Ebay bought Skype

I am a big fan of Skype. A proud user for almost 1.5 years now. It use to be problematic but that was ironed out rather soon.

Anyhow, my Life depends on it now. Without it, I wont know what to do. With my kanojyo so far away, I wondered how each day would be like without it.

Oh and Ebay has bought Skype. I must said that the founders are one hell of a trend spotter. They had created and own Kazaa, the popular p2p software. And they sold it at its peak. With that amount of fortune, they used it to create Skype.

Now that Skype is sold, I wonder what they will be up to next.

I like to chew on it

The great sinagpore comic artist, Chew.

has a blog now

Grimlock fansite

I bum into a really really cute site of a Grimlock lover.

Good Flashwork, good animation but more of all good fun

Disappointed by F15

For the longest time we have know, Singapore spent many years fussing over a new aircraft to replace the A4 Skyhawks. In that period of time, the A4 went through several more mods, many change-of-commands parade pass and more technology grew out of date.

2 years back, my close fren and I sneaked into the asian aerospace show. Sitting there were 3 finalists. The Rafale came in all its glory and perform some great aerobatics display. They even put a working model for us to photograph with. The F15s were just parked next to it. It has a towering size which makes the agile rafale looks small. However, there wont any aero display of its capability. Eurofighter tycoon was the only aircraft that was not around. Apparently it never flew out of Europe before and wont be making an exception. It has the best features of all 3 and naturally was the more promising choice. They did put up a booth with giant screens showcasing its flying abilities.

Perhaps presentation meant alot that day. I vaguely even remember the F15s werent in the original selection but have been slotted into replaced the sales of the F18s. Looking back, I told my friend that it makes little sense to buy an older model having already gotten the F16 for ages, though both aircrafts are meant for different roles.

Analysing, the plus points of getting from Boeing another make of its fighter would be the ability to share tools and fittings, the reduction of time in training program conversion, the familiarity of its handling and so on.

However, the major bad point would be trusting a single american company with all our fighters. There would be lack of control over weapons, system upgrades and so on since Boeing wont be treatened by the rest.

Sighs, I guess I wont be winding so much if we have bought the good old F14 tomcat. That bird is an icon! A Topgun Icon that is.

PS. The rafale reminds me of Macross

The graveyard of ipod

This place covers every single innovation which sparks the ipod revolution but has now been retired.

Rules of advertising

There are rules for advertising.
Din know about it, Wonder if both iandrea knows about it....

SAMPLE

1. Men are obsessed with sex but will forego sex in order to watch football or drink beer.

2. Women are locked in a constant battle with their weight/body shape/hairstyle.

3. Career success is entirely based on your ability to impress your boss.

read on

How to cook an egg

I just learned of a new way to cook an egg.

Quite an interesting read.

Hint-All you need is 2 mobile phones

Ants hitch a ride on Fiji iPod

A returned traveller got more than he bargained for when he found a colony of Singapore ants had followed him home from Fiji.

The Auckland man discovered the infestation in the packaging of an iPod he had bought at Nadi Airport.

About 50 live Singapore ants – highly destructive ants that can eat through plastic and wiring – were crawling around the iPod.

He immediately phoned the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, which advised him to put the iPod with its ants, not seen in New Zealand, into the freezer.

MAF spokesman Phil Barclay said the ants were aggressive pests that built big colonies in homes and buildings. They preyed on other insects and chewed holes in fabric and electrical wiring.

"They're not a human health risk. They do sting, but they are more of a residential pest."

Mr Barclay said he had no idea how the ants came to be in the iPod packaging but the man's house had been ant-baited and given the all-clear.

New iPod nano

I so hate it. Just when I gotten myself a nice creative zen neeon, apple has to launch an even sleeker player.

Why must it be better looking?

Why must it be slimmer?

Why must it come in all so nice white???

Why WHy WHY????

Oh I so hate this!!!

At least I gotten mine at a cheaper price.

Democracy?

I got a couple of friends who have somehow been involved in anti-PAP activities. Come to think of it, we all have friends who does not like the govt in some ways of the other.

however, i am rather uncomfortable by the speech given. We are not restrain by the lack of democracy. Are we going to compare ourselves with countries who locked up their oppositions and used military might against their will.

tsk tsk. I dun think of should go on.

I will like to end it by saying, that most people disagree with the lack of freedom. Thats why the opposition seldom get support at all.

Hot Korean Babe

A friend of mine, lets called him Jack*, point me to a hot looking Korean celebrity. Her name is Hyori Lee.

Prior to this, I have absolutely no idea who she is at all. I never watched any Korean shows and personally thought that their drama series are way too draggy. I never thought much of their celebrities as well. Got this impression that they all have long rebonded hair and a common sweet look. Pretty boring to me.

Well not any more.

*actual name removed to protect the identity of this friend.

He Held Their Lives in His Tiny Hands

BATON ROUGE, La. — In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.

They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2 years old, and one was wearing only diapers. A 3-year-old girl, who wore colorful barrettes on the ends of her braids, had her 14-month-old brother in tow. The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love.


read on

I am touch by this

Broken Wings

I know this will not remain forever
However it's beautiful
Your eyes,hands and your warm smile
They're my treasure
It's hard to forget
I wish there was a solution
Don't spend your time in confusion
I'll turn back now and spread

My broken wings still strong enough to cross the ocean with
My broken wings how far should I go drifting in the wind
Higher and higher in the light
My broken wings still strong enough to cross the ocean with
My broken wings how far should I go drifting in the wind
Across the sky, just keep on flying

Visualizer watch

A nice watch which has a cool visualizer watch.

I want this now, unfortunately its only available in Japan

must remember

I have been way way way too tired yesterday. Never been this shag for a while now. Either I have to watch my health, exercise or just get more sleep. Grrrrr.

anyhow, i am tired not and though i am suppose to read up on taking my bike license, i think i shld push it for tml. after all i have been procrastinating for 3 weeks now, one more day wont hurt.

must remember!!!!

Advertisment on Wheels and Edible Body parts

Rarely there is such a day where I am lazy to separate this into 2 posts.



Advertisment on Wheels is about a series of Leds place around the spinning wheel of a car. When speeds hits up to a certain level, it is able to display startling images.



Edible Body parts is just gross looking food. And yes its edible. The baker is quite an artist or so the article claim. I just tot he wants to sell more bread.

Rape protection

All I can say from its description is OUCH

Guys exposed

For those horny guys out there who prowl on the irc channels looking for sex.

You have been warned

but this shit is quite funny

Comics once more

(you might have to click on it to see the wordings)

This is what every guy on the planet believes

why Liverpool?

Could it be that there are too many Man U fans out there, thats why I suppose LFC?

Could it be that they are the recent Champions of Europe?

Could it be due to their rich history?

Well the answer is a sad No.

Yes, I dislike Man U for their arrogants but that din make me support them, neither has it got to be the prospect of winning trophies after trophies like Chelsea.

Instead the simple reason happened 5-6 years ago. There was this striker whose killer instinct for scoring captivates me. You must be thinking now that that person is Michael Owen. Well no.... when he was sold, I'd thought the money was good.

The person I had been admiring all this while was Robbie Fowler. He was a talent, a man who can produce goals when needed. His scoring broke many Liverpool records and many remain currently unbroken still. Not to forget, Fowler scored the Premier League's fastest-ever Premier League hat-trick in 4 minutes 32 seconds against Arsenal during the 1994/95 season. How many could match that?

Unfortunately, injuries and lack of confidents in his latter years kept him from reaching his best form. He was sold to Leeds followed by Man city. I do hope he recapture a bit of spark and become a Anfield Legend.