchaser then created a blog and posted several unflattering photos and details of Amir’s life..."

via: digg.com (see other stories I "dugg")

Logitech Quickcam Orbit MP with Phil Torrone

2006-05-26T22:50:00.000-07:00

Interesting little program for camera... Not sure if it's anything in the long run, but at least it's fun to play with when you first get your hands on it :D

via: MakeZine

Visual Harmony

2006-05-16T22:42:00.000-07:00

"A musical realization of the motion graphics of John Whitney as described in his book 'digital harmony.' "

Makes me wanna play the Electroplankton game (which I couldn't bother getting because Nintendo decided to release it in US exclusively at its NY store and online.)

via: Rocketboom

User-created Contents

2006-05-04T18:13:00.000-07:00

With the boom of YouTube and Google Video, we see more than ever the great video contents created by users just like us.

(Runtime: 03:16)
via: YouTube

If you like what you see above,
check out the Nelson twins(Sammy and Sasha) performing the song they wrote themselves: "No More."
(Yes, they are 14... Can you believe it?
What were you doing when you were 14???)

(Runtime: 03:21)

Our Deepest Fear

2006-05-03T22:42:00.000-07:00

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God...

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same..."

--Marianne Williamson

via: "Akeelah and the Bee"

"Nothing is too good to be true, nothing is too good to last,
nothing is too wonderful to happen."
--Florence Scoville Shinn

State of the Blogosphere on April 2006

2006-04-22T22:00:00.000-07:00

Technorati, the biggest blog search engine, reports on the blogosphere:

-The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months.
-It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago.
-As of April 2006, over 75,000 blogs were created daily.
-On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day.

-11% of all blogs update weekly (or more.)
-19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created.
-The blogosphere, and its posting volume, also reacts to world events.

via: Technorati

Can You Parallel Park?

2006-04-22T19:33:00.000-07:00

"Quick parallel parking, using E-brake on stick shift model"
(7 sec., 584 KB)
via: Google Video

Golden Gate Bridge and Its Sad Numbers

2006-04-20T22:27:00.000-07:00

An interesting tally of the famous bridge. Beauty and an easy route to death have long made the Golden Gate Bridge a magnet for suicides. This data is based on The Chronicle's review of Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District records.

via: Betuman

The Most Popular Person on Flickr

2006-04-19T10:11:00.000-07:00

Wanna know who's the most popular person on Flicker?

By looking at her pictures, she deserves to be too. She has many great creative shots from double and long exposures.

Amazing...

via: EvanRoberts.com

edit: here's one of her interviews

PBS Shows Censorship in China

2006-04-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

Watch this PBS Frontline documentary as 4 top students at one of China's most prestigious universities fail to identify where the famous Tianamen Square photo of the "Tank Man" is from.

via: digg.com (see other stories I "dugg")

Yo Natalie!

2006-04-18T12:44:00.000-07:00

Natalie Portman Rap Video from Saturday Night Live
One of the best SNL shorts in quite a while...

via: ~~YouTube~~(taken down by NBC, so now there's only Egotastic link)

"I Pity the Fool"

2006-04-01T09:24:00.000-08:00

Happy April Fools Day, everyone :)

See what everyone's been doing...
or maybe just what's counted as the top 100 of all time. ^^

When the Old ends and the New begins

2006-02-26T16:41:00.000-08:00

"Who gets to determine when the old ends and the new begins?
It's not a day on a calendar. Not a birthday. Not a new year.
It's an event--big or small. Something that changes us.

Ideally, it gives us hope--A new way of living and looking at the world;
Letting go of old habits, old memories.

What's important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning.

But it's also important to remember that, amid all the crap, are a few things really worth holding on to.

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV Tome)

Japanese Smileys (Emoticons)

2005-12-13T02:49:00.000-08:00

A list of cuteness \(^o^)/

I'm sure most of you have seen the popular ones but there were a few that I didn't know (obviously since some of them I can't even type :P )

via: digg.com (see other stories I "dugg")

It's about putting down the poison and the dagger

2005-12-12T17:18:00.000-08:00

"Maybe Romeo and Juliet were faithed to be together,
but just for awhile... and then their time pass.

If they could have known that beforehand,
maybe it all would have been okay.
...

Even now I believe that, for the most part, love is about choices.
It's about putting down the poison and the dagger,
and making your own happy ending,... most of the time.

And that sometimes;
despite all of your best choices and all your best intentions:
faith wins anyway."

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV Tome)

Knotorious.com - New Domain Acquired

2005-11-17T07:45:00.000-08:00

This blog can now be reached via: Knotorious.com
(Need definitions? try UrbanDictionary and Dictionary.com)

Although the host will still stay at blogger since I barely create any content right now. A whole new website would be good but I really have to find the time to do so. Now life REALLY gets in the way of blogging ^^;
(and I thought it was bad bafore.)

I tried to start something similar to this blog at Digg.com by digging stories that were interesting, hoping to link this blog to them, but eventualy that only worked for awhile. >.< (You can find my Digg.com user profile here.) Maybe I'll jump back on it sometime... stay tuned...

-"The second law of thermodynamics says that everything in the universe gets messier over time"

Denial; its not just a river in egypt

2005-10-25T22:31:00.000-07:00

"Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass.
And when the damn bursts, all you can do is swim.
The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon.
We can only lie to ourselves for so long.

We are tired. We are scared...
Denying it doesn't change the truth.

Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world, head on, guns blazing.

Denial; its not just a river in egypt, it’s a freaking ocean...
So how will you keep from drowning in it?"

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV Tome)

Japanese develop 'female' android

2005-08-03T01:52:00.000-07:00

Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro, via BBC:
"We have found that people forget she is an android while interacting with her... It can respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying...

She can flutter her eyelids and move her hands like a human. She even appears to breathe."

O Love is the Crooked Thing

2005-08-01T23:25:00.000-07:00

"I whispered, ‘I am too young,’
And then, ‘I am old enough’;
Wherefore I threw a penny
To find out if I might love.
‘Go and love, go and love, young man,
If the lady be young and fair.’
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
I am looped in the loops of her hair.

O love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
One cannot begin it too soon."

-William Butler Yeats' Brown Penny

via: Must Love Dogs

London Bomb Blasts Photo Pool

2005-07-16T00:37:00.000-07:00

Why wait for news sources when you can get it from the people?

NY Times: "Online photo-sharing sites and Web blogs began chronicling the attacks soon after they occurred, posting material often gathered before professional news organizations arrived on the scenes."

The Little Prince

2005-07-15T19:44:00.000-07:00

To my beautiful naïve flower,

"You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me--like that--in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day . . ."
[...]
"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember. (Chapter 21)
--------------------------------------------

"What I see here is nothing but a shell. What is most important is invisible . . ." (Chapter 24)
--------------------------------------------

"The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen . . ."
[...]
"It is just as it is with the flower. If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers . . ."
[...]
"You know--my flower . . . I am responsible for her. And she is so weak! She is so naïve! She has four thorns, of no use at all, to protect herself against all the world . . ." (Chapter 26)
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If you've never read The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), these words probably mean nothing to you. It is one of the greatest books and is very easy to read, since practically it's a children book. And it is true that the meanings in the book changes as time passes and you read it again.

Love ~ Mental Illness

2005-07-15T19:34:00.000-07:00

You want to know about something, you search it on Wikipedia, right?

Love: "Studies have shown that mental scans of those in love show a striking resemblance to those with a mental illness."

ok, good to know ^^;

PostSecret

2005-06-29T16:01:00.000-07:00

"Our one and only photo is [hidden] behind this card...
I love you, I miss you, I want you, I need you.
But I couldn't tell..."

via: PostSecret
Definitely a mature-rated blog... but you can't argue there's beauty in it, somehow. [not every post, I mind you; but when you add them all together they are definitely something.]

Dreams That Cannot Die

2005-06-27T21:13:00.000-07:00

"There are things of which I may not speak;
There are dreams that cannot die;
There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak,
And bring a pallor into the cheek,
And a mist before the eye.
And the words of that fatal song
Come over me like a chill:
'A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.' "

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

via: the movie "In The Bedroom"

We Belong Together

2005-06-19T19:11:00.000-07:00

"I didn't mean it
When I said I didn't love you so
I should have held on tight
I never shoulda let you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid, I was foolish
I was lying to myself

I could not fathom that I would ever
Be without your love
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself
Cause I didn't know you
Cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt

The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
Cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here, cause baby

When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
Cause we belong together

Who else am I gon' lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh, baby baby, we belong together
..."

