Internet Procrastination

New Office Hours For The World Cup

The World Cup is a big deal at the Beijing company that sent around the following notice:

Latest Notice: The Company During the World Cup

Notice is made of the following:
1. During the World Cup, the start of work will be delayed from 9:00 am to 10:30.
2. Red Bull has been added to the company's refreshment room for employees to revitalize themselves. However, quantities are limited to two bottles per person per day. Please observe this rule when you drink.
3. During the World Cup, the company will run a prediction contest. Competitors will guess the champion, and the contest winner will be awarded an XBox (check your email for participation details).
4. During the World Cup, every day on which Brazil has a game, the company will organize a group to watch the game at the Goose and Duck, and will cover all drinks (those interested in taking part should apply with Xu Li in Administration before June 11).
5. If Brazil becomes the champion, the entire company will dine at the Golden Jaguar! (on the evening of July 12).
The above measures apply so long as they do not affect work.

[Company name redacted]
2010.06.10

How Scientists See the World

StarCraft II Commercial

Doggie Self Service

Tiger Dog

New Cinematic from Starcraft 2

Chrome for Mac Ad

Don't Make Them Sick, Thank You!

Lack of USB Ports? No Problem!

The design speaks for itself of what it can do. Interesting and creative huh?

How Significant We Are

Empty Your Desktop

Create a Safely Remove Hardware shortcut
I just reformated my computer once again, and as usual I prefer an empty desktop with no icons and no taskbar, just ObjectDock Pro shown. One very important shortcut on the taskbar will be hidden too if I want to empty them all and that is Safely Remove Hardware shortcut located at the System Tray. If I hide everything, I wont be able to disconnect my removable hard drive properly. I have to put this shortcut onto ObjectDock. So, to create the shortcut:

Right-click on the desktop, select 'New' and then 'Shortcut'. For the item location, copy and paste the following:

RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll

Then click 'Next'. Call the shortcut 'Safely Remove Hardware', and you are done. If you want to make it look better, right-click the icon, choose 'Properties' and then the 'Shortcut' tab, click on 'Change Icon' and in the 'Look for icons' box type:

%windir%\system32\HotPlug.dll

The first icon in this file matches the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon so you'll be able to recognise it.

Remove Recycle Bin

Go to START > RUN and copy and paste the following:

GPEDIT.MSC

Navagate to USER CONFIGURATION > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > Click on DESKTOP,

On the right hand pane find "Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop" , double left click on it and ENABLE it.
That's it!

iPad

Surf Internet using Safari, read your Mails, enjoy your Photos, watch movies and Video, watch YouTube videos, listen music via iPod and iTunes, visit App Store and get applications and games, download read books from iBooks, visit Maps, write your own Notes easily, manage your Calendar and save Contacts.

Size and weight

Height:

9.56 inches (242.8 mm)

Width:

7.47 inches (189.7 mm)

Depth:

0.5 inch (13.4 mm)

Weight:

1.5 pounds (.68 kg) Wi-Fi model;

1.6 pounds (.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model

Display

• 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
• 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Capacity

• 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive

Wireless and Cellular

Wi-Fi model

• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Wi-Fi + 3G model

• UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)
• Data only²
• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Pricing (in USD)

16 GB	32 GB	64 GB
Wi-Fi	$499	$599	$699
Wi-Fi + 3G	$629	$729	$829

Looking For Job? Call This Number!

The Cat Who Has Cat-Shaped Spots [Kitty Korner]

You Dropped Food on the Floor. Do You Eat It?

The Dogs Who Ride Trains

[Animal specialist Andrei] Neuronov says there are some 500 strays that live in the metro stations, especially during the colder months, but only about 20 have learned how to ride the trains. This happened gradually, first as a way to broaden their territory. Later, it became a way of life. “Why should they go by foot if they can move around by public transport?” he asks.

“They orient themselves in a number of ways,” Neuronov adds. “They figure out where they are by smell, by recognising the name of the station from the recorded announcer’s voice and by time intervals. If, for example, you come every Monday and feed a dog, that dog will know when it’s Monday and the hour to expect you, based on their sense of time intervals from their ­biological clocks.”

Innovative Folding Power Plug

Check out this innovative redesigned power plug. When it’s not in use, the plug becomes a very thin 10 mm. With just simple twist and fold, it can open up as a normal 3 pins plug. It's white and very thin, especially suitable for a MacBook, and that solve the problem of people having to put their laptop power plugs elsewhere instead of putting in the laptop bag.

Better still, it also comes with a multi plug idea, rather than requiring a power strip for multiple plugs. Users can fit several folded plugs into one adapter and only taking up the space of one.

Totally out of the box idea and improved design. I hope my MacBook in 2 years time will use such plugs.

Some Apple's IPhone 4G Rumors

There are rumors about the next generation iPhone, 4G. The image shows the various rumors surrounding the next version of the iPhone. An OLED display, 5-megapixel camera and a release date between May and July appear to be the most likely rumors. Also ranking high are rumors of a front-facing camera, dual-core processor with more RAM and a touch-sensitive case. I hope that removable battery will really come true.

Sheeps

Look at these sheeps made from the telephone wires, so cute huh.