Men are hopelessly predictable
Jun0
After reading the Confessions of a Bachelor Party Stripper, it made me depressed after realizing men are idiots, and we’re too predictable. I wish there’s a guy that can prove to the world men can be resistant to sexual appeals, but sadly, I think all men are animals inside.
sigh.. but it’s good to know that “70 percent of bachelors are completely against having sex at their party, 20 percent are hoping that the women in the show will force it upon them so they won’t have to feel guilty, and the other 10 percent actively try to make it happen.” And the ones that try to make things happen argue, “There’s a price for everything.”
I found this anecdote hilarious (but at the same time, sad):
Guys make idiots of themselves in other ways too. At one party, the bride’s little brother was there. He was 18 or so, still in high school, and they got him totally wasted. All of a sudden, right in the middle of our show, he pulled out his penis and started playing with himself. In front of everybody! His father walked up to him and said, “Son, are you sure you want to be doing this?” The kid slurred “Leave me alone” and just kept going. He eventually passed out cold with it in his hand.
And also, today’s featured video: Would you do him outside? lolol
Nobody throws a tantrum like this guy
Jun0
So the (make-believe) story behind this is, a mom cancelled this poor guy’s World of Warcraft account, and his braced little brother taped his pathetic little tantrum. Highlights of this video are, somehow unclothing himself with bedsheets over his head, and shoving a remote up in his ass.
Doesn’t he look like there’s a monster inside his body, trying to wring out his body? And somehow this reminds me of Resident Evil, but I’m not sure why.
Microsoft’s future vision on technology
Jun0
Microsoft, as everybody knows it, the company who love to hate. A few months back, Microsoft showed a clip from a presentation given at the Wharton Business Technology Conference. In Microsoft’s belief, the technology advancement will be so rapid that this is a world we’ll live in in a decade.
Included in the video was their idea of Microsoft Surface. Though it’s still too expensive for the average consumer to buy, it’ll become a reality. Here is the video of what Surface is
Anyway, Project Natal is something the XBOX team has been working on recenly, and it’s basically a controller-free gaming system. Though I have my doubts in this (i.e. how well it works), the concept video is undoubtedly mind-blowing.
Sony toyed with this idea a few years back (remember EyeStation or Eye-something? The little webcam you hook up, and you calibrate it by standing inside the body outline shown on the screen) I guess Sony marked it as a failed attempt and never went forth with it in R&D.
Project Natal: good concept, pain in the ass to implement. Mainly because the input is a variable, and not a defined button. Everybody’s living room is going to look different, and dogs would be walking by (though that can be fixed with facial recognition). But hey, we have progressed through static HTML pages to PHP to websites built entirely upon user inputs (namely, facebook)
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Sorry, Project Natal is a reality. Microsoft explains:
Compatible with any Xbox 360 system, the “Project Natal” sensor is the world’s first to combine an RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone and custom processor running proprietary software all in one device. Unlike 2-D cameras and controllers, “Project Natal” tracks your full body movement in 3-D, while responding to commands, directions and even a shift of emotion in your voice.
In addition, unlike other devices, the “Project Natal” sensor is not light-dependent. It can recognize you just by looking at your face, and it doesn’t just react to key words but understands what you’re saying. Call a play in a football game, and players will actually respond.
More info on Gizmodo.
my life is…
May0
I remember a few months back, I started seeing people’s facebook statuses as “FML”. After a minute of trying to guess what the acroynm could logically stand for, I sighed and gave up. Few weeks later, my friends shared me a link to fmylife.com (My life sucks, but I don’t give a f***), and that’s when I made the connection.
Anyway, I’m guessing people found that site too depressing or something, a new site popped up. MLIA, or MyLifeIsAverage (Life is pretty normal today). They weren’t kidding about being average.
But that’s not all.
