One of the most catchy songs I’ve heard recently, A Perfect Lie (Gabriel & Dresden Remix) by The Engine Room deserves a very special mention. My friends and I have nicknamed it ‘The Perfect Song’ in reference to its lyrics. Heck, I even blogged about the soundtrack in an earlier post.

Well, this song being too catchy n all, I decided to make it a ringtone. I have linked to the original version here, so you guys can edit it to your hearts content

And my friend Abi is running a contest with the prize being a cool wireless mouse. The cheapskate in me forced my brains to rack up something. The garbage that came out wasn’t too pleasing, but here’s my shot at something free:-

Rajaseelan spotted a hog,
Wanting a good picture to blog,
He angled up by a log,
Unfortunately delirium from sipping eggnog,
Made him fall into the bog.

In my first ever screencast, I ‘enlighten’ the uninformed few on facebook badges. I’m not really happy with myself in this screencast, however, it was a good chance for me to learn about screencasting in linux.

You should also check out my friend Danny, who has done quite a few quality screencasts.

For those of you who want a higer quality version, you can download it here

While I’m on a roll, here’s another freaking catchy song, was popular in the Ministry Of Sound compilations in 2003 - 2005.

Heard this song in the club, so I thought I might as well post the youtube link. The lyrics are included in case you care

“World, Hold On” - Bob Sinclar feat Steve Edwards

Oh yeah, yeah…
Open up your heart, what do you feel
Open up your heart, what do you feel… is real

World, hold on
Come one, everybody in the universe,
World, hold on
Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

Holy Cow!!! I just saw this on youtube. I had to post this, anyone who grew up as an 80’s SBC child will instantly recognize this. One of their locally produced cops & thieves dramas, with an uber-catchy theme song. The one posted on youtube is the mandarin (?) dub, but either way its definitely worth a listen.

My friend Abi is having a contest where some people will get free WordPress stickers if they meet certain criteria. Too bad I didn’t follow this earlier on. This is what happens when you dont read your RSS feeds.

Oh well, he’s promised to have more contests in the coming year, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

My friend Danny wrote about this new torrent search engine, YouTorrent. With Malaysia’s frustratingly slow internet connections, with the many accusations of throttling or traffic shaping when it comes to torrents, direct downloads maybe be an alternative option.

This is where one-click-hosting sites comes into play. These sites allow you to upload files to their servers, which they then ‘host’. You’ll be given a link to download them, which can then be passed on to all your contacts, making your media accessible all over the world.  Rapidshare.com is one the the early pioneers and more popular of the lot. Their multiple mirrors and reliability seem pretty good to me, making it one of my preferred file sharing hosts.

There are quite a number of sites that post ‘files’ on rapidshare.com. The 2 which I frequent the most are:

• Rapidshare King
• Leecher’s Lair

Rapidshare King primaryly uploads movies, while Leecher’s Lair provides everything else under the sun. I personally know a few users with paid RapidShare accounts, because of how easy it is to download things.

Hope this posts helps you guys in getting another alternative to torrenting.

Here’s a list of WordPress themes for those who can’t stand the default theme supplied. Some pretty good themes there, one of which I’m using right now for my blog. Should be good for most people around.

Finally back from my vacation. 6 days in Langkawi really was refreshing. Being a beach bum surrounded by tax free alco helps refresh the mind.

I discovered that Malibu tastes excellent when mixed with pineapple, which in turn made me do a few retarded bets. Alcohol and cameras don’t mix well either, as the latter captures incriminating evidence

The problem with long vacations is the natural reluctance to go back to work thats comes once you reach home. Then you just look at the bills piling up on your desk and realise someone’s got to pay them and drag yourself back (to work).

Will blog later on once my mind starts working. Till then, goodbye.