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18 Spooky Halloween Cakes

james pong — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:58:45 +0000

Halloween’s always fun, but sometimes it can spooky. Here are some spooky Halloween cakes to depict how spooky it can be.

Halloween Cake of A Hand Holding an Eyeball

Halloween Cake of a Man’s Rib

Halloween Cake of a Dracula and a Casket

Halloween Cake of a Monstrous Rat

Halloween Cake of Bloody Brain

Halloween Cake of a Witch

Yet another Halloween Cake

Halloween Cake of Bathtub filled with Blood

Halloween Cake of Casket and a Skeleton

Halloween Cake of a Chopped Hand

Another Halloween Cake

Halloween Cake of a Mummy

Halloween Cake of a Ghoul

Halloween Cake of Eyeballs

Halloween Cake of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Halloween Cake of a Dead Man’s Head, Hand and Some Worms

Halloween Cake of Pirate’s Skull

Halloween Cake of Yet Another Ghoul

6-Year-Old Girl Elena Hid Love Notes for Her Parents to Find After Her Death

james pong — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:55:08 +0000

Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer just before her sixth birthday. She was told she has 135 days to live, but she lived 255 days, passing away in 2007.

Okay, get ready a hanky, prepare to cry.

Elena began writing and hiding hundreds of little love notes around the house for her parents to find after she was gone. After her death, Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith Desserich, found hundred of notes from Elena hidden around the house — in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks.

See more Elena’s Notes here.

Elena’s parents have now published these notes in a book called Notes Left Behind to fund a non-profit organization The Cure Starts Now dedicated to fighting pediatric brain cancer.

(Via Neatorama)

Creative Wedding Cakes

james pong — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:29 +0000

Wedding cakes are usually boring. But, check out the wedding cakes below. Must have taken a lot of efforts to make.

Bunny Wedding Cake

Couple Stranded On An Island with Treasure Wedding Cake

Wedding Cake

Couple in the Park Wedding Cake

Man Playing Guitar During Proposal Wedding Cake

Eiffel Tower Wedding Cake

Battleship Wedding Cake

Castle Wedding Cake

(Via Funtasticus.com Humor & Fun Blog)

Tattooed Goldfish, The New Pet in China

james pong — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:59 +0000

Tattooed goldfish

Tattooed goldfish is the new goldfish. If you think only humans can have tattoos, you’re wrong. Someone has come up with the idea of inscribing tattoos onto goldfish and voila, a major commercial success! Tattooed goldfish has becoming a major demand in Chengdu, Sichuan province in China that prices has shot up to 100 yuan from the initial 20 yuan.

(Via China Daily)

Turn Your Photos Into Polaroids!

james pong — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:27:18 +0000

Always wanted to create that special effect on your digital photos that look and feel vintage like a Polaroid picture?

The guys at Rollip.com has come out with a web site that give any digital photo the classic look effortlessly. You can turn your digital photos into Polaroids in just four simple steps: -

1. Choose an Effect

There are altogether 12 effects to choose from.

2. Choose a Decoration

There are also altogether 12 decorations to choose from.

3. Add Some Text

Add some text to your photo

4. Upload a Picture

And finally browse and upload the photo you want to convert into Polaroid.

Original Photo of KLCC Twin Towers

turns into:

Polaroid Photo of KLCC Twin Towers

When You’re Done

When you’ve done, you can share the Polaroid picture with your friends over at Facebook or MySpace or other social networks or even through instant messenger. You can also buy the converted Polaroid photo as real Polaroid photo! Just head on over to Rollip.com.

Stop Motion Animation of Fireworks by PES

james pong — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:42:18 +0000

Watch the cool stop motion animation of fireworks by PES. Happy ID4!

Transformation of Michael Jackson From A Boy to A Man

james pong — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:26:16 +0000

Michael Jackson transformed from a 5-year-old kid to an adult Michael Jackson we know today. Amazing video.

3D Transformers Deception Megatron Car Decal Sticker S2

james pong — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:00:25 +0000

3D Transformers Deception Megatron Car Decal Sticker S2

3D Transformers Deception Megatron Car Decal Sticker S2 Unboxed

3D Transformers Deception Car Decal Sticker on my car

A closer look at the Transformers Car Sticker

I have purchased the 3D Transformers Deception Megatron Car Decal Sticker S2 from eBay.com from win168hk and I’m a satisfied customer. It costs me only USD 4.90 and no extra charges for shipping! It looks really good on my car!

What about you, have you got one yet?

Extreme Sheep Art Using LED

james pong — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:18:05 +0000

Watch the creative but extreme way of sheep herding using LED to create an amazing piece of art!

