tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58783832024-03-07T14:07:46.768+08:00O' Yee Of Good FaithA simple blog, for the complexities of the modern world. That's just highbrow talk of course!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger530125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-30525776019319935372014-01-01T00:00:00.000+08:002014-01-02T10:58:00.362+08:002014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Test...1..2..3..<br />
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Ok this thing works.<br />
<br />
Happy 2014.<br />
<br />
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I think I started to slow down blogging mainly because of work, but also the way Blogspot balooned in size and functions (since Google got into the act) - I'm all for the advance features and font formatting but the old Blogspot had a sense of charm and ease that I cant seem to shake.<br />
<br />
Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is where we fall<br />This is where we fall apart<br />We Fall<br />We tried to find home<br />So far and so wide<br />A distant moment crashes down<br />As our memories collide </span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-73573639264317101292013-03-07T12:40:00.001+08:002013-03-07T12:40:02.055+08:00Oblivion - Yes please!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
<br />
The <a href="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/oblivion/" target="_blank">trailer to the new movie Oblivion</a> has me gripped. I WANT to watch this movie. Period.<br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXpwO2_EhVYAfIYhwr7LSLGSYIA5A41j39YXWcBhmfurGhnZsoddXUnhnpWtYzjIhS_efnAcGAeL9mnZucWu1ztWRCb1Jx36AT7HwfcrcsN-xRGMiNun3eC7eXD_gD5710BPU/s1600/oblivion-movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXpwO2_EhVYAfIYhwr7LSLGSYIA5A41j39YXWcBhmfurGhnZsoddXUnhnpWtYzjIhS_efnAcGAeL9mnZucWu1ztWRCb1Jx36AT7HwfcrcsN-xRGMiNun3eC7eXD_gD5710BPU/s400/oblivion-movie.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Just in case you didn't realise, Tom Cruise acts in this movie. Like, FYI or something</i></td></tr>
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<br />The 'plane' Tom Cruise flies around looks a little familiar but I can't put a finger to it. In the trailer, the vistas and scenery is breathtaking. Oh, and there are robots and shooting and stuff gets blown up.<br />
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Dav out</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-42411456519434811202013-03-01T08:25:00.003+08:002013-03-01T08:25:36.811+08:00Mobile device<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
<br />
I've been toying with the idea of buying a new phone but I've not been able to shake the worry that I'll drop the phone or sit / snap it in half throughout my daily routine. I carry a basic BlackBerry now, and it does what it has to (3G, WiFi / Hotspot creation, BBM / im etc). And I've dropped it.<br />
<br />
Like a bunch of times.<br />
<br />
Seriously.<br />
<br />
Try that with a new-ish smartphone.<br />
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Battery life has been pretty poor throughout 3G usage though, and I cant get around that even with newer smartphones. Though for me, a Phablet would be out of the question, mainly because I don't have a pocket that big (though I do have large hands). What I've been seeing with newer screen / glass technology has been good (I just read something about sapphire based glass components), and I'm kind of looking forward to the new Samsung range (S4 anyone?), so fingers crossed!<br />
<br />
<br />
Dav out</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-17987601803360167102013-01-21T23:27:00.001+08:002013-01-21T23:27:07.882+08:00Cold. Like, really cold<p>Holy Bat-wind chill! What makes anyone live in weather like this? This isnt cold anymore, this is just sadistic torture!</p>
<div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2m8ZFEWO8HGvwH5BOpl0FQLm6KnvvMGem2CsB934H5_KjiiQ8tlT1rUtTpsuKdcDG83zFftuNbmWrnssoEQ7UQHU0s2a5V_IJTNQptAU68AhrbJzp9kiwYUO6dapDTV9wcOdA/s1600/Screenshot_2013-01-21-23-19-02.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border='0' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2m8ZFEWO8HGvwH5BOpl0FQLm6KnvvMGem2CsB934H5_KjiiQ8tlT1rUtTpsuKdcDG83zFftuNbmWrnssoEQ7UQHU0s2a5V_IJTNQptAU68AhrbJzp9kiwYUO6dapDTV9wcOdA/s640/Screenshot_2013-01-21-23-19-02.jpg' /> </a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-37008241910816757972013-01-12T10:05:00.000+08:002013-01-21T10:06:08.290+08:00Footloose and heavy on the trigger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
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Sometimes while in traffic, you think of the weirdest things. Take today for example. Stuck in traffic, MP3's blasting away, and I thought it would be great to have a cannon strapped to my car, firing away at stupid people who were jumping queue's and weaving in and out of traffic.<br />
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Then I started wondering about the phrase "Fire at will", and how it differed from "Fire on / at my command". There is a difference! Mostly the first is where you fire away till you're out of ammo / rocks / the kitchen sink, and the other would be fire every time your boss tells you to.<br />
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I'd like to coin "Fire at will on my command when you think you've got a firing solution with a 99.9% hit probability". Its got a catchy ring to it.<br />
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Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I've got this feeling<br />That time's just holding me down<br />I'll hit the ceiling or else<br />I'll tear up this town</span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-61196729246682644052013-01-08T10:47:00.000+08:002013-01-21T10:47:43.658+08:00Bloggosphere<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
<br />
I've taken a look back at blogging and the Bloggosphere (there! I said it!), and for me, I started tapering off blogging right about the time when work swamped me to death (I'd say mid of 2012) and when Blogspot / Blogger / Google changed the blog posting page. Yeah you could do a little more, but something about posting now was a little different, a little.... clinical.<br />
