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The maker of some watches in Japan is trying to make it as difficult as possible to tell the time. Can you tell me what time is being shown by the following watches? And yes, they are real watches, and you can even order them online.Give up? It’s showing 10:25.If you think that’s complicated (personally ...
InfoWorld reported on 14th March 208 that top security vendor Trend Micro has fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that splashed malicious software onto hundreds of legitimate Web sites in recent days.A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company’s site had been hacked Thursday, saying that the attack took place earlier in the week. ...
Spotted at The Gardens at Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur, a high-end shopping centre (read: everything is expensive there, hardly any people).At first glance, there seems to be 2 types of urinal in the men’s public toilet:But looking closer, the ones on the right are not urinals at all:Could’ve been easily mistaken for one though, ...
Spotted this on the afternoon of the 9th of June 2008.Now I am not sure if Ferrari paid the owner of the car to display its name on the car, but I think the answer is most likely no.Of course there are quite a lot of people who like to “decorate” their cars like this. ...
I last blogged about this last year, appropriately towards the end of the year.Now here we are again in the month of May, of which many Sabahans would know the meaning.So I think it’s good to remind ourselves not to overindulge. The following two cases reported in the newspapers happened neither at the end of ...
Luciano Pavarotti’s final live performance was on 10th February 2006, where he sang “Nessun Dorma” at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Turin, Italy. His performance was the fin …
If I have ever done live blogging when floodwaters downstairs are rising, now would be it.In Penampang, not-so-heavy rain started 4 something pm, but by 6pm the Moyog river was already threateningly swollen. So, it’s 25th April all over again. Thank God, it was not as bad as the last time.As at 7.18pm it was ...
By my own standards, I was deeply immersed in Kaamatan celebrations this year: I was at KDCA Hall on both 30th and 31st, even wandered into the KDCA Hall for a few minutes during the height of Unduk Ngadaumania, and also attended the Malaysia Open House : Tadau Kaamatan 2008 event at Padang Merdeka.31st May ...
I am not sure if this applies to all banks in Malaysia, but this happened to me last week with Maybank.One of my accounts with Maybank is used exclusively for online banking.Still, once in a while I’d need to withdraw cash from that account. It so happened that I managed to key in the wrong ...
Like the classic tiger vs lion question, there’s no guarantee of the outcome of this battle.Although rare, it would’ve been a very interesting match to watch. Apparently, only 4 cases have ever been recorded, and the alligator had won, or at least it was a draw.The BBC reported in October 2005 that in one particular ...
Yes, that number includes all malicious software: viruses, worms and trojans.That’s what security firm Symantec Corp said in the latest edition of its bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report. The company added that most of these were created in the past year.Full article
Penang-based band Paku is the first Malaysian band ever to tour the United Kingdom.According to their record label, Deathstar Productions, they are:- the 1st Malaysian Band to Ever do a UK Tour (February - March 2007)- the 1st Malaysian Band to be on and do a LIVE Set on British National Radio (BBC Radio Wales)- ...
ex US president Bill Clinton and his wife, presidential hopeful Hillary have declared their income: they earned nearly USD110 million in 8 yrs, from 2000.More than USD20 millon were made last year (2007).Almost half was made from Bill's speaking engagements.The former first couple last disclosed their earnings in 2000, the year they left the White House; they reported a gross …
The Riemann hypothesis (a.k.a. the Riemann zeta-hypothesis) was formulated by Bernhard Riemann in 1859.As of today, 150 years later, it is still unsolved, despite intense efforts from many top-class mathematicians. Fermat’s last theorem might have taken longer (300 years) to be solved, but the point is that it has been solved, whereas the Riemann hypothesis ...
Yes, Kaamatan 20008 is done and over with, but surely better late than never right?. Gogds has uploaded surely the highest resolution images of Kaamatan Unduk Ngadau 2008 contestants made …
Many bloggers have mentioned the second Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival which was held on the 21st of June 2008 at 1Borneo, that “Largest Lifestyle Hypermall” in Borneo, the 3rd largest island in the world.It was a great event, and amongst others, the Aseana Percussion Unit showed how to please the crowd. First, get down from ...
Avril Lavigne's World Tour, dubbed the Best Damn Tour began in March and was supposed to end in August.But now she's forced to postponed a string of US tour dates after losing her voice, having been diagnosed with acute laryngitis two months into her five-month world tour.She had already cancelled concerts in San Diego, California, and Phoenix, Arizona.Last week: 2 shows …
On 8th April 2008, the BBC reported that Kylie Minogue, 39 has revealed on the Ellen DeGeneres chat show (a US TV show) that the first doctor she saw failed to diagnose she had breast cancer.She announced she had the illness back in 2005."Because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn't necessarily mean they're right," said the Australian star.Source
What could be more tragic than real news that was dismissed as an April Fools’ prank, and resulted in many deaths?On 1st April 1946, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake took place near the Aleutian Islands, which was followed by a Pacific-wide tsunami. Warnings were issued, but many people thought they were an April Fools’ prank. By the ...
Here’s my list of the greatest, and most popular “aramai ti” songs which originated from Sabah or Sabahans.While the mere mention of “aramai ti” conjures images of alcohol drinking sessions, it does not necessarily mean so. Conversely, while most of the songs in the list can be considered “drinking songs”, i.e. with direct reference …
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