MEXICO CITY - Easy come, easy go.
A Japanese man who had been living in Terminal 1 of the Benito Juarez International Airport since Sept. 2 - for no apparent reason - left under equally mysterious circumstances. Authorities searched the terminal for Hiroshi Nohara on Monday but he was nowhere to be found, said an airport official who was not allowed to be quoted by name.
The daily Reforma newspaper ran photos of the scruffy man getting into a cab Sunday at the airport.
Nohara's three-month residency at the airport made him a local celebrity whose life drew comparisons to that of Viktor Navorski, a character portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2004 movie "The Terminal."
But there was one major distinction: Navorski was forced to stay at a New York City airport after war broke out in his Eastern European country and officials said they could neither allow him into the United States nor deport him.
Nohara had a tourist visa that allows him to stay in Mexico - anywhere in Mexico, not just the airport - until early March. He also possessed a ticket home.
The middle-aged foreign national, whose exact age was not known, speaks little Spanish and never did explain his motives for staying when asked by an interpreter hired by the television stations that documented his daily activities and tourists who asked for his autograph and posed with him for pictures.
Reforma reported he left Sunday with a woman who had visited him at least twice at the airport. But no one is sure who she is.
The Japanese Embassy was closed Monday and no one could be reached to ask if they had news of Nohara's whereabouts.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Japanese 'tenant' leaves Mexico City airport
American idol judges don't know jack.
Can't believe they left during this performance. Ridiculous. LOL.
Actually, i'm surprised they lasted that long.
Monday, December 29, 2008
XBMC on MID device.
These are atom based media player which means they have a reasonable amount of horsepower behind them. ~1.6GHz
Engadget guys got xbmc working on this device. It looks amazing. Unfortunately they don't show a video playing but they show music playing on the device. Don't know how much this goes for, but could be an iPod killer in the eyes of a nerd, but not the general public. just MO.
Engadget
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Rant: Songbird sucks for Album Art on IPOD's
I'm disappointed.
I thought that they would have implemented this feature for songbird right away.
I got a shiny new ipod and now stuck with the itune nazzzzi's.
:(
Implement it you bastards!
http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/tags/albumart
http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/topics/ipod_album_art
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
iBoobs - NSFW
LOL. I don't even need to comment on this one.
From Geekologie
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iBoobs, undeniably the best iPhone application to date, has been denied the right to be sold in the iTunes store, because Apple claims the app is pornographic. Which, I think we can all agree, is utterly ridiculous. And by "utterly ridiculous" I mean I popped like 16 boners. Youtube Thanks to Dylan, who agrees that Apple wouldn't be where they are today if it weren't for pornography. Remember your roots.
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How To Open Multiple Copies of Windows Live Messenger
Windows App.
My MAC doesn't like to keep MSN open when i shut the lid on my MACbook. So I looked around on GOOGLE and found this neat little addon for MSN called Messenger Plus! Live.
You can enable the "Allow me to connect to several accounts simultaneously" feature by going to Plus! / Preferences & Options
Once this is enabled you can open multiple copies of MSN. Great for Multiple people in the house using a shared computer.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Backyard Hockey Rink only $199 - $399
Your kids come home from school and they want to skate. You don’t want to let them go alone to the neighbourhood rink, and you are frozen to the bones! The Ice N' Go™ rink will bring hours of fun for the whole family in the safety of your backyard. If it’s too cold, a quick hot chocolate in the kitchen and the all-star game can continue out back.
Features:
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Easy to assemble
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No tools necessary
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Ready for use after 2 or 3 days, depending on the temperature (below 0 °C)
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Can be used on unlevelled land
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Rigid PVC canvas resistant to cuts from skating or shovelling
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The canvas protects turf
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Used to extend the skating season
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The canvas is protected against UV rays
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Blue and red lines included to mark the hockey zones
What’s Included:
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Canvas
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Rink boarder
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2 blue lines, 3 red lines
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Repair kit
Thanks for showing me Bryan
Paulskratch - ManilaTron Preview.
My good friend PaulSkratch of Almighty is releasing his album after 4 years of being in the vault. Here's a preview.
Garaj Mahal Coming to Vancouver - Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Garaj Mahal Band
The show is at Richards on Richards and only $20.00
Tickets at Zulu and Highlife Records.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Guitar Hero Knee Injury
This jackass broke his knee playing Guitar Hero and now wants to try and get an endorsement deal with Red Octane. I'm pretty sure it's a joke but funny none the less.
