Why Men Will Always Be Men

I stumbled upon a nice picture that reminds us of our genetic engineering.

Men are engineered to admire beauty, even when we're not so big.

Enjoy...

http://kennethg.blogspot.com/2007/06/men-will-always-be-men.html



 

Joke: Ah Beng

For those who dont know what an Ah Beng is, Ah Beng's are commonly referred to Chinese who doesnt have a good grasp on spoken English.
Enjoy.

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 Ah Beng bought a new mobile.
 He sent a message to everyone from his Phone Book & said,
 'My Mobile No. Has changed.
 Earlier it was Nokia 3310. Now it is 6610'

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 Ah Beng : I am a Proud father, coz my son is in Medical College.
 Friend: Really, what is he studying.
 Ah Beng: No, he is not studying, they are Studying him.

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 Ah Beng : Doctor, in my dreams, I play football every night.
 DR: Take this tablet, you will be ok.
 Ah Beng : Can I take tomorrow, tonight is final game.

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 Ah Beng : If I die, will u remarry?
 Wife: No! I'll stay with my sister. But if I d! ie will u remarry?
 Ah Beng : No, I'll also stay with your sister.

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 Ah Beng : People consider me as a 'GOD'
 Wife: How do you know??
 Ah Beng : When I went to the Park today, everybody said,
 Oh GOD! U have come again.

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 Ah Beng complained to the police: 'Sir, all items are missing,  except the TV in my house.'
 Police: 'How the thief did not take TV?'
 Ah Beng : 'I was watching TV news...'

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 Ah Beng comes back 2 his car & find a note saying 'Parking Fine'
 He Writes a note and sticks it to a pole 'Thanks for complement.'

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 How do you recognize Ah Beng in School?
 He is the one who erases the notes from the book when the teacher erases the board.

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 Once Ah Beng was walking he had a glove on one hand and not on other.
 So the man asked him why he did so. He replied that the weather forecast
 announced that on one hand it would be cold and on the other hand it would
 be hot.

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 Ah Beng in a bar and his cellular phone rings. He picks it up and
 Says 'Hello, how did you know I was here?'

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 Ah Beng : Why are all these people running?
 Man - This is a race, the winner will get the cup
 Ah Beng - If only the winner will get the cup, why others running?

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 Teacher: 'I killed a person' convert this sentence into future tense
 Ah Beng : The future tense is 'u will go to jail'

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 Ah Beng told his servant: 'Go and water the plants!'
 Servant: 'It's already raining.'
 Ah Beng : 'So what? Take an umbrella and go.'

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 A man asked Ah Beng why Ahmad Badawi goes walking in the Evening and not
 in the morning Ah Beng replied Ahmad Badawi is PM not AM 

The Law of the Seed

Take a look at an apple tree.
There might be five hundred apples on the tree, but each apple has just ten
seeds.
That's a lot of seeds!

We might ask, "Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more
apple trees?"
Nature has something to teach us here.

It's telling us: "Not all seeds grow. In life, most seeds never grow.
So if you really want to make something happen, you had better try more
than once."

This might mean:

You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job.
You'll interview forty people to find one good employee.
You'll talk to fifty people to sell one house, one car, one vacuum cleaner,
one insurance policy,
or a business idea.
And you might meet a hundred acquaintances just to find one special friend.

When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don't get so disappointed.

We stop feeling like victims.

We learn how to deal with things that happen to us.

Laws of nature are not things to take personally. We just need to
understand them --
and work with them.

IN A NUTSHELL

Successful people fail more often. But they plant more seeds.

When Things Are Beyond your control, here's something that you must NOT DO
so as
to avoid misery in your life:

You must not decide how you think the world SHOULD be.
You must not make rules for how everyone SHOULD behave.

Then, when the world doesn't obey your rules, you get angry!
That's what miserable people do!

On the other hand, let's say you expect that:

Friends SHOULD return favors.
People SHOULD appreciate you.
Planes SHOULD arrive on time.
Everyone SHOULD be honest.
Your husband or best friend SHOULD remember your birthday.

These expectations may sound reasonable. But often, these
things won't happen!
So you end up frustrated and disappointed.

There's a better strategy. Demand less and, instead, have preferences!

For things that are beyond your control, tell yourself:

"I WOULD PREFER "A", BUT IF "B" HAPPENS, IT'S OK TOO!"

This is really a change in mindset. It is a shift in attitude, and it gives
you more peace of mind ...

You prefer that people are polite ... but when they are rude, it doesn't
ruin your day.
You prefer sunshine ... but if it rains, it is ok too!

To become happier, we either need to

a) Change the world, or
b) Change our thinking.

It is easier to change our Thinking!

IN A NUTSHELL


It is not the problem that is the issue,
but rather it is your attitude attending to the problem that is the
problem.

It's not what happens to you that determine your happiness.

It's how you think about what happens to you

Bad Streamyx Connection

It's been a week that my Streamyx connection has been erratic.

I've lodged around 10 calls to TM's customer service but all they can say is that they DO NOT KNOW what's happening. You call this service? It's more like morons manning the line.

I'm so sick of the poor service that TM gives its customers.

Maybe it's time to check out Jaring or Maxis broadband.

Maybe all TM knows is how to handle landlines, maybe internet lines are way above their level of intelligence.