-"We Belong Together," Mariah Carey

Health Calculators

2005-06-03T21:40:00.000-07:00

Do you want to know what you need to do to lose one pound? How much alcohol you can, or should, drink? What is your ideal weight?

If so, check out the Health Calculators.

via: Call For Help episode #189

You know you should disconnect when...

2005-05-31T00:23:00.000-07:00

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.
7. You make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line.
8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies.
10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news.
11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home.
13. Every commercial on television has a website at the bottom of the screen.
14. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
15. You get up in the morning and go on-line before getting your coffee.
16. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
17. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
18. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
19. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
20. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.

via: Amber Mac

I Don't Want To Be

2005-05-30T00:04:00.000-07:00

"[...]
Part of where I’m going is knowing where I’m coming from.

I don’t want to be anything other than what I’ve been trying to be lately.
All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind.
I’m tired of looking ‘round rooms wonder what I gotta do,
Or who I’m supposed to be.
I don’t want to be anything other than me.

I’m surrounded by liars everywhere I turn.
I’m surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn.
I’m surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn.
Am I the only one to notice?
I can’t be the only one who’s learned.
..."

-"I Don't Want To Be," Gavin Degraw

iTunes 4.9 Adding Support for Podcasts

2005-05-23T09:07:00.000-07:00

I haven't been posting any news on podcast lately because I didn't have time to listen nor read anything about podcast at all. But anyway, I'll need to catch up sometime; a big news today is that Steve Jobs just revealed at the D: All Things Digital Conference that iTunes 4.9 will add support for podcasts.

It's about time Jobs acknowledge how big podcast is/can be...

also:
-Steve Jobs and Bill Gates read Engadget and its comments? :o

Even the Biggest Failure Beats the Hell Out of Never Trying

2005-05-21T17:07:00.000-07:00

"A couple hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. 'Never leave that til tomorrow', he said, 'which you can do today.’

This is the man who discovered electricity. You’d think more of us would listen to what he had to say.

I don’t know why we put things off. But if I had to guess, I’d say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of pain, fear of rejection.

Sometimes, the fear is just of making a decision. Because, what if you’re wrong? What if you’re making a mistake you can’t undo?

Whatever it is we’re afraid of, one thing holds true, that by the time the pain of not doing a thing gets worse that the fear of doing it; it can feel like we’re carrying around a giant tumor.

[...]

'The early bird catches the worm,' 'a stitch in time saves nine,' 'He who hesitates is lost.'

We can't pretend we haven't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time. Heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves.

We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore.

Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin meant. That knowing is better than wondering. That waking is better than sleeping.

And that even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake, beats the hell out of never trying."

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV Tome)

Nintendo’s E3 Annoucement Video

2005-05-21T14:35:00.000-07:00

Video of Nintendo’s E3 Annoucements. Both versions are in torrent form.

Nintendo’s E3 Annoucement Video (wmv)
Nintendo’s E3 Annoucement Video (mpg)

also: The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess videos, if you haven't seen them already.

via: 4 color rebellion

Kensington Laptop Lock

2005-05-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

Anyone uses the popular Kensington laptop lock?
You might wanna be more careful leaving your laptop lying around.

Open Kensington laptop lock with toilet paper roll, tape, and pen
(video download)

(same video through streaming)

via: KevinRose.com and tian.cc

also: you might also wanna check out other previous Kryptonite lock pickings if you've missed them.

Nintendo a Cappella

2005-05-21T13:23:00.000-07:00

Since so many people recently have got here to my blog just because they were looking for the fake Nintendo ON (and also because of all the E3 announcements) here's another video for you Nintendo fanboys/girls out there. You've got to see it to believe it :P

Nintendo a Cappella

also: today's extra link
-Wonder what color eyes would your children have? (strangely there's no blank in the equation... I guess it's only for Western Caucasians only? blah)

via: SarahLane.com

The Wait is Over

2005-05-21T01:35:00.000-07:00

George Lucas: "I describe it as a 'Titanic' in space."

It's that big? It's that good? You don't believe him? Go see it and you decide. It's definitely the best-looking Star Wars. The story is a lot better than the ~~last~~ first two. I like it nearly as much as the original trilogy. It's hard to compare things from different times, but Episode 3 is definately somewhere up there. Probably we like it because it ties up a lot of loose ends and finally gives the full resolution to the whole story (even though, ironically, the episode itself, obviously, doesn't have resolutory ending.)

It was an interesting trip to the theater. I went to see it Thursday(19th) afternoon and, even thought it was NOT the first(midnight) screening, still there were a lot of fanboys/girls waiting in with (plastic) lightsabers, masks, hats, etc. and that was just my local theater. Nearly all the seats were taken, which was pretty impressive for a mid-week-weekday afternoon. Some of the audience were high school students (how come I didn't get to do anything like this when I was in high school??) I didn't actually plan to see it this early, since I normally like to wait out a little bit so that there are less people in the crowd; but this time I went in just because I wanted to see, and feel, the reaction from such a crowd. Everything went well and they all seemed to like it. I catched some of the people around me leaning forward nearly the whole movie, paying more attention to the movie than usual. I've never seen anyone sitting up watching movie that long before, and it was pretty interesting to see :P

We'll see how it does after the first weekend... The numbers should be great.

update:
-First day and it's already broken a record - "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith scored $50 million in first-day receipts... [nearly $17 million just] from midnight shows alone"
-First weekend--Friday-to-Sunday period--sale was $108.5 million, taking its total to $158.5 million since it opened after midnight on Thursday. Set a new record for four-day haul, but not the three-day weekend record which is held by "Spider-Man," which opened to almost $115 million in 2002.

The Way I Feel Inside

2005-05-18T18:26:00.000-07:00

"Should I try to hide the way I feel inside?
My heart for you.
Would you say that you
would try to love me too?
In your mind, could you ever be
really close to me?
I can tell the way you smile.
If I feel that I could be certain then
I would say the things I want to say tonight.

But till I can see that you'd really care for me.
I will dream that someday you'll be
really close to me
I can tell the way you smile.
If I feel that I could be certain then
I would say the things I want to say tonight.

But till I can see that you'd really care for me.
I'll keep trying to hide the way I feel inside."

-"The Way I Feel Inside," The Zombies

E3 New-Gen Consoles Announcements

2005-05-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year again, and now we are flooded with new info and pics of the new generation consoles (finally!) So far things are looking so good:

-E3: Day One
-E3: Day Two
-E3: Day Three
-E3: Day Four
-E3: Day Five

-PlayStation 3 - pics, lots more pics
-Xbox 360 - announcement event, giveaways, the booth, Switched On, The Clicker
-Nintendo Revolution - PlayFeed, Engadget, announcement event, pics, more pics, multicolors, the wait, but maybe not so long?

-GameBoy Micro - more pics, multicolors, comparing to SP, hands on
-DSpeak: VoIP via Nintendo DS
-Nintendo booth, part 2, more pics
-E3 proposals

via: Engadget

Just Breathe

2005-05-15T02:00:00.000-07:00

"...
2am and I'm still awake, writing this song
If I get it all down on paper it's no longer
inside of me, threaten' the life it belongs to.
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary screamin' out aloud
And I know that you'll use them however you want to.

But you can't jump the track
We're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table,
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand
And breath, just breathe
ohho breathe, just breathe"

-"Breathe (2AM)," Anna Nalick

I've made a personal record during the last few days. I watched the total of 7 movies in 3 days. 2 in theater on Thursday. Friday, went back again and watched 3 more (straight from 11am to 6pm +/-10min;) got back home and watch half of an DVD but couldn't go through all of it, lol. Saturday I watched another DVD, just because it's the last day of that DVD rental.

It's either my brain has gone upside down, or I've gone soft; but when I got back home and read some reviews about those movies that I just watched, I disagree with a number of the critics... What movies did I watched? Let's see:

-Crash (definately one of the best films. A little too dark imho, if you don't really know LA. But great script, the whole thing was all driven by the power of its script.)
-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (ok... didn't expect much from it, other than I heard that it's one of the best sci-fi novels out there. Overall it was a fun movie though)

-A Lot Like Love (now this I like, maybe it's just too early in the morning, but critics don't exactly like this one.)
-The Interpreter (blah, could have been a lot better... great casts, boarderline script... not much of a story in there, as expected.)
-Kingdome of Heaven (walked into this just because I had time, didn't expect much but was pretty inspiring at times.)

-Spanglish (the one I didn't finish, just because I already watched it once and was trying to listen to director's comment this time)

-Primer (wth is this movie? Awards winner and I kept waiting for the story to unfold. Worst opening scene ever!, and it makes me not wanting to watch any scifi movies that involve the playing with time ever again. My head hurts after watching this one.)