Check out his site GuitarHeroBrokeMyKnee
A Letter to Red Octane Games
Dear Red Octane Games,
I have terrible news. While I am in love with your game, it has caused me great harm. Guitar Hero broke my knee. Its true, while playing your game on July 3rd and shredding a massive lick I pivoted into a great thrashing stance and my knee gave way. After several doctor visits and x-rays it later turned out my rocking had knocked an inch and a half piece of bone off of my knee and it was now floating about the inside of my leg.
I ended up going under the knife to reattach the smaller piece of bone back to my leg and now, more than a month later, I am still unable to walk. I am however gearing up from a triumphant comeback in early September to show others on my block I can still rock twice as hard as them.
This is a story that must be told. Imagine being able to tell your customers that a young man in Omaha, NE rocked Guitar Hero so hard his own bones crumbled. Boys would cheer and mothers would cringe.
Maybe an endorsement deal? I would be like Subway’s Jared. Maybe we could do something as simple as Red Octane supporting the local Guitar Hero championship my friends and I are setting up. You could send some banners and an advanced copy of Guitar Hero 2 our finalists could play…. kind of like in the Wizard when they played Mario Brothers 3.
Well I’ve attached 2 photos of me suffering after my surgery to really tug your heartstrings. I think we should talk about this. You can reach me at jimmy@guitarherobrokemyknee.com or by phone at 402-XXX-XXXX.
Yours in Rock,
Jimmy Winter
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Train Loading Fail
And I thought after a hockey game was bad..
Translink could save us so much money if they hired people to push asses in the train like that at Stadium skytrain station.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
MAKE: Television
"Make: television debuts in 13 days. The online premiere of Make: television is January 3rd 2009, visit makezine.tv or iTunes to see the entire first episode! The broadcast premiere will follow shortly after depending on when your local Public Television (PBS) station airs it. Episodes will be available: commercial free, on PBS, DRM free and in gorgeous HD (High definition format) on our site, iTunes and probably a lot of other places. We have a countdown clock on the right side of the MAKE blog and we'll have some fun posts leading up to the big day!"
I'm excited for this one!
I'm a big fan of the MAKE Blog
MAKE: television Preview Reel from make magazine on Vimeo.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Beer Bottle Christmas Tree.
Now someone has their priorites straight. It only took 1050 Beer bottles.
Songbird - Better then iTunes
Very customizable. Lots of cool and weird plugins.
Exorcist
SongTapper
More at the Addon Page
It will sync with your ipod without all the DRM hassle and all that stuff.
Web integration, something that i thought i would never use, but i use all the time.
Get it here: Songbird.
Frets of Fire for $20.00
sweet. I found a PS3 Guitar at xscargo last night for $20.00
It comes with everything you need, usb wireless reciever and guitar.
Gotta Love it.
There's a whole bunch of great free songs available online.. also not so free.
For those who don't know, Frets on Fire is a Guitar Hero Clone.
More information is available at the Frets on Fire Website. 
edit:::
If the latest version does not work on your machine, try this link. It's the one that i had to install instead and everything just magically worked together.
FOF - RF Build
Direct Download Link
WIN32 Download
Linux Download
EDIT2:::
You'll also need to create a new folder in the DATA directory named "songs". FS could look like \data\songs\manongmike1 and \data\songs\manongmike2 etc...
Good luck!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Four year old breaks into a store.
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BEAUMONT, Texas — Texas police responding to a store’s burglar alarm found a less-than-hardened criminal inside: He was four, and playing with the toys.
Detective Randy Stevens says the child apparently unlocked a door at his nearby home, got out, then crossed a street to reach the discount store.
Store surveillance video shows the unidentified boy trying one of the front doors to a Family Dollar store about 3 a.m. Monday, only to find it locked. But the second door was unlocked and the child went inside.
That triggered the silent alarm.
“When the officers got there, he was showing them his toys,” said Officer Crystal Holmes.
Child Protective Services says the boy will be allowed to stay with extended relatives while they review the incident.
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Wundrkut @ DMC World's 2006
My homeboy eric. I saw this vid on youtube.. Thought i would post it for old time sake.
Man behind bars after hitting woman in face with cheeseburger
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A Vero Beach, Florida man is behind bars after hitting his girlfriend several times with a cheeseburger.
The victim told sheriff's deputies that she was eating with boyfriend Vincent Gonzales in her car when the two began arguing.