Today, I found out another site – GivesMeHope (Life is beautiful today!). What. The. Hell. I won’t be surprised if I start seeing GMH on facebook statuses.. = =
However, I would say I found this post to be funny:
Today, I lost my virginity. I’m an avid WoW player and spend most of my time on Digg.com. GMH
On a related note, mydadisafob, mymomisafob
Disclaimer: aforementioned sites can be a great time waster.
A Different Perspective
Apr0
Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you’re someone else? Sergey Brin, Victor Gonzalez, President Obama?
Well, the White House launched an official collection of photos depicting Obama’s first 100 days in office today, and Pete Souza, the photo journalist for Obama, tells a really good behind-the-scene story, so to speak. It’s really interesting to browse through those photos, and they also made me wonder what Pete’s life is like. I kinda envy him – one for getting paid to take pictures, two, for owning a 50D Mk II, three, for getting so up close and personal with the most important person in the world, and lastly, for getting a free ride on Air Force One.
Damn you, Pete, haha.
First meteor shower viewing!
Apr0
Today, I stayed up late to study for the physics test I have tomorrow. As the time inched closer to four in the morning, I couldn’t help myself but keep glancing at my alarm clock every few minutes. All I wanted is the four o’clock mark to hit.
But twenty minutes to four, I’m already tired of this Ampere’s Circuital Law and B-field crap that I just wanted to call it quits. At the same time, I am excited to go lay out in the grass and watch my first meteor shower with my friend.
When we got to the Drill Field, I was surprised to see a few tents pitched, presumably they were waiting for tonight as well. I laid down and gazed upon the sky. It took a while for my eyes to realize that I’m not imagining the little dots in the sky. You cannot get a sky like this in Dallas.
A few minutes in, and someone shouted, “Look! Is that it?” Everybody turned to look. “That?” someone replied. “That’s an airplane. See that blue and red lights?”
Because I didn’t do my homework, I had no idea what part of the sky I’m supposed to keep an eye on. My friend saw five separate occurrences. She would yell, “Look! Look!” and I’d become frantic and scan the sky really fast and yell back, “What, what?” But lucky for me (and to her credit), I caught two glimpses of the faint red steaks trailing its way through the sky.
I was completely ecstatic when I sighted my first meteor shower. It’s similar to what you’d see in the movies, but 100 times dimmer. But seeing a red blaze streaking through the dark and starry night was very satisfying, and I couldn’t help but think how fast that meteor must be going and how tiny and insignificant I am.
I was completely in awe when I saw my second shower. Instead of just one meteor, there were five or so meteors in a ‘>’ formation, like a flock of birds, passing through the center of the sky. I would describe it more in detail, but 1) words can’t describe it, and 2) it happened so fast and so faint.
Googling now, what happened today is the Lyrid meteor shower. NASA has a headline news on it.
Despite the cold weather and having to stay up until 4 in the morning, I must say the experience I shared with my friend today was priceless. Definitely worth it. And I must go to bed now. I’m a bit disoriented and hungry right now.
Fly, little fly, fly!
Mar0
Haha, can’t believe someone actually attempted to do this
That is too epic. Too bad the flies didn’t felt like flying.
source: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02/fly_plane.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
And on an economic-related note..
Change has come?
Sudo make me a sandwich
Feb0
I should totally make one of these.
Maybe sudo make me ramen, since I don’t have any bread or cheese…
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This was inspired by xkcd, a wonderful webcomic that has influenced quite a few things (including the YouTube audio comment preview feature…)
source: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02/sudo_make_me_a_sandwichrobot.html, http://www.brepettis.com/blog/2009/2/27/sudo-make-me-a-sandwich-robot.html
New domain!
Feb0
Everytime I have to type in derivewilliam.com, I found it too long. That’s a total of 11 characters (which is quite short compared to woot’s uber long domain name)
Anyway, lemme introduce myself: iam-chen. Rather, will.iam-chen =D
Think outside the box
Jan1
See if you can solve this; it took me a while but I got it nevertheless. Use these four numbers, 1 1 9 9, add, subtract, multiply, divide any way you want and get 10 as the answer. Yes, you must use all four numbers.