<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
<title>Ping.sg  - Latest Pings From pinolobu</title>
<link>http://ping.sg/user/pinolobu</link>
<description>Ping.sg - The Community Meta Blog for Singapore Bloggers</description>
<copyright>Copyright 2012 ping.sg</copyright>
<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>

<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Best literal music videos]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Best-literal-music-videos</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[A literal music video (literal video version) parodies an official music video clip, where the original lyrics are replaced with lyrics that describe what can be seen in the video. It is especially effective (and of course funny) in music videos which place more emphasis on impressive visuals rather than concrete meaning. DustoMcNeato (aka Dustin ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:22:55 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Best-literal-music-videos</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Top nymphomaniac]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Top-nymphomaniac</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[It was reported by the Daily Mail on 29th January 2012 that Crystal Warren, 42, a retail manager from Brighton, UK said that she has slept with more than 1,000 men. She&#8217;s not a prostitute, but rather she&#8217;s addicted to sex, which she blames on her parents&#8217; divorce when she was 5. Now I am ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:19:43 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Top-nymphomaniac</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Most honours declined]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Most-honours-declined</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 – 1976) was an English artist (drawings and paintings). He is famous for his painting of scenes in the industrial districts of Northern England in the early tw …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:06:28 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Most-honours-declined</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Best Twilight Zone episode: The Eye of the Beholder]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Best-Twilight-Zone-episode-The-Eye-of-the-Beholder</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Eye of the Beholder&#8221; is the 6th episode of the 2nd season of the The Twilight Zone&#8217;s original TV series, first aired on 11th November 1960, written by Rod Serling and directed by Douglas Heyes. The popular series ran for 5 seasons, from 1959 to 1964, and had 156 episodes. Sure, everybody has their own ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:16:20 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Best-Twilight-Zone-episode-The-Eye-of-the-Beholder</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Sabahan is an internet sensation]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Sabahan-is-an-internet-sensation</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I first came across her blog sometime in 2011 with her bluntly honest take on Kota Kinabalu. Perhaps that time nobody took notice, but this time could be different. Hong Yi, 26 is a Sabahan who&#8217;s working as an architect for an Australian company in Shanghai. On 10th January 2012, she uploaded to youtube a ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:11:36 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Sabahan-is-an-internet-sensation</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Catchiest national anthem]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Catchiest-national-anthem</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Requirements: on first listen, you&#8217;d be immediately smitten by the melody, whether or not you understand the lyrics is secondary. IMHO the catchiest of them all is La Marseillaise, the French national anthem: It&#8217;s followed by the Soviet Union&#8217;s anthem: Followed by Das Deutschlandlied, Germany&#8217;s national anthem: Followed by the national anthem of …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:01:00 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Catchiest-national-anthem</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Most unusual religion]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Most-unusual-religion</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[It was reported by the BBC on 5th January 2012 that the government of Sweden has formally recognised a new religion called Kopimism just before Christmas 2011, and this has been hailed by its &#8220;spiritual leader,&#8221; Isak Gerson, 19. The Missionary Church of Kopimism&#8217;s core &#8220;belief&#8221;  is that everybody has the right to file-share i.e. ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:31:01 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Most-unusual-religion</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Most famous photograph]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Most-famous-photograph</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Guerrillero Heroico (Heroic Guerrilla Fighter) is a photograph of the the charismatic and controversial Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, then 31 years old, wearing his black beret. It was snapped by Alberto Korda (1928-2001) on 5th March 1960 in Havana, Cuba during a memorial service for victims of the freighter La Coubre&#8217;s explosion at Havana&#8217;s port; ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:52:19 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Most-famous-photograph</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Chinese New Year 2012]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Chinese-New-Year-2012-8</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[After a year&#8217;s break, we went to see the annual Salim Restaurant 1-hour lion, unicorn and dragon dance show. It&#8217;s usually held on the evening of the second day of CNY, which this year fell on the 24th of January. The announced time was 9.45pm, the actual show started 10 minutes later. We were very ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:24:15 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Chinese-New-Year-2012-8</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Best scolding during music concert]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Best-scolding-during-music-concert</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[While performing at a Jewish orthodox synagogue in Slovakia, violinist Lukas Kmit was interrupted by a mobile phone ringing, that very familiar Nokia jingle. After pausing and giving the guilty party an annoyed glare, Kmit did the unexpected: continuing his performance with an on-the-spot improvisation of that ringtone, earning him applause from the appreciative crowd. ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:42:56 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Best-scolding-during-music-concert</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Most famous astronomical image of the 20th century: Pillars of Creation]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Most-famous-astronomical-image-of-the-20th-century-Pillars-o</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope took an image of the &#8220;Pillars of Creation&#8221; of the Eagle Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away in the Serpens constellation. It contains NGC6611, a young hot star cluster that sculpts and illuminates the surrounding gas and dust, consequently causing a large hollowed-out hole and pillars. The tallest pillar is ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:30:10 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Most-famous-astronomical-image-of-the-20th-century-Pillars-o</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Malaysia’s biggest ever lottery payout, January 2012: RM57.18 …]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Malaysia-s-biggest-ever-lottery-payout-January-2012-RM57-18-</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Updated 20 Jan 2012, based on The Star Online posted 5.38pm The Star revealed that the winner is a retiree in his 70s, who worked out the winning combination by &#8220;diligently studying all the numbers that had been drawn before to find out the trend, then creating number combinations to bet on.&#8221; So there&#8217;s a ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:16:51 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Malaysia-s-biggest-ever-lottery-payout-January-2012-RM57-18-</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Most number of rackets destroyed during tournaments by a tennis pro]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Most-number-of-rackets-destroyed-during-tournaments-by-a-ten</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[In the third set of a men&#8217;s singles second round match in the 2012 Australian Open on 18th January 2012 between unseeded Marcos Baghdatis (world no.43) and 21st seed Stanislas Wawrinka, Baghdatis was 2 sets down (6-7, 4-6), and during a changeover, he snapped: That&#8217;s 4 rackets destroyed in less than a minute: possibly a ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:28:26 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Most-number-of-rackets-destroyed-during-tournaments-by-a-ten</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Deadliest beach]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Deadliest-beach</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[On 16th January 2012, Ngidi Msungubana, 25 was bitten to death by a shark while surfing at Second Beach in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape province, South Africa (Eastern Cape). The beach faces the Indian Ocean. It has been called &#8220;the world&#8217;s deadliest&#8221; due to this being the sixth death since 2007 due to sharks ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:00:50 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Deadliest-beach</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Worst car on Sabah roads]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Worst-car-on-Sabah-roads</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Apparently owned by a Chinese couple trader in Donggongon, Penampang, who are so poor that they can&#8217;t afford to repair the car, let alone buy a new one. [Photo credit: WikiSabah] [Photo credit: Rooney Biusing]]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:28:14 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Worst-car-on-Sabah-roads</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[First drawing of a telephone system]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/First-drawing-of-a-telephone-system</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell (1847 &#8211; 1922), who has been described as one of the most influential people in history. He was awarded the first US patent for the telephone on 7th March 1876. 3 days later came the famous first phone call, when, from his Boston lab, he uttered &#8220;Mr. ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:30:08 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/First-drawing-of-a-telephone-system</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[How to keep birds away from your windows]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/How-to-keep-birds-away-from-your-windows</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I mentioned a problem I&#8217;m having with birds pooping all over some of my window frames and windowsills. In looking for a solution, for a while I seriously considered going for those expensive anti bird spikes. But later on I stumbled upon a very cheap and very effective solution. The Vinyl ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:53:09 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/How-to-keep-birds-away-from-your-windows</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Shortest lawyer]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Shortest-lawyer</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Silke Schoenfleisch-Backof en, 39, of Frankfurt, Germany is only 3&#8242; 8&#8243; tall but she&#8217;s been nicknamed &#8220;Power Frau&#8221; (mighty woman). She&#8217;s been working as a prosecutor at the Frankfurt State Court for 8 years, most of the time handling business law. She reportedly decided to be a lawyer after being refused entry by a medical school ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:11:26 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Shortest-lawyer</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[The 3-in-1 letter]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/The-3-in-1-letter</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Spotted 14th December 2011 in Keningau. I call the following letter the 3-in-1 letter because the person to whom it&#8217;s addressed resides in Kota Kinabalu, the address mentions &#8220;Bangunan MPT&#8221; which I think refers to the Town Council Building in Tawau, while the letter itself arrived in Keningau.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:40:57 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/The-3-in-1-letter</guid>
</item>
<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Obama’s first national TV appearance]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Obama-s-first-national-TV-appearance</link>
	<dc:creator>pinolobu</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Back in 1990, Barack Obama, then 28, was elected the first black president of Harvard Law Review. In an interview with the New York Times that year, he said he planned to spend up to 3 years working in law and then go into politics or community work. In 1991, he presented a Black History ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:19:53 +0800</pubDate>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ping.sg/itemA/Obama-s-first-national-TV-appearance</guid>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