<br />
Though don't get me wrong, I love writing.<br />
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I've seen a move for more commercial blogs in the past year (and by that I mean 2011 - 2012) and people throttling back on personal / private blogs. This is not necessarily a bad thing. <br />
<br />
I've got mobile devices with blog apps, so lets see where and how 2013 turns out.<br />
<br />
Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know<br />
Caught up in the middle<br />
I cry just a little<br />
When I think of letting go<br />
Oh no<br />
Gave up on the riddle<br />
I cry just a little<br />
When I think of letting go</span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-63822635675601868082013-01-06T11:08:00.000+08:002013-01-21T11:09:04.823+08:00Hiatus analyzed, crazy found<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;">Greetings,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">M</span>y last post was roughly June 19, 2012. S<span style="font-size: small;">ince then, I've been mai<span style="font-size: small;">nly hiding, because of the cops.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was hopi<span style="font-size: small;">ng to sell my story to <span style="font-size: small;">MGM or some other movie studio, but then </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st">McAfee had to show up and go <span style="font-size: small;">completely</span> bat-sh*t insane. No one's going to want to buy my s<span style="font-size: small;">tory now when compared to his<span style="font-size: small;">?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNYiOLc3f9pfMXbkgG8iqcH5sybWsiNRch-kzIZ8459jzYKzhriOJmCEXYjSf19vqY-QGvSvlwcJZ0c4S7iOLiARdUfXUyOXsJlfN1jqewVOcdtAFJ3HLqlCQKxKkVC79fJq3/s1600/mcafee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNYiOLc3f9pfMXbkgG8iqcH5sybWsiNRch-kzIZ8459jzYKzhriOJmCEXYjSf19vqY-QGvSvlwcJZ0c4S7iOLiARdUfXUyOXsJlfN1jqewVOcdtAFJ3HLqlCQKxKkVC79fJq3/s320/mcafee.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm Tony Stark after a weekend of drinking</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've give<span style="font-size: small;">n up trying<span style="font-size: small;"> to out<span style="font-size: small;">-bat<span style="font-size: small;">-shit-insane him. Its <span style="font-size: small;">just not possible. Or it is, but its not worth my liver.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trying something else now.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dav out </span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-35126033588904430912012-12-31T11:17:00.001+08:002012-12-31T11:17:05.763+08:002013 deux<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Enjoy 2013 everyone</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-68348766315200234262012-06-19T12:05:00.002+08:002012-06-19T12:05:24.538+08:00Hiatus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm going away for a bit. A hiatus of sorts.<br />
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Watch this space.<br />
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Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm at a payphone trying to call home<br />All of my change I spent on you<br />Where have the times gone, baby it's all wrong<br />Where are the plans we made for two?</span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-57465310121299352142012-04-20T10:05:00.000+08:002012-04-20T11:51:36.825+08:00Starbu...wait what?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
<br />
I caught this on the news today:<br />
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/us-starbucks-idUSBRE83J01K20120420?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28Reuters+Oddly+Enough%29" target="_blank"><b><i>"Starbucks to phase out coloring from crushed beetles"</i></b></a><br />
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I'm like, yeah, so maybe its on their logo or on cups or something. Turns out I'm wrong. Oh. So. Wrong.<br />
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<i>"Starbucks Corp said on its blog on Thursday that it will stop using a natural, government-approved coloring made from crushed beetles in its strawberry flavoring by late June, bowing to pressure from some vegetarian customers."</i><br />
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<br />
Wow. Crushed bugs? Seems like Starbucks has been using the extract in its strawberry frappuccinos and smoothies, as well as some deserts like raspberry swirl cake.<br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>Lucky I'm not a strawberry frapp kinda guy</li>
<li>I'm more of a cheese cake person</li>
</ol>
Turns out that this isn't a new thing. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal" target="_blank">Wikipedia says that the dye</a> has been in use since the 15th century to dye material a deep crimson colour.<br />
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Now, FYI, this is what goes into your drink (ground up of course):<br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUljcnAcb0tMkMpPCuXS3qyW1puUBDInCiRZPHbOfs-Ym3QZwq_gNLxxl9uR8mFsTz7uhWh97bFXDohdsoaW_9MEEBlvqHf5aY6_23BpT2vZt_Or7g4Ji8JEa761RzyB9R50P/s1600/cochineal_beetle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUljcnAcb0tMkMpPCuXS3qyW1puUBDInCiRZPHbOfs-Ym3QZwq_gNLxxl9uR8mFsTz7uhWh97bFXDohdsoaW_9MEEBlvqHf5aY6_23BpT2vZt_Or7g4Ji8JEa761RzyB9R50P/s1600/cochineal_beetle.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Shaken, not stirred please</i></td></tr>
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Once you get over the whole "There's BUGS IN MY COFFEE?" it seems like this is pretty much a normal thing, the US FDA says its ok with them.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YWSzCGrLvO47KkjdxBKmOt3OlAUOMng5EDBY0RDtNd6bfc-aZmIW1mzevTc9BSfPuWWpuTGu2YIBdDT0FieDeSjSDfq_nbKYH5xReFQQdF_JndK6H7vdANZZiCuzQe_eoAFw/s1600/crushingcochinealbeetles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YWSzCGrLvO47KkjdxBKmOt3OlAUOMng5EDBY0RDtNd6bfc-aZmIW1mzevTc9BSfPuWWpuTGu2YIBdDT0FieDeSjSDfq_nbKYH5xReFQQdF_JndK6H7vdANZZiCuzQe_eoAFw/s320/crushingcochinealbeetles.jpg" width="238" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Uh, mom, why's that barista crushing something to a bloody pulp and adding it to my drink?</i></td></tr>
