Contact Mayvelous

Every site should have some form of contact information right? With blogger I couldn't have proper contact form.
So I'm making use of this page for my contact info which will be link from the top navigation tab for easy accessing.

Incase if you wish to contact me, my info as follow:

  • Email:
    mayvelous email
  • Gtalk IM: mayvelous
  • Yahoo IM: mayvelous

You can contact me for any reason regarding my site or whatever but please do not spam my inbox with junks. :)
Thanks for visiting and will reply you as best I could.

Favorite Links

It's always good to keep the good link collection and this is my collection of favorite links.

Personal

Friends' Sites

Informative Link Exchanges

I'll add more links later. If you find some interesting site or your own like to connect with mayvelous do let me know and I'll place it here.

Little Mayvelous Things Redesign

Little mayvelous things redesignI've been trying to use my own design for my blog templates and finally I've done it.
Will write the content properly but rite now is just testing. Freaking style sheet not working properly. It's doing fine locally and now how that stupid space showing up in between!!!!!!!
Arrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
DO IGNORE ME PLZ. I'm testing the post page.

Little Mayvelous Things Regesign 27Dec05Just removed that ugly blogger navigation bar from the top and readjust the layout. I thought I might like 3 column layout but then it's giving me too much pain with floating and margins and padding so I gave up and stick with 2 columns. I've increased the width of main+sidebar column. More space for posting i guess.

I'm still trying to figure out what cause the top space under the black bar. If any of you know how to solve that plz plz do let me know.

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The Shavior: A year long Charity Event

Is that from the back or front? First I thought it's back view and then gosh no!
Red beards! I wonder how he eat/drink...I bet he eats his own beard from time to time.

Red Beard

Need abit of donation...hmm

Via: Komodomedia
Link: The Shavior

Texas + Last Name Only

Texas

At the urging of his doctor, Bill moved to Texas.

After settling in, he met a neighbor who was also an older man.

"Say, is this really a healthy place?"

"It sure is," the man replied.

"When I first arrived here I couldn't say one word. I had hardly any hair on my head. I didn't have the strength to walk across a room and I had to be lifted out of bed."

"That's wonderful!" said Bill. "How long have you been here?"

"I was born here."

Last Name Only

The manager of a large office noticed one of his department heads had hired a new man, so the boss called him into his office for a little orientation speech. "What is your name?" he asked.

"John," the new guy replied.

The manager scowled, "Look, I don't know what kind of place you worked at before, but I don't call anyone by their first name. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my employees by their last names only - Smith, Jones, Baker - that's all. I am to be referred to only as Mr. Robertson. Now that we got that straight, what is your last name?"

The new guy sighed and said, "Darling. John Darling."

"Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you is..."

Roof Leak

Mr. Kramer had a leak in the roof over his dining room, so he called a repairman to take a look at it. "When did you first notice the leak?" the repairman inquired.

Mr. Kramer scowled. "Last night, when it took me two hours to finish my soup!"

Divert Your Course

This is the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. Radio conversation released by the chief of naval operations 10-10-95.

CANADIANS: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.

AMERICANS: Recomment you divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.

CANADIANS: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.

AMERICANS: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, diver YOUR course.

CANADIANS: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.

AMERICANS: This is the Aircraft Carrier US LINCOLN, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied with three Destroyers, three Cruisers and numerous support vessels. I DEMEND that you change your course 15 degrees north. I say again, that's one-five degrees north, or counter-measures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.

CANADIANS: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

Step by step drawing

Believe me, this is just so cool! It might take you 1-2min and the artist is really good.
Started with skeleton structure, then changed to lady shape, then a lady with bikini, then a stripper and finally this cool image.
Really great sketches!

Step by step drawing

Wish I could draw like that.
Watch the whole movie here.

Slow, Really Slow...

A young man was a slow worker and found it difficult to hold down a job. After a visit to the employment office, he was offered work at the local zoo. When he arrived for his first day, the keeper, aware of his reputation, told him to take care of the tortoise section.

Later, the keeper dropped by to see how the young man was doing and found him standing by an empty enclosure with the gate open.

"Where are the tortoises?" he asked.

"I can't believe it," said the new employee, "I just opened the door and whooooosh, they were gone!"

2 mins with Firefox 1.5

These few days, everyone been so excited about the new release of firefox 1.5 version. Everywhere you go, they're talking about it, posting about it.
So I thought what the heck and tried testing it out though I'm very satisfy with my current version 1.0.7.
The result was not at all satisfactory. After installation of the new version, it broke most of my extensions from version 1.0.7.

My four most favorite extensions : ScreenGrab, JustBlogIt, delicious and most widely used LoremIpsum been disabled due to incompatibility with the new firefox 1.5.
I was like, damn that's no good!, and within 2 min of testing, I reinstalled my old version 1.0.7.

Gladly enough all my extensions back to normal.

Ok, so remind me again what's so different/good about this new 1.5 version from 1.0.7??
People talk about how fast the new one is but for me it totally slow down my net. Plus it take hell lotta time to start up.
I think I'll just stick to version 1.0.7 cos' I'm so use to it. I won't try switch again until and unless someone show/tell me with the proper evident that the version 1.5 is superior over 1.0.7.

