Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Posted on September 27, 2007 - by Abner

Transformer : Bumblebee Recycled

This is way sick… the way this fellow WonderDasher, did to his recycled packagings. Check out his process. Though its not that detailed but it’s still a good read. Am sure his upcoming projects will be archived in a more descriptive manner. Keep a tab on him. His site is mainly in Chinese but this project has translation.

The final ‘product’ Transformers : Autobots Bumblebee

Posted on September 22, 2007 - by Abner

The Beatles Mashup : Cracked Peppers

This is a mashup project by the people over at ccc/ill chemist in conjunction with The Beatles 40th anniversary release of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Its aptly named Cracked Pepper. Quite a different feel to it and it might be able to entertain you on some boring Saturday.

You could download a sample track to listen : 01 – Cracked Pepper

I would suggest that you head over here to download the whole mashup album before it taken down.

See : www.cracked-pepper.blogspot.com

Gotta go now. Am meeting some friends at the climbing gym. Exercise ya.

Update : Dave from memethief.com said there is no hurry to download as he has no plans to take it down. Hurray!

Posted on September 20, 2007 - by Abner

Huff and Puff – LED Candles

I am amazed. Check out these LED candles that are activated by just blowing on them. Its supposed to be natural looking and even flicker like normal candles. Its solid wax too. Talk about realism. Take a deep breath and blow and it comes on. Do the same to turn it off. No match required. You could choose to have it in blue or the natural yellow flame too.

Which one of you have a big ass lantern for this coming MoonCake festival? You could get one just in time for it and be the talk of the street. You could run and skip and your lantern will still be nice and pretty. But alas, you can’t set dry leaves on fire and burn cockroaches. It would certainly kill the budding arsonist in the young ones.

Click here for more info : Bi-Color LED Blow On-Off Candles on ThinkGeek

Posted on September 20, 2007 - by Abner

Here comes XKCD and Pictures for Sad Children

Forgot how I managed to unearth these but its hilarious.

See : XKCD – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
First off, its XKCD. The work of Randall Munroe, a CNU graduate with a degree in physics. He is aided by Davean (technical friend) and Sarah (proof-read/edit). He sums it up in the headline of what XKCD is in one sentence : A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
His webcomic days begun when he was going through old math/sketching graph paper notebooks and didn’t want to lose some of the work in them, so he started scanning pages and putting them up on the servers. And everything just follows.
Note to Sponky : You will like this. Freaking funny stuff.

Next is Pictures for Sad Children. And no, its not meant for sad children. It might make them feel worse. John Campbell is the mastermind for this and it is about a bad feeling when you are feeling good and a good feeling when you are feeling bad, he says. And yes, he admitted it himself, it might not be appropriate for sad children. Be warned.

See : Pictures for Sad Children

Posted on September 14, 2007 - by Abner

Say hello to Keepon

Just a quick post on this. Found it amusing and interesting. Not your normal everyday Mr. Robotic. Meet Keepon, a yellow fellow belonging to the Robots with Rhythm gang. It was designed by a Mr. Hideki Kozima the other half of the BeatBoxs duo.

Keepon dancing to Spoon’s “Don’t You Evah”
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Check out the last part where all the robots get their groove on together. Nice watch.

For more info on this research and progress, see : BeatBots

Posted on September 13, 2007 - by Abner

Sites That I Don’t Understand But Enjoy – Part 1

First this is a site I got today from evil@lai.

4 shutterbugs+cyclist+friends embarked on a journey where they will dedicate 16 days of their lives riding around Taiwan island. Its an ongoing thing so check it out. They are only at their 7th day today. You get to see a fraction of what they see and experience through the pictures they upload and their writings. Some goofing around pictures too that will bring a smile to your face. You can see how many hours they spend riding and how many kilometers they covered. This my friend is not about the final destination but the journey. Cool! Makes you wish the one with the face brushing against the light breeze is yours instead of being the one glaring at pictures in your cubicle or cramp room. *whine*
See : Ride Around Taiwan Island

The last one would be the blog of infamous Namewee. A Johore compatriot who gained fame for his controversial MTV. Which one you ask? Negarakuku lo. Shall not elaborate on this. Google it or ask your neighbour. His blog is mainly in Chinese. Boohoo if you are like me. Anyway, browsing through would provide some insight too. Don’t worry there are Malay write ups for you to read la. NameWee’s Blog

Posted on September 13, 2007 - by Abner

McD Buffet and Pinball Rat

Its that time of the year again which only means we will be having Hari Raya holidays in a months time. Wow… time flies. I see my Malay colleagues are all enduring their first day of fasting. As Adam Sandler or Rob Schneider, “You can do it!”

