USPS ad slogan

Saw a USPS TV commercial that ended with a slogan “a simpler way to ship”. Given my displeasure with USPS, I’d like to complete the slogan as:

A simpler way to ship, not a simpler way to deliver!

Vote for Furry Friends Rescue

My wife volunteers at Furry Friends Rescue. She asked me to post this for her.

Please Vote for Furry Friends Rescue! Please spread the word to your friends.

2009 “A New Year of Hope for Animals” at Furry Friends Rescue!

Help Furry Friends Rescue win a $10,000 donation for our rescue dogs & cats from Care2.com

Vote for FFR by Jan. 31, 2009

Visit this link to vote: http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/73387/?refer=31187.a7.1229261651.1994

“大四川”的小笼包

我们家附近的“大四川”饭馆下礼拜二就要关门了，那里的小笼包是我记忆里最棒的，今天中午我们特地跑去点了两套，好好地开了一个离别午会。

Free Starbucks WiFi for AT&T customers

Woohoo, according to this link, us AT&T DSL customers can access free WiFi from Starbucks starting May 1st!

I wonder if this service extends all the way to Singapore, in which I will be vacationing for 2 weeks? Or maybe Taiwan for that matter? Guess “nation wide” refers to US.

SQL injection attempts

One of the comment spams caught by Akismet today had this as commenter name:

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Another one went like this:

Gen Drebery’,’deber@gmail.com’,”,’63.2.12.45′,’2008-01-25 19:34:54′,’2008-01-25 19:34:54′,”,’0′,’Internet Explorer’,’comment’,’0′,’0′),(’0′, ”, ”, ”, ”, ‘2008-01-26 19:34:54′, ‘2008-01-26 19:34:54′, ”, ’spam’, ”, ‘comment’, ‘0′,’0′ ) /*

Comment spam plus SQL injection in one go?!

Me like Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

Terminator 2 has been one of my favorite movies, as indicated in an earlier post. Terminator 3 then came along in 2003 and ruined the Terminator franchise for me. Fortunately, I now have Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles (T:SCC in short; official website; Wikipedia entry) to salvage my interest in Terminators.

I first read about T:SCC the TV series last year. I was not very interested initially, but towards December 2007 I started to anticipate the pilot that would come in January. Now that I have viewed the complete 2-hour pilot (in HD no less), I must say I am not disappointed. At all.

If I were a writer, T:SCC episodes would probably be filled with a new terminator getting blown up in a new way every week. Luckily I am not a writer, otherwise I wouldn’t want to watch T:SCC myself. The T:SCC pilot (hour one and two) that actually aired contained more unexpected twists than T3 the movie – in a way it had to if T:SCC is to last a few seasons. Moreover, T:SCC fixed some T3 elements that I particularly disliked, e.g. Sarah Connor now survives past 1997. Sure, the storyline is not perfect, but it’s still entertaining entertainment.

It doesn’t hurt either that the T:SCC actresses are more likable than those in T3.

I eagerly look forward to next week’s episode. Fox, please do not terminate T:SCC.

Miss World 2007

I haven’t cared for Miss World, Miss Universe, or Miss Space-Time-Continuum since the early 90′s, but this blog entry caught my attention while I was clearing through my RSS subscriptions:

China wins Miss World

I had always thought that ladies from English-as-Nth-language countries would never win in westerners-sponsored-and-therefore-favored beauty pageants. (India is not exactly a typical non-English speaking Asian country.) Finally in 2007 I am happily proven wrong.

Transformers trailer number 2

Transformers trailer number 2 is now available and it’s totally awesome! Watch the low-res streaming version if you are impatient to wait for the HD versions, but the wait is worth it. I had some trouble playing the HD QuickTime version until I downloaded the official player from Apple.com.

Starscream tumbling in mid air into a F22 is superb. And is that Optimus Prime battling Scorponok near the end of the trailer?!

Thank You for Smoking

I just finished watching “Thank You for Smoking” and have one word to describe this comedy: smart! This is an upfront, funny movie that, as the DVD extra explains, “does not apologize for itself” and yet gets the points across. It’s refreshing to see something that throws political correctness out the window and yet is not offensive. Professional spin doctors are just amazing, as long as none of them is coming for me, of course.

And for once, the DVD extras are worth their megabytes.

“Thank You for Smoking” is a gem, especially after watching “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” last night.

QWERTY Warrior the game

I practiced my typing skills with QWERTY Warrior the Flash game and quite enjoyed every second of the few minutes I spent. The objective is to type the enemies to death before they come close enough to inflict damage on your dude. There are power-ups and bombs to collect via, what else, more typing.

[via Download Squad]

[update @ 2006-11-09T15:57-8:00] My friend then showed me this McDonald’s Video Game.