Candy Wrappers Handbags

Ahhh check these out. Made of candy wrappers? Sweet!
Very expensive though. I thought those are recycle items and why more expensive than the normal handbags?
A few designs are cute.

Ecoist handbags are made from recycled candy wrappers, food packages, and soda labels. They are 100% handmade, woven, and sewn to maintain durability for every day use. They are not coated with any toxic or non-toxic coating, yet,they they are perfectly waterproof.

hand bag1   hand bag2  hand bag3

I like those 3, #1 is too cute for Coin Pouche but it's small, not that useful, #2 is the best, perfect size. #3 is great for shopping.

Link: Candy Wrapper Hand Bags

Walking Characters

Got this from one of my email attachment.
Pretty cool hah? I like it.

walking characters

Eye Movements

eye movementsI first heard of eyes movement detections in one of CSI TV shows where the detactive determined the killer cos' of his eyes looking top-left side.
In there the detactive mentioned that when you answer the question looking to the right then you're telling the truth and if looking left then something fishy going on.
And I was like, "awww" "auu" "eee" "arrrh" , I mean I was impressed. :P

Now I came across this post with proper explanation on the eye movements and thought of posting here.

Interesting notes and explains 6 eye positionings.

  • Up and to the Left Indicates: Visually Constructed Images (Vc)
  • Up and to the Right Indicates: Visually Remembered Images (Vr)
  • To the Left Indicates: Auditory Constructed (Ac)
  • To the Right Indicates: Auditory Remembered (Ar)
  • Down and to the Left Indicates: Feeling / Kinesthetic (F)
  • Down and To the Right Indicates: Internal Dialog (Ai)

Now I'm curious, how about talking with straight eyes/closing/flicking eyes behaviours?
What would you make of those?

Link: Blifaloo

"May, do you know what you're doing?"
"....."
"Yes? No? May Be? I don't know?"
"Can you repeat the question?"

And may's eyes go:
may eyes

Hehe "Ku ku!" :p

Where's the Wife?

A man left work Friday afternoon, but, instead of going home, he stayed out the entire weekend, hunting with the boys and spending his paycheck without telling his wife.

When he appeared at home, Sunday night, he was confronted by his very angry spouse, who barraged him for two hours with a tirade of yelling.

Finally, she stopped the nagging and simply said to him, "How would you like it if you didn't see me for two or three days?"

To which he replied, "That would be fine with me."

So, Monday went by and he didn't see his wife.

Tuesday and Wednesday came and went with the same results.

On Thursday, the swelling went down just enough where he could see her a little out of the corner of his left eye.

Receiving E-mail

As you are receiving e-mail, it's wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally and with serious consequences.

Consider the case of the Michigan man who left the snow-filled streets of Detroit for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail.

Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife, whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. Hearing the scream, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

"Dearest Wife,

Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

P.S. Sure is hot down here!"

PHP Fatal Error

You might notice that my "mayvelous.com" is down with some strange php fatal error.

Check this string in google and you'll find whole lot of wordpress blogs down with the same or similar errors. Thank god I'm not alone.

Only variables can be passed by reference in /wp-includes/gettext.php

Something about new version of PHP 5.0.5 and wordpress language(localization) folder problem...

I don't care what it is, I just can't fix it yet cos' my damn host ftp is down.
Life sux!

Turkey Cake

Man, can you guess what the hack is that if you don't read the title of the post?
This is the ugliest cake I've ever seen. Pretty scary too with those red M&Ms!
Kinda like some serious boils. I just lost my appetite.
What have they done to my favorite CHOCALATE CAKE!!

Turkey Cake

"place the circle on top of the bottom layer in the middle, the head on top, and the feet below the circle, as pictured. Ice as usual. Use the candy corn for the beak and feathers, red M&M's for the head and yellow and orange M&M's for the rest, and voila! You've got a great dessert to bring to your Thanksgiving feast that the kids will love."

The original recipe from "Betty Crocker", the original cake looks 80% alike turkey.
I think the damage is done by over decoration.
One M&M for the eye would be great but this is just too much!
I just hope the turkey is not having a bird flu!

The Ugliest Turkey Cake

How to Read 12 Digit UPC Barcodes

Today's eHow article tells you how to read barcodes.
It's pretty impressive if you have good eyesight and good with digits.
For me, I have very bad eye sight so, no can do.

barcode reading

Most barcodes in the US are 12-digit UPC barcodes, with ten digits at the bottom of the code and one small number to each side. Impress your friends by asking them to select a random item from the kitchen with a removable label and cut the numbers off of the UPC barcode; you can then proceed to read the numbers encoded in the lines.

Link: Reading 12 digits UPC barcodes

Very cool illusion

Check this one out. Very cool indeed.

