Monthly Archives: December 2008

Nearly zero interest rate?

The Feds just slashed interest rates to 0 – 0.25%. This is a sign of a ‘matured economy’. Like Japan, right? Or is it a death knell of the financial system. And gold futures is in backwardation… The hell?? If … Continue reading

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Movie: The Day The Earth Stood Still

Sucks. Okay, maybe the movie deserves more write-up… If only to properly illustrate said suckage that it deserves. Keanu is an ambassador representing some other worldly sentience, come to save Earth. From mankind. Obviously, the natural response for some trigger … Continue reading

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eBay snipers

A friend will be in the States for Christmas, so thought it will be a good chance to pick up some nice stuff on eBay. Placed a USD33 bid on an Asahi Pentax 50mm f1.4 prime lens. Super bargain. A … Continue reading

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Blog: Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

This blog is quite the BEST thing I’ve seen in a long while! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apEZpYnN_1g[/youtube] While that YouTube is buffering… Doogie Howser is Dr Horrible (PhD in Horribleness), a nerdy Lex Luthor/Dexter-ish evil genius. He is crushing a girl at the … Continue reading

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Enbu-Kai

Today we had the Enbu event for the year. An Enbu is a choreographed ‘fight’ for each student to showcase what they’ve learnt so far. It’s what we’ve been practising for the last few months. My partner is a Nepalese … Continue reading

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