Fun Talks

Digital bubble wrap

2007-10-24T01:52:00.000-07:00

Stressed?
I like to do this when I am. :)
http://public.aregner.com/bubblewrap.swf

Running on water

2007-10-23T22:24:00.000-07:00

Have you ever seen an animal running on water ??

It requires a speed of 85 k.m.p.h. with a foot placing of 1 inch to walk on water.

So what ??

See the photograph !!

This is what happens when you stay in one company for too long

2007-09-21T03:08:00.000-07:00

It's more than one year for me now... ;))

Don't Change the World

2007-09-21T01:27:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country.

When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.

Then one of his wise servant dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money ? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?"

The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story : to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.

Where do you live?

2007-09-17T04:27:00.000-07:00

Where do you live in this Map of Humanity? :)

Times Change!!!

2007-09-13T20:18:00.001-07:00

PARENT - Job Description

2007-09-12T09:02:00.000-07:00

This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way,
I don't believe any of us would have done it!!!!
POSITION :
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION :
Long term, team players needed, for challenging
Permanent work in an,
Often chaotic environment.
Candidates must possess excellent communication
And organizational skills and be willing to work
Variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends
And frequent 24 hour shifts on call.
Some overnight travel required, including trips to
Primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments
In far away cities!
Travel expenses not reimbursed.
Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :
The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily,
Until someone needs $5.
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a
Pack mule
And be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat
In case, this time, the screams from
The backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges,
Such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets
And stuck zippers.
Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and
Coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings
For clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be willing to be indispensable one minute,
An embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a
Half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for
The quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
Janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :
None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without
Complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills,
So that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :
None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION :
Get this! You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses.
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because
Of the assumption that college will help them
Become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left.
The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that
You actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS :
While no health or dental insurance, no pension,
No tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and
No stock options are offered;
This job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth
And free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.

Amme...

2007-09-12T08:52:00.000-07:00

Viagra Ad

2007-09-10T18:31:00.000-07:00

Digging for the Truth

2007-09-10T08:01:00.000-07:00

Could be hazardous; You could end up in a world of shit!!

Success Principles

2007-09-05T05:32:00.000-07:00

> These 2 stories are extracts from the book - Cappuccino & Success

Everything Happens For The Good
There was once a King who had a wise advisor. The advisor followed the King everywhere, and his favorite advice was, "Everything happens for the good". One day the King went hunting and had a little accident. He shot an arrow at his own foot and was injured. He asked the advisor what he thought about the accident, to which the advisor replied, "Everything happens for the good". This time the King was really upset and ordered for his advisor to be put in prison. The King asked his advisor, "Now, what do you think?" The advisor again replied, "Everything happens for the good". So the advisor remained in prison.

The King later went on a hunting trip, this time without the advisor. The King was then captured by some cannibals. He was taken to the cannibals' camp where he was to be the evening meal for the cannibals. Before putting him into the cooking pot he was thoroughly inspected. The cannibals saw the wound on the King's foot and decided to throw him back into the jungle. According to the cannibals' tradition, they would not eat anything that was imperfect. As a result the King was spared. The King suddenly realized what his advisor said was true. The advisor also escaped death because had he not been in prison, he would have followed the King on the hunting trip, and would have ended up in the cooking pot.

Success Principles : It is true that everything in life happens for a purpose, and always for our own good. If you think about it, all our past experiences actually happened to bring us to where we are today, and it is always for the good. All the past experiences makes us a better person. So, whatever challenges that we may face today, consider it happening to bring us to the next level.

My Dog Can Walk On Water
There was a hunter who came into the possession of a special bird dog. The dog was the only one of its kind, because it can walk on water. One day he invited a friend to go hunting with him so that he could show off his prized possession. After some time, they shot a few ducks, which fell into the river. The man ordered his dog to run and fetch the birds. The dog ran on water to fetch the birds. The man was expecting a compliment about the amazing dog, but did not receive it. Being curious, he asked his friend if the friend had noticed anything unusual about the dog. The friend replied, "Yes, I did see something unusual about your dog. Your dog can't swim!"