So yea, watching this many movies in a row can make you crazy. You can see how bored I was (and still am) trying to watch director's comment even after having gone through 3 movies. I guess I was just trying to get my mind of things, or maybe trying to get my mind into something. I'm still looking forward to watch more, actually... Do you ever have the feeling, when you are free, that you are supposed to do something so that the time can go faster but you don't know what to do? or maybe you kind of know, but you are just to lazy to do actual work? Well, I'm deep into that hole. It might take awhile for me to (even start trying to) climb out.

Sometimes time's just gone too fast, and sometimes it's just isn't fast enough.

update:
day4 - Sunday the 15th: watched 2 more DVDs
-Japanese Story (another award winning, not much of a story to me... I'm starting to think it's me)
-Assault on Precinct 13 (an average good action movie, if that makes any sense. What is it with shooting in the head in this movie anyway :\ )

yea, I need to get a life... Can't wait for Monday, lmao :P

Random Fun On the Net

2005-05-13T22:10:00.000-07:00

Since I'm here, blogging... here are a few random things I found today:

-An interesting basketball video... I wonder how long did it take to actually shoot them all (or do they actually shoot it?? :P no pun intended)
-The Daily Show comments on TV networks using blogs as sources and materials
-Teenager's iPod goes boom
-The new Harry Potter's Goblet of Fire trailer, just because every other blogs I see are posting it :P (I'm not too excited about the Goblet of Fire, comparing to the previous ones, because I still haven't finished the book... lol)

update:
more small stuffs that doesn't really fit elsewhere
-Send hugs to love ones over distance with "hug shirt"
-How-to: Podcatching and audio autofill PSP without iTunes
-Podcasts on the radio
-Adam Curry gets Sirius

Fake(?) Nintendo Revolution Video

2005-05-13T22:04:00.000-07:00

Looks kindda fake, but still very entertaining to watch. And if it is indeed fake, I got to say there is a really dedicated Nintendo fanboy/group out there, making the video... designing and editing everything.

Fake(?) Nintendo Revolution video

update:
-Ok, it's definitely a fake. If you are looking for the real Nintendo Revolution (prototype) pic and/or news, you can find the latest (as of 5/17/05) here. (also link to my E3 announcements post)
-Engadget and Joystiq also has coverage of E3 Nintendo Revolution announcement event.
-Another video, gamers shouldn't miss: Nintendo a Cappella
-Also, you can find full video of the actual Nintendo E3 Announcement here.

Xbox 360

2005-05-13T21:29:00.000-07:00

The new Xbox console generation has been revealed! You can find more pictures at
cinefil_ flickr (where it seems like the announcement in Japan.) Microsoft has just posted its spec. and fact sheet here. The console was officially announced on MTV as an event called "MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed" hosted by "entertainment icon, seasoned gamer and Xbox fanatic" Elijah Wood last night at 9:30pm EDT. I missed it but I'll be posting a BitTorrent link here if I find one.

update:
-360 view of the console and controller at Xbox360.com
-Dev Interviews and Peripheral Info
-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 (Xbox 360) Screenshots
-Some screen caps of the MTV event
-Broken Japanese video of Xbox 360... quick, small, and there are parts that sound just won't work for me, for whatever reasons
-TorrentSpy has 56MB (30min) video cap of the MTV broadcast. I don't think I can do direct link. I believe you need to sign up (free) to use the tracker. I tried using other free searchers but yet to find anything similar.
-At E3 Microsoft’s press conference, they gave out limited edition E3 2005 Xbox 360 faceplates. Only 5000 have been manufactured. PlayFeed is giving one away, if you are willing to write a little comment on their thread.

Meaning of No Meaning

2005-05-08T15:08:00.000-07:00

Have you ever find yourself looking into things too much, overanalyzing, and trying to find the meanings of everything around you? Well, welcome to my life. I don't know if it's good or bad but I feel like there are a lot of things that I need to let go--I do (and I'm very much trying) but honestly I just can't. It's stupid when you know that you can feel better the other way but still you keep jumping back to the same path that more often than not you hated it. Maybe it's something unconscience, but reason doesn't always win; you know? (paradoxically so.)

Oh, and if you are trying to figure it out what the heck I am talking about in my life; I'd guess that you have answered "yes" to the (rhetorical) question at the top. (unless you are ones that's close to me, don't bother guessing or else it'll drive you crazy...just like me.)

Lots of links that I need to catch up on, also more pictures are coming up... I'm seriously thinking about upgrading my flickr to paid account so I can post the full(er?) size image. We'll see how things goes.

-"ROTSS" (Return Of The ScreenSavers) has a new name and new home. You can now find its podcast feed at TWiT.tv, as well as its alternate url: ThisWeekInTech.com
-If you like reading (random) people's opinions and feelings over the net, Box Thoughts is an interesting site for you.
-Linux is going places; including now on iPod as well as Nintendo DS.
-PodShanking: A way to do direct iPod to iPod transfers. But it's only a real time transfer which uses Podzilla, or other hardware accessory's, recorder.
-There was a Coke machine hack, now it's time for--u guessed it--Pepsi machine hack.
-How to fake fingerprints.
-Bill Gates on Engadget interview, talking about the new Xbox as well as PSP, Window Mobile, DVD standard, WMC, and DTV. Part 1 - Part 2.
-Hacking PSP data image.
-Google got hacked?
-New FireFox 1.0.3 exploit. It is critical and yet unpatched.

btw, Happy Mother's Day ;)

I'm Back!

2005-05-07T17:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of update in the past few weeks. I've been very busy traveling to places, but now I'm back and I should have more free time in the coming weeks (fingers crossed.)

Expect many updates on my moblog in the coming days. I think I'll upload 5 different images at a time so that all of them can be shown on the sidebar for a few days. Keep checking back if you like what you are seeing ;) ...like they say: "there's more where that came from" :P

All You Have to Do is Look Hard Enough

2005-04-27T21:45:00.000-07:00

"One day, when you are older, you will learn all about the people we've befriended and the dangers we have faced.

At times, the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place. But believe us when we say that there is much more good in it than bad.

All you have to do is look hard enough.

And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events, may in fact be the first steps of a journey. ..."
-Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

photo by: Paramount Pictures

Fun things on internet

2005-04-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

I wish I have more time to blog. Lately life just gets in the way. :P

-This is more fun than I thought. You can draw pictures with strangers on the internet. (It's good to clean the board once in awhile by reload the page)
-eBay Feedback Generator
-How to make a Coin Ring (technically it's illegal since it's agianst the law to destroy money here in the USA)
-A podcast from Microsoft (Microsoft Mobile)
-CBS just ran a segment on podcast

via: Plastic Bugs and hack a day

See What is Invisible

2005-04-21T19:54:00.000-07:00

"See what is invisible, and you will see what to write"

-Bobby Long, A Love Song for Bobby Long

Kong is King

2005-04-18T16:07:00.000-07:00

First look at Peter Jackson's King Kong (well, at least for me... I just found out that there's even production video diary.) These videos pretty much show how hard this man works. During the last week of shooting, Peter was so tired that he had to call fellow directors like Bryan Singer and Frank Darabont for a little backup help. A must-see if you are interested in filming and directing. The editing (of the actual videos) is pretty rough imho, not sure if they do justice portraying all the people at work... but still pretty cool to check out.

Peter Jackson calls, and Bryan Singer answers (75MB... Smaller versions if you want: 49MB and 31MB.)

via: fubar

update:
King Kong video journal
Bryan Singer video journal

Howard Stern vs. Adam Curry

2005-04-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

Howard Stern vs. Adam Curry from MP3.com. Though the article is pretty much about podcast and not really Stern.

They also have a "How to Get a Podcast" page, if you are new to podcast. Pretty basic stuff, only mentioning the iPodder client (which from my experience doesn't always work with everyone--I personally got quite a few emails from people asking about it) and I hope you guys already know how, since you are reading my blog.

(Actually... come to think of it, I don't even have a good "how to get a podcast" on my site [and, I just checked, neither do all the main podcast sites o_O]. Wow, we take the basics for granted, don't we? Well, I personally can't find the one's that good enough to link to... I really don't want people to think that there's only iPodder lemon to download--I got nothing against them but I believe people need to know all the choices that they have, and not get frustrated if iPodder just doesn't work for them.)

also: a new PSP hack(kind of) to do MSN IM-ing on PSP.

Tiger Woods

2005-04-17T11:25:00.000-07:00

via: Knowledge is Power

more: pic for Nike's promotion

Seiko Epson Watch

2005-04-17T10:32:00.000-07:00

Cool looking watch, isn't it? It was co-developed by Seiko Watch and Seiko Epson, and is said to be developed from electronic paper.