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Well <strike>veterinarians</strike> vegetarians all around the world should be able to breathe a sigh of releif as Starbucks will be amending their recipes to make use of lycopene, a natural, tomato-based extract.<br />
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Next we'll have this happen and give up on that as well.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes.jpg" width="208" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We should have used beetles instead!</i></td></tr>
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<br />
Dav out<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I like it like that!<br />Hey windows down, chillin’ with the radio on<br />I like it like that!<br />Damn, the sun’s so hot, make the girls take it all off<br />I like it like that!<br />Yeah, one more time, I can never get enough of everybody<br />Sing it right back, I like it like that!</i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-56050161142590854892012-04-01T00:01:00.000+08:002012-04-02T12:10:56.825+08:00Resignation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
<br />
So yeah, that's pretty much it. Wrote up a resignation letter, and have some stuff packed for my move to Estonia, flight and train ticket booked (but have not paid the full sum till the house rental agreement is written up!).<br />
<br />
Pretty excited, the role I've taken up is something completely out of my normal range of skills, I've been given the opportunity to work as a junior tradesman for a local Viru Valge brewing company. Pretty wild, pretty out there kind of job but this is something I've been thinking about my whole life.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Coat_of_arms_of_Estonia.svg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Estonia's Coat of Arms</i></td></tr>
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<br />
For the past 3 weeks everyone I know has practical given me the riot act on why I shouldn't move. Well, I've weighed my options, and in the worst case scenario, I can always go back to IT if I need to.<br />
<br />
Read more on the amazing country here:<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.visitestonia.com/en/" target="_blank">http://www.visitestonia.com/en/</a><br />
<a href="http://estonia.eu/" target="_blank">http://estonia.eu/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/en.html" target="_blank">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/en.html </a><br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yourchildlearns.com/online-atlas/images/map-of-estonia.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.yourchildlearns.com/online-atlas/images/map-of-estonia.gif" width="377" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gives you an idea where Estonia is</i></td></tr>
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<br />
My first concern is the weather (never really been a cold weather guy) and second would be the language. Food, I think I can resolve.<br />
<br />
I may have to change the blog title soon to something more appropriate, and I might be posting in Estonian or Finnish soon.<br />
<br />
Wish me luck!<br />
<br />
<br />Dav out.<br />
<br />
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-66412095024019545092012-02-15T15:45:00.001+08:002012-02-15T15:48:48.533+08:00Bulid something for 2012 - Recipe holder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
<br />
Well I spent the weekend thinking of how I could execute a plan I had in my head on building a note / recipe holder that could double up as a sign or marker board (that I could clean easily). "Clean" being the key word here.<br />
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I've been toying around with the general idea and design in my head for a few weeks, and since I wasn't getting any work done just thinking of it, I thought lets just jump in and get this done.<br />
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVEKjAQ8XRdtr_gPbuGYe7VdGcowVHTj1sD5mj80tmCl6IoVSyk4wqNxnzqsf9ion4l8Gtu1STmJH8813BTabolTmkZ2JOhVWwza31sBVDxMXQuyABdKJXmZ4Al409r6-ErZg/s1600/IMAG0302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVEKjAQ8XRdtr_gPbuGYe7VdGcowVHTj1sD5mj80tmCl6IoVSyk4wqNxnzqsf9ion4l8Gtu1STmJH8813BTabolTmkZ2JOhVWwza31sBVDxMXQuyABdKJXmZ4Al409r6-ErZg/s400/IMAG0302.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pictured are recipe's stuck on my new holder / marker board. Behind it is a doorway to hell. So uh, stay away</i></td></tr>
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<br />
<br />
Generally I wanted to get rid of some spare scrap aluminum I had lying around. I really wish i had some more ferrous material instead so this little hack could have turned into something I could use magnets with as well. *shrug* next time I guess.<br />
<br />
No use re-writing it, click on the link below to get sucked into a detailed run through:<br />
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<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Kitchen-recipe-holder-sign-board/">http://www.instructables.com/id/Kitchen-recipe-holder-sign-board/</a><br />
<br />
Enjoy!<br />
<br />
Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="st">Skies are crying, I am watching</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="st">Catching teardrops in my hands</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="st">Only silence, as it's ending, like we never had a chance</span></span></i><br />
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-74685819892110438752012-02-03T15:47:00.001+08:002012-02-03T15:49:22.779+08:00A different kind of pop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
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Recently I've been peppered by a different kind of pop, namely K-Pop. I blame MTV (MTV Asia to be precise) because they tend to lace their normal music video programms with K-Pop music videos.<br />
