MY CRAZY CORNER

Transparent Japanese Appliances

2006-11-24T15:05:00.000+08:00

These are really cool!

Aircon
Washing Machine
Refrigerator

Hot Stuff

2006-11-17T14:22:00.000+08:00

PopSci photo gallery of cool gadgets include this belt-driven turntable that plugs into your computer via USB, converting your prized vinyl LPs to iPod-ready MP3s as they play. Who said vinyl was dead?

Additional stories on PopSci include 1) The positive effect of child-rearing on men. Studies show that contrary to popular belief, child-rearing may make men smarter; 2) A man-made, pure-white compound called Oxycyte carries oxygen 50 times as effectively as our own blood.

contraforma elegant solutions linear rocking chair

Built right into INCHworm shoes is the iFit technology. The iFit technology allows you to GROW the size of the shoe with a simple push of the button.

24 hours before your special day, the Hot Spot on the interior surface of your Remember Ring will warm to 120º F for approximately 10 seconds, and continue to warm up every hour, on the hour, all day long!

RC plane offers a remarkable video shot from the cockpit of a radio-controlled airplane. The camera's video is transmitted to the flyer on the ground below, who's wearing VR goggles. When he moves his head, the remote camera's pans and tilts correspond exactly to his movements.

New Scientist News

2006-11-17T13:55:00.000+08:00

New Scientist latest news are always interesting:

1. Red wine compound boosts athletic endurance.

2. Software distinguishes between online namesakes.

3. New tack may stamp out polio for good.

4. Unruly star may be swallowing embryonic planets.

5. Stem cells reverse muscular dystrophy.

I Like

2006-11-14T12:43:00.000+08:00

bad medicine, a really gross contest at Worth1000.com

evolution gone wild, another Photoshop contest at Worth1000.com

rechargeable batteries that get power from the USB port

Yehey, New Stuff!

2006-11-10T01:22:00.000+08:00

HurriQuake nail is a tricked-out nail designed to protect homes against damage caused by hurricanes and earthquakes. Engineered to target the common problems of other fasteners that tear apart in high winds and pull through plywood during seismic stresses, the device reportedly provides up to twice the resistance to these natural disasters.

inflatable bar

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania took brain images of five women while they spoke in tongues and found that their frontal lobes - the thinking, willful part of the brain through which people control what they do - were relatively quiet, as were the language centers. Studies suggest that people who speak in tongues rarely suffer from mental problems. A recent study of nearly 1,000 evangelical Christians in England found that those who engaged in the practice were more emotionally stable than those who did not.

Thanko stealth switch. The stealth switch lies undetected under your desk and is activated by foot, just press the switch and Solitare is minimized and Excel spreadsheet maximized.

USB Collection

2006-10-26T16:04:00.000+08:00

Here's a page I saw last April but failed to post. It shows an interesting collection of USBs.

see collection

Hello World...It's Been A Long Time

2006-10-26T14:15:00.000+08:00

Here's some stuff I was able to grab from my feeds. I miss this blog.

collapsible guitar

airmail wallet

pumpkin computer case

Adios!

About the Tongue

2006-06-09T15:15:00.000+08:00

AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.

BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.

LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.

LOQUACITY, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.

- The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, US author and satirist

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. - Shakespeare

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation. - Tyron Edwards

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue. - author unknown

The tongue is like a sharp knife. It kills without drawing blood. - Buddha

An Interview Tip

2006-06-08T14:55:00.000+08:00

The Work Styles Preference Survey is a helpful tool that shows which of your work skills will you want to emphasize in an interview. It also helps you to know which areas need to be worked on. Excellent!

Multicab For Sale

2006-03-29T13:04:00.000+08:00

Blogger friends Rob & ZJ who are in Cambodia posted this ad and image for me:

A multicab FOR SALE.
It's still in very good RUNNING condition. Selling Price is Php 80,000.00 (roughly $1,600). Negotiable.
Do you want a picture?

Click here

Programmable Drink?

2006-03-28T12:10:00.000+08:00

Take a soda bottle, add customizable flavor buttons, and what do you get? Ipfini's "Programmable Liquid Container". Each bottle is filled with carbonated sugar water and feature additive buttons on its side (aroma, flavor, color), which allow for up to 32 combinations of soda on the fly.

wanna try?

Credit Card Tools

2006-03-28T11:19:00.000+08:00

Ultra Slim Credit Card Tools features: 2 inch serrated blade, can/bottle opener, screwdriver, 8X power lens, tweezer, toothpick, etc. etc. Some versions also feature a compass, scissors, nail file, staple puller and a light. Everything fits neatly into place like a puzzle and you can just tuck it into your wallet to bring with you everywhere. A great addition to any emergency survival kit

see more credit card tools

Top 10 Strangest Computer Mice

2006-03-28T10:35:00.000+08:00

Mouse Phone combines both telephone and mouse into a very uncomfortable looking design.

CP-1 USB Spy Mouse. Hidden inside this otherwise normal looking mouse is a condenser microphone - capable of picking up on any nearby conversations.

