Kirk Sato

Weekly Digg 04-03-07 Evolutionary Stupid

2007-04-03T20:31:00.001+08:00

Hello folks I hope that you all had a plenty of laughs this past April fool day. Though you might not be the prankster yourself, however there is nothing like a good laugh after you been bamboozled by your mischievous friends. It's ok just laugh it off and make sure next time you invited him or her to your party make sure that you get them shitface and just for a sweet revenge kick his ass too. Also I believe that in the land of Christiandom, Palm Sunday was celebrated in the honor of the top guy J.C himself. So wouldn't that be splendid if Kirk Sato is presenting this Weekly Digg on the topic of most controversial in the Bible happyland, Evolution. That's right just sit back and enjoy, if God has his hand on evolution some of those clip might just be a perfect example of the Intelligent design or the lack there of. So Let's begin.

Weekly Digg 04-03-07 Evolutionary Stupid

So what if the natural selection only care about quantity than quality, despites our best effort in human intellectual evolution, yet vastly population of human still unexplainably stupid. If you don't believe this just run down to your local food chain restaurant and try to find a waiter who could say more than 3 syllables word in a sentence. This clip is an intro to one of my all time soon to be a cult classic "Idiocracy"by Mike Judge. If you've ever wondered why everyone seems to be getting stupider with each passing year, then watch this scene and bask in its great revelation.

Idiocracy R Us

Have you ever wonder how the evolution process is like? Well if you happen to been raised in the Bible Belt territories with the belief that God created everything including the Ginie. Then just have no fear and let the Simpson show you a concise version on the Theory of Evolution.
Let There be Dohh !!!

Religion in Cinema Terminator meets Jesus
Heck I don't you know about you this sure beat watching the Passion of Christ.....

Sex Bytes of The Week
Sheer Human Stupidity
What does a rotten 56-foot-long whale sushi could prove humanity utmost idiocracy? By having it transported on a truck headed for a necropsy by researchers, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan. Also, more than 100 Tainan city residents, mostly men, have reportedly gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its 5-foot penis.

60-ton Sperm Whale explodes in Taiwan Traffic - Blood and Guts everywhere

The Coolest Evolution Game Ever

Spore is a PC game under development by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. The game has drawn wide attention for its promise to simulate the development of a species through open-ended, on-the-fly, user-guided evolution. Here is a cool 18 minutes demo of a PC game that will change the industry forever this coming Q1 2008

Weekly Digg 03-26-07

2007-03-26T02:49:00.000+08:00

Yup Yup just as I promise to you all that the return of the Weekly Digg shall come when my writing muse has return. Well one thing is certain Kirk Sato will be writing quite a few of this for many weeks to come since my current project with my previous employer has been terminated. Well at least I got my pay and I will be sitting around being a bum until I'll hit up Singapore this summer. So for the mean time, it is my pleasure for me to entertain you all with the Weekly Digg free of charge. Alright let's get this show on the roll.

Weekly Digg 03-26-07 Hollyshitwood Edition

Homeless James Bond
Homeless Bond uses his wits and garbage to stop the mastermind of the homeless underworld. So Dr evil himself could raise his social status to poor.

The Hype of the 300

Unless you have been hiding under a rock down in Iran or may be just a crazy Iranian president. Then you all must have experienced one of the most gangsta bloody Spartan movie of all time. Also allow me to make a statement for all those shenanigans historian who are criticizing the accuracy of this film. Well it's like trying to understand the Roman history through the Mona Lisa, it's a god damm comic book after all so just enjoy it. Here is one of the best story on the street worth sharing to you all.

"Well i found out someone i know is in alot of trouble today, he was drunk in a club and there was a girl dancing by some stairs so he went up to her........................ Kicked her down the stairs shouting this is SPARTA"

For the complete list of the sotry please visit www.wtfsrsly.com/sparta.php

300 PG Version

Sexbytes of the Week

Anti-rape Device to Hit the Market

That's right folks a dude worse night mare has arrived thanks to this Dark Ages wisdom of a South Africans women. The Anti-rape device created by South-African inventor Sonnet Ehlers is about to hit the market after a long time of waiting for patent verification. The female condom-like device called Rapex has fish-like teeth that attach to the penis. imagine fish teeth on your penise whoaaa

The Real Big Brother
So if you are a fan of reality television such as Big Brother then you might be a little terrified by this. Appreantly the goverment of the free world was loving such a entertainment surverllance so much, now the star will be you 24-7. Take Great Britain for example, Over 4 million cameras, being retro-fitted w/speaker systems. Yelling out orders to people like a concentration camp. Doesn't sound like V for Vendetta at all. If you want people to be nice or clean up more, have it a point for every citizen to do public service much like some country's requirement for military service.So watch out America this show will be coming to you soon !

