Don’t worry, look closer at the right and you will see the Hollywood film crew. This stealth navy jet is apparentlya prop in an up coming 2005 action movie with Jessica Biel as the female Navy Stealth jet pilot. I guess this will be similar to Clint Eastwood’s Firefox maybe? I have to say, the jet looks pretty cool since it’s on a real aircraft carrier.
One of the coolest thing about the iPod is the twist-and-press software interface that allows you to navigate through a hierarchical menu system. What’s surprising, is that, iPod is not the first place we see this kind of interface. Saab’s automotive SID (System Information Display) had been doing that for at least 5 years to my knowledge. Take a look at the pic below. The “twist nob” you see can control the “scrolling” of the menu items. Press the “twist nob” result in a selection state. The only missing thing (in iPod’s term) is the slick “side sliding effect” you see.
Who would have thought the new Morrissey release is something I could download straight from the internet via Apple’s iTune? It was like, what, 7 years already since his last album? I love his new opening track “America Is Not The World”:
America your head’s too big, Because America, Your belly’s too big
And I love you, I just wish you’d stay where you isIn America, The land of the free, they said, And of opportunity, In a just and a truthful way
But where the president, Is never black, female or gay, And until that day
You’ve got nothing to say to me, To help me believeIn America, It brought you the hamburger, Well America you know where, You can shove your hamburger
And don’t you wonder, Why in Estonia they say, Hey you, Big fat pig
You fat pig, You fat pig
LOL. Typical crap from Mozz, yet he made everything so catchy that you have to sing along to. “Irish Blood English Heart” is also a pretty good tune. After I listen to Mozz’s new tunes, I ended up digging up some classic Smiths tracks on Hatful of Hallow and have another listen. ‘Glad Mozz is still around.
Jee got a few more Mirkoman pics. from her visit at the London Design Meseum here.
There’s a recent Chinese saying going around: “Chinese aren’t afraid of speaking out on anything, except for telling the truth.”
June 4th, 1989 seems so long ago and I was only 17 back then. Hong Kong was still under the British control and Hong Kongness were scared shitless when they saw what’s going on CNN.
I remembered hearing crazy (and inaccurate) rumors about crazy PLA soldiers with leader-whip entering Tiananmen Square via “secret tunnels” and arresting students and such. I also remember me and a few mates back then took part in the march/protest in the rain. If I remembered correctly, a typhoon was actually hitting Hong Kong that couple of days. We were all soaked in rain. Yeah, we were young and stupid, and naïve. How embarrassing.
It’s weird to hear it on the radio program Pacific Time devoted entire show on 6-4 (how Chinese usually refer to it). Not to mention, learning the fact some of the “student leaders” back then are now dot-comers or working in the US investment banks.
It’s a weird complex I guess… For our generation that had experienced it, we’re afraid and almost embarrassed to look back in time to see how stupid we were…
On the other hand, for the Chinese government, it’s also time to admit the mistakes. You fucked up, let’s apologized and move on.
We shouldn’t all be spending time to look at 6-4 in shame and regret. For admitting the fact you fucked up (or us being stupid and naïve) is the first step for us to leave it all behind.
Hay, I am just telling the truth.
This is actually not a joke. The patent, number 6,727,830, was granted on April 27.
I think the patent only applies to PDAs or Smart Phones since the patent mention ” limited resource computing device”. It’s actually a rather smart move, I think the “click” here also only refers to the using a stylus or a phone keypad since there’s no mention of mouse specific clicks.
On my Sony/Ericsson phone I actually observers this kind of behavior already… When you click on the keypad “4” and hold it for more than a second, it will bring up all the “G H I” names in the address book. I don’t know how legally it’s going to work, but this “new” Microsoft patent is really nothing “new”.
My friend Jee just got back from her vacation trip at London and Paris. She brought back this very neat little gift for me.
This totally nice, delicate well designed 2D/3D metal “sculpture man” stands about 3 inches tall. It comes in a flat packaging and you are suppose to bend it to the actual finished form. Check out the Mikro Man Web Site to see more. The one I got is the “Gamer”. Thanks Jee!
Kids, don’t try this at home. Soloing my Red Mage AF 2. Aggro level 48ish bees in Crawler’s Nest, didn’t Warp back home fast enough and result in the warp of my dead body . Fortunately, there are plenty of higher levels around which give me a Rasie II (which recover 75% of my experience lost).
Most embressing KO for me so far.
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