Some Stupendous Aircraft Safety Cards

Ever find those disturbing though painstakingly designed safety cards silly? For those who find the reference pertaining to its wackiness from "Fight Club" hilarious, here's more.

The Ultimate Workstation

Bar none, the ultimate workstation. But probably you will get to sleep before anything else.

PacNet Wins.

From the Straits Times. ANIME distributer Odex has lost a court bid to force Pacific Internet to reveal names of subscribers who allegedly downloaded pirated versions of the Japanese cartoons. The Subordinate Court handed down its decision in chambers on Thursday and no details were made public. Pacific Internet (PacNet), which opposed the Odex action, would only say that it 'respects the rights of intellectual property owners and at the same time, also believes in protecting the privacy of all our subscribers'. The Straits Times understands one reason for District Judge Ernest Lau's decision is that he believes Odex was not the right party to make the application, despite having the go-ahead to prosecute on the behalf of the Japanese anime studios. Odex is demanding the names of up to 1000 PacNet downloaders. A company spokesman said it will consult the rights owners before making its next move but it was likely to appeal. It has 14 days to do so. The ruling on Thursday came as a surprise given that Odex had successfully obtained Court orders to get SingNet and StarHub to reveal names of their downloaders. Different judges ruled on those cases, and both internet service providers declined to say what arguments they presented in court. In light of the PacNet decision, a StarHub spokesman said on Thursday that it's 'assessing our options ...given the different decisions rendered by the court'. But the deadline for lodging an appeal has expired for StarHub and SingTel. I bet they will.

WikiScanned

In this post-wikipedia world, since the creation of the omnipotent online public encyclopedia in 2001, it must be much foretold of what was uncovered now when an American student, Virgil Griffith, created WikiScanner, a software program that reveals who edited Wikipedia entries via a system where it scans the I.P address and cross-references it with the I.P. directory. But still, the truth kicks ass... Big time. - The Vatican edits Irish Catholic politician Gerry Adams page - In the 9/11 Wikipedia article, the NRA added that “Iraq was involved in 9/11” - Scientology removes criticism and negatives article from Scientology page - Dog breeding association deletes whole paragraphs about fatal attacks by dogs on humans - US Republican Party changes the "Post-Saddam" section of the Baath Party article to a different account of the war, changing the language from "US-led occupation" to "US-led liberation" - Portuguese government removes entries about Prime Minister’s scandals - British Conservative Party removes negative references of its MPs and deletes paragraph of the party’s old policies - MSN Search is “a major competitor to Google”. That’s what MSN added to their page - BBC changes Blair's drink from coffee to vodka and his workout from the gym to the bedroom. Someone from the BBC also changes Bush’s page, changing the name from ”George Walker Bush” to “George Wan*** Bush” And that's just a handful amongst other revelations which had already caused much ripples harbouring an upcoming media storm. Kudos to Virgil, for making my (and numerous others who are lazy but nonetheless bound with an otherwise insatiable thirst for knowledge)favourite encyclopedia a more reliable one.

Rage Against ODEX

Amidst the chaos of the, now infamous, Odex's case against the anime download community, brain juice has been squeezed, as creativity live fast before it dies hard... Here's one of the design in the T-shirt campaign done in the spirit of Singapore anime community...

Who Loves The Sun

A stunning new image of the Sun has been released by NASA which shows it as an almost perfect sphere, glowing a fiery red and orange in the pitch-black of space.

Pain Of The Day

"I heard a sound on my head and immediately I felt a jerk on my lip"

RIP Mike Wieringo

According to Newsarama, a tragic loss to comicdom. Mike Wieringo passed away Sunday of a sudden heart attack. A fitting tribute from the Fantastic Four to the ever-hardworking illustrator.

Runaway Mascot

It's official (albeit somewhat pseudo-official). One of the official mascot for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing has "defected from the Olympic team because it can no longer stand being used as a puppet to cover up China’s destruction of its homeland". Yingying, the Tibetan antelope (a controversy-courting choice, really) who had seemingly revealed its real name, Yingsel, was actually a representation of track and field, of which designs incorporated elements of Tibetan and Xinjiang ethnic costumes. Lately, the "Tibetan Independence" activists are raging right at the core of their prosecutor in China, with the recent incident when two British Columbian activists were arrested after they hung a 42-square-metre banner reading "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008" in English and Chinese on the Great Wall (Well, they were actually promoting the event with the official slogan for Beijing 2008 but took the liberty of adding some comments), and the arrest of Lhadon Tethong, an infamous Tibetan Independence activist herself who was blogging and vlogging in Beijing in anticipation to next year's Olympic Games. All were released and out of China on Wednesday, 8th August 2007.