It reminds me of a FF watch that I used to want. This kind of watch looks cool by itself, but i'm not sure how it'll actually look like when someone's actually wearing it. (Looks too much like a girl bracelet to me too >.<)

via: Life In Kuala Lumpur...

Life is messy

2005-04-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

"At some point you have to make a decision,

boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

Life is messy, that's how we're made; so you can waste your life drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them.

But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross.

Here's what I know, if you're willing to take the chance: the view from the other side, is spectacular."

-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (TV Tome)

That Pepsi Girl

2005-04-08T01:18:00.000-07:00

I was bored today so I went around people's blogs randomly... and look what I found :D. Internet culture is pretty fasinating, don't you think? lol.

That Pepsi Girl
[more GIFs and video]

And guess who's the one behind the blog? it's f.u.b.a.r. Justin! Probably this is old news but I just found out the new fubar url. Apparently, from looking at his site stat I'm very late on this. Well, it's better late than never, right?

(For those who don't know Justin, he used to run his personal blog at thatsjustnotright.com [no I'm not gonna link to that site since it sucks now that Justin left.] The site became so popular that he sold the url and format to a company. Evidently he got some kind of agreement that allowed him to keep all his content and just changed the url.)

Now fubar is at: www.dontlinkthis.com (Yea, at first I thought it's a fake link also. But it's not.)

More links I stumbled across - attack of TechTV:
-what.morgan.webb.wore
-what.adam.sessler.wore
-what. sarah. wore.
-sarah. pic.
-kevin rose
-MorganWebb

Pretty facinating; internet culture. Hey! Apparently YOU are part of it also. :P

Podcast Proves Popular

2005-04-05T22:58:00.000-07:00

I was browsing around for news today and found this on Google News. Google notes that there are 54 related articles so there are just too many for me to list them all here. Check out the link if you are interested in them all.

via: Google News

Remembering the Pope (1920-2005)

2005-04-02T14:29:00.000-08:00

"Pope John Paul II died Saturday night, a Vatican spokesman said. He was 84. In St. Peter's Square the faithful prayed and cried but also applauded the pope's life.

"We will always remember the humble, wise and fearless priest who became one of history's great moral leaders," President Bush said."

via: CNN

update: Father Roderick Vonhogen and his Catholic Insider podcast is on Reuters news, as he gave us a soundseeing tour of the "Rome's predawn streets, banter with students camped out in St. Peter's Square and describe the pope lying in state in the basilica."

BlogMatrix Sparks! 2.0

2005-04-02T08:41:00.000-08:00

New podcasting software:

"BlogMatrix Sparks! 2.0 brings podcasting to the next level by integrating recording, sharing and listening all into one offering.

Sparks! is also a full-fledged weblog reader, RSS aggregator and streaming Internet radio recorder all in one."

Sparks! 2.0 lets you:
-easily record and publish podcasts
-read and download your favorite podcasts
-record (live or scheduled) streaming Internet radio stations as MP3s
-use it as a weblog reader
-monitor and control your downloads

Though it's not free. It's official main page is here.

update: new podcast article from CNN:
CNN: Tuning in to new radio trend

more articles:
-Pew Internet: "More than 22 million American adults own iPods or MP3 players and 29% of them have downloaded podcasts..."
-Paris Hilton is going to be doing a podcast.

NASA Has Finally Found Water on Mars!

2005-04-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

It's on NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" today!! Huge News!

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Water on Mars

Finally your tax dollars has created something worthful.

Today is the day when everything on the internet is useless :P lol.

PSP Hacks

2005-03-31T23:12:00.000-08:00

It's only been a week, but news for PSP hacks are all around. Everyone's trying to squeeze every ability out of the PSP. (Other than the Wipeout Pure Web Browsing trick,) Interesting hacks that I found so far are:

-PSP Exposed: Taking Apart the PlayStation Portable
-PSP Official Videos Download
-How to get ebooks on your PSP
-Use non-Duo Memory Sticks in your PSP
-PSP Video 9 - free video conversion and management application(+RSS) for PC video files (avi, mpeg, etc) to PSP video files.

There are sites that are trying to get Linux into PSP but, as far as I know, none has any success yet.

More updates to come, I'm sure.

update:
It's pretty interesting to see so many people visiting this post from google search. Everyone wants more from their PSP, i guess. Here's another hack (well, kind of)
-MSN IM on PSP
-Movies for your PSP
-Engadget PSP hacks roundup
-Hacking PSP's save data image

PSP Web Browsing

2005-03-27T15:16:00.000-08:00

Although Sony has yet to provide us with PSP web browsing software, there are already proofs that the unit can easily be used to look at webpages. Apparantly the new psp game, "Wipeout Pure," comes with a ~~full featured~~ web browser that is used to download updates. Normally it’s restricted for that purpose alone, since the "browser" only goes to its specified page ("http://ingame.scea.com/wipeout/index.html" - no, you can't use any computer browser to access it; but, of course, you can always spoof it.)

roto has shown the way to work around the restriction by spoofing, at your access point, the "ingame.scea.com" DNS and direct it to your own webserver; and stick in the page "/wipeout/index.html." Then when you hit download in Wipeout, it will load up your page with your own links instead! (The browser isn't exactly "full featured" since there are html tags and frames that won't work.)

Full story link is here. But it's currently down so here's a mirror link via yuppicide.)

via: hack a day

update: slashdotted, with lots of mirrors going around ;)
update2: if you have no idea what the DNS detail is all about, fear not; people are setting up portals and how-to so that you can browse the web by just changing a few settings on your PSP (and not your access point and/or server)

today extra link:
-a story to read for those who hate credit card fraud; which is everyone, right?

Podcast Update

2005-03-25T18:55:00.000-08:00

Lots of article updates on podcast today.

-New BBC article on podcast business model, with comments from Dave Winer disagreeing. Obviously we are keeping eyes on what's going to happen. And come to think of it, it is actually good for us to have Adam being the one behind this whole business thing. It would be a lot worse if it's someone else. Adam knows what the audience want, and he is the one who encourages people to advertise in a creative way and not the old-same boring 30sec radio format. Let's just hope money won't change ~~anything~~ many things.

-NASA finally has an info page on podcast after it has its feed up for awhile now.

-Clear Channel, NBA, and radio stations are getting on board with plans to podcast their own.

-In an unrelating topic, Yahoo! Mail has plan increase its storage space to 1GB, matching it with Gmail's.

update: more interesting sites I found:
-Stever Robbins' Tips for Mastering E-mail Overload
-Flickr Transparent Screens Pool
-Life Hacks from 43Folders Wiki

PSP US launch

2005-03-24T17:43:00.000-08:00

It is here! Finally people in the US can get their hands on the PSP. It's definately not a usual day. Every corner, people are lining up since early morning, to spend 300-400+ bucks for this portable gaming device. Game stores sold out their first shipment of the PSP weeks ago, with the preordering, so everyone's hoping to be one of many who are early enough to buy it from other electronic stores. BestBuy opens early today, 8am instead of 10am, with 100s of people already in line. I arrived at my local Best Buy store around 7:30am and was surprised by the number of people who were already in line. I don't know about you, but this is the first time I see people lining up this early, this far, for gaming at my local level.

Of course, this is nothing compare to those who camped at a national level, like those who were camping day into night at Metreon in San Francisco.

Time to look back at PSP Japan release, and the how-to we had our eyes on.

via: Cnet

update: I went in to Best Buy today(03/25/05, the next day) and it is, not surprisingly, already sold out. Obviously there have been reports saying that Sony won't have enough for the demand, which is exactly why so many people didn't mind sitting/standing in the cold waiting for stores to open.

-more pics and review

update 03/26/05: Definately they are all gone, including some of the most anticipated games too. I went around about 7 stores in my area today, trying to find the Ridge Racer PSP (no idea why my local Best Buy didn't have it on Thursday) and they all are gone. All stores have signs posted "due to high demand, the PSP is currently out of stock." None of the 7 stores have Ridge Racer nor Metal Gear Acid (I guess they are the top 2 games among early-adopter gamers right now.) Only 1-2 stores have a few Lumines left, but most of the other games are still available. Now lets hope the next shipment isn't so long away. (It's scary to think that ~~1,000,000 of $250+game$ units can go this quickly~~. And oh, it seems like ~~all~~ online stores are out of it(PSP) too.)

correction 03/31/05: Ok it's been a week and the numbers are in. It's been reported that PSP sales aren't that spectacular. Only 300,000+ are sold with 200,000- leftovers in a number of stores. A lot of media have been reporting that, while PSPs have been flying off the shelves in gaming/electronic stores, there are quite a lot left over in general-lower-end-gaming stores like Target. Personally I didn't find evidence of that in my area, but I guess nationwide is diffferent.