Quick Update

2007-03-23T01:47:00.000+08:00

Well it has been two months since the last transmission of my blog; yes mostly the negligence could most be blame to the whirlwind of my chaotic life for the past few months. For the closest of friends in Dallas would know, perhaps the lady luck has been so kind enough to look down upon me. Despites several mishaps about my career since the beginning of the year, finally the dust have settled. Though I could never recover all of the money that I was promised to received, however half is better than nothing. As of now I have settled down in Thailand for a long run, probably for a year or two finish my promise with my family of having a degree for once. Even though I could really careless about this whole artificial credential paper, I finally could make some sense of stability in my life. I can happily turn my back to those who cheated me and stab me in Bangkok with a one finger salute to them all (which two of them happen to be my own aunt). At least for now I will gather up all the ashes and start off new with my Japanese stepmom and my little brother.

For my friends in Dallas whom are wondering about my well being in Bangkok, I got to be honest to you all. Though Thailand might not be the best cup of tea when it comes to the creature comfort like in the US, with all the technological efficiency to feed any desirable appetites. However one thing I would never miss about Dallas is the cops, on the contrary the cops in Bangkok are way more reasonable when it comes to misdemeanor which can reasonably deal with dollars and sense. Also with help from my Japanese mom, now I even have the opprotuniy to venture to Japan this coming summer. So overall the party life and my own blood family support is a right mixture for a great time in Bangkok for this remaining year to come. I believe that things are happen for a reason, not because the man upstairs would care so much about me which I would never want it to be that way anyhow (plus owning him a favor is definitely not a good thing). But I have a sense of belonging that it is time for me to grow up into another mature individual, by helping little brother to excel as a well rounded teenager mean paramount to me more than own success for now. So when I will be back to Dallas? Which is on everyone of my closest friends might ask, well one thing for certain you might see me back there sooner than you expected so watch out. So for the time being stay tune and let Kirk Sato has his great little adventure in this wonderland call the Southeast Asia.

Weekly Digg 02-02-07 - Doing the Japanese

2007-02-03T00:40:00.000+08:00

Hello folks sorry for a brief disappearance from the ever shorter attention span of the online world. Unfortunately Kirk Sato has gotten a job promotion and it's not the kind that come with perks of power Armani suit and the corporate jet. However it just happens that I got a better title on my business card with the same pay and longer working hours. So you could imagine that my creative juice got snag out by the adjusting work period. Let just say that I now spend 3 hours of my everyday, commuting in this great city of Bangkok which happen to be my new locale for my physical presence at the movement. Well enough about my poor pissed excuse of being just sheer lazy, before we begin I would like to make a couple of announcements about my blogging affair. First thank you for my frequent readers of the Weekly Digg, especially my Korean hotness Kimchi who actually motivated me with a friendly reminder that somebody ought to wake Kirk up on the blogging session, so thanks Kimchi now I will make it even more spicy. Additionally to make it up for you all, I decided to create my new column for the weekend which I still not quite sure which day would be preferable between Friday and Saturday. Due to a great success of a mini section of the Weekly Sexbytes, now I'm proud to introduce the Pink Spot on the weekly basis which will be a blog dedicating to the dystopian sex, hey what else do you expect there are two things that I have the passion for and one of them is sex. So enough with the gibberish and let's move on to the Weekly Digg

Doing the Japanese Edition !

Sushi How to
Ever wonder of the ancient secret of the Japanese dining etiquettes of sushi ? Well look no further and get your knowledge on this no ordinary vids on the raw fish fine dining. Watch out don't let this mundane atmosphere fool you.

Japaneses Fembot.
The Japanese are fascinated with robots, and they are fascinated with sex, so of course, as any of you who follow the development of humanoid robots know, the Japanese are definitely fascinated with robot girls and future sex robots. This is a short television commercial by either or both Japanese mobile phone carriers KDDI and Tu-Ka. It is intriguing to watch how they have incorporated a female robot into it.

Nihonji Viral
A routine put together by some Japanese dancers to promote the Uniqlo clothing brand. Their ability to emulate pauses, slo-mo, and fast forwarding is amazing. It's amazing how viral advertisement could help even though the clothing company is virtually unknown outside of Japan so get your robot groove on.

Luke Be the Plane
Interested in joining the Japanese Air Force? I am, after seeing a picture of their recruits in action:

Apparently they take a very zen-like approach to flying: first learning to “be the plane” before flying it. Either that, or they have connected their 330 combat aircraft to Nintendo Wiimotes for remote control fun over the internet.

Alright folks that is for the Weekly Digg this week and hope you all will enjoy this fashionably late edition, plus stay tune for the back to back launch of the Pink Spot right after this blog if you want to entertain what's in your pant.

Weeky Digg 01-15-2007 - Politically Insane Edition

2007-01-15T14:50:00.000+08:00

Hello fellas and welcome back to yet another mindless entertainment of the Weekly Digg. As I hope everyone in the Pan handle of the dirty southern states are not freezing their butts of to death, also I would like to send shout out to the folks in the OK state hang tight or get some moonshine. Because you all going to need it for a few days to weather out the snowstorm. Anyhow this edition of the Weekly Digg I would like to start off with some comment response s from my infamous blog grinding down on the iPhone this past weekend. One thing was certain, that was one of my most view blog yet to date. And of course Kirk Sato himself did received some commendations and barrage of death threats, here is one of the few good ones

“Is this what we have to look forward to till June? pissy little fuckers that can't stand that apple makes good products, and feel they need to make their "why this product will fail" blog entry and share it... seriously, go fuck yourself.”

