9.30.2005
Solar panels will keep everyone yakking in perpetuity
This is somehow related to my on-going research of solar cells for practical uses.
"Thin, bendy solar panels little thicker than photographic film which can be bonded to everyday fabrics could be on the market in as little as three years.
The technology is the product of a three-nation European Union research project called H-Alpha Solar.
Scientists say the solar panels will also be cheap to make because they can be mass produced in rolls which can be cut as required and wrapped around clothes, fabrics, furniture or even rooftops. ..."
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Intelligent Coasters
"Created by computer scientists Andreas Butz of the University of Munich and Michael Schmitz of Saarland University, the new lazy drinker's best friend looks like a regular beermat. But beneath the cardboard surface lurks a small, flat baseplate which conceals pressure and acceleration sensors that react to the weight of the glass and the position and movement of the coasters. ..."
Despite the innovation. The beer still can't get here fast enough.
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Foetuses Smuggled Inside Christian Icons
"The discovery was made by officers searching for contraband at Bogota Airport on Tuesday.
The corpses were wrapped in plastic and concealed inside statues of Christian icons, which were smashed open. ..."
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Belated Happy B-Day to Tita Tina
Went to Toti's house last Saturday for Tina's birthday. It's a nice
shindig. Great food. I especially like her grapes layered with powdered
confectionary sugar. Supa sweet baby! I just realized, I've been saying
'baby' here and there when I speak. Cranking 'em out more than at a
pro-lifers convention (thank you, thank you! I'll be here all week).
When me and my sister's got there, my mobile phone started crapping out.
The screen had nothing on it except its orange backlight constantly on. I'd
get the main screen but everything would disappear, I couldn't get to my
inbox, outbox, and phonelist. Had to remove the battery to restart it each
time it crapped out that night. It continued to crap out on Sunday, then it
went back to normal on Monday. Musta been it's period over the weekend.
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9.27.2005
Armed Anti-Terrorist Dolphins Loose in The Gulf of Mexico
"Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet's smartest. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing. ..."
First it was the bubonic plague infected mice. Now its armed dolphins. It's either nature fighting back or God is not out to bless America but to damn it!
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9.23.2005
Fallen billboard derails mrt operation nearly 8 hours
"The Metro Rail Transit (MRT) on EDSA is back to normal operations after nearly eight hours during which six of its 12 stations were closed to commuters. ..."
Must've been traumatic. Commuting was back to the nightmare it was in the 90s!
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9.22.2005
NEC unveils world's thinnest folding mobile phone
"The latest mobile phone is 11.9 millimeters in thickness when folded, thinner than the Samsung Electronics model, which is 13 millimeters thick. ..."
Kiss the phone, bitch!
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Went out just to be able to say I went out
Went out on Saturday night. Just to SM Fairview nothing fancy. Went out just so I could say I went out Saturday night. Unfortunately it was a 3-day sale at SM Fairview so its was jam-packed with shoppers walking slowly and stopping at each and every sale like a bus stopping anywhere in its routeregardless if its an unloading/loading zone or not.
But before that I took the jeep to get there. I gotta tell ya, I had no problems riding the jeep especially with my fat-ass (I wanna say girth but fat-ass is more appropriate). And when I say 'riding a jeep', I mean not have any problems getting on the jeep and taking my seat comfortably. I didn't have to stretch my legs so my gut won't be squished together by my pants (God bless 'em for not ripping in public) and my balls have room to breath. Hooray for pants!
Baack in the mall, everywhere's crowded, everything's discounted. Got to Skybucks, the eminent source of comics in the Fairview area, and found some figures I could use to start my figure collection. I do grow geekier in the face of social poverty. I spoke to the manager of Skybucks (sorry man forgot your name) and he says their making the move to concentrating on graphic novels and actions figures cause the market for monthly titles (including Wizard Magazine) is going kaput. Or something similar to that.
