Books to Film

A list of books that have been turned into films from abebooks.com

(although in my humble opinion the book is almost always better than the movie! i.e. Harry Potter, Eragon, A Walk to Remember, The Bridge to Terabithia, The Lord of the Rings, Willy Wonka, James and the Giant Peach, Peter Pan, etc. etc.)

http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Community/Featured/books-film.shtml?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=com-2007-07&cm_pla=KV&cm_ite=kv

It is neat to see the list though as sometimes one doesn't know the book existed and only knows of the movie.

Song of the Week

"Walk Like an Egyptian" - The Bangles

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

Blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
Spin the clubs cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian

Cute & Funny Cats

This site has THE cutest cats with THE funniest captions EVER! You have to check it out!!

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s

This is simply a playlist for Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80's that came out this week... someone in my family will undoubtedly buy it in the next week or so and then I will give it a go. It seems like most of the songs on the list aren't much more than one-hit wonders...

Playlist for Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s:

Caught in a Mosh (as made famous by Anthrax)
Balls to the Wall (as made famous by Accept)
Electric Eye (by Judas Priest)
Los Angeles (as made famous by X)
Police Truck (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
We Got the Beat (as made famous by The Go Go's)
(I Think I'm) Turning Japanese (as made famous by Vapors)
Seventeen (as made famous by Winger)
Because, it's Midnite (by Limozeen)
Hold On Loosely (as made famous by .38 Special)
No One Like You (as made famous by Scorpions)
Only a Lad (as made famous by Oingo Boingo)
Ballroom Blitz (as made famous by Krokus)
The Warrior (by Scandal)
What I Like About You (as made famous by The Romantics)
Wrath Child (as made famous by Iron Maiden)
I Wanna Rock (by Twisted Sister)
I Ran (by Flock of Seagulls)
Round and Round (as made famous by Ratt)
Metal Health (as made famous by Quiet Riot)
Holy Diver (as made famous by Dio)
Heat Of The Moment (as made famous by Asia)
Radar Love (as made famous by White Lion)
18 and Life (as made famous by Skid Row)
Bathroom Wall (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
Lonely is the Night (as made famous by Billy Squier)
Nothing But a Good Time (as made famous by Poison)
Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme)
Shaken (as made famous by Eddie Money)
Synchronicity II (as made famous by The Police)

http://www.ooine.com/index.cfm/2007/7/5/Playlist-for-Guitar-Hero-Encore-Rock-the-80s

Word of the Day

(In honour of the opening of The Simpsons Movie)

Urban Word of the Day
www.urbandictionary.com

July 27, 2007: Homer

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Homer&defid=468373

1. American bonehead.
2. Pull a Homer: to succeed despite idiocy.

"Looks like I just pulled a Homer!"
- Magic Johnson, after slipping on water and having the ball fly out of his
hands, off a ref's head, and into the basket for the game winning three pointer.

Facebook Fraud?

This article is regarding an impending lawsuit against facebook claiming the creators stole the idea from a former colleague. If the law suit goes through it could be the end of facebook, which would be a real shame!

"Judge In US Delays Facebook Ruling

Updated: 08:37, Thursday July 26, 2007
A judge in the United States has delayed ruling on claims the founder of the social networking website Facebook stole his ideas from rivals.
Delay over decision

Mark Zuckerberg has been taken to court by the three creators of ConnectU.

They have accused him of fraud, copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets.

ConnectU says Zuckerberg agreed to write some code for their site when they were all students at Harvard.

But he never finished the job and then launched Facebook in 2004.

It now has 31m users compared to ConnectU's 70,000.

Last year Facebook turned down a £500m buyout offer from Yahoo.

ConnectU wants to the court to shut down Facebook and order it to pay them its profits.

Lawyers for Facebook say Connect-U's founders have no evidence to support their claims.

The judge adjourned the case until August 8, saying he needed more information before he could make a ruling.

"Each of them had different interests and activities," they wrote.

