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Buzz : NBA Bulls Joakim Noah draft pick

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:23:38 +0000

Today there’s a buzz alert for Joakim Noah, the Chicago Bulls 1st round pick (9th overall) for the 2007 NBA draft.

What fun facts are people buzzing about?

Joakim Noah’s height : 6 ft. 11 in. or 7 ft (tbc)
Joakim Noah’s NCAA team : Gators, University of Florida (part of the highest picked trio from the same college in NBA history)
Joakim Noah’s achievements : won the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournaments; awarded 2006 Associated Press (AP) All-SEC First Team
Joakim Noah’s dad : Joakim’s father is Yannick Noah, a former French professional tennis player
Joakim Noah’s mom : Joakim’s mom is Cécilia Rodhe, Miss Sweden 1978
Joakim Noah’s nationalities : Joakim could legally play for either the French, American, Cameroonian or Swedish national teams
Joakim Noah’s jersey number : Lucky 13?

Opera Mini : Mobile Web Browser for your phone

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:53:25 +0000

The other day my girlfriend and I were having dinner and thought it would be nice to go see a movie. Problem was, we were at Burger King and didn’t know at what time our movie was starting. It was just one out of many moments in my life where I said : that’s why we’ll soon have access to the internet from anywhere, at anytime. Well, we’ve been able to do almost that for a while now. However, browsing the internet from a mobile has never been a funny experience for me. I think that’s why more and more companies will get products out to make it a lot easier and fun, very soon.

The Opera Mini is a neat web browser for your mobile. It features RSS feeds management, skins, bookmarks etc… All the standard features of a common browser. Here’s a 1 minute introduction video to Opera Mini :

I didn’t try it yet on a mobile, but I did try the Opera Mini 3.1 simulator to see how RandomBuzz.net would look in a mobile. Here’s what it came down to :

I never optimized this site to be viewed through a mobile so I can’t say that I’m very surprised that it doesn’t come out perfectly. However, I can note these very neat things about the rendering of the site :

The favicon shows! (that little thingy left to the adress in the adress bar on top)
Colors are maintained on the text, links and backgrounds
Images are sized very efficiently

If you wish to see how other sites render with Opera Mini, just type http://www.operamini.com/demo/?url=http://domain.com, where domain.com is your domain name. Have fun.

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The World’s Ugliest Dog

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:58:11 +0000

My god this dog is ugly. Winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest 2007, here is Elwood :

The video of the contest can be found here. While you’re there, check out the whole site. Gigglesugar doesn’t reinvent anything but sure is a fun site to visit. Enjoy!

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UFC 71 Liddell vs. Jackson video

admin — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:20:42 +0000

Chuck The Iceman Liddell against Quinton Rampage Jackson in UFC 71 in the second match up between the two. Sometimes all it takes is one punch…

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Free Joost internet TV invites!

admin — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:18:52 +0000

Right now Joost is in beta stage : a limited number of members can have access. So you can’t just download Joost beta; you have to find someone to send you a free Joost invite. That would be me. Simply post a comment below and say ‘Send me a Joost invite!’ and I’ll send you one as soon as possible.

Don’t know what Joost is? Joost is a free, high-quality full screen player which allows you to watch full-length shows in a channel-browsing manner without any schedules or time-zones. It’s a new way to watch TV I guess. Want to know more? Check the Joost official website.

Edit : Please note that I’m unable to send more Joost invitations at this time. Perhaps later I will be but right now, I just can’t. Sorry!

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How to watch TV for free online

admin — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:13:26 +0000

The future of TV and all medias is on the internet. We know it, they know it, and right now there are already quite a few ways to watch free TV online. Tune in to this article from Mashable about 33 ways to watch free TV online…

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When is Father’s day this year?

admin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:41:04 +0000

If you haven’t found the perfect Father’s day gifts yet, there is still time. Father’s day this year is Sunday June 17th, 2007.

Looking for something a little more unique than a fantastic Father’s day card or the classic tie? It’s always a good idea to give a somewhat personalized gesture, but you might also want to try these unique Father’s day gifts :

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Free Flash Video Games Website

admin — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:43:51 +0000

If you google ‘free flash video games’, you’ll get close to 100,000,000 results. Literally tons of websites on the internet offer free online PC Flash Games. However, a good number have a lot of spyware and might require you to download a player or even download the entire game.

This website, http://www.gamesforwork.com/, I find is somewhat better than most. No need to download anything, just choose your flash game and play. 10 new free flash games are added each day and they’ve got quite a nice selection to choose from. Enjoy!

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DOA : Dead Or Alive the movie

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:12:56 +0000

I’m a fan of the Dead or Alive video games, I think they took video fighting games to a whole new level. (Especially with the DOA Extreme Volleyball games!) But whenever they make a movie out of a video game, I’m not sure. Especially this one. Makes me think of the Street Fighter movie.

I haven’t seen the DOA movie yet. But I will make this prediction : I won’t find it that bad. Why? Because inside of me I already know it will be horrible. So I can’t really be disappointed. Will the story stink? Of course. How about the plot, the cast? Hell yeah. On the plus side however : babes, action scenes and more babes. So I predict it will be a flop, but one worth watching on tv on a lonely Saturday night in a few years.

Here’s the DOA movie trailer :

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Turkish Star Wars Movie

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:22:43 +0000

I can see how this all began when the Turks were first confronted with American movies : ‘Let’s censor this part, and this part. And this one. This one too. Oh and especially this one. Oh and what the heck, why don’t we remake the entire movie ourselves? Good idea Kumar!’

The result? Us human beings have been blessed with gems of cinematography, treasures that will last forever. I give you the Turkish Star Wars version (10 minutes of it), starring the one and only Cuneyt Arkin :

Notice the sick fight scenes and the clever use of the Indiana Jones soundtrack. Wow.

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