I’m sure many of you are familiar with the cartoon strip “Calvin and Hobbes”. I am a big fan and really love reading about the antics of the irrepressible duo. Jel is a big fan as well and even has a fan site dedicated to them called Calvin and Hobbes Fireside. So it was with [...]
Archive for October, 2005
Searching for Bill Watterson
Posted in Lists on October 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
China holds mass speed date event
Posted in News & Oddities on October 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Well it looks like people nowadays are too busy to meet and find partners in conventional ways – hence the introduction of speed dating. China took the concept one step further by holding a mass speed dating event where about 5,000 single men and women converged on a Shanghai park. All participants had to be [...]
Experiment ends in wild rat chase
Posted in Animals on October 23, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Scientists got more than they bargained for when they released a single rat named Razza in an experiment into why rats are so hard to eradicate. Razza avoided traps, escaped dogs, and ultimately swam a record distance (400m) from one uninhabited island to another. Researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand had problems [...]
Err … what’s with the balls, MPPJ?
Posted in Local News on October 22, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Spotted in the Star. These strange structures were put up at at an SS3 junction recently by the MPPJ. Needless to say they have baffled passersby and even embarassed the residents. My reaction? What on earth were they thinking?
PC Overhaul
Posted in Home on October 21, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was a baaaaad day at home. First thing to kaput in the morning was the son’s PC which managed to boot up (with difficulty) but kept on freezing after that. As he has 3 hard drives in his PC, my diagnosis was that the D drive had died – which proved to be correct. [...]
Is Bill Gates Sexy?
Posted in Thoughts on October 19, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Came across this picture on my favourite tech site GeekRant.Org but found out the true story behind them on Snopes. They were publicity photos taken in conjunction with the release of Microsoft Windows in 1985. He sure looks like he is asking, “Do you think I’m sexy?”
Home away from home
Posted in Thoughts on October 18, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Reading hubby’s latest MMR blogpost on homesickness brought to mind the homesickness I felt when I was in KL in Med School many moons ago. Not only the overseas students feel homesick you know. It helped a lot that my sis (who was senior to me) and brother were both in KL but still, it [...]
Mobile phones to walk the walk
Posted in Inventions on October 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Finnish researchers presented new technology designed to prevent thefts of mobile phones and laptops, using biometrics to recognize the gait of the device’s owner. A sensor-based so-called “gaitcode” embedded in the device registers and memorizes the movements of the owner in three-dimensional form, and is reliable in 90 percent of cases. If it does not [...]
Bombing Smurfs for a cause
Posted in News & Oddities on October 12, 2005 | 4 Comments »
UNICEF in Belgium has created an anti-war commercial which shows Smurf characters getting shot to pieces by warplanes. The spot, which aims to raise money for the rehabilitation of former child soldiers in Burundi is set to air this week. It opens with the Smurfs dancing, hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. [...]
In da Bginnin…..
Posted in News & Oddities on October 9, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth……
So begins the new SMS Bible that has just been released by the Bible Society in Australia. Each verse is translated into ‘SMS Language’ – the full Contemporary English Version (CEV) with a modern twist! True meaning and order of words retained – 100% faithful to [...]