"If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, you will only see one color, pink. If you stare at the black in the center, the moving dot turns to green. Now, concentrate on the black in the center of the picture. After a short period of time, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see a green dot rotating if you're lucky! It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don't disappear. This should be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see."

cool illusion

Link: Cool Illusion

Exercise Techniques

Physical exercise is good for you. We know that we should do it daily, but our bodies don't want us to do too much, so here's a program of strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise.

  • Beating around the bush
  • Jumping to conclusions
  • Climbing the walls
  • Swallowing your pride
  • Passing the buck
  • Throwing your weight around
  • Dragging your heels
  • Pushing your luck
  • Making mountains out of molehills
  • Hitting the nail on the head
  • Wading through paperwork
  • Bending over backwards
  • Jumping on the bandwagon
  • Balancing the books
  • Running around in circles
  • Eating crow
  • Tooting your own horn
  • Climbing the ladder of success
  • Pulling out all the stops
  • Adding fuel to the fire
  • Opening a can of worms
  • Putting your foot in your mouth
  • Starting the ball rolling
  • Going over the edge
  • Picking up the pieces
    whew! That's a workout! Now sit down and
  • Exercise caution.

A Noise...

My wife has not spoken to me in three days. I think it has something to do with what happened on Sunday night when she thought she heard a noise downstairs.

She nudged me and whispered, "Wake up, wake up!"

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"There are burglars in the kitchen. I think they're eating the tuna casserole I made tonight."

"That'll teach them!" I replied.

A Tough Task

A man was walking along the beach when he found an old bottle buried in the sand. He picked it up and cleaned it with his sleeve. Whereupon a genie appeared and offered him one wish.

"Well my family lives in Australia. It would be great if there was a bridge between here and Australia so I could drive and visit them."

"What!" cried the genie. "Have you any idea what building such a bridge would involve? The gigantic pillars all the way to the sea bed? The hundreds of gas stations to be supplied? The chaos to the shipping lanes? Are you sure there isn't anything else you'd like?"

The man thought for a moment. "Y'know, I've never had much luck in my relationships. Could you give me a complete understanding of women?"

The genie replied "Was it four lanes you wanted or six?"

GOOGLE Failure or a USA Faliure

A friend of mine forwarded me this. :P

Something really really interesting to share with you all. Try out the following steps and see what happens...! You will have to ask one question. Whether its a GOOGLE Failure or a USA Failure?

1. Go to www.google.com 2. Type "failure" (without double quotes) in the search text box. 3. Press "I'm Feeling Lucky" button just next to "Google Search" button. 4. See what happens. Find it out yourself and laugh a lot. 5. Share it with your friends and relatives before GOOGLE fixes this bug. 7. Enjoy.....

Interesting hah? :D

Roasted Baby Carrots

roasted baby carrotHonestly I never try anything fancy with carrots except the same old fruit salad or fry with some veges.
So I didn't know we can roast a carrots until now.

"My friend Suzanne clued me into a great way to do up carrots. She uses the 'Nantes' French carrots from Trader Joe's or the bunched baby carrots at Whole Foods. Note that the 'baby' carrots are not those 1 inch carrots that one gets in a big bag to serve as snacks for kids. By baby carrots we mean the carrots that are 4 to 5 inches long, usually they come with the greens still on."

Link: Roasted Baby Carrots

How do u post to your blog?

I'm curious how you guys post to your blog. I mean since we got flock and stuffs, do you guys still use blogger interface to post or??

For me I never (99%) use blogger interface. It's just too slow loading with my snail connection speed and also I don't like the WYSIWYG editor from there.

I prefer writing my own html code and the blogger interface is not good with raw code. Yes it does give you the option of switching from html to WYSIWYG view but once you type in html view and switch back to WYSIWYG, some of your codes get mess up and changes around. Also it breaks the lines breaks and I don't know it never turns out the way I want it to be so I hate it alot.

I also hardly use flock. Flock is just silly extra stuffs that I never need in the first place. I just tested how posting down in flock but almost same same as blogger interface so I ignored that too.

My favorite is this little firefox extension call "JustBlogIt". It has the options for most of the blog services like:

  • Blogger
  • Drupal
  • LiveJournal
  • Moveable Type
  • Radio Userland
  • Text Pattern
  • Type Pad
  • My fav WordPress
  • and even custom setting blogs

How sweet is that hah? :P If you set it up to blogger then it has an option to choose which blogspot blog you wanna post.
Also if you want to post some of the site content you browsing then you just highlight the content and right click > JustBlogIt...Voila! it's up in the box and ready to publish.
It handle the html raw code very well too. I always type with the code to keep it valid html although this blog is not valid html. I just making sure if in the future I decided to merge with one of my other valid html blogs then this shouldnt mess up other site code.

Well...so yah this is how I post to my blogspot blog. For my wordpress blog I dont use "JustBlogIt" extension cos' I like wordpress interface.

How about u guys? Have you guys use some kind of firefox extension or flock or just same old blogger interface?

Blogger Comment Moderation

Blogger has added the comment moderation function in their interface.