Success Principles : More than 90% of the people that we face everyday are negative. They choose to look at the hole in the middle rather than the doughnut. Do not expect compliments or encouragement from them. These are the people who cannot pull you out of your present situation. They can only push you down. So be aware of them, spend less time with them, and do not let them steal your dreams away from you.

Chinese Factory Worker Can't Believe The Shit He Makes For Americans...

2007-09-04T01:03:00.000-07:00

Chen Hsien, an employee of Fenghua Ningbo Plastic Works Ltd., a plastics factory that manufactures lightweight household items for Western markets, expressed his disbelief Monday over the "sheer amount of shit Americans will buy."

Enlarge Image Chinese

Chen makes yet more stupid crap for consumers overseas.

"Often, when we're assigned a new order for, say, 'salad shooters,' I will say to myself, 'There's no way that anyone will ever buy these,'" Chen said during his lunch break in an open-air courtyard. "One month later, we will receive an order for the same product, but three times the quantity. How can anyone have a need for such useless shit?"

--More--

Want to Know Who Lied?

2007-09-03T07:13:00.000-07:00

Want to know who did that and lied? Well follow these tips and you would know.

I know for sure who was lying - I followed the tips ;)

The water temperature warning :)

2007-09-03T02:28:00.000-07:00

Next iPod Nano

2007-09-02T21:44:00.000-07:00

Dumb Driving

2007-09-02T21:40:00.000-07:00

This is fun driving.

Why killing is bad?

2007-09-02T01:14:00.000-07:00

German version of windows seems to have an answer...

more...

An interesting reflection: Slow Down Culture

2007-08-30T02:45:00.001-07:00

This is from my Inbox - I do not know the original author.

It’s been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for them
has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years
to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It’s a rule.

Globalize processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense
of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to posses a need
to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow movements of
the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x
quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this
always yields better results.

Said in another words:
1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo, a state in Brazil.
2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants.
3. Stockholm, has 500,000 people.
4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned
companies. Volvo supplies the NASA.

The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the
hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive
early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000
employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn’t say anything,
either the second or third. One morning I asked, “Do you have a fixed
parking space? I’ve noticed we park far from the entrance even when there
are no other cars in the lot.” To which he replied, “Since we’re here early
we’ll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and need a
place closer to the door. Don’t you think? Imagine my face.

Nowadays, there’s a movement in Europe name Slow Food. This movement
establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to
taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing.
Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it
stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement
called Slow Europe, as mentioned by Business Week.

Basically, the movement questions the sense of “hurry” and “craziness”
generated by globalization, fueled by the desire of “having in quantity”
(life status) versus “having with quality”, “life quality” or the “quality
of being”. French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are more
productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8 hour
workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%. This slow
attitude has brought forth the US’s attention, pupils of the fast and the
“do it now!”.

This no-rush attitude doesn’t represent doing less or having a lower
productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality,
productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It means
reestablishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking the
“now”, present and concrete, versus the “global”, undefined and anonymous.
It means taking humans’ essential values, the simplicity of living.

It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and more
productive where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do.
It’s time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious quality
with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of products and
services, without losing the essence of spirit.

In the movie, Scent of a Woman, there’s a scene where Al Pacino asks a girl
to dance and she replies, “I can’t, my boyfriend will be here any minute
now”. To which Al responds, “A life is lived in an instant”. Then they dance
to a tango.

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when we
die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time. Others are
so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the present, which
is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time throughout the
world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in how each one of us
does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John Lennon said, “Life
is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”.

Congratulations for reading till the end of this message. There are many who
will have stopped in the middle so as not to waste time in this globalized
world.

Camel Lock

2007-08-29T18:26:00.001-07:00

Nokia's iPhone

2007-08-29T18:19:00.000-07:00

Future of Nokia interface design
Watch the clip, cool :)

Trust and Teams

2007-08-29T18:12:00.000-07:00

I found this interesting blog entry on teams

Process Control

2007-08-27T02:37:00.000-07:00

Liquid Kiss

2007-08-27T00:55:00.000-07:00

Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps

2007-08-27T00:47:00.000-07:00

Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps

Bruise your ego... break your arm

2007-08-27T00:36:00.000-07:00

Arm-wrestling game recalled in Japan

Next Generation iPod

2007-08-26T23:30:00.000-07:00