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From what I've seen so far Korean Pop (K-Pop) comprises of a special formula:<br />
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<li>Male artist - androgynous</li>
<li>Female artist - as many as you can pack into a bus</li>
<li>Female artist - legs, as many as you can pack into a bus </li>
<li>Any artist - must be able to say these words in English - "Yeah. Oh baby. Yes. OK etc"</li>
<li>Not afraid of glitter and makeup</li>
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Seriously, some of these Korean bands have up to 13 members.<br />
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Thirteen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hi, can we just have the band in here please? Oh, you <b>ARE </b>the band?</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Its not surprising that many of the female bands dress the way they do, its a multi million dollar (Won or Won, you pick) industry. Being sexy translates into more album sales, and more work.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>For the Korean won before the North–South division, see Korean won.</i></td></tr>
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I'm not going to throw around K Pop band names, that's what Google is there for. Super Junior, Wonder Girls, 4 Minutes by the way are just to name a few. Band shelf life goes from anywhere between 6 months to 10 years, depending on the <span class="st">Scoville scale</span> of how hot you are.</div>
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One bit of news I found a little amazing while reading up on K Pop is that there have been plans by <a href="http://io9.com/5562789/south-korea-may-weaponize-girly-k+pop-for-psychological-warfare" target="_blank">South Korea to weaponize it</a>, just to annoy the hell out of North Korea. Just imagine playing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ91VPOgasQ" target="_blank">Avicii - Levels</a>, over and over again just because your idiot neighbor does home improvement work on a Sunday morning.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>These aren't cute girls, they're actually Voltron in disguise</i>.<br />
<i>You just need to know how to assemble them the right way</i></td></tr>
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I think the boots market should be doing very well in Korea.</div>
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Dav out</div>
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Greetings,<br />
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2012 has been a blur. Happy New Year. Happy Chinese New Year.<br />
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I can't seem to sort things out to make some breathing room, but I'm working on it. 2012 started out rough, its been a challenge but its not going to be too difficult to pull through.<br />
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<br />Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I can taste the tension like a cloud of smoke in the air</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now I'm breathing like I'm running cause you're taking me there</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Don't you know...you spin me out of control</span></i> <br />
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-88060810345121261482011-12-02T21:15:00.001+08:002011-12-02T22:19:13.442+08:00Excel - I do<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
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I use a <i>LOT </i>of Excel in my everyday life. I blame work (of course I blame a lot of things on work, but that's for another blog post).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy, but not <i>that </i>crazy</td></tr>
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Excel makes things..orderly. Order is good! Order is next to Godliness I hear. Anyway, I'm sidetracking.<br />
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I periodically (re: every Friday) send out an email to some of the guys at work with some weekend music, and after a while I was receiving requests for spesific songs and couldn't keep track of what I've sent out and what I had cued on for the following weeks.<br />
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Cue Excel!<br />
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So from a 3 column sheet, I progressed on to a 8 column Excel sheet, and more importantly, a drop down for song status where I could select 'Sent' or 'Not Sent'.<br />
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After a while (22 new rows) I was sorting each row by Status and I realised the way I was managing the 'Sent' status could be done in a more logical, automatic manner. So I fired up Google and looked up IF statements as well as Nested Statments.<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/213630" target="_blank">Microsoft's</a> Help page was not so much help because I was not looking for a complex macro. About.com's page on nested IF statements hit the nail on the head for me. <a href="http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/tipsandfaqs/qt/nested_if.htm" target="_blank">This page</a> had a simple to understand example, and got me thinking that I could just simplify an IF formula in Excel to do what I wanted.<br />
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My requirements were simple, if I put in a date in a column (Sent Date), I wanted the column (Sent Status) to change to "Sent". If there was no date value, I'd want the column to say "Not Sent".<br />
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Warning, formula below!<br />
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=IF([@Date]> 1,"Sent", "Not Sent")</div>
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Sample excel below FYI <br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ksktpp1aqraljxg" target="_blank">http://www.mediafire.com/?ksktpp1aqraljxg</a><br />
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So I've nerded out this week. I am ashamed.<br />
