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Hockey mom Sarah Palin booed at hockey game

Mr. Dew — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:14:14 +0000

This is hilarious, they actually increased the volume of the music just to cover the boos. Looks like Joe Six Pack type of hockey fans don’t like hockey moms too much.

Hockey mom Sarah Palin boo’d at hockey game.

Fans throw chairs on wrestlers, golden moment

Mr. Dew — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:09:55 +0000

I love this clip. Watch it a few times and never got tired of it. A wrestler asks the audience to throw him a folding chair and just about every fan in attendance decided to comply with the request.

It really looks like a wrestling parody from Scary Movie or something but the funny thing it’s real.

Wrestlers need a chair and fans deliver

Unlucky bird gets hit in tennis game

Mr. Dew — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:18:09 +0000

Oh, that’s one unfortunate bird. All it’s trying to do is do catch a ball game and the players just have to knock it out. It’s funny when the player asked for forgiveness.

Unlucky bird get hit!

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Tennis player Djokovic impersonates many

Mr. Dew — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:23:18 +0000

Popular tennis player Novak Ã„ÂokoviÃ„Â‡ (Djokovic), world number 3, attempts impersonation of Roddick, Hewitt, Nadal, Sharapova and Sampras. We need more of just entertainment in sports.

Djokovic as Roddick, Hewitt, Sampras, Nadal and more

What a personality!

New Japanese pitcher technic!

Mr. Dew — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:18:24 +0000

Watch how this Japanese guy pitch! I don’t know if that can be counted as a strike in baseball. It’s smart isn’t it. The act of deception in sports.

V(^_^)V

Parody of Nintendo Wii Fit

Mr. Dew — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:34:07 +0000

SarcasticGamer.com presents a satircal look at one of Nintendo’s “Big” announcements at E3. Wii Fit was billed as a fitness breakthrough. It just looked like standing around to us.

But it’s quite true actually. The new Nintendo Wii Fit is kinda silly. It’s just 2 digital weighing machines that registers your weight. If you think that’s innovation, just go purchase 2 weighing machines and start doing push ups on it. See the magic of the Nintendo Wii Fit. Sorry Nintendo, sure it looks like its from Ikea but this just didn’t work for me.

Play music while you’re playing basketball

Mr. Dew — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:14:00 +0000

Nike commercial (extended version)

An advertisement every Tuesday

Review: Nike+ Part 2

Mr. Dew — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:45:28 +0000

Continues from part 1 of Nike+ Review.

I ran for 200 metres and stopped. Jon plugged in the iPod to the Mac and iTunes is launched. It automatically uploads the running data from your iPod to your computer and up to the internet. Yup, it goes to the internet where you can share your runs with other Nike+ users.

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Now here comes the fun part, you get to monitor your runs. It connect to the Nike+ servers using your iPod receiver as your unique identifier. That would unfortunately mean that losing your receiver mean bye bye statistics. Here are some screenshots of the Nike+ interface, it’s something runners would find useful. It tells you the distance, the time, the pace and the calories burn out of your run. It’s the feature I love most! It charts your progress.

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See how you perform in each run. It tells you where you use your PowerSong. It’s always fun to return home after a run and plug in your iPod to your computer to check out the statistics.

With such comprehensive statistics for the runner, running will never be the same again. The whole interface is well thought and easy to navigate around. If you have Yahoo! Widgets you can download a widget to your desktop. It is compatible to Windows (including Windows Vista) and Mac OS. It monitors your goals and you can even challenge friends to runs!

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I am not really a runner but many people already are, about a thousand odd people are using Nike+ and they upload their route online to share. You can scroll to Jurong East and see what routes people are running. It’s a simple idea but it’s ingenius. When you get bored with your own running tracks, you can try nearby locations. You can plot your own track too and it will measure the distance as you plot. Really cool stuff.

Nike+ Apparel

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I previously mentioned the problem of iPod ear phone wires jumping around when you run. It wouldn’t happen if you have one of those tops above. Nike+ apparel holds your ipod Nano in a snug fitting, water resistant pocket right in your shirt or shorts. In addition Nike+ apparel comes with a wire management system that lets you loop your earphone wires through a network of holes to hold the wires in place. This prevents irritation and more importantly abrasion. Men and women designs are available. You can enlarge to view a larger screenshot.

Conclusion

Overall the Nike+ online experience is just awesome. I absolutely love the social aspect of the tool, you get to interact with friends and look at their runs too. It’s most rewarding perhaps to monitor your own statistics knowing how much better you are running today, as compared to say – two months ago. Nike+ is definately a must get for iPod Nano owners who loves their runs, it makes a great gift for a friend too!

I get into the Nike store without knowing much about this product and my experience has been a positive one. It’s fun knowing and blogging about it too, I thank Jon for the opportunity.

Find out more information at Nike+.

Review: Nike+ Part 1

Mr. Dew — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:43:51 +0000

Last Saturday, Jon gave an opportunity to try out one of Nike’s new product – Nike+.