AMG Helmet Optical Mouse. An innovative new wireless optical mouse with a design inspired by Jean Alesi’s AMG-Mercedes Helmet.

see more mice

Try On Clothes Without Undressing

2006-03-28T10:12:00.000+08:00

The intelligent dressing room, shown by Metro Group at CeBit in Hannover, Germany, scans your measurements and lets you see on a projection screen how a piece will look on you.

check it out

Super CD Bucket

2006-03-28T10:06:00.000+08:00

This may just look like a simple plastic bucket to store your CDs in. The trick with the DC-101 CD library is that you can install indexing software, connect to a PC, search for the particular disc you're looking for and have it - just pop out.
check it out

Hello Friends

2006-03-23T21:15:00.000+08:00

My dear Vasco, Nana, AW, Rob & ZJ, Elisha, Miguel, Albuquerque and Bizatch: I'm sad to inform you that I can't be online as often as I did (because of a change in my schedule) in the next several weeks. So I might not be able to drop by your blogs for quite some time. I will still be posting "quick posts" just to maintain this blog. As soon as my sked clears, I'll be seeing all of you again. Be missing you guys. Ciao!

Videogame Urinal

2006-03-23T20:44:00.000+08:00

A videogame in a urinal which helps maintain hygeine. Recessed into a urinal is a pressure-sensitive display screen. When the guest uses it, he triggers an interactive game, producing images and sound. The reduced size of the "target" improves restroom hygiene and saves on cleanings costs. It also makes a trip to the urinal "fun and games."

Items, Items...

2006-03-23T19:55:00.000+08:00

Coffee Candle Set

Personalized ASCII carpet
carpet/?s is an internet based project that allows you to purchase a personalised carpet made out of ascii (American Standart Code for Information Interchange).

Nailclipper with three cutting heads on three directions.

Laser Scissors
You can cut a straight line! Just aim the pin-point laser and follow the line. No marking, no crooked cuts.

The first official Swiss Army knife with a built-in MP3 player

MP3 Watch

2006-03-23T19:03:00.000+08:00

MP3 players no longer need to be little white plastic squares that need to fit in a pocket somewhere. Now, you can fashionably wear your MP3 player on your wrist and have a magnificent timepiece too!

see specifications

Killer Bass

2006-03-10T16:45:00.000+08:00

Do you want enough bass in your truck to kill you? Then try installing this 60 inch subwoofer.

World's Largest

2006-03-10T16:12:00.000+08:00

Iocell Korea calls their flashdrive 'the world's largest' in capacity.

Celldisk is a 16 GB flashdrive.

Some Like It Hot - We Like It Cold

2006-03-10T15:51:00.000+08:00

The Anti-Griddle.

This device quickly freezes sauces and purees instead of heating them!

1. Quickly freezes sauces and purees into solid, unique forms - or freezes just the outer surfaces while maintaining a creamy center.
2. Minus 30°F 'griddle' temperature ensures almost instantaneous results.

Fundies

2006-03-08T15:56:00.000+08:00

Underwear for two! WHAT!!!!!!
check it out

Product Dose Watches

2006-03-08T14:57:00.000+08:00

Top ten geek watches from productdose.

Fossil Frank Gehry Watch

Nixon Dictator Watch

Equalizer High Frequency LED Watch

Mr.Gadget 1GB USB 2.0 Executive Watch

Cathode Corner Nixie Watch

New Crustacean Discovered

2006-03-08T14:36:00.000+08:00

Boing boing reports:
Scientists just announced the discovery of this strange new crustacean 900 miles south of Easter Island. According to a report in the journal of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, divers first found the creature last year at a depth of 7,540 feet.
Scientists said the animal, which they named Kiwa hirsuta, was so distinct from other species that they created a new family and genus for it. The animal is white and just shy of 6 inches long - about the size of a salad plate.

Hello Folks; Old Stuff

2006-03-08T12:30:00.000+08:00

Hello people. I've been very busy lately so I got lazy with posting. Anyhow, here's some stuff I still haven't posted...they're, ah, a few weeks old (sorry). I still feel they're good so here they are.

HOW TO MAKE A TIKI FIREPLACE
go to site for instructions

AIR COOLED MOUSEPAD
2 avid gamers say of this invention: "After a few hours of gaming with our normal high-end mouse pads you get a build up of sweat. The mouse and mouse pad becomes slippery and you start to loose your competitive advantage due to the loss of precision. While there are a couple mice on the market that have small fans in them to dry out your palm, they all have major failings in precision and accuracy. So after some thought and discussion we chose to build out our own custom mouse pad with a blower in it to suck the air down through the pad and away from the gamer's hand. The result is astonishing!"
see how this is done

VERY SMALL WIFI CHIP
check it out

Light-up Shower

2006-02-20T22:12:00.000+08:00

Generated by water pressure, LED attached to a shower head glows. Since the color of LED changes depending on the water temperature, you can tell the water temperature intuitively.

Study: Criminals Tend To Be Ugly?

2006-02-20T20:57:00.000+08:00

Not only are physically unattractive teenagers likely to be stay-at-homes on prom night, they're also more likely to grow up to be criminals, say two economists who tracked the life course of young people from high school through early adulthood.
"We find that unattractive individuals commit more crime in comparison to average-looking ones, and very attractive individuals commit less crime in comparison to those who are average-looking," claim Naci Mocan of the University of Colorado and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University.
read full article

Science News

2006-02-20T09:41:00.000+08:00

(image from nataliedee)

1. Sick spouses raise risk of death for partners

2. Increased CO2 may cause plant life to raise rivers

3. Leggier cane toads step up efforts to conquer Australia

4. 'Sleeping on it' best for complex decisions

Fusion Watch

2006-02-19T16:55:00.000+08:00

Fancy having a "fusion" reactor on your wrist ? Now you can with the Tokyo Fusion Watch.
The display is very simple to read. The outer ring indicates hours, the inner ring for minutes. The 30 small dots in the centre are seconds, they fill up to 30 and then drain down to make 60.