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Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day<br />Ask her if she'll marry me<br />in some old fashioned way<br />But my silent fears have gripped me<br />long before I reach the phone<br />And before my tongue has tricked me<br />Must I always be alone</span></i><br />
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-249155602200236202011-11-11T11:23:00.001+08:002011-11-11T11:26:10.187+08:00Friday 11/11/11, 11:11:11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,
It's one of those dates that's really memorable. Pretty neat date / time, the next we'll have would be next year when its 12/12/12, 12:12:12. So we've almost maxed out the 12 hour count, lets enjoy it while we're able to. Another added advantage is that its a Friday, so TGIF.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shown - cool date and time. Not shown - the crazy drinking planned for later</td></tr>
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Stay safe people!
Dav outUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-28178757486072946362011-10-30T11:43:00.000+08:002011-12-02T21:37:13.772+08:00End of a pioneer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
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I've been putting this off for a while, mainly because I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon. So, here it is. RIP Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011). <br />
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There are so many photos out there of him, and some of them have been used on every site possible. Instead, I'm opting to have this photo, to remember him by. Taken in 1979 (wow, special year that eh?), you cant but help think that he's a natural born sales person. A pioneer even.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Steve Jobs poses with an Apple computer, September 1979. Photograph: Ralph Morse/Time & Life Pictures/Getty</i></td></tr>
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His passing was pretty much a shock, mainly due to the fact that the new iPhone was launched not days before.<br />
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I've never really been a fan of Apple products, but my issues with Apple were mainly centered around the proprietary way Apple's products worked. iTunes nearly cost me my sanity once, so never again I promised myself. Did their products work? Yes. Did the products do things in a new, unique, human way? Yes. And that's where Jobs excelled. That's where I think Apple excelled. Pushing the envelope.<br />
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Let's see who picks up the mantle now.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jobs - the man with a vision, the money to pull it off, and the insane mad drive to make things happen</i></td></tr>
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Huge loss. Would love to read the full autobiography when it comes out. For now, there's a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/30/steve-jobs-exclusive-biography-review?newsfeed=true" target="_blank">great review here</a>.<br />
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Dav out<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Oh my life is changing everyday<br />
Every possible way<br />
Though my dreams, it’s never quite as it seems<br />
Never quite as it seems</i></span> <br />
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-68991985330963865222011-09-20T12:43:00.002+08:002011-09-20T12:43:28.028+08:00Moving forward looking back<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Greetings,<br />
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Its a huge pet peeve for me, that in this time and age, we're still using pieces of glass and silver paint in vehicles that can cost up to $1 million. I'm talking about rear-view and wing mirrors.<br />
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Imagine that! We're placing our lives and very expensive automobiles in the hands of glass, that costs maybe say $5 (just the glass, the case etc might cost you more). The automotive industry has improved by leaps and bounds since the first Ford T, but we cant seem to get away from rear-view and wing mirrors.<br />
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Its 2011! We should have like, laser rangefinders with video cameras and <a href="http://www.flir.com/MY/">FLIR </a>built into them!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pictured - FLIR. Not pictured - deer he just ran over</i></td></tr>
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I can see the issues related to having a bunch of video screens or cameras built into your car and dash, but they cant be any more distracting then having to look at 3 separate pieces of glass. With the technology available, we're able to build in proximity detectors, distance (rangefinder) measurements (great for parallel parking) and, if you're feeling really high tech, an Idiot Detector 7000™. Just maybe.<br />
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Me? On top of getting rid of those silly wing mirrors (how many times has someone smashed yours off?), I'd want to mount a machine gun on my car. Just for those special moments when you have someone cut you off or jump queue. Would be <i>perfect</i>.<br />
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So yeah.<br />
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Maybe its just me.<br />
