I have return! Hahaha…

Well after a month-long void, I apologize with no posts. It’s been a crazy month with new job AND new home. But glad to know everything’s going well now. Just need to tie a few loose ends

Several articles I found interesting the late few days (no Kotaku/Facebook from work )

Software to detect gender based on what you browse? Men, go try this out: Browsing-determines-gender

The biggest stir-up in the crypto community! US’ newly founded Cyber Command has a new logo, and it has crypted code on it! And according to Wired magazine they’re actually challenging people to solve it. The only hint? It’s their mission statement. Wired Article – Cyber Command Code

The last isn’t really techno, I know, but it’s interesting what you can find in the Internet isn’t it? A comprehensive list of what is *assumed* to be the cause and/or prevention of cancer: Kill or Cure?

Photography buff? Love nature/wildlife pictures? BBC Wildlife just released their Masterclasses tip sheet. Great tips for beginner and pro alike!

Link: BBC Wildlife Masterclasses

Text stuff of the day (and quite a few interesting ones at that) are as follows, ladies and gentlemen…

Victorinox apparently just announced that they will be launching a hacking event of hacking their latest device… an encrypted USB key in a Victorinox army knife – the Victorinox Secure Penknife. The winner will win £100,000 if they manage to crack it, and still get a free penknife if they failed anyway. The contest, unfortunately, will be limited to 24 very lucky people, but anyone is free to apply.

The penknife itself is a mixture of the true-and-told tough (and original!) Swiss Army knife, but also embed an encrypted and secure USB drive, that will require a fingerprint scan to open – which, if you failed to provide the correct fingerprint, will automatically notify the owner by email. Which, by the way, should the owner never replies back to it, will cause the deletion of the file within the drive. Never mind the contest, tell me where can I buy that thing!

Bit-Tech Article

Samsung Swipe – On other news, Samsung released an update to their Swipe-system for their mobile. For the unknown, this is a program that enables you to swipe around a touchscreen to type in your cellphone. But for more clarification, please feel free to watch the video of the device breaking a new world-record in the fastest text-message typing.

Gizmodo Article: Samsung Swipe

Real Science on Mass Effect 2. Last but certainly not least. Do you play Mass Effect 2? Do you also enjoy watching Discovery channel? Ever wondered how thin it is the separation between real science and science fiction in the game?

Well, Dr. Michio Kaku – a real nerdy (hey he pulls references to Star Trek and Star Wars, ok?) physicist who are also damn good at explaining complicated things into not-so-complicated brains – took a shot at explaining all of those. This is a seriously awesome short interview video if you’re into this stuff. Myself, for example,could not pause or stop watching this video mid-way at any point (except when the other dude is talking)

Source link: Kotaku Link

WARNING: NSFW – the picture in this post is Not Safe For Work… (well you shouldn’t be reading my blog from work to begin with anyway)

So I found this picture on the Internet regarding video gamers and I amused myself. Good picture. Funny. But nothing immediately jumps out to mind.
Until I read one of the comment posted by hismastersvoice on the Kotaku page, and I thought to myself… oh heck yes. The comment:

“The guy in red – a console gamer
The guy in yellow – a PC gamer
How can I tell?
He knows what couches are for.”

…of course, afterward I proceeded with some healthy burst out laughters… in the office.

PC Gamer FTW!

Interesting article by Wired. The layout alone is definitely one heck of a trip down memory lane for most people who remember those days.

Wired Article: 10 Years After

is awesome…

Ok, so there’s nothing groundbreaking with the gameplay or graphic or technology…  but Fist of The North Star!!! If you don’t know this title (Hokuto Musou!!!) then you can skip the whole post, really.

But for all of you that do know, and enjoy the comic (or even Anime, yikes!), you owe it to yourself to play this extremely over the top fighting game……… Man I love those comics.

Ken: you feel lucky, punk?
punk1: huuuuuh?
punk2: and who the **** are you, eeeeeh?
Ken: YATATATATATATATATA!!!!
*punks’ heads start to get swollen*
punk1&2: what the? thats the best you can do?? hahahah…errrk* 
*heads exploded*

It’s like a trip down memory lane… while riding on a bike, swinging spiked chains, running over evil punks, blowing their heads off with your punches.

I was never big on reading other people’s blog (so sue me… ) but the few I’ve read, they latched on me for life a long time.

Here’s a good example. A mathmetician’s blog with puzzles: http://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/

On another news, I’m still waiting for a chance to stop by EBgames to get a copy of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. I was a huge BF2 maniac (and a wee bit of BF2142) and been missing a solid online FPS frag fest (no, Call of Duty is not one of them – solid Single Player, sure… but kiddies MP). Hopefully this game can finally cure it. Well the following video helped….

There are lots of those, (I specifically love onemanga.com for Japanese comics) such as Penny Arcade and Ctrl-Alt-Del. But XKCD should not be forgotten as well.

I recently found a new favourite… explaining web-addicts.

Awesome artist. Definitely worth checking out if you have the slightest interest on design, graphic, or photography.

Walee

Example pic:

Uh oh… once a week post? I’m sorry, but this week got real busy…

Moving on, though, here comes the new trend introduced by Mr. Jobs… the iPad.

Gallery, First Impressions: Ars Technica 1

Slightly more indepth review: Ars Technica 2

Man, I”m getting lazy…

…but hey, here’s a funny video to hopefully redeem myself

Mouse Trap Survivor Cheese Commercial

Been a while since I post anything… must be the Christmas syndrome. Anyhow, bump into these interesting articles….

Scott Adams (creater of the best comic strip in the world)(according to me) wrote this in his post:

Technically, you’re already a cyborg. If you keep your cell phone with you most of the time, especially if the earpiece is in place, I think we can call that arrangement an exobrain. Don’t protest that your cellphone isn’t part of your body just because you can leave it in your other pants. If a cyborg can remove its digital eye and leave it on a shelf as a surveillance device, and I think we all agree that it can, then your cellphone qualifies as part of your body. In fact, one of the benefits of being a cyborg is that you can remove and upgrade parts easily. So don’t give me that “It’s not attached to me” argument. You’re already a cyborg. Deal with it.

Read the rest here: http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/dilbert_pocket/

Next up is Scroogle. Haven’t heard of it? Loves Google but kept looking over your shoulder for privacy breach? Look no further. Check it out here: http://scroogle.org/

Last is the news I read on the newspaper yesterday. Hollywood (apparently) hits a record high on 2009 on their revenue, surpassing 10 BILLION dollars. And they’re claiming piracy is killing the industry?

Wait. Did Hollywood just contradict itself?

Read the article here: TorrentFreak article

Now I think I finally get it with all those female Twilight fans…. (don’t get me wrong, I love vampire flicks – like the Underworld – but I just can’t stand Twilight). Read more to see an explanation by VGcats…

more…

And I personally know the singer too… didn’t realize she can sing like THIS though LOL!

http://loucp.multiply.com/