tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77840872026-03-18T02:47:40.307-04:00The Story of a Fashionable Librarian. From his love for New York to his Apple obsession, and everything in between.HAL9209http://www.blogger.com/profile/10424857910391705548noreply@blogger.comBlogger1118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784087.post-23459735500693804442008-10-09T19:00:00.000-04:002008-10-09T19:00:02.150-04:00

After 4 years having my blog on Blogger, today I'll be moving to a site of my own. Please follow me over there and let me know what you think of the new "place"! Thanks!!New address: http://hal9209.com/Feed subscribers, you will need to subscribe to a new feed at the new site as well. Thanks!

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What can I say about this year's birthday celebration? So far it's frustration more than anything else. I try not to let it get to me, but it's tough when 3 people cancel at the last minute, 3 people late for almost an hour, and I was waiting with just my roommate and another friend for the whole time at the bar because the restaurant refuse to sit us and eventually give away our table~ Then the

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Guess what's better than shopping in a clothing store? Well, shopping in a clothing store that has a robot to greet you!!!!! I went to UNIQLO today and there he is, Wakamaru! He can talk, walk around, greet people, play game, pose for picture, do execrise, etc!BTW, just like what the sign said, he do not understand English very well and seems to have a mind of his own~ hahaha

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It's like a bizarre dream looking at this 1939 map of the planned expansion for New York City Subway. Look at how the 7 line go all the way passed Flushing and go to two directions: College Point/Whitestone and Bayside! Then look at how there's another line crossed the East River to service Southside of Williamsburg or look at how there is a line go straight to Staten Island. What about the

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I think I mentioned it numerous time here that Lipstick Jungle was filming on my block and how excited I was to see Kirby in person!! Anyway, the new season is upon us and watch the free pre-air premiere on iTunes. As expected the episode already contain scenes filmed on my block. I challenge you all to spot my apartment in the episode!!!(hint: before or after the scene in the screencap

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The new TV season just started but I have already pick up 4 new shows to watch:1) Fringe – Latest from JJ Abrams. It got the same intensity with Lost but with a more X-files feel in it. The mystery of what's going on really hook you in, but might push you out the door as easy if it drag on like Lost and X-files. It's still intriguing and definitely worth to watch, Plus I miss Pacey…Joshua

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Now this is a rare dream….because it got a bit of political setting! (but of course it's my dream, so eventually it's all fantasy sci-fi to the end! haha) In the dream I was going to a political rally for Obama. This rally is to prove that Obama is still a bigger celebrity than that Sarah "drill-loving, pork-loving, private-email-loving, Russia-is-my-neighbor" Palin. I actually have an

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Given that I already got the iPhone and and iPod Classic (160GB! now extincted!) that is less than a year old, this Tuesday's Apple iPod announcement although interesting, are not something that I would get. My main focus is the software feature that they announced and a certain accessories.I am definitely interested in their new in-ear headphone. Their old one was a good try but eventually I

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I always knew NBC is petty, but man, they are getting lower and lower these days. According to this article, NBC refused to let their stars Masi Oka from Heroes and Sarah Lancaster from Chuck to appear on Scrubs finale~ How petty is that?? It's one thing if ABC steal Scrubs from NBC, then maybe they have a reason to be petty about it, but the fact is that NBC pretty much throw the show in a

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As a librarian (can I still call myself that even if i don't work as a librarian anymore?), this piece of news from Times magazine is disturbing:Stein says that as mayor, Sarah Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The

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Oh crap, now I remember I was such an embarrassment last night.I probably can't even blame the fact that I haven't drink anything for the past nine months. I am just such a pathetic lightweight! Seriously who could get so drunk by a drink that was made of pear, apple, pineapple, peach and champagne!! It's only one-fifth of the ingredient that is alcoholic!!! And I had a constant refilling glass