Joke

Signboard Outside A Prostitute's House:
Married MEN Not Allowed.
We Serve The Needy, Not The Greedy…
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Written On The T-Shirt Of A Girl:
SITUATORY WARNING:
Objects Inside The T-Shirt Are Larger Than They Appear From Outside.
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Lady : Is this my train?
Station Master : No, it belongs to the Railway Company.
Lady : Don't try to be funny. I mean to ask if I can take this train to New Delhi.
Station Master : No Madam, I'm afraid it's too heavy.
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A drunkard was brought to court.
Just before the trial there was a commotion in the gallery.
The judge pounded the gravel on his table and shouted, "Order, order."
The drunkard immediately responded, "Thank you, your honor, I'll have a scotch and soda."
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Man Quits Smoking Because Of Will Power.
He Quits Drinking Because Of Will Power.
But He Quits Womanizing Because He Has The Will But No Power.
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Customer : Waiter, do you serve crabs?
Waiter : Please sit down sir, we serve everyone.
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Customer : Waiter, is this a lamb chop or pork chop?
Waiter : Can't you tell the difference by taste?
Customer : No, I can't.
Waiter : Then does it really matter ?
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Little Susie came running into the house after school one day,shouting,
"Daddy! Daddy! I got a 100 in school today!"
"That's great, Sweetheart," said her daddy.
"Come in to the living room and tell me about it."
"Well," began the confession, "I got 50 in spelling, 30 in math's and 20 in science."
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Customer : Waiter, there's a dead beetle in my soup.
Waiter : Yes sir, they are not very good swimmers.
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Customer : Waiter, there's a fly in my soup.
Waiter : That's all right sir, he won't drink much.
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Waiter : I've stewed liver, boiled tongue and frog's leg.
Customer : Don't tell me your problems. Give the menu card.
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Customer : Waiter, there's a fly swimming in my soup.
Waiter : So what do you expect me to do, call a lifeguard?
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Customer : Waiter, what's the meaning of this fly in my tea up?
Waiter : I wouldn't know sir, I'm a waiter, not a fortune teller.
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1st thief : Oh ! The police is here. Quick! Jump out of the window!
2nd thief : But this is the 13th floor.
1st thief : Hurry! this is no time for superstitions .
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Man : How old is your father?
Boy : As old as me.
Man : How can that be?
Boy : He became a father only when I was born.
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Customer : Waiter, this soup tastes funny.
Waiter : Funny? But then why aren't you laughing?
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Teacher : Peter, why are you late for school again?
Peter: Well, Miss, I dreamed that I was playing football and the game went into extra time.
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An absent-minded man went to see a psychiatrist.
'My trouble is,' he said, 'that I keep forgetting things.'
'How long has this been going on?' asked the psychiatrist.
' How long has what been going on?' said the man.
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Girl : Do you love me?
Boy : Yes Dear.
Girl : Would you die for me?
Boy : No, mine is undying love.
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Wife : Do you want dinner?
Husband : Sure, what are my choices?
Wife : Yes and no.
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Customer : If I post this letter tonight, will it get to Delhi in two days time?
Post Master : Yes sir, it definitely will.
Customer : I bet you, it won't.
Post Master : Why not?
Customer : It's addressed to Mumbai.

Break INTO Jail

This is a jail where people break into to sell drugs and sex. No one breaks out even with open windows available.

Read the while article here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7366258.stm

 

 

Why China Will Never Be an Economic Superpower?

Unlike the United States of America, China will never be an economic super power because of its mentality. The Chinese believe that they can monopolize the world market because labor is still relatively cheap in China. Yes, labor is cheap but just look at the cheap, lousy quality of the goods that China is producing.

People still buy their good because of the influx of Chinese goods. But not anymore. Public is slowly becoming aware of the inferior quality their paying for. I'll give you an example.

Try buying Adidas shoes that were made in China. Buy them, and put them into your shelf and keep them for some time. Take them out after a year and you'll find the rubber disintegrating. And you paid for an Adidas but this is a cheap, China made Adidas. If you wanted to save some bucks, well, served you right.

What about Black & Decker power tools. Dont get me started on how poor their tools have become. No wonder Malaysian made Bosch tools are still much superior in quality.

Do I buy Chinese good? Yes, I do. I buy Chinese good for things that I dont care about, like office cups and so forth. Do I buy Chinese made cups for home use - never - because I will never know how long these cups will last. And I am not the only one. Slowly, but surely, people are realizing that Chinese goods may come cheap but they will never last long and in the long run, its pays to buy goods not manufactured or assembled in China.

Until the day when the Chinese knows how to ensure the quality of their goods, stay away from Chinese made good. It's only for your own good and safety.

The Matrix Future Is Coming

In the  movie, Matrix, all data was stored not on computer desktops but on server farms - rows and rows of machines that stored and processed data. That was the future portrayed in the movie.

Believe it or not, that future will be a reality soon. Microsoft unveiled its vision of the future with a service called Live Mesh. Live Mesh blurs the distinction between desktop and Internet. Basically, it goes back to old Unix days when your data is not stored on your machine but somewhere on the servers. In the future, your data could be stored in Indonesia while you access the data in Spain. No matter where you go or which machine you logged onto, you'll see the same desktop window and familiar folder.

If you're using Google Tools like its word processor or spreadsheet, that is a glimpse of the future when all computing will be done on the Internet.

So, get used to it people, the Matrix is forming.

How To Download Your Favourite Videos from YouTube

I knew there had to be  a solution to it.

Well, here it is.

