Weblog Wannabe

According to my mum, I am smart, I cook well, and I do excellent wall painting job. Therefore, men should be all over me. Hrm. Those men must be invisible. Either that or my mum is very delusional. ♥

I just found that my favourite pet project, CSS Colouring Book, was the featured site over at WEBSOUP, which is an excellent webmaster resources directory. Coolness! It's always nice to see the site getting some recognition. Thanks, Grace! ♥

Blubster is a nice alternative to the pretty much dead Audiogalaxy. I like it better than WinMX because there's no annoying queueing thing. You might want to check it out. ♥

From the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Earth Edition, comes The Manifesto for the Campaign to rename Thursday, "Thing". The supporters of this campaign (a.k.a. Thingites) also aim to rename all days of the week Sodit, Wimpy, Wibble, Thing, Poets, Doobry, and Dontbry. Fun! ♥

BENG Intergalactic is a multimedia project by four Dutch students. The main objective of this project is to introduce Earth as a holiday destination for aliens. Very cool (as long as the creepy little aliens don't really get the message). ♥

Are these cats boys or girls? Can you tell? I got 12 out of 16 right, which is not so bad considering I haven't owned a cat since I was 5 years old. ♥

According to Summer Session Cool, there are eight types of cool. Read the 50 books the article recommends this summer and be all around cool by autumn. Anyway, if one's type of coolness was really defined by the books one reads, I'd be artsy cool. What would you be? ♥

Why don't you leave comments in other people's weblogs? I don't because I have a tendency of sounding dumb; I am a real conversation killer and am always afraid of killing a good thread; when I do post comments, I very rarely get any response from the weblog author; I don't know why anyone would want to know my opinions; I'm often misunderstood so I'd rather keep my mouth shut; and my background makes me understand very little of what everybody else in Bloggerville is saying so I don't really have anything to say anyway. You know, just in case you're wondering. ♥

Find out how your name looks like when written in hieroglyphs at Write Like an Egyptian. My name in hieroglyphs consists of a worm-like thing, three feathers, a mouth-like thing, a hand, and an arm. Interesting. ♥

I'm not really sure about this because the site has no about page, but I think knockoff*project is a project that aims to collect scans of original CD/record covers and their knockoffs. A few of the knockoffs are pretty amusing. My favourite is definitely Weird Al's knockoff on Michael Jackson's "Bad". ♥

You know what's cool? For once I actually have a plan for the weekend. I'll be doing a painting job for my mum. Painting the new bathroom walls, that is. Or rather, coating the walls with some water-proofing stuff. I've never done it before so it's going to be interesting. It's just as exciting a weekend plan as it can be in Firdaland. Be happy for me, dammit! ♥

Gee, if this Love in Times Square post doesn't make Philo the winner of the blogwhore game, I don't know what will. ♥

There are so few Firdas on the web that if you ask Google what Firda is, most of the results are about yours truly:

Firda is an awesome designer.
Firda is back.
Firda is coping without the internet.
Firda is the proprietor of the infamous Weblog Wannabe.
Firda is an abnormal waveform or pattern of intermittent, rhythmic slow wave activity.
Firda is involved with the infamous Mrs. Erlynne.
Firda is right that it's derived from jabberwocky, which is a wonderfully nonsensical poem that everyone should read.
Firda is known for her powerful, soulful voice and energetic stage presence.
Firda is one of the funniest, sweetest writers I've ever had the pleasure to know only online.
Firda is such a kick ass name.
Firda is bizarre.
Firda is Indonesian?
Firda is looking for some European hosts.
Firda is still ironing out the multibrowser bugs.
Firda is potentially fun.
Firda is published in F�rde, West Norway, has a circulation of 15,000 and appears in tabloid.
Firda is a woman blogging from Indonesia.
Firda is from Indonesia and gets paid peanuts in terms of US dollars.
Firda is a true yenta.
Firda is about to lose her ISP because she has no job and no money and she lives in Indonesia where crazy shit is happening.
Firda is always good at finding those little sites that put some meaning back into life.
Firda is considering a blog-blog!
Firda is posting on Weblog Wannabe.
Firda is underway.
Firda is blogging haiku!
Firda is the owner of the duck I'll play host to one of these days.
Firda is saying about Evan's post saying that with the latest round of press, there will be an even larger amount of servers needed for a better service.
Firda is right when he links Handke and Barthes, but the connection has as much to do with erotics as with semiotics.
Firda is busy.
Firda is happy and blogging again.
Firda is so kind by creating a bunch of layout templates for people to use freely.. why steal?

