November 2009
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6 Truths of Life …
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6 Truths of Life …
1. You cannot touch all your teeth with your tongue.
2. All idiots, after reading the first truth, will try it.
3. And discover that The first truth is a lie.
4. You’re smiling now because you’re an idiot.
5. You soon will forward this to another idiot.
6. There’s still a stupid smile on your face.
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The Five Spirits of Budo →
mnmal:
Shoshin: (初心) Beginners Mind
Zanshin: (残心) Lingering Mind
Mushin: (無心) No Mind
Fudoshin: (不動心) Immovable Mind
Senshin: (先心) Purified spirit; enlightened attitude
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Istilah-istilah dalam dunia radio amatur. →
Above link is in Bahasa Melayu - thanks to Borneo Amateur Radio Club.
p/s: I’m 9W6RRF
World's 10 fattest countries →
Click link above for the article.
American Samoa, 93.5 percent (of population that’s overweight)
Kiribati, 81.5 percent
U.S., 66.7 percent
Germany, 66.5 percent
Egypt, 66 percent
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 62.9 percent
New Zealand, 62.7 percent
Israel, 61.9 percent
Croatia, 61.4 percent
United Kingdom, 61 percent
Nope, we’re (Malaysia) not in top 10 :p
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“My life is boring, boring, boring but it’s what I have to do to stay fit.”
– Ryan Giggs on staying fit at 36
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MS Word & Photoshop
Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Me: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Me: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.
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“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind”
– Zen proverb (via mnmal)
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This is just sick!
Deadly Skin Trade Preys on African Albinos The last known killing took place on Oct. 21, when albino hunters attacked 10-year-old Gasper Elikana in northern Tanzania. A gang of men hacked the boy to death in front of his family and neighbors — who were wounded trying to protect the child — before fleeing with his severed leg.
Feels like I wanna throw up after reading this article.
SMART goal setting - Specific, Measurable,... →
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“As President, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science...”
– President Barack Obama
Client from bathroom
(via clientsfromhell)
I had a client that requested we meet in his kitchen. Halfway through our meeting, he excused himself to go to the bathroom but left the door open so we could continue to talk. I charged extra for that meeting.
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“It’s never over until it’s over.”
– Note to self!
“Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.”
– (It is a wise man who speaks little) (via mnmal)
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NSFW : Self taken photos after breast cancer... →
Warning : Not Safe For Work.
Some descriptions taken from the site (click link above to view page)
San Francisco-based photographer Kerry Mansfield was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, and photographed this series of self-portraits during her treatment. In her statement about the project, she writes:
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“I think that Raymond Domenech is the worst coach in French football since Louis...”
– Eric Cantona; after France entered World Cup 2010 following Thiery Henry’s goal.
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The new default policy for Fedora 12 allows local,... →
*UnLinux* of Linux distros :/
(via mnmal)
“The problem with being an amateur scientist is precisely the reason that...”
– Seth Godin - The amateur scientist (that’s us)
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Major fail, okay, first the pity, then teh funneh!
Read it full article here.
Believing that having her breasts removed could fulfil her lifelong wish of becoming a “man”, a 36-year-old businesswoman ended up losing her nipples too.
I’m evil, I laughed out loud hahahaha :D
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“$1,000 is very expensive, you know. We only want a simple website with our...”
– Seen them a lot :D
Clients From Hell (via tmblg) (via amotion) (via mattonrails)
A mythical town I wish to visit :p →
:)
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Coal power anyone? Checkout Spain!
http://greenmonk.net/spain-gets-53-of-its-energy-from-wind/
Something the government can learn from.
Ok, not all the time, but last weekend at 5:50am on Sunday morning (8th Nov) Spain set a new record, hitting 53.7% of its energy requirements being supplied by wind energy.
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and...”
– Christopher Reeve (via quote-book) (via ilovehacking)
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Up close & personal with Pua Khein-Seng →
Malaysian who created Pen Drive or back in 2001 what he called USB “flash removable disk”.
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49 x 48 x 47 x 46 x 45 x 44 / 6! = 13983816
That is the chance of winning the jackpot.
It’s all combinatorics - the mathematics of counting.
Cool.
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Mosques/Suraus shouldn't use loudspeakers to auto...
Don’ get me wrong, I’m a Muslim.
The local authority should have some sort of law permitting places of worship to emit sound up to some Decibel (dB).
Even there’s a call to ban loudspeakers in mosques by some Islamic scholars in Indonesia. You can read it here.
Issues: `Ulema calls for ban on noisy loudspeakers’
Thu, 11/12/2009 12:58 PM | Opinion
The South...
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Google Reader-holic me
From your 106 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 10,744 items, starred 21 items, shared 31 items, and emailed 0 items.
That’s from my Google Reader trends.
p/s: Check out what I read here http://www.google.com/reader/shared/Edham.Arief
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View my card.ly profile →
Link above will bring you to my “just created” card.ly profile. It has all the links to my social networks.
“The Unified Geek Theory: At present, the President of the United States, the...”
– 10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don’t | GeekDad | Wired.com (via sweemengs)
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“We’d rather have fewer people coming to our websites, but paying”
– Rupert Murdoch, when telling the world he wants to block Google from his news websites.
I am 58% addicted to Twitter
Created by Oatmeal
“The greatest revenge is to accomplish what others say you cannot do.”
– ~ Unknown (via justbesplendid) (via ilovehacking)
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“12 men”
– Wayne Rooney - after Chelsea won 2-1 agains Manchester United following bad refereeing in Stamford Bridge on 8th Nov 2009.
p/s: classic
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“You’re bound to fail sometimes. It’s a 100% certainty. You’ve...”
– Felix Dennis - Multi millionaire
“The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
– Chinese proverb (via justbesplendid) (via ilovehacking)
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