What Does Your Birthdate mean?

Posted by MikeyMike at 09:41 AM on May 1, 2005.

Got this from Dorie's Xanga....

Your Birthdate: November 16

Your birth on the 16th day of the month gives a sense of loneliness and generally the desire to work alone. You are relatively inflexible, and insist on your being independent. You need a good deal of time to rest and to meditate. You are introspective and a little stubborn. Because of this, it may not be easy for you to maintain permanent relationships, but you probably will as you are very much into home and family. This birth day inclines to interests in the technical, the scientific, and to the religious or the unknown realm of spiritual explorations. The date gives you a tendency to seek unusual approaches and makes your style seem a little different and unique to those around you. Your intuition is aided by the day of your birth, but most of your actions are bedded in logic, responsibility, and the rational approach. You may be emotional, but have a hard time expressing these emotions. Because of this, there may be some difficulty in giving or receiving affection.

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China's Century?

Posted by MikeyMike at 05:43 PM on May 2, 2005.

This week's Newsweek magazine's cover story: China's Century Pretty interesting read... and it's got Zhang ZiYi on the cover!

What do you all think about this??

By Fareed Zakaria
Editor, Newsweek International
Newsweek

May 9 issue - Americans admire beauty, but they are truly dazzled by bigness. Think of the Grand Canyon, the California redwoods, Grand Central Terminal, Disney World, SUVs, the American armed forces, General Electric, the Double Quarter Pounder (With Cheese) and the Venti Latte. Europeans prefer complexity and nuance, the Japanese revere minuteness and minimalism. But Americans like size, preferably supersize.

That's why China hits the American imagination so hard. It is a country whose scale dwarfs the United States—1.3 billion people, four times America's population. For more than a hundred years it was dreams of this magnitude that fascinated small groups of American missionaries and businessmen—1 billion souls to save; 2 billion armpits to deodorize—but it never amounted to anything. China was very big, but very poor. All that is changing. But now the very size and scale that seemed so alluring is beginning to look ominous. And Americans are wondering whether the "China threat" is nightmarishly real. More Here

That's a LOT of iPods!

Newsweek Photo Tour Here

Barker thinks that openness can only be good for Chinese film, and for American audiences. "It's going to make Chinese cinema more diverse," he says. "It cross-pollinates and becomes Pan-Asian. It's kind of already happened." And he believes that actresses like Ziyi Zhang—who will be seen next in Wong Kar-Wai's "2046," followed in December by the long-awaited film adaptation of "Memoirs of a Geisha"—may presage a return to an era of international stardom. "There was a time, decades ago, when movie stars included people like Sophia Loren or Marcello Mastroianni," he says. "Now, instead of coming from Italy and France, the movie stars are coming from Asia. Ziyi, really, is like Catherine Deneuve. She has that same presence, and a beauty that is pure." She can also annihilate hundreds of men in a sword fight without breaking a sweat. Even Deneuve couldn't do that.

Currently listening to: F.I.R.'s Love x3
Currently reading: Newsweek
Currently feeling: thoughtful

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Unsafe at Any Speed

Posted by MikeyMike at 03:59 PM on May 4, 2005.

Here's something interesting about Australian drivers thanks to IBeAngel5... Slow down Monkee and Pegs!!


Young women drive almost as aggressively as men, according to an Australian study that found female drivers below age 30 are only slightly less likely than young men to tail-gate, hurl abuse, shake their fists, blast their horns and cut in front of other drivers. An aggression index, compiled from a survey by the Australian Associated Motor Insurers Ltd., shows young women scored 31.77 points on a road rage "Richter" scale, compared with men's score of 32.63.

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Podcasting?

Posted by MikeyMike at 12:09 PM on May 8, 2005.

Podcasting: I bet you've heard this word, but aren't quite sure what it really means, ya?

Like most really cool ideas, it's really simple... Basically it is RSS2.0 syndication with mp3 file attachments. That means you can sign up for a "podcast" of your favorite "shows" and have it automatically delivered to your PC, then synced to your iPod or similar device that handles mp3 - that's like everything!.