PopGadget Products

2006-02-19T16:51:00.000+08:00

Adjust-A-Spoon
slide your way to your desired measurement with what appears to be a minimum amount of hassle.

Color Changing Microwave Spoons
Designed to stay in the bowl while you heat your food and will change color to alert you that your food is ready. Could come in handy when heating up baby food too.

Sanyo will soon begin shipping this induction heat-type cooking stove that features voice navigation and downloadable ringtones that let you know when dinner is done.
The talkative stove can also function as a coach for aspiring chefs, reading out recipes and cooking instructions. And, with its voice navigation, this is one kitchen assistant that will follow your orders.

A Machine Called WashDryIron

2006-02-19T10:12:00.000+08:00

WashDryIron is a new machine which washes, dries and irons clothes; designed by Oliver Blackwell, a University of Plymouth graduate. The machine would probably become an object of desire because it saves about 10 days a year in ironing time.
The machine washes, dries and irons clothes in separate compartments and is said to eliminate colour runs, shrinkage and ironing. It can tackle up to 16 items at a time, including king-size bed sheets. Because hangers are used, they do not become entangled and have 83% fewer creases, according to the designer. The items are then dried and ironed by hot air blown across them.

Mugshot Collection

2006-02-19T08:24:00.000+08:00

Leastwanted's collection of mugshots posted on Flickr. Check it out!

Check Out These Nice Stuff

2006-02-15T15:16:00.000+08:00

cute vikings i saw at asterisko's blog

table bed. Transforms from a generous size dining or work table to a comfortable bed in seconds.

Virus That Kills Cancer Cells

2006-02-15T10:59:00.000+08:00

Professors Amos Panet and Zichria Zakay-Rones, from the Department of Virology at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, have been involved during the past five years in research that could create a new and effective weapon in the fight against cancer, as well as change the way we look at viruses.
The NDV-HUJ virus shows outstanding preference for infecting cancerous cells. NDV-HUJ is a natural variant of NDV (Newcastle Disease Virus) which usually affects birds. Being an attenuated variant (e.g., weakened virus), it is innately preferentially targets and replicates in certain types of tumor cells, leaving normal cells almost unaffected.
Using the NDV-HUJ virus will enable doctors to specifically target cancer cells without the risk of severely affecting the patient.
Viro-therapy is not a new idea. Its roots could be found in the mid 20th Century, when a number of physicians noticed an interesting phenomenon: some of their patients, who suffered from cancer and had an incidental viral infection, or subjected to vaccination, were now improving, experiencing a remission from their symptoms.
read article

8X5 Meme

2006-02-13T11:04:00.000+08:00

Got this meme from AW. Im not gonna tag anyone because this meme is quite long. This is just for your consumption. But if you find this challenging then go ahead write yours.

5 Jobs
1. Math teacher 2. Sales representative 3. Assistant Pastor 4. Training center staff 5. Systems Administrator
5 Movies
1. Saving Private Ryan 2. Gladiator 3. Star Wars 4. Harry Potter 5. Catch Me If You Can & (may i add 1?) The Aviator
5 TV Shows
1. Medical Detectives 2. Friends 3. CSI 4. Fear Factor 5. Clean House (niecy nash)
5 Places Lived (Philippines only)
1. Quezon City 2. Cebu City 3. Cagayan de Oro City 4. Butuan City 5. Pagadian City
5 Vacation Places
(sorry. haven't had any vacation.)
5 Places I Would Like To Be (to visit)
1. Spain 2. Germany 3. USA 4. Any Scandinavian country 5. Eastern Europe
5 Favourite Foods
1. Raw fish 2. Durian 3. Grilled fish 4. Ice cream 5. Roasted pig
5 Websites
1. my blog and my friends' blog. eheheh. 2. google 3. yahoo 4. bloglines 5. boing boing

Floating Flower Bowl

2006-02-10T15:27:00.000+08:00

look up site

Solar Bag

2006-02-10T15:24:00.000+08:00

The Voltaic solar bags are mobile power generators, designed to charge your devices without tying you to a power outlet, which makes them ideal for traveling.
check out site

Fetus Cushion

2006-02-10T15:17:00.000+08:00

take a look

Study: Mental Declines Can Be Reversed

2006-02-10T12:50:00.000+08:00

As we move past retirement age, most of us will not be as mentally sharp as we once were, but a study suggests we may be able to reverse the trend. Dennis Foth, a professor in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Extension, says some people might have that talent.
Foth said mental declines are pathological for about 10 percent of the population over the age of 65, and not much can be done at this time for the debilitating cognitive effects of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. But for the other 90 percent of the population, cognitive decline need not be inevitable.
"A lifetime of good mental habits pays off," Foth said. "People who are curious at a young age are more likely to be mentally active and stay active as they age. And we found it is never too late to start. With a little effort, even people in their 70s and 80s can see dramatic improvements in their cognitive skills."
read article

