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Ok I seldom post stuff like this, but this seems creative.
Beware if you’re watching this in the office. I consider this borderline safe.

Nintendo’s new ad for Wario Land: Shake It, a new game on the Wii. It’s an excellent example of using something most people are used to (YouTube) and doing something totally unexpected with it. Simply out-of-the-box marketing.

This you really must see…
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http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii
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This is truly one talented artist. Here’s a high speed replay of his Spiderman painting. You can see the amount of detail he puts into every part of the painting.

In case you were wondering it was done using Photoshop, which in some ways is even harder.

More than a year ago, it was all hoo-hah when Windows Vista came out. Back then I never really tried Vista, only installed it on my laptop computer just to give it a wing. I remember saying “meh…” and quickly reinstalled Windows XP on the laptop. I also posted this 10 Reasons You Don’t Need Vista Today and told myself Vista isn’t really worth it.

Just recently my desktop computer (WinXP) was infected with this dreaded spyware called XP Antivirus 2008, me of all people. And let me tell you, this little bugger is a real PITA. I had no choice but to format the whole hard disk, seeing as the spyware was really obstructing my work. And so thought to myself “I should give Vista another try”. Boy did I regret it…

Ok Vista sucks, it really does. And I’m saying this from a user’s perspective. I’ve only used it for a few days, but I can find so many flaws within it which makes me think it sucks. Here is a list of some of them:

1. Vista is Slow
Of course you need a powerful machine to handle this dumb beast. But even with that, this guy is still… slow! I’m not referring to the navigation and maneuverability, but with all the flashy/shiny/glossy interface and M$ - YOU EXPECT THOSE TO BE SLOW.
Now imagine you’d want to transfer a 20-50MB file from 1 location to another. Yes, simple copy/cut and paste. On WinXP, the transfer would be done in the blink of an eye. But on Mr. Vista (yeap you guessed it, using the same machine too), you’d be waiting and waiting while seeing some worthless file-transfer animation.
You’d be wondering why Vista is so slow. Moving/copying files is 1 of the most basic actions you’d be doing on a computer. Sure you can view the ‘remaining time left’, but when has Windows ever been accurate with the estimation? Those are useless anyway, we just to be able to use our computer quickly and efficiently.

2. Browsers Stall!
I’m talking web browsers. Like IE, FireFox… funny they tend to stall on Vista after you’ve left your computer on for some time! I leave my computer on 24/7. It’s a good way to keep your computer from dying faster trust me, and of course you can use it instantly when you want it. It’s been working well for many years and on WinXP too.
On Vista, after several days, all will still work fine except the browsers. You will get alot of timeouts and half-loaded webpages and it would seem like your network connection is having problems. For the life of me I thought it was a router/modem issue. And then it became a cable issue. But finally all it took was a simple restart, just to give dumb Vista a wake up call. WTF~

3. Folder Views
After you’ve organized your folder views, you’d want all folders to be the same. I myself prefer to view all files as a ‘List’, that way I can see more things at once. But on Vista, after you’ve set your folder views and ‘applied the view settings to all folders’, somehow some folders will still reset themselves like they have a mind of their own.

4. No Shortcuts on C:\ root.
I work with Windows Explorer the most. You can access virtually anything on your computer with Windows Explorer. As such, I tend to create some shortcuts at the root of drive C:
But nooo, Vista no longer allows you to do that. They will only let you place shortcuts on the desktop. I don’t want that!

5. Dumb Windows Explorer
In Windows Explorer you basically get a ‘tree-view’ of all your files and folders - left and right panels. But stupid thing, the left panel doesn’t have horizontal scroll-bars! Only vertical scroll bars.
If sized your left-panel thin/small, or if you’ve browsed way into a folder, you’d want to scroll left & right so that you can move from 1 place to another quickly. Nooooo, there’s no horizontal scroll bar. Vista only gives you this ‘automatic’ scroller, but you can never figure out how it works.

Next thing, we all know the keyboard is always faster than the mouse. But again in Windows Explorer, using your keyboard to move within folders (using the up-down-left-right keys) - Vista still doesn’t actually ‘go’ to that particular folder, even though it’s highlighted. You will still have to literally click on the folder for it to be ’selected’. This itself defeats the purpose of using the keyboard as a faster means.

6. Network Connection Icon
This fool is dumb icon just for show. The most it can do is blink once in awhile, in fact that’s the only thing it does. You can never tell whether your network is actually sending/receiving alot of data or not, or if you network is actually dead.

7. Slow Start Menu
Like most of Vista’s interface, the Start Menu is slow. Looks nice? Perhaps. But the way they organize it and it’s response time really bugs me. Even setting MenuShowDelay to 0 or 1 does nothing, it’s still slow.

The only good thing about Vista I can think of, is it looks good. That’s all, nothing else. What the hell was M$ thinking?! I’m starting to believe some of the rumors. People say that Vista is just a ‘transition’ OS (Windows ME anyone?), used to suck up money for the release of their version of Windows…

I usually don’t pimp stuff on my blog, but these mooncakes are awesome!

First of all Happy Mid Autumn Festival, or as most people say it Happy Mooncake Festival. A friend of mine is helping his mom sell delicious, homemade jelly mooncakes.

Celebrate this mid-autumn festival with your family and friend with mouth-watering jelly mooncakes.

Kiwi Jelly Mooncake

Strawberry Jelly Mooncake

Yam Jelly Mooncake

3 different taste is enough choice (too many can be a problem, and may not be nice). So you can be sure they’re made of quality.

RM26 per box (consists of 4), mixture of any taste. Order more, and discounts will be given definitely.
* Only natural food & ingredients are used
* No preservatives and no colouring at all!
* Freshly made as per order
* Guaranteed nice taste!

Oh, did I mention… FREE delivery to anywhere in KL if you order 3 boxes or more.
For orders and quick delivery call 012-2606500 now!

Technology students mess with dormitory lghts to put on a good show.
And guess what the theme is?

It’s actually pretty cool. I wouldn’t say it’s too hard to accomplish, give they’re technology students. Once you have the right wiring to the main switch, all else should be peanuts for them. Oh, and of course no one is turning the lights on and off physically.

Like I’ve always said before, Google is taking over the world.
They’re the leading public corporation in Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing. They also have plenty of other products (FREE!) which you can hardly imagine and they are highly top-notch. A good place to see what Google has to offer is here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

Google is always evolving and thinking ahead, no question about it. And just 6 hours ago I believe, Google released a beta version of their own web browser - Google Chrome. Heh, and you thought Mozilla is all you need.

Well well… it boasts quite a bit of features like speed surfing, dynamic tabs, incognito mode, crash control and safe browsing. Check out their list here: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html

I’m still testing it and surfing does seem faster. Some say it’s like the transition from dial-up to broadband, though that may be somewhat exaggerated. But I do like their simple, clean sleek interface. More importantly for me, firing up the program is hella fast - just like any other Google applications. I’m sure more features are to come for this browser so I’ll be using and testing it more. Does that mean bye-bye to our old friend FireFox? No, I don’t think so. Not with all the plugins and what addons for FireFox that fans love.

The downside of this again everything Google. What will happen to our lives if everything we see everywhere is Google. ::rofl:: And to use their browser, that means our privacy and surfing habits will be captured by them. ie. Google Chrome –> Google.com. That’s your risk to take if you use Google Chrome. But the browser is also completely open-source, so by all means please verify for yourself or modify the browser however you want if you don’t like what Google Chrome does…