Thursday, November 10, 2011
The GAG Quartet - le Internet Medley
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Is your iPod Shuffle flashing Green Orange Green?
Thursday, September 1, 2011
SmapxSmap cover of SNSD's Gee!
Related articles
- SNSD's "Gee" parodied on SMAP x SMAP (allkpop.com)
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The grandmaster of ALL Tetris players
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Scissorhands (Rock Arrange) by みーちゃん x mao x Hidenori
Vocal: みーちゃん
WE CAN SEE MICHAN~! When he first started out, it's so damn itchy to figure out how he looks. Almost all the photos I saw on his twitter were of his back or had his face covered up. Well that was long ago. Now he's all out in the open <3
Monday, July 25, 2011
4DOF Motion Car simulator
There's just this question of what happens if the car flips, lol
costs around USD 25K which is around SGD 30K. Ouch... but nice... but still ouch...
Friday, July 22, 2011
Turn OFF auto correct!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Frogger in Real Life
Frogger in Real Life
According to the poster, it's in Vietnam and according to some comments, its specifically in Ho Chi Minh City.
If you've never heard of Frogger, you should try out the game for yourself. Its a classic game.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
We're Moving! (Later)
- Combine my old blog with this one.
As a publishing platform, Wordpress and Blogger have differences. I wanted Wordpress because they have backtracks instead of backlinks. A matter of preference. They also have better site statistics and better interface or organization of tags (known as labels in Blogger) and categories (no such thing. Use the damn labels). After using Wordpress, Blogger has been painful. I'm not the only one that feels this way. - Be able to freely design
My old blog was at Blogsome and although it uses Wordpress as a publishing platform and allows flexibility in design, it is actually somewhat limited because it uses the Smarty templating system which is just as restrictive in site design like Blogger. Others such as Wordpress.com required a $30 monthly fee for the restriction to be lifted.
Related articles
- Blogger sucks more (strikingthoughts.wordpress.com)
Monday, July 11, 2011
Sharp AQUOS Hybrid 007SH - The world's first clamshell Andriod phone
I went to stare at photos of my (for now) dream phone again. Sharp hasn’t made any move in Singapore. Not that I expect it to in the near future. Our population (and therefore market power) is kind of pathetic. Not to mention, we have an overwhelming large number of iPhone fanatics that would go to the extent of splurging on a iPhone 4 just because it's white when iPhone 5 is near release.
For now, I will make myself happy by surfing the net for news for the world’s first (yeah first, it’s ridiculous) clamshell phone.
The reason why I haven’t owned a smartphone myself is because firstly I can do without one even though it is inconvenient and annoying at times (GPS ftw).
Secondly, I am particular about a phone’s form factor. It must be either clamshell or slider type.
Thirdly, I must have buttons and additionally, it must have buttons arranged in the candybar form since I cannot stand qwerty phones.
A fourth strong but admittedly non-essential factor is the quality of a phone’s camera. Sharp phones are also known for their camera technology which is incorporated into this phone.
This phone is the phone for me.
Not to mention, it’s such a beauty -sigh-
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
How to whiten your sneakers’ welt
5I have a pair of sneakers for 5 years and through these years, no matter how much I scrub, I can’t get the stains off the welts. I recalled a strange remedy I read off the internet some years back that uses nail polish remover and tried it myself yesterday.
Honestly I didn’t expect it to work so I didn’t take before and after pictures. There is however a YouTube video I found that uses 30-50% alcohol and demonstrates the effect with before and after pictures.
The video owner reportedly claims that it will work on leather, vinyl and poly materials. I supposed nail polish works the same since it also contains alcohol (mine does). I didn’t use toothbrush to scrub it like he did.
What I did was to use a normal scrub to remove most of the dirt and stains as much as I can first. Then a rag dipped in the nail polish remover is used to heavily polish it. I see a huge difference between using and not using the remover and I have to say I’m really pleased at the effectiveness of this simple remedy.
Bear in mind that it is not a miracle solution. The shoe does not turn completely white back to it’s pristine form. It does lighten A LOT of the very tough stains that I have been helpless against for years and this is enough for me. From far, these slightly darker pigmentation are completely insignificant. No one is going to get down on their belly and scrutinize your shoes while you’re wearing it anyway.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Solution to "Disk in the destination drive is full" error - when there is actually enough space
When copying files to your thumbdrive or portable hard disk, you see the following, wondering how much space did you actually use so far.