Parasite That Makes Zombie Cockroaches

2006-02-10T10:13:00.000+08:00

This is the wasp named Ampulex compressa.
As an adult, Ampulex compressa seems like your normal wasp, buzzing about and mating. But things get weird when it's time for a female to lay an egg. She finds a cockroach to make her egg's host, and proceeds to deliver two precise stings. The first she delivers to the roach's mid-section, causing its front legs buckle. The brief paralysis caused by the first sting gives the wasp the luxury of time to deliver a more precise sting to the head.
The wasp slips her stinger through the roach's exoskeleton and directly into its brain. She apparently use sensors along the sides of the stinger to guide it through the brain, a bit like a surgeon snaking his way to an appendix with a laparoscope. She continues to probe the roach's brain until she reaches one particular spot that appears to control the escape reflex. She injects a second venom that influences these neurons in such a way that the escape reflex disappears.
From the outside, the effect is surreal. The wasp does not paralyze the cockroach. In fact, the roach is able to lift up its front legs again and walk. But now it cannot move of its own accord. The wasp takes hold of one of the roach's antennae and leads it--in the words of Israeli scientists who study Ampulex--like a dog on a leash.
The zombie roach crawls where its master leads, which turns out to be the wasp's burrow. The roach creeps obediently into the burrow and sits there quietly, while the wasp plugs up the burrow with pebbles. Now the wasp turns to the roach once more and lays an egg on its underside. The roach does not resist. The egg hatches, and the larva chews a hole in the side of the roach. In it goes.
The larva grows inside the roach, devouring the organs of its host, for about eight days. It is then ready to weave itself a cocoon--which it makes within the roach as well. After four more weeks, the wasp grows to an adult. It breaks out of its cocoon, and out of the roach as well. Seeing a full-grown wasp crawl out of a roach suddenly makes those Alien movies look pretty derivative.
read complete article

How To Make A Whiskey PC

2006-02-08T16:16:00.000+08:00

see manual

Girly Kettle

2006-02-08T15:36:00.000+08:00

check it out

Recycled Products

2006-02-08T12:36:00.000+08:00

Bottle Opener

Wall Clock

Candle Holders

more recycled products

Liquid Condom

2006-02-08T11:08:00.000+08:00

A man shows a bottle of newly-developed liquid condom for women use he bought from a drugstore in Yichang, Hubei Province.
The new product, making use of naometer and physical foaming technologies, is said to be easy to apply, anti-bacterial and lubricating. The invisible condom, developed by a company in south China's Guangdong Province, has won approval from the province's drug administration and is now available in drugstores in the country.

Windows Laptop Sushi

2006-02-06T16:02:00.000+08:00

ahhh! derrricious....arigato!

Smart Doorknob

2006-02-06T15:19:00.000+08:00

The BioKnob is an advance-technology biometric door lock shaped like an elegant doorknob. At the center of the outside knob is a tiny sensor that registers the pattern of users, thumb or fingerprint patterns. Up to 100 users can have their fingerprints enrolled in the BioKnob for entry.
Users no longer have to carry keys, or worry about losing or forgetting them.

Top 10 Movie List for 2005

2006-02-06T14:45:00.000+08:00

This is the critics' list of 2005 movies.

Fight Tooth Decay With Electricity

2006-02-06T12:55:00.000+08:00

The Israeli company Fluorinex Active has developed a new technology for fighting tooth decay. The company is currently working on a small device which together with a gel will impose an efficient ion exchange process through an Electro-chemical reaction in which fluor ions displace the Hydroxide ions at the outer layer of the tooth. This is intended to produce a new mineral layer with significantly improved chemical and physical resistance to the aggressive bacteria and the resulting acidic environment in the mouth.
The technology uses an existing fluoride-based gel along with a device which produces a small electric current (6-9 volt, at low amperage) to achieve activation of the teeth that will enable the formation of a genuine electrolyte when activated. This in turn enhances the fluor ion attraction to the teeth and its exchange that transforms into a highly resistant and protective mineral layer.
read article...

Top 10 Weirdest USB Devices

2006-02-06T12:32:00.000+08:00

George Foreman USB iGrill

USB heated slippers

USB heating gloves

The USB vibrator. WHAT????? That's crazy!

check the others out

What Does The Moon Smell Like?

2006-02-06T12:26:00.000+08:00

...like gunpowder. The latest installment in NASA's Apollo Chronicles is all about the smell of Moondust.
What is moondust made of? Almost half is silicon dioxide glass created by meteoroids hitting the moon. These impacts, which have been going on for billions of years, fuse topsoil into glass and shatter the same into tiny pieces. Moondust is also rich in iron, calcium and magnesium bound up in minerals such as olivine and pyroxene. It's nothing like gunpowder.
So why the smell? No one knows.

Anatomy Gallery

2006-02-06T12:21:00.000+08:00

A gallery of anatomy artworks.

CarDesk

2006-02-06T12:15:00.000+08:00

Some people just can't let go of their car. The Mini Statements Mini Desk sells for £2500 (about $4,422 USD), perfect for those people who miss their mobile office.

Bullet Pictures

2006-02-02T13:00:00.000+08:00

You can't take pictures like these at home, but if you join the High-Speed Imaging at Edgerton center you can. The photos taken by the students are absolutely awesome.

see more pictures

This was sent to me by vasco on email.

Plastic Package Opener

2006-02-02T12:55:00.000+08:00

Open those stubborn plastic packages with ease!

Stylish Surveillance from Panasonic

2006-02-02T12:50:00.000+08:00

Peek-a-boo!

It looks like a fancy hanging lamp that you would see in a fashionable Architectural Digest home. But it's really the WV-CW960 surveillance camera. It has a 300x zoom lens, and a digital flip function to follow moving objects. And for a mere $5,200 you can keep an eye on Al Qaeda conspirators, or the WMDs in your backyard.

