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Time for a simple one:

1. Which of the following DVD’s do I own, but haven’t watched it yet (as in unpacked, (or at least, not by me), and still not put in the DVD player):
a. Star Trek TNG series box
b. Training Day
c. Harry Potter 2: The Secret Chamber

2. Which of the following invention has been seriously on my mind:
a. Multi floss device (almost as big as your mouth, has enough extensions to fit all the gaps between your teeth, flosses it at once in less than 30 seconds (electronically, as opposed to the current manual labor that takes at least five minutes)
b. An electronic device that continuously monitors the internet connection (be it through software on the pc, or built-in the device itself), and when it concludes after a range of conclusive test that the internet is dead, it shuts the power down of the ADSL modem, and after 20 seconds, turns it back on. (As you know, it still happens sometimes, and it’s not just ADSL modem, wireless routers/access points also suffer this fate from now and then)
c. A solar outfit. As I carry several electronic devices with me, wouldn’t it be nice to have a continuous source of power (which we get from the sun) to keep all your devices going without carrying all those ac/dc power supplies ?

3. Pringles:
a. is an emotional subsitute
b. makes me aggressive
c. has been officially made into an essential food group.
d. is the only all-in-one food (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

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So, today I ran outside, to catch my ride to work. Halfway through, the shocking thought reached me that I didn’t put gel in my hair. My hairdo isn’t that overly complex, but somehow it felt wrong.
Then halfway through the day I feel this headache coming up. Must be those late night Unreal Tournament sessions. Usually it means one or even two hours less sleep, which I don’t catch up on until the weekend. So, half functioning limping through the other half of the day, I finally got home after 18.00, for my well-deserved nap.
Around 21.30 it’s time to get up. Still a heavy head, but I couldn’t keep on sleeping. With a bad case of migraine I do sleep till morning, but this was a case of tiredness.
Then comes dinner. But it was the day I was supposed to get some groceries. So diner consisted of an orange, 2 Snickers ice cream bars, and a cup of Malaga ice cream.
So, the moral of the story ? No matter how strong you are, no matter how many asses you kick in UT, it always catches up with you (and in the worst case, as you have noticed, it takes half a day from your life). Ah well, almost weekend.

Check this picture. Yeah, you probably already recognise her. It’s Zang Ziyi. First she stole my heart with Oscar winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2000. She took it overseas a year later with Rush Hour 2. You might think that was all, but Hero (not fully distributed throughout the world yet) was the second Oscar nominated movie of hers.
But as a sign she’s ready to take on the world, she has TWO movies running in Cannes. 2046, a sci-fi/drama and (current title, might be changed) House of Flying Daggers, another love story/martial arts. She definitely knows how to make the right choices.

More pictures over here. Yeah, smitten is an understatement. I should brush up on my Mandarin.

As you may or may not now, my new digital camera has a resolution that’s almost triple the old one. Who am I then to withhold all the extra pixels from you ? So here are 2 desk pics at full res, perfect for your desktop wallpaper. Resize at your own discretion (or if you don’t want to, Windows can do it automatically when clicking the Stretch option in the same menu where you choose your wallpaper).
Pic 1 | Pic 2

Another suggestion is to keep it shorter. And that’s not all, I made it easier as well, at least a few are fully googlable. Well, here goes:

1. How many fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters do I have ? (Include younger/older, for instance: father=4(older))

2. What is my average daily Pringles consumption (measurement = 1 can) ?
a. 0.5 to 1
b. 0.25 to 0.5
c. 1 to 2
d. 2 to 3

3. Which TV series did I not watch regularly ?
a. The Powers of Matthew Star
b. Dr. Katz
c. Profiler
d. Cheers

4. Which Star Wars DVD do I not own ? (you may use more letters)
a. Star Wars: Episode I
b. Star Wars: Episode II
c. Star Wars: Episode III

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Okay, I’m funny right ? People sometimes say it. But we really have to get this straight before I move on to the next question… WHY AM I NOT getting 2 million bucks rolled into my back account every week ?
Ray Romano does. And he’s not even half as funny as I am. His Everybody Loves Raymond sitcom got renewed on CBS for a last _shorter_ ninth season, for a record payroll, beating previous recordholders like Paul Reiser & Helen Hunt, Tim Allen, Kelsey Grammer and Jerry Seinfeld. So, right now, I’m feeling a bit unfunny, if you know what I mean.

Okay, that was mean, last time, when I didn’t reveal the correct answers. Let’s just say my ego got in the way. Won’t happen again. I promise. As suggested by Ez, I’ll be popping a few open K-uestions as well.

1. The {:) smiley is copyrighted, trademarked and registered, no toughie. But why this { character ? Hint: use the word hair in your answer.

