Insightful Alan Pardew interview from BBC

Thanks alot for NUFCfans to compile this on twitter. You can also subscribe to their facebook page here.

You can also listen to the whole interview here @ BBC.

Pardew on Routledge > "I felt we was going to get a replacement. In hindsight, I'd like to have him

Pardew on N.Ranger > "Nile can be frustrating in training. He's unpredictable and can make an impact. He's got a lot to learn."

Pardew on MA > "There is no point in him paying me and my scouts to fly around the world if he isn't going to pay for players."

Pardew on MA > "He's a straight talker and feels like he's been outmaneuvered by the football trade. His SD factory is amazing"

Pardew on MA > "If I was a fan here, would I be jumping up and down about Mike Ashley? Probably not."

Pardew admits he got it "wrong" against Stoke. "Hopefully I won't get it much wrong from now until end of the season."

Pardew on Garham Carr > "I've been working with him to target right kind of players." Also says scouting missions are underway.

Pardew on Leon Best > "He has a character where he wants to prove people wrong and I like that. So does Joey and Kevin."

Pardew on Enrique and Barton > "They've got one year left. We've got negotiations with both once we're safe."

Pardew on Ben Arfa > "Hatem will be back on Monday morning. Hopefully we'll see him in a #NUFC shirt before the end of the season."

Pardew on S.Ireland > "He's a top player. The sort of player who we can re-charge and re-develop here."

Pardew on new players > "Me, John and Graham have targets. The pool of players - young, of value and in our wage bracket isn't big."

So far > Pardew says owner wants to build the club and accepts there needs to be more communication with fans. Home form a concern.

Grief in NTU?

From and thirdly blog

5 stages of grief (NTU)

Had the opportunity to meet a classmate from polytechnic the other day who is now studying in the same university as I am. Judging from his Facebook status messages along with others from my other ex classmates has me seeing that they are going through what I went through when I first started school.
Interestingly, Kübler-Ross’ model for 5 stages of grief seems to apply greatly here.

Denial

You always enter a university with preconceived notions about what its supposed to be. There is nothing wrong with that, because we’re all subject to marketing.
However, to not even your basic impression of a university just doesn’t cut it.
So you spend the beginning few days of school and prior during orientation hoping that whatever that is happening is just temporary and not the truth.
That maybe the lecturers would get better. That the tutorials would be more interesting. That labs would be more open to alternative implementations.

Anger

So you get pissed when all that doesn’t happen and wake up to the reality that what you’re facing is gonna be for the next 4 years of your miserable life.
You start to lash out at any perceivable cause of your anger. Be it administration, the huge influx of foreign students and any general incompetencies of your educators.
You stereotype, hold bias and all that stuff.

Bargaining

Anger only lasts that much. No point being pissy all the time and affecting the moods of your close friends. So you try to rationalize that maybe you are having unrealistic expectations.
You try to recalibrate your expectations of things and try to make sense of why things are the way it is and try to make do with what you got.

Depression

However, bargaining only works if there is a reciprocation. So eventually, after having everything taken away from you, you fall into depression. Seeing no point in attending lectures, or trying hard enough.
You decide you need a break, you take an industrial attachment, you try for exchange, whatever it is to get out of this godforsaken place.

Acceptance

Finally after gaining some perspective and having progressed through half your life at the university, you come to the unexpected conclusion that this is what it is.
You begin to do better. You adapt to the idiosyncrasies of the way thing are and you deal. You figure out the loopholes and everything that makes it tick.
You find motivation in the things that make you happy, creating your own happiness within the system.

Where to download free ebook?

http://www.epubbud.com/

This Nerv eletricity meter deserves special mention

From http://gizmodo.com/#!5784849/tokyos-power-supply-monitored-by-neon-genesis-evangelion

View this @ http://kanmisikou.net/lab/power/

Now someone please do a Nerv Skin for Android phone!!

Epic Pic

Color, an app for iPhone and Android

This seems to be an interesting app. For first, it occupies a glorious domain, www.color.com

It will surely give alot of social voyeur and exhibitionist a field day with this app.

It is available on the iPhone now, and later on Android. and on Android too.

With 41 million dollars backing, it is surely an ambitious app. It is certainly a very interesting app, but I wonder will people really use it? Good thing the app is free in the first place!

 This is a description of the app on iTune appstore.

WARNING: DON'T USE COLOR ALONE.

Use Color to take photos and videos with other people who have iPhones within 150 ft to create a group album.

For parties, play dates, lunch? You get their photos, they get yours. Share any album with Twitter and Facebook.


Color is a social network for your iPhone.

From Cnet and ibtimes

VLC for Android coming soon

The beta version of VLC for Android is coming out in 1-2 months.

This is exciting news, since VLC is arguably the best video player. Of course, hopefully the Android version will be comparable to the one in your computer. This will be great news for all anime fans who can't see the subtitle!!

From Android Guys

Soccer Bets

Singapore vs Yemen Win
QPR vs Doncaster Lose
Bolton Win
Man Utd handicap win 10.75

Chan Bros Cancel Tours to Japan

 
Travel agency Chan Brothers has decided to cancel all tours to Japan in March, and is offering customers the option of a refund or postponement of their trips.

Customers may also opt to switch to another package, but all these are subject to additional payable costs.

Other agencies like Nam Ho Travel and CTC Travel said some customers have decided to postpone their holiday, while others have decided to go ahead.

- CNA/al


http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1116420/1/.html

Cowon App Market

Non-Official, 100% Fan-made.

Find and share UCI/games/wallpapers for Cowon D2, S9 and J3.

Great clean web design, although there is certainly room for improvements. This is certainly a start. A great website for all Cowon fans.

http://kizune.bplaced.net/


via http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38769

Utagoe Rip

 

Bascially, put in Song + Song (Instrumental) = Vocal!!


http://www.mediafire.com/?jmy6g88eb736503


Image and more information @ http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/1291902.html

What I am doing now:
Goldwave (convert to WAV)
Utagoe Rip (extract vocal)
Voice Trap on Audacity (plugin in Audacity, settings: isolation:1)

Winnie the Pooh 2011 Movie Trailer

Have to say this is an awesome trailer. I think the background music by Keane's 'Somewhere only you know' is very fitting, giving a nostalgic flavor to it.