I believe this is a comment made by Dr. Grant Roberts . Well exactly what kind of doctor you’re professional of, obvious cursing at ramdom folks. Hey if you can’t write cursive you always speak of one right the nutty professor? So I responded to him in kindly of course with this, “I guess Mac fan like to curse a lot, so uncivilized unlike the phone”. Then I got inspired by this mad man and the thundering hypes of the iPhone, without further adieu I give you Politically Insane Edition

Politics of iPhone

What do you get when an unproven gadget for a mobile industry presenting by the best hype man in the tech industry, Steve Job? A 2 hours bonanza of how the iPhone would reinvent the wheel of course. If you don’t believe me check out the video.

Nevetheless, you can't say that iPhone is the greatest device since slice bread unless you test it in the field. So I give the full instruction of what you iPhone is capable of.

Multi-Purpose iPhone

Last but not least on the social commentary of the iPhone I turn to a great insight of the Colbert Report on the future of Apple, Inc. without the Computer in it. "You're still a nerd, even with a cool trendy haircut".

Wag the iPhone

This past year I've seen a fair share of crazy politicians on C-SPAN, for example the Net Nuetrality nemesis Sen. Ted Stevens aka the Tube guy. However my faith in the US politic has reach a new low today when this dude Rep. David Wu, made a great insight of the Bush administration comparing it to the Startrek politics. Nerd alert !!!

Crazy Klingon Politicians

Sex Bytes of the Week

So have you ever wonder what it means to be gay? Well if the Republicans have their ways of defining homosexuality for guys, it would be somewhat similiar to this definition.

10 reasons IPhone is going to be a Flop

2007-01-13T16:00:00.000+08:00

Oh the dust storm of the wow factor at Macworld, yes the iPhone and Apple TV are indeed some new innovation from Apple (No longer Apple Computer, Inc). Hopefully with all intoxicating two hours key note on how Apple will be the new Sony. Plus Steve Job bending on declaration an all out war with everyone, not even mobile phone manufacturers were saved. So I waited patiently until all the cloud of Mac addicts would settled and I believe that everyone is really going to need a reality check on this little gadget here.

Sorry Steve Jobs, the honeymoon of hot air is over for the iPhone. I’m willing to bet that iPhone is heading toward the same direction just like the Zune. It's not that I’m sick of it already (well, maybe a bit), it's just time for Apple to answer some tough questions. Otherwise, it will be joining the ugly step children group just like the Zune, Sony PS3, and Segways. In the realm of "tech that looks absolutely amazing but is far too expensive for most people to even consider buying, Apple better be careful trying not to over hype this little sucker. So here is a few pointers iPhone will have to resolve before the product launch this coming June.

1. Form Factors: Have I seen you before ? Though iPhone is pretty and thin, but is it can be easily drop due to the lack of curves and slick finishing like the iPod. It’s definitely scratch prone device, additionally lacking a stylus or a traditional thumb board will sure put more unwanted smudge on the touch screen. So when was the last time you look at a screen filled with your thumb prints? Pretty disgusting right ? Perhaps Apple is specifically targeting non-professionals, as this is a largely untapped profitable market.

2. It’s the Service, Stupid: People might want the phone that Cingular has to offer, but in the long run it is the quality of the wireless product and services that keep customers (coverage, plan features, rates, etc.). Plus how much of quality content Apple will have to come up with to support the IPhone ecosystem? Better start making good friends with Youtube and Yahoo now. Perhaps the consumers in the US should get a second opinion from their futurist friends in Japan. After all they were enjoying this innovation with cutting edge technology for years prior the iPhone conception. Ultimately in the convergence arena of gadgets, it's the content that wins.

3. Kung Fu Texting: The number one usage for mobile around the world is still making phone calls and sending text messages. Have you ever tried power texting on a touch screen? I can assure you when doing a one handed kung fu texting on a touch screen, it pretty annoying. And how does one can do this on the iPhone? On its touchscreen? Let me know. So one-handed texting is out of question. I guess Steve Job is planning to have his peripheral partners begin selling yet another expensive bluetooth keyboard. Mind as well call it a PDA that play iTunes. Without a keyboard, this will be a titanic flop.

4.You don’t want Your Phone to be an Open Platform: This is a deal breaker for Steve Jobs, one Apple is late in the game with its "Smart-Phone" platforms. Two the market has already been flooded with other proven long term invested platform. (eg .Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian). Additionally these platforms are open to the end-user to developed and use third party applications without a hitch to their respective cellular network. Yes all the current smart-phones are capable of dispensing malicious application to the cell network. However at the end of the day it's the omnipresent layers of communication hardwares that win. Sorry Apple, if your mobile OS can wreck havoc the entire West Coast cell network into a coma, then you have no business getting into the mobile handset industry.

