Beware if you loiter a lot - the bench that will shove spikes up your ass is waiting for you:
PAY & SIT: the private bench (HD) from Fabian Brunsing on Vimeo.
Only conceptual at the moment, the spikes will retract once payment is made and will appear again after a time limit after a very loud alarm. Even while retracting or extending, the spikes make some really evil sound. Truly a very evil invention.
via CrunchGear.
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Samsung's Unbreakable
Lookout for unbreakable AMOLED displays in... 2 years... from Samsung. Check out the company's very practical demo of how unbreakable and bendable their new display is (and a techno AMOLED song):
via GSMArena.com.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The post most men and some women have been waiting for - women's breasts are getting bigger
Best explained by this paragraph:
In 1960, the average bra size in Australia was 10B. Ten years ago, it was 12B. Today, it's 14C. "It's six to seven sizes up in a comparatively few number of years," says Sally Berkeley, the general manager of bra company Berlei, which next month launches a new super-sized range of cups, up to an H, to add to the traditional A-to-E dimensions.
While we are really happy, lets read some facts why this is happening. One reason is better food nourishment. Then, according to the same article, obesity is another factor.
Thirdly, hormones... it's always hormones. Hormones will always come into play. Hormones in plastic bottles (!?!?!?). Growth hormones used in food. Hormones due to earlier puberty. Hormones due to the contraceptive pill. All those raging hormones.
While big is good for most men and some women, those with smaller breasts do not despair! Beauty is only skin deep and most definitely not due to boobs sizes.
via The Sydney Morning Herald thru @GuyKawasaki
In 1960, the average bra size in Australia was 10B. Ten years ago, it was 12B. Today, it's 14C. "It's six to seven sizes up in a comparatively few number of years," says Sally Berkeley, the general manager of bra company Berlei, which next month launches a new super-sized range of cups, up to an H, to add to the traditional A-to-E dimensions.
While we are really happy, lets read some facts why this is happening. One reason is better food nourishment. Then, according to the same article, obesity is another factor.
Thirdly, hormones... it's always hormones. Hormones will always come into play. Hormones in plastic bottles (!?!?!?). Growth hormones used in food. Hormones due to earlier puberty. Hormones due to the contraceptive pill. All those raging hormones.
While big is good for most men and some women, those with smaller breasts do not despair! Beauty is only skin deep and most definitely not due to boobs sizes.
via The Sydney Morning Herald thru @GuyKawasaki
Monday, 19 July 2010
IonBuck Goes Abstract... Again
Feel free to guess what this is. Anyone can guess... EXCEPT for @wooncc who was there when I took this photo!
It is now my HTC Desire's new wallpaper. :D
- Taken with the HTC Desire -
- Taken with the HTC Desire -
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Camera Phones With Interchangeable Lenses On The Way
Indeed, this is something what professional camera phone photographers have been waiting for. You can finally add and change lens soon and what better phone to start with than the world popular iPhone! It is not going to be easy at this early stage. You will need CD lenses, cardboard, sticky putty and a (D)SLR lens.
Learn more at DIYPhotography.net. Over there, there's another tutorial using DVD lenses, too. The future is bright.
Monday, 12 July 2010
Die, you fake turkey!
Learned another new word today from... a comic called Ink Pen! Who said comics are bad for you?
My new word for today is tofurkey. According to Wikipedia, it is a vegetarian turkey made as an alternative to meat for those who... are abstaining from meat for one reason or another. It is usually made of wheat protein or soybean protein tofu. I guess that is where it got its name from. Below is a photo of what it looks like, packaged... just like a turkey:
Sunday, 11 July 2010
More Unhealthy But Delicious Living with IonBuck
Been working in Melaka the last few days and while over there, my Melaka-based colleague took us around for some local famous food:
One of the mornings, we had famous Ah Lang bak kut teh for breakfast:
Home-cooked, Nyonya style taucu chicken.
Home-cooked, Nyonya style lemak nenas (suntan and pineapple) prawns.
One of the mornings, we had famous Ah Lang bak kut teh for breakfast:
Once again, delicious food doesn't mean healthy. :P
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
An IonBuck Case of Unhealthy But Delicious Living
Oh yeah! I have only one theory when it comes to eating - unhealthy food is generally delicious while healthy food is most likely yucky. My theory was proven last Sunday with this delicious bowl of curry noodles (and the cool weather that day helped to enhance the experience further):
Said theory was once again proven earlier today over dinner - taucu pork:
Not very sure what taucu is but I think it's some form of fermented beans that make great sauce. It has this effect where you would add bowls and bowls of rice just to mix with the sauce!
