November 21, 2007 at 2:47 am · Filed under General
My brother forwarded this link from the New York Times to me with this comment:
“Interesting….
OMGGGG!!! What did they do to us??? Now u know why we are so screwed up. And why the kids of today are all a bunch of wusses. U shd blog this! But don’t tell the kids…”
If you are a Gen Xer, and you grew up with Sesame Street, then I think it is in your best interest to read this article. It should pretty much explain who we are and why.
According to an earnest warning on Volumes 1 and 2, “Sesame Street: Old School” is adults-only: “These early ‘Sesame Street’ episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.”
“Humpback whales in our research area are rapidly recovering,” said fisheries spokesman Hideki Moronuki.
“Taking 50 humpbacks from a population of tens of thousands will have no significant impact whatsoever.”
Mr Moronuki said killing whales allowed marine biologists to study their internal organs.
Meat from Japan’s scientific catch is sold commercially but Japanese officials deny that the mission plans to make a profit.
Why do they need to take out so many whales for research? I don’t see people cutting up 50 elephants or pandas a year for research.
Taking 50 out of a population of tens of thousands will have no significant impact? Well, why not take out 50 Japanese, cut them up and see if there is a significant impact in the Japanese society?
Study their internal organs? Ur… what? Read the entrails?! I mean, what good can come out of studying a dead animal?
Tokyo argues that whaling is an ancient Japanese tradition, and has pushed unsuccessfully at the International Whaling Commission to reverse the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling.
Well, if whaling is an ancient Japanese tradition, then I do suggest they bring nostalgia all the way and hunt the whales using ancient traditional methods like handheld harpoons and wooden sail boats!
November 12, 2007 at 7:01 am · Filed under General
In order to increase sales, the marketing team of the Malaysian car manufacturer is launching an “Islamic Car”. (Check out this BBC article.)
This car is going to come with “features like a compass pointing to Mecca” … uh… ah… hmmm… nevermind… oh, oh… and also “a dedicated space to keep a copy of the Koran and a headscarf”! Okay, I am really speechless about the compass thingy, but a dedicated space? I think it is called a glove compartment. Yup, already been there, done that, my Proton friends.
It is really pathetic to make use of religion to increase sales… REALLY!
Perhaps it was a better idea to just sell off the company. Here’s an impression of what I think an “Islamic Car” might look like.
I just found this site on the web. It is called animoto. It is some sort of like muvees lite.
Basically, you upload images or allow it to grab images from a series of websites that hosts pictures, choose or upload some music, and voila! An edited video clip that is no longer than 30 seconds.
Check out what I did with some pictures from my Maldives trip here…
Fun and simple to use, and you use someone else’s computer to do the rendering… cool.
I mentioned in a previous post about Singapore buying old gizmos to incorporate as new in our armed forces when it was announced that the RSAF will be purchasing a new fleet of F-15s. That was about 2 years ago.
Well, a so called high state-of-the-art fighter plane just broke into a few pieces according to this CNN report.
I remember a term that my instructor in the army used to tell us when we do a big boo boo. “The enemy will die.” he would say. “Die laughing.”
Is this the philosophy behind choosing our fighter aircraft?
