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30 September 2008

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Man Dies From Eating Ultra-hot Chili Sauce

"An aspiring cook who challenged his friend to a chilli-eating contest died just hours later.

Andrew Lee, 33, had used a bag of home-grown red chillies to make a super-hot sauce.

The forklift truck driver, who had recently passed a medical at work, dared his girlfriend's brother to eat a spoonful - then ate a plateful himself. Shortly after he had a heart attack and died."

Full story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1063598/Aspiring-chef-dies-hours-making-ultra-hot-sauce-chilli-eating-contest.html?ITO=1490

28 September 2008

Singapore Formula One Grand Prix 2008 Result

FERNANDO ALONSO WINS THE FIRST EVER SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX!!! Absolutely precision driving by the Spaniard. You saw what he can do with the Renault R28 during the Friday & Saturday practice sessions, besides the fuel pressure failure during Q2 of the Qualifying Session yesterday. It's inspiring to watch him work his way from 15th place on the starting grid to the top. But let's not forget his teammate Piquet's accident that brought out the safety car, which indirectly contributed to his victory.

On the other hand, it's a night to forget for Ferrari. If the pit lane traffic jam wasn't bad enough already, Massa had the refueling hose stuck on his F2008, which eventually cost him the race (and perhaps the World Championship). With a handful of laps to go, Raikkonen made a silly unforced error, losing control at Turn 10 & got a taste of concrete, ha!

Hamilton would be the happiest man, a 3rd place is good enough to open a 7-point lead over fellow World Championship rival, Massa. Last but not least, McLaren is now leading in the Constructor Championship by a single point. The race result as follows:

Position	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	61	Winner	15	10
2	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	61	+2.9 secs	8	8
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	61	+5.9 secs	2	6
4	Timo Glock	Toyota	61	+8.1 secs	7	5
5	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	61	+10.2 secs	6	4
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	61	+11.1 secs	9	3
7	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	61	+16.3 secs	14	2
8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	61	+18.4 secs	10	1
9	Jenson Button	Honda	61	+19.8 secs	12
10	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	61	+26.9 secs	5
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	61	+27.9 secs	4
12	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	61	+29.4 secs	17
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	61	+35.1 secs	1
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	61	+43.5 secs	20
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	57	+4 Laps	3
Ret	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	50	+11 Laps	11
Ret	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	49	+12 Laps	19
Ret	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	29	+32 Laps	13
Ret	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	14	+47 Laps	18
Ret	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	13	+48 Laps	16

27 September 2008

Singapore Formula One Grand Prix 2008 - Saturday Qualifying Session Result

Massa (Ferrari) takes pole! It was a great lap & he definitely deserves it. A slight mistake on the final lap cost Hamilton precious milliseconds he needed, thus falling into second place, which is bad on a track that is incredibly hard to overtake.

The World Championship fight is still on!

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:44.519	1:44.014	1:44.801
2	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.501	1:44.932	1:45.465
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:44.282	1:44.232	1:45.617
4	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:44.740	1:44.519	1:45.779
5	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.311	1:44.207	1:45.873
6	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:45.548	1:44.520	1:45.964
7	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:45.042	1:44.261	1:46.244
8	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:45.184	1:44.441	1:46.328
9	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:45.103	1:44.429	1:46.611
10	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:45.127	1:44.826	1:47.547
11	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:45.642	1:45.038
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:45.660	1:45.133
13	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:45.493	1:45.212
14	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:46.028	1:45.298
15	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:44.971
16	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:46.037
17	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:46.389
18	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:46.583
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:47.940
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari

Singapore Formula One Grand Prix 2008 - Saturday Practice Session Result

Precision driving by Fernando Alonso. Although he's not my favorite driver, but I've got to admit that he is one of the, if not the most talented driver out there (with 2 world championships to back-up the claim).

During the practice session, the huge difference in stability between Kovalainen's McLaren & Barrichello's Honda can't be more obvious, with the latter on the edge of spinning out of control. Getting the ride-height right is another tricky issue, as you can see on tv cars get bottom out at certain sectors. (Too high: Loss of down force & makes the car oversteery; too low; car bottoms out & loses traction)

Position	Car No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:44.506		19
2	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.119	0.613	13
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:45.246	0.740	16
4	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:45.249	0.743	18
5	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:45.386	0.880	17
6	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:45.409	0.903	20
7	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:45.425	0.919	17
8	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:45.450	0.944	21
9	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:45.477	0.971	19
10	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:45.599	1.093	18
11	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:45.689	1.183	19
12	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:45.982	1.476	18
13	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.982	1.476	13
14	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:46.073	1.567	21
15	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:46.180	1.674	23
16	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:46.221	1.715	19
17	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.482	1.976	10
18	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:46.794	2.288	6
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:47.166	2.660	14
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:47.727	3.221	19

UEFA Cup rebranded as Europa League

"The UEFA Cup will be renamed the Europa League from next season in an effort to boost the popularity of the ailing competition.

The new-look league will also be extended to include 48 clubs in 12 groups of four, with teams playing each other home and away as opposed to just once as it stands now.

The winner and runner-up in each group then join the eight teams that drop out of the Champions League in a 32-club knock-out stage."

