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Ted Kennedy and the heathcare bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:34:21 +0800

“For all those whose cares have been our concern,
the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives
and the dream shall never die.”

~ Edward M. Kennedy

With the passing of the…

[Anime] K-On! 06: School Festival!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:22:47 +0800

[Anime] K-On! 06: School Festival!:

“Woooooo… you will be the lead singer! Wooooo…”

So after all this preparation spanned over the course of five K-On episodes the light music club feel as though they’re ready to perform at…

Esoteric spam that serves no purpose

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:49:51 +0800

Esoteric spam that serves no purpose:

Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam…

Spammers often add random sentences to their messages to fool filters, some of which end up being oddly amusing and almost poetic in a bizarre sort of way.

Fitting all of Brunei into a museum!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:24:09 +0800

Fitting all of Brunei into a museum!:

The Brunei Museum in Bandar Seri Begawan is either contained in an incredibly vast building, or Brunei is even smaller than I thought it was! HA!

I grew up in Singapore and lived in…

Android’s built in excuse?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:40:53 +0800

Android’s built in excuse?:

No point reinventing the wheel, so when I saw this comment about Android I just had to quote it. It stills bums me out that most people are capable of saying the same thing as me but far more…

Could the OpenOfficeMouse be chorded?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:24:12 +0800

Could the OpenOfficeMouse be chorded?:

I’m generally pretty quick to pick out internet jokes from the real thing, but this latest announcement for an OpenOfficeMouse honestly had me bamboozled: were their product, website and…

New eBay ad doesn’t account for DRM

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:35:20 +0800

New eBay ad doesn’t account for DRM:

Unfortunately with Digital Restriction Management systems that’s simply not true.

VPN connections faster than direct ones?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:52:51 +0800

VPN connections faster than direct ones?:

Speaking of recent internet related fail, yesterday a few Twitter friends and I here in Adelaide were having speed and reliability related issues with our respective ISPs. What I thought…

Rubenerd Fun Fact #88

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:52:51 +0800

Rubenerd Fun Fact #88:

Here’s another Rubenerd Fun Fact for all you rabid Official Rubenerd Fun Fact fans. I know you’re out there, I can hear you furrowing your brows and sighing.

Dark fibre sounds like a…

Optus bill payment disconnect fail

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:52:51 +0800

Optus bill payment disconnect fail:

Another quick Optus fail to talk about this morning, this time to do with being disconnected after not paying a bill. Problem is, I did pay it! Budda-boom!

So here’s the situation: last…

Jiggly… puff!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:11:19 +0800

Jiggly… puff!:

Hard hitting stuff.

Unmount discs without ejecting on Macs

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:25:27 +0800

Unmount discs without ejecting on Macs:

Little tip for Mac users who take their laptops out with them while forgetting there’s still an optical disc spinning and vibrating in a drive that they don’t have a case for, there are two…

Another homemade bread loaf attempt: Uneven and slightly...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:52:43 +0800

Another homemade bread loaf attempt:

Uneven and slightly browner on one side, but very tasty :)

Another homemade bread loaf attempt: Uneven and slightly...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:52:38 +0800

Another homemade bread loaf attempt:

Uneven and slightly browner on one side, but very tasty :)

Peace hasn’t been given a chance, 40 years on

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:46:45 +0800

Peace hasn’t been given a chance, 40 years on:

40 years ago today John Lennon and Yoko Ono asked the world to give peace a chance, and here we are in 2009 and not a damn thing has changed. If people of my generation play our cards right…

My second bread baking attempt

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:46:45 +0800

My second bread baking attempt:

Today was another extremely stressful stuyding and family related problems kind of day, so I decided to step away from the computer again for an hour or so and bake some more bread. Anyone…

Poems from the Road: Just arrived :)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:04 +0800

Poems from the Road:

Just arrived :)

[Anime] K-On! 05: Supervisor!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:58:11 +0800

[Anime] K-On! 05: Supervisor!:

Hey, now I have something to show Mio!

It’s ironic that I often blog about nonsense and fun stuff when I’m madly studying; perhaps its a coping mechanism or something of that nature….

[Anime] Akiyama Mio and her house

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:58:10 +0800

[Anime] Akiyama Mio and her house:

As an addendum to my K-On! 05 episode review post thingy, I felt it necessary to divulge that while I very much Akiyama Mio, I really like her house. Can I have Mio’s house?

Zuckerberg pokes fun at his users!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:41:32 +0800

Zuckerberg pokes fun at his users!:

It seems Mark Zuckerberg has started poking fun at the folks who adamantly hate the latest in a string of new Facebook changes.

I HATE CHANGE AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT

I…