"Only one of them had an idea significant enough to build a great company. That one person was Mark Zuckerberg." "

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1276903,00.html

Students in Trouble Over Facebook Entries

An interesting article about privacy & facebook... I've highlighted some points:

"Students In Trouble Over Facebook Entries

Updated: 14:59, Tuesday July 17, 2007
Oxford University has relied on 'private' photos on social websites to discipline students, according to reports.
Facebook not always private


Students are now being advised to alter privacy settings on sites such as Facebook and Myspace.

Alex Hill, a maths and philosophy student, was reportedly charged by the Oxford disciplinary body with disorderly conduct, after incriminating photos posted on her Facebook profile were used against her.

Citing problems with antisocial behaviour, a spokesperson for Oxford University said that "Proctors wish to take the steps available to them to identify and discipline the culprits."

It is not only universities using social sites to learn more about people - employers have also been relying on information gleaned from user profiles when making employment decisions.

A survey conducted by Viadeo found that one in five employers have used the internet to find personal information about candidates, and a quarter of recruiters have rejected applicants based on their findings.

A recent graduate, who wished to remain unknown, told us: "Many of my friends are now worrying about all the dodgy photos on Facebook from their time at uni.

"You've got to delete photos, or better still never put them online, to guarantee they won't get out."

Students are being advised that the only way to prevent sensitive information from getting into the wrong hands is to keep it offline altogether.

The problem is not just affecting people in the UK - current Miss Jersey, Amy Polumbo, almost lost her crown after potentially embarrassing photos of her appeared on Facebook.

"This was meant to be private," the 22-year-old said. "It was supposed to be between my friends and I."

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30400-1275699,00.html

Word of the Day

(This one describes me rather welll most days :-P)

Urban Word of the Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

July 25, 2007: typeractive

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=typeractive&defid=2219634

Someone who is overly talkative on emails or text messages.


Man, this Emily should get a job. She's been messaging me every 2 minutes. And
there are 10 emails in my inbox from her. She is way typeractive today.

Skittles Unlimited

Skittles came out with the best candy... it's candy-flavoured candy!!! That's right "Skittles Unlimited" (for a limited time only) come in candy flavours!

red = red licorice
pink = bubblegum
blue = cotton candy
white = candy apple
green = green slushy



Get some while you can, they are awesome!!!

Apparently in other parts of the world they are "carnival skittles" (for a limited time and have different packaging and came out in 2006



http://twobites.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/limited-edition-carnival-skittles/

This year in Australia a "carnival skittles" was released with the following flavours:

"In June 2007 Carnival Skittles became available in Australia, known as Showtime flavours. The flavours are
Popcorn (light yellow)
Jam Donut (brown red)
Toffee Apple (green)
Fairy Floss (pink)
Bubblegum (baby blue)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery)#Ice_Cream_Skittles


Also I found a candy blog about Skittles, it doesn't mention Unlimited but it's pretty neat:
http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/skittles

Word of the Daqy

(heheh my favourite hobby ;-) )

Urban Word of the Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

July 23, 2007: BGP

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=BGP&defid=1003529

Short for [background props]. Placing oneself in the background of another
person's picture, usually striking some strange pose or making some other
gesture, unbeknownst to the subjects or the photographer.

Look at this random guy getting his BGPs in your picture!

Song of the Week

"Grace Kelly" - Mika

Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?

I could be wholesome
I could be loathsome
I guess Im a little bit shy
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me without making me try?

I try to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I try a little Freddie
Ive gone identity mad!

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you walk out the door!

How can I help it
How can I help it
How can I help what you think?
Hello my baby
Hello my baby
Putting my life on the brink
Why dont yo like me


The music video for this one is cute so it's here too:

Skor Bites

For the longest time I was convinced that a conspiracy was in progress, a big giant conspiracy to rid the world of Skor Bites! I of course, fearing for the worst, stocked up on Skor Bites & Skor bars... but as I had feared the supply of Skor bits dwindled from the shelves. It got to the point that I could no longer find the yummy bite sized treats anywhere! Not Wal-Mart, Zellers, Sobeys, Zehrs, Food Basics, other such groceries, Max stores, 7-11's, random tiny variety stores & even the theatre where they normally sold them over-priced in smaller bags, there were none to be found!



