Way before EA Sports, EIDOS, and their respective multi-million dollar, ultra-realistic, super-star endorsed football video games franchises FIFA 09 and Championship Manager (respectively) became popular, there was Subbuteo.
Subbu…who?
Well, if you don’t know what Subbuteo is, you probably are too young. Not that I am that old…but I remember wanting to own a set ever since [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Remember these guys?
June 30, 2009Pigging Out…
June 21, 2009Woah…i’m taking a breather from pigging out these past few days, to post some pics.
Here’s what I’ve been feeding my face with recently…
Thursday, 18 Jun – International buffet at ‘The Line’ (seafood night some more!!)
Friday, 19 Jun – Birthday party at friend’s place
Saturday, 20 Jun – Burgers (with the works) at my place for above-mentioned [...]
OS 3.0 is here!
June 18, 2009…and about time too, especially since Apple announced that it would be available on 17 June (got delayed worldwide by one full day), and since it was first mentioned on this post. I’m downloading it now as I type. Started downloading a couple of minutes after 1.00am (Singapore time). Had some initial problems, but everything [...]
New Toy
June 17, 2009I just got me a new toy…it’s the Flip Ultra HD “pocket camcorder”! Ok, that’s not what the makers call it, but I think it’s a rather accurate moniker. So it’s not perfect, but hey…how many US$200 HD camcorders are there on the market?
Anyhow, I tested it out when a friend was putting together a [...]
Did you know…
June 12, 2009…that ‘cheong hei’ is now a new ‘dim sum’ dish?
Testing Video Upload (yet again)
June 11, 2009
Testing video upload using YouTube…so that I won’t be constrained by 90 sec of video…
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It works!
(although personally, i find Flickr’s video player sleeker and more understated than YouTube’s…ah well…you win some you lose some, unless you are willing to pay for it)
Anyhow, just to explain, the song in the video is [...]
Nice…
June 10, 2009What do you think of when you hear the word ‘nice’? Close your eyes…picture the things that come to mind when you think of ‘nice’…
(Note: The French city of Nice is not counted.)
What images came to mind? Lying down on a warm, soft, fluffy comforter? Listening to the rain come down outside, and seeing raindrops [...]
Testing Video Upload Again
June 9, 2009iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update…akan datang?
June 2, 2009Apple just released an update to iTunes (ver 8.2) with support for iPhones and iPod Touches with the OS 3.0 software update. This means that OS 3.0 is around the corner, and will be released hopefully in the next week or so, at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), which takes place from June 8 [...]
Social Experiment
June 1, 2009Social experiment #34876 is a success! Woo hoo!