Pharming beyond Phishing

2005-03-16T15:59:00.000-08:00

New security aleart for today. I'm sure we all heard about "Phising"(pronounced "fishing" - it's when you are lured into typing sensitive information [username/password/SSID/etc.] by fake emails and/or bogus webpages[ie. bait] ) but now there's a new thing that's even worse called "Pharming." Although it is harder to fake, once it's done not many people would care to notice it.

"Pharming is simply a new name for a relatively old concept: domain spoofing. Rather than spamming you with e-mail requests, pharmers work quietly in the background, "poisoning" your local DNS server by redirecting your Web request somewhere else."

What does it mean in plain english? It means that when you type something like www.citibank.com, you might get directed to a fake site that looks exactly like the official site. And, obviously, the info you give to the site are actually being sent to the "pharmer" instead. There isn't exactly a fix for this, since it's all about DNS redirecting and not the users' "fault." There is a way to work around it though, but it requires too much hassle for an average user. Just be on a look out when you type sensitive information on the internet.

via: Cnet

"The only way to do it right is to do it with 100% honesty"

2005-03-16T14:32:00.000-08:00

I switched on my radio this morning because I ran out of podcasts to listen to. Interestingly I found Ryan Seacrest playing Dr. Phil on KIIS. (I never knew he does that btw.) A girl called in and talked about how she's in a relationship with a guy, but she senses that the guy is wanting to take the relationship further than she wants. She said that he is a "very nice" guy and all, and she said that she's nice too, but she doesn't want to hurt him by breaking up--and she still wants him to be his companion friend in the future.

Now Seacrest pointed out 3 very intriguing points. He said, "now when we[guys] are being nice to you, you don't want us." And yea that's strangely true. I guess the good does die young... Then they started talking about why... The reason ended up being "he's not the one" and things started to make sense to me. [For you girls readers, the whole topic is very puzzling to guys, ok? We thought it's you girls are supposed to be the ones who want long term relationship. I mean, it's a big punch in the crotch when you are told "I need to break up with you because you are too nice."]

The whole point of the call was to ask how she should break up with him nicely. "The only way to do it right is to do it with 100% honesty," said Seacrest and I agree. "Breaking up is all about ego, but don't embarrass him." Yup! If I'm in a relationship I'd like to know what's fucking happening too.

It's been a strange week. No, I'm not mad at no one; it's just been a relieve revelation to me since in the past week I kept bumping into people who want to ask me advice about relationship and honesty. Definately a light bulb on top of my head went on bright this morning when I listened to the show. (Though still I'm switching back to podcasts tomorrow :P )

btw, imho a person is never "too nice." If you really think that way then it means that you haven't spent enough time with him/her. We learn good, and sometimes fake, things about people when we first meet them. Just hang in there if you really want to know the bads about someone :P

Podcast Company

2005-03-13T17:32:00.000-08:00

Adam Curry has launched his newest company with Ron Bloom. The company is apparently called Boku Communications.

"BoKu is in the process of expanding its podcasting system into a network that is enabling thousands of producers to cost-effectively create compelling content to fit the needs and desires of millions of users, with marketers benefiting from the connection."

There isn't yet much detail that I know, but I will surely let you know when further details are revealed. It seems that one of their first project is going to be PodShow.com. I'm a little behind on the Daily Source Code listening (about a few days behind) so there might be things that I miss. I actually have mix feelings about Adam stepping into the commercial realm >.<. Hopefully he's not going to be doing something stupid but to actually benefit people. At least I like the slogan: "Click - Hear" (which sounds like an overused internet phrase of "click here.")

via: the (also mix-feelings) newly designed ipodder.org; Adam just puts the PodShow ad too high in the hierarchy, making the site to be too much promoting the ad (where, I believe, the whole purpose of ipodder.org is to be a community directory for people who's looking for a podcast to listen to.)

update:
- Adam has posted a DSC talking about Podshow.com, from what I understand they are trying to make PodShow.com to be a central site joining the 3 groups of podcasters, listeners, and advertisers. Adam said that part of it will be a podcast directory with commercial elements in mind, and there will be voting/rating elements involved like PodcastAlley.com. We don't know yet about how exactly they are going to be making money out of it though (but I guess it will mainly be asking from advertisers since the site already promises a number of free elements for podcasters and listeners.) It surely is a site to keep eyes on for how things will turn up.

- Ron Bloom also was on Fox News. Russell has the mp3 here. (tho he didn't talk much about the company, but just podcast in general)

- via: Investor's Business Daily: "PodShow.com is similar to Weblogs Inc., a network of some 75 niche-interest blogs operated by Jason Calacanis. He supplies software for production, promotion and marketing, and shares advertising revenues with writers."

A Small Update

2005-03-08T19:15:00.000-08:00

- A new podcast article in Forbes
- CBC Radio adds another podcast: "Quirks and Quarks" - its weekly award-winning science show
- Gracenote knows when you pop in a CD and/or rip one, even legally
- Lawrence Lessig, the Creative Commons inventor, talks about the importance of the concept and its applications on C-SPAN, supported by Library of Congress (RealMedia, click the top red "Watch" botton to watch... Lovely mix-ups around 34:22min ;) )

- FOX News: "No matter what you think Michael Jackson did or didn't do in the past, this family has set him up... I do know that the boy's mother and her now-husband invented the story of the family's kidnapping."

I have to admit; FOX News isn't one of the first news sources I normally check, but the current MJ hype in the media today is way out of control. Everyone I know who said they know Jackson personally all say that he is innocent. I don't want to get into a long argument, but all media are presenting news as if he is guilty (obviously because the story sells itself a lot better that way.) What happens to "innocent until proven guilty"? I know it's fun that people joke around, but fairness in reporting is important too. (update: more new link)

via: curry.com

update:
Interestingly we now see mainstream media starting to implement podcast with their current medium:

- SciFi Channel now has Battlestar Galactica Podcast where you can listen to "exclusive commentary" by it's executive producer, Ronald D. Moore, together with watching the show.
- Virgin Radio UK's "The first UK radio station to produce a daily podcast"

(I Ain't) Missing You

2005-03-08T18:43:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you just wonder how song writers came up with these words :)

(I Ain't) Missing You

Every time I think of you, I always catch my breath
And I'm still standing here, and you're miles away
And I'm wonderin' why you left
And there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonight

I hear your name in certain circles, and it always makes me smile
I spend my time thinkin' about you, and it's almost driving me wild
And there's a heart that's breaking, down this long distance line tonight

*I ain't missing you at all,
since you've been gone away
I ain't missing you,
no matter what my friends (/I might) say

There's a message in the wire, and I'm sending you this signal tonight
You don't know how desperate I've become
And it looks like I'm losing this fight
In your world I have no meaning, though I'm trying hard to understand
And it's my heart that's breaking, down this long distance line tonight
*

And there's a message that I'm sending out,
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can't bridge this distance,
Stop this heartbreak Overload

I ain't missing you,
I ain't missing you, I can lie to myself

And there's a storm
That's raging through my frozen heart tonight

via: Coverville #54 @ 15:59 min, with David Wilcox's cover of (the original version by) John Waite. (For those who are first time Coverville listeners; don't mind Brian's occational pause. He's still isn't well and had to mute his mic once in a while, when he had to cough)

Media Expectation

2005-03-07T20:50:00.000-08:00

It's true that you need to expect the worst from media as an interviewee. I've been fortunate enough to be part of a TV program last week (most of you won't know, it's just a small local thing.) For the past few months I've been hearing people whining about how the media always get their facts wrong and they are suckers for fact checking; well guess what, it's true... It was true, still true, and will be true. Before this, I've learned to expect that there will always be something wrong in an article, or a segment, that you are interviewed for... but it does hit you harder when it happens to you personally. They get little, but significant, things like my age wrong; things that they could easily call me back to confirm it with me instead of running the story just the way they heard it from someone. It's also safe to expect that they will use the worst part of the materials you have offered. The good part of the interview that I personally like was cut out, and only left with the parts that I wish they aren't there.

Maybe it's just the way people are--being critical about themselves when they are on a spotlight? I don't know. Does anyone ever like the way their interview turnout in an article and/or segment of a show?
...