"We've just introduced a frequently-asked for feature, comment moderation. By using this feature, you can approve or reject what would-be commenters are looking to post before it goes live on your blog." Via: Blog Buzz

One good thing about is, it can be done through blogger setting interface or from your very own email.
I think I prefer using email setting rather than login to blogger interface because it always take hell lotta time loading the site.

This entire process can also be done via email. If you entered an email address for moderation, you will get a message for each comment which will contain "Publish" and "Reject" links, as well as a link to the main moderation page for the blog.

More info on how to set up the comment moderation system in your blogspot blogs, check this help article on "How do I moderate comments on my blog".

Cheers

Gorillaz Toys

Can you believe these ugly toys are that expensive and some people are actually buying them?

Gorillaz Toys

I like some of their music but the those toys are just too ugly for my liking.
If you feel like you must have one of those then "Kid Robot" selling them.
Cheers.

Conducter

A conductor was having a lot of trouble with a drummer. He constantly gave this guy personal attention and much advice, but his performance simply didn't improve. Finally, before the whole orchestra, he took a critical jab at the drummer,

"When a musician just can't handle his instrument and doesn't improve when given help, they take away the instrument, give him two sticks, and make him a drummer -- which must be why you play the drums."

A stage whisper was heard from the percussion section,

"And if he can't handle even that, they take away one of his sticks and make him a conductor."

Human Resources & The 7 Dwarfs

In every Human Resources report, there is a reason for termination. There are so many possibilities, that we have narrowed the list down to the 7 dwarfs. Here they are:

Happy: Had trouble putting nose to the grindstone. Too much time spent telling jokes at the water cooler.

Doc: Left to pursue further schooling, in particular, Ph.D. work.

Sleepy: Chronically late for work. Caused many project delays.

Grumpy: Poor attitude toward work. Not a team player. Trouble with early mornings.

Dopey: Made several critical errors at work costing the company money, e.g., misappropriated company funds.

Sneezy: Recurrent, chronic illness has made it difficult for the employee to complete work in a timely fashion.

Bashful: Lack of initiative. Not willing to make cold calls. Too often let workplace disagreements simmer.

OTHERS
Jealous Queen: Heavy involvement in the occult not congruent with organizational policies.
Snow White: Misconduct, e.g., kissing strange men while under some kind of trance.
Huntsman: Couldn't stand to be cooped up in the office all day. Pursuing work with the National Forest Service.

Windows XP Desktop Items

For those of you who like playing around with desktop items (skin, themes, icons, wallpapers etc), check this site out. Pretty nice collections of Windows XP items there.

WinCustomize.com

Little Mayvelous Things Worth...

mayvelous.blogspot.com, is worth $3,951.78


My blog is worth $3,951.78.
How much is your blog worth?

Link Via: "Nyi Lynn Seck"

Successful Blog featured Little Mayvelous Things?

Can you believe that? Cos' I can't!

My "Little mayvelous" been featured on the very "Successful-Blog" for being their reader.

Little Mayvelous Things

Little mayvelous things was featured along with some of the very cool blogs like "Joshuaink", "Blog-Blog", "Simplenomics", Acemi Blogcu", "CT Biz Blog" and "Blog review check list".

Boy I'm so proud to be part of the "Successful-Blog" readers.
I just thanks so much for their recognition. :)

3D Truck Paintings

This is some cool $hits.
Check out the images

truck1  truck2

truck3  truck4

Favorites of the day

Favorite post of the day:
Blog Review Checklist from successful-blog.

Favorite Article of the day:
One True Layout from Position is everything.

Favorite reply post of the day week:
Blog review checklist by John Oxton

You gotta read the above reply post, you must!
It's excellent one. :P

Blogger adsense preview

Anyone notice or already know about the little adsense preview and set up under template tab?
I just discovered that, :D long time no visit to template set up part.
We can now add adsense from blogger setup itself.

It's about time blogger starts implementing something cool like that.
They better add more cool stuffs or they'll lose in the competition with WP. :)

Mayvelous Down!

Man can you believe that? I just notice my mayvelous domain is down. Got hit by hurrican Wilma. CRAP! :(
This is the response I got from the support team.

Here's the problem: http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm24/satelliteradar_large.html?from=wxcenter_maps As many of you are aware, one of our datacenters was in the direct path of hurricane Wilma. Although the facility should be well equipped to handle such storms, there has been a serious failure within the 10MW generator plant. Onsite engineers have been unsuccessful in attempts to restore backup power and additional support is enroute. At this time, the ETA for repair is 3:30 EST.

Hopefully it's back to normal soon and no lose of data or what so ever. :(
Disappointing!

Top 7 Tricks For Getting an Interview

I got this via lifehack. "How to write a resume" site is pointing out pretty simple and interesting tips to get yourself an interview. The tips are as follow.

  1. Use a different color paper for your resume
  2. Use a different size paper for your resume
  3. Inside contact
  4. Certified Letter
  5. Send your resume with a gift
  6. Deliver the resume in person
  7. The post-it note trick"

Tip #1 - #4 are very good ideas indeed and I think I should try that out for future interviews.
Tip #5 is interesting...gifts...hmmm pizza, donuts? Yah good to keep that in mind. :D
Tip #6, yah should do that sometime especially if you know someone in the place. Good impression by showing your face :p
Last tip...I'm not quite sure it's possible here.