When she threw his drink out of the car window, he retaliated by hitting her in the face with a cheeseburger.
He then pulled her from the car and struck her with the sandwich several more times.
Gonzales with charged with battery and domestic violence.
His bond has been set at $1,000.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
2700 Year old Mary Jane found?
Stoners from the ancient days.
Must have been some good skank to be buried with it.
MSNBC
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Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.
A barrage of tests proves the marijuana possessed potent psychoactive properties and casts doubt on the theory that the ancients only grew the plant for hemp in order to make clothing, rope and other objects.
They apparently were getting high too.
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
User Uploaded Pictures - Panoramio
http://www.panoramio.com/
It's a great way to research the places that you might be going to.
All you have to do is type in the city or place that you might be visiting.
Gives you a neat perspective of what you might see.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Squeegee Duel!
A mugging quickly turned bizarre when the robber and his victim squared off at a gas station using a most unusual weapon: Squeegees.
Police say the would-be bandit asked the 38-year-old victim for a cigarette shortly before 10:45 p.m. Friday as the victim was walking along 118 Avenue near Wayne Gretzky Drive.
Before the victim had a chance to answer, cops said, the thug pulled a knife, threatened him and demanded money.
It was then that the victim ran away and headed for a nearby gas station.
Once there, he grabbed a squeegee to defend himself.
The attacker, hot on the victim's heels, caught up with the man at the gas station and grabbed two squeegees and chased the victim around the area of the gas station, hitting the victim at least once with a squeegee. A bystander noticed the squeegee duel and called police before stepping in to help the victim.
The attacker took off on foot.
A suspect was arrested by police a few blocks away.
Police say the victim suffered no serious injuries.
Ryan Anthony Gambler, 25, was charged with two counts of possessing an offensive weapon and robbery.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Best of cragslist - To the older woman watching me buying condoms - m4w
LINK
Date: 2008-10-22, 6:10PM CDT
I was the 20 something guy holding two bottles of chardonay in the condom section of the Dominick's. You were the lovely lady in her 50's peering over my shoulder as I made my selection. I was not aware of your presence until the audible gasp when I reached for a box of ribbed magnums. My date did not go exactly as planned; the wine went down ok but I forgot to use the magnums in the heat of the moment and I think I may have gotten the clap. Long story short I still have a dozen condoms left over if you are interested in going out sometime...
* Location: Schaumburg
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 889660321
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Automatically moving files application
LIFEHACKER
Way better then having to write a batch file that ran on a schedule. That was totally lame.
MOVER - Download
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nunchucks
GEEKOLOGIE
NOKIA China - Bruce Lee Page
The above link doesn't seem to do anything in Firefox. Perhaps in IE or safari.
Electric BIke or Bicycle, maybe a hybrid.
This one uses a pedal power to charge the battery. Shame that it's like $50,000 USD.
Fresh Creation
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Drunk enough to run yourself over?
CANOE Weird News
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A man is in a northern New Mexico jail, accused of driving drunk and leading police on a chase that finally ended with him running over himself.
Roy Travis Aguilar, 21, was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and booked into the Sandoval County detention center on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer, careless driving and two other outstanding traffic warrants.
A tip on a police hot line Sunday afternoon reported a possible drunken driver on a highway.
State Police Officer Grace Romero spotted Aguilar’s pickup truck swerving across both lanes of the highway, driving slowly and then fast. He refused to stop.
After narrowly missing other vehicles, police said Aguilar drove through a ditch and a barbed-wire fence before stopping. He tried to put the truck into park, but it ended up in reverse.
Police said Aguilar fell from his open door and both of his legs were run over by the front driver’s side tire.
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Zookeepers mistakenly set up female polar bears
Canoe Weird News
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TOKYO - Japanese zookeepers have wondered for a while why two polar bears that they had hoped would mate have shown little interest in each other.
The answer came this month when the zoo discovered both the bears were female.
Tsuyoshi, a four-year-old polar bear, and 11-year-old Kurumi have been living in the same enclosure at the Kushiro Municipal Zoo in Hokkaido in northern Japan since June.
The zoo said Wednesday it thought Tsuyoshi was male because of the bear's appearance. Male polar bears are generally significantly larger than females.
Experts say when polar bears are young, it is difficult to determine their sex because their long hair covers their reproductive organs. Tsuyoshi was determined to be male at three months old.
But earlier this month, the zoo put Tsuyoshi under an anesthetic and learned he was a she.
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