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Dav out<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hey, if we can't solve any problems<br />Then why do we lose so many tears?<br />Oh, so you go again<br />When the leading man appears<br />Always the same theme<br />Can't you see<br />We've got ev'rything going on and on and on </span></i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-10552477103745904782011-09-05T19:17:00.000+08:002011-09-05T19:19:34.445+08:00Noir drink<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizokZQl48l1mQDZYGQHSlhErFfsnGMu4kagoz_udikzOTks8YhhSAFiLZ3s-x87YAGTP-L37bHRX2LUAhxacAmGkSHa4xcQnoHHhLmNt8gJLvN3NGrRdzz-K9CZq7Wu5rpxBMi/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDAzODItMjAxMTA5MDUtMTkxNi5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-774446"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizokZQl48l1mQDZYGQHSlhErFfsnGMu4kagoz_udikzOTks8YhhSAFiLZ3s-x87YAGTP-L37bHRX2LUAhxacAmGkSHa4xcQnoHHhLmNt8gJLvN3NGrRdzz-K9CZq7Wu5rpxBMi/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDAzODItMjAxMTA5MDUtMTkxNi5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-774446" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648833648399149474" /></a></p>Cold, the way I like it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-58667442284180943082011-09-02T12:24:00.001+08:002011-09-02T13:50:01.745+08:00Mixing it up on the Strip<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings,<br />
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Well, now that we've set the tone below (that I'm playing Fallout: New Vegas), I think its safe for me to come out with my very own New Vegas drinking game. I'm pretty sure someone's done this before (no, I haven't Googled it just yet) but here's my spin on things. We'll be using tequila shots to measure the potency of each item, ranging between 1 to 5 shots (at 5 shots, you're the winner, champ!). So get that bottle of José Cuervo (aged, none of that white clear stuff) and your shot glasses, because we're headed to New Vegas!<br />
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<b>Note</b>: Drink sensibly. <br />
<b>Note # 2</b>: I just noticed the almost pun (really?), Mexico, tequila, Vegas... you feeling <i>this</i>?<br />
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<u>1. Take a shot every time you shoot a coyote or scorpion (any type)</u><br />
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This might be a small problem, because at some point in time, you'll end up killing quite a few of these pesky critters (see Hidden Valley, huge spawn point).<br />
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Potency: 3 shots of tequila<br />
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<u>2. Take a shot every time you run out of ammo (of any type - bullets or energy weapons)</u><br />
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DANGER Will Robinson! This might put you over. I cant remember what the rating is on this game, but the colourful language will make it hard to stay sober. Or pick fights with your TV. <br />
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Potency: 4 shots of tequila (and a body shot) <br />
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<u>4. Take a shot every time you hear an NPC say "Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter" (or something alike)</u><br />
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I'm sorry ma'am, your son died while playing a drinking game based on New Vegas. There's not much left of him, his body burst into flames when we tried to pry him out of the couch. He was just <b>that </b>flammable.<br />
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They say these phrases ALL the time! Among others:<br />
- <span id="intelliTXT">When I got this assignment I was hoping there would be more gambling.</span><br />
<span id="intelliTXT">- </span><span id="intelliTXT">We won't go quietly, the legion can count on that</span><br />
<span id="intelliTXT">- </span>Ave. True to Caesar.<br />
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Since the longest gaming run I've had so far has been 6 hours, I've been tortured over and over again with these lines (I'm on the NCR end by the way). At one point, I saved the game, and then went all Apocalypse Now in an NCR encampment. <i><b>That </b></i>was satisfying.<br />
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So, now you're drunk, and you're crazy like Charlie Sheen. Congrats.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Nevermind<br />I’ll find someone like you<br />I wish nothing but the best<br />For you too<br />Don’t forget me<br />I beg<br />I’ll remember you said<br />Sometimes it lasts in love<br />But sometimes it hurts instead</i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-4847413092852901062011-09-02T10:04:00.001+08:002011-09-02T10:04:41.502+08:00New Vegas, how I love thee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So I've been playing quite a bit of Fallout: New Vegas, and I must say, its a pretty polished game. Then again, this is in theory my first exposure to the Fallout world, so what's new and mind blowing to me, might be something old and stale for other people who've played the previous few Fallout games. By now, the developers would have had plenty of time to tweak and fix things that aren't working in terms of gameplay mechanics.<br />
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As for the general storyline, I think the developers have managed to build up a very rich atmospheric post apocalyptic world. Interactions with the NPC's, random things to kill and the general world is pretty tight. Of course you cant escape the usual need to grind, but the game spawns plenty of things to shoot and kill, though after a while these chance encounters get a little more easier. I remember cursing the very gods that came up with a Giant Radscorpion, but these days the only things that really give me pause are the Deathclaws (I found me some armour piercing bullets!).<br />
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I'm pretty sure I'm 70% through with the game, and because the game pits you against yourself in 'moral' / 'karma' based activity, I think there should be at least 2 - 3 more rounds of replayability left in the game.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-76363662598354266672011-08-16T22:28:00.005+08:002011-08-17T08:30:39.397+08:00I can't see you . . . .Greetings,
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<br />I got held up in traffic the other day, mainly because there was a building fire close to where I live. What got to me was the new fire department uniforms. For some reason, it looks like we've roped in Andy Warhol (and maybe his weight in coke) to design these colour swatches.