I lamented over my loss... until I figured out what had happened to the Skor Bites... they had been replaced by Skor miniatures.... basically squares of toffee covered in chocolate about 1/4 the size of an actual Skor bar!



Now I'm not thrilled by this because I can do math and figure out how many of these miniatures would equal a real Skor bar whereas with the bites it was very hard to tell and a lot less guilt-laden... but I am happy that there is a smaller version of my favourite snack available for munching during movies. :-)

Marble Lemonade

The Japanese restaurant by my house sells some really good Marble Lemonade, this is another one of those "if you get the chance to try it.... do so!" things! It's really really good, it tastes like Sprite but more carbonated, almost a cross between Sprite & lemon/lime Jones soda with added fizz! The neatest part is that it is sealed with a marble and come with a popper to push the marble into the neck of the bottle so the drink can be drunk.

It's called: Shirakiku - Ramune Soda



You can also apparently buy it off Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Uwajimaya-Shirakiku-Ramune-Soda-200ml/dp/B00023T3GW

Word of the Day

(I think we've all been down this road before...)

Urban Word of the Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

July 20, 2007: nintendonitis

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nintendonitis&defid=1590664

A chronic painful condition that effects the muscles or joints in the hand,
fingers and/or forearm after playing videogames too much.

Dude, I played Final Fantasy for three days straight, but my Nintendonitis
flared up so I couldn't play anymore.

A Thought...

I did laundry today and everything I washed was pyjamas.... I'm starting to think I spend too much time lazing around!

How to Make a 3-D Scanner

This one is pretty neat, it's instructions to make a 3-D scanner from the Know How Webshots vidoes:



Know How to Make a 3-D Scanner



http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/video/3008003130100343814zXEJFz?vhost=home-and-garden&tag=nl.e217

Word of the Day

(hehe I liked this one, especially after working at Tim's... oh and it's pronounced like carpediem "seize the day")



Urban Word of the Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

July 17, 2007: cafediem

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cafediem&defid=1676399

Caffeinate the day.

To ask someone if they want a coffee, say "cafediem?"

Song of the Week

"Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world

I don't quite know
How to say, how I feel
Those three words
'l say too much
But not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
[Chasing Cars lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how is well
Just know that these things will never
Change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world

Joey Fatone

So remember N'Sync? Wonder what that singer Joey is up to nowadays? Well.... I saw him on the telly the other night as the host for "Singing Bee" this pseudo-reality/game show type thing where people must correctly sing songs without lyrics to win... he's come a long way! LOL

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004909/

Paris Hilton in Jail Music Video

Okay this is just funny, and really well done.

Flying Dolphins

These are a hydro-foil things with propellers and skis on them that I first heard about in a book I was reading. In the book they were cited as a means of transport from one island in Greece to another. Quite a neat concept.



Here's the Geek company that provides the service in the book
http://www.ellada.com/grarr22.html

and wiki says:

"A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like hydrofoils mounted on struts below the hull. As the craft increases its speed the hydrofoils develop enough lift to raise the hull up and out of the water. This results in a great reduction in drag and a corresponding increase in speed."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofoil

Pocky Sticks

These are great little flavour coated biscuit sticks that come from Japan, they are kind of like cookies, but thinner so you can eat more of them without feeling guilty (at least that's how I feel about them LOL). They are very good and if you get the chance you should definitely try them. They are often sold at Asian food markets, but more recently can be found in bigger grocery stores like Zehrs, Sobeys & Food Basics in the Asian food isle.