The Moody Media Player And Other Inventions

2006-02-02T12:46:00.000+08:00

(image from masterdigital)

A media player that selects songs based on its owner's latest mood.
The device has wrist sensors that measure body temperature, perspiration and pulse rate. It uses these measurements to build a profile of what music or video the owner plays when they are hot, cold, dry or sweaty, and when their pulse is racing or slow.
The device then comes up with suggestion to fit each and every profile, either using songs or videos in its library or downloading something new that should be suitable.
read article

Ethanol Can Replace Gasoline

2006-02-02T10:03:00.000+08:00

Putting ethanol instead of gasoline in your tank saves oil and is probably no worse for the environment than burning gasoline, according to a new analysis by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The researchers note, however, that new technologies now in development promise to make ethanol a truly "green" fuel with significantly less environmental impact than gasoline.
read article...

Britons Unconvinced on Evolution

2006-02-02T09:54:00.000+08:00

(image from the legacy)

The BBC is reporting that more than half of Britons do not believe in evolution, with a further 40% advocating that creationism or intelligent design should be taught in school science classes. Someone said, "I'm a Brit myself, and I thought most people over here thought these views were outdated and lacked substance. None of my close friends give any credit to creationism or ID, but we're all well educated athiests so I guess that's to be expected. Maybe I've been blind to the views of the majority in this proudly secular country?"
read article...

Rubber Band Gattling Gun

2006-01-30T13:04:00.000+08:00

check it out!

2005 was the warmest year on record

2006-01-30T12:44:00.000+08:00

2005 was the warmest year on record, according to a new NASA report. And the year's record warmth is more notable than previous record-breaking years as there was no boost from the tropical El Nino phenomenon.
The annual analysis by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) found the highest global surface temperature in more than a century of instrumental measurements was recorded in 2005. The analysis incorporates measurements on land, satellite measurements of the sea surface and ship-based analyses.
"Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases, study says.
read article

Largest Fine

2006-01-30T11:59:00.000+08:00

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined ChoicePoint $10 million for a data breach that allowed identity thieves posing as legitimate businesses to steal social security numbers, credit reports, and other data from nearly 140,000 people. This is the largest fine ever levied by the FTC. ChoicePoint also has to set up a 'trust fund' for people victimized by identity thieves.
read article...

Highest Selling Domain In History

2006-01-30T09:46:00.000+08:00

Sex.com, a domain that's been passed around a bit in its checkered history, was sold to an anonymous group of business partners for a reported $12-14 million in cash and stock, making it one of the highest selling domains in history.
The deal is believed to be the largest in history, topping Business.com ($7.5-8m), Beer.com ($7m), and AsSeenOnTv.com ($5.1m).

My Montage

2006-01-27T12:10:00.000+08:00

Montage of me (using aircraft images) from a cool montage creator site I saw on nana's blog. Really fun!

create your own montage

Sex Before Stressful Events Keeps You Calm

2006-01-27T10:13:00.000+08:00

New Scientist reports:
GOT some public speaking to do? Here is a tip to keep stress at bay: have sex beforehand. But make sure it's penetrative sex - the magic vanishes if you pursue other forms of sexual gratification.

The Value Of Cyber-Friendship

2006-01-27T09:32:00.000+08:00

(image from groovy greets)

Cyberspace has given way to a new social dynamic where people make friends from across the globe, but know little of their next-door neighbor. The abandoning of the village mentality disturbs critics, but those who've been won over often find an Internet relationship more satisfying. Some new research is showing also how email and the Internet supplement, rather than replace, the communication people have with others in their network.
Critics say, people are unlearning how to naturally interact with their neighbors creating a social (and assumedly superficial and false) network of strangers (and perhaps creating an alternate reality).
A report suggests a different scenario altogether. Sociologists are suggesting that the Internet helps cultivate social networks and put them into action when it matters most.
Internet and email provide a social and informational repository that help people make difficult decisions and face challenges. The survey found that Internet users are more likely than non-users to have been helped by those in their networks as they faced important events in their life.
"The Internet and the cell phone have transformed communication: Instead of being based on house-to-house interactions, they are built on person-to-person exchanges,... This creates a new basis for community. Rather than relying on a single community for social support, individuals often must actively seek out a variety of appropriate people and resources for different situations," says the report.
read full article...

Top 10 'Seminal' Alternative Albums

2006-01-27T09:17:00.000+08:00

Peter Bochan writes: "It was a hard task to pick out just 10 alternative music albums that I'd call 'seminal'...these 10 really paved the way for the alt. music scene of the 90s and all that followed. If you're just starting your alternative music collection, these are the first 10 to buy."
1. Nirvana - Never Mind
2. The Pixies - Doolittle
3. Pearl Jam - Ten
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
5. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
6. The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From the Satellite Heart
7. Meat Puppets - Too High to Die
8. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
9. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
10. R.E.M - Reckoning
F.Y.I, 'seminal' means 'highly influential in an original way; constituting or providing a basis for further development', according to the The Free Dictionary; just in case you got a different idea. :)

Robot Set Loose To Film Your Insides

2006-01-27T09:15:00.000+08:00

(image from aha jokes)

NEXT time you go under the knife, it may not be just the surgeon poking about inside you. A radio-controlled robot could be roaming round in there too, providing an extra eye for surgeons performing minimally invasive "keyhole" procedures.
The robot, developed by Dmitry Oleynikov and colleagues at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, can move around inside the stomach or abdomen to give surgeons a new perspective on the area being operated on. It is also equipped with a retractable needle, allowing it to perform biopsies.
read full article...