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;" >You call <span style="font-weight:bold;">that</span> a colour pallet?</span>
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<br />I can't understand what they were going for. Fire cameo? If it was me, and I was headed into a blazing inferno, I'd like to do it knowing that if I fell over or something, that my buddies would be able to find me in all that smoke and flames and stuff. That's why a lot of first responders and other jobs that require high visibility get issued clothing with luminescent strips. So that they are <span style="font-weight:bold;">visible</span>.
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<br />Lets look at a simple comparison here. I'd make a uniform that stands out in a fire. A fire where, the bulk of the basic colours you'll be seeing would be either red, orange, red AND orange, and thereabouts.
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;" >Bob, Bob! What are you DOING? I can clearly <span style="font-weight:bold;">see </span>the guy through all those flames! Jesus man, what have you been smoking?</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;" >Oh. My. God. Bob, that is PERFECT! Lets just add in a little more red and orange, and we can <span style="font-weight:bold;">safely</span> camouflage ourselves in that fire!</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;" >Damn, I should have put on my smoking jacket instead</span>
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<br />They're not what you have
<br />With all the people talkin'
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-1231417346557841492011-08-03T10:48:00.005+08:002011-08-08T10:46:45.689+08:00Networking me, networking youGreetings,<br /><br />Something I shared internally, maybe also good if it went "external". I'm not the best person out there to approach someone and start a conversation, but I think this is one of those "do or die" kind of things in the world of business (or daily work, its not pleasure, so I'll not lump it in that category).<br /><br />Most of the time its hard to make the first move. Coming from a technical / IT background, I had to think of steps, test said steps, review, update, and try again. Results of these trials are the holy grail to basic communication and networking with people below.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: I don’t know what to say, or how to start the conversation</span><br />A: No right or wrong way, but why don’t you start the convo the normal way, by introducing yourself, where / what you do and shaking the other person’s hand. An additional tip is to approach someone you feel comfortable with, is not engaged in any conversation with other people, and also looks lost like you.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: Ok, shook his / her hand, now what?</span><br />A: You can speak about anything, but since you don’t know the other person, it would be hard to guess a topic that would interest him / her. Stay neutral for now, and maybe talk about the weather. Then, move on to what the other person does / where they work etc.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: Check, now there’s an uncomfortable silence for the both of us. Help!</span><br />A: Ask them a simple question that’s bound to get them talking, IE: ask them about themselves. You’ve learn what they do from the earlier conversation, maybe try “So how’s business in <industry x=""> these days?” or “I don’t come across many people in <industry x="">, is it a very niche / special market?”. Don’t forget to give the other person queues to show that you’re listening, like you agreeing, and maybe nodding.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: OMG ITS WORKING! What now?</span><br />A: Tell them what you do. Don’t just read from the company brochure<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: Great, I told them what I do in 10 words. Now its quiet again :(</span><br />A: Be truthful. If the other person mentioned something / some feature / concept that you’re not sure of, ask them about it. EG: "You know, I've seen a lot of stuff on Business Intelligence (BI) lately, thing is, what REALLY is BI anyway?"<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: Sweet! More talking</span><br />A: Yes<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: And?</span><br />A: And, don’t forget, introduce people you know, to the person you’ve met. If you came to the function with a group of consultants for example, bring the new person over and introduce them to the party. This can also be based on the wingman concept.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: Lastly, what if the other person is BOOOOOOORING and stops talking?