5. Jack of All Trades: Is the master of none, Convergence devices are only pretty in concept and only suited for some people. Also the compromises that you have to make in order to just carry one device most result in a undesirable response. Are people willing to give up their ultrahip Moto phones, which fit anywhere stealthy in their pocket? So that they can carry an 8GB digital storage camera phone. Oh wait may be I'm thinking about the Nokia N Series. It is yet to be seen that the consumers are willing to trade in their old 30-60 GB IPod for a Jack of all trades Apple Branded mobile device.

6. Proprietary is for Losers: One Lesson Apple should learn is from Sony, the list of gigantic flop from that company is longer than an Empire state building, from Betamax all the way to UMD. Why only limits the consumer to the iTune download only? If I cannot add my personal movies and Music collection from DVD and CD, who cares how great it will look on this touch screen if my hands are tied to rebuy everything.

7.Unforgetable Experience for One Time:
Yes the launch of iPod undoubtedly were the biggest technological marvel back in 2001. Because it was the first MP3 device to solve all the majors problems with the portable players, such as the lack of storage capacity in both Flash memory and Hard disk in those days. However those are not even an issue today. Also IPod won the hearts of the consumer with their dial navigation versus other cumbersome navigation systems from the manufacturer in the past. However in the handset business there are already an answer to those prayers a while back ago, they call it the Crackberry. So do you have the sand to take your touch screen on with those addictive little buttons, Steve?

8. It's Data Not Voice:With the rise of VOIP, the traditional voice business is heading to a dooming sunset. Also the lack of 3G support might merely be for a political reason, as the fact that Cingular's 3G coverage still has gaping holes outside of major U.S. cities. However Sprint has no problem with their mass deployment of EVDO network which is significantly faster than the Cingular network.The 3G question is very important to those who want to stream video and audio to their phone at any time without wardriving for a hotspot. Only if you're restricted to Wi-Fi hot spot to get your data and not using it in the backseat of a car, on the train, or sitting on a park bench. This will lose appeal quickly to the mobile professionals.

9. Total cost of ownership: The price of the ownership will be higher than the price tag for the mobile operator. 600 dollars are still pretty steep for a phone. Also what kind of user maintenance is required? Obviously the battery of this phone will only last for two years just like the service agreement. So the consumer will want the next generation of iPhone right away ? Even if the iPhone wears three hats, at the end Cingular will realized that it is too costly keeping it around in the long run for its consumers. You all know what happen to the Nokia Communicator right.

10. Experience: Samsung, Motorola, and Nokia have scoured the world's design schools and hired artists on three continents to keep their phones looking good. Motorola has recently revived its fortunes with design of the Razr. KDDI, a Japanese carrier, has a design showcase in the teen shopping area of Tokyo just to be close to trends. Apple, in other words, won't be competing against rather dullish, unstylish companies like the old Compaq. The handset companies move pretty quick and put out new models every few weeks. Perhaps Apple, Inc. should research the consumer behavior more thoroughly on the mobile market before diving in for an embarrassment.

Run Robotic Forest Run

2007-01-13T14:38:00.000+08:00

Asimo Running at 2007 CES

I'm a little scared. Next thing you know, robots will be chasing humans with knives...

Best Place to Work in America

2007-01-12T11:13:00.000+08:00

Apparently this company is getting over a million application per year for 4000 jobs. With all the perks they provide, it brings me to the pre-bubble nostalgia of sacrificing high cost excess for creativity.

Ways to Blow up Identity Card's RFID Chips

2007-01-09T21:28:00.000+08:00

In October, the U.S. State Department began issuing biometric "ePassports" that contain a radio frequency identification tag under the back cover. The tiny chip holds the usual passport data, including a digital photo. The motive behind adding the chips is ostensibly good: to combat counterfeiting and illegal immigration. However the good intention of big brother omnipresence backlash faster than a crack whip. A German hacker quickly found a way to crack the encryption. With a laptop and a chip reader he bought for $200, he was able to steal data from an encrypted RFID tag, potentially allowing him to clone an ePassport. And it's not just Americans who are at risk. Twenty-seven countries (mostly in Europe) that participate in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program are required by U.S. law to issue the new electronic passports to their citizens. The Dutch and British media have already reported major security flaws in the new IDs. Despites an obvious flaw in the chip encryption scheme, the US State Department will push the RFID passport program mandating all passport with always -on radio frequency identification chips by January 1. This will making it easy for officials and hackers alike to grab your personal stats.

So what's a security-conscious citizen like me will do? Though it is inevitable that Uncle Sam want to track everyone like cattle's, however there are still ways to make this method a bit more inconvenient for them. So I went around and do some research for devising a best plan to disable the RFID chips without burning up your passport all together. But be careful - tampering with a passport is punishable by 25 years in prison in the US. Not to mention the "special " custom search, with rubber gloves. If you're getting paranoid about strangers slurping up you identity ? Here 's what you can do about it.

Water Treatment

1 "Accidentally" leaving your passport in the jeans you just put in the washer won't work. You're more likely to ruin you passport than the chip. Plus in the near future there will plenty more of RFID water resistance type.

Nuking

2 Forget about nuking it in the microwave, long term exposure to the nuking session could cause the chips burst into flames, leaving scorch marks. Besides ruining you passport with permanent nasty burnt smell.

