⇒ Public domain

Arabian nights
Frankenstein
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
src

not sure:
anything Shakespeare
King Kong
Night of the Living Dead

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⇒ succeed blog

paper airplane hovering


lots of dominos


crazy vertical flip while climbing


dice as pixels

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⇒ things I missed covering

global:
Massive BP oil pipeline leak dumping something like 100,000 barrels of oil onto Mexico coastline. see sidebar below
That unpronounceable volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, disrupting the shit out of European flights

sport:
French Open started
World Cup soon--hysteria already on

business:
Apple now longer just the MVP of silicon valley, they're number 2 in corporate America now: src

tech:
man infects himself with computer virus. That sentence is really more sensational than the actual effects.


BP oil related article: Obama's oil dream team. Did anyone else get a Jerry-Bruckheimer's-Armageddon feeling? check the picture of Slocum, the 'wacky' one:

Malkovich

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⇒ what the eff?

and this:

live action street fighter alpha 2. Both look better than legend of chun-li...

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⇒ webcomics

Latest catchup:
busy with work, home, family and other commitments. Also been mentally down low. So low I almost lost my mind. Feeling better now.


my previous workplace. Absolutely soul-crushing.

then there's this:

and this:



Dilbert again:

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⇒ cracked RROD

cracked.com's awesome, even-handed reaction to Xbox RROD

more epic humor from Cracked.com
"We now take it as pretty common knowledge that you just don't mess with Vietnam, even if you're an immensely powerful and technologically superior nation. They know kung fu, or something, and apparently every time they get invaded they simply level up."

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⇒ hitboxes

understanding hit boxes in fighting games.

Useful both for playing and for backend.

Also useful beyond fighting games

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⇒ orangutan facebook

just the facts
orangutan named Nonja
Vienna Zoo
raisin dispensing camera
Facebook page
source

I love those primates! (I really do, I have an 'orang-utan' tag)

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⇒ Robot + balance = win

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⇒ Sony announce their next big 'Move'

their lack of creativity and originality have pushed my disgust to a new level--moments like these make me happy Apple killed the Walkman and forced them to make iPod compatible products.

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⇒ priceless

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⇒ more old news: Sony PS3 leap year clock fail

More SONY PS3 failure coverage:
via joystiq

basically: ARM chip failure--the same one which affected ZUNEs a few years ago.

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⇒ hi-res NASA photos

hi-res NASA photos
also here

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⇒ old news: lego

an app I'd actually get. If only there were a print option where, for a reasonable price, lego actually construct and send you the picture.

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⇒ more random things i should've posted months ago

wot i been up to lately:
1. jogging one or two laps of wentworth park
2. laser tag
3. moving back home =S

three franchises which went somewhere i didn't like:
1. star wars
2. metal gear solid
3. street fighter
i don't give a crap about any of these anymore. I gave them a chance when they did something new but overall, they took my generosity for granted. They lost me at Episode 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, and Street Fighter IV respectively (and coincidentally the 4th major releases).

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⇒ 50 worst gadgets of the decade

50 worst gadgets of the decade. Good read and I agree with all the (highly justified) Sony bashing. They had the arrogance to cram proprietary formats down consumers' throats for years so they got spanked by the iPod.

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⇒ should have posted months ago

best things of the last 10 years (to me):
youtube/"web 2.0"
refined google and services
apple products
digital photos and videos (includes cameras)
starting uni
wii
ds

worst things of the last 10 years (to me):
2004 tsunami
9/11
2006 (the last 3/4 of the year)
2009 (3/4 of the year, evenly distributed)
michael jackson's shock death
media coverage of stupid spoiled whores

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⇒ telescope buying guide

telescope buying guide. If you're into that sort of thing.

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⇒ Dominaludus sexagentaquad

Modern fossils by Christopher Locke

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⇒ bread and butter pudding

Ingredients (serves 5+)
50g butter
9-10 slices white bread (depending on arrangement, size of tray)
4 eggs plus 4 egg yolks
175g caster sugar
300ml thin cream
300ml thickened cream
vanilla essence

Utensils:
Egg beater/whisk
saucepan
baking dish
roasting pan
large mixing bowl


Directions:
Lightly butter a 2-litre baking dish.
Butter the bread, remove the crusts, then cut each slice into 2 triangles.
Arrange triangles in layers in the dish.
Whisk together the eggs, egg yolks and caster sugar.
Place both creams in a saucepan with the vanilla and bring to scalding point.
Pour cream over the egg mixture and whisk lightly to combine. Strain mixture over bread slices, making sure not to dislodge them. Set pudding aside for at least 30 minutes - this ensures that the pudding will be light and not stodgy.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Place the baking dish in a large roasting pan and pour enough boiling water into the pan to come halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
Cover the dish loosely with foil, place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake the pudding uncovered for a further 15 minutes or until golden
Serve immediately.

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