The Pod part of Podcasting gives it a certain Apple iPod cache, I guess, but podcasting has little to do with iPods specifically, except that iPods are the bigest selling "mp3" players and the first Podcasts only supported them (unlike now).

Now, you can download something interesting that doesn't cost money or is (at least) theoretically illegal. That is, after you've ripped all your CDs into your new device and still got a few gigs free...

Just like blogs, there are podcasts for every subject under the sun. Of course, some subjects are more suitable to an audio format...

All this was started by Adam Curry (of MTV fame) and it's grown like Topsy, as they say... There are tons of podcasts out there, with more on the way everyday, as even traditional braodcasters discover that this is an easy way to increase distribution, and please an additional audience not able to hear the normal program. And you benefit by having the show available on the way to work, or whereever you are with your trust player!

It's not that hard to do your own Podcast, if that interests you. After all a .wav sound file native to Windows you record is easily converted to a mp3 file - humm...

I suggest you download the ipodder program. It's one of the best, and then you will be ready to grab any podcasts that strike your fancy now, or in the future. Once setup it's always ready to go! Maybe Roy will do a regular Tabulas Podcast?!

More on Podcasting Here.

More on Podcast Alley Here




Posted by Dave Winer, 10/21/04 at 10:07:10 AM.

Think how a desktop aggregator works. You subscribe to a set of feeds, and then can easily view the new stuff from all of the feeds together, or each feed separately.

Podcasting works the same way, with one exception. Instead of reading the new content on a computer screen, you listen to the new content on an iPod or iPod-like device.

Think of your iPod as having a set of subscriptions that are checked regularly for updates. Today there are a limited number of programs available this way. The format used is RSS 2.0 with enclosures.

In the future, radio shows like All Things Considered and Rush Limbaugh will be available in this manner, and perhaps other syndication formats will support enclosures.

Update: For a quick sample of the latest podcasts, check out http://audio.weblogs.com/.

Currently listening to: Adam Curry's PodCast
Currently feeling: bleeding edge

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Tops in my Friendster Network

Posted by MikeyMike at 02:48 PM on May 8, 2005.

lol! What interesting Friends I have!! :O You know who you are


Popular searches in my network

1. MAZDA RX-9
2. Anne CURTIS
3. fullhouse(korean drama)
4. filipina video(sex)
5. hidden+camera+bercinta di gunung
6. free video(sex)
7. cute malaysia ladies
8. 林志玲走光
9. clubbing clothes
10. true love quiz

EDIT:

Now it's this?! What kinda marketing ploy is Friendster using?? You are redeemed my Friendsters! lol

1. polyphonic ringtone
2. zodiac love match
3. Free Ringtones
4. wholesale hip hop clothing
5. T-Mac 5
6. samsung e715
7. funny xmas card
8. Napoleon Dynamite
9. Academy Awards
10. Pucci

Currently reading: Popular Searches...
Currently feeling: :O

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Sidewalk Chalk Guy

Posted by MikeyMike at 03:44 PM on May 8, 2005.

You might have already seen these, but this is awesome!

Got the link from the wildly lovely Lainie (who's having a BIRTHDAY today 5/8) Go wish her a Happy Birthday...

Currently reading: Creating Perspective
Currently feeling: wow!

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Snail Harassment

Posted by MikeyMike at 04:54 PM on May 8, 2005.

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The Bloggers Prayer

Posted by MikeyMike at 11:04 PM on May 10, 2005.

This is too cool! Got it care of minishorts...

Kinda' says it all, huh?


Our words, who art in notepad,
Blogging be thy Name.
Thy traffic come.
Thy ego will be done,
On wordpress as it is in xanga.
Give us this day our daily RSS feeds.
And forgive us our typos,
As we forgive those who flame against us.
And lead us not into blogwhoring,
But deliver us from self-importance.
For thine is the blogosphere,
and the hit counter,
and the sympathy vote,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

See it in the flesh Here

Currently reading: The Bloggers Prayer
Currently feeling: worried

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Fly Away

Posted by MikeyMike at 06:07 AM on May 11, 2005.

Song for Mother's Day (Belated) Very touching indeed! I need to plan these things better. It's on my Radio Blog.

