My new 5G iPod

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Yes, I've decided to upgrade to the latest and greatest iPod available now. The package arrived one day after the order was placed and when it arrived, all was sweet. Can't wait to enjoy the new iPod goodness.

World of Warcraft erotica

World of Warcraft is a virtual world. As in the real world, there will be folks there who think about sex and erotica. It's therefore no surprise that a group of erotica-minded folks will be using WoW for their fantasies. These folks have created a forum called Darknest to indulge in their fantasy. They have even created a bunch of nude skins for the characters in WoW. Never thought that I'll actually see a topless orc.

Dungeon crawling, LEGO-style

When I saw this site called BrickQuest, I told myself this has to be the coolest thing one does with LEGO. But then again I thought, using LEGO for other things are as rad too.

Anyway, BrickQuest uses LEGO to build a dungeon that can be used for fantasy boardgaming. The site also has rules on how you can play the game and plans for you to build your own LEGO dungeon. Dungeon crawling in a LEGO universe is so cool and cute too.

Ten Bloglines Hacks

I love using Bloglines. In fact, it is my RSS reader of choice. The Micro Persuasion site has a piece on ten ways you can get more out of Bloglines. Love those hacks, I really do.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones viral marketing video

This is an extremely funny video for the new POP:TTT game. I don't know if this is a fan-made thingy or it's actually an official video for a viral marketing campaign. Whatever it is, it's really funny. It shows flesh and blood humans, that's folks like you and me, attempting the stunts that the Prince can do in the game. The results are side-splitting. Since I'm currently playing the Warrior Within, this sure is funny to me.

My 4G iPod

Not the latest but still good. This is after all a test post to the blog.

GremSpot on the move

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I am starting to use SplashBlog to post some photos. Quite easy to use and is faster than using email to post to Flickr. Look out for more picts coming your way.

PocketMod: The Electronic PDA killer

Well, your trusty Palm or Pocket PC device is your best friend, until it starts to act up. In comes the PocketMod. This is probably the electonic PDA killer because it's just... you guess it... paper. The Pocket Mod is called a disposable organizer. Using a flash-based app, you can choose what kind of paper you need, e.g. sheet with guided lines or week view page, then print it out on a piece of paper. You can then fold it into a handy book-like format that you can carry around with you. It's the ultimate note card and PDA, rolled into one. The developer has even come up with a PDF to PocketMod converter. Truly useful for those times when you can't depend on your PDA.

Top popular podcasts

Want to know what are some of the popular podcasts around? Popcasts is a site that aggregates the various podcast charts around the Net. At a glance, you'll be able to see what other folks are listening to on iTunes, Podnova, Odeo, Podcast Alley, and many more. Nice to see what folks on different places are listening to.

Logos of the world

If you're looking for logos of various brands, here're two web sites that you can find many of the brands and you can download their logos for your use.

• Brands of the World
  
• Logotypes

P2P's effect on music sales

Does file-sharing affect music sales? I guess the answer depends on who you're asking. This article on The Long Tail looks at a fascinating paper that has been released on the economics of P2P file-sharing.

...it does indeed depress music sales overall. But the effect is not felt evenly. The hits at the top of the charts lose sales, but the niche artists further down the popularity curve actually benefit from file-trading.

Well, it seems that if you're a listener of mainstream, label-driven and marketed music, then file-sharing hurts. But then, who needs to support these manufactured musicians anyway? I say, support the niche, indie musicians.

There's another interesting summary of this research here.

Apple imitator?

We know that long, long time ago, there were Apple clones such as Orange and Pineapple. Of course, these clones don't exist anymore because Apple has been pretty tight on the infringement of their trademarks and copyright. Today, I say this in the Straits Times.
It's an ad by a cellphone retailer, and the company is called Apple Telecom. We know that Apple is also the name of the company that The Beatles started, and it's also the name of a newspaper in Hong Kong, so why not a cellphone retailer in Singapore? But look at the logo. Doesn't it resemble the actual Apple logo?
The difference is that the leaf on the top of the fruit is on the left instead of the right, and the fruit itself has not been eaten. Uncanny, isn't it? With Apple going hard on the companies using the iPod name, I wonder if the Cupertino-based company will come down hard on Apple Telecom?
What's funny is that 5 pages later, there's an ad by ishop, an Apple authorised reseller.

