Fahrenheit 451

Wikipedia
Just finished watching Episode 6 of Library War, and saw in the comments that the book mentioned in that episode was probably Fahrenheit 451.

A quick Google search reveals the similarities...see the wiki page above.

test post using Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta

I've not yet been able to post to a Blogger blog using a Pocket PC browser. Here's another attempt using a Beta version of Opera Mobile.

Update: Looks like its working. Cool!

Radiohead - House of Cards

See more of the tech behind the video here.

BLASSREITER

crunchyroll
A bit disappointed with myself that I didn't highlight this anime earlier. It's really developed into a great story. Hints of its "specialness" emerged when the supposed hero of the show (Gerd) died so earlier on in the first few episodes, unlike normal anime shows. The religious and racism issues only make the show more multi-dimensional, and exciting to watch. Only minus is the way the XAT machines (the bikes and the robots) look. They look pretty ugly...

Practicing Simplified GTD

Lifehacker
Have been slacking off on my Getting Things Done (GTD) to-do lists, hope the above Lifehacker article will refresh myself...

UPDATE: This article (saw it at Lifehacker too) should help too...

Eee PC diary 4

Just a quick post to highlight that the Eee PC has a more powerful image editing tool that is built-in already, but not seen in the "Easy mode". Press Ctrl-Alt-t to open a terminal, and then type 'kolourpaint' to access it. Makes me wonder how many more such 'hidden' software exists in the Eee PC... UPDATE: Bingo

They Say -by- Scars On Broadway

I walked the line, the line I choose
I see the people in front of me
I climbed the wall, the wall of news
I watched them show the tragedy

If you were me, could you defend
the given rights to all the men?
Let's fuck the world with all it's trend
They say it's all about to end...

They say it's all about to end...
They say, they say...

There's a prison that's gone, but the fear lives on
I watched you walking on the dotted line
Maybe you don't see what's in front of me
Maybe you won't stand the test of time
For we live in sin, for we will win
I watched the president kiss his family
For we live in sin, for we will win
I watched the president fuck society

If you were me, could you defend
the given rights to all the men?
Let's fuck the world with all it's trend
They say it's all about to end...

They say it's all about to end...
They say, they say...

I fall in love with the old times
I never mention my own mind
Let's fuck the world with all it's trend
Thank god, it's all about to end...

They say it's all about to end...
They say, they say...
They say, they say...
They say it's all about to end

陰陽座 and Versailles - 2 japanese bands

I've just come across 2 distinctive bands from Japan.

陰陽座 (Onmyo-Za in japanese) distinctive sound comes from its male and female vocals, which combined with a classic metal sound, results in lots of air-guitar playing while listening to it. Add to it their special sense of fashion (think period japanese costume ala Inuyasha) and you have a great sounding (and looking) band.

Versailles has a similar sound (but don't quote me, I'm not exactly a metal expert), but a very different look. As its name suggest, think Baroque-period fashion and you won't be far off. Add to that a Vampire theme, and you have a band that looks to be getting bigger and bigger (understand that they performed in the US recently).

Baybeats 2008

Baybeats 2008
Baybeats is here again. It will be on from 29th to 31st August.

Hamilton conquers a wet British Grand Prix at Silverstone

I take back what I mentioned about Lewis Hamilton in the previous post. Today, he produced a masterful performance to win the race, which also means that he is now joint first in the championship standings, together with Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

The lightning start, and the overtaking move at the 1st corner were the highlights for me, with him jumping from 4th on the grid to 2nd behind Heikki Kovalainen. After he overtook his team-mate a few laps later, he basically disappeared into the horizon, finishing the race almost a minute in front of runner-up Nick Heidfeld.

Is pressure getting to Lewis Hamilton?

While watching the qualifying session for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix, I found myself asking the above question. This happened specifically when he slid off during his first hot lap in Q3, and again when I saw the in-car footage during his next lap. He was driving beyond his limit, and making constant corrections on the wheel to keep the car on the tarmac.

His pit crew had tried to calm him after the minor excursion earlier over the team radio, telling him that he was the fastest over the 1st few sectors (before he slid off), and told him not to overdrive.

Roll back to this BBC article I read earlier, together with the unfortunate pit lane incident, one begins to wonder if a pattern is developing. The parallel example of James Toseland is staring right at me at this point.

The scene at the weighing counter after qualifying seemed to confirm my worries. While the other drivers were congratulating each other, Lewis was sitting at the corner, and did not even offer a handshake to his team-mate, who had just taken pole with a blinding lap (half a second faster than the next driver, and at the very end of qualifying).

Eee PC diary 3

Firefox 3 is in my Eee PC. Finally, someone made it easier (relatively) to install it. Mind you, it still needed a bit of tweaking via the EeeUser forum. The key addition being

sudo dpkg -i --force-conflicts libgtk2.0-0_2.10.11-1_i386.deb

A sort of "force install", then a visit to synaptic (sudo synaptic) to resolve some problems (fix broken packages).

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False

PLoS Medicine
A flip-side to the previous post below. One needs to be careful of "bad science".