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What you can get for $6.25 in Singapore
Found a forwarded email with this image of a receipt from a local restaurant in Raffles Hotel sitting around in my inbox while clearing my inbox (trying to achieve the state of "Inbox Zero"):
Yeah I'd like some nachos with my slut.
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I brought back an abscess from Tokyo
One of the reasons I've been rather quiet on this blog ever since my return from the trip to Tokyo is this nice medium-sized abscess I brought back with me. It appeared about 3 days into the trip, and I must have really bad luck because it was located on my posterior - moving around on foot and sitting down were particularly trying events. Considering that we got around most of Tokyo either on foot or by train, it made most experiences less pleasing than they would probably have been.
Nevertheless, it was a great trip - had some great food, saw some breath-taking sights, bought some (or rather, not enough) anime swag. Someday soon (if not soon then probably never) I will blog about it (with pictures, of course).
And I saw a bus advertising a The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya DVD release:
Anyway, I'm glad I can say that the abscess burst yesterday, relieving me of the pain that had to be suppressed with painkillers. While the copious amounts of blood and pus that came out of the burst abscess wasn't pleasant to deal with (it's still bleeding and excreting pus right now), the relief from the pain is immeasurable. Plus, I didn't really like the idea of the surgery that would be necessary if it hadn't burst - a friend who had an abscess on his face described the procedure and while it seemed painless enough, sticking a needle up that mass of pain just didn't seem like an ideal way to deal with it.
Abscesses suck.
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Tokyo 4th Jan - 13th Jan
I'll be out of town (i.e. Singapore) for the next week and a half. Going to Japan, more specifically Tokyo and nearby cities. Tentacle sex and soiled panty vending machines here I come!
Oh and if anyone has any pointers or places/food/experiences that are not to be missed, please let me know.
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VLC 0.8.6 - full screen controller panel
VLC media player 0.8.6 (changelog) was released a few weeks ago so this may be old news, but I am clearing my backlog of drafts.
Mac OS X users, if you watch videos in full screen mode (like I do most of the time), you'd be delighted to know that they added a full screen controller à la the video player in iTunes:
That was one of my pet peeves with VLC when I was still using Windows as my main desktop OS, and I'd stayed true to Media Player Classic right to the point where I switched to OS X. Media Player Classic is Windows-only, so I had to switch to VLC as well (QuickTime player never impressed me and I wasn't willing to pay for the Pro version). The lack of a full controller in full screen mode and the inability to move to specific spots in the video timeline with sufficient granularity seems to have been fixed with this new full screen controller panel.
And while they still haven't made it possible to pause a video by clicking on the video output (which was the case in Media Player Classic), I've mostly compensated for it by hitting the space bar. Now that they've added a right-click context menu to the video output screen, the same can be done but in 2 clicks with just the mouse - not optimal but it does feel better to see a context menu pop up when right-clicking. I guess that's the Windows user in me talking - I still feel that almost everything I see should have a context menu or it just feels wrong.
Oh and they added support for the Apple Remote Control. Works great, I just have to remember to take out my remote control and use it next time I'm sitting back watching a movie or anime.
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Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo cake for sale
Saw this on a Christmas brochure while buying some pastry from the local Delifrance cafe:
I immediately thought of Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo (of South Park fame).
While the resemblance is not uncanny, I'm pretty sure that's one log cake I don't want to eat.
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