Yes, you may laugh at me all you want… but here’s my latest eBay adventure. =P I incidentally came across possibly one of the last survivors of the floppy disk era, a 9 year old external [USB] Microtech floppy drive that has somehow been sitting in it’s box somewhere waiting.. getting bored… not being used…! =P
Well you see, I still have a load of my old floppy drives in some really nice colours [ 😉 ], containing old games, a heck of a lot of code [yeah like code I wrote when I was 9!], graphics, and all sorts of other odd and even things. And obviously none of my notebooks have a floppy drive. And somehow, I have this nostalgic feeling towards floppy disks / drives… =D Well, lets just say that I really had to have it. 😉 Here it is:
My Microtech floppy drive connected to my notebook.. [and those are the different colours that the lead can have [there’s like 15 or so of them.. =))))] …
“The AR Drone is one of the first consumer products to combine robotics with augmented reality. The quad-rotor vehicle carries two cameras and can stream video to an iPhone via Wi-Fi. On the phone, the live video is overlaid with flight controls and additional graphics for a variety of games.”
So this is pretty bizarre to me! How exactly does this make any sense? At first, these folks disabled Twitter which has turned into a major communication tool in Iran [and so it’s understandable why they want it gone!], and then they mess with Baidu, which is a major Chinese search engine. And of course the Iranian government has no problems with China. So what? Are these guys are just going about it randomly now??
“Hackers calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army” paralysed China’s biggest search engine this morning, sparking a bizarre online battle as Chinese hackers apparently retaliated by targeting Iranian sites. Last month the group attacked Twitter, which has been used by Iranian opposition supporters. But Beijing and Tehran are allies and it was not immediately obvious why hackers targeted Baidu, which commands over 60% of the search market in China.”
Can’t believe I forgot to write about this! Last week I finally went to see the Sherlock Holmes movie, in Burlington with my cuz. I have to mention here first that I’ve read every single Holmes book out there, and I’ve seen the TV series. To be honest, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the older movies / TV series, because the way Holmes was pictured in those, was not really much like the image that the books gave me. The details in the books that is, very small details.
Paying attention to the hints here and there in the books about Holmes’ personal characteristics, I always had the feeling that he should be this bad-arse character somehow, and somewhat melancholy. So, obviously I enjoyed seeing a lot of just that in the movie. I think that’s how Holmes should be “made”! LUUUVVVEEDDD IT! =D
Also, for obvious reasons, I really think that there will be sequels. 😉
After months and months and even more months of waiting, I finally found the perfect little companion for my beloved blue VAIO notebook. So I introduce to you, the royal indigo VAIO, from Sony’s signature collection [yet again!]. =D
A combination of an 8GB SDRAM, a 3.06GHz processor, a 500 GB HDD, the NVIDIA GeForce GT230M GPU [512MB VRAM], HDMI output, Blur-ray read and write drive & etc, makes this little dude exactly what I need. There are tons and tons of really kool features to play with, including the “web button”. It’s basically a quick web access button. When the system is shut down, if you want to quickly access the web without booting Windows, you just press this web button and a stand alone web browser boots. It’s pretty darn awesome, and very useful to me. What’s very interesting is that it’s very thin and light. Oh, and it looks great sitting beside my blue VAIO. =P
And then of course there’s Win7. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I LUUUUVVVV it! Microsoft has finally created an OS which makes me not think about switching to Apple anymore, and I’m not saying that lightly. It works, and it looks great. YAAAAY! =D
I also have to mention that I really like the new Sony notebook backpacks… 😉
VAIOz Luv Me! =)) [& No, this is not a a set up…. it actually happened. The blues are mine, the pink is my mom’s, the black is my cousin’s.]
This is really kool. I mean REALLY REALLY. Based on the ancient Aeolian harp, and made out of Adruino BT Bluetooth board, this little instrument plays with wind. Oh, and it’s solar powered. More info can be found here.
So a few months ago, I saw this article on Gizmodo about Microsoft supposed new and fancy tablet, and I have to admit I really liked what I saw. Then recently, at CES 2010, Steve Ballmer went on the stage to display the HP Slate with Win7 on it. Very cool, but certainly nothing like the Courier, or at least the Courier idea.
Looking around the web, I’ve seen a lot of disappointment articles and comments saying that MS just killed Courier with the HP Slate… on the other hand, as I said, they 2 have nothing to do with each other, and I’ve read / heard a lot of people saying that Courier is still going to happen. So now the question is, who’s right? Did MS kill courier, or not? Ideas anyone? Info anyone? =P
Ok… ummm… is it just me imagining things, or did Charlie Francis actually just come back from the dead??? Huh??
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Charlie get killed by a shape-shifter? And wasn’t this shape-shifter later shot by Olivia Dunham, causing her to go through a rough psycho period, which hopefully ended with help of Sam Weiss? So… if all of that isn’t just a fragment of my imagination, then how on earth did Charlie Francis just show up on the 11th episode of season 2, following a case, just like nothing has happened?
In fact this episode looked like a lot of things haven’t happened… I get the feeling that we’re simply not looking at the same universe! There were other inconsistencies in the past too, for instance how Olivia ended up in the middle of a car crash after she came back from the other universe… a crash that had never even started. She parked her car, went to see Nina Sharp, Nina didn’t show up, and then Olivia was led to the elevator to the other universe… there simply never was an accident, so how did she end up in the middle of an accident that never started???
Given all the inconsistencies, I think that we’re seeing events from different universes, like that episode where Olivia was seeing pieces and parts of events from different universes. In any case, something really weird is happening…. and that’s the whole fun about Fringe, isn’t it? =D
I have to say unlike SGU, Fringe is going on strong… very interesting, very very kool. =) Can’t wait to see what happens next… and how Charlie just reappeared out of thin air….
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