Use this Firefox extension to download the movie in format :https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/users/login?to=%2Faddon%2F2390

Read about it here first:  http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php


Or you can use this website: http://keepvid.com/

Dilbert

Dilbert 2.0 is now live at http://www.dilbert.com

Enjoy

 

Stupid Driver: WQR 5849

Why are women such stupid drivers? What pissed me off with the Malay lady in tudung driving her new silver Persona (WQR 5849) was that she was so close into slamming against a new Waja that was trying to cut into her lane.

She was driving in front of me, in the fast lane. But being a lady, she took her own sweet time, which left a large space in front of her. I kept urging her to keep pace with the cars in front so that people dont keep cutting in front of her. And when a Waja wanted to cut in front of her, she quickly sped up and was so close to hitting the Waja. If she had hit the car, it would have been her fault as the Waja was in front of her, but being a gentlemen, he let this stupid lady through.

Why are women such stupid, moronic drivers? Why dont the use their brains for a change. And why are Malay women wearing tudung one of the worst drivers in Malaysia.

How much gold has been discovered worldwide to date?

More than 193,000 metric tons (425 million pounds). If you stuck it all together, it would make a cube-shaped, seven-story structure that might resemble one of Donald Trump's buildings. First you'd have to find all those rings that have gone down the drain.
 

Where is the world's only equatorial glacier?

Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador supports the only glacier on the equator.

 

How are colors produced in fireworks?

Mineral elements taken from Earth provide the colors. Strontium yields deep reds, copper produces blue, sodium yields yellow, and iron filings and charcoal pieces produce gold sparks. Bright flashes and loud bangs come from aluminum powder.

What is the softest and hardest of all minerals?

Talc is the softest of minerals. It is commonly used to make talcum powder.

Whereas, for the hardest, its the one that becomes emotionally useless after a divorce but still retains monetary value.

Is the state of Louisiana growing or shrinking?

Louisiana loses about 30 square miles (78 square kilometers) of land each year to coastal erosion, hurricanes, other natural and human causes and a thing called subsidence, which means sinking. Much of New Orleans actually sits 11 feet (3.4 meters) below sea level.

Parts of the French quarter have sunk 2 feet in the past six decades. The city is protected by dikes, but all experts agree that storm tides from a direct hit by a major hurricane would breach the system and swamp much of the city.

In 2000, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Chip Groat, said: "With the projected rate of subsidence, wetland loss and sea-level rise, New Orleans will likely be on the verge of extinction by this time next century."

Pictures: Promotion Girls

Promotion girls hold up a banner before the Paulista championship semi-final soccer match between Palmeiras and Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 20, 2008. 

 

Pictures: Soccer

BSC Young Boys' (YB) Thierry Doubai (R) challenges FC Aarau's Djamel Mesbah during their Swiss Super League soccer match in Bern April 20, 2008. 

Pictures: Little Singers

Members of Libera, a choir group, wait in the Yankees dugout to perform before the arrival of Pope Benedict in the Bronx, New York April 20, 2008. 

 

Pictures: Body Building

Competitors pose during a bodybuilding competition in Kiev, Ukraine, April 20, 2008. 

 

Pictures: Gondola

A gondolier pulls his craft gently through the arch of a bridge during a period of seasonal high water levels in Venice April 20, 2008. 

Attempts to ban 1947 Titanic play

Documents from the BBC archive show how shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic.

The liner's builders and shipping line were concerned it would damage the image of the industry as it tried to recover after the Second World War.

Recordings of the ship's survivors and other archive material have been made public on the BBC website.

This release of the material is to mark the anniversary of the sinking in 1912.

Read the whole article here.

Alan Hansen on Liverpool

Alan Hansen's column

By Alan Hansen
BBC Sport football expert

Liverpool is a club that has prided itself on being a model of togetherness on and off the pitch - so the current bout of very public boardroom in-fighting is hugely detrimental.

In the past Liverpool traded in positive news and if there was anything negative no-one ever heard about it. Sadly, there has been a lot of dirty laundry washed in public recently and it is not doing anyone any good.

Manager Rafael Benitez has a chance to lead Liverpool to their third Champions League final in four years, and yet so many headlines are about the differences between the co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, with Benitez and chief executive Rick Parry now dragged into the debate.

Indeed, the results on the pitch have gone a long way to masking the differences between the owners. Make no mistake, if Liverpool were not in the last four of the Champions League, the media would be having even more of a field day at the club's expense.

It is a simple thing to say, but for the club to go forward and challenge Manchester United's domestic supremacy, this must be sorted out quickly before any long-term damage is done.

We'll come to the ramifications for Benitez later, but in my opinion the only way forward for Liverpool Football Club is a new stadium and if this goes on the back-burner because the owners cannot sort themselves out, then this is once again detrimental.

If the Americans cannot get together and go forward, and from what we see and hear there is little sign of that, then they should sell to Dubai International Capital - clearly a very interested and ambitious party with the financial muscle to build the new stadium and invest in the team.

I love Anfield and the European nights there now are something else. They are even better than the ones I used to experience, perhaps because it was expected as a matter of course back then. I love the "This Is Anfield" sign as you go down the tunnel and love looking around the place where I played and had so many great memories.

But time moves on and Liverpool are being left behind, with Manchester United getting 30,000 more fans every home game and Arsenal having a licence to print money at The Emirates. The new stadium has to be the next major step forward for Liverpool, and it cannot afford to be held back by differences at board level.

This brings us to Benitez, who has clearly and publicly been unsettled by developments behind the scenes at Anfield.