</span><br />A: Unless you’re attending a function with ONLY TWO PEOPLE, you can always excuse yourself, and go speak to other people. Remember, other people there are just like you, they are also hoping to speak to someone but haven’t had the chance to. The recommendation here is if you excuse yourself, and them bump into the same person later perhaps when you are leaving the function, is to greet the person and say something like “it was nice talking to you earlier, maybe we’ll bump into each other sometime soon”.<br /><br /><br />The above is not easy, it only comes with a lot of practice, and sometimes you end up in a very short 5 minute conversation. You have to keep working at it. Some people end up liking it so much that they go on to speak to people in non work environments. Or maybe even make a profit out of it.<br /><br />Maybe I should turn this into a flow chart . . . . .<br /><br />{<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Edit - In response to the ONE comment I've received from Hurk, I'd like to present to you a custom flowchart aimed at this blog post</span>}<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target='_blank' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFstFcUpzI75Vf01fugsSsTnufPYtbb7enn-RY11B1oeG3mt-rQgV0NEARcPLG_QN2jrjxo5C7-yKtEdkyIILhNEsIBKRHZ149-dA8SeVVWrN5DINYAQLhqbKC62lRk4AgCC1/s1600/Blog+-+networking+flowchart.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFstFcUpzI75Vf01fugsSsTnufPYtbb7enn-RY11B1oeG3mt-rQgV0NEARcPLG_QN2jrjxo5C7-yKtEdkyIILhNEsIBKRHZ149-dA8SeVVWrN5DINYAQLhqbKC62lRk4AgCC1/s400/Blog+-+networking+flowchart.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638310829470745314" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Click for bigger image</span><br /><br /><br />Dav out<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We didn't start the fire</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It was always burning</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Since the world's been turning</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">We didn't start the fire</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">No we didn't light it</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But we tried to fight it </span><br /></span><br /></industry></industry>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-43755181733720577592011-07-26T10:21:00.002+08:002011-07-26T10:26:52.342+08:00China chomps down on fake applesGreetings,<br /><br />Well its all over the news by now, but those fake Apple 'Stores' in China are being closed down as we speak. Oddly, they are being closed because some of them do not have a license to operate, and not because they are infringing on any rights of the principal company.<br /><br />Is this a case of 'creative license' gone too far in terms of mimicking an Apple store, or is really more of "imitation is the best form Of flattery"?<br /><br />Kudos to the <a target='_blank' href="http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/">original blogger</a> that brought this to light, but I'm pretty sure this was already known by the locals though no one really bothered to act on it.<br /><br />Strangely so, Apple has also been mum on this. As long as they are selling genuine products maybe?<br /><br />*shrug* Welcome to the new world order.<br /><br />Dav outUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5878383.post-52955184251259178652011-07-20T10:06:00.003+08:002011-07-20T10:19:42.009+08:00Astute statuteGreetings,<br /><br />The recent news on people brought up for wrong doing (during work at an ex company location) has me thinking, is there even a statute of limitations on what you've done, and if there is, how long back does it go?<br /><br />Alcatel Lucent, NoW and other companies are feeling the brunt of these issues, but its the people working under the management that's being offered as sacrificial lambs. I'm not saying that these people DIDN'T know what they were doing, but in some cases its what you do on a day to day basis at work and never really think about it later.<br /><br />No, I don't go around bribing people nor do I hack phones. Haxx0r!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFuOBQr8Oe7tjMMdujRX7g2IXQkAQb1sORlwl5m7D-2TVGtScwHjdgvu5_QwFaFNkyVpaW7EjNNyHOReLbTPffekTMNM1pezfTD9EIbFlJ-goCruEsa-BlHVcxnd6FJKlaJq2/s1600/Chess_piece_-_White_rook.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFuOBQr8Oe7tjMMdujRX7g2IXQkAQb1sORlwl5m7D-2TVGtScwHjdgvu5_QwFaFNkyVpaW7EjNNyHOReLbTPffekTMNM1pezfTD9EIbFlJ-goCruEsa-BlHVcxnd6FJKlaJq2/s320/Chess_piece_-_White_rook.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631252833657426962" /></a><br /><br />Its just, how long back in time do the need to look before they find something incriminating? I don't want someone to go back 15 years in my past and say they found me drinking a can of Coke at my first job as a store boy just because someone dusted off a VHS of a security cam.<br /><br />Its an interesting notion, but its something I'm trying not to dwell on.<br /><br />Dav outUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0