Fly Away - Corrinne May

When will you be home? she asks
as we watch the planes take off
We both know we have no clear answer to where my dreams may lead
She's watched me as i crawled and stumbled
As a child, she was my world
And now to let me go, I know she bleeds
and yet she says to me

You can fly so high
Keep your gaze upon the sky
I'll be prayin every step along the way
Even though it breaks my heart to know we'll be so far apart
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away

Autumn leaves fell into spring time and
SIlver-painted hair
Daddy called one evening saying
We need you. Please come back
When I saw her laying in her bed
Fragile as a child
Pale just like an angel taking flight
I held her as I cried

You can fly so high
Keep your gaze upon the sky
I'll be prayin every step along the way
Even though it breaks my heart to know we'll be so far apart
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away
ohh...
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away

Currently listening to: Corrinne May's Fly Away
Currently feeling: belated

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HAMstar Wars

Posted by MikeyMike at 04:03 PM on May 11, 2005.

Yet another link from minishorts...

Will it outperform Starwars III at the box office? They are cute lil' bugggers - just watch out for the lightsaber at feeding time!


A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… on the peaceful planet of Haboo, lived the happy hamsters’ community. However trouble is brewing on the planet Haboo, where the evil Guinea-Pig Federation has staged a blockade on the peace-loving planet. Two Jedi Hamsters, by the name of Qui-Ham-Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Ham Sternobi are sent to the besieged planet to investigate. More Here

Currently listening to: Return of the Hamai
Currently watching: What else??
Currently feeling: weird

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Your TRUE Birthmonth

Posted by MikeyMike at 05:33 PM on May 11, 2005.

lol! I am "borrowing" left and right! =) This one comes from WomansWorth

Your True Birth Month Is November

Patient Secretive Romantic Inquisitive Trustworthy Determined Hardworking High-spirited High abilities Unpredictable Never give up Sharp thinking Thinks forward Always thinking Motivates oneself Loves to be alone Has a lot of ideas Difficult to fathom Extraordinary ideas Unique and brilliant Brave and generous Well-built and tough Careful and cautious Dynamic in personality Deep love and emotions Uncertain in relationships Honest and keeps secrets Can become good doctors Less talkative but amiable Stubborn and hard-hearted Fine and strong clairvoyance Not able to control emotions Does not appreciates praises Thinks differently from others If there is a will, there is a way Hardly become angry unless provoked Knows how to get secrets out of others

Currently reading: Horrorscope

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Apple releases iTunes 4.8 with video support

Posted by MikeyMike at 12:28 AM on May 17, 2005.

new iTunes update! Perhaps an Aussie iTunes Store soon?? Even the videos now...

Apple releases iTunes 4.8 with video support [updated]
By Larry Angell

Apple has quietly released iTunes 4.8 for both Mac OS X and Windows. According to the brief release notes, version 4.8 includes “new Music Store features and support for transferring contacts and calendars from your computer to your iPod (requires Mac OS X version 10.4 on your computer).”

This update will presumably bring support for at least some of the previously mentioned new international iTunes Music Stores, including Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, Norwary, and Denmark. In fact, French iPod enthusiast site iPodGeneration is reporting that Apple will be holding a press conference tomorrow at Zurich to introduce the service in Switzerland.

iTunes 4.8 also adds new video features, including the ability to drag and drop movie clips from your computer into the iTunes Library for easy cataloging and organization. Clips appear with a new movie camera icon in your library; however, categories such as “album” and “composer” continue to be used for these files, and no new “videos” or “movies” genre has been added to accommodate them.

There is also a new “show video full screen” button that lets you easily watch full-screen movies that have been organized in your iTunes Library, as well as options to view movies in a separate smaller window, or within the main iTunes pane. When you “get info” on videos, they appear with a preview picture that can be resized to your liking. The video functionality does not appear to allow users to transfer videos to currently available iPods. More Here

Currently listening to: iTunes

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Firefox Users Monkey With the Web

Posted by MikeyMike at 04:19 PM on May 18, 2005.

People are starting to use the power and simplicty of Firefox to remake the web their way. Yet another reason to use it. May the Force be with you!