He needs to have plans in place for next season and it is difficult for him to do that with all that is going on in Anfield's corridors of power. He needs to know how much money he has to spend in the summer. He needs to know who is going to own the club to back his transfer plans.

My hope - and my belief - is that Benitez will stay because you cannot argue with his record in the Champions League. The Premiership is another story, but they have improved this season.

Liverpool need to find another signing of the quality of Fernando Torres in the wide positions, and to my mind the player who could fit the bill is Blackburn's David Bentley, although Mark Hughes will have his own ideas about that.

I said at the start of the season that Liverpool needed a 20-goal a season man in the Premier League. They have found him in Torres and yet still come up short in the league, but with a couple of quality additions they can improve again.

But the main item on the agenda now - apart from the obvious ones of playing in the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea and securing fourth place in the Premier League - is ending the boardroom strife and moving on with the new stadium.

In my opinion, the championship race is over after Chelsea's draw with Wigan left Manchester United five points clear with only four games left. I cannot see United letting it slip now, although we can be certain Sir Alex Ferguson, a man without a shred of complacency in his body, will be hammering home a clear message to his players that there is still work to be done. For me, though, the game is up after Emile Heskey's late leveller at Stamford Bridge and United will retain their crown. Alan Hansen was talking to BBC Sport's Phil McNulty

24 Digital Spy Tools To Capture, Protect, And Secure Data

Keyboard Loggers

13. KeyGhost Keystroke Logger

Keystroke Storage Capacity: 512 KB, 1MB, and 2 MB

Encryption: 128-bit

Optional: High-speed download

Requirement: Desktop IBM PC / PS/2 keyboard

Price: $149 -- $249

Vendor: KeyGhost

Capture and every keystroke -- and every secret, illicit or illegal message the keystrokes form -- with this bit of hardware that slips in-between the keyboard cable and the PC. Storing up to 2 million keystrokes, depending on the model, the logger lets you peruse everything from time/date-stampede-mails to chatroom conversations, and print out the results when you're ready to present your evidence.

14. KeyLlama 2 GB USB Keylogger

Memory: 2 GB flash disk

Price: $238.00

Vendor: KeyLlama

Faster keyboards and Macs won't keep your suspect's typing safe from this keylogger, designed to monitor speedy USB keyboards and work with Mac OS 9 and up as well as Windows. The logger's 2 GB of memory can hold millions of pages of text -- including the ones you need to make your case or prove your point. (Note for fashion-conscious surveillants: If you're tracking a Mac user, the manufacturer recommends the white model!)

15. Spector Pro Keylogger Software

Operating System: Windows

Price: $149.95

Vendor: SpectorSoft

Tracking keys typed on a wireless keyboard? This software-based logger lurks in the PC and grabs keystrokes -- and screen images -- that you can use to catch a crook or curb undesirable computer use. Set up your own warning-word list and get an instant notification anytime your suspect -- or child -- types over the line.

Document Retention And Destruction

16. DocuPen RC800 Professional

Dimensions: 8.9" X 0.5" X 0.5" -226mm x 13mm x 13mm

Weight: 2 oz. (~57 grams)

Scan Width: 8" (205 mm)

Resolution: 100-400 dpi

Memory: 8 MB Flash Memory

Upgrades: Optional MicroSD memory cards to 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB

Power: Lithium Ion Batteries, Rechargeable Battery through USB cable

Price: $309.99

Vendor: Planon

You've got just a few seconds alone with the secret docs -- and that's all you'll need with DocuPen's ability to capture a full page in as little as 4 seconds (full color takes longer.) MicroSD memory expansion lets you expand the number of documents you can scan before you scoot.

17. USB Paper Shredder

Capacity: 4.5-inch feed

Power: USB, or four AA batteries (not included)

Price: Varies with retailer, generally under $10.00

Vendor: Secret Service Invisible 2-Way Headset

Weight: Approximately 1 gram

Frequencies: 120-8500 Hz

Output power: 105 db

Price: $649.95

Vendor: Brickhouse Security

You've got to be impressed with a product described as the smallest transmitting/receiving device possible "without the need to take an impression of the ear canal." The micro-receiver hides in your ear and wirelessly connects with a transmitter coil necklace under your clothes. Let your staff listen in on "closed" meetings -- or have them feed you the data you need to get the upper hand.

2. SuperEar SE 4000x

Weight: 3 oz.

Headphones: Included

Range: 100 yards

Power: 1 AAA battery

Price: $39.95

Vendor: SpyTechs

Wonder what they're whispering there in the far corner of the parking deck? Tune them in with this sound amplifier that promises 50 decibel gain, offers a 180-degree swiveling mike, and a variety of options for attaching it to clothes or even binoculars (for those who want -- or need -- to listen while they look.)

3. Watch With Digital Recorder

Memory: 256 MB flash memory

Recording time: 520 minutes

Power: Internal rechargeable battery (separate battery for watch)

Connector: USB for playback/recharge

Price: $189.99

Vendor: SpyTechs

The wrong word captured at the right time can catch your suspect, too -- and this digital watch recorder puts that time on your wrist. With 256 MB of flash memory for up to 9 hours' recording time, in case it takes you a while to draw out their confession. The watch also includes an MP3 player -- and a separate battery insures that it keeps accurate time, too.

