Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Very....creative



This ad is stupid. But also very irresistably KAWAII!!!

Sorry.

Still, this proves you can never go wrong with pandas and cute Japanese music. All it needed was a penguin and it'll be perfect.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

So here I was thinking of ways to save money to get a new handphone and the Playstation 3 when it comes out with my NS allowance. I'd heard that the pricing plans for the PS3 would be released in the recently concluded E3 (basically the Lollapalooza of computer gaming).

Sony duly released the pricing plans: for a PS3 with a 60GB Hard Drive? US$599

US$599=S$947

I feel sick.

Someway, someway.....

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Hear ye, hear ye...

I wanna try explaining podcasting again, but I suddenly temporarily lost the ability to be funny, so I'll let a ninja handle the explaining. I hope you don't mind fishy metaphors.

Why do I want to explain podcasting? To introduce something I've been wanting to do for months now, ever since I got a mic and Audacity. But I am, of course, one of the world's foremost experts in procrastinating, so I pushed it and pushed it and pushed it until finally, I realised that if I don't do it soon, after NS, I may be so busy, I might even have the desire to start.

So, here it is. The first (and last) trailer for the Meesotofreak Podcast. The podcast proper will start (as the computer game companies always say) When It's Ready.

PS. You can download the first 2 MP3s before the trailer, if you, y'know, like bad singing and all...

Monday, May 22, 2006

'Sigh'

Even if they are in jest and harmless, I never do react well to teasing. And imagine what fresh new jibes those people at NS will throw at me.

So...

Things to do before NS #76: Get thicker skin
It's a weird feeling, being embarassed, pleased, mortified and amused, all at the same time.

My apologies to Stealers Wheel and Resevoir Dog fans everywhere.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Because my dear sister has been a very naughty girl, our Dad has seen fit to 'GASP!' take away her handphone! Now, because I can't resist those Bambi eyes she uses when she really, truly wants something done by someone, she's sharing my phone.

So, in the meantime, be careful with what SMSes any of you dear readers send me. This means, Steve, that you have to quit it with the mushy stuff.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Trying to read 50 Hercule Poirot short stories in one sitting is like trying to eat 50 Kueh Lapis-es (most definitely sic) in one sitting: The first, oh, 20 or so, they're great, delicious, I can't stop at one. Or two. Or five. But by the 25th, I start to get really, really sick of it. It's still delicious, I just can't stomach anymore or I'll puke. I'll just have to wait a few weeks to get the appetite to read the remaining short stories. It's always a pleasure reading about a fellow egg-shaped headed man (try seeing me with a bald head. Brrrr...)

Here's a series of conversations that happened the past few months:

(February)
MSF: Can I have a haircut?
Mom: Why? Nice what, your hair.

(March)
MSF: Can I have a haircut?
Mom: No money!

(April)
MSF: Can I pleeease have a haircut?
Mom: Berape kali nak cakap, takde duit!

(Last week)
MSF: (looking at the mirror) Say, my hair's looking good. Almost like David Beckham. I think I'll keep it!
Dad: (enters room) Son, go get a haircut tomorrow.
MSF: WHAT?! But...
Dad: Here's 20 bucks, 10 for the barber, 10 for pocket money.
(beat)
MSF: You want me to get a crew-cut, or fully bald?

Counting the 10 bucks I had stored and the 10 Mom gave me, that's 30 dollars I had. And true to form, I spent 2/3rds of it in 2 days flat.

I have got to control my spending urges.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Things to do before NS List # 84: No more writing titles for the sake of writing titles

As you probably can tell by that shiny button to your right, I'm a Firefox fan. And as some of you might now, when I like something, I REALLY like that something. Ask Cik Aini, the makcik selling the Mee Soto in Yusof Ishak Sec. Anyway, yes, I love Firefox and offered the chance to sell it, I would. If I could. Not face to face of course, not with the way I speak. Stutter and all You're digressing... anyway, I could go on about how safe Firefox is, how much better than IE is, how, with extensions and themes, you could really pimp the living sh!t out of that browser.


Like so.

One of the big reasons why I like Firefox is the idea of an alternative browser. Internet Explorer has been in the seat of power in the world of browsers for so long, it's made Microsoft a little lax in fixing what needs to be fixed. (Why am I feeling a sudden sense of deja vu?)

Sure, there are other choices long before Firefox, like Opera. But Firefox has become an actual strong "Opposition" to IE. I for one love that. It's made Microsoft pull up their socks and actually get to work on upgrading IE. Their new beta version of IE has promise.

It gives consumers choice.

Which is why I'm not using Explorer Destroyer.

Sure, it's tempting. It could force most of you dear readers to switch to Firefox to be able to read my blog. And I'd get a dollar for every person who does exactly that. But no. For 3 reasons:
  1. Remember what I said about choice? If I used this script, I'd be a hypocrite, wouldn't I? As much as I want you all to switch to Firefox, I want you to do so without being forced to.
  2. Explored Destroyer uses Google AdSense to pay the $1. I dunno, this goes against Google's "Do No Evil" policy, doesn't it? Using scripts to block internet content without permission?
  3. You could easily just boycott this blog. Now that's definitely not a good thing.
If you want to try the script, go ahead. Get rich. Ignore that little communist voice in your head going "Capitalistic swine!".

So, uh, in conclusion, Get Firefox!!

(Yeah, I'm doing this once in a blue moon. Any problem with that?)