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Looks like after Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day can't stop singing! NPH becomes a shoes fairy completed with fairy wings, singing about shoes on Sesame Street, while Felicia sang with Mr Geeky, Jonathan Coulton.Watch this Sesame Street clip. (sorry, embed is disabled)and this:

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Sorry, I can't help it~ Kirby is just too hot! Since he's filming on my block, looks like he's running around New York a lot as a result~ Here are pictures of him from the lucky people in Soho~[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin]

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My likes and dislikes come in cycles. There are periods of obsession and then usually follows by intense dislike, fall out of favorite, then out of nowhere come back to top the chart of all my favorites. For example, in food, eel was one time my favorite that I have to eat it every single day. Then all of the sudden I stop liking them so much that I refuse to eat it. But now it's back on the

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The teaser for "New York I Love You" is finally out in the open! I have been waiting for it for a while now. The first film in the series "Paris, je t'aime" was a film that I really like a lot. This time around the setting is, as the name suggested, move to NYC! I did not just anticipate the film solely on the ridiculously large ensemble cast, but behind the scene talents as well. Numerous

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While I was rushing to work the other day, Lipstick Jungle once again is filming on my street. The empty storefront has been transformed into Victory Ford's boutique, completed with her name on the glass window and flowers. I was half-expected it is Victory again since I have seen here filming here before. But to my surprise it's her best friend Nico that was filming! She was facing me while

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To curb my potential spending in the way-too-easy-to-purchase-something App Store on the iPhone. I have been following some rules for myself regarding purchasing in the App Store. I just want to write it down here so that it's "set in stone" and be even more permanent.1) I can spend no more than 10 dollars per month at the App Store.2) If the price of the app is over 10 dollars, then

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Summer movies are all exciting and fun, but my August, I dunno about you, I am all tired of all the big actions and special effects. I was craving for dramas and indie flicks, so the last few weeks either in the theater or at home, I watched a few "smaller" foreign movies. (I wasn't sure which studios are behind these movies, but all the locations and at least most of the talents in front of the

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iPhone has the potential to be an awesome gaming platform, but so far most of the games available in the App store are generic cellphone games that got ported to the iPhone. There are some that take advantage of the unique hardware of iPhone like the multi-touch screen and the accelerometer to create a unique gameplay. Only a few that takes advantage of the graphic capability to create handheld

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I saw this comic online, anyone remember the cute Calvin and Hobbes comic in the days? well well, here's one with Calvin and his iJobs doll!! This is genius!! How adorable is that?

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Remember when Steve Jobs announced the transition to Intel Chip he mentioned how they have a team secretly running OSX on Intel chip for 5 years while they were using PowerPC chip on all their Macs? Well, I am doing the same to my blog! I am running two secret labs experimenting with other blogging platforms. As I mentioned in a previous post that I was frustrated with Blogger, so I have been

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My family has a surprise for me. They drove me to this empty lot right at the end of a snowy slope. Upon seeing the lot, I immediately recognized that this is the field where they have that Japanese female ghost lurking around with long, black, silky, moved-by-itself kinda hair! That ghost is long gone, however, this time I can clearly see tentacles behind the fence! Not wanting to go there,

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There is this cutie that I saw in the subway every morning (if I am on time!), he’s my height, a little buff, short blond hair, usually dress in shirt and reading a book. Today I saw him again and guess what? He was dressed in tee instead, still has a book in his hand, but couldn’t see the title due to the crowd. His tee is what caught my eyes! It’s a black short-sleeves and at the edge of the

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While working on my new wizard theme, I was increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress Blogger made in term of features. Granted they do add features and made progress on improving the system, but they are just too slow compared to the others. If you look at their blog post for the last 4 months, they did 4 bug fixes, add the feature of scheduling future posts, support for embedding Google

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The app I like the most so far (aside from games) is the Remote app by Apple. The ability to have an almost full feature control of your iTunes media is bloody awesome! It works like your regular iPod function in your iPhone, and yet it controls your whole library in your computer (or Apple TV if you have one). The best feature is that you can search and have visual feedback - which the

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