Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

Posted in Entertainment, Fun at 7:33 pm June 3, 2007

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 so it’s easier [...]

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Posted in Entertainment, Fun at 9:50 pm May 22, 2007

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 gathering of [...]

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Posted in Fun, Google, Kudos at 9:28 pm May 11, 2007

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 will [...]

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Posted in Fun, Gadgets at 11:13 pm May 8, 2007

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 [...]

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Posted in Fun, Kudos, Product, Wii at 9:03 am April 16, 2007

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 pace. [...]

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Posted in Fun, General, Google at 8:45 am April 5, 2007

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 map [...]

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Posted in Fun, General, Google at 2:59 am April 1, 2007

Wow, Matt got me good with his hacked blog.
April Fool’s Day is one of my favorite days of the year… it’s almost like Christmas to me. I’m pretty good at detecting pranks, and since I am aware of the day, I am especially more wary of anything I read. Heck, I used to be the [...]

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