Bet everyone’s been experiencing slow internet access for the past 2 days. It took me 45mins just to get this post out.
Well anyway, the problem was due to the massive earthquake that hit Taiwan 2days back. The largest telco breakdown Asia has seen in quite some time.
The outage did not just degrade the internet but also phone lines.
More then a dozen submarine fibre lines broke. If it were just a few lines, we would be fine as there would have been sufficient backup bandwidth.
Read more below;
http://www.tm.net.my/html/news_details.cfm?id=1108&type=News&pg=1
http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=318&Itemid=32
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/28/ap/world/mainD8M9K4JG0.shtml
http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/NEWS/612280383/1002/BUSINESS
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/165617
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-quake28dec28,1,6693781.story?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true
Very very cool animation. The Icon War!! Check it out for yourself here.
Tattooed Nerds? Yes yes, not just the cool dudes have tattoos anymore. Nerdy tattoos actually do look good. I’ve been thinkin of getting my 4th tattoo of maybe a tribal tux…maybe 
Pacman!!! Zelda!!!
Electronics!!
Mario Bros!!
Windows!! huh??
Cool links to check out;
http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20040720.html
http://www.monyscurry.com/tattoo.htm
Look at this parking lot!!! Don’t you wish we had one at each mall? I imagine the work a robber would have to put in just to get into your car…haha
But anyway, this image is actually VW’s storage facility for it’s complted cars in it’s Germany plant.
Benefits;
1. Cheaper.
2. You get your car in lesser time.
3. Only consumes 20% of the space needed to build a traditional storage facility.
4. No damages to your vehicle.
Tired? Can’t focus? Can’t think straight? Try Shiatsu Self Massage. Some of my pals said it help but I think it’s all in your head :). You be the judge of that.
Click on the thumbnail below to get a better pic…