In case you haven’t heard, Nike teamed up with the great guys from Apple to build a device that can monitor runner’s pace and distance through Apple iPod and a sensor.

(From left to right: Nike+ shoes Moires, Apple iPod, Nike+ Sport Kit and Nike+ Armband.)

You’ll need the following:

Apple iPod Nano – The most common digital music player of today!
Nike+ Shoes – Nike rolled out a whole line of shoes designed by Bill Bowerman (co-founder of Nike) that supports the Nike+ device.
Nike+ Sport Kit – Comes with the sensor and receiver, to be attached to shoes and iPod respectively.
Nike+ accessories or apparel – The armband secures the iPod to your body. Nike+ tops are also available, I’ll show you more later.

These Nike+ enabled shoes includes a special compartment that’s located within the sole of the shoes that allows you to slot in the sensor. You can remove the insole of a Nike+ enabled shoe to insert the sensor. It rests under your feet, measuring your acceleration as you move your left foot during a run.

Jon picked a pair of Nike+ Triax X for me to try, it looks a little like the main shoes in the picture below. I’ve got slight flat foot and Triax X is designed to give better stability. Walking around felt comfortable and light and I instantly for in love with the pair of shoes. For years, I’ve ignored my foot condition and go those normal foot shoes! Oh, Nike hasn’t forsaken the female jogging lovers too; Nike has shoes that you’ll love.

(Main feature: Men’s Air Structure Triax+ 10. Bottom, from left to right: Women’s Air Structure Triax+ 10, Women’s Air Zoom Vomero+ 2, Women’s Air Span+ 4 and Women’s Air Zoom Moire+.)

The left shoe insole is removed to reveal a tiny compartment to fit the Nike+ Sensor. The iPod Nano is then plugged in with a receiver. I wore the Triax again and it didn’t feel heavier on the left, the sensor weighs around 10 grammes only! The iPod Nano knows what to do once you plug it in and the Nike+ menu is revealed. Here a Basic Workout is selected:

The iPod provides information all runners will love to have, your pace and your distance traveled! I tried moving my feet around, stepping around without really moving. Seem like the sensor’s actually smart enough to detect I’m just cheating around. The sensor is an accelerometer and not a pedometer so it does not measure the number of steps you run and convert it. Instead, it calculates your speed (miles or km per minute) & distance based on the interval between each footstrike. You may have to calibrate it a little to increase the accuracy.

(Nike+ Armband Monty.)

After explanation of the technology involved, I got on a treadmill to test out. It’s been half a month since I last ran and running in front of restaurants makes me hungry. I didn’t have an armband and running with the iPod wires didn’t feel enjoyable. Once I press the center button, the iPod narrates out my pace and distance traveled. I don’t even have to look at the screen! The voice didn’t sound like a crazy female robot too by the way.

I watch the numbers increase magically on the iPod. It tells you almost everything you want to know, playing your favorite tunes. Music keeps me going in a run. It’s just like in the army here they force you to sing crazy shit as you run, now you can listen to whatever you want! What’s really cool is when you’re feeling a little tired, you can hold on to the center button and iPod will launch your PowerSong! PowerSong is a special song that you preset to come on when you’re in need of some encouragement! The one at Wheelock Place just Justin Timberlake’s Rock Your Body as the PowerSong.

My Nike+ running experience is great. It’s fun and iPod’s interface is easy to use. The narating is a great feature. Nike+ doesn’t take your heart beat and it is quite expensive to start your run:

A pair of Nike+ shoes is about SG$150
An iPod Nano goes from SG$248 (2GB) to SG$428 (8GB)
Nike+ Sport Kit cost SG$50

They all add up to SG$448++ if you don’t have any of the items. If you already have an iPod Nano, you can get a pair of Nike+ shoes once your shoes wears out. Because the real fun part is behind – monitoring your statistics.

McDonalds – Larry Bird and Michael Jordan

Mr. Dew — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:18:32 +0000

Larry Bird challenges Michael Jordan to a shooting contest for his Big Mac. McDonald’s actually has got pretty good commercials most of the time.

Larry Bird vs. Michael Jordan McDonalds commercial

I don’t really like the Big Mac though and this commercial didn’t make me feel like having one. Cool though.

Nike+ DJ Challenge Daniel Ong vs Carrie Chong

Mr. Dew — Sun, 20 May 2007 16:54:52 +0000

There’s a rather cool product in the market right now. If you own an Apple iPod Nano, you’re in luck. Nike introduced Nike+ a couple of months back to let iPod Nano users have detail statistics of their run. It makes running a lot more fun. The video as follows shows 98.7 FM DJs Daniel Ong and Carrie Chong in a challenge. Who do you think would win?

Nike+ DJ Challenge Daniel Ong vs Carrie Chong

More information at Nike+ Singapore.

Stratos chocolate bar makes good better

Mr. Dew — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:12:16 +0000

Well, this commercial is quite creative, you all should take a look at this kid. He wants to play football so he…

Stratos – Makes good better

That’s one nice kid. And he has foresight too!