You've double checked to make sure that you do have free space. Yet this error shows. More often than not, there is really nothing wrong with your disk. This happens often on thumbdrives or portable hard disks because of the default filesystem that they use - FAT32. Intrinsically, FAT and FAT32 is unable to handle files of large sizes (max. limit of 4GB) and a misleading error message is shown. What you need to do is to convert it to a more modern file system such as NTFS. Should you really throw away FAT32 in favour of NTFS? There are other sites that document and discuss the two file systems such as this but if you're too lazy to read, the bottom line is, FAT32 is too outdated but required for backward compatibility on -really- old systems and to other systems most regular users wouldn't use
- Run Command Prompt
Click Start -> Run -> Type cmd in the box -> Press enter.
- One of the steps in the actual conversion requires you to type in the volume label name of the target drive. So we'll need to find that out and note that down first.
VOL [drive letter]:
e.g. VOL F:
where F is the name of the target drive
You should see the following:
In my case, the volume label name is "FREECOM-FYO". Note down on a piece of paper or notepad what yours says. You'll need to retype it exactly later.
If it says "has no label" then you'll need to go through this guide first to set a label name. -
Now it's time to run the actual conversion
convert [drive letter]: /fs:ntfs
e.g. convert F: /fs:ntfs
where F is the name of the drive you want to convert -
Enter the volume label that was noted down previously in step 2.
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When you see the screen below, you can go grab yourself a cup of coffee and come back. It shouldn't take long and there shouldn't be any problems.
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When you see the following screen after your coffee break, it's done. NTFS requires a certain amount of free space to do the conversion so if it doesn't work, just free up enough space on the disk to satisfy the reported space it needs and repeat from step 3 again.
Congratulations, you are now free to use the disk to store huge files and the misleading error message of having full disks is no more!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Auto img resize
On the webpage itself...
<img src="http://www.blogger.com/photo.jpg" id="photo" />
On the stylesheet...#photo {
width: 100%;
height: auto;}
<img src="http://www.blogger.com/whatever.jpg" style="width: 100%; height: auto;" />
If you have control over the stylesheets of your blog, it's best you to use them to ensure uniformity across your site. Else, using inline styles would suffice but every image your intend to post would require you to retype the styling specifications and it can get pretty irritating, especially when you forget to add it in and have to go back and repost.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Day out at The Esplanade with Nikon D3000
An esplanade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk.Source: Wikipedia
The interior of Esplanade. The light cast on the right wall changes according to the angle of the roof and time of the day. Really cool design.
My 1st HDR photo attempt.
This is The Esplanade's outdoor theatre. There is two of them I think. This one is the main one that is built right in front of The Esplanade itself. I wish I had more of the sky so it wouldn't be so squished. -sigh-
The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay. Bathed in orange light.
Marina Bay Sands light show with the mini fireworks around their musical fountain. Very pretty and enchanting.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Samsung Galaxy SII Advertisement - Unleash Your Fingers
There was a comment on youtube that says it all: Fuck the phone... Just wanna see this guy finger tut
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Dropbox announces partnership with Softbank and Sony Ericsson
Hi everyone! Two months ago, we kicked off our internationalization effort by launching Dropbox in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The launch is off to an incredible start, and we’re happy to welcome our new users from all around the world.But we’re not quite finished yet. All you international users will now have one more thing to cheer about– we’re excited to announce our very first partnership, with Sony Ericsson and Softbank!Beginning today, Sony Ericsson will sell Dropbox-powered Android phones in ten countries including the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, and Italy. These phones include the shiny new Arc and Play. (Sorry Verizoners, we’re working on it!)Also, starting in early June, Dropbox will come pre-installed on several Android phones for Softbank customers in Japan, including a brand new 3D phone from Sharp. But Softbank users get a special bonus– you’ll be getting an extra 1GB in addition to the 2GB you normally get from a free account!With these partnerships, we hope to continue the awesome momentum of our internalization effort by putting Dropbox in the hands of people around the globe. We hope to offer you more juicy mobile news in the future too!Until then, how’s your Dropbox mobile app been treating you these days?
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Aitai (会いたい) by Pokota【ぽこた】
Saturday, May 28, 2011
How to get Japanese phones in Singapore
Turns out that the recent ones are all pretty ugly. I have a few requirements that phones like iPhone will not satisfy. In desperation, I turned to looking at overseas phones for the first time and Japanese phones look damn good indeed. Okay, so maybe I'm bias. I only liked the Japanese designs so far.
And it seems that there's a lot of people looking for these phones as well. So if you're new to this, how do you start your research and get these elusive phones?
First of all, if money is an issue, it's time to stop looking. Currently, a price offer of $700 is not uncommon. That being said...
Here's a few helpful resources I came across:
DarkMirage's Post - Importing a Japanese Phone
Summary: There's a lot of insightful background information there. Always bear in mind that some of the information is outdated when reading (It's a 2006 post) but it gives a rough background of the situation of phones in Japan and how they make their way here.