4. Mobile Voice Changer

Microphone: 62db

Power: 3V CR1616 Battery (included)

Battery Life: 30 hours in voice-change mode

Price: $40.80

Vendor: Brickhouse Security

Put your mouth where your monitoring is -- but do it with one of four voice-changes this unit offers. Speak your piece -- and the person you're calling will hear a child's voice, a robot, an animated voice,or a deep male voice. Perfect for when you want to tip them off that you're onto them -- but not who you are.

Digital Cameras, Imaging Devices, And Visual Aids

5. Bushnell Digital Imaging Binoculars

Magnification: 8x binocular/8x camera

Internal Memory: 16 MB

Playback/Review: 1.5-inch LCD screen

Port: USB

Price: $279.95

Vendor: Opteka Voyeur Right Angle Spy Lens

Dimensions: 3.5 inches

Price: $49.95

Vendor: Opteka

Quarry lurking at your periphery and you don't want to give yourself away? No problem -- grab a sharp picture anyway by attaching this right-angle lens to your digital camera. Aim the camera at something innocently ahead of you while the lens captures the guilty to your left or right.

7. Mini Color Pinhole Camera With Audio

Dimensions: 35x35 mm

Lens: 3.7 mm cone lens

Video Output: 1 Vp-p / 75 Ohms

Audio Output: 2 Vp-p / 50 Ohms

Power Supply: DC12V10%

Price: $69.00 (cables and connectors extra)

Vendor: Security Depot

Tuck this camera in a secret spot and find out what your target is doing -- and saying, via built-in audio output. Small enough for unobtrusive mounting but powerful enough to let you mount an image-and-sound-based case through a pinhole. Great for parents whose kids have nannies.

Tracking Devices

18. Bushnell Scout 1000 Laser Range Finder

Range: 5 to 1,000 yards

Magnification: 3x24

Weight: 6.6 oz.

Power: 3v battery

Price: N/A

Vendor: SkyTRX-Tracker

Dimensions: 3.80 x 1.46 x 1.34 inches

Storage: 100 hours of driving history

Power: 2 AAA batteries; USB connection for download

Price: $329.99

Vendor: Skytrx

Where's your car headed -- and how fast is it headed there -- when someone else is at the wheel? This tool lets you find out -- dump the data it records into your PC and you'll get a second-by-second GPS-accurate map of where it went, how long it took to get there, and how long the vehicle stayed at each location.

Bugs And Bug Detectors

20. Cell Phone Spy Data Extractor

Dimensions: 2 3/4" x 1 1/4" x 1/8"

Hardware: USB SIM Card Spy Recovery Pro Reader

Software: SIM Card Spy Recovery Pro software CD

Price: $149.95 Vendor: Brickhouse Security

Detect and recover "deleted" text messages and address book entries from cell phone SIM cards, with this reader, marketed as your chance to "spy on your wife, husband, teens, or an employer" -- or as a tool for backing up your SIM-stored data.

21. Hidden Camera Detector

Dimensions: 4.25"x2.25"x1.25"

Weight: 10 oz.

Power: 2 9v batteries

Price: $299.55

Vendor: Night Vision Goggles

Weight: 9 oz.

Dimensions: 5"x2"x1"

Magnification: 1x (4x, 8x optional)

Power: 3v lithium battery

Price: $299

Vendor: Smoke Detector Wireless Camera

Range: 300-500 feet, depending on conditions

Resolution: 180 lines

Power: 1 9v battery (transmitter) and 1 9v battery (receiver); or AC for either.

Price: $169.95 (sound) / $159.95 (no sound)

Vendor: smoke detector. Attach the camera's receiver to a monitor or recorder and let the spying begin. Just be sure that you have functional smoke detectors in place, too!

10. Telescope With Video Capture

Telescope: 15x-45x

Light Capture: 60mm

Power: 4 AA batteries (not included)

Display: 2.5-inch LCD

Price: $299.97 (sale price; regularly $499.95)

Vendor: Spy Museum Store

Grab a JPEG of your quarry with this 15x-45x telescope's built-in 3.1-megapixel camera. A remote trigger keeps the scope-cam stable, no mater how much your hands are shaking. Includes a Secure Digital (SD) card slot.

11. Under Door Remote Viewing Kit

Height: 0.19"

Working length: 3.4" o 7"

Field of View: 55°

Line of Sight: 15°

Price: Prices start at $4,700.

Vendor: Instrument Technology Inc.

What goes on behind closed doors? Plenty -- and with this sneaky peeker, you won't need X-ray vision to find out. Its 55-degree field of vision lets you in on the action, which you can watch through an optional eyepiece or capture the image via an optional video adapter. And if its dark inside, add an infrared emitter to help you see what they don't want you to.

12. Waterproof Fiberscope

Length: 18" cable -- longer versions available; check site for prices)

Optics: High-Resolution 40° FOV Lens

Illumination: 2.5V Halogen Bulb with Pressure-Activated Push-Button Activation

Power: 2 AA Batteries (not included)

Price: $249

Vendor: The Spy Store

Flexible enough to wend its way through plumbing, protected by a waterproof lens and cable, the fiberscope fits into openings as small as 5.8mm (1/4-inch) and gives you a sharp view of what's hidden behind walls -- or lurking underwater. (Note: Scope-cables longer than 36 inches are thicker and require larger openings.)

22. Mini Bug Detector

Weight: 10.5 oz.

