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Archive for January, 2007

My Very First Beat ‘Em Up on My Old Apple II…Karateka!!

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

High atop a craggy cliff, guarded by an army of fierce warriors stands the fortress of the evil warlord Akuma. Deep in the darkest dungeon of the castle Akuma gloats over his lovely captive, the princess Mariko.
You are one trained in the way of karate: a Karateka. Alone and unarmed, you must defeat Akuma rescue […]

This Day in History (a.k.a. Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah)

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

January 27th, Saturday, which was yesterday is remembered for a few things. Googling up ‘this day in history‘ i found some out some stuff that may or may not interest people stuck on a desert island in the pacific:
1880 - Thomas Edison patented the lightbulb. If not for him, we’d still be blogging with a […]

Some Local Blog Pinging / RSS / Aggregator Services

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Since it’s Friday, and i’ve nothing else to do, i’m going to plug some blog pinging services. We all know Project Petaling Street, it’s been around quite awhile. There were others that followed, some survived the first few months, some didn’t (remember PPS2? Project Kacang Kuda?). A few others that are still around are Planet […]

Top Ten Signs This Won’t Be a Great Chinese New Year for You

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Top Ten Signs This Won’t Be a Great Chinese New Year for You

Your neighbour’s kids have stockpiled enough fireworks to burn down a small island republic.

You’re over 35 and not married. And you have 37 uncles and aunties who are extremely paat (nosy).

Your parents home, where you’re gonna spend a week there, has no Astro, […]

My Very First FPS: Wolf 3D…!!! (um, 12 years ago?)

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Last week’s post was all about real time strategy (RTS) games. Today, since the alignment of Jupiter and the moons are right, let’s talk about that other computer game genre, the FPS (that first person shooter, not frames per second).
My very first FPS was undoubtedly the very first one released, Wolf 3D. I even played […]

American Idol IS BACK!!!

Friday, January 19th, 2007

“Horrendous.”

“What’s up, dawg?”

“Ghastly.”

“You’re the sweetest.”

“Keeping it real, dude.”

Yeah, baby, American Idol is BACK. In the interim months, you can have all those pretender filler shows like Aka-lamey Fantasia, or your One In A Million, but AMERICAN IDOL is the REAL DEAL, the big daddy of ‘em all.

If you’re new the series, some things to look […]

Internet Connection Down (and some anime update)

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Dang, my internet connection is out completely, that explains the lack of updates here. In the meantime, while Internet-less, I’m left with watching anime to pass the time between work and sleep (some eating and toilet time in between).
I’ve currently still watching Black Lagoon, although the latest story arc (Roberta the killer south American maid) […]

My Very First RTS (15 Years Ago): Dune II…!!!

Monday, January 15th, 2007

I’ve just got my new PC up and running, so If you see less and less around here, you should know what I’m doing instead of blogging…
I’ve played quite a lot of games over the years since the mid-80’s, and I have had lots of favourites, spanning Apple, PC and Playstation (and Gameboy even). These […]

I’m Getting A New PC!!!

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Yep, I’m buying a new PC. My home desktop, if you can believe it, is almost 7 years old. It’s a Celeron 433, I remember clearly I opted for it over the 466 to save something like RM40. Along the way, I’ve changed the motherboard and mouse once, and only a few months ago changed […]

Being A Millionaire By The Age 30

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

If you’ve been reading the papers recently, they’ve been doing a series of interviews with loads of people from different industries about their job, i think it has something to do with some Education Fair. They always end the interview with a question about whether you can be a millionaire by the age 30.
Oh, sure, […]