Wordpress.com invite give away

Ladies and Gents,

Lend me your ears...
I have wordpress.com one invite to give away.
Anyone interested in having that, tell me:
# why you want it,
# what you plan to do with it,
Tell me the best short and sweet as you can and I'll give you the invite. You can leave your reasons as a comment under this post or you can mail me >> mayvelous[at]gmail.com <<

This post will close on 31st Oct and will announce the invite receiver on 1st Nov.

Tar!

Alien Plants?

The first pic looks very real isn't it? Make you think hah! No just an visual effect, thank god!

alien plant

"This photo-realistic anime video (more here) of slow-moving plants with tentacles, tongues, beaks and lazily blinking eyes actually made my stomach do one of those slow somersaults you get when you step on a turd. Something about these evinces a genuinely atavistic reaction, a whole-body squick. There's nothing overtly gross here, but the net effect makes me go all ooey-gooey" Link

alien plant2This is just too gross. I feel like vomiting after I seen this. I just don’t like those disgusting eye like balls.
Via: Veerle

7 Ways to Work Faster on Slow Connections

This week MS article provides nice tips on how to work faster with slow connection, especially for the kind of connection at my place.
7 Ways to Work Faster on Slow Connections

This article will show you how to increase your productivity when your connection is slow. Many of these steps are also good tips for how to increase the speed of browsing and sending and receiving e-mail.
  • Send Multiple Files Faster by Compressing Them
  • Speed Browsing by Turning Off Graphics in Internet Explorer
  • Send E-Mail Using Distribution Lists
  • Work Offline Using Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook
  • Reduce E-Mail Size With Simple E-Mail Signatures
  • Browse Offline By Saving Web Pages on Your Computer
  • Open Web Pages Faster by Increasing Your Cache

I do #1 90% of the time,
#2 never try that in IE but sometime in firefox,
#3 and #4 do not apply me cos' I hardly use outlook at home,
#5 sure, I dont even put any signature sometime
#6 not really effective cos I want to visit new sites, not just same old, same old
#7 hmmm could try.

Top 9 Hollywood Babes

Relating the news of pop star Britney Spears gave birth to her first child, a baby boy on Wednesday afternoon September 14, 2005 and name the baby "Preston Michael Spears Federline" (what a long name!), I thought you might want to know other expecting celebrity babies as well.
Check the following article for more detail.
Celebrity Pregnancies: "Top 9 Babes of Summer - Hollywood Gets Pregnant Summer 2005"

  • Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
  • Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
  • Heidi Klum
  • Holly Hunter
  • Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger
  • Melissa Joan Hart
  • Nicholas Cage and Alice Kim
  • Benjamin Bratt and Talisa Soto
  • Jennifer Beals

8 Mens Fashion Mistakes to Avoid

Men fashion tips here.

Men's fashion - We all make fashion errors now and again, but some fashion mistakes made by men are just unforgivable.
  • Socks with Sandals
  • Novelty Ties, Shirts, Boxer Shorts, Etc.
  • Blaring Designer Labels
  • Backpacks at the Office
  • Chunky Shoes
  • Shiny or Glittery Shirts and Suits
  • Clothes That Are Too Loose Fitting
  • Unflattering Colors

More: Men's Fashion - 8 Men's Fashion Mistakes to Avoid by Daniel Billett

Click on them!

Click on them to make them sing. To stop, click on them again.



(courtesy of Krassy and Hogaffla Hage)

Straw Art


straw_art_1
Originally uploaded by mayvelous.
Some nice straw art work here: Straw Art" I dont understand a thing it says there. :-(.
Wish they provide instructions on how to do those (in english).

Father's Lesson

A boy asks his father to explain the differences among irritation, aggravation, and frustration.

His father picks up the phone and dials a number at random. When the phone is answered, he asks, "Can I speak to Alf, please?"

"No! There's no one called Alf here," says the person who answered the phone.

His father hangs up. "That's irritation," he says.

He picks up the phone again, dials the same number, and asks for Alf a second time. "No-there's no one here called Alf. Go away. If you call again I shall telephone the police," the person says.

His father hangs up and says, "That's aggravation."

"Then what's frustration?" asks his son. The father picks up the phone and dials the same number a third time.

"Hello, this is Alf. Have I received any phone calls?" he asks casually.

How Long Will you Live?

You wanna know how long you gonna live? The following site implemented a life calculator which gives you the answer. Dont ask me, i dont wanna know how long me gonna live so i didnt try that calculator out. I just looked at the figures here and the calculator form and got lost. But if you wanna check that out be my guest. Link as follow.

Predicting life expectancy is a very important tool to enhance life itself. It brings greater accuracy and efficiency to calculations of insurance premiums, economic forecasts and societal developments. Above all, it allows us to optimally plan our life.

How Long Will you Live?

Qualities of a Genius and How to Think Productively

According to Thomas Alva Edison:

"Genius is ninety nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration"

The following article describe how to think like genius.