I walked around the mall some more looking for Burnout Revenge but it's not out yet. Early reviews already say it's gonna be the best stress release game ever and its's also a party game. Me, I just go for the laughs. Around 8:30pm the crowds thinned a bit and the parking lot was emptying itself of cars. So I went over to Pinoy Toppings for dinner. Kids if you got a hankering for rice meals at a low price, go to Pinoy Toppings located at your local mall's food court. You'll love their wide variety of meals with a generous helping of rice and a 'pampainit' soup on the side. All meals under 100 pesos each.
Thats free advertising right there. Can't beat that.
9.21.2005
Mice Infected with Bubonic Plague Missing
"NEWARK, N.J. - Three mice infected with the bacteria responsible for bubonic plague apparently disappeared from a laboratory about two weeks ago, and authorities launched a search though health experts said there was scant public risk. ..."
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Got me a new hobby
I got me a new hobby inspired by the War In The Pocket blog. Mini pvc
figures. The skinny is I will pose the figures I obtain and take photos of
them for posting on my blog. Trick is I will only buy complete sets so as
to keep myself satisfied. Incomplete sets don't do squat for me. So I'll
wait for complete sets. I got the patience of a hungry bad-ass lion
stalking it's prey so theres no problem with it. The first set will come soon.
9.20.2005
Manny Pacquaio won!
This is very late but who keeps track anyway.
Yeah baby! Manny "PACMAN" Pacquaio won against Hector Velazquez. Pacman gave a beat-down on Velazquez's cheating-ass. There should be a soundtrackwhenever Pacman beat's down on someone like Velazquez.
Now some say it's not a real victory cause the WBC Int. Jr. Lightweight belt doesn't hold prestige cause it's new. I say fuck 'em. A win's a win.Especially on a cheatin' hater like Hector Velazquez.
Kiss the Belt bitch!
9.19.2005
US doctors prepare for first human face transplant
The medical team at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio is led by Maria Siemionow, a 55-year-old surgeon who has spent years conducting research into face transplants, including experiments on animals and human cadavers."
I CALL DIBS ON BRAD PITT'S FACE!
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It's A Celebration, Bitches! or something like it
So anyway... Orson and I crashed at Mike and Claire's place in Alabang two weekends ago. It's kind of Mike's pseudo-going away party before going to Malaysia to have his balls cut off, I mean to start his new job. We still did the same things we did the last time. Except, we didnt watch my Triumph DVD and Zac was with us this time and we brought porn for the other member's of Mike's family. (It's a joke kids. I'm dying on stage here).
Orson was more or less initiated into David Chappelle's humor and sensibilities. Finally! Unfortunately, Zac had to leave early Saturday morning for work. But before that we played a round of Ladder match with all four players as humans and no AIs. Needless to say hilarity, cursing, chairshots, bloody virtual faces, and false victories ensued. Took us damn nearly an hour before someone got the belt.
As usual Orson brought his PS2. Mike, with his love all things green and gamma-powered, bought the Incredible Hulk game which we didn't even touch. We found a new addiction in Burnout 3. I am proud to say I make the car crashes you have to see believe. More spectacular, more exciting and more laugh-your-ass-off-funny than those you see in those 'the worlds most (insert glamorizing adjective here) car crashes videos on tv. 'Course I got better at the game so the crashes got less and less. I rule in drifting though. It took a game for me to appreciate drifting. Wow.
We also went swimming in the Alabang Club or whatever it's called. Learned how to do the a swimming technique. I forget though if it was the breast stroke or something else.
After swimming we got to the Alabang Bazaar and ate shawarma. Shawarama is the only fad in the country that is edible. Everything else you wear or do. After that we went back to Mike's house for more Burnout 3 madness. It is one of the most effective stress release games out there. Go get yourself one. We personally couldn't be bothered to unlock the tracks in the game but since we got bored with the one play-ready track we played the game and unlocked a few more tracks. Even nicknamed one 'The Quezon Avenue-Espana-Morayta Track' cause of all the damn traffic and width of the roads. You'll know it when you see it. Thats about it.
Yo Mike! Don't spit in public, moon the ladies, get caught beating off or else they'll cut your balls off. You're not gonna be in the Philippines anymore. You're gonna be in Malaysia. ... Or was it some other country that has those rules. Oh well. TC!