Transformers costumes

This has got to be the coolest costumes ever made. This fellow has created a series of Transformer costumes that can actually transform! If you're going for a costume party, wearing these will certain make you the Prime (pun intended) attraction of the party. Now, you just have to be prepared to be US$3700 poorer, or simply hope that the creator of these costumes release his design on the net as open source.
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CD case Origami

Sometimes, you just don't have a CD case or covers. This happens especially if you're burning backup CDs. This site has an interesting mini-project where you can fold a piece of paper into a CD case.

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Xbox360, smashed

The folks at Smash My [insert gadget name here] has done a brilliant follow-up to their iPod smashing antic. This time, the target is the much sought-after Xbox360. With the rumoured shortage of this console, doing such a thing may be sacriligious to some. Still for those bent on destruction of bright shiny new electronics, it's some fun. And with the various reports that the Xbox360 is actually unstable and crashing, smashing one may not seem so far-fetched. Although we would not encourage you to do it if you're short on cash or if the machine you have is the last one on the planet.

If you've spare CPU cycles, help fight AIDS

Previously, if you'd some spare CPU cycles that you can spare, you can join one of the couple of grid computing projects around such as SETI@home. But if you think searching for aliens is not such a worthy project, now you can contribute to a more noble cause and contribute in the project to find a cure for the deadly AIDS virus. All you have to do is download and install a piece of software and it will utilise your free CPU cycles to aid in this distributed computing project. For those not too keen to help out on the AIDS cause, there's also a Folding@home project which aims to collect data on how to find cures for protein-folding based diseases like caner and Alzheimer's.

Watch iPod videos on the TV cheaply

The folks at Apple are really sneaky. If you try to play the videos on your 5G iPod using a standard A/V-to-RCA cable plugging it to your TV, you'll probably be out of luck and think that you'll have to shell out some cash to buy the official Apple-approved cables. Well, you don't have to because the sneaky folks at Apple has simply switch the outputs in the cables. To beat that, you just have to switch the way you plug the standard cables into your TV and set your iPod to the right settings. This tip on Macdevcenter.com gives you the details. So save some pennies and get a normal cable, no need to always fork out hard-earned cash and bow down to the Apple merchandising machine. Just because Apple makes something doesn't mean you have to buy it.

So here's what you have to do:

* Plug the red RCA plug into your TV's yellow RCA jack.
* Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV's white RCA jack.
* Plug the white RCA plug into your TV's red RCA jack.

Creative Commons music for everyday

This is something called CC:365. The idea here is to deliver a Creative Commons song using RSS feeds every day of the year. So for those sick of listening to major labels crap and want to experience some good quality, free music, subscribe to this. The songs featured will be from a wide variety of artists you've probably never heard and genres you may not even be familiar with. I say, what a great way to explore new music.

The ultimate LOST theory

Okay. Those who are watching LOST will certainly be wondering what the series is leading to, let alone the meaning of the series. This forum post on 4815162342.com has a grand theory on what is happening on LOST. It's comprehensive and complete with screenshots from the series to explain everything. Magnetism plays a large part in this theory and it makes a great deal of sense. But then according to some happenings in Season 2 (I'll be silent on this for those who have not watched the second season), the theory is just blown out of the water. Hmm... maybe even the producers of the show don't know what is gonna happen... that's my theory at least.

Great desktop art from Pixelgirl

Looking for cool desktop wallpapers? Pixelgirl has enough to get you drolling, and hoping that you've a couple of virtual desktops to place all these wallpapers on.