Stupid Car Tricks

THe following amazing car tricks where done by trained professionals. They have reached this level of excellence through years of training. Do not try this at home. Or maybe not.

Dancing ASCII Cat

Forget the world Cup, check out this dancing cat found here. Another link here.

The Meaning of Life

Anna Quindlen Pulitzer Prize winning author gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of Villanova in 2000. The full speech can be found here. I recommend you read it in full, but some excerpts that I particularly liked are:

Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast?

Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness because if you do you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.

Just keep your eyes and ears open, the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end. No man ever said on his deathbed, "I wish I had spent more time at the office."

Mezmar

Traditional Music - Without Instruments

Yemeni Hip Hop

Check out those moves. Michael Jackson will be jealous.

Internet Syrian Style

one comment, wtf?!?

Ikea Lamp

I have to get me one of these. The all wood finish, the stylish fixture, the bohemian yet art deco style. A must for every home.

iTunes Security Risk

I started my Apple iTunes running on Windows and got a dialog box saying I should upgrade to iTunes 6.0.5. I looked around the Internet to see what new cool features I would be getting. To my surprise I found that it was a security upgrade and that I run the risk of having my computer taken over by a malicious hacker if I have an older version of iTunes running.

What happened to the myth that Apple Software was hack proof?

According to News.com

Separately on Thursday, Apple put out iTunes 6.0.5, an update that it said fixes a security problem that could be used in a denial-of-service attack or let an intruder run code on vulnerable systems.

"The AAC file parsing code in iTunes versions prior to 6.0.5 contains an integer overflow vulnerability," the company said on its security Web site. "Parsing a maliciously-crafted AAC file could cause iTunes to terminate or potentially execute arbitrary code. iTunes 6.0.5 addresses this issue by improving the validation checks used when loading AAC files."

The iTunes vulnerability affects Mac OS X versions 10.2.8 or later and Microsoft Windows XP and 2000, Apple said.

To upgrade, all you need to do is start your iTunes and ok the dialog box that asks you to upgrade.

Things to make you go hmmm

This poor soul on the left



had a strange experience with this common object



resulting in



To understand what happened, look here and here.

Shaku Maki

I went to the Kei at the Marina Crescent last night. I enjoy Japanese food a lot. I had my order of Miso Soup, Assorted Tempura and a selection of Sushi and Sashimi followed by Tempura Ice cream. I still feel full from yesterday, I will probably skip lunch today.

I noticed a lot of custom Makis where included in the menu presented. They had different names like Khaled Maki, Ahmed Maki and Bujwess Maki. This trend started out in Sakura at the Crowne Plaza. A lot of inventive sushi lovers proposed to the Sushi chef Makis with their own combination of raw fish, rice and other garnishments. I tried one custom Maki and it tasted like Chicken Biryani with some hot daqus added to it.

I have my ideas for my own custom Maki. One of them will be Don Veto Maki, it will taste like creamy cappucino with an extra strong caffeine kick that will keep you awake all night and the following day. Another Maki combinatination will be Shaku Maki, which will taste strange and mysterious and make you say Shaku Maku all day.