Hammer Time
3 The best approach? Hammer time. Hitting the chip with a blunt, hard object should disable it. A nonworking RFID doesn't invalidate the passport. So you can still use it.

Best Solution

Hammer Time + 10 second Nuking Session, this will ensure that you've properly destroyed the actual storage unit within the chip itself. A brief microwave session also help electrocuting the power supply circuit. So what will you have left at the end, is a non working RFID passport with all your paper trail information intact. Besides this will give some work for your local custom agent to do typing the information and do their job.

Weekly Digg 01-07-2007

2007-01-08T12:26:00.000+08:00

Alright folks the infamous Weekly Digg is back with a vengeance for this 2007 edition ! So you can expect more of these outrageous theme varieties throughout each weeks. So enough said let's get Diggin.

Weekly Digg "The Anti-Feminism Edition"

Women know your limits

A excellent scientific based film that will enable a woman to learn her rightful place in society. Women know your limits! Satire involved for the idiots out there who take it seriously. So watch this with caution.

How to be a perfect girlfriend
A funny little video that helps women understand the overly simplistic nature of men and our primal instincts like hunting. Here is the clip

The Proper Way to Beat Your Islamic Wife

If you've ever wondered how to beat your Islamic wife without fear of Allah's punishment, this cleric explains it on video. Better follow this instruction or it's eternal damnation without jihad credits.

So according to the Koran you can beat your wife if
1) no bruises
2) no bleeding
3) not on the face
4) not in front of the children
5) if she doesn't get hurt

Well, if you can beat someone without hurting them let me know. Allah will give you props.

Sex Bytes of the Week

Finally Web 2.0 crowd sourcing is coming to the realm of sex, here is a Wiki for how-to resource devoted entirely to everyone favorite pass time, boning. They even offer to pay people to write articles. Check it out, cool articles.

WikiAfterDark

New Series to Watch God, Inc.

Awesome new comedy series on YouTube, about life in the corporate offices of God. "What if all the problems on earth were not caused by a spiteful deity, or karma, or fate, but just office politics and the Peter Principle?". Here is the pilot episode.

OpenBeacon - Open source RFID

2007-01-04T18:43:00.000+08:00

Today I ran into some nifty news in the RFID business front, apparently in the realm of cutting edge tracking logistics 2.0. Open source still manage finding its way advancing collaboration of creativity among the tech community. Though this platform might not yet be ready for the enterprise prime time, however it's worth a good look.
OpenBeacon is an open source wireless tracking system for following people around buildings got its first public use last week at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. The creators of the Open Beacon system sold the RFID tags at US$13 each to attendees who volunteered to be tracked during the four-day event. Also Open Beacon worked with partners to create a three dimensional model of the conference center and anyone could use touch-screen monitors that displayed the location of attendees on the model. Touching an attendee on the screen displayed a profile that the person could voluntarily add.

This Initiative is a free design for an active RFID device which operates in the 2.4GHz ISM band. Open Beacon uses chips from Nordic Semiconductor ASA that transmit and receive over the 2.4GHz frequency, which is available for unlicensed use in many countries. The device contains a unique serial number, but may have other information. OpenBeacon is designed as a transceiver device and therefore both transmits and receives radio waves. The intention of this project is to offer a wide range of use cases such as visitor or item tracking and wireless remote control with a free self-contained and low-cost RFID design.

One of the greatest strength in OpenBeacon tag comparing to other Wi-Fi based active RFID tracking system is longer battery life by transmit and then sleep, cutting back on power consumption. The devices could run for several months before requiring a new battery. Plus both hardware and software are open source which make this alternative considerably attractive in term of pricing comparing to other real time tracking RFID system.

One of the possible real life application is crowd control, like the seasonal pilgrimage of Mecca. The identities wouldn't be important but crowd control monitors could note when many of the tagged pilgrims converge in one spot, implying that potentially many other untagged people are also in the same area, and then they could work to divert or otherwise alleviate the congestion.

U.S. Army Buys 30 New Simulators

2007-01-03T21:48:00.000+08:00

In an effort to save money on gas, the U.S. Army has spent $50 million on 30 new M-1 tanks and M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle SIMULATORS, which use advanced VR to copy everything but "the smell of being inside of a tank." Also crazy suicide bomber is not included in this version, however the future upgrade probably will knock out those issues

Thailand Bombing

2006-12-31T21:50:00.000+08:00

Small bombs exploded today in at least four places in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, injuring at least 12 people, according to police. There were at least a dozen people injured, but could only confirm one death. To me it doesn't matter if there is a conflict in the south because of the instabilites in the political undercurrent. One thing certain, the people who commited these monstrosities are not the patriot of this country and should be dealt with like an enemy of the state.

Tech Moron of the Year

2006-12-31T00:21:00.000+08:00

Well it's not everyday that I would get a privileged of handing out this great award at the end of every year. First I'm a fairly conservative minded guy when judging other people stupidity. Since all of us got that "oh I was an idiot" movement, and yes I've experienced quite a few of them. Nevertheless there are times sheer stupidity fueled with ignorance tenacity, would overcome all reason of a man- hence a moron is created. And it is my duty to remind us all with power come great responsibility. So if you're planning to be a moron, please refrain yourself entering the world of politics.