From Wikipedia:
"Pocky (ポッキー, pokkii?) (Japanese pronunciation IPA: /pokːiː/) is a Japanese snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan. It was first sold in 1965, under the name Chocoteck, and consists of a biscuit stick coated with chocolate. Pocky was an instant hit among Japanese teenagers, and brought in sales of 30 billion yen in its first two years. The name was changed to "Pocky", after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for the sound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin (ポッキン). The original was followed by "Almond Pocky" in 1971, with an almond coating, and "Strawberry Pocky" in 1977. Today, the product line includes such variations as milk, mousse, green tea and coconut flavored coatings, and themed products such as "Decorer Pocky", with colorful decorative stripes in the coating, and "Men's Pocky", a dark (bittersweet) chocolate and "mature" version."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocky

List of Pocky Flavours:
(I've tried chocolate, strawberry, Tahitian vanilla, honey 'n milk, green tea, almond, mango, choco banana and coconut)

Chocolate flavors
Anime Pocky
Chocolate
Giant Chocolate
Giant Double Choco
Gokuboso Pocky (Superfine Pocky)
Little Pocky
Marble Pocky Chocolate
Marble Royal Milk Tea
Men’s Pocky

Fruit/Nut flavors
Almond
Chocolate Almond Crush
White Chocolate Almond Crush
White Chocolate/Chocolate Almond Crush
Café au Lait Almond Crush
Mild Milk Almond Crush
Honey White Almond Crush
Anglaise Almond Crush
Banana
Choco Banana
Coconut
Coconut Milk
Cinnamon Apple
Green Apple
Mango
Melon
Pine Cream
Strawberry
Tsubu Tsubu Strawberry
Tsubu Tsubu Giant Strawberry

Mousse flavors
Azuki
Black & Latte
Blueberry Yogurt
Choco
Chocolate
Creamy
Extra Chocolate
Mild Chocolate
Hazelnut Milk Chocolate
Custard
Green Tea
Hokkaido White
Royal Milk Tea
Strawberry
Tiramisu
White
New White

Decorer flavors
Berry Chocolate
Grape Mild Chocolate
Lemon Chocolate
Mont-Blanc White Chocolate
Peach & Strawberry Chocolate
White Wedding Chocolate
Apple Cream Custard
Bananu Semi-Sucrée
Chocolat de Caramel
Fraise au Chocolat
Gateau Chocolat
Strawberry Gâteau

Seasonal flavors
Special Pocky flavors available only during certain seasons.
Winter - Fuyuno Kuchidoke (Winter Melt-in-Mouth)
Winter - Murasaki Imo (Sweet Potato)
Spring - Honey
Summer - Kiwi Mango
Cocoa Powder

Regional flavors
Special Pocky flavors available only in certain regions of Japan.
Nagano - Grape
Hokkaidō - Yubari Melon
Kyūshū - Kyushu Giant Mikan
Kyoto - Kyoto Powdered Tea Azuki Bean
Kobe - Kobe Wine

Reverse
Reverse
White
Strawberry

Fortune Telling Pocky
Honey & Milk
Grape
Strawberry

Pocky G
Pocky G
Berry
Neil

Five Flavor Combination
Pocky with a combination of five flavors. Limited edition 2006.
Kurogo (Five Black) - black pine nut, black soybean, black karin, black sesame seed, unpolished black rice
Goka (Five Fruit) - peach, apricot, jujube, plum, chestnut

Crush
Almond
Cookie
Strawberry

Special Occasion flavors
2001 Giant Rainbow (Contains Giant Cider, Giant Green Tea, Giant Custard, Giant Blueberry, Giant Orange, Giant Chocolate)

European Pocky (Mikado)
Milchschokolade (Milk Chocolate)
Zartherb (Bittersweet Chocolate)

Other Pocky flavors
Caramel
Cereal Almond
Kinako (Soybean)
Kurogoma (Black Sesame)
Lemon Cheesecake
Milk
Milk Chocolate Whole Wheat
Pudding
Pumpkin
Yogurt

(list from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pocky_flavors)

your mom

your mom

(that is all)

Make Bacon Soap

How to make Bacon Soap.... not sure why someone would WANT to... but hey who am I to judge? LOL




Make Soap from Bacon!