$70 Million New York Penthouse

2006-01-21T18:00:00.000+08:00

Penthouse located at Fifth Avenue in New York. This 16 room apartment is located within one of the world's best hotel, the Pierre Hotel, and the top three floors can be yours. 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 5 fireplaces, a grand terrace and a spectacular 360-degree New York view can be yours for $70,000,000.

Ancient Map Suggests Chinese Seamen Were 1st Round The World

2006-01-21T17:49:00.000+08:00

THE brave seamen whose great voyages of exploration opened up the world are iconic figures in European history. Columbus found the New World in 1492; Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488; and Magellan set off to circumnavigate the world in 1519. However, there is one difficulty with this confident assertion of European mastery: it may not be true.
It seems more likely that the world and all its continents were discovered by a Chinese admiral named Zheng He, whose fleets roamed the oceans between 1405 and 1435. His exploits, which are well documented in Chinese historical records, were written about in a book which appeared in China around 1418 called "The Marvellous Visions of the Star Raft".
In Beijing and London, fresh and dramatic evidence is to be revealed to bolster Zheng He's case. It is a copy, made in 1763, of a map, dated 1418, which contains notes that substantially match the descriptions in the book. "It will revolutionise our thinking about 15th-century world history," says Gunnar Thompson, a student of ancient maps and early explorers.
read this amazing article...

Capt. Kirk Sells Kidney Stone for Charity

2006-01-21T17:05:00.000+08:00

Actor William Shatner, who played Kirk on the original "Star Trek" TV show, has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity. Shatner reached agreement to sell the stone to GoldenPalace.com.
GoldenPalace.com is noted for its collection of oddities, which includes a partially eaten cheese sandwich thought to contain the image of the Virgin Mary.
The stone was so big, Shatner said, "you'd want to wear it on your finger."
"If you subjected it to extreme heat, it might turn out to be a diamond," he added.
The money will go to Habitat for Humanity, which builds houses for the needy.
read full article...

Screws!

2006-01-21T10:05:00.000+08:00

There are many screws in the world. The concept was invented by Archimedes in the 3rd century B.C. when he invented the screw drive inside a pipe used for raising water. The name, 'screw', has been given to any cylinder that has spiral, helical threads running up the shaft. Because screws were invented so long ago, they have had many years to mutate. For centuries, screws were all hand made and extremely expensive. It wasn't until the industrial revolution that machinists were able to devise tools precise and strong enough to cut accurate, measurable threads consistently, allowing for mass production.
more about screws and your home...

Very Compact Dining Set

2006-01-21T09:06:00.000+08:00

Japanese-style dining-table with chairs that can all be packed in a box.

5 Wierd Habits of Mine (Meme)

2006-01-19T09:05:00.000+08:00

Been tagged by AW.

1. Taking a bath after everytime I poo poo. That's the only way I feel clean.
2. Playing my electric guitar till my fingers feel like falling off. I got hold of several lead guitar scales last year, so I do finger exercises - I find it hard to stop.
3. Fast blogging - posting multiple posts at a time. I want to learn new things and be updated with new information. But everytime I browse the web I always find more stuff than I can post. I feel compelled to post good stuff so I dont lose them through my link.
4. I drive my wife nuts everytime I go to the bathroom because I stay there (on average) not less than 30 minutes when I take a bath. Well, I have to make sure every spot is scrubbed clean and that takes time, doesn't it?
5. Nowadays I find myself washing my hands more frequently. I don't know, I think I just got more conscious of bacteria and viruses (especially the H5N1 virus!) lately. That's the downside of being updated with news, I guess.

With this I think Im gonna tag Vasco, Nana, Miguel, Albuquerque, Blogginbizatch, Elisha, and Rob&ZJ.

Satanist Runs For Governor In Minnesota

2006-01-18T17:35:00.000+08:00

Boing Boing reports:

Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Sharkey prefers to be known as "the Impaler".
Like other politicians, he worships Satan, but Sharkey "doesn't hide his dark side." He claims to speak for the "Vampyres, Witches and Pagans," political party, and most likely does so in a scary-monster voice. He promises that if he's elected, he will impale terrorists on pikes.

Snap and Send Postcard

2006-01-18T17:30:00.000+08:00

This is a revolutionary digital postcard designed by Aussie designer, Stuart Calvery. Calvery's "Snap + Send" postcard is a disposable digital camera in the shape of a postcard. The back of the postcard hosts a flat screen, whilst the front is a flash and lens. After snap happily shooting your holiday pics, simply address the digi-card and pop a stamp on the front. The receiver simply snaps off the lower half of the postcard and views the shots from the screen on the back.

Google Is Number 2

2006-01-18T17:00:00.000+08:00

According to Alexas traffic rank Google is now the second largest website in the world. It has been ranked as number 3 for many months (actually years), but just a few days ago Google.com passed MSN.com. Yahoo! is still number one.

Misheard

2006-01-18T16:39:00.000+08:00

3 entries from am i right's Misheard Lyrics section:

Madonna's "Borderline"
Misheard Lyrics: Lorelei
Original Lyrics: Borderline

Madonna's "Borderline"
Misheard Lyrics: Northern Line
Original Lyrics: Borderline

Madonna's "Borderline"
Misheard Lyrics: Water line
Original Lyrics: Borderline

yuk! yuk! yuk!

Tune Buckle

2006-01-18T13:32:00.000+08:00

The Tunebuckle. I would love to have this belt.