An advertisement every Tuesday

And a random trivia: Did you know that I posted the first advertisement which is a condom advertisement on May 16, 2006. I started posting once a week on Tuesday and I never stopped! I tend to queue the advertisements so that I don’t have to post religiously every week, I post about 4 advertisements at one time and spread it out throughout the month.

Ajinomoto Stadium – Pretty Japanese girls

Mr. Dew — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:11:21 +0000

The Japanese girls are kawaii. Wait till you hear their voice which may be quite a turn off.

Ajinomoto Stadium – Pretty Japanese girls

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Blunder. That was funny right? Hehee…

An advertisement every Tuesday

Coca Cola – What goes around comes around

Mr. Dew — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:35:54 +0000

This is a Coca Cola advertisement in Japan, music by Jack White and directed by Nagi Noda. Nagi Noda also did a poodle exercise video.

Coca Cola – What Goes Around Comes Around

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Nice music, I really like the music. And it’s just fun to watch the progression, hahaa… There really is not much meaning – just fun to watch.

An advertisement every Tuesday

compact//swing

Mr. Dew — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:56:44 +0000

Your boss has a strange way of swinging his golf club? Perhaps this is the reason.

Matsudaira Real Estate – Combact Swing

[Direct link]

He needs a bigger house.

An advertisement every Tuesday

Police chases 19th hole in golf

Mr. Dew — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:00:59 +0000

(Police chases 19th hole in golf.)

Pretty funny. Someone forward this image to me.

poodle//exercise

Mr. Dew — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:24:04 +0000

This just doesn’t look right. But, according to a Digg user (speedstick66), it’s a word-for-word parody of Susan Powter’s first workout video, featuring poodles and a crazy poodle-woman. Absolutely surreal. It was made by Nagi Noda for Panasonic. It was part of 10 films they made for the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Poodle Exercise with Humans

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The most screwed up fitness video you will ever see.

Someone please give me a background on this video if you have ever seen it. If not, this may haunt your dreams for a while.

drink//vaam

Mr. Dew — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:01:49 +0000

This is one strange Japanese commercial!

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_(She says that it was fun running the 42 kilometers.)_

Drink Vaam! Or maybe not, unless of course you want to turn into Naoko Takahashi (Ã©Â«?Ã¦Â©?Ã¥Â°?Ã¯Â¿Â½?), according to one of the comment in YouTube. Naoko Takahashi is the model in the video, she is the gold medalist in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She ran the whole freaking 42 kilometers in the marathon! Her clocked time is an amazing 2:23:14. I can’t even imagine myself running army’s half marathon (which I didn’t of course).

I did some math and found out she took just 3.4 minutes to run a km on average! Correct me if I’m wrong, she definately can run under 8.2 minutes if she goes for a standard army 2.4 km run!

Image credits: I took her picture from this Japanese website, you can see more of the pictures under the name ‘Ã©Â«?Ã¦Â©?Ã¥Â°?Ã¯Â¿Â½?’. It’s right at the top.

Well, it’s a pretty screwed up commercial admittedly. Next time when you see a Japanese girl, ask her if she drank – ahem – Vaam.

An advertisement every Tuesday

cup//ending

Mr. Dew — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:43:14 +0000

Well, the world cup has finally come to an end _(almost)_. With scores of 1:0 for France vs. Portugal. The next match would be of France vs. Italy at July 10, 2 AM in the morning according to Singapore Time (SGT).

MOst people are crazy over them. Not me though. I don’t really have much idea who’s in or who’s out. The only television shows that my friends watch these days are World Cup related.

Those people who betted on football aren’t really prepared for the surprises. Few would expect Brazil to be out, some of my friends lost money there. And the match where Germany played with France. Most betted for Germany to enter the finals. It’s disappoint for their pockets I guess.

After the world cup ends, perhaps people would take notice of Singapore Idol 2 again, which is seem so nong nong ago.

View it through YouTube.

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It seems like no one’s watching the other television shows. I’m still watching Desperate Housewives, Project Runway and Gray’s Anatomy. My friends are watching the Italy match, the German match and the English match. No one seems to be interested on the other things on television at the moment I guess.

soccer//science

Mr. Dew — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:02:31 +0000

In the opening match of soccer’s World Cup Friday, German midfielder Torsten Frings scored an amazing goal from 40 yards out. The ball started off straight and then tailed sharply to the right in the last 10 yards or so. It was an unstoppable shot, but with a different ball it might have been a simple save.

A scientist has explained why a new ball being used in this year’s World Cup is frustrating goalies.

The new Adidas Teamgeist football, as it is called, has 14 panels instead of the 26 or 32 that traditionally create the hexagonal pattern.

Fewer panels means fewer seams, which will make the ball behave more like a baseball, says Ken Bray, a sports scientist at the University of Bath in the UK.

Source: LiveScience

A scientist has explained why a new ball being used in this year’s World Cup is frustrating goalies.