the adventist

Spotted at Pavilion mall in KL. You have to admire the attention...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:47:46 +0800

Spotted at Pavilion mall in KL. You have to admire the attention to detail.

"The best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after the things that..."

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:07:05 +0800

“The best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after the things that interest you and make you happy. Stop acting like you have a set path, because you don’t. No one does. You shouldn’t be trying to check off the boxes of life; they aren’t real and they were created by other people, not you.”

- Charlie Hoehn (via Lifehacker) (via jingc) (via catherine-elise)

“In 1943, five years after it was founded and during the...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:39:57 +0800

“In 1943, five years after it was founded and during the height of World War II, Walt Disney Studios put out an organization chart to explain how the company functioned. What’s fascinating is how it differs from org charts issued by most corporations.” (via www.atissuejournal.com)

How Huge Is the Internet on an Average Day? (via Gizmodo)

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:11:01 +0800

How Huge Is the Internet on an Average Day? (via Gizmodo)

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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:21 +0800

(via dailylibe)

quote-book: kari-shma: © Kristine May (via Beauty in...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:59:57 +0800

quote-book:

kari-shma:

© Kristine May (via Beauty in Everything - Photography)

For Soph (courtesy of xkcd)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:39:48 +0800

For Soph (courtesy of xkcd)

Famous movie quotes as if written by a proper Englishman

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:24:46 +0800

thefrogman:

“We must acquire a larger vessel.”
- Jaws

“I’m growing impatient with these malevolent slithering reptiles on this bloody aircraft.”
- Snakes on a Plane

“Toodeloo you ghastly miscreant.”
- Die Hard 1,2,3,4

“Please remove your simian appendages from my person, you unwashed gorilla man-thing.”
- Planet of the Apes

“There is a herptile in my western footwear!”
- Toy Story

“I shall return.”
- Every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie

“I am now fully versed in the combat stylings of “Kung Fu.”
- The Matrix

“I do wish I could cease committing acts of sodomy unto your delightful buttocks.”
- Brokeback Mountain

“My dearest apologies Captain, I have configured this vessel to it’s maximum efficiency. Alas, if you wish me to attempt to defy the laws of physics, I shall increase my efforts.”
- various Star Trek movies and episodes

“Does Marsellus Wallace match the appearance of a female canine? Then why is it, good sir, that you are attempting to have coital relations with him, as if he were a female canine?”
- Pulp Fiction

“I do not believe that is an orbiting planetary body, but in fact a massive facility constructed exclusively for use in space.”
-Star Wars: A New Hope

“Oh dear. I do believe that when we dined on this soylent green, the main ingredient was in fact human beings. In its defense, twas better than English food.”
- Soylent Green

“I say to thee honestly milady, I am an indifferent.”
- Gone With the Wind

“It’s an elaborate ruse!”
- Return of the Jedi

“Miss Scarlett, I regret to inform you that I am uneducated in the field of obstetrics.”
- Gone With the Wind

“Fare thee well, infant.”
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Did you get them all? Have any to add?

An Easy Way to Increase Creativity

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:14:31 +0800

An Easy Way to Increase Creativity:

“Scientists have demonstrated that increasing psychological distance so that a problem feels farther away can actually increase creativity.”

Journalists for Hire!

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:25:41 +0800

Journalists for Hire!:

“If the future of advertising is content, which I believe it is, then the industry should welcome the influx of journalists with open arms.”

The Sun (xkcd)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:08:48 +0800

The Sun (xkcd)

"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is..."

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:20:21 +0800

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof.”

- Barbara Kingsolver (via littlemiss)

(via littlemiss)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:17:42 +0800

(via littlemiss)

"If you truly think you were born to do something, don’t give yourself another option, because you’ll..."

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:02:56 +0800

““If you truly think you were born to do something, don’t give yourself another option, because you’ll just end up choosing that instead.””

- Nicky Silver, playwright. (via quote-book)

azizisbored: Onion News Network - New Anti-Smoking Ads Onion...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:01:31 +0800

azizisbored:

Onion News Network - New Anti-Smoking Ads

Onion News Network always killin’ it.

The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:02:10 +0800

The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia:

mrgan:

I just Instapapered many, many of these.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest..."

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0800

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (via fuckyeahhappy)

A Happy Writer Is a Lousy Writer?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:09:16 +0800

A Happy Writer Is a Lousy Writer?:

“It turns out that “low-intensity” negative moods are linked to better writing than happy moods. As shown in the research of University of New South Wales Psychology Professor Joe Forgas, when we’re not walking on clouds or doing a happy dance, we tend to be more careful and mindful of details.”

nostrich: So. Original plan: collect some data, make a totally...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:23:21 +0800

nostrich:

So. Original plan: collect some data, make a totally sweet-ass visualization of it, print it, frame it, give it to Heather on our wedding day. Nice, right?

As ever, it didn’t quite work out.

For one: Illustrator is really hard. This looks nothing like it does in my head. Had to make a lot of compromises. Two: I didn’t finish it in time. Partially related to the previous point, partially related to me not having this idea far enough in advance (about 3 days). Three: No privacy while Heather is at home! And she took a day off work during those 3 days! Making my deadline effectively 2 days! Having never even used Illustrator! Without even owning a copy of Illustrator!

So. Yeah.

Regardless, I kind of like how it turned out. I had a much better idea in mind (two, actually) for the timeline portion, but I wasn’t able to get a good enough grasp on Illustrator to make it happen (see point one).

Now I have a year before our first anniversary to get better at Illustrator and make a way better version depicting our first year together.

Click to see it big, by the way.

tmblg: Patient trapped in a 23-year ‘coma’ was conscious all...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:14:35 +0800

tmblg:

Patient trapped in a 23-year ‘coma’ was conscious all along

A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him totally paralysed. He had no way of letting experts, family or friends know he could hear every word they said.

‘I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,’ said Mr Houben, now 46. Doctors used a range of coma tests, recognised worldwide, before reluctantly concluding that his consciousness was ‘extinct’. But three years ago, new hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally.

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