By Ryan Singel
02:00 AM May. 17, 2005 PT

In a modern twist on the hot rodders of old, Firefox users are pimping the web, one browser at a time.

They've added a delete button and permanent search folders to Gmail, made their browsers show only print pages of online news stories, reconfigured all the content on a popular music website and removed Reuters stories on the Michael Jackson story from online newsreader Bloglines. More Here

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New Corrinne May CD Released

Posted by MikeyMike at 06:00 PM on May 18, 2005 as a favorite post.

Corrinne May has released a new CD called Safe In A Crazy World. She's performing in LA soon too. I'll keep you posted. You can get an autographed copy of her new CD from her Pink Armchair dot com website, cdbaby or iTunes... or even Amazon!

UPdate: Got the new CD really quick from her site, signed and everything! I Think buying this way will give her the most money for it. Plus, you get the custom Pink Armchair Windows Background!



I'll add some song links soon. This is her follow up to the wonderful Corrinne May CD from 2001



See video of Fly Away filmed in Taiwan Here

Born in Singapore, and aptly named after her mother’s favorite song, Corrinne displayed a love for music at an early age. Though classically trained as a pianist, she decided to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston to hone her songwriting skills. Upon graduation, Corrinne moved to Los Angeles and immediately immersed herself in the indie scene, playing such Hollywood hot spots as Highland Grounds, The Mint, and Genghis Cohen.

Corrinne's songs and vocals have been featured on major radio stations, popular international television shows and worldwide theatrical releases. Her songs "Same Side of the Moon" and "All that I need" have been featured on Lifetime TV and "Cast Your Spell" has been heard on the American soap opera "One Life to Live". Her song "Journey" was featured in the hit Taiwanese drama series ‘Dolphin Bay Lovers’ and Corrinne’s cover version of the Burt Bacharach classic "Close to You" was featured prominently in the movie "So Close" released by Columbia-Tristar films.

Corrinne has garnered numerous awards for her music, including "Best Contemporary Album" from the 'Just Plain Folks' music organization, and she won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Award in 2001.

She was also handpicked to co-write with the legendary singer-songwriters Carole King and Carole Bayer Sager. Their songwriting collaboration resulted in the poignant piano ballad "If You Didn’t Love Me", which was subsequently featured on Corrinne's album.

In September 2004, she became the first and only artist, singing exclusively in English, to be signed by powerhouse record label Forward Music in Taiwan. Her album is currently being distributed in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

An MTV for "Fly Away" also received extensive airplay on MTV Asia and led to Corrinne performing several TV concerts in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Currently listening to: Safe In A Crazy World CD
Currently watching: Fly Away video

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How Did Tut Die?

Posted by MikeyMike at 05:40 PM on May 22, 2005.

Looks like he'd be in Boy Band these days... Could use a hoodie though!

With a million dollar Siemans CT scanner, hauled out to the Valley of The Kings, archeologists are getting unheard of detail of (eventually) over 600 mummies, Tutankhamun being among the first, due to his fame and the intense interest about the cause of death over 3,000 years ago... It's like thousands of 3D slices that can be electonically manipulated in any way concievable! Scripps has a couple of these bad boy CT scanners too... Amazing stuff! And his "bling" (and more) is going on tour soon - starting in LA.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-857-6000 (general information)
323-857-0098 (TDD)

June 16, 2005 - November 15, 2005

More Venues in coming months

Main NatGeo Tut article

Currently listening to: Bangles' Walk Like An Egyptian
Currently reading: Curse of The Mummy
Currently watching: Saturday Night's Live's King Tut
Currently feeling: Ancient Heart

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Futa Standing Tall

Posted by MikeyMike at 03:43 PM on May 29, 2005.

This Panda (breed called a Lesser Panda) can stand for up to 10 seconds, wowing Japanese Zoo guests... Now if only he could break dance like the doggie in that dog food commercial! :p

More Here



(Actually, I think that this in our Monkee in a Lesser Panda suit! )

Update: Lesser Panda also known as Fire Fox! Like our favorite web browser... Cool, huh?

here's some info about where Red Pandas can be found (a LOT of Zoos have them):

What's being done to help?
Virtually all North American zoos with red pandas participate in a management program designed to ensure that a viable zoo population survives for the foreseeable future. Red pandas have been bred with some reliability in zoos around the world. In 1992 there were about 85 zoos that held more than 300 red pandas. More than 300 were born in zoos from 1972 to 1992, many at the National Zoo. While red pandas are now protected in Nepal and China, more field studies are needed to determine how well giant panda nature reserves protect the red panda.