Dimensions: 1/2" x 3" x 7/8"

Power: One 9-Volt battery (not included)

Price: $89.99

Vendor: ThinkGeekAll the bugging devices you can use against them can be used against you. Find out if they are with the Mini Bug Detector that flushes out listening devices operating in the 50-MHz to 3-GHz range. If you're afraid you're being bugged you won't want to leave home without this detector -- and you probably should use it on your home as well.

23. Wi-Spy 2.4x Spectrum Analyzer

Bandwidth: 2400 to 2495 MHz

Frequency Resolution: 328 KHz

Sweep Time: 165 millisecond

Price: $399

Vendor: Tactical Pneumatic Launch System

Weight: 19.0 lbs.

Length: 44.0 in.

PSI: Up to 350 psi

Shot Height: Up to 120 vertical feet

Power Source: Compressed Air

Price: N/A

Vendor: Digital Force Tech

When hidden cameras and bugs just aren't enough to get at the secrets behind those walls, fire off a grappling hook and rope, then put yourself as well as your surveillance tools in the midst of the action.

The Quality of Malaysian Streamyx Line

As I write this, my internet connection, via Streamyx is down again. It's been behaving erratically for the last 2 weeks. And to think that I am paying full price for such a shitty service. But what can I do? This is how typical Malaysian run companies work - provide inferior service but charge the customer the full price!

When will Malaysian companies ever learn that the customer is king and not the fat, slob ministers and businessmen who sit on the board of these companies.

Marie France Bodyline Malaysia - What a Mess!

Does slimming centers really work?

 

Well, this story comes from a close friend. His wife and he decided to lose their weight once and for all by going to a slimming center and they opted for Marie France because of its reputation. And so they thought.

 

When they went to the Marie France Bodyline center at 1Utama shopping mall, they were turned away by the assistant manager for being 10 minutes late for the consultation appointment. Their appointment was for 8.30 PM but they arrived at 8.45 pm. The assistant manager said it required 45 minutes for consultation and refused to do it, asking them to come back another day. So they went instead to the one at KLCC the next day.

 

At KLCC, they forked out RM4000 each for a one month long session. One of the deal included a RM1000 "unlimited" cold wrap for a month. But there is where the unlimited cold wrap gets interesting. Even though its being advertised as unlimited, be care, because you're only allowed one cold wrap per day and you have to go for it every day or else you'll forfeit the session, which means you wont be getting the 30 wraps. And this is deceiving for women who have the menstrual cycle because they automatically forfeit a couple of days. This is very manipulative advertising from Marie France Bodyline Malaysia.

 

My friends are not able to attend a couple of sessions because they were involved in a minor fender bender a few days ago. We'll see how Marie France handles their absence - will they be given an extension? I'll post any updates once I get them. Let's see if Marie France Malaysia is customer orientated or purely driven by money.

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest.

They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly.

And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted infection, which could increase men's cancer risk.

Read the full article at BBC Health.

 

Stupid drivers of the Day: WQG6629, LA &634

WQG 6629

Why do women drivers drive so stupidly? Cant they master the fine art of driving with grace? Why must they turn as and when they like, regardless of who's coming from behind and yet when others are turning into their lane, they get so defensive and shut the other driver out, to the point of an accident. Shame of you lady.

LA 7634

Here's the stupid male. Driving fast and cutting last minute from the fast lane to the slow lane, nearly hitting a motorcylist and his wife. Stupid Labuan driver. Maybe you can drive like that in Labuan since there's not many people there but this is not how driving is done in Kuala Lumpur. KL is a city, not a slow, little town line Labuan. Behave yourself.

How a Little Singaporean Fought Nokia and Won!

Here's a story of a little lady who bought a cellphone which he couldn't get to work. So he asked for tech support and they couldn't get it to work. Then this little lady went through the Singapore court process and eventually got a Writ of Seizure and Sale against Nokia, visited their headquarters with a bailiff, and only then they had to cough out compensation.

http://forum.omy.sg/showthread.php?t=2120

http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_209885.html

Corporate Arrogance? Or an attitude of `I don't own Nokia and this is not my job...'?

Another case of a corporate public relations officers not really having a handle on today's PR environment. A single forum post and if it's loud and funny enough it'll make its way to the newspapers.

How many giants must fall before they realise that their PR officers either gotta adapt to the new world or get replaced???

ICE - In Case of Emergency

We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.

If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) Campaign

The concept of "ICE" is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name "ICE" (In Case Of Emergency).

The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as "ICE."

For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great idea that will make a difference!

Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our Mobile phones today!

Please forward this. It won't take too many "forwards" before everybody will know about this It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest.

ICE will speak for you when you are not able to.

When Fire Strikes, Stop and Sing!

I am not joking.

For over 150 years, scientists have known that fires can be extinguished with sound waves, but they still don't know how.

"I throw more power into my voice, and now the flame is extinguished," wrote Irish scientist John Tyndall about his experiments with sound and fire in 1857. Countless public demonstrations and a handful of lab tests later, researchers are still struggling to determine exactly how sound snuffs flames.

Read the whole article here.

Another MSN Scam: http://www.chckblockltoday.info/

Here's another MSN scam.

http://www.chckblockltoday.info/

If you receive a MSN message from a friend informing you about checking who has blocked you on MSN and pointing you to this URL : http://www.chckblockltoday.info/  be aware, this is a SCAM. Similar to the one I posted earlier.

Whois shows the following information about them:

Owner name: Halil Kormaz
Owner email : halobaba@gmail.com

I think this guy is just a copy cat. He was probably scammed in the first round and is now replicating the method.