The Largest Golden Bull at Pavilion KL

james pong — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:35:31 +0000

The Largest Golden Bull at Pavilion KL

The Largest Golden Bull at Pavilion KL, outside the Bukit Bintang entrance

The Largest Golden Bull

The poster says:

The Largest Golden Bull

Our iconic Golden Bull sculpture reflects the Year of the Bull this Lunar Year, charging forward to achieve the ‘Peak of Fortune’ and bringing us to greater heights and success.

We invite you to touch the Golden Bull’s head for good luck and prosperity this Lunar New Year.

We wish all our guests a bullish year filled with peace, prosperity and happiness.

On the other side of Bukit Bintang, Sungei Wang Plaza has a smaller golden bull for display just outside the main entrance.

The smaller Golden Bull outside Sungei Wang Plaza

Search Millions of Historic Photos with LIFE Photo Archive hosted by Google

james pong — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:53:55 +0000

Now, you can search for millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most of these photographs were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

You can also add “source:life” to any Google image search to search only the LIFE photo archive, i.e. movie source:life.

Below are some samples you can get from LIFE photo archive.

Marilyn Monroe

Elvis Presley

Neil Armstrong

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

james pong — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:32:16 +0000

Kneading on you
Excessive shoveling of kitty litter
Starring contests
Bringing you death animals
and more…

It may sound funny but it’s scary as well. Thank God, I don’t have any cats.

Check out http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php.

14 Creative Sandwiches

james pong — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:15:01 +0000

These sandwiches are superbly crafted using slices of cheese, hams, olives, cucumbers and more. They are so artsy-craftsy, you won’t feel like eating them just like the creative cake design.

12 Amazing Tokyo Cakes Design

james pong — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:50:36 +0000

These cakes are beautiful and do takes a lot of effort to make. Would you eat them?

PhotoFunia Lets You Be A Caped Crusader, A Space Invader

james pong — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:39:23 +0000

PhotoFunia as the name says is fun and quite addictive. PhotoFunia is a web site that lets you transform you or your friends and family into something great — be it an astronaut, Marilyn Monroe, Mona Lisa, Superman, Jedi, etc. With over 70 effects to choose from, there should be endless hours of fun.

It uses face detection technology and all you need is a photo with well lit frontal face (i.e. your passport photo).

Pirates of the Caribbean

Mona Lisa

Portrait

Jedi

Have fun! Visit www.photofunia.com.

Smiley Face Customer Service Poll

james pong — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:44:01 +0000

Smiley Face Customer Service Poll

Customers can choose which Smiley Face they want to put their ticket in to show their satisfaction towards the service they receive in the National Registration Department in Malaysia. They can choose either Cemerleng (Excellent), Amat Baik (Very Good), Memuaskan (Satisfied) or Tidak Memuaskan (Not Satisfied).

What a good idea, but sometimes, customers may choose to slot into other boxes when the box they want to put in is full. Any thoughts?

Extraordinary Paintings on the Walls

james pong — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:03:10 +0000

These are some extraordinary paintings on the walls. The paintings look almost as the background is real. Beautiful, ain’t it?

B-Membrane — Computer of Tomorrow

james pong — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:30:41 +0000

At first sight, you may think it’s a spaceship or some sort of space station. But, it is indeed a computer, a prototype design.

Conceived by Korean designer Won-Seok-Lee, the "B-membrane" is one of the most interesting PC prototypes I’ve ever seen.

"B-membrane" is able to project an image of your desktop on any surface you can point its omni-directional projector at. It also has a membrane keyboard and mouse that appear only when you need them too. Not forgetting an optical drive.

The "B-membrane" when it is shut-down can turn itself into an ambient light-effects system.

The only question is how am I going to carry this "B-membrane" in my bag?

(Via Yanko Design)

Mythbusters Paint the Mona Lisa In 0.008 Seconds

james pong — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:44:32 +0000

The most obscure myth in art history is confirmed.

Cup Rocking

james pong — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:51:52 +0000

Cup Rocking being displayed at Pavilion KL

Have you heard of Cuprocking? What is Cuprocking exactly? From the display panel, it says:

Cuprocking is the brain child of Sydney based artist, Andy Uprock. By mapping out large areas of cyclone fencing and sticking plastic cups into existing diamond shape holes, Andy transforms streets and public areas into floating walk-by galleries. Andy typically uses around 2,500 individual cups for each piece and recycles them between each project.

The Cup Rocking display outside Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is dazzling

Cup Rocking

It is surely dazzling. Only if the cup can glow in the dark during the night.

Meet Vivienne & Knox Jolie-Pitt

james pong — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:58:08 +0000

People.com have posted the pictures of 3-week-old Vivienne & Knox Jolie-Pitt to their web site as of Sunday 7pm EDT.

Earlier, we posted a report of pictures of Brangelina’s Twins were sold for $14 millions. And now, we can finally see the pictures of the babies.

You have to get this week’s issue of PEOPLE to view the complete story.