  1. Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or no one else has publicized!)
  2. Visualize!
  3. Produce! A distinguishing characteristic of genius is productivity.
  4. Make novel combinations. Combine, and recombine, ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations no matter how incongruent or unusual.
  5. Form relationships; make connections between dissimilar subjects.
  6. Think in opposites.
  7. Think metaphorically.
  8. Prepare yourself for chance.

Qualities of a true genius

  1. Curiosity
  2. Playfulness
  3. Imagination
  4. Creativity
  5. Wonder
  6. Wisdom
  7. Inventiveness
  8. Vitality
  9. Sensitivity
  10. Flexibility
  11. Humor
  12. Joy
About the Author Runel Cagro was a criminology student of the University of Mindanao, and he likes to observe the quality of an effective student — especially a true genius.

Leonardo da Vinci: Qualities of a Genius and How to Think Productively

Weird Labor Math

The year is made of 365 days having 24 hours, 12 of which are night time hours which add up to 182 days.

This leaves you with 183 days of work minus 52 Sundays which leaves you 131 days to work minus 52 Saturdays which leaves you 79 days to work and there are four hours each day set aside for eating which adds to 60 days which leaves you 19 days for working, and are entitled to 15 days for your vacation which leaves you 4 days left for work minus 3 days usually taken off due to illness or other emergencies, which leaves you one day to work which happens to be a Labor day, which is a holiday.

Huh???? How did that happen???

Coffee Break with Surgeons

5 surgeons are taking a coffee break:

1st surgeon says, "Accountants are the best to operate on because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."

2nd surgeon says, "Nah, librarians are the best. Everything inside them is in alphabetical order."

3rd surgeon says, "Try electricians, man! Everything inside them is color coded."

4th surgeon says, "I prefer lawyers. They're heartless, spineless, gutless, and their heads and butts are interchangeable."

5th surgeon says, "I like engineers ... they always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end."

How To Improve Your Singing Voice Instantly

Breath in... Shuuu
Breath out... Huuuu
Clear throat...galuuu a hoot hoot
Shake it to the left
Shake it to the right
Turn around, jump abit

# What in the name are you doing at my party??
## I'm just relaxing myself and getting ready.
# Ready for what!!
## To sing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY Song, Dahh!!!
# (......)

"All of us have to sing at some point, even if it's just a simple 'Happy Birthday'. Use these simple tips and techniques to improve your voice and your confidence."

Here is a little of exercise you need to do before singing haha. How To Improve Your Singing Voice Instantly - Learn To Sing Better!

Say Hello? Mingalarpar

Hello, goodmorning! Mingalar Nan Nat Khin Par shin,
I was quite surprised to find that "Burmese hello" was added in the list of many language. Most of the time they left us out or we are rather not know to the world :-) But in the following eHow article our greeting is known to them.
How to Say Hello - wikiHow

"Have you ever stopped to consider how many people are saying 'hello' to each other today and in how many different languages? If you wanted to say 'hello' to everyone on the planet, you would have to learn at least 2,796 languages and say 'hello' to at least 5,720,000,000 people. Here are just some of the ways of saying 'hello' around the world:"
21. Mingalarbar - Burmese

Ok to add one more to the list... "Bula" - Fijian. (pronounce: buu lar)
So tell me what's Hello in your tongue? :-)

The world of Illusions

Proof of Checkershadow Illusion

illusion The squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray, yet they appear different. Can you believe that?
Check out the Koffka Ring illusion too. Hmm interesting hah?

Some more illusion samples here.

Bullshit Deflector

Some people are too strange. Can think of silly things such as these to invent. :p
Bullshit Deflector
And...stranger people like me thought of spreading it around haha. :-D

The "Bullshit Protector" flaps are a great way to protect yourself from GOP or punditry bullshit and spin, when spewed by the likes of ...

bullshit deflector  bullshit deflector 2

Moods


mood1
Originally uploaded by mayvelous.
I got this from an email thought of sharing here. Very different moods hah? :P
mood2

33 Days to Your Dream Job

This is 33 daily tips and to dos to achieve your dream job from "startribune."
33 Days to Your Dream Job

"Find your dream job in 33 days! Job expert Kevin Donlin has created 33 exercises with tips to target, network, interview and get hired for the job of your dreams. Click on the tabs for each week, then select your daily task. Print your favorite exercises and save them as a reference. You can also • sign up for daily e-mail tips!"

Track visitors to your website using Google Maps

If you like google map, i think you gonna like this as well. Abit of visitor stats with gmap.

How it works... 1) Register your website using the form below. It is free and we don't collect any personal information - not even an email address. 2) Copy and paste a single line of JavaScript to your website. It is easy and doesn't change the way your website works or looks. 3) You will be given your own URL that lets you track the visitors to your website using Google Maps.

gvisit.com

Visitor log for gVisit.com - Track visitors to your website using Google Maps

Bull Shit Job

This is good. Just press on the generate button and you'll get lots of bullshit job titles.
BullshitJob.com - Humorous Home of the Bullshit Job Title Generator and Bullshit Job Quiz

"The Bullshit Job Title Generator Have a new hiring rec? Can't think of an exciting title? Have a friend or relative you want to hire but they have no skills? Generate their title right here!"