Converting an Oral B Flosser Into a Vibrating Lockpick

2006-01-16T18:00:00.000+08:00

This webpage teaches how to convert a low-cost Oral B "Hummingbird" flosser into a vibrating lock-pick that can open most popular padlocks in seconds with very little effort.

Chinese Ban On Wikipedia Prevents Research

2006-01-16T17:56:00.000+08:00

Chinese students and intellectuals are expressing outrage at Beijing's decision to prohibit access to Wikipedia, the fast-growing online encyclopedia that has become a basic resource for many in China.
Wikipedia, which offers more than 2.2 million articles in 100 languages, has emerged as an important source of scholarly knowledge in China and many other countries. But its stubborn neutrality and independence on political issues such as Tibet and Taiwan has repeatedly drawn the wrath of the Communist authorities.
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Speed-Sensing Baseball with LCD

2006-01-16T15:48:00.000+08:00

Always wonder what is your pitching speed, but you had no way to measure it? The Speed-Sensing Digital Laser Baseball is here. The laser baseball is the standard size and weight of the Major league baseball, it wont start when it is in your hand. But the moment you throw it and it leaves your hand the speed countdown begins. As soon as it is caught the speed is displayed on the LED.

Photosynthesis Robot

2006-01-16T15:15:00.000+08:00

The Photosynthesis Robot is designed to move forward through phototropism - the movement of plants towards the direction of the sun. The idea of this experiment is for the cart to move forward slowly as the plant moves toward the direction of sunlight.
Hahaha; couldn't help laughing. Funny experiment.

How Click Fraud Could Swallow the Internet

2006-01-16T13:46:00.000+08:00

('stop surfing for clicks' image from fast-answer.com)

This month's Wired Magazine has an excellent article on click-fraud, the practice of generating bogus clicks on Internet ads to either rack up affiliate fees or to rock up spurious charges against a competitor's account. The article explores the major sources of threats from click-fraud, the countermeasures arms-race against click-fraud, and the varying motives of fraud-fighters.
Wired Magazine reports:
Pay-per-click advertising is big, big, big business. So are bogus hits on Internet ads. It's search giants against scam artists in an arms race that could crash the entire online economy.
read entire article...

Oxygen Bars!

2006-01-16T10:26:00.000+08:00

I keep wondering where these guys get these kinds of idea.

But really, these may have beneficial uses. My wife, for example, who suffers from PPH (Primary Pulmonary Hypertension), would love sitting in one of these bars.

Wanna Get Dizzy?

2006-01-16T10:06:00.000+08:00

From mason inman's blog.

Skydivers Set A Record

2006-01-13T09:59:00.000+08:00

CNet reports:

A team of skydivers set a canopy formation world record as dusk descended on rural Florida. The team, with a record 81 people, included three Kennedy Space Center Engineers: Dave Hillebrandt of United Space Alliance, Kevin Keenan of Lockheed Martin and NASA's James Bolton. The skydives took place Nov. 25 and 26, 2005, over Lake Wales, Fla.

Did You Know That....

2006-01-13T08:05:00.000+08:00

YAHOO
The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver's Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.
XEROX
The Greek root "xer" means dry. The inventor, Chestor Carlson, named his product Xerox as it was dry copying, markedly different from the then prevailing wet copying.
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Founded by four Stanford University buddies, Sun is the acronym for Stanford University Network.
SONY
From the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.
SAP
"Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing", formed by four ex-IBM employees who used to work in the 'Systems/Applications/Projects' group of IBM.
RED HAT
Company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse team cap (with red and white stripes) while at college by his grandfather. He lost it and had to search for it desperately. The manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux had an appeal to readers to return his Red Hat if found by anyone!
ORACLE
Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such).
MOTOROLA
Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.
MICROSOFT
It was coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.
LOTUS
Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from the lotus position or 'padmasana.' Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
INTEL
Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain, so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.
HEWLETT-PACKARD
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
HOTMAIL
Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing email via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casings.
GOOGLE
The name started as a jockey boast about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'
CISCO
Cisco Systems. The name is not an acronym but an abbreviation of San Francisco. The company's logo reflects its San Francisco name heritage. It represents a stylized Golden Gate Bridge.
APPLE
Favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock.
APACHE
It got its name because its founders got started by applying patches to code written for NCSA's httpd daemon. The result was 'A PAtCHy' server - thus, the name Apache.
ADOBE
The company name Adobe comes from the Adobe Creek, which ran behind the house of one of the company's founders.

-from email

Google New Look

2006-01-11T17:00:00.000+08:00

random tech posted different looks of the Google search engine:

1. hacker
2. klingon
3. bork
4. elmer fudd
5. pig latin
6. gizzogle
7. mirror

Cyclops Kitten

2006-01-11T16:00:00.000+08:00

Cy, short for Cyclopes, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The kitten, a ragdoll breed, which died after living for one day, was one of two in the litter. Its sibling was born normal and healthy. (AP Photo/Traci Allen)

Top Pop Songs of 2005

2006-01-11T15:35:00.000+08:00

The 2005 top songs selected by visitors in about.com's poll were as follows:

"Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
"Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani
"When I'm Gone" - Eminem
"Don't Cha" - Pussycat Dolls
"Pon De Replay" - Rihanna

2005 Moneymakers

2006-01-11T15:10:00.000+08:00

Here's a complete look at 2005's top 10 moneymakers, according to figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations:

1. Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith, $380.3 million
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, $277.1 million
3. War of the Worlds, $234.3 million
4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, $225.7 million
5. Wedding Crashers, $209.2 million
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, $206.5 million
7. Batman Begins, $205.3 million
8. Madagascar, $193.1 million
9. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, $186.3 million
10. Hitch, $177.6 million

Swedish Filesharers Start 'The Piracy Party'

2006-01-11T14:16:00.000+08:00

Slashdot reports:
"Tired of being called criminals, a group of Swedish filesharers have started a new political party, The Piracy Party (Piratpartiet in Swedish). The party wants to abolish all intellectual property laws, reverse the data retention directive passed by the EU last month, and protect privacy with new laws. The party expresses no opinion on other subjects. The Piracy Party's webpage is so far only available in Swedish, at piratpartiet.se. The party's goal is to get into to the parliament, which requires 4% of the votes, or roughly 225000 votes. Elections are held in September."
read theinquirer.net article...

India Is Missing 10 Million Daughters

2006-01-11T10:59:00.000+08:00

(image from natalie dee)

India is missing about 10 million daughters since the widespread use of ultrasound, estimates a new study.
Over the last 20 years, about 10 million female fetuses may have been selectively aborted following ultrasound results in India, suggest Prabhat Jha at the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues.
Their study of 1.1 million households across India reveals that in 1997, far fewer girls were born to couples if their preceding child or children were also female. "There was about a 30% gap in second females following the birth of any earlier females," Jha told New Scientist.
"Female infanticide of the past is refined and honed to a fine skill in this modern guise," says Shiresh Sheth of the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, India, in a commentary accompanying the study in The Lancet.
Sheth notes that in India's patriarchal society, daughters are regarded as a "liability", as she will belong to the family of her future husband.

Stackable Cars

2006-01-09T20:53:00.000+08:00

This is a brand new concept car from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The final concept will be delivered to to General Motors early next year, and they will build a the first real prototype. There might even be a public test in Hong Kong or Singapore.

Top 10 USB Drives Ever

2006-01-09T19:31:00.000+08:00

Knock your head with these crazy USB sticks:

Dimsum USB
Sushi USB
Shrimp Fish USB
Barbie USB

Nandor's Exhaustive Chemical Words Pages

2006-01-09T16:33:00.000+08:00

Mark Nandor, a teacher of mathematics at The Wellington School, has recently posted a new chemical words page. For those who haven't seen this before, it is a list of English words that can be spelled using chemical symbols.

He writes:
The following pages are dedicated to English words that can be spelled using chemical symbols. Since the list of chemical symbols is changing every few years, I need to make it clear that these lists are good through 12/31/05, and include all elements through element 111, Roentgenium (Rg), which was named on November 1st, 2004.
Who might be interested in this page? Anyone who loves chemistry, certainly. High school teachers could use these words to increase the interest in the subject. How about English lovers who want ONe SUPEr ScHoOLaSTiC PrOCeSS ThAt He/SHe CaN USe In ClAsS? Or what about chemistry teachers trying to help student learn their chemical symbols (Example: Picasso pioneered what short-lived but influential form of art? Answer: Copper, Bismuth, Samarium = CuBiSm).

go to site...

MeHaus

2006-01-07T20:54:00.000+08:00

A wonderful site I got from nana:

Click here to view my house

Based on my drawing and answers to some questions, this site gave me the summary of my personality:

Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You love your house and family. You are a gifted artist as well. Once you have a problem, you need a friend with you. Your life is always full of changes. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends. son.
You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You have a strong personality and you like to command, influence and control people.
You are not a romantic person by nature. It also safe to say that others don't see you as a flirt. You are self-confident and happy with your life.

hehehe. i like that.

draw your house close to mine

The Coolest Rooms on the Planet

2006-01-07T20:40:00.000+08:00

A closet hides a 660-watt Yamaha audio processor, multichannel SpeakerCraft amps, a DVD player, a 400-disc CD changer, an Escient music manager, two HDTV receivers, a video router, and a 32-bit Crestron processor.

Kitchen

From the 58-gallon tub, bathers can use the remote-controlled rooftop cam to pan London's skyline and watch the real-time footage on a 30-inch LCD.

A 30-inch Samsung LCD emerges from the bed's footboard on a motorized lift and is connected to a dedicated 180-Gbyte Windows Media PC for accessing music and videos.
An 8.4-inch AMX Modero touchscreen can access the Web and be used to control lighting, entertainment, heating, and ventilation throughout the house.

see more cool rooms...

Fantastic Voyage Into the Heart

2006-01-07T18:34:00.000+08:00

"According to the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), researchers from the Harvard Medical School have written a sequel to 'Fantastic voyage,' the 1966 sci-fi movie. By injecting self-assembling peptide nanofibers loaded with pro-survival factors into rats, they've showed that the animals could be protected from heart failures. So far, the researchers have not extended their experiments to humans."
read full article...

Other heart therapy researches:

Scientists have found a way to turn mouse embryonic stem cells into beating heart muscle cells - a result that could lead to the use of embryonic stem cells in cardiac therapy, and possibly even drugs that can prompt the body to regenerate heart cells on its own.
Because embryonic stem cells can turn into any type of cell in the body, many scientists believe they hold incredible promise for treating a variety of degenerative diseases.
"We have discovered a synthetic chemical, named cardiogenol, which can selectively differentiate embryonic stem cells into beating cardiac muscle cells," says Xu Wu, a graduate student in the lab of Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D, professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.