The past week I've been digging up old friends from old contact book, looking for someone to connect with and maybe catch up with what I have missed. As expected, everyone was too busy with their life (and I totally understand that, most of the time I'm busy too.) I wonder why is it so hard to find a person to talk to when you are the one that wants a talk? I mean really really talk. What are the chances of 2 person being in the "mood for talking" at the same time? All I get from people were their new IM(instant msging) IDs. I hate IM. I am a big disbeliever of IM-ing. I don't understand how people talk with IM. People always do something else when they are IM-ing so how can you really talk, but just having a chit-chat? There's a big void of emptiness when you wait 2 minutes for someone's reply. I know I have people's (really honest) attention when they read/reply email... but it seems like no one, but me, uses email any more.

You know what the big ironic thing at the end of the story is? Right now I'm the one being busy, and now someone's IM-ing, wanting to talk to me. /sigh. I just need someone who's in sync with me. Lucky enough I have blog as another outlet, so I can talk whenever I want... to whoever wants to read (yes, that's YOU.)

A quick plug for another friend of mine who has a blog, if you are looking for another good blog to read; make sure you stop by and check out: Tsai and her glam life.

It's been awhile

2005-03-04T14:19:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile since I do news update. I'm not sure why exactly I stopped doing it but I would guess I was too busy with my other works and ran out of time in a day to read all the news like I used to. I noticed a rather significant drop in the number of visitors but I guess it's ok. I'm not sure blogging on a more personal level is a step upward or a step downward. At least change can be a good thing. I'd love to do daily blogging on news like I used to, but I can't if I... umm... can't.

I still want to keep the news on podcast up-to-date tho... so here they are:
- More NY Times articles
- Steve Garfield: Sometimes it's not all about money (as well as his mentioning soon-to-be-opened free hosting for podcasters)
- Vatican is podcasting
- libsyn can host your podcast for you; for a price, that is
- "[Radio] revenues [for Viacom] were flat... as more people turned to commercial free stations and portable music players..."
- Podcast cartoon

On a little off-topic:
- Steve Fossett's made the historic flight
- Congrat to Adam Curry for having "a model student", "wonderful young lady" daughter :P

Sick and Tired?

2005-03-01T19:36:00.000-08:00

I just saw 2 of the greatest movies I've seen in awhile: Million Dollar Baby (obviously) and Hotel Rwanda. From the 2 of them, I would recommend people to see Hotel Rwanda (since Million Dollar Baby already has enough push by the Oscar.) It's a great (real life) story and, unlike how many people might think, it's not depressing at all. All of the people in the "developed countries" really need to see this film. You watch the trailer and you might think it's a story about killings, but it's actually more of a story about hope for a change/difference. If you want to really understand more about the world, if you want to be more of a human, you need to see Hotel Rwanda.

-Go see Million Dollar Baby if you feel that you are tired about your life, or whatever you are doing.
-Go see Hotel Rwanda if you think you have a problem in your life--thinking that your life is a misery. (and/or if you live in 1st-/2nd-world country)

2 down, 1 to go... and I already got the Ray DVD. Just looking for some free time to enjoy. ;)

"Winners are simply willing to do what losers won't" and you know what? "I think I did alright" ;)

© photo via United Artists

update: I just finished watching Ray. Jamie Foxx definately deserves the Oscar. The film was a little too long for me, maybe because I watched it as "Extended Version." If you are watching the movie by DVD for the first time, don't make the same mistake I made. Watch the original version since the extended version is nothing but the film interrupted by deleted scenes. The added scenes distract you more than help, and you should watch the deleted scenes separately. The flow of the story is totally distroyed in the "extended version." But overall I love the fim; lots of great shots that I like. It could've even been nominated for best picture imho.

Oscar Night

2005-02-27T13:51:00.000-08:00

It's the Oscar night and I'm excited to see it... prolly just because I have nothing else to do, lol... anyway, I already feel like wanting to see 3 movies even before it starts: Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Hotel Rwanda... I would have gone to a theater today only if everyone's there to catch up on seeing what they have missed before the award.

Anyway, we'll see who'll get what. I'll prolly make an update post on it ;)

update:
A great night. Chris Rock was da bomb bashing Bush and doing a number of great jokes. I wish he could only do more :D. Also a great night for "African Americans" (as how Jamie Foxx wants to be called), winning both leading(Jamie Foxx) and supporting roles(Morgan Freeman); Beyonce sang most of the songs, and of course Chris Rock was the host. The only thing that was a little surprising to me was the Best Picture. I very much believed it was going to go to the Aviator but now I need to see Million Dollar Baby, lol.

For those that miss the show, you can find the results here.

I know a girl...

2005-02-25T21:15:00.000-08:00

I know a girl, she puts the color inside of my world.

She's just like a maze, where all of the walls all continually change.

And I've done all I can, to stand on her steps with my heart in my hands.

Now I'm starting to see, maybe it's got nothing to do with me.

...

...
-John Mayer's "Daughters"

Overheard on PBS' Now

2005-02-25T16:33:00.000-08:00

"Half-truths are the worst of all lies"

I think it's true. I don't know about you, but I just hate people who lie. Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand that people sometimes need to lie; but why do that when it takes the same effort (if not easier) to tell the truth? It's just down right disrespectful to think that others can't handle the truth, when they are the one who can't handle it (that's why it's so hard for them to say whatever it is and face the acceptance from the real world.) And it's even worse when they try to get away with it by telling half-truth. "Lying" isn't just the act of telling false facts, but the intention of trying to get others to believe what's not true.

With half-truths; as well as making things harder for the public to check, it is an intentional act of knowingly trying to manipulate other into believing a lie. You don't just lie, but you twist "the truth" into a lie altogether.

And the worst of the worst are people that have the ability to lie to themselves, believing in their own lie so much that they don't think their lie is a lie anymore. Without the guilt, there is no hope for a lie to stop. And you know the more you lie, the deeper you go into the hole--having to remember what you had lied about, when the truths are so much easier to remember.

.::.Love Me for Me.::.

2005-02-23T15:11:00.000-08:00

--->Name On Birth Certificate? [Still skeptical about internet ID theft. :P ]
--->Nicknames? Knot
--->Any other names you might have? I don't like to use that many names.
--->Would you change your name? Nah.
--->If So, what would you change it to? >.>
--->Where do you live? California.
--->Where have you lived? Here and there, usually not for long.
--->Where would you like to live? Still looking for the dream place.
--->Where are you glad you don't live? In a desert.
--->Hobbies? Internet, music, movies, tv, whatever's closeby.
--->Hidden Talents? Sing (badly) for fun.
--->Do you think you're attractive? Maybe.
--->Do others find you attractive? Have to ask them; tell me if you know.
--->What do you think is your best feature? Concern for others.
--->What do others think is your best feature? No idea.
--->What do you think is your worst feature? Too quiet sometimes.
--->What do others think is your worst feature? Blah...
--->Do you like your personallity? Yea, I am who I am; wouldn't want to change it.
--->Do others like your personallity? I guess, since they still stick around.
--->Do you think your funny? Can be.
--->Do others think you funny? That's very subjective :P
--->Do you like your family? Of course!
--->Do they like you? Hell, yea!

HAVE YOU EVER...

--->Had a serious illness? I'm lucky enough to never been admit into a hospital(yet.)
--->Been happy about someones death? No (what kind of question is this?)
--->Killed an animal? Small bugs, ants, spiders (because had to.)
--->Been sexually attracted to a cartoon character? umm, maybe?!?!! :D
--->Caused a riot? Can't say no, but can't say yes either.
--->Taken part in a riot? Maybe? Try not to.
--->Eaten a bug? Chew a fly once (eww! >.< unintentionally, of course!)
--->Been on stage? Who hasn't?
--->Joined a gang? Not knowingly.
--->Been mentally disturbed? Snapped once or twice.
--->Smoked? No.
--->Drank? No.
--->Stolen? Not anymore, used to when little. (bad boy >.<)
--->Used someone? No.
--->Wished to die? No.
--->Streaked? o_O No.
--->Questioned God's existence? Once in a (long) while.
--->Cursed at God? Maybe "about," but not "at."
--->Stalked someone online? Only got stalked myself once. >.<
--->Had a sexual fantasy? I don't think so. (?)
--->Taken pills? For cough, cold, flu, and fever.

FOR A BILLION DOLLARS WOULD YOU...