Money Origami

We have alot better money foldings back in myanmar, especially for "Ka Htain - Pa Dai Ta Pin" with numerous varitie of designs for each "Pa Dai Ta Pin" tree. I dont know how to do any single of those folds then and now as well. So here is abit of basic but interesting folds for me to test out and sharing with you as well.

Money Origami  Money Origami

More samples can be found here:Money Origami

How to fold origami roses

Man the roses are really lovely and so smart of them to know how to creat them. They do provide the standard rose folding but the steps are just too hard/abit unclear to follow. Was thinking to trying it but from looking up the step images, it just lost me :-(

bloom4ever - How to fold origami roses - Site of Everlasting Origami Paper Roses: "How to fold origami roses"

rose folding   rose folding2

If you feel like trying out, here is Standard Rose Folding method.

The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA)

This is somewhat interesting. They have the gallery of the worst art collection.The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA)

The worst art collections

"The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) is the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms."

Check those "Arts Too Bad to be Ignored"

Blogger Buzz: Word Up

Another of blogger plugin here.
Blogger Buzz: Word Up

"We've got this new thing. It's a free plug-in for Microsoft Word that works with Blogger. We call it Blogger for Word. Catchy? Maybe. Useful? You bet. With this little number, you can work in Word like you normally do and then save your document as a post to your Blogger blog. Once you install the plug-in and restart Word, some buttons will appear. These buttons allow you to publish, edit, and save as draft from within Word."

I don't know, dont like the idea of adding plugin to MS word as word format itself is already load with junk codes...
I think i'll just stick to my "justblogit" firefox extension.
But if you feel like checking out, go ahead, noone stopping ya.

Scorpio Tales

You can find some cool english language stuffs here.
Scorpio Tales: "The Stories" : "Diversions"

Check the both sections especially the "Diversions" section, where you'll find some good collection of language diversions.
Some of my favs:

  • Collective Nouns
  • Comical Names
  • Tongue Twisters
  • Unusual Words
  • Word Trivia
  • You're Sacked!

Morning Paper

I asked my wife if she had seen this morning's paper. She said, "Yes, I wrapped the garbage in it--just the classified section, though."
I said, "But...but...I haven't seen it yet!"
She replies, "Oh, you didn't miss much. Just some egg shells, coffee grounds and a few orange peels."

Make Your Wheel Unique

YourEmblem- Make Your Car Unique with your unique set of initials. Better than custom license plate.:

"Youremblem.com provides you with professional ways to make your car truly personal. Just choose a word or initials that reflect who you are and send in your order. In a few days you'll receive your custom order of letters that are just like the ones manufacturers use for car names and models. We'll give you instructions for how to apply the letters so your car is unique."

Make Your Wheel Unique

I want one like that for "mayvelous"!!!
Hmm..but i need to get my own wheel first!
Damn! No $$ :-(

Online Typing Test

Hey so how fast can you type?? I'm very slow typist. I got only 56wd/min for 1st try.
I guess as you practice or memorize the sentence, you might get better result...but nice to check your speed though.

So, how fast can you type? The simple typing test calculator below will calculate your speed (words per minute). Try it! It's fun, but if you're serious about improving your keyboarding skills...

Interesting enough they provide the javascript code for that and here i'm adding to my post. Hope that work!
So what's your speed? :-)

 typing test (c) CalculatorCat.com 

Save time with quick computer shortcuts

I'm sure most of you already using some basic short cuts to "copy" "cut" "paste" kind of matter and some using advance shortcuts according to the application they working on. In anycase you should know a few keyboard short cuts which save you lots of time to work around.
The following article provide a good shortcuts note on MS Office.

If you're looking to work more efficiently in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Internet Explorer, the key is using programmed shortcuts.
  • Driving around your desktop
  • Working with Word
  • Accelerating Excel
  • Expediting Internet Explorer

Save time with quick computer shortcuts: Learn keyboard combinations to quickly access programs, functions, and documents

Howtoons

This is so cool. One page how-to cartoons for kids. Cartoons always make things more interesting and kids love to follow things from their comic characters so this howtoons going to make a enjoyable impact on kids (on me too hehe :-D)

Howtoons are one-page cartoons showing 5-to-15 year-old kids "How To" build things. Each illustrated episode is a stand-alone fun adventure accessible to all, including the pre-literate. Our Howtoons are designed to encourage children to be active participants in discovering the world through Play-that-Matters -- fun, creative, and inventive -- and to rely a lot less on mass-consumable entertainment.

There are some howtoon instruction videos to check out too. The followings are a few of howtoon they've done. Just check their site and i'm sure you'll fine them interesting.

HowToon
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For more >> Howtoons <<

Little Something

Mere(mae rae) was a scientist, But Mere is no more, For what she thought was H2O, Was H2SO4! (H20- water H2SO4- sulfuric acid)

Computer Stupidities: Stupid Tech Support

Check this site for tech support jokes:
Computer Stupidities: Stupid Tech Support: "Stupid Tech Support"

Google It You Moron.

