Thursday, August 20, 2009

PS3 Slim

Probably the worse kept 'secret' from sony ever! Wonder why they vehemently denied it's existence when pics from the production floor were all over the place...

It's nice and sleek now! With a 120GB HDD, it's "33% smaller and 36% lighter..." sweet... ;) Retails at $299, and arrives in Sept! :D

I'll show these pics to my PS3 to make it go on a diet! :p

More news here.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Yo..... Joe?

Caught the GI JOE : Rise of Cobra live action movie today with my wifey, cinema was basically empty save a few couples here and there, i won't go into the habits of moviegoers ( fer cryin' out loud, i don't appreciate people kicking the back of my seat! ), that's for another time....

Overall, not too bad a movie, again, nothing great either. It pays homage to the comics with references here and there (yes, i know breaker likes to chew gum). The downer was the inclusion of Marlon Wayans for comic relief, thankfully he wasn't too off the top, but he still seems too out of place, PLUS what the F were the writers thinking? Ripcord (whom Wayans plays) as a love interest for Scarlett? Hello? Ripcord wasn't even a black man in the first place.

Did i mention Duke was boring? They could probably take all his scenes out and it wouldn't have made a difference. Still some saving points here and there, Snake Eyes was cool, but woefully underused, and of course, we're watching the movie for the Baroness (drool) who was so gosh darn cool for 2/3's of the show... till she started spazzing and all...

Oh, Scarlett is super hot, but after lip locking with Ripcord, i don't think i'll even d/l this movie. Entertaining movie for which there'll sure to be a sequel. Do something about ripcord, and i'll consider getting the bluray for part 2. I give this a 6.5/10.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Minutes to Midnight! :p

Ahhh, one and a half hours to 33! :p Well, time comes and goes, so hope i become wiser and stay healthy! :D

Thursday, August 13, 2009

More FraK! ;)

..do we have to? :p









.... i totally agree! ;)









.... and this is new to me! :

Lost in translation.


Hey, i like my fruits! Leave em' alone! ;)
... and yes, we know some goods are farked up..... :D

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Perseid Meteor Shower


Too bad i can't catch this.. or have a camera good enough to capture it on film!

"The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids are so called because the point they appear to come from, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Perseus. The stream in this case is called the Perseid cloud and it stretches along the orbit of the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it passes by the Sun. Most of the dust in the cloud today is approximately a thousand years old. However, there is also a relatively young filament of dust in the stream that was pulled off the comet in 1862. The rate of meteors originating from this filament is much higher than for the older part of the stream."

We're gonna get this about 2am today, more news here.

Asian undersea cable disruption slows Internet access

Again? Man, they gotta stop cutting those cables! No wonder certain properties had issues connecting, and access to the net seemed a tad slower too. :P


Read the full story here.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

On the Fringe!

Caught a interesting series called FRINGE on Monday, it's like cross between X-files, twilight zone, and all other movies/series which had conspiracy theories. At least the lead actress is not bad a looker (Anna Torv - tell me she doesn't look like Cate Blanchett), PLUS she appeared in undies in the very first episode! (Scully... flashbacks... mosquitos...)
Anyway, the first episode dealt with some flesh eating bacteria, the by products of which looked like the gooey bodies from the first X-files movie. The pacing was pretty ok, and the cast was competent, even Walter the "Steward of Gondor" Bishop (John Noble) was pretty funny!
I hope Abrams doesn't make this show as convoluted as lost, as much as i like to solve little riddles and symbols scattered all over the place! He DID make the new Trek movie which i enjoyed pretty much, so, some hope there!
Here's a little trivia : Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham) is actually married to her 1 episode co-star John Scott (Mark Valley).. life imitating art? Plus he's 15 years older than her! 0_0;

Saturday, August 8, 2009

MMmmm... M Burger...


Had a Ramly Burger this evening, and it's been a while since i've eaten one; it's always so 'jelat' to eat, with overflowing sauce and condiments. They even have a website. (Shock and horrors!)
Still quite shiok to eat, cheaper than a Mac D's. Surprisingly, i didn't know that the patties were banned from import into Singapore? And that most we eat at the Pasar Malam's have been smuggled in... :)

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Well it's about time! :)

One game i spent countless hours on during my secondary school days was "X-wing" (1993) by then indie game studio Lucasarts. I remember running it on my old 486-SX25 with 8MB (Yes, 8MB) ram.. did i mention it was run from (five) 3.5" diskettes? CD-ROM technology was only emerging then, and only much later on the compilations did they release it to CD.

Xwing was followed by Imperial pursuit and Bwing; the graphics then were revolutionary, (well, to me at least) the music was great and it handled flawlessly... It was followed by the equally successful TIE fighter game series, then Xwing vs Tie fighter and finally stopped at Xwing Alliance (Which i have yet to complete).
It's been like, over 10 years? And FINALLY, a good piece of news... with today's technology, it's about time!!!

Check it out. :)

LucasArts teasing X-wing, Tie Fighter Announcement

Sunday, August 2, 2009

CThulu Rises!!! 6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain



Check this out, too cool man! Scary is that there's technology or materials that shouldn't be there, and with all our technowizardry nowadays, we can't even explain it!

Excerpt " The Voynich manuscript is an ancient book that has thwarted all attempts at deciphering its contents. And it's not like some idiot just scribbled a bunch of nonsense on paper and went, "Figure THIS out, fuckwads." It is actually an organized book with a consistent script, discernible organization and detailed illustrations."
Also check out this and this! ;) Good reads.