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Kovan Kondo

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:34:55 +0800

Someone ought to give the marketing department of this Kovan condo a swift kick in the behind for coming up with this monstrosity of a word.

My friend Bernie is still trying to pronounce…

★ Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes?

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:40:15 +0800

★ Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes?:

Robert Scoble has a good analogy:

Let’s go back a few years to when Firefox was just coming on the scene. Remember that? I remember that it didn’t work with a ton of websites. Things like…

‘A Message to the Internets Regarding the iPad’

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:50:32 +0800

‘A Message to the Internets Regarding the iPad’:

Michael Pusateri gets it.

★

Nerds Are the New Rock Stars, OK Go Says

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:42:13 +0800

Nerds Are the New Rock Stars, OK Go Says:

The band that vaulted into the public consciousness on the strength of its creative viral videos talks about working with NASA and embracing the internet’s democratizing power. But OK Go and EMI both…

'TRANSFORMERS G1: Awakening' Turn Based Strategy Game Coming to iPhone

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:18:14 +0800

'TRANSFORMERS G1: Awakening' Turn Based Strategy Game Coming to iPhone:

Glu Mobile announced tonight that they are bringing TRANSFORMERS G1: Awakening to the iPhone platform. TRANSFORMERS G1: Awakening is a turn based strategy game that first appeared on…

guillee: I’m done: Star Wars opening crawl, using only HTML...

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:43:25 +0800

guillee:

I’m done: Star Wars opening crawl, using only HTML & CSS. Caveats: It only works in Snow Leopard in Safari 4.0.4 and the WebKit nightly. Nothing else supports the CSS 3D transforms and animations I used, but I just wanted to see if it could be done.

(Here’s a video of it on YouTube, in case I run out of bandwidth for the day and it stops working.)

Boot Into Windows

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:49:16 +0800

Boot Into Windows:

Boot Into Windows is a free and easy to use AppleScript that will let you easily restart your Mac and boot into Windows - without the hassle of selecting your partition!

The Boot Into…

I find this incredibly true, especially as a person who — at...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:52:54 +0800

I find this incredibly true, especially as a person who — at different parts of my life — has been a Mac fanboy, a Windows fanboy, and a Linux fanboy, sometimes having been more than one at the same time.

Oodles of blueprints

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:33:54 +0800

Oodles of blueprints:

A huge repository of blueprints of cars, trains, ships, weapons, sci-fi vehicles, etc.

(via quips)

Tags: design

Classic Monopoly Arrives in the App Store

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:05:13 +0800

Classic Monopoly Arrives in the App Store:

Those of you who were turned off by the Here and Now Edition of Monopoly that had been in the App Store will be pleased to find out that EA has finally released the Classic version.

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UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAM ON SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:44 +0800

Best scam email I’ve ever received.

From:     BAN KI-MOON
Subject:     UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAM ON SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION
Date:     20 November 2009 06:42:45 GMT+08:00
To:     officeunitednations72@yahoo.co.nz
Reply-To:     BAN KI-MOON

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND
TRANSFERS. UNITED NATIONS LIASION OFFICE
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX029

DEAR Sir/Madam

This is to officially inform you that we have been having a meeting for the passed six (6) months that ended three (3) days ago with the UNITED NATIONS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND AUDITORS with old secretary to the United Nation Mr. Kofi Anan.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any parts of the world and includes every foreign contractors/creditors that may have not received their respective contract/inheritance funds and creditor(s) that have unfinished transaction(s) that failed due to Government strict policies etc.

The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (US$500, 000, 00) each. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. James L. Dimon of J.P.Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (USA) as he is our representative. You are to contact him immediately for your (ATM Card) of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (USD$500, 000, 00). This fund was programmed in a ATM master card for security purpose and it shall be dispatch to you through our accredited Courier Service, and you can use it in any designated ATM machines in any parts of the world, including your country.

Note; here is the contact information of our representtaive:-
Name: James L. Dimon (Mr.)
E-mail: jamesdimonjp2009@hotmail.com

You are required to contact him with the reconfirmation of your full name(s), telephone number, including your correct mailing address (Not box number) where your prepared ATM Master card shall be delivered to you.

We anticipate your prompt confirmation of receipt of this notification

Making the world a better place,

Yours sincerely,

Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General,United Nations (UN)

GelaSkins intros line of Tim Burton protective skins

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:10 +0800

GelaSkins intros line of Tim Burton protective skins:

GelaSkins, in collaboration with DarkHorse, has announced a new line of protective skins for notebooks and iPhones, each featuring designs from various Time Burton stories. The set of GelaSkins…

How to Play DOS Games on Your Mac With Boxer

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:18 +0800

How to Play DOS Games on Your Mac With Boxer:

Gaming has come an awfully long way over the last decade, but many of us still have fond memories of the age of DOS based gameplay. Whether it’s to rekindle a sense of nostalgia, or enjoy some of…

rstevens: IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:49:18 +0800

rstevens:

IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT

20 Awesome Windows XP Themes

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:06:53 +0800

20 Awesome Windows XP Themes

On The Internet, Nobody Knows You’re Not In The USA

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:35:55 +0800

On The Internet, Nobody Knows You’re Not In The USA

Internet Art: Craigslist Missed Connections Become Gorgeous Visuals

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:32:20 +0800

Internet Art: Craigslist Missed Connections Become Gorgeous Visuals:

The New York Times Bits blog has an amazing profile piece on Sophie Blackall, a Brooklyn, NY-based artist that has turned the musings of thwarted Missed Connections posters on…

Cars! Battle of the little green electric urban go-carts

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:19:03 +0800

Cars! Battle of the little green electric urban go-carts:

Nissan’s Leaf is out next year; a year after that comes the Reva NXG, recently shown off at the Frankfurt motor show.

It’s a similarly equipped little plug-in, with the emissions…

Game Designer Maps Out 'Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:09:28 +0800

Game Designer Maps Out 'Uncharted 2: Among Thieves':

Great graphics, tense action, gorgeous environments, witty dialogue — is Uncharted 2 the PlayStation 3’s killer app? We talk to Richard Lemarchand, co-lead game designer, about this hotly…

An expecting mother gets the unexpected: Pregnant

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:18:08 +0800

An expecting mother gets the unexpected: Pregnant:

Women who ovulate more than once a month stand the chance of having simultaneous pregnancies, as woman in Arkansas learns. She has two due dates.