Hardwarezone SubForum
Summary: If you're in Singapore, the blogger also recommends a person called "Kuro" on HWZ in the "Exotic & Other Phones" subforum as a reliable dealer for such phones. As of this writing, I don't see much trading going on with him though. I haven't contacted him either since I'm still undecided on what phone I want. I see other dealers there that have some mention of successful good trades and a ton of information worth sifting through.
Softbank Mobile Phones
Summary: On hardwarezone, there are two main brands - Docomo and Softbank. Bear in mind though that not all phones models displayed can be used outside of Japan. It's a nice site to go "window shopping" and note those you like and then research further on from there.
There's one piece of good news I found if Sharp phones are what you are eyeing - models ending with SH. They have released an official statement on their corporate site that confirms their plan of releasing their phones globally. Exactly where and when is not stated. China was the only one mentioned in that statement. Their phones have already made it to US so far. This news was released in 20 May 2011 and there have been no further details since.
Alright that's all for the informative part. I myself am eyeing a Sharp AQUOS Hybrid 007SH which is a very new release. No mention of it (or any other Sharp phones) in Singapore so far... The hype is all in the US -sigh- Personally, my SE Aino is doing fine and I like it so I think I can wait pretty long to see how this plan of Sharp plays out.
Let's hope Japan picks us as one of the privileged countries!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Super Junior Kibum's image then and now
Yep, definitely changed a lot. No longer has baby face. Or rather he does but the overall look erm... Doesn't look fresh. Can also tell that he got slightly chubbier. But no probs. If he really is set for the 5th album, the stylist will do something about it.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Super Junior Kibum rumoured to return for 5th album
The source of the rumours were from Korean ELFs who were waiting outside SuJu's dormitories. According to them, Kibum was spotted moving back to the dorm where he told them that he would be joining SuJu for their 5th album.
I was pretty happy to receive the news at first and I really don't want to be negative but the news is now old... Combined with the lack of concrete evidence, the potential of the rumour is now leaning towards just that - a rumour.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Funny Videos!
DRUNK BUSINESS MEETING
Can you take a picture for us?
Will You Marry Me?
Adopted
And some other videos by the same person~ same actresses! ENJOY!
http://www.youtube.com/user/khayambashi#p/search/2/gT_mkrrM_cE
http://www.youtube.com/user/khayambashi#p/search/1/Pv0v6EaUxrw
http://www.youtube.com/user/khayambashi#p/search/0/f715T_6b9MI
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Irojiro plays Supercell's "Sayonara Memories"
Sunday, March 27, 2011
I Am Number Four
I just watched this 2 weeks ago. It was a freaking awesome show. I cant wait for part 2 to come out!
There are 9 of them in total. In this movie, 3 already died. The story is abouth the 4th guy. I guess each of them has a specific number! Half way through the movie, number six appear to help him AND SHE IS WAY COOL! I like her smoke thing. Like so convenient! Cant wait cant wait!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Rebecca Black
This is her video. Honestly, the whole thing is not good yet its not that bad either! The comments she recieves are very don't-give-face-at-all comments. And as commented by @iluvrandomshiz, the reason why she has so many views is because people tell other people how horrible it is! Out of curiosity, i would go check it out too.
http://www.youtube.com/user/nigahiga?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/0/KwdYZ3upT4c
Okay go and see this youtube link. This guy has got tons of subscribers. He did this video on Rebecca Black's Friday song. DO WATCH ALL THE WAY! My favourite part is the ending LOL.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Your information. Everywhere.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
K-On - Don't Say Lazy (Band Edition)
Chorus: Sekihan (赤飯)
Guitar [TEST], Zim
Bass: Tissue Hime (ティッシュ姫)
Keyboard: Akai Ryusei (紅い流星)
Drums: Shobon (ショボン)
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wild Homework Appeared!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Shortcut keys for volume adjustment in Windows - VolControl
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Cityville Valentine's Day achievements
The number of admirer's achievements is a no-brainer on how to get them. These are the other achievements that require you to receive a card from others.
Return to Sender - Receive a card with an Unhappy receiver
Tough Love - Receive a card with a Crab as object
Love Hurts - Receive a card with a Bomb as object
Feather Friends - Receive a card with Pigeons as sender, receiver and object
Food Fight - Receive a card with an Ice Cream and receiver avoiding the attack
Secret Admirer - Receive a card with Edgar as sender, Ruth as receiver and a Love Bear as object.