Song of the Week

"Online" - Brad Paisley

I work down at the Pizza Pit
And I drive an old Hyundai
I still live with my mom and dad
I'm 5 foot 3 and overweight
I'm a scifi fanatic
A mild asthmatic
And I've never been to second base
But there's whole 'nother me
That you need to see
Go checkout MySpace

'Cause online I'm out in Hollywood
I'm 6 foot 5 and I look damn good
I drive a Maserati
I'm a black-belt in karate
And I love a good glass of wine
It turns girls on that I'm mysterious
I tell them I don't want nothing serious
'Cause even on a slow day
I could have a three way
Chat with two women at one time
I'm so much cooler online
So much cooler online

When I get home I kiss my mom
And she fixes me a snack
And I head down to my basement bedroom
And fire up my Mac
In real life the only time I've ever even been to L.A
Is when I got the chance with the marching band
To play tuba in the Rose Parade

[ Online lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
Online I live in Malibu
I pose for Calvin Klein, I've been in GQ
I'm single and I'm rich
And I've got a set of six pack abs that would blow your mind
It turns girls on that I'm mysterious
I tell them I don't want nothing serious
'Cause even on a slow day
I could have a three way
Chat with two women at one time
I'm so much cooler online
So much cooler online

When you got my kind of stats
It's hard to get a date
Let alone a real girlfriend
But I grow another foot and I lose a bunch of weight
Every time I login

Online
I'm out in Hollywood
I'm 6 foot 5 and I look damn good
Even on a slow day
I could have a three way
Chat with two women at one time
I'm so much cooler online
Yeah, I'm cooler online
I'm so much cooler online
Yeah, I'm cooler online

Yeah, I'm cooler online

Yeah, I'll see ya online

Learn How to Use Wind Power

Another of the Know How videos, this one on wind power



Know How to use wind power!

Word of the Day

(ahahaha this was soooo funny when I was 10!)

Urban Word of the Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

July 07, 2007: 7

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=7&defid=187450

The fiercest digit known to man.

7 is the fiercest digit because 7 8 9. Ha

Jigsoduko

This is a neat variation on the class Soduko game, it's only a 6x6 grid instead of 9x9 and you complete it by dragging in the numbered pieces like puzzle pieces. It seems to not be as math logic based as the original. A neat twist!

http://www.jigsawdoku.com/

Shrek 2 McDonalds Toys

I've finally (with the help of E-Bay) collected all the Shrek 2 toys from McDonalds!!!!

Foods I Could Live Off Of

My sister & I were discussing what things we would want to eat if we lived in the Big Brother house.... I could live off the following for an indeterminite amount of time:

1. pickles
2. vanilla ice cream
3. chocolate milk
4. marble cheese
5. dr. pepper
6. kahlua
7. A&W root beer
8. 12 grain bread
9. Hershey kisses
10. Red Delicious apples

Word of the Day

(Ironically I was just talking to some friends about this the other night)

Urban Word of the Day
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

July 03, 2007: iPerbole

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=iPerbole&defid=2196076

The hype surrounding any product Apple unveils.

Claims that the iPhone will change the world are all part of the iPerbole
surrounding the cultish company.

Song of the Week

"Don't Let Me Get Me" - Pink

Never win first place, I don't support the team
I can't take direction, and my socks are never
clean
Teachers dated me, my parents hated me
I was always in a fight cuz I can't do nothin'
right

Everyday I fight a war against the mirror
I can't take the person starin' back at me
I'm a hazard to myself

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

I wanna be somebody else, yeah

LA told me, "You'll be a pop star,
All you have to change is everything you are."
Tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears
She's so pretty, that just ain't me

Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe
somethin
A day in the life of someone else?
Cuz I'm a hazard to myself

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe
somethin
A day in the life of someone else?
Don't let me get me

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

Happy Canada Day

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!