 :::April 2006:::DX-BallSunday, April 30, 2006
I re-discovered DX-Ball, a brick-breaking type game similar to breakout. It is completely free without any limitations. The game is very addictive. Although the graphics look outdate for today, the gameplay is still awesome. Download DX-Ball here. There is also...Read MoreSection: Gaming Casio GzOne SiteSaturday, April 29, 2006
Casio created an amazing web site to showcase its GzOne Type-R cell phone. Even the short intro clip is fun to watch. Below is a screenshot I took from one of the sections. The graphic is actually rotating 3D image...Read MoreSection: Tidbits Tetris GrandmasterSaturday, April 29, 2006
I thought I was good at Tetris until Trendy totally beat my ass when we went head to head a few years back. Yeah, she beat me. I do not like to admit it. She did fair and square or...Read MoreSection: Gaming The PodFriday, April 28, 2006
My buddy Alex got me The Pod. Thank you Alex! It is a great product especially for a photo nut like me. However, he bought me the blue version which is for cameras with off centered tri-pod mounts. Alex did...Read MoreSection: Tidbits Champion GourmetThursday, April 27, 2006
Champion Gourmet specializes in Asian snacks. You can find tasty treats such as all sorts of dried fruits (plum, mango, etc), all types of jerky (beef, squid, fish, etc), and assorted dried tofu snacks in the store. The one we...Read MoreSection: Restaurants The ChairWednesday, April 26, 2006
Max Dean, with the help of Raffaello D'Andrea from Cornell University, utilizes technology to create his art pieces. Max has a robotic chair that can self destruct and then put itself back together. This all sounds like a creepy sci-fi...Read MoreSection: Tech Buzz Spam No MoreTuesday, April 25, 2006
As some of you may have read, my blogging system, Movable Type (MT), was under heavy attack by spammers last week. The spammers forced me to take drastic measures to fight back. In addition to all the anti-spam filters on...Read MoreSection: Tidbits BMW CleverTuesday, April 25, 2006
This is BMW's CLEVER, a three wheel vehicle that tilts. CLEVER stands for "Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport". It is awesome. According to Leftlane News, CLEVER should cost around $10,000 if it does make it into production....Read MoreSection: Tech Buzz F-35 JSFMonday, April 24, 2006
Wow, it is amazing what men can create to defend and destruct. The new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can deliver pain and death with speed and stealth. It has three variants: conventional take off and landing, short take off and...Read MoreSection: Tech Buzz Spammers SuckSaturday, April 22, 2006
The spammers launched a massive attack on my Movable Type (MT) files in the past few days. Why? The spammer bots wanted to post hundreds and thousands of comments and trackbacks on all the sites supported by my MT system....Read MoreSection: Tidbits Anthony BourdainSaturday, April 22, 2006
Anthony Bourdain is one of the best travel guides. He has a TV show, No Reservations, on the Travel Channel. Bourdain takes the roads that few tourists or none has ventured. Anthony is a different type of travel show host....Read MoreSection: Tidbits Crazy ClydeWednesday, April 19, 2006
We let Clyde check out the patio on the second floor. He was loving it. He meowed with excitement the whole time while he explored. He then took a running start to make the jump onto the patio railing. It...Read MoreSection: Snapshots The Tank ManTuesday, April 18, 2006
The world often forgets that China is an oppressive bureaucracy just like the ones in movies such as THX 1138, A Clockwork Orange, 1984, Brazil, Equilibrium, and, more recently, V for Vendetta. Today, multibillion dollar corporations see China only as...Read MoreSection: Tidbits Da Vinci QuestMonday, April 17, 2006
The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google is a new ad campaign that involves 24 puzzles, one per day, and the chance to win trips to places visited by the lead character, Robert Langdon. You will need a Google...Read MoreSection: Tidbits GigapxlMonday, April 17, 2006
Gigapxl uses custom-built cameras to capture large-format digital images at incredible resolutions. Gigapxl's vision is as follows: "Defining the upper limits of large-format photography, digital scanning and image processing, custom-built Gigapxl™ cameras capture images with unprecedented resolution. It would take...Read MoreSection: Tech Buzz FreewareSaturday, April 15, 2006
It is always a challenge to quickly find quality freeware to fulfill a need. eConsultant.com has a list of 300+ freeware sorted by categories. It is a nice list worth checking out. You may just find something that you need;...Read MoreSection: Resources Monitors GaloreFriday, April 14, 2006
This guy, Crazy Jon, has FIVE 30" Apple monitors at his desk and then added another TWELVE 30" Dell screens to his wall! Check out the install and other pictures here. Absolutely amazing! Man, my set up with dual monitors...Read MoreSection: Tech Buzz Rise of Legends DemoWednesday, April 12, 2006
Rise of Legends has another site by Microsoft and a downloadable game demo. The game demo file is 620 MB. It is taking me a little over 30 minutes to download the file via my DSL connection. I hope Legends...Read MoreSection: Gaming BurglaryTuesday, April 11, 2006
Someone broke into our garage last night. They knocked down walls from neighboring garages to get to ours. They entered the unlocked unit 1 and made a hole in the back wall to enter unit 2 (shown in picture). From...Read MoreSection: Tidbits RJ PatisserieSunday, April 09, 2006
RJ Patisserie is located on 1635 Azusa Avenue in Hacienda Heights. It specializes in desserts, great looking and delicious desserts. The owner of the place is a famous Taiwanese pastry chef who has catered for Bill Clinton and other high...Read MoreSection: Restaurants Table Tennis 360Saturday, April 08, 2006
Rock Star's Table Tennis for XBox 360 is scheduled to release by the end of May. The screenshots and trailers look promising. Rock Star's Table Tennis is tempting me to purchase a XBox 360. If the gameplay can really simulate...Read MoreSection: Gaming Envision LCDFriday, April 07, 2006
I added an Envision EN5600 15" LCD monitor as the secondary display for my system. The monitor cost me $129.99 after rebate from CompUSA, not a bad deal. The Envision is capable of displaying at the resolution of 1024 by...Read MoreSection: Gear Helicopter LandingFriday, April 07, 2006
I caught this helicopter coming back from a tour at Long Beach. Click on the images to enlarge....Read MoreSection: Snapshots Tony's Mexican FoodThursday, April 06, 2006
All my coworkers have been raving about Tony's tacos on 290 W. Mill St. in San Bernardino. I finally had the chance to give it a try. Just how good can a taco be? Well, if you find yourself asking...Read MoreSection: Restaurants Cruise ShipWednesday, April 05, 2006
A cruise ship is insanely huge when you see one in person. We saw the Carnival Pride leaving the Long Beach Queen Mary port this past weekend. The ship itself is bigger than most hotels! It was an awesome sight....Read MoreSection: Snapshots More Snow SummitTuesday, April 04, 2006
Photos of Snow Summit from my Nokia 7610....Read MoreSection: Snapshots |
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