Full Story: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=576056&sec=europe&cc=4716

Singapore Formula One Grand Prix 2008 - Friday Practice Session 2 Result

Position	Car No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:45.654		30
2	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.752	0.098	28
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:45.793	0.139	31
4	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.797	0.143	31
5	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:46.164	0.510	34
6	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:46.384	0.730	36
7	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.580	0.926	25
8	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:46.901	1.247	32
9	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:47.013	1.359	32
10	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:47.046	1.392	22
11	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:47.137	1.483	15
12	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:47.145	1.491	35
13	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:47.300	1.646	33
14	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:47.487	1.833	24
15	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:47.640	1.986	31
16	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:47.760	2.106	36
17	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:47.965	2.311	12
18	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:48.009	2.355	25
19	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:48.059	2.405	28
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:48.311	2.657	36

Singapore Formula One Grand Prix 2008 - Friday Practice Session 1 Result

Position	Car No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.518		20
2	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:45.598	0.080	23
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:45.961	0.443	24
4	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:46.463	0.945	20
5	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:46.618	1.100	23
6	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:46.710	1.192	25
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:46.725	1.207	29
8	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:46.964	1.446	24
9	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:47.175	1.657	30
10	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:47.277	1.759	30
11	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:47.570	2.052	28
12	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:47.662	2.144	23
13	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:47.706	2.188	27
14	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:48.097	2.579	16
15	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:48.517	2.999	23
16	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:48.725	3.207	19
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:48.839	3.321	24
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:48.906	3.388	25
19	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:49.064	3.546	29
20	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:53.703	8.185	4

25 September 2008

Intel Core i7 Specifications

Intel Core i7, also known earlier as Core 3, refers to the upcoming range of consumer class quad-core cpus based on the Nahalem marchitecture, replacing the Core 2 series.

These processor will bring the new & improved Hyper-Threading Technology as seen in the Pentium-4 days, thus allowing the quad-cores to work on up to 8 threads simultaneously.

	Core i7 920	Core i7 940	Core i7 EE 965
Process	45nm	45nm	45nm
Codename	Bloomfield	Bloomfield	Bloomfield
Transistors	731 million	731 million	731 million
Socket	LGA1366	LGA1366	LGA1366
Core (Threads)	4 (8)	4 (8)	4 (8)
Clock Speed	2.66 GHz	2.93 GHz	3.2 GHz
L2 Cache	4x 256KB	4x 256KB	4x 256KB
L3 Cache	8 MB shared	8 MB shared	8 MB shared
QPI	4.8 GT/s	4.8 GT/s	6.4 GT/s
Memory Controller	DDR3-800/1066, Triple Ch	DDR3-800/1066, Triple Ch	DDR3-800/1066, Triple Ch
TDP	130W	130W	130W
Price (1000-unit)	$284~367	$562~720	$999~1412

Also see Intel News Release

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How To Embed High Quality YouTube Video

Viewers can now choose to watch YouTube videos in High Quality mode. Technically speaking, the videos are being streamed at a much higher resolution, specifically 480x360 and encoded in MP4 format (H.264 with AAC audio).

On the other hand, users discovered that videos cannot be embedded in High Quality mode, neither do the video-host provide any help on that. So today, I am going to teach you a very simple hack that will work on all blogs/websites, followed by a side-by-side comparison:

1) As usual, copy the default embed code provided by YouTube

2) Find the 2 URL in "param" & "embed", replace the part in green with &ap=%2526fmt%3D18

http://www.youtube.com/v/xxxxxxxxxxx&hl=en&fs=1

You will find 2 such lines in the default embed code, the xxx is the unqiue video ID and the &hl=en&fs=1 being the default query string:

A hacked URL should look like this:

http://www.youtube.com/v/xxxxxxxxxxx&ap=%2526fmt%3D18

Normal Quality version:

High Quality version:

14 September 2008

Mini Class Gathering

I had a "student special" $2.20 sundae...

Ong lost 14kg @ Tekong, slimming programme SAF style...

Horrible XR failed to send Seb off...

Finally we have a CLASS GATHERING, without extras...

12 September 2008

Steamboat @ Bugis

Motto: Eat till you steam

No idea which steamboat is good @ Bugis, so we just settled for Tian Tian, since the name sounds familiar...

Unfortunately, Ah Long cannot eat beef nor seafood...

But you can eat watermelon right?

Another visit to the Apple Strudel shop...

A sudden shower scared the crap outta all the customers...

Nice evening chat with big cockroaches crawling around...

Wong & Jacob are enlisting on Friday, which is TODAY!

Good luck to them...

09 September 2008

Comex 2008

I just realized that I'm too lazy to blog these days, so now there's some catching ups to do. Long story short, 4-days of Comex compressed into one short & simple post:

Super bright floodlights for the Singapore F1 Grand Prix

Catered food this time round is sooooooo much better than the PC Show back in June.. Also help me save 12 meals worth of money =)

Free limited edition F1 tumbler (with serial number) for the first 5 Red Prestige cardholders each day.

I can't believe we have to wait till 6.30PM to give out the 5th one when there are like more than 45,000+ cardholders out there!!