If I remembered correctly 3 years during this Ramadhan month, Ryan, Jerri and I launched an assault on a McDonald franchise in Bangi which resulted in bloated tummies, high cholesterol level and bad constipation. Not many people know that McDonald organizes buffet during the fasting month. Ronald and friends love to see us stuff our face silly with Big Mac, Ayam Goreng McD, McNuggets, Apple Pie and Sundae Cones while gulping down mouthfuls of Coke. Well the McD stint had me stayed away from any other outlets for a good couple of months. Never had I ate so much of McD stuff before. I had Spicy Chicken McDeluxe, Fillet-O-Fish, 2pc Ayam Goreng McD, >12pcs of McNuggets, French Fries, Sundae Cone, 2 Coke and a few bits of Cheeseburger. Not sure if I left out anything but that night I stopped and got myself 2 packets of ENO before going home. I spent quite a substantial amount of time riding the porcelain pony for a couple of days, mind you. Ryan even made one or 2 more trips back there… Bravo!!! Salute!!!
Well the 3 of us cleared nearly RM100 of McD food stuff that night.

For those of you who would love to give it a go, here. Click for larger image.

Its available only at selected outlets. So check them out before you go barging into any outlets lusting for Big Mac freeflow or whatever.

Oh and a follow up to the Ratatouille post. Here is a pinball game called Rat’N'Roll.

Damn, I am still sick. Coughing now. Only 2 more days to go… Argh…

Posted on September 6, 2007 - by Abner

Do you dig Marié Digby?

Well, she was the YouTube phenomenon. Until recently it was revealed that she was actually a signed artist with Hollywood Records. Marié Digby was brought on to the label in year 2005, 18 months before she started making waves in YouTube and eventually the world. It was actually a well executed strategy by the people at the record company. They consulted her what song to cover and even distributed studio quality recording to iTunes and radio stations.
The media giants are already evolving and taking the internet seriously as the younger generation are responding more to YouTube and MySpace compared to radios. I think this could be because it seems that we are connecting directly to the artists rather than going through some already dolled up fully packaged recording artiste. And stumbling upon your own new rising star is so much more exciting than having to read it off some printed materials.
Take a listen to Marié. Go to YouTube for more of her songs.
To me, she is good and talented. Will see how she fares with her own album.

We had our own Karen Kong promoting herself too on Friendster some time back.

And in case you don’t know, Italian Maestro, Pavarotti just passed away. Read it on Yahoo! News.

See : YouTube phenom has a big secret

Posted on August 30, 2007 - by Abner

When you care enough to hit send

I was never a big fan of ecards. Most looked boring and quite pointless to me. Seem to me they all are shouting look at me, click me to go to my site or something. Bah… such insincerity huh. And the text are lame. Or not lame enough.

Alas, I stumbled upon an pure ecard site called someecards. The card designs are illustrated with victorian figures, japanese, english bla bla bla plastered witty taglines. Smart, funny, provoking with hints of sarcasm too. The have a whole list of categories for you to choose from too, from apology to flirting to wedding and sympathy. Go and have some fun…

Oh and Happy 50th Birthday Malaysia! Would have send you an ecard if I knew where to address it to.

See : Someecards – when you care enough to hit send

Posted on August 22, 2007 - by Abner

AniBOOM

Found this after reading a write up by Paul R. La Monica (editor of CNNMoney.com) in his article titled “Searching for the next South Park.”

Went over to their site, aniBOOM.com. Their tagline was The Home of Animation. No prize for guessing what’s in store. At aniBoom you could use their free online softwares to create your own animation shorts with either shapeshifter – uses basic geometric shapes to draw or micro-smotion – uses the webcam to animate. Apart from that you could watch loads of animation uploaded by public. They have their own in-house animated series and other cool sections too.

In aniBoom’s FAQ section about themselves :

aniBOOM.com is designed to be the world’s leading animation portal. Interactive and user generated – the ultimate site for animation based Internet entertainment. Geared for everyone in the animation industry. From top professionals to semi-professionals, amateur animators and of course all animation fans everywhere – for where would we be without an adoring audience?

aniBOOM.com will be the community site for the entire animation society, enabling instant online connection with one another. The major functions of the portal include providing a gigantic SHOWCASE for animation talents, supplying ONLINE creative animation tools, and tracking your statistics.

aniBOOM.com will keep you updated on all animation related Media events. And last but absolutely not least… aniBOOM.com will be jam-packed with exciting competitions offering generous PRIZES. As soon as one finishes, the next one will begin.
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Sounds interesting? I might have a go at the shapeshifter thing when I am free simply because I don’t own a webcam. Boohoo…