• Dec 13, 2004

    Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children trailer

    Enjoyed Final Fantasy VII? You'll probably want to take a look at this (2nd) promo trailer for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, a CG movie that looks to be totally awesome. It should be out soonish (either this month or early January).

  • Dec 13, 2004

    Cone of gayness

    Reason why linking to this post may not work: mod_rewrite rules rewrite all URLs that contain the word "gay" (and for that matter, "sex", "porn", "beastiality", "viagra" and more) to the client's IP - this is to block out referrer spam which I get a lot of and brings down the site in a fashion not unlike a DDoS.

    If you got a weird page (like a page requesting you login to a router) before, it's your own router (or your ISP's gateway). The link works now because I've removed the word "gay" from the mod_rewrite rule list. Remember, if you wish to comment on technical faults of this site, please base them on correct information (and if you are arguing from a technical standpoint, you'd do well to vaguely recognize several familar IP addresses). On the other hand, I admit my callousness in the "gay joke" and am duly chastized - for that I have no excuse.

    Also, I should have listened to the warnings and not posted this entry in the first place - homosexuality is still a touchy subject. Nevertheless, the image is still there (for, um, posterity) - I'm only not displaying it in this entry.

    Cheers, and chill out.

  • Dec 11, 2004

    Google Labs releases LiveSearch-based enhancement

    Kevin Gibbs, software engineer at Google, has written a bit of an enhancement to Google Search that uses LiveSearch. His post on the Google Blog was probably written to make me feel jealous I wasn't working at Google. Anyway, check out Google Suggest over at Google Labs - it's kinda useful but I guess no longer cool (since this isn't new).

    Screenshot of Google Suggest in action


    And would you look at that: "muvee autoProducer crack" comes up when I enter "muvee". And of course typing "chu yeo" in there doesn't give "chu yeow". More on how it works in the Google Suggest FAQ.

  • Dec 10, 2004

    An author, I am trying to be

    I've always kinda loved writing. Writing fictional stories was fun up to secondary school - thanks to my fascination with (medieval) fantasy fiction and gamebooks. Argumentative essays were not my forte though - I got a B3 in 'A'-level General Paper.

    So anyway, enough of trying to write a "charming" little backstory (which wasn't really going anywhere, considering the state of mind I'm in).

    These few months you'll probably see a decreased frequency of posts on this blog, mostly due to my being on assignment writing a book - my very first one. Before you ask: yes, it's a technical book, and no, I'm not sure if I want to say what it's about just yet. It's too early.

    I'm going to miss blogging and nights where I don't have to think about <Insert book subject matter here>. Not that thinking about it is bad (because it is one of my main interests and I am writing a book on it), but I'm wondering how I'm going to keep up with late nights and the inexorable temptation to play one more hour of World of Warcraft (which still hasn't arrived, but will soon, with any luck).

    Stay tuned, don't go away. I'll still be blogging.

  • Dec 5, 2004

    On the prow for World of Warcraft Collector's Edition

    Update: I got it! I went all out in an eBay auction and bidding ended at USD130. My very first eBay purchase. Here's the item listing. I should feel guilty splurging this much but: 1) this should be worth it, 2) life's too short, 3) life's too short to waste time refreshing eBay auction pages and losing eventually, and 4) money in PayPal doesn't quite feel like real money.

    I'm looking for a copy of the World of Warcraft Collector's Edition which is incredibly sold out. If any of you chance by one of them in an obscure store, please let me know. I'll be more than happy to pay for everything (cost + shipping and handling) plus extra for your efforts. I've been bidding on eBay but keep losing the auctions and my local pre-order is uncertain to arrive.

    Here's a look at what's in the Collector's Edition. The Art of World of Warcraft coffee table book and the behind-the scenes DVD look so neat I just have to get the Collector's Edition.

    Thanks!

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