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Expiration Date:11-Apr-2009 14:16:55 UTC
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Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
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Registrant ID:DI_8005346
Registrant Name:halil korkmaz
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Admin Country:TR
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Where Does Racism in Malaysia Starts?

If you ever wonder where racism in Malaysia starts, then take a look at this blog.

http://huayphing.blogspot.com/

Hint: Prestigious local university

Approved: By Head of Department

And to think that these are the institutions that will produce our future leaders.

P.S. For those who are unable to understand the Malay language, the letter calls for all Malay's to be vigilent against outside forces. What irks me is that the "outside forces" being referred to are other races, not foreign influence. How sad.

Can You Really Make A Difference?

You're only one person. Can you really make a difference in the world?

You can.

Think I'm stupid.

Good.

Try this: Smile.

Look at the person in front of you in the eye and smile. A smile brightens everyones lifes. Especially if a beautiful lady smiles at you - ladies, trust me when I say this - you can influence a man's whole day. He'll be walking on cloud nine the whole time. And I believe the same effect happens the other way around.

Then do this most important thing: Help another person, just one person, today. Go out of your comfort zone and help someone today. That's all it takes to make this world a much better place.

I know most people give to charity. But nothing builds you more than getting up and helping someone else. You will never know that their going through, and most of them will never thank you. But never worry. What goes around, comes around.

Help another without expecting anything back and you'll be amazed at how much your life will change. We will never see this change unless we first make the effort. And once you've made the effort, you will never realize it but abundance will flow your way.

That's Mother Nature's law.

And while you're at it, take a good look at the world around you. Because she's dying. She is and we dont know it. She's struggling because of the way we contaminate her with excessive junk and waste. I'll save her story for another day.

Remember, you can make a difference. Touch a persons life and the flame of love goes on and on and on...

End of Windows Vista?

Is the newly hailed Windows Vista dying?

Well, apparently so, according to Bill Gates. Read the document.

Interesting Websites for Today

Have you ever wondered about how to securely send information over email? Well, if you have and if you've ehard about digital signatures but never wondered what they really are and how they worked, well, dont be lazy. Here's a graphical, simplified explanation about what digital signatures are and how they work. Enjoy.
http://www.youdzone.com/signature.html

Let's talk about food? What's the ten best and worst food that you could consume? http://www.cspinet.org/nah/10foods_bad.html

Even wondered how the US space shuttle is assembled? Here's a pictorial view.
http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB11&Number=1016238&page=0&fpart=all

Here's a trick you can play in an open field or even in your garden. Create a ghost! Yes, create a ghost - for fun- scare those pesky kids away from your nice lawn, anything. It's easy to make one. http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/easy-do-it-yourself-ghost.html

Here's some *nice* pictures : http://f3mm3fatal3.stumbleupon.com/

How come we in Malaysia never see the creative and inspiring advertisements, either in print or on television, that are usually found in US/Canadian televisions: http://technodorm.com/2008/01/10/11-most-creative-advertisements/

What's the first rule when applying for jobs? Rule number one is to have an eye-catching resume. Remember, HR exec's go through tons of resumes. Let them choose your resume by making it attractive and with a little class. http://jobmob.co.il/blog/beautiful-resume-ideas-that-work/

That's all for today.

THE FIVE STAGES OF DRUNKENNESS

Stage #1 -- Smart

This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject. You know all and greatly wish to express this knowledge to anyone who will listen.  At this stage you are also always right.  And of course the person you are talking with is very wrong.  You will talk for hours trying to convince someone that you are right. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are "smart".  Two people talking, in fact, arguing about a subject neither one really knows anything bout, but are convinced that they are they complete authority on the subject makes for great entertainment for those get the opportunity to listen in.

Stage #2 -- Handsome/Pretty

This is when you are convinced that you are the best looking person in the entire room and everyone is looking at you.  You begin to wink at
perfect strangers and ask them to dance because of course they had been admiring you the whole evening.  You are the center of attention, and all eyes are directed at you because you are the most beautiful thing on the face of the earth.  Now keep in mind that you are still smart, so you can talk to this person who has been admiring you about any and all subjects under the sun.

Stage #3 -- Rich

This is when you suddenly become the richest person in the world. You can buy drinks for the entire bar and put it on your bill because you surely have an armored truck full of your money parked behind the bar. You can also make bets in this stage.  Now of course you still know all, so you will always win all your bets.  And you have no concern for how much money you bet because you have all the money in the world. You will also begin to buy drinks for all the people in the bar who are admiring you because you are now the smartest, prettiest, and richest person on the face of the earth.

Stage #4 -- Bulletproof

You can now pick fights with the people you have been betting money with because you cannot be hurt by anything. At this point you would go up to the boyfriend of the woman who had been admiring your beautiful self all evening and challenge him to a battle of wits for money. You have no worry about losing this battle of wits because you know all, have all the money to cover this bet, and you obviously win a fight that might
erupt if he looses.

Stage #5  -- Invisible

This is the final stage of drunkenness.  At this point you can do absolutely anything because no one can see you. You can get up and dance
on a table; you can strip down to your underwear, to impress the people who have been admiring you all evening, because the rest of the people
in the room cannot see you. You are also invisible to the person whom you have picked a fight with earlier in the evening. You can walk through
the streets singing at the top of your lungs (because of course you are still smart and know the tune perfectly) and no one will think anything
of it because they can't see you.  All your social inhibitions are gone. You can do anything, because no one will know.