Without further delayed, let me introduce you all to our Tech Moron of the Year and he is not Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), The Series of Tubes Guy. Though his remark resembled a drunk homeless guy talking about the yellow brick road. In Mr. Stevens defense, at least he knew the benefits of the internet as a potential monetization platform for the US government so he definitely got the runner up prize. As for out top moronic winner this year goes to the new Thailand ICT Minister, Professor Sitthichai Pokai-udom. As for the audience who are wondering about his background, not to worry he didn't really have anything valuable too much for your IT trend research. For a starter he is a newly Thai junta appointed leader of Information and Communications Technology of Thailand, which ironically the organization was form by the deposed Thaksinian government. Why does he deserved the Tech Moron of the Year 2006 you asked? Well recently in November, Sitthichai came with a strong criticism toward open source software. In an interview, he noted,

"With open source, there is no intellectual property. Anyone can use it and all your ideas become public domain. If nobody can make money from it, there will be no development and open source software quickly becomes outdated... As a programmer, if I can write good code, why should I give it away? Thailand can do good source code without open source. Apart from Linux, open source software is often abandoned and not developed further, and that it leads to a lot of low-quality software with lots of bugs.
And here's the gem - he said the current government plan (regarding open source) was a case of the blind leading the blind, as neither the people who are in charge nor the people in the industry seem to know the dangers of open source software."

What a head trip, did I hear this correctly? So I went to consult the source on IT intelligence at Slashdot just to make sure that I'm not only one who nominating him and sure enough, it was confirm on their category Tags. Wow I did not know that, the dangers of open source software, obviously the Professor has been watching too many Battlestar Galactica episodes. The hi-tech renegade open source Cylon is coming out for vengeance toward their creator and the rest of humanity rest in the hand of Microsoft. Probably that was the motive for Microsoft Thailand representatives meeting prime minister, deputy prime minister, and finance minister for implementation of the future of the Thai e-government.

One thing is certain on the current state open source initiative in Thailand, a senile blind leading the blinds to an abyss of anti-competitive monopolistic software business . If you hoping the carnage would cease there, letting all the sacrificial blood of the open source hippies on the alter then you're so wrong. To add more salt to the wound, Mr Sitthichai Pokai-udom made another great insight in a recent MIT invention for the world poors, The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) which he nonchalantly disregard them as "toys". So let me summarized Mr. Siitthichai's deluded Phenomenological world, he thinks open source is only good for A.D.D hippies and OLPC is such a bad toy it need not be introduced to Thai poor youths who barely have money to even buy a toy this Christmas. Perhaps the real reason for his anti-sentiment toward open source is the lack of support in the technical services and financial support from Mr. Gate? So it' s better to accept a software that famous for the blue screen of death and bloated with security vulnerabilities than an open standard of open source initiative which is on constant scrutinies from it user 24/7 for bugs?

Perhaps Mr Sitichai himself never use the world wide web, which came from W3C open source initiative. May be the minister himself worries that if a web page is broken on his computer, then he might actually have to call Tim Berner Lee himself. Better yet in Mr Sittichai's wonderland, let's call Microsoft because they invented WWW with the Internet Explorer right ? So let me explain a brief point the leader of the blinds. Open source is all about the initiative to implement an open standard where all could benefit on an agreeable software framework platform. In the current digital world one thing reign supreme, which is standard the ultimate trump card. Obviously he is missing the real point, this idea of common share knowledge will prevent some moron who are trying to patent hyperlink just because they feel like it. Plus you don't publicized your magical source code that enhance your competitive edge open on the internet, even though the framework of your application is base on open source software.

As for the situation of the destruction of Intellectual Property, perhaps the professor fail to read the latest theory of The Law of Conservation of Attractive Profit, which state once software is commoditized just like the PC from IBM in the 70-80's. The monetary value will migrate up the value chain in the form of services on the platform, or stacked down in the form of supportive ecosystem of the framework. As you can see the perfect examples are Google with Adsense and Skype with their VOIP Services. On the other hand in the eternal sunshine of his spotless mind, the nutty professor probably still think they are some nifty websites worth bookmarking for his weekend chat with Tin man. Here is a food for though my fellow Thai techies, "In the Land of the blind one eye man is the king". So let's vote for our Tech Moron of 2006 !

Kirk Sato's IT Proverb 2006

2006-12-29T14:39:00.000+08:00

Well as the year 2006 is approaching to a definite end, I feel that many people out there would share the feeling of nostalgia among the mist. For the most part, many of you folks out there probably trying to recall the past mistakes that you have done foolishly in the past year. Which in hope 2007 will bring you a certain resolution achievement, even though you may never be able to get rid of that bad habit. As for me, the biggest blunder of 2006 probably would be in the field of my job, which happen to in Information Technology. Though the consequence might not have threaten my livelihood entirely, but it sure did leave me a nasty memory which I love to abandon with all the days in this year. So in the hope of finding my own resolution for the next year in my career, I have compile little words of wisdom in the world of computing to share with you all. This might not be a definitive guide, however you might find them to be more than useful when you get stuck in one of those computer errors anger movement.