BURP!
BURP!
Saturday, 3 July 2010
Google Maps on HTC Desire
Mighty cool to have GPS built-in to the phone. And this is the first time I'm owning a smartphone with that stuff. I've used Google Maps with my HTC Desire several times now to take me to places I'm not familiar with and 99% of the times it worked. Basically, it does what it should. However, very unfortunate that in Malaysia, there is no turn-by-turn voice navigation so I would have to often look at the screen to follow through.
The 1% that didn't work out was when I reached a road closed down for maintenance. I was redirected by signage to a different route, which at night, looked rather new so it did not show up on Google Maps. I was basically floating on empty land on-screen.
One other disadvantage I find is that Google Maps rely on constant connection to the web. I tried turning off 3G (but keeping GPS turned on) for just a few seconds and my position immediately floated off to some where else! I couldn't imagine using this to go off to some isolated place with no mobile internet signal or with the slow GPRS variant... not very reliable if out of the city, I suppose!
The 1% that didn't work out was when I reached a road closed down for maintenance. I was redirected by signage to a different route, which at night, looked rather new so it did not show up on Google Maps. I was basically floating on empty land on-screen.
One other disadvantage I find is that Google Maps rely on constant connection to the web. I tried turning off 3G (but keeping GPS turned on) for just a few seconds and my position immediately floated off to some where else! I couldn't imagine using this to go off to some isolated place with no mobile internet signal or with the slow GPRS variant... not very reliable if out of the city, I suppose!
Friday, 2 July 2010
Nokia and Symbian End Before the World?
I was going to blog about my experience a couple of days ago with Google Maps on my HTC Desire but this proved to be much more urgent! One of Nokia and Symbian's greatest advocate had given up on both (via @mahyuni retweeted by @andrewkjs)! This is by far the strongest opinion against Nokia and Symbian I've heard since errr... I became some kind of a fan of both.
Well actually, I've never owned a Symbian powered Nokia before but I've always wanted to. I've used Nokia phones for almost 80% of my working life and I'd been one of those who looked forward to getting the N97 when it was first announced. I badly needed a replacement for my then dying Nokia 6210. How unfortunate to learn of the N97's shortcomings during that time - the lacking hardware, the half-hearted Symbian 5th Edition, etc. I had no choice but to move on to a temporary Sony Ericsson T303 phone while still hoping that Nokia would come out with a winner.
That day never came and now I own a one month old Android powered HTC Desire. Never had I thought I would get a HTC phone when I was waiting for a N97, especially during those days when HTC was all about Windows Mobile but I think HTC's move to include Android in their product line was a smart one... they roped me in (actually I would prefer the bare Google/HTC Nexus One but there is still no sign of it ever coming here)! :P
Deep inside, I am still hoping Nokia (but probably not Symbian since I've never used that OS before) would rise again one day but they have much to catch up on. Their E71 was a good move (E72 could have been better) but I wanted a phone with higher resolution and better web surfing capabilities. The N900 was superb and I still think it is one of the better phones around but unfortunately, it came to Malaysia way too late, and after Nokia announced that they are going the Meego route.
For now, it is bye-bye Nokia and Symbian but I still have faith that both will bounce back one day, so good luck! I hope to be a Nokia user again!
Well actually, I've never owned a Symbian powered Nokia before but I've always wanted to. I've used Nokia phones for almost 80% of my working life and I'd been one of those who looked forward to getting the N97 when it was first announced. I badly needed a replacement for my then dying Nokia 6210. How unfortunate to learn of the N97's shortcomings during that time - the lacking hardware, the half-hearted Symbian 5th Edition, etc. I had no choice but to move on to a temporary Sony Ericsson T303 phone while still hoping that Nokia would come out with a winner.
That day never came and now I own a one month old Android powered HTC Desire. Never had I thought I would get a HTC phone when I was waiting for a N97, especially during those days when HTC was all about Windows Mobile but I think HTC's move to include Android in their product line was a smart one... they roped me in (actually I would prefer the bare Google/HTC Nexus One but there is still no sign of it ever coming here)! :P
Deep inside, I am still hoping Nokia (but probably not Symbian since I've never used that OS before) would rise again one day but they have much to catch up on. Their E71 was a good move (E72 could have been better) but I wanted a phone with higher resolution and better web surfing capabilities. The N900 was superb and I still think it is one of the better phones around but unfortunately, it came to Malaysia way too late, and after Nokia announced that they are going the Meego route.
For now, it is bye-bye Nokia and Symbian but I still have faith that both will bounce back one day, so good luck! I hope to be a Nokia user again!