Pics and Titbits

the toilet bowl could be nature’s solution to gangrene, diabetes, bladder problems, malaria and other ailments. the only barrier to to this self-healing solution is a psychological one.

squirmish about getting a lasik surgery to correct your vision? try ortho-k theraphy with contact lenses. the best part about ortho-k cornea reshaping is that the treatment is reversible.

microsoft finds that software piracy might be good for business, especially when they are saturating the market with their products.

kodak highlights the changes brought by digital photography. however they still believe that film is here to stay, especially when they are not exactly leaders in digital cameras.

kazaa’s business operations are adopting a global distributed model. a centralised server and office made napster vulnerable to persecution by the record industry.

turn your computer into a mosquito repeller. the anti-bug software has user selectable bug and frequency to suit your environment. it can be downloaded from thaiware.

if you had a billion dollars, how would you spend it? forbes listed out five classic billionaire personality and their indulgement.

singapore city skyline
cityscape photography for photojunkie.

at 2 months-old, he is already a babe magnet in my office.

music labels must be getting desperate about piracy. review copies of soon-to-be-released music were sent to reviewers in players that were sealed shut and headphones glued to the player. an interesting low-tech solution against high-tech piracy. the recording industry is also taking the heat from musicians who are seeking reforms for recording contracts that are unfair to them.

online maps are far from replacing the use of paper maps and street directory guides. routing problems, one-way roads and wrong street names are the bane of online maps. i had my own “bad routing” experiences in singapore with streetdirectory.com when it directed me to catch buses on roads that go the opposite direction.

lego bricks create endless possibilities. all you need is plenty of them and a good imagination. jon furman has both. his lord of the rings creation is my favourite, with customised gimli, sauron, ringwraiths and hobbits with truncated legs.

levi strauss is launching an anti-mobilephone-radiation jeans. coming up next, anti-radiation t-shirts for people that hangs their phones on lanyards.