2. When I wake up, be it after 6, 7, 8 or even 12 hours (weekeeeeends!!) I always:
a. do 20 push-ups
b. do 50 push-ups
c. *yawn*

3. No surprise again, I have to award my own greatness once in a while, and what better way than materialistic enrichment. So this week I’ll be giving myself (let’s just say I’ll have a few less vacation days to enjoy):
a. Iriver’s H140 (iHP-140): MP3 player with FM tuner, 40 GB hard disk, 16 hours playtime with rechargeable Li-Polymer battery. Valued at roughly 480 euros.
b. Canon A80, digital camera, 4 Mpixel, 3xzoom, valued at roughly 400 euros.
c. Samsung V410, new mobile phone with video capabilities. Valued at roughly 600 euros.
d. other …

4. Everybody knows you have to refresh the oil from the deepfry pan at least once a year (or two). That, of course, means you have to clean the whole thing first, and while most professional designs got it down to just 3 parts (heating, pan, net), it still takes hours to clean it. I consider this as:
a. a sport
b. leisure
c. utter relaxation
d. other …

5. I should do these k-uizes:
a. at a rapidly higher rate
b. at a highly accelerating speed
c. other … (I wouldn’t chose this one if I were you)

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Samsung’s new ad campaign carries the slogan “Face your friends” with their picture caller ID “technology” on their new mobile phones. And frankly, I’m flabbergasted. Anyone who knows me a little, knows I value functionality more than my naggin’ grandma. So help me figure out this one.
First of all, caller ID does have a function, it saves the 2 seconds you need to identify the caller. A picture does not add much to that. Second, you can’t see the picture any longer than that anyway, the very second you flip the phone open, and you hold it against your ear, it’s the bystanders seeing the picture, not you.
So here are a few theories of my own:
– They’re trying to sell more in-ear headsets, so you can keep looking at the picture of your horrible mother-in-law, while talking.
– They’re counting on lots of users who just buy it to show off, very along the lines of those stupid blinking LED’s which the user doesn’t see anyway, because it’s inside his/her pocket/bag the whole time. Its only function is to bother other people EVEN MORE, like using it in the movie theatre or somewhere else where you’re not supposed to be using it in the first place.
– I’m all wrong and it _does_ add something. It’s not a picture, but a movie of this “friend” talking, you just have to record it yourself first. Or you can take a picture, and using some advanced licensed software from Samsung you got free with the purchase of the phone, you can make the mouth wiggle and move a bit, simulating cartoon style talking motions.

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So, I got a reply form to fill in from the food conglom IgloMora. On how it was handled. Well, it wasn’t handled at all, hence, I gave the five relating questions the lowest mark possible. That should teach them.

As a pre-dinner snack, I finished a whole bag (200 grams) of Lays Cheese Onion in one go. After that, I went searching for the well established nutrition table, and to my shock, it wasn’t there. Half of the back was used by stupid children advertisement to collect those weird plastic things they put inside the bag. Doesn’t it just break your heart not knowing how much vitamins you just ingested ?

Time for a bit of self indulgence, as I’m probably the most egocentric person I know. Did you know my biggest fear is not for death itself, but the fact that I’m not there anymore to worry about myself ? While there isn’t a more interesting quiz to be found online anywhere, just to be sure, to keep you motivated enough to finish the quiz, I’m gonna award the winner (most correct answers) with a *hug* from ME ! Here goes:

1. My chin is:
a. shaved
b. beautiful
c. full of rash

2. Eeeeeeeeeehoahoa is:
a. copyrighted
b. copyrighted, trademarked and registered
c. an insult, but nobody knows it yet.

3. My fav linux distro is:
a. Debian Woody 3.0r2
b. Mandrake Linux Community 10
c. Red Hat Linux 9

4. I’m a … person:
a. very tidy
b. very incredibly smart
c. both

5. I should do these quizes :
a. more often
b. quite often
c. variably surpringly often

Did you know VHS is still having the upperhand in the battle ? Recent numbers show it’s almost even, and it won’t be long before the DVD will take over the VHS. So someone decided that fitness videos are the first to make the switch permanent: next year, no more VHS.
As I’m sure every single one of you has a Billy Blank’s Tae Bo title on the shelf somewhere, my question is, and be honest now, is that VHS or DVD ?

My favorite establishment, McDonald’s, just had a major make-over. The ol’ trusty red/yellow brandname theme is out, and in comes a summery fresh white/green design. Not only that, the menu grown bigger than any veggie/health freak can muster. Under the new trademark Salads Plus, comes Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad, Grilled Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad, Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad, Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad. There’s also a new Side Salad, and an alternative Balsamico dressing. A new burger, the Grilled Chicken Caprese also fall under this new theme. For the fruity people, there’s the Fruit & Yoghurt, and Fruit Bag.
That leaves me with one sentence, which will probably offend a huge amount of stupid people: Eat your heart out Burger King ! MWhahahahhahHAHA !

What does the title “Boy With the Pipe” and the number 104168000 have in common ?
The answer would be, insanity. That’s the (record breaking) price someone paid for a Picasso painting with that that title. And it isn’t even that aesthetically pleasing (hahah, am I a master of understatements or what ?), look for yourself here.

Reuters reports:

The German magazine “Men’s Car” found in a survey of 2,253 motorists aged 20 to 50 published in its inaugural May issue that male BMW drivers say they have sex on average 2.2 times each week while Porsche drivers have sex 1.4 times per week.

My biggest customer (in this case, ironically named Cock – he survived a vacation in Australia without an alias), has both. As I probably will pop the question later on today, I still need an opinion based reference to calculate the probability he’ll be lying. The question will be, in this case, should I average the number, or add them up ?