--->Kill your parents? No!!!
--->Eat an ant farm? Maybe, for $1B.
--->Have same gender sex? Have $1B before me first or I don't even want to think about it.
--->Kill your best friend? Ever heard "money can't buy everything"?
--->Hold up a convenience store? Just "hold up"? Let me look up prison time for that first.
--->Shoot yourself in the leg? I would seriously doubt why someone'd ask this for $1B.
--->Eat another person? I think I'll pass on this one.
--->Jump off a three story building? Sure, if there's an air bed. (or bungy rope?)
--->Walk naked in a mall? O_o.
--->Shave your head? Sure.
--->Drink human blood? :E
--->Box with a kangaroo? Who wouldn't do that for $1B?
--->Kill the president? Nah. Not that I like his politic.
--->Slap an old person? Gimme the ~~money~~ Billion.
--->Eat a booger? Come on, you are giving out free billion here.
--->Strip for Osama Bin Laden? I don't think he's gay, and I'll get killed afterward anyway; so no.

MY FAVORITE...

--->Letter? K
--->Color? Dark Blue.
--->Number? 9
--->Word? Serendipity, hope, dream, love.
--->Movie? Too many; lately are: Lost in Translation, Closer, Garden State,...
--->Rapper? They all kindda the same to me, no offence.
--->Pop group? Too bad they are all crappy today.
--->Rock/R&B/Pop/R&b singer/band? I really don't listen to specific person/group.
--->Shape? Circle, sometimes ellipse.
--->Person? Too many.
--->Relative? Hmm... ...All of them. :P
--->Old Song? Too many, can't pinpoint to one song >.<
--->New Song? What's new? >.< It changes everyday.
--->CD? Who buy CD these day? (Last I bought, quite sometime ago, was Avril Lavigne if that answer the Q)
--->T.v Show? Friends(older seasons), Will and Grace (just because both are syndicated everyday here :P )
--->Movie Soundtrack? Changes every movie I see.
--->Channel? NBC, only sometimes.
--->Parent? Both of them.
--->Restuarant? Too many, or too little.
--->Drink? H2O.
--->Food? All, which also means none.
--->Snack? I've been staying away from it lately (/hides an old Krispy Kreme box.)
--->Shoe Brand? I don't choose by brand. >.<
--->Underwear? Again, anything that works. :)
--->Season? I'll take whatever it is, not too picky.
--->Sport? All = none.
--->Dance? Only if I know a proper one. T-T
--->Shampoo? Cheapest one that works. :D

Title and questions stolen from Lexi's Crazy Blog. :P

$150(per hr) Sentence

2005-02-23T14:55:00.000-08:00

"It's not your fault."

$250(per hr) Sentence:
"I hate [insert a person here]."

MixCast Live, Podcastmatic, and ASCAP license

2005-02-20T21:36:00.000-08:00

It's Raining and I am sick >.<. Continuing from my last post, I think I kind of know what got me start blogging again. I think there's a correlation between how much you read blogs (or listen to podcast) and how much you blog yourself. In the past week I couldn't find things to say because I read didn't have to read any blogs at all. But in the last few days I listened to Daily Source Code again and found a number of interesting things that I want to blog... Yet it's been days and I haven't write anything about it.

So let's start first on podcast catch up. I'm very excited that MixCast Live has gone to public beta stage. The only thing we need to get podcast going mainstream is a good solid but software for people to create their own podcasts. We pretty much have the CPU power to record everything in our own garage but we lack the software to do so. So far people have to put things together themselves, using a number of software. (There's also a new WinAmp trick, suggested by DSC's listener) We just need an all-in-one podcast software that can route and play a number of files together, with good/cool interface.

Another area of difficulty in starting a podcast is learning to create a RSS 2.0 feed to "broadcast" your podcast. Fear not, we now have "Podcastamatic," a program that automatically create RSS feed for you. It can even create webpages if you are so lazy to maintain a blog. I haven't tried it yet but it sounds very interesting. Surely I am going to point this to people since I know someone who wants to podcast but they have no idea what an RSS is.

One more good news about podcast: ASCAP now recognizes podcast as a medium :D (though they strangely spell it "pod-cast" together with other words like "play-list." If you don't know ASCAP and BMI are organizations which overlook and collect money for music royalty. The cost is still unclear since different podcast uses music differently. I think it is $288 quarterly(?), or more (in percentage) if you are getting revenue from advertising. Adam Curry has already asked attorney listeners for clearifications, but I haven't heard any updates so far.

Enough for today, I guess. I might throw a big dump post of my collected links sometimes... btw, if you haven't noticed, I updated flickr pics and this blog is now under Creative Commons license ;) so feel free to use things/ideas you find here, in regards to Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0. :)

today's extra links:
- PiP: Pocket iPodder for your Pocket PC
- Napster CEO: "We're going to be communicating to people that it's stupid to buy an iPod."
- Mobile message => Electronic Post-it

update: old links dump:
- Dave Winer asks about ASCAP license
- Update on Chicago's copyrighted park, with links to flickr pics
- 5-star Underwater Hotel
- Shoplifting is safer than downloading
- More web-based RSS reader - Newsburst
- GM President has a blog, and now he has a podcast also
- Feeder: RSS authoring/publishing software for Mac
- WNYC launches its second podcast
- Free invites for Gmail, if you don't have one already

update2: more Gmail invite spooler sites... it seems like Gmail is pretty open now. Everyone's getting lots of invites to giveaway. Gmail also emailed invites to those who signed up with them early on.

I'm all spent

2005-02-17T21:04:00.000-08:00

Blogging is a strange thing... you get into a cycle of wanting to stop, then you can't help to start blogging again. At first you want people to read your blog; but then consciencely you think that your friends are reading, so you don't want to express any extreme opinions, especially against them. I know a number of bloggers have more than one blog just to escape from this exact scenario. Also blogging is a part-time (if not full-time) job. It always takes longer than you think. But I assure you it's fun. By talking about your opinions, of what you think; you get to reflect on youself, what you have learned, and why you think the way you are.

I once again got into the trap of thinking too much about the readers. By trying to make everything "perfect," you become a lifeless routine poster which is the exact opposite of what blogging is about. I felt obligated to [read and] post all the news, and it tired--as well as bored--me out. But something today got me back at blogging again. I don't know what--I will have to get back to you on that.

I do have a long list of links, collected in the past week when I didn't blog. I really need to cut back on news links collection and focus more on talking about the ones that are really important.

Is time a factor in blogging? You bet. But you can always find time for things that you think are important, right?

I hope so...

Google Map

2005-02-09T15:30:00.000-08:00

- Google released its new map service to help you plan your way
- Public, umm..., private sculpture in Chicago
- FCC is fighting back on cellphone spam
- Phisher is using "Microsoft" name to get your info. Remember: Microsoft never sends out security updates via e-mail
- Great sunrise pics from a pilot via Adam Curry
- Ask Jeeves has acquired Bloglines
- Have your own low-cost recording studio by a Mac mini
- MSN Messenger suffers outage
- Unique, and beautiful, snowflakes
- More people with nail in their body, unknowingly

also: a number of articles have been added.
update: Google Map dissected

PSP US release detail

2005-02-04T22:13:00.000-08:00

Finally we have the official detail for PSP's US release. The date is March 24th, with the price of US$250 which will include: 32MB MemoryStick Duo, headphones, remote control, battery pack, AC adaptor, soft case, cleaning cloth, and an UMD sampler. The UMD movie version of Spider-Man 2 will also be included with the first 1 million pre-orderers/purchasers.

via: Joystiq

also:
- 1TB(1 terabyte = 1000GB) CD-size "HVD" technology
- "Podcast Tuner" - better looking, better design, podcatch client(?). Find out Feb. 8th
- A mug that can tell you how much milk you have in your tea
- A medley for Nintendo fanboys/girls (4:30min long, but first 10 secs are silence)

update:
- PSP's Europe release is delayed till Q2. Sony spokesperson gave reason on chip shortages giving them no capacity to release PSP on 3 worldwide markets

Engadget Catch Up Post

2005-02-02T18:24:00.000-08:00

Ok, I just had the chance to do a catch up read on Engadget posts... It seems like I haven't missed much at all. I only find a few interesting thing from the past few weeks.

- Mac mini accessories: mini Tower and the mini Skirt
- Baby monitors with Series60 Phone: "it’ll monitor the room’s sound level and call you when the baby wakes up."
- New black color V3 RAZR. (Blah, my silver one looks a lot better imho. Btw, the Motorola CEO went on CNBC last week, saying that every Oscar nominee will get one for free)
- Survey said: taxi passengers lose 200,000 phones, 11,000 laptops, 31,000 PDAs worldwide in the past 6 months
- It's just a matter of time. There is now a site that sell pro audio recording gear, mics, and mixing software for podcast. Pro Package will only set u back $1695. How about follow the great links I have on my sidebar and do it for free?

via: Engadget

Here Comes Bill

2005-02-02T14:14:00.000-08:00

2 big news from Microsoft: (1)They have officially launched their own search engine. You might have already seen the ad on TV. If you own a site, you might want to make sure that it knows about you. (2)On a different note, Microsoft is frowning at iPod users, even to those in their own offices.