And you certainly won't remember !

Want a Disposable Email?

Hmm, if you're up to something not good, then a 15-minute disposable email might be handy.

Check out GuerrillaMail.

This website provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 Minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame.

1. Get an antispam temporary email address on our website.
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Malaysian Bickering

Open up the newspapers this morning and you'll finally find the Malaysian Prime Minister fighting back against his detractors. This is good. This was what I wanted to hear from him all these while. Being quiet doesnt work, Mr. Prime Minister. In today's times, one must voice out what one has done for others.

Ironically, his main comments was against the man he replaced at the helm, former prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Read the above article carefully as it backs what I have been saying all these while - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad controlled Malaysia with an iron fist. It was he who made the current crop of ministers into such pussies (weaklings). Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should be credited for making Malaysia more open.

And what is happening now is the result of resentment under Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's rule. When BN won by a big margin the the previous election, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was still in control, that is why no dirty laundry was published in the media. By under the leadership of Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, he relaxed the control over the media and this is why Malaysians are finally allowed to voice their dissatisfaction.

Malaysians should applaud Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi  for his efforts in making this country more open than his predecessor. Only an open Malaysia will be able to progress and rise. Being a YES-nation under Tun Mahathir was good, but not good enough. Although Tun Mahathir should be credited from brining this country from a farming nation to one of the most developed nations in South East Asia, he caused a lot of pain and oppression in the process.

And now, when things are being leaked to the media, Tun Mahathir is afraid more of his dirty laundry will be highlighted in the media. That is why he is calling for Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resign.

How pathetic.

On another note, parents, dont push your kid so hard academically that he/she revolts and finds their own way in life, without you. Kids are kids, even though some of them might be smarter than the rest. Give them the best but also allow them to grow. Maths prodigy Sufiah Yusof is a good example of a smart kid being pushed to the utter limit.

Lastly, Malaysian tax payers will form out RM1.9 million to guard Buckingham Palace! Go figure.

Amazing Car Accidents

Thank God my car's safe and sound!

 

Pre-Defined Calculations in Excel for Engineers, Analyst

If you're an engineer who's always dabbling with equations in Excel, here's a site with free, verified calculations for Excel.

http://www.excelcalcs.com/

With a built-in toolbar for most calcs, it's easy to use. At the moment, the site's repository contains solved problems covering many subjects including Strength, Beams, Buckling, Civil Engineering, Cracks, Finite Element, Frames, Materials, Plates, Stress Concentration, Structural Details, Torsion, Pressure Vessels, Machine Design, Bolts and Threads, Gears, Pins and Joints, Ropes and Cables, Shafts, Welds, Math, Geometry, Heat Transfer (Conduction, Convection, Radiation & Combined), Dynamics, Fluids Mechanics, Piping, Electricity and Finance.

Some Men Get All The Luck...

Some men are just blessed.

A colleague, American, comes in an gets a place to stay in Mont Kiara. The landlord was a petite house wife. And guess what. He ends up making love to her in the house she's subletting to him - on the floor, without any furnitures. How's that for luck?

And another friend last night had his wife's best friend over for the night because she said that her house was haunted and needed to stay a couple of nights. And he gets to pump this friend while his wife is bathing!

I know why their lucky and I'm not - looks does matter!!

Darn...

Stupid Drivers

There are the cars that were breaking the traffic light at the MRR2 near Kepong (behind the McDonalds). Instead of waiting for the traffic light to switch to green, they used the emergency lane to by-pass the traffic light.

Shame on you.

WQP5009

WCU 8179

WQR 196

WDR 8368

WQA 9806

BGF 4498

WHE 1220

Be Aware of Dry Ice When Buying Lots of Ice Cream from Baskin Robins

Remember this especially when we buy lots of  ice cream during Baskin Robbins 31st day offer!!!
They normally put dry ice  in your ice cream pack if you buy a lot.

A friend bought four pack of ice cream and to prevent it from melting, the seller put the dry ice amongst the ice  cream. My friend put it at the back seat (not the back of the car) and he started to drive with the windows closed and the aircon on (as what we all do). Soon after that, he had difficulty to breath and it was getting worser by minutes. Luckily, he was in a traffic jam and when he almost fainted, beside him was an ambulance. He dragged himself to the ambulance and got the oxygen treatment. He was getting better on the way to the hospital.

The ambulance officer drove his car to the hospital and he had the same experience. However, before his condition worsen, he opened up the window and he can breathe easily. Only later, when my friend has returned to office and told his colleagues about his story, they pointed to him that the dry ice was the problem. WHY?

Dry ice was made of CO2 and when it "melts", it becomes CO2 gas straight away without leaving any wet mark (that is why it is called dry ice). CO2 is easier to be tied up in our blood and thus, when the dry ice sublimes into CO2 gas, it fills the car room with it along with the air con circulation and caused CO2 poisoning. So, dont put the dry ice inside your car if you are using aircon with fully closed windows. You must leave the windows open for such situation.

Mahathir Mohamad - A Pure Hypocrite

The following statement taken from Reuters:

"UMNO risks becoming no longer relevant because there are now more "yes men" than those who are willing to give dissenting views," said Mahathir, 82, who was himself intolerant of dissent during his 22 years in power until retiring in late 2003.

The above statement by former Malaysian prime minister makes me laugh as he, himself, wouldnt listen to people below him who went against his views. And now he's trying to get the current Malaysian prime minister to resign!

What a hypocrite!