The secret admirer one was so hard to figure -.-"
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Singapore 2010 Post Graduate Survey
Neither is wrong. I have studied both paths myself. This post is just for the ones that are practical. Here are the localized facts on industries based on 2010 graduates from our three universities.
Top Median Gross Monthly Salaries (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)
SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,000 ($4,600)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,200 ($4,000)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) – $3,000 ($3,763)
NUS Business Administration (Honours) – $3,000 ($3,600)
SMU Business Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,000 ($3,500)
NUS Chemical Engineering – $3,000 ($3,500)
NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – $3,000 ($3,450)
NUS Dental Surgery – $3,000 ($3,400)
NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – $3,000 ($3,300)
NTU Aerospace Engineering – $3,000 ($3,250)
NTU Arts (with Education) – $3,000 ($3,200)
NUS Information Systems – $2,975 ($3,250)
NTU Physics & Applied Physics – $2,950 ($3,000)
NUS Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,440)
NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – $2,900 ($3,300)
NUS Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,290)
NTU Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,250)
NTU Science (with Education) – $2,900 ($3,200)
NTU Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
NUS Mechanical Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
NUS Science (Honours) – $2,900 ($3,200)
The Dumping Grounds by Starting Pay (Gross Monthly)
NTU Art, Design & Media – $2,300 ($2,800)
NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – $2,400 ($2,500)
NUS Business Administration (Accountancy) – $2,400 ($2,500)
NUS Applied Science – $2,500 ($2,500)
NUS Science – $2,500 ($2,600)
NUS Arts – $2,500 ($2,600)
NUS Business Administration (3-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,700)
SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,850)
NTU Maritime Studies – $2,500 ($2,900)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,950)
NUS Nursing – $2,550 ($2,700)
NTU Environmental Engineering – $2,600 ($2,900)
NTU Communication Studies – $2,600 ($2,900)
NUS Real Estate – $2,600 ($3,000)
NUS Applied Science (Honours) – $2,600 ($3,000)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $2,600 ($4,000)
Top Permanent Employment Rate (in brackets are the average salaries)
NUS Nursing – 100.0% ($2,568)
NTU Science (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,030)
NTU Arts (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,109)
NUS Dental Surgery – 100.0% ($3,176)
NTU Chinese – 98.0% ($2,756)
NUS Business Administration (Accountancy) – 97.1% ($2,448)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 96.8% ($3,586)
NUS Computer Engineering – 95.7% ($2,890)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) – 95.3% ($3,073)
NUS Applied Science (Honours) – 94.7% ($2,674)
NTU Computer Science – 94.3% ($2,930)
NUS Material Science and Engineering – 93.8% ($2,880)
NUS Civil Engineering – 92.9% ($2,801)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 92.6% ($3,606)
NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – 92.5% ($3,099)
NUS Business Administration (Honours) – 92.1% ($3,389)
NUS Information Systems – 91.1% ($2,918)
NTU Civil Engineering – 90.8% ($2,769)
NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – 90.0% ($2,529)
The Dumping Grounds by Employability
NTU Art, Design & Media – 61.7% ($2,431)
NUS Environmental Engineering – 63.2% ($2,667)
NUS Communication and Media – 70.8% ($2,536)
SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) – 72.0% ($2,613)
SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 72.2% ($3,754)
SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 73.3% ($2,673)
NTU Materials Engineering – 75.3% ($2,745)
NUS Arts – 75.9% ($2,511)
NTU Environmental Engineering – 76.3% ($2,777)
NUS Science – 76.5% ($2,525)
NUS Computing – 76.9% ($2,841)
NUS Applied Science – 76.9% ($2,393)
NTU Physics & Applied Physics – 77.8% ($2,900)
NTU Communication Studies – 78.2% ($2,562)
NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – 78.6% ($2,990)
NTU Mechanical Engineering – 79.1% ($2,794)
Source: Transitioning
The real main source is actually from MOE but Transitioning did a real nice job compiling all of them :)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
G-20 Seoul Summit "Let's Go" HD MV
Artists participating in the collaborative song were: JunHyung (BEAST), GaYoon (4Minute), G.NA ,Gyuri (KARA), SeoHyun (SNSD), JaeKyung (Rainbow), Kahi (AfterShool), Luna (Fx), JiEun (Secret), Min (missA), Son DamBi, IU, Anna, BomKi (Twins), JunSu (2PM), ChangMin (2AM), JongHyun (SHINee), SungMin (Super Junior),), G.O. (MBLAQ), Seo InGook.
The Original Korean Version - HD
Since the summit was an global event, an English version was also released.
English Version - HD
The quality on the HD youtube vids were much better than what I found on 4shared so I converted them using video2mp3. Use the 4shared link if you're feeling lazy.