Why does Futa like to stand?

There are various theories, but Tomoya Akimichi, a professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature who studies human-animal relationships, might be on to something.

``We may think we're watching him, but it could be the other way around. But it might be Futa who is keeping an eye on us, standing up to see what's going on in the world outside his fence.'' More Here

Currently feeling: Red Pandamania

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Tiny Humans: The "Hobbits" of Flores

Posted by MikeyMike at 04:43 PM on May 29, 2005.

It is really rare to make the kind of discovery that changes fundamental theories of human evolution. The recent discovery of "Hobbits" from the Indonesian island of Flores is just this kind of find. Scientists will have to rethink assumptions - like bigger body means smarter brain. Seems these little buggers had some of the technology only attributed to "later" species... and the apparently hunted mini-rhinos in co-operative groups. Pretty amazing for people the size of 4 year old humans! This National Geographic program details this exciting recent discovery.

It's on at 8PM tonight. (Late to tell you, I know) and also shows again on Wednesday, June 1


Tiny Humans: The "Hobbits" of Flores

David Hamlin
Producer
National Geographic Television and Film

When I got the assignment to make a film on "hobbits" my first reaction was, 'didn't someone just do three of these—and win every Oscar ever invented?' I soon learned my mission wasn't to remake one of the most successful movie franchises of all time. My challenge was much more intimidating: tell the world about one of the most amazing archaeological finds of all time—a three-foot tall race of humans that lived just 18,000 years ago.

As I began researching the story, I couldn't believe the legends of little people living alongside us could possibly be true. The industrious dwarves of Scandinavia, the deadly kilyakai of New Guinea, the mischievous Leshy of the Baltic—were these myths based on a race of little people? Indonesian and Australian scientists had discovered fossil remains of tiny human beings buried in a limestone cave on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, suggesting that these ancient legends may have been rooted in truth.
Photo: the dig at Flores

The scientists hadn't come to Flores searching for a race of "mini-mes." They were looking for early Homo sapiens, modern humans like you and me, who led the first migration to Australia. But when they made their discovery, they immediately knew they were onto something far more special.

When I flew to Indonesia to film the discovery for National Geographic all the details were secret. The discovery hadn't leaked to the press and the scientists didn't want to break the story of this new human species until they completed their initial research, published it in a journal, and were fully prepared for the media onslaught that was sure to follow.

The journey to Flores was an adventure in itself. After three days of plane flights, each plane smaller than the last, the final flight brought us to the island where we jumped into a jeep for a ride into the central highlands. The jeep brought us to the village of Ruteng from where we trekked up a mountain path to the site of the dig: a cave the locals call "Liang Bua" or "Cool Cave." More Here


(They might have been really smart, but this guy obviously forgot to put on his *pants* in all the excitment!! )

Currently feeling: I know I forgot something

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You Dont Know Jack (FM)

Posted by MikeyMike at 07:51 PM on May 30, 2005.

Remember I was telling you about the new radio station here in San Diego that replaced my local Star-100 FM radio?? JackFM is like an "iPod on the radio" in that it plays a very diverse selection of music (like you might have on your iPod or mp3 player). No Dee-jays and such; mostly music... The concept started in Canada and is being adopted in markets in the US and Great White North.

Anyway, They seem to have this really great deal on CDs... $7.99 for a lot of CDs (no shipping if you come to the station to pick them up, $2.50 otherwise.)

Wanna' see their selection?? Check it out, right Here

You can also see (and search) for what they've been playing on the Station, and buy the songs that you like. (You can do that with iTunes also).
Pretty cool, huh? Sorry if you live an ocean away and this information is mostly useless to ya'... btw, did the Aussie iTunes store startup yet??

Listen to JackFM right now

Currently listening to: JackFM
Currently feeling: iPoding

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