IT Proverb 2006

It is better to have a gold digging girlfriend than a computer. Because owning a computer is like a marriage, it never works unless you spend money on it.

I had a life once... now I have a computer and a modem.

To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer.

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a moron. (into believing)

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tubes hurtling down the highway.

Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.

Open source is buggy , crashing Windows and Gates in a world without borders

Press any key to continue or any other key to quit...

The Best Movement of Internet 2006 -A Series of Tubes....

Digital Tsunami

2006-12-28T18:41:00.000+08:00

Damm the freakin earthquake in Taiwan two days ago not only happened on the same date as the Tsunami 2004. Also it managed to cut clean all 6 transcontinental undersea fiber optics, which leave my sorry asian ass without broadband for 2 days. Talking about digital tsunami in Asia, god damm when all this crap would end.

Akira

2006-12-27T01:42:00.000+08:00

Alright if you're a fan of the Matrix trilogy and Ghost in the Shell then you can't miss this chance online. Courtesy from Google video, an entire length of Akira has been posted online. For those of you who wanted to get in touch with the stable of the Japanese anime, look no further this is a must see movie. Here I'll post you a quick synopsis to prepared you for a this mind blowing dystopia. Neo-Tokyo, Fast Yakuza future bikes, genetic engineering out of control oh my.

Akira (アキラ, Akira) is a 1988 animated movie by Katsuhiro Otomo based on his manga of the same name. The movie led the way for the growing popularity of anime in the West, with Akira considered a forerunner of the second wave of anime fandom that began in the early 1990s. One of the reasons for the movie's success was the highly advanced quality of its animation. At the time, most anime was notorious for cutting production corners with limited motion, such as having only the characters' mouths move while their faces remained static. Akira broke from this trend with meticulously detailed scenes, exactingly lip-synched dialogue (voices were recorded before the animation was completed, rather than the opposite — a first for an anime production) and superfluous motion as realized in the film's more than 160,000 animation cels.^[1
The story takes place in the politically volatile city of Neo-Tokyo, built over Tokyo Bay after an unexplained explosion inciting World War III destroyed the original city in 1988. The cataclysm is revealed to have been caused by the frightening psionic powers of a child, Akira, who had earlier been the subject of a secret government research project for the development of psychokinetic abilities.

So sit back and enjoy this great film on your post mayhem Christmas hangover....

Nokia N95 multimedia computer

2006-12-27T00:39:00.000+08:00

Even though I never been a big fan of Nokia, since all of my phones are a long line of descendent of Hello Moto. Currently I owned the KRZR of course, however I ran into a commercial of this new N95. I'm pretty positive this sucker can defnitely give Nokia a good punch back on the smart phone category once more.

New commercial "multimedia computer" upcoming soon. It will be Nokia N95, just released by Nokia. The Nokia N95 is scheduled to hit stores by Feb 2007 and will be have such features: 5 Megapixel camera, 802.11g Wi-Fi, HSDPA, 150 MB internal memory, 2.6 inch QVGA, ATI 3D graphics chip, GPS, microSD card slot, 3.5mm audio jack and dedicated music keys.

Nokia N95 on video:

All the fun stuff you can do with water in Zero G

2006-12-26T10:34:00.000+08:00

Man what a billions of tax payers dollars well spent, poking fun at water.....

Inferno in Bangkok

2006-12-24T00:51:00.000+08:00

Well this particular blog might seems to be some what off beat, however for the sake of my infinite appeties for artistic appreciation. I felt compel to experiment a little mixture art with technology in photo jounalism. Not to wory all, I still dedicate my spare time bringing you all my critical thought on technological impact on our dystopian world. You just have to wait in other blog for the future to come. Fortunately couple of nights ago, I was at the right time and place. There was a massive fire that burn down a slum community that left hundreds homeless, usally this kind of disater would get a lot media coverage plus a timely response to their immediate danger. However that never happened, first becuase the blaze was left untreated due the traffic congestion and the sheer incompetence of the Thai traffic police. Second for all those drama unfolding in front of my eyes, it took the news crew two hours to get their fat ass reporting it on the televison set. Last but not least, all those suffering homeless folks got only these pathetic little column about their lost on this Bangkokpost news , here is a sample of rather dry excerpt.

The Klong Toey fire destroyed 54 houses, left hundreds of people homeless, and caused five million baht in damage.
A make-shift relief centre has been set up near the community for the fire victims.
Police are investigating the cause of the three fires in the city.

So in the spirit of how Web 2.0 can amplify any content to be more dramatic and open ended, I have use a few Web 2.0 tools plus my artistic sense to deliver the same news content in a more dramatic overtone. After all in this technological dystopia, the news agency in Thailand can learn a thing or two from CNN, adding more drama in a timely fashion equals better rating. It is rather frighten that people choose to be persuade by a dramatic misinformation over a boring substance.So here is my photo jounalism without any help from photoshop and tripod.(those are for kids in photo journalism.)