- New word of the day: "Folksonomies" - cooperative classification and communication through shared metadata. Basically it's how people today are "tagging" every data with keyword(s), making everything easier for others to find. Sites like Flickr and Delicious have already showed us how fun tagging can be. :P

- It's been a while since someone writes another how-to podcast article. This time MacDevCenter is taking a swing at it. A great explaination for Mac users who wants to try out podcasting.

- Live Linux CDs for games. Play old arcade games without installing. For those that aren't familiar with the term "Live CD"; it's a way to run another operator system on your PC (in this case Linux) without installing anything on your harddrive. You can run Linux, and play games, without installing anything to your harddrive at all.

also: today's extra links:
- The Fifth Annual Weblog Awards - The 2005 Bloggies: check out many of the best blogs out there
- "McDonalds Wants You To F*ck Its Sandwiches" lmao
- Disneyland's most proximate sex-offenders

Email Roulette

2005-01-31T01:00:00.000-08:00

Wanna meet new random people on the net? But you don't know how to make it randomly fun? (I don't know what that means either, lol :P )
Email Roulette seems like a fun idea and you might wanna try it out ;)

"When you submit your message, it gets sent randomly to another player who has signed up. They have the option of responding to you or not; you won’t know who it went to unless they write back… so you better make it interesting!

Of course, it goes both ways. If you want to send emails, you have to receive them as well. When you get a message, it will tell you the username and email address of the sender. You can choose whether to write back or not - the sender does not get any information about you unless you choose to provide it."

via: plastic bugs

News After a Long Break

2005-01-30T23:46:00.000-08:00

It's good to be back and have (a little bit of) time to blog again... let's start with the news, shall we?

- SBC is in the talk to buy AT&T for $16 billion
(SBC = Cingular, who has already bought AT&T Wireless)
update: the boards from both companies just met to voted today

- Wanna see how places in the US look like?
Amazon A9 is photographing every corner just for you(and its Yellow Pages)... Now you can virtually walk through the street as if you are there. (They even have videos showing how they are doing it)

- Sirius and XM are in a merger talk? FCC might step in due to anti-trust
- Google has registered "gbrowser.com" and hired the lead programmer of the Firefox... I guess we can expect one more browser in the market

- 8 Simple Steps You Can Take to Keep Your Mac from Falling Apart
- HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center
(not as easy as it sound, but you can give it a try if you really want to)

- More strange people on eBay: have a look at this guy's comment replies

via: plastic bugs and leoville

update: Sirius CEO denied the merger rumor

Long Catch Up Post

2005-01-29T22:44:00.000-08:00

Oh yea, still busy as hell... I'm doing a little better tho. Lately I've been doing a lot for Murphy--proving his theory true.

Anyway, I'm not sure whether this post is really worth something; but I just want to mark down what I've missed for myself... sorry if it's too long, but feel free to skip it since I'm sure a lot of you have already read/heard most of these.

- New article from Playlist mag:
Podcasting: Hear What the Buzz Is About
- Google launches TV search service
- Not exactly a "podcast" imho... but still, a strange worth-mentioning idea: "Fuck You" From Around The World
- More voting for best weblogs
- G4~~TechTV~~ joins podcast craze (I was able to catch the TSS rerun when they were introducing it and, as expected, they are taking it the wrong way--just like how they are taking "TechTV" down the drain hole)
- More trouble for RSS standard: My MSN icon
- Academics give lessons on blogs
- Real life Romeo and Juliet... well, only the end romantic (sad) part... at least
- Vloggercon - a video blogger conference (a little late for the 2005 meeting now)
- MSNBC comments on blog and journalism
- Google invents a way to cut back blog comment spam
- Inside the new Airbus 380
- New security threat - " 'evil twin' wifi routers. Here's how it works. A criminal rides up and down in the elevator of an office building looking for unsecured wireless routers. When he finds one, he rents an office nearby for the sole purpose of installing a high-speed line, and a super-powerful wireless router. He names it the same as the open router he found. Now when people come into work their computers will discover the more powerful router, and the users, none the wiser, will do their unsecure transactions, entering passwords, account numbers, mother's maiden names, etc, none the wiser that a criminal is recording all this juicy data and selling it to identity thieves in Russia or Nigeria"

via: Scripting News and curry.com

update: Scoble has interesting comments/FAQs on Google's rel="nofollow"

Too Busy to Even Say "Busy"

2005-01-26T21:46:00.000-08:00

I~~'ve been~~ am so busy it's not funny... I'm really behind on all the readings and I wish I have time to blog >.<... but yea, don't ~~we all~~ most of us want to have more time.

- "A Zero Configuration, All-In-One Podcasting Device"
- Bicycle Mark took "soundseeing" to the next level!
- Another BBC show joins podcast parade
- How-To: Automatically Transfer A Podcast to Your Bluetooth Phone (via OSx)
- Adam Curry has a Flickr account too
- 2 new articles added

That's all for me today... I hope you all on the east side (US) are doing well with all the bad weather >.< ...It's time to go back to work for me T-T via: curry.com

Sand Animation

2005-01-17T18:09:00.000-08:00

See art unfolds before you eyes!! The video is 18MB (9 mins) long but it's well worth watching... Best clips I've seen in a long while, and I was glued to the screen, seriously.

Sand Animation

update: I just found more info, the artist name is Ferenc Cako

more today's extra links:
- Ever had an iPod dream? :P from BBC
- Beautiful sunset drive by Dave Winer, via Scripting News
- 60 Minutes "googles" on Google (58 MB, 22 mins, good quality ;) sorry narrowband users ^^;)

Fast News for Fast Read

2005-01-17T16:56:00.000-08:00

- New York ISP got their domain hijacked
- OpenNet Initiative report on filtering blogs in China
- ThinkSecret.com is sued by Apple and its owner, an Harvard undergrad!, is seeking aid because he can't afford to fight
- 150-km-long iceberg is expected to smash into the end of an Antarctic glacier
- Having bad headache?: Colorado construction worker had four-inch nail embedded in his skull and he didn't even realize it.
- An interesting Postal Experiments for USPS
- TV networks fiddle schedules to break PVRs

update: You know it, links from Engadget read:
- iPod Shuffle and Mac mini dissected
- First case for the iPod shuffle
- Americans spent $113.5 billion on consumer electronics last year
- Volvo officially adds iPod option
- Text-to-speech cellphone features
- PowerBook G5 coming in Q2?

PlayStation "Crystal Pepsi" Ltd. Edition Game

2005-01-16T21:06:00.000-08:00

This guy is really selling nothing-ness
eBay item: PlayStation "Crystal Pepsi" Ltd. Edition. Game - Rare!
(update: i guess he took all the pics down after the auction ended, but u can still read all the descriptions)

I'm not exactly sure whether this is a joke or not since he(she?) has 305+ feedbacks and if you look at his profile, there's even more items he's selling:

eBay item: Ultimate Video Game Kitchen Appliance Set!
"All items are pick up only, and if you do pick them up, all you will get is a laugh in the face because they don't exist. I made them all up! Now go back to playing your Crystal Pepsi and leave me alone. :) ...This auction is not to be bid on. It's fake."

:rolleyes: Someone is having too much money AND TIME, in his hand; and/or is hungry for a 20-sec fame to be mentioned on some talk show.

And since when "listing fake stuffs on ebay" is a hobby??

360° New Year 2005 Experience

2005-01-16T18:28:00.000-08:00

I know it's a little late, but it's better than never? :P Well, anyway, I just stumbled across it...

QTVR Panoramas

btw, it's dang memory hog, you might wanna try to close off some running programs or extra browser windows before viewing the video... I'm having to switch computer just to see it smoothly... well, I'll give this post an update if it doesn't work. If you can still see this, then it means I was able to get it to work, lol :P

MacWorld Wraps Up

2005-01-13T17:08:00.000-08:00

Biggest Gadget News in the past few days is, of course, from Apple (refresh apple.com a few times to see new pics)

Steve Jobs' keynote is also online, so you can fully catch up if you've been missing out.

There are more news from Apple than their big gadget announcements though:
- More Cars to Deliver iPod Integration in 2005
- Question from YahooGroups: iPod Shuffle vs. iRiver Ultra?
- EFF Defends Rights of Bloggers, against Apple
- NY Times on Apple pricing
- TechTV gang regroup at Leo's blog (with TechTV gang podcast, their future plan, and rumor on Sony acquiring Apple?)
- Engadget posts on all MacWorld
update: Engadget: "Unpacking the iPod Shuffle"