The Story of Malaysia's JobStreet

If you are a working adult, chances are that you have stumbled upon JobStreet. I got my current job via JobStreet Malaysia. Click the source below for the success story of the Malaysian company from its early beginnings to its current status around Asia.

Source: Forbes.com "Turning Classifieds Into Cash"

The Worm That Smells Like Lilies

The above white worm is a sample of the giant Palouse earthworm, Driloleirus americanus which can grow up to 3 feet in length, smells like lilies and spits at attackers. These worms are now in the middle of a legal suit between conservationist groups and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service because the groups want the worms to be protected under the Endangered Species Act but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service only label the worms as vulnerable.

Source: LiveScience.com "Rare 3-Foot Spitting Earthworm Found in Legal Battle"

Martian Alert!

Since the image of a "statue" taken by NASA's Spirit Rover has been flooding the blogosphere, it might as well flood this blog:

Via Reuters Oddly Enough blog.

From flickr: Diaper Check - Tai Shan - Panda cub papercuts art

Diaper Check - Tai Shan - Panda cub papercuts art
Originally uploaded by poyee_lam0321.

Drawing of a cute and mischievous looking Tai Shan. Check out poyee_lam0321's other cute drawings here.

From flickr: fresh

fresh
Originally uploaded by Hilary (curioush).

A drive-in for donuts! Simply brilliant! Just when are we going to get one in Malaysia? How about a drive-thru, as well? Brilliant, brilliant!

Re: Return of Amazing Fujifilm with the F100fd?

Previously, I was elated with the news from Fujifilm about the new F100fd, as you can see in my post here. Then, today I went to DPReview forum "Stark Realization (F100fd)" and read that there are no aperture (ability to manually control the aperture size) and shutter (ability to manually control the shutter speed) priority modes. :O Uncool! :@

World's Largest Stem Cell Facility in Malaysia

This sounds like good news:

Pahang will host the world’s largest stem cell manufacturing facility when US-based Bio-Cellular Research Organisation (BCRO) sets up operations in Janda Baik, Bentong, this year.

Source: Star Online Nation "Janda Baik site for stem cell manufacturing facility"

It Is Smurfs Season!

Looks like my favourite blue childhood creatures are coming alive in a 3D movie this year end. Click here to go to the IMDb page. Below is a video about the Smurfs and also where I learnt of the existence of the movie:

I have failed to embed the video here. You would have to visit 5min to see the video. *SHY*

Source: 5min via Digg

Danger of Caffeine During Pregnancy

A report by US researches discourage pregnant women from drinking more than 2 cups of coffee (equivalent to about 200mg of caffeine) as caffeine doubles the risk of miscarriage. Women who are seeking to get pregnant are also encouraged not to drink caffeine related beverages at least 3 days before.

It is believed that caffeine stresses the foetus' metabolism and decrease blood flow in the placenta.

Click on the link below to find out more about the research.

Source: Reuters "Caffeine doubles miscarriage risk: study"

From flickr: hasbro mighty muggs: darth vader

hasbro mighty muggs: darth vader
Originally uploaded by j_pidgeon.

j_pidgeon the collector has a cute vader in his collection! Fierce, evil and cute. :D

Return of Amazing Fujifilm with the F100fd?

Fujifilm rocked the world a couple of years ago with the amazingly low noise compact digital cameras F30 and F31fd (both 6 megapixels, but now discontinued) and was lauded for staying away from the megapixel race. However, Fujifilm soon joined in and came up with the F40fd (8 megapixels) and F50fd (12 megapixels) last year. The F50fd was criticised for its noisy 12 megapixels sensor but DPReview gave it a Highly Recommended rating due to its other functions and "better" noise performance COMPARED to other 12-megapixel compacts.

Fujifilm is now at it again with the newly announced F100fd (also 12 megapixels but with a newer 8th generation SuperCCD sensor and a newer processor). This one also improved on the optical zoom - from 3X to 5X and has a wider wide-angle of 28mm. It also boasts wider dynamic range and higher ISO sensitivity of up to 12,800 (!!!) but at a reduced 3 megapixels. Sounds like the compact camera I have been looking for but lets wait for the reviews to come in and see.

Previously blogged about the older F series here.

INSANE: Streamyx Sucks Update

I have discovered that if you are connected to 60.50.???.??? range of IPs, you will face my problem of not connecting to majority websites. I had encountered that for the past 4 nights and just now. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting many, many times and once I got IPs different from those, my internet is back to normal again.

My encounters in the past are here and here.

Have Lots of Money Will Fly to Space

SpaceShipTwo (middle) and its fuselages WhiteKnight II

SpaceShipTwo preparing for re-entry

Richard Branson recently unveiled the Virgin Galactic spaceship that will take passengers up to space for about 5 minutes of zero gravity. The total flight time will be about two and a half hours. The price to pay is US$200,000.

Source: Reuters.com "Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo model".
Photos from Flight.

INSANE: Streamyx Sucks Night #4

It is now into the fourth night. Besides going to google related sites, I can't go anywhere. This will be really @#%&^ fun. Let's count how long Streamyx will be like this.

Below is a screen grab from Streamyx's product page. Really, an experience never before:
Previous night's Streamyx sucks here.

Garfield and Friends Visit

Garfield, Jon and Odie dropped by for a visit. :PCreate your own here. Got to know via del.icio.us here.