This is great haha. Yah sometime we do need to google abit before asking stupid questions. :-D

Google it

Google It You Moron.: "Internet Lesson 101: Always check Google before asking a question."

Obscenities Uttered by Jesus Christ.

So this is how Jesus utters :P

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Obscenities Uttered by Jesus Christ.: "Obscenities Uttered by Jesus Christ.
BY CARA JENNISON AND ANDREW SUTHERLAND

'Dad damn you.'
'Holy Mom, mother of me.'
'Dad.'
'Myself almighty.'
'Good me.'
'Me, Mom, and Mom's husband ...'
'Me.'"

How to shoot Rubber Bands

Okie this is not a good stuffs for kids, might get hurt trying out. Nevertheless it's fun to play around sometime. Myself hate it alot when i get shot with rubber bands and i'm sure most of you hate it too. But for those shooters, it's a great fun. I'm not encouraging shooters here just found this nice little note and sharing along.
Enjoy

Guide to Shooting Rubber Bands by: Tim Morgan: "Rubber band shooting has come a long way from its early and pathetic roots. Kids would take the rubber band, mount it on their thumb, and shoot. This would lead to instability in flight and painful misfires, especially for chronic shooters."

Lockpicking

Irvine Underground - lockpicking interview and howto | BlogCadre: "Here's a quick and dirty deadbolt lock picking howto that'll give you and your friends some cheap entertainment on a slow weekend afternoon."

Materials
You'll need the following (pardon my lack of proper lingo):

  • torque tool - flat skinny piece of metal with a 90 degree bend at the end. used for applying rotational pressure on the lock.
  • pick/rake tool - another flat skinny piece of metal with a smal triangular bump at the end. used for pushing up the pins within the lock.
  • lock - of the deadbolt variety. used for entertainment on a slow afternoon.

Close Encounter with Mars on August 27

Watch the Sky! Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular! This month and next month the Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years but it may be as long as 60,000 years. The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August, Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history. So mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grows progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. Share with your children and grandchildren. No one alive today will ever see this again."

How to become a NINJA

Actually it's very easy to become a ninja. I never knew of that.
My bro gotta love this.

become a ninja

Check the details here.

Learn How to Shuffle Cards

Ok I'm don't know how to play poker and many card games but i do know simple "Snap" and "Last Card" games. We play with friends and siblings whenever we feel like it. The bet, most of the time is pop corn or pile of boiled corn seeds.

Oh regarding the boiled corns, I got very good game on that. I'll tell you guys about it later. Now back to the card game :-D
Sometime it's very annoying to see someone shuffle the cards and flew up everywhere, esp myself do that most of the time :-D I'm terrible with shuffling cards.
So here is nice little tutorials of Learn How to Shuffle Cards - Card Shuffling Tutorial: "Tim Ryerson", on how to shuffle cards in 6 main different ways with image and video demonstrations.

I think i'll try one of those out so that next time i play card games, my friends wont complaint my shuffle :-D

Learn How to Tie a Tie

Ladies (those who like to tie a tie for their men) and Gents...

Check out the following site for instructions on different ways of how to tie a tie.
Tie-a-Tie.net | Learn How to Tie a Tie

Sweet hah?

Paper CD Case

Check out this another papy handywork. Try with thick paper.
paper cd case: "Use this website to create a PDF file which can be printed and folded to create a paper CD case."
The Instructions

For everyone born before 1986!!!

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms. We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt! We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits. We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents. We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law. This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them. Congratulations! Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good. For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us. This my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face: The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986........They are called youth. They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle. For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since they were born. Michael Jackson has always been white. To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, RedHand Gang or the Famous Five. They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You. They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And They will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone. Now let's check if we're getting old... 1. You understand what was written above and you smile. 2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out. 3. Your friends are getting married/already married. 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers. 5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head. 6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around. 7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good Old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together. 8. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you're getting old!!

Voted women's favourite joke of the year, 13/05/04, World according to Kieran

Voted women's favourite joke of the year, 13/05/04, World according to Kieran: "A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed 'Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen. God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, wakened the kids, Set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, Drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners, and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, Then drove home to put away the groceries, Paid the bills and balanced the checkbook. He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog. Then it was already 1 P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, Then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 P.M. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to get through without complaint. The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said, Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's Being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back.' The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, 'My son, I feel you have Learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last night.'"

How to build the best paper airplane

I dont know about you, but I always love playing with paper planes and i love the feeling of throwing them high in the air and watch them fly so nicely. Me and my siblings use to compete whose plane go highest or fly most beautiful. Well i'm sure you've play with little paper planes atleast in your childhood.

Just browsing the net and i found This nice little step by step instructions article on building our favorite paper airplane. Paper airplane - The best paper airplane in the world!

If you feel like checking out and try follow the instructions to build one like that, do go ahead. The finished one looks like this.


Pretty cool isn't it? Enjoy flying ;-)