The Challenging Parking Meter Keypad

Our municipal councils (the Petaling Jaya one, in this case) constantly challenge us to use our minds quite a bit like right here. We need to guess the numbers to press on the keypad to key in our car plate number to pay for parking. A more advance challenge would be to have a LCD that's not working but thankfully the option is not available with this machine.

The Brief Story of Tiny Planet Haze

This is Tiny Planet Haze. It is constantly shrouded in a layer of haze. If you land on the planet for the first time, you will be welcomed by the smell of polluted smog. The locals call it aroma and with advanced technology is trying to introduce the haze to nearby worlds. They are here on Earth. They are here in Malaysia.

A Corner of Something

Heavily cropped photo taken with my mobile phone and heavily edited via Instagram. And then, heavy attempt to be artistic... Have a great weekend!

One Cold Drink to Cool Us All

Not a fan of Coke (I prefer Sarsi or A&W's Root Beer) but during this warm weather Malaysia is beginning to go through, anything goes!

The Story of An Inverted, Heart-Shaped Fruit Photo

The story goes like this: I had a drink with a strawberry that's stuck to the edge of the glass. Then, I placed it in front of a light source (a candle in this case) and took the photo. After that, I launched a reasonably good photo app called iPhoto. I desaturated everything except the strawberry. Next, I launched the Flickr app, rotated the image by a 180 degrees and applied the "ColorVibe" filter. 

That's about it. :)

A LEGO Atari

An Atari made of LEGO found while exploring Flickr. Nostalgic.

Those Useful Bread Tags

Would you've thought that bread tags can do so much more than just to keep your bread fresh and show the price and expiry date? There are at least 10 things that these "guys" can help out with after serving their original purpose so check out the link here.

via the kitchn.

Will Apple's WWDC 2014 Change The World?

At least Apple think so or it hope the developers will with the powerful tag line "Write the code. Change the world". Over the next few days running up to Monday's (or really early Tuesday if you are at some other parts of the world like Malaysia) Worldwide Developers Conference, we can expect people to attempt to decipher what the tag line or the graphics mean and rumours will be aplenty. It's always exciting whenever keynotes like this happen. Woooooohoooooo!!!

via Cult of Mac.

Peanut Butter, All Fresh and New

Here you go, a fresh new can of peanut butter. Have a nice weekend!

By the way, do you like the original, creamy type or the crunchy with peanuts kind?

GIF of a Vine of a video of a flipbook of a GIF of a roller coaster

I suppose the title is as complicated as the whole process of making this GIF of a Vine of a video of a flipbook of a GIF of a roller coaster.

via Colossal.

Transport Tycoon Creator's Opinion About Premium Game Model

Totally agree with Chris Sawyer, the brilliant creator of Transport Tycoon (though maybe not so brilliant with the recent mobile version of Rollercoaster Tycoon - where you pay for the game followed by more in-app purchases in-game - according to many reviews) regarding the premium game model:

We wanted Transport Tycoon to be a fantastic value purchase where the player can enjoy the depth and breadth of the game without having to pay a single penny extra.

I'm all for the premium pay once model and get super irritated with those games that make extreme use of in-app purchases. He further added value to the game:

We've even added more features and improvements over the last few months and players can update their game to add these features for free.

Great move. Please continue, o' wise one!

via Touch Arcade.

The Pandas Are Coming This Wednesday!

The pandas Fu Wa (福娃) and Feng Yi (鳳儀) are finally coming and they are expected to leave China tomorrow night and arrive here on Wednesday. They will be quarantined in their Zoo Negara enclosures for a month with our prime minister visiting on 25 May.

It remains to be seen how much we have to pay to see the pandas after their quarantine. :(

via The Malaysian Insider.

Previously blogged here.

Green Green Leaves After The Rain

Here's something that's supposedly good for the eyes. Have a great week ahead!

Nikon's Amazing Fluorine Coating

If this is true, then we probably won't need a clear filter anymore!

Oops, I forgot the scratch part. Guess the clear filter still has a market.

via Fstoppers.

LEGO and The Big Donut

What happens if you transport a huge donut and you live in the LEGO world? You still get stopped by police.

And if somehow you like donuts and happen to be in San Francisco on 16 May 2014 from 10am till 12pm, Flickr is giving away them free!

via Flickr Blog.