Random Ramblings
Wednesday, 11 February 2004
Any die hard XBox fan will know of the chicks from the Dead or Alive games. If they’re not kicking each other’s buttocks in street fights, they’re in bikinis playing volley ball at the beach. But if you buy an XBox in Japan this month, Microsoft is throwing in a dakimakura or hugging pillow, similar [...]
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Monday, 02 February 2004
Was flipping the channels on Sunday evening and started watching the end of American Idol on Channel Ten. Managed to catch the interview and performance of William Hung. This civil engineer to-be, who was originally from Hong Kong and is now studying in Berkley, got in front of the judges and all of America. He [...]
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Wednesday, 29 October 2003
Caroline, one of my work mates, urged me to warn all my visitors of this terrible scam. In her own words: “I wish I’d gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid.” Update: Please be careful dear visitors. Several other people have informed me that they too have been tricked. Send this warning to everyone you [...]
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Sunday, 12 October 2003
A perverted version of Monopoly called Ghettopoly is raising eye brows all over the States. Ghettopoly is meant to be played like the popular board game Monopoly. But that’s where the similarities end. Instead of building houses, you have to build crack houses. Instead of using a dog or top hat as a play piece, [...]
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Saturday, 20 September 2003
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Saturday, 20 September 2003
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae [...]
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Friday, 19 September 2003
Avast! Tis the day that ye are allowed to talk like pirates, ye stinkin’ land lubbers! It was started by 2 crazy middle-aged Americans. The history of how it all started can be found at: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ I have decided to pioneer a “Talk Happening” day. It is high time my happening way of talking be [...]
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Wednesday, 27 August 2003
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, it has been many generations since the Earth and Mars have been 55 million kilometres apart, which is very close. And it will take 300 more years before they get this close again. I decided to go out to an open field close to home to witness this for [...]
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Monday, 25 August 2003
Today, I start my new job as a Senior Analyst Programmer at a company based in Sydney. I am looking forward to settling back into my life here in Sydney once more. However, John Vaughn has the dream job I always wanted. He started out starring in a commercial for Joe Boxers and instantly became [...]
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Thursday, 29 May 2003
It’s getting hot in here, so I’m taking off all my clothes. Summer is approaching, and it’s been really hot in California. The house I live in gets pretty warm and stuffy upstairs, and I have no air-con to combat the heat. It was pretty unbearable last night, so I resorted to stripping down to [...]
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