Crushed Girl Dies – “Farewell, There Are No Cars In Heaven”

The 2-year-old girl who was repeatedly run over by Chinese motorists and ignored by no less than 18 people as she lay bleeding in the road has died.So severe were her injuries that she fell into a coma and was later pronounced braindead, with doctors holding out little hope for her survival.She finally passed away after...

Bathroom Cabinet Project

This project came about from mostly necessity. My condo bathroom is small and the only storage was under the sink. Unfortunately I've filled that area with all sorts of random things and I had nowhere to hide all the extra soap and TP and such. So I decided to hang a cabinet in the big empty space above the toilet. Before:As you can see,...

Mommy, Where Does WoW Gold Come From?

Chinese labour camps are said to be forcing prisoners to farm gold for westerners too lazy to do it themselves, torturing prisoners who do not earn enough, the time spent playing apparently not punishment enough. The allegations were made by a former prison guard who was jailed and sent to a re-education camp for 3 years as punishment...

WP7: Tools for the Amateur Wino

Image Recognition. Wine. What else could a user want? Vivino is an application that has just hit the Marketplace today that puts a new spin on the old wine application. Vivino is designed so that you never forget the wine you have tried, and does this with advanced image recognition that can currently recognize up to 40% of all wines. And if the wine is not recognized, the image...

James Franco = Kaneda?

Leonardo di Caprio’s Hollywood adaptation of classic psychic blob anime Akira will apparently star James Edward Franco as Kaneda, with the previously reported Zac Efron having proven unavailable.There will also apparently be not one but two movies, as the work has been split into two parts based on volumes 1-3...

Gate Leg Table Project

This project came about while I was building my bar(another project). I realized, what good is a nook to make drinks if there wasn't a place to sit down with people to drink them? Of course it may also be used as a dining table... but like I said, the bar brought up the question. A gate leg table, is basically a morphed drop-leaf table....

Obama: The New Face of Racism in Japan

A black man reports having  had to endure the heart-rending experience of being called an Obama by a class of Japanese schoolchildren.The account comes by way of a Japanese journalist:I met a young American Japanophile on a plane recently. His Japanese was surprisingly good [i.e. he could say his name].He was dispatched to a Japanese...

Microsoft... What the hell are you doing to WP7?

Bad news, folks. It looks like the upcoming Windows Phone 7 update, dubbed "NoDo", may be coming a bit later than originally thought. Two months, in fact. According to Mary Jo Foley ofZDNet, a source has revealed the date to be in March. March 8th has been pinned as a possibility, but the hold up is what gets us. With the update already...

GSM HTC 7 Pro Hits the UK

Over at Clove Technologies, the long-awaited HTC 7 Pro is available for purchase. The device is rated for GSM frequencies and will run the buyer £360.00 (£432.00 with VAT). Above is an overview video of the device, which comes with a free bluetooth headset and, of course, all accessories. You can read more at Clove...

FIRST POST OF THE NEW YEAR: BAD NEWS?

Just noticed that Obama's OASDI(social security) reduction took effect on my last pay stub. It's netting me about $160 bucks more a month which is sweet... but if the premise was to let us have now what we might be losing if social security goes bankrupt... I dunno, it's an uneasy feeling thinking that I now have to save for retirement...

Xenogears - Gathering of Stars in the Night Sky - take 2

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China's Take on Unnamed Giant Mecha

Not to be outdone by Japan’s famed giant Gundam statue, China has decided to copy the whole thing.The Gundam is reportedly being erected in a Sichuan theme park, and naturally enough is free from any sort of official blessing by Bandai.Just what it is made of and how long it will remain standing are matters of some...

Every Anime Opening Ever Made

Somebody has finally noticed that all anime openings are identical cut-and-pastes of the same elements ad nauseam, and gone so far as to compile a helpful meta-OP template video to prove it.The video:The creator’s explanation and the all important list of titles viewers will otherwise be struggling to identify:Music: Ayu’s Euro Mega-Mix...

AKIRA? KANEDA?!?! NOOOOO!!!!!

Hollywood’s pending rape of Akira, set to be a PG-13 action flick set in New York, is rumoured to be casting actor Zac Efron, star of such dark and gritty classics as High School Musical, in the lead role of hooligan biker Kaneda.The rumoured casting decision in detail:Another rumor which is making the tracking board rounds...

Guitar Wall Project: Day 3 - update

Cleaned out the music shop on string swings again. I just need 2 more!!! [fixed!] Uhh... really bad phone cam image. I'll get a proper shot next time...

Guitar Wall Project: Day 2

     All these delays... damn. Well I finally found some time and here's the as-finished-as it's-gonna-be-for-now wall.... only because the store ran out of string swings. This is what I managed to get from the music shop. 8 for now and I'll get 6 more when the order comes in. One swing on the wall. I measured the inside width...