Jakarta posting

Hey guys,

You guys know how I love being away in a new country...

Well I'm off to Jakarta for 3 months for work!

Leaving tmrw.
Quite excited.

So maybe I'll blog then about some touristy stuff :p
Or let me know of places YOU recommend!

Anyway, wish me luck!

^8 Cee

Chatroulette

What do you get when you mix speed dating and russian roulette?

=Chatroulette

I just got introduced to it last night by my cousin and brother who are still in high school....Man, kids these days....(haha go to the site and you'd get my point!)

Its created by a 17 year old Russian guy.
And its a pretty huge thing now.
In any case, I'm sure you procastinators will procastinate more.
Its kinda addictive.
Its your usual chatting room but more like a freak show.
Pretty random pretty interesting

A snapshot of whats out thereAnd my very own encounter
Because of course I, as a blogger, have a duty to test it out for you :p
(excuse the hat, you never know who will screen shot you)Based on experience (1 night's worth),
1) if you dont show face your partner will disconnect immediately, a lil bit of face with a cap faces 70% rejection rate, and face time (my sis as test subject) 10% rejection rate.
2) if you're a boy you face 90% rejection rate (since this site is predominantly boys), and if you're a girl and come across another girl you face immediate rejection.
3) Me? I wasnt calculative, I was here for the experiment. I'd chat even with the fattest guys and biggest geek and would face rejection after refusing to take off my cap
pfft....go figure the cyber society. so much for those days of anonymity

But hey its not all gloom and doom....there are others out there who sticks to the traditional ways of anonymity and would give a decent chat. but RARE occasions!!
I'd recommend the experience :)

^8 Cee

Live Green

We've moved past the stage of traditional solar/wind farm at some far away land to create renewable energy. The way to go is to integrate ways of "Living Green" in our everyday life to reduce energy use and carbon emission. We have a bunch of innovative inventors to thank, to enable us to one day make the switch more convenient and feasible.

Inventions/ plans that integrates Living Green:

1. Efficient planning
E.g. Openheim's Beach Tower - an oasis: solar, wind, beach and plenty of greens
E.g. Green Geothermal District in Beijing2. Solar power in your everyday life
E.g. Solar Powered iPod and iPhone-no need for chargers
E.g. Solar Powered Camel Clinics Carrying Medicine Across Dessert
And the one I'm Most Interested in is:
3. Creating energy from our own self
E.g. Crowd Farming

"The Crowd Farm works by turning mechanical energy into electricity. In this proposal, the weight of a person is translated to tiled blocks which be slightly pressed down as people walk past them. A generator embedded inside them would take that small vertical movement and translate it into energy. To prove that their concept works, they created a small stool which when sat on, would power four small LED lights inside it."

Imagine this:
"How many people does it take to launch the space shuttle? The answer is 84,162,203, all of them taking a single step in a Crowd farming system"

"The band takes center stage, the fans surge forward and the sheer power of the crowd’s excitement amplifies the sound of their favorite songs — providing enough energy, in fact, to move a train."

So imagine if this system is one day feasible and implemented at high traffic areas like a subway, stadium, mall, etc...Imagine the power that it'll generate...the power that WE will generate and all this simply by carrying on with our everyday lives. I think its pretty damn amazing how we can be self-sustainable.

Click! and click! for articles

Other use of our kinetic energy:
E.g. Kinetic OLED Cell Phone - the more you use your phone the more energy it creates (complete opposite to what we have now)
E.g. Power your music with your running pants - what a future: create energy, burn fats
E.g. The human powered floating gym

Instead of overloading you with more links, why dont you visit inhabitat.com for more of these awesome creations.

^8 Cee