Tuesday, May 26, 2009

In case you're wondering about the deluge of soccer-related posts, then obviously you're not a football crazy fanatic.

TOMORROW IS THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL !!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited, I've already run 2 simulations using FIFA 09 (with yours truly controlling Man Utd). The results so far? 3-1 and 2-0 in Man U's favour, both including a wonderful free-kick goal scored by Ronaldo. A sign perhaps?

The results are obviously very biased.

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I discovered 2 very interesting websites this week, thanks to Lifehacker.com and the How-to-Geek.

1) www.nintendo8.com

Play 100% authentic, classic N64/Gameboy/Sega games at this site! The games are powered by Java, so I doubt you can save that Pokemon game. I've been playing Super Mario Bros, Dig Dug and Megaman =)

2) www.socwall.com

Absolutely stunning wallpapers from every genre possible, a godsend if you love changing wallpapers everytime you boot up your PC.

Friday, May 22, 2009

I know this is somewhat belated but...

Manchester United are BPL Champions! Again!

But I bet we all knew that was gonna happen last Sunday. Save for those rabid Liverpool fans hoping for the impossible *cue evil laugh*

Looking forward to the Champions League final against Barcelona. Probably gonna go to work late just to catch it =) Dunno why UEFA must schedule on a weekday; half of the world's economy will probably freeze that following morning or something.

... end soccer ramble.

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Can't wait to get my NTU matriculation card. No not because I can't wait to start school, I just wanna throw away my Singtel mobile plan and jump ship to the green side. Unlimited SMS student plan ftw! Together with Maxonline and cable I'd get the Hubber discount too!

And I hope to get a new phone too, mine's becoming chui-er by the day. An E63 or something with a QWERTY keyboard, I'm tired of trying to type out long SMSes using predictive texting that isn't so predictive. No touch screen phones though! Surprised right? For all my techieness touch screen is one technology I'll never embrace wholeheartedly.

Yes I'm an anti-fingerprint, anti-smudge freak. If you've ever seen my laptop, you'll know why. Its almost 3 years old, made of cheap, easy-to-smudge glossy black plastic and I have friends who say it looks new. Ritualistic cleaning ftw! If I had an iPhone I'll probably wear out the screen from too much rubbing .

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To hall or not to hall, that is the question?

Friday, May 15, 2009

2 weeks before first infection...

No this is not about Left 4 Dead...



If you've been reading the comics page every Sunday in the Sunday Times, you'll be familiar with Lio and his quirky imagination.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hyqTxJlWHlv1yLyo-yETVjbOFroQ

Not too far from reality though eh? But its just speculation of course.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Haven't posted anything geeky in awhile, so here's a tidbit for you to nibble on =)


Top 10 Free Apps Installed on my PC/Laptop (in no particular order)

1) AVG Free Edition 8.5 (http://free.avg.com/)

2) Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" (Ok fine its an OS but hey, it comes with hell lots of excellent free open-source apps, some of which are listed below)

- Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org/)
- Pidgin messenger (http://www.pidgin.im/)
- Banshee music player (http://banshee-project.org/) *Linux and Mac OS X only*
- VLC player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)

http://www.ubuntu.com/

3) CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)

4) Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html)

5) Mozilla Thunderbird (http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/)

6) Jaangle (http://www.jaangle.com/)

7) GIMP 2 (http://www.gimp.org)

8) Comodo Firewall Pro (http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/)

9) Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/)

10) Super Anti-Spyware (http://www.superantispyware.com/)

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Random musing of the day:

Can anyone remember Marshmallow Man, proton packs, ghost traps and ectoplasmic activity?

"Who ya gonna call?"

I bet that rings a bell. I used to love the cartoon back then.

"Ghostbusters!"