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With Manual Control Comes Great Power and Responsibility

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:05 +0000

Last week, I got my new camera, the Canon Powershot SD 990 IS, just in time to use it during the weekend. I went with some friends to the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch to check out the pumpkin patch and to (try to) go through the Amazing Corn Maze. I was really looking forward to the [...]

I am Mohinder Suresh; Heroes’ Creator Sorry About Second Season

Thu Tu Koelling — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:38:02 +0000

Today I tried out a Facebook application Which Hero Are You? to see which of the Heroes Heroes I would be. The quiz determined that I was Mohinder Suresh. I was shocked because he is one of my least favorite characters. There have been many times that I have gone WTF, what are you thinking [...]

Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party Tips

Thu Tu Koelling — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:48:06 +0000

Although I’ve played DDR years ago on my friend’s Playstation (2?) and in the arcade at Dave & Buster’s, I considered myself a newbie when I got my own copy of the game to play on my Wii console. If you’re an expert, this post probably wouldn’t be helpful to you, but if you’d like [...]

Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party on the Wii

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:17:10 +0000

I stopped by Toys R Us tonight to see if they had Dance Dance Revolution in stock yet. I called on release day, yesterday, and they still didn’t have it. I checked on the website and did not see the DDR Bundle (which has the game and dance pad) for the Wii. I just saw [...]

Camping and White Water Rafting Adventure

Thu Tu Koelling — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:29:37 +0000

Outdoor Slumber Party

Earlier this month, I went white water rafting with co-workers as part of a team outing. It was a lot of fun, along with some hard work.

The night before the rafting, we camped nearby to avoid having to do a 3 or 4 hour drive the morning of the rafting [...]

Group Chat with Google Talk Gadget

Thu Tu Koelling — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:16:17 +0000

Finally… Google offers the ability to do group chat by way of the Google Talk Gadget. It’s not available with the client version of Google Talk, though.

To use it, start a conversation with a contact, click on Group Chat and select additional contacts.

To have concurrent group chats, even involving the same individuals, repeat [...]

Congrats to Jon Swift

Thu Tu Koelling — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:02:16 +0000

This past weekend, I added a new blogger to my blog roll: Jon Swift. Today, it turned out his blog was voted the “Best North American Blog or Column” by the Blogpower Awards.

I first came across his blog when I was checking out Technorati’s WTF list and saw an entry titled “I Am Paris [...]

Got My (Social) Dance Skills Back

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:48:03 +0000

I caught the dance bug in college at a dance party where people started doing swing dance. I was bummed that I couldn’t participate so I resolved to take one of the social dance classes at Stanford. I took beginner and intermediate Social Dance, and also took more advanced classes to hone my swing and [...]

ATT == A$$

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:53:09 +0000

The following video from savetheinternet.com, Big Ed’s Swan Song, is a parody so it shouldn’t be treated as facts as it was by the submitter in the slashdot thread AT&T CEO Attacks Network Neutrality. However, it does reflect the attitude that A$$, er, AT&T has shown toward net neutrality.

In the discussion about net [...]

Volvo’s Pirates of the Caribbean Treasure Hunt

Thu Tu Koelling — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:33:51 +0000

Volvo is doing a promotion with the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Movie involving a treasure chest. When I saw the treasure hunt commercial, I couldn’t help but think “They’re littering in the ocean!”

Is it just me?

I can’t determine if the youtube video is from Volvo or not. I embedded it here [...]

Canceled: Comic Relief Fundraiser with Dat Phan on June 2nd, 2007

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:50:20 +0000

Update: This event has been canceled.

My friend asked me to spread the word about this fundraiser that we are going to next month.

FHF’s First Annual Comic Care Fundraiser

We are proud to present the first annual Comic Care event featuring nationally recognized stand-up comic Dat Phan! Comic Care is the annual [...]

Gapminder Is Pretty Friggin Cool

Thu Tu Koelling — Sat, 12 May 2007 04:28:38 +0000

Even if you’re one who isn’t interested in stats and graphs, Gapminder makes statistics fun!

As of this post, the home page of the Gapminder tool shows a graph of the correlation between life expectancy and country’s wealth. Each bubble represents a country, with the size of the country proportional to bubble size. Clicking Play [...]

Eliza with Sprint PCS “Help Chat”?

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:13:13 +0000

Recently, my mobile phone battery hasn’t been holding the charge for more than a couple of days or so. I used to be able to go for days without having to charge it. Now I have to worry about not being able to finish a call because I am already getting a low battery warning [...]

Super Paper Mario is Fun and Funny

Thu Tu Koelling — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:03:51 +0000

After my ups and downs and then up again with getting Super Paper Mario as a birthday gift to myself, I should provide an update after playing it for a few days.

SPM is one of the funnest video games that I have ever played. Its 2-D / 3-D mechanism is a refreshing change of [...]

Google Maps’ Birthday Gift to Me: My Maps

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:45:03 +0000

Ok, well, Google Maps didn’t a release a new feature for my birthday, but the timing is great!

They just launched a new feature called My Maps. The link goes to the Maps homepage, where you will see a new tab called My Maps. Now, anyone who can move a mouse can create a custom [...]