Now here is the story with some great pictures
The Prelude to a Disater

The Beginning of the Slum Fire than rendered hundreds homeless. Here is the news link

The Firestorm Against Bangkok Skyline

The Wind Started to Pick Up the Pace

Some 30 fire engines could only prevent the blaze from further spreading and waited three hours for the fire to consume itself.

The Smoke Thickens

The blaze quickly spread beyond the slum threaten near by convention center and a power plant. Here is the news link

The Spreading of a Disater

The blaze also spread to a building of Metropolitan Electricity Office near the community and destroyed some 20 official vehicles there.

Eerie Lights Electrify the Scene

Over 100 houses on two-rai area were destroyed but the Klong Toey district officials had yet to survey the number of affected people.

A Close Up Look

The fire fighters faced shortage of water, so they had to ask for helps from nearby districts. Strong wind had obstructed the attempts to put the fire.

Lights Out

Police have to close traffic at Asoke Intersection and Ratchada-Rama IV road. Community radios suggested commuters to stay away from the roads near the blaze site.

There Were Some Explosion

Initially, police said the fire started from a furniture shop inside the community but Wallop said he leant that the blaze began at a temporary shelter of construction workers at mouth of the soi.

FYI about Bangkok

2006-12-23T14:50:00.000+08:00

Last night I ended up at Spasso Bar first time in like 10 years, cool place indeed I even got a job offer from Cisco System In Singapore. However man that place filled with hooks, the ratio of girls vs guys were unbelievable. If you're into rent an expensive girlfriend that is a place to be.....

Back from My Spiritual Trip Part II

2006-12-22T11:08:00.000+08:00

Alright let's get going on my 2nd part of this three part photo blog series shall we ? Thanks my friends on Myspace for all the nice comments, however I guess on the blogger ecosystem most of the time I just got the admiring lurkers. So if you feel compel to send me a shout out please do on the comment section ! Anyway were we ? Oh from the first few days of my trip to Lampang, My next venture took me the neigbor province of Phayao. So I took the advice from the monks in Lampang to pay a visit to the Anayootipyharam Temple. From what I gathered from the visit at the monastery in Lampang, the head monk who ran the Abbey, was from this huge monastery residing in the Thailand national park reserve, stretching several hundred acres throughout the forest. It took me a good couple of days to finish the tour literally, however for a photography afficcidio like I am it was worth every single tiring steps. So without further delay let's get this photo blog going.

Trip to Anayootipyharam Temple in Phayao

This the front entrance to front part the temple, you have to take quite a few step up the abbey. However the entire monastery expand all over the national park, I really recommend a car for the entire tour or else you will need a few days of walking and you don't want that.

This happen to be a Hindu Statues, I don't know why would they have them around here.

This is a 30+feet Buddha statue I mean this thing is huge

Very beautiful craftmenship on the carpentry work

The inside view of the biulding, I believe this is for prayer and meditation.

Yes the whole thing is made of gold, all solid gold.....

This is a exact replica from the famous buddha statue in India portraying the death of Lord Budhha

An Abbey by the lake

Inside the Abbey

This is sculpture is depicting the first teaching of Buddha to his five disciples

This statue is a 5 stories tall standing Buddha statues !

So I hope you would enjoy this second and stay tune for the conclusion of my next blog ! Here is a link for the gallery in Prayao

Back from My Spiritual Trip Part I

2006-12-21T22:06:00.000+08:00

Well
if you have been keeping track of my blog, last week I notified to all my readers, that I will leave this technological urban behind for a peace of mind. All I can tell you life without cell phone, Internet, and any digital media for a week was liberating. Getting in touch with your human instinct is the best thing could ever happen to a man, especially when so many elements of society are trying to discourage you otherwise. For all the whirlwind in my life and career this past year. Kirk Sato can definitely use a getaway. So here I have a little photo blog for you all to enjoy.

Trip to Monastery in Lampang

I'm hiding a way from the world

Lounging in the private residence, check out the view of the lake and the mountain range.

At my usual lunch spot for the week

A nice view from the top of the hill

This is the guest area for us to relax before heading to the temple

A Buddha statute outside

The outside of the temple

Some of the monastery is still under construction

The monks getting ready for their prayers

Time to have lunch after the service what a view indeed....

For the complete gallery of the temple in Lampang here is the link.
Stay tune for Part II Folks

Halo 3 The Documentary

2006-12-21T20:53:00.000+08:00

If you got a few minutes to spare today, trust me you won't regret this. Start pissing in your pant PlayStation 3....

Off to the Desert of the Real

2006-12-15T01:00:00.000+08:00

Well folks a much as I like to share my knowledge and sarcastic view of the world in general. Kirk Sato has to venture off to the desert of the "Real" next week as part of my yearly ritual soul searching without the distraction of technology. So I will be in Northern part of Thailand for about a week and off the grid. Don't expect me to wandering around in the sea of the net or blogging for about during this time period. For once I can leave all the headache of IT and the yearly grind without contemplating any expectation. However one thing I will promise you all for sure, is lots of pictures to share on my blog right after my pilgrimage. Here is a sample of where I will be spending my self mediation during the next week.