Giant NES Controller Coffee Table

This is so cool. Always wanted to DIY presentable-things that related to my childhood when I was in secondary school, but all I managed to complete is PC modding of my old desktop.

Hmm, maybe next time when I'm free for this kind of hobbies.

Rehashing World Cup Trend

Nice wavefront, until Paul ruined it...

What Gaming Means to You and Your Future.

 Dedicating this post to some of my friends (you know who you are) and my brothers and sister.

Saw a lot of negative comments on this Youtube video.

The problem with video games (or other technologies in the form of entertainment) is there are many out there who plays video games (or other entertainment-technologies) as if its part of their life. They spent their precious time dwelling in the game without having a clear direction of what they are doing, and what video games mean to their FUTURE.

For example, I have friends who...

1. Surf in Facebook every night, browsing friends album over and over again.
2. Play video games every night, and switch from game to game after few years.
3. Watch PPStream whole every night, and almost exhaust the list of dramas/series.
4. Play WoW every night, and has few maximum-level character, but moved on to another game now.
5. ...

The thing is, if we are very clear of what we are trying to achieve in our future via all these video game, then its perfectly fine.

1. I have friends who play games throughout their childhood, but they are working in game development industry. Thats their inspiration and dream, and the play and fought hard to excel in that area.
2. I have friends who play games throughout their childhood, but they are professional games now in world gaming arena. They play games representing countries, representing companies, representing communities...

So start thinking of why you play games whole night, why you Facebook whole night... Do all these time spent worth anything to you and your future, and your future family?

I think the take-away from this video is

We are the first generation forced to find a balance between letting technology improve our lives, or risk allowing it to dominate us.

[Solution] Google Voice after clicking "Upgrade your account" shows "Not Available in Your Country"

Google says that the latest Gmail feature that allows you to make phone calls is only available in the US, but that's not true. If you set Gmail's interface language to English (US), you should see the "Call phone" option in the chat roster. You can also buy credit using Google Checkout.

If you're not in the US and you want to add credit to your account, make sure that you DON'T CLICK the "Upgrade your account" button from Google Voice. This feature is only useful if you are in the US, since it lets you get a Google Voice number. Unfortunately, if you click on that button and you're not in the US, you'll no longer be able to buy credit.

Here's what you'll see after clicking on "Upgrade your account":

And, heres how you can overcome this

1. Cancel the upgrade using a US proxy (try UltraSurf if you use Windows).
2. Click "Cancel Upgrade" when you enter Google Voice website.

小小彬 综艺大国民

小小彬超cute的，哈哈。

He is so innocent, but he sure knows a lot of things that kids normally do not know, maybe sometimes, even teenagers don't know.