Calvin's Soapbox

Sunday, September 24, 2006

found this on yahoo! today:



oooo, top 5 cell phones.. lets check it out, wonder what's hot now.

imagine my surprise when i saw the that N80 managed to get the 2nd spot:



hmmm.. in case u guys dont know, i got myself the N80 a few months back (check out what i had to say bout it then here if u wanna).

well anyway honestly after using ity for a good 3 to 4 months now, i think that nokia went tried their best to make this their top dog N8x series by cramping in as many features as possible (ie 3G, 3 mpx camera, built in wifi, web browser, mp3 player etc etc), but did not really bother to perfect each function. so to cut things short, this phone can do almost everything any other phone in the market can, but does none exceptionally well.

what do i mean by that? well, i've said it before and i'll say it again - the 3 mpx camera sucks. even my 1.3mpx 6680 takes better photos (especially in the dark). the sound quality, whether for ringtones or mp3s are so bad it makes normal studio recorded songs sound like concerts. the wifi signal receiving is pretty weak so u pretty much have to sit right next to the wifi broadcasting pod in order to get a decent strong connection. the worst of all? the battery capacity sucks! i go thru one fully charged batt in half a day!

i could go on and on, but in a nutshell i guess its a good indication that nokia is trying.. i mean u dont expect them to come out with something perfect overnight right? i still believe that nokia will eventually come out with something which will be an answer to sony-ericsson's offerings at the moment - phones that dont hang, sound good and are value for money, hehe.

ah well, so anyway back to the top 5 cell phone chart on yahoo? guess whats no.1?



what?! a sony-ericsson W600i?! like damn old school right? no 4 is SE W800i?! no.5 is Moto RZR!? wat the..?

then i noticed.. aiyah, user's top rated cell phones. cheh, kena con. if i damn free i sit here and keep voting for motorola's 1997 startac aso got chance to make it no.1 la. pah!

Monday, September 18, 2006

hmmm.. here's the latest news fm our fren alonso (well, its a few days old but thought i'd comment on it anyway):

MADRID, Spain (AP) - Fernando Alonso criticized rival Michael Schumacher, saying the German racer is the "most unsporting driver" in Formula One history.

Alonso's harsh comments to Spanish radio station Marca on Monday night came one day after Schumacher won the Italian Grand Prix and announced that he will retire at the end of the season. The Ferrari driver moved to within two points of Alonso in the championship standings.

"Michael is the man with the most sanctions and the most unsporting driver in the history of Formula One," Alonso said.

He also compared him to Zinedine Zidane, the France soccer captain who retired after being sent off for a head-butt in July's World Cup final.

"Zidane retired with more glory than Schumacher, but I can still see that he has been the fastest driver for the last 10 years, and racing against him has been an honour," he said.

"That doesn't take away from the fact that he has been the best driver and it has been an honour and pleasure to battle against him. Everyone has their time and you have to respect his decision. Things will be more equal now."

Alonso also hinted that the championship had been fixed in favour of Schumacher.

On Sunday, he had his race stopped when his engine failed 10 laps from the end. Alonso was penalized five places on the starting grid for blocking Ferrari's Felipe Massa in qualifying Saturday and started 10th.
"No one is going to believe the penalty I was given for a long time to come," Alonso said.

"The excuse they gave was far from honest. That the Italian newspapers headlined this as a robbery is not good for our sport. One thing I am clear about, though, is that he who laughs last, laughs longest," Alonso said.
Meanwhile, Alonso will miss testing in Jerez, Spain, this week due to a bruised knee.

"I banged my knee on the side of the chassis during practice in Monza and there is some bruising," he said in a Renault statement. "I raced with the problem at the weekend, but we took the decision not to test this week to let it recover in the best way possible."

Alonso said he is "very optimistic" he will beat Schumacher for the title.

"The Renault has been very, very quick in the last three races, nearly as quick as Ferrari or even faster," he said. "So for the last three races I think we should be the favourites."

yeah, watever dude. young ciku like u wanna talk so much. the rate u're going, u're just gonna end up to be another jacques villenueve, win one measely title already whole day got one million and one things to say. end up kena kicked out of f1 aso dunno wat happened. loser, bah.

anyway, article was taken off yahoo news. click
here for the article.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

hehe, someone forwarded this to me. funny as hell, but so damn true:

WARNING - Date Rape Drug!!!

Police warning all men who frequent clubs, parties and local pubs to bealert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman. Many females use a date rape drug on the market called "Beer."

The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from taps and in large "kegs". Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them.

A woman needs only to get a guy to consume a few units of Beer and then simply ask him home for no strings attached sex. Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several beers, men will often succumb to the desires to sleep with horrific looking women whom they would never normally be attracted.

After drinking beer, men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that "something bad" occurred. At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life's savings, in a familiar scam known as "a relationship."

In extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer term form of servitude and punishment referred to as "marriage." Men are much more susceptible to this scam after beer is administered and sex is offered by the predatory females.

Please! Forward this warning to every male you know. If you fall victim to this "Beer" scam and the women administering it, there are male support groups where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter with similarly victimized men. For the support group nearest you, just look up Golf Courses" in the phone book.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

i know i said i wasn't gonna post anything else on F1, but this is too hard to resist. as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words:



this is the pic of alonso blowing up on lap 44 of the italian GP earlier, and cos of that he's lead in the drivers championship is now cut down to just 2 points from schumacher, with another 30 points up for grabs (meaning there's 3 races to go).

this season just keeps getting better and better..

on a sad note, schumey has announced that he'll be retiring at the end of this season. ah well, no time for being sad and all, leave as a champ schumey!

Sunday, September 03, 2006

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