Giant Red Art

james pong — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:09:18 +0000

Red Ink looks at the evolution and changes occurring in Chinese culture by examining the development of Chinese Contemporary Art.

Jack Sparrow’s Photoshop Speed Painting

james pong — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:38:01 +0000

Watch this speed painting of Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean using Photoshop. Impressive!

Design Your Dream Baguette for Fendi and Win a Trip to The Palazzo Fendi In Rome

james pong — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:50:59 +0000

In conjunction with FENDI’s 10th anniversary of the Baguette bag, FENDI is inviting all fashionistas and design lovers to participate in their “Design Your Dream Baguette” competition. FENDI has developed a one-of-a kind innovative computer design program which allows everyone to express their creativity by designing their own “Dream” Baguette.

7 lucky winners from the Asia Pacific region, will be awarded with an opportunity of a lifetime as they head on down to visit the Palazzo FENDI in Rome this fall. This is where the whole FENDI design, production, merchandising and retailing process will be unveiled to the winners.

To enter the competition, visit www.fendi.com/10plus. Hurry up, the contest runs from May 2 to June 1, 2008.

Note: You have to disable popups for the site to work. This contest is only opened to the residence of Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

(Via MTV Asia)

Creative Japanese Barcodes

james pong — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:01:18 +0000

Tired of the ubiquitous barcodes? Not for long. A Japanese firm, D-Barcode have created the creative solution of boring barcodes. They have creatively blended the barcodes with the products.

(Via Dark Roasted Blend)

Adobe Photoshop Express (Beta) – Online and Free!

james pong — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:36:32 +0000

Adobe launches Adobe Photoshop Express on Thursday. Photoshop Express is currently in beta version is an online version of Adobe’s popular graphic-editing software, Adobe Photoshop.

Great news! Registered users will get free 2GB of storage to store their photos.

Applying sketch effect on Adobe Photoshop Express

Once you sign up, you get a “personal sharing URL,” such as http://yowazzup.photoshop.com. You can only edit files that are uploaded to your account.

So what are the functions of Photoshop Express do? You can:

Crop & rotate the photo
Autocorrect the photo
Change the exposure of the photo
Apply Red-eye removal
Retouch the photo
Change the saturation
Change the white balance
Sharpen
Highlight
Apply special effects such as sketch, tint, pop colors, hue, black & white and distort

Photoshop Express can also be integrated into your Facebook, Photobucket and Picasa accounts.

The best part is you can display the photos you have edited on the Gallery and let the world to see! You can display your photos in 3D or in grid or like an alien pop circle. Pretty cool, huh?

Though the beta is U.S.-based, I managed to register and use it without any problems. Once awhile, I do experience a short lag but nothing longer than 10 seconds.

So, what do you think of Adobe Photoshop Express?

Malaysia Cancels Chinese Spectacular Show Due to China Request

james pong — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:27:27 +0000

The Malaysian government, under pressure from China, has canceled a dance performance containing acts referring to the Falun Gong spiritual movement, an official and the U.S.-based organizer said Monday.

About 20 people who had bought tickets for the weekend show (March 22-23) protested Monday outside the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, which issued the order to cancel the Divine Performing Arts troupe performance.

The ministry revoked the show’s permit because the Chinese Embassy complained that the organizers — U.S.-based New Tang Dynasty Television station — were supporters of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that Beijing bans as a dangerous cult, said a ministry official.

“We have to take care of our relationship with China. It’s very important,” an official, who declined to be named

The Chinese Spectacular show which was originally scheduled to run from April 7 to April 30, 2008 is also canceled. The cancellation for the March 22-23 show cost organizers about $31,800 as at least 2,000 tickets were sold. The organizers is refunding the tickets, but people from Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore, who had already booked their flights, had still traveled to Kuala Lumpur.

What’s your say on Malaysia’s bowing down to China?

The Best Police Sketch Artist

james pong — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:11:38 +0000

Hilarious and creepy! Watch the best police sketch artist on the sketch comedy show, Human Giant.

Balloon Costumes

james pong — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:30:06 +0000

Costumes made from 100% balloons? Yes, it’s possible. Just wonder how these people are going to sit down.

A beautiful white dress totally made from balloons

A man making a balloon dress

Little Red Riding Hood in Balloon dress waiting for the wolf

View more pictures of Balloon Costumes

More Balloon Costumes

james pong — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:25:22 +0000

A dress totally made from balloons

Let’s celebrate in balloon-dress!

Balloon pussycat

Balloon butterfly

Must be a heavy hat, not!

I wonder how will he attack with balloon claws!

Colorful balloon butterfly

Stunning beauty in red balloon dresses

Sexy black and white balloon costume

She loves my big balloon arms!

Princess with a crown

Mongolian chick with a red lantern

She looks fruity!

Beware! We are balloon monsters, but chicks dig us

The remain of a T-Rex

Back to Balloon Costumes