So, what are you? (via Nikolai.) ♥

Wooo! Guess whose weblog got reviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald today? Mine, mine, mine! The review is short, but it is a good one. Aren't you proud of me? ;) I know Troy would be *grins* (Well, every time I accomplished anything, no matter how pointless, and then ask him if he is proud of me, he always says he is! :P) ♥

I feel guilty for blogging this World Cup Uglies thing because it is plain mean and shallow, but the commentaries really crack me up. I'm so sorry. Oh, in case you're wondering, I'll be cheering for Germany in the big final. Oh yes. (link c/o Cameron) ♥

I don't really know what the deal was with Enron (I'm not American, 'kay?), but I still found The Enron Voice Mail System, 2002 kinda amusing. Kinda. ♥

Check out the picture of MetaDuck at the Lighthouse in North Carolina, U.S.A.! MetaDuck is Troy's duck (a gift from me) and the duck just got back to Canada from a trip to the U.S. with SMooSH. Duck lovers, expect some more pictures of MetaDuck from SMooSH and also some baby duck pictures from Troy soon! ♥

Google is so user-friendly, even to those with spelling problem. If you enter Googel.com into your browser, you'll get to Google homepage. I know it's pretty lame but it amused me for a couple of seconds. ♥

Stupid Plotting Tricks will show you how to write an evil overlord plot in six seemingly easy steps. Would come in handy in this year's NaNoWriMo. Hmm. Must bookmark it. ♥

I always wish I was any good with words,
  so I could still entertain you,
    even when I have no silly links to post. ♥

My HTML is a rather amusing flash animation. It sounds familiar. Must be because I've come across some weblogs where the posts focus on things like that before. ♥

Am I Hot Or Not? is now available in ASCII version that is best viewed with Lynx. Heh. Just how hot can an ASCII picture be? ♥

I think Pyra folks didn't include anything like The Blogger Manifesto in terms and conditions of both Blogger and Blogspot for a reason. (Yes, I know it's a satire.) ♥

So we got stuck in a traffic jam today, in a car with no air-conditioning, on an exceptionally hot day. I got really frustrated, so I did that-thing-Firda-does-when-she-is-frustrated: singing out loud. I sang my favourite kiddy song: "Andai Aku Punya Sayap" ("If Only I Had Wings").

When I was in the middle of singing that song, my pregnant sister-in-law suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, the baby in my tummy is moving!" That was fascinating, but now I wonder whether what the baby was trying to say was "Oh Mummy, please make it stop!" or "Whoa! My aunt has such a beautiful singing voice!"

I suspect it was the former. ♥

Schlock 'N' Roll's Meet The Bloggers cartoon is quite amusing. Which one of the stereotypes are you? ;) Not sure? Neither am I. There's no linklogger stereotype there. Hmm. ♥

Think you're a big Ikea fan? Play the Ikea Game and see if you can guess what the product is given the name. It's not easy, unless you are Swedish, or at least understand the language. I've never been to any Ikea store in my whole life (there's no Ikea store in Indonesia) but I got 4 out of 10 correct anyway. The only Ikea product I have is a mousepad and it was a souvenir. From the U.S. Go figure. ♥

The Average Person will teach you how to dance to "Smooth Criminal" like Michael Jackson. I kind of like Alien Ant Farm's cover of that song better than the original. Speaking of Alien Ant Farm, the lead singer always reminds me of my friend Jordan. I don't know why. ♥

Typical Male Robot Behaviour is a short, animated movie about typical male behaviour as acted out by a robot. Pretty obvious, huh? I haven't checked it out because my connection speed is slower than snail, but it sounds interesting. ♥

The Science of Superheroes is an interesting article by the BBC. It explains the science behind the super powers of the superheroes. While you're there, be sure to play the Trainee Superhero Game to find out whether you are a superhero or a superzero. Contrary to popular belief, I am a superzero. ♥

According to my IQ Name, I am a force to be reckoned with, a superstar (!), content to be a captain, and possess a happy sunny disposition that tends to uplift and cheer, among others. How wrong is that? ;) ♥

Moviepooper is a resource to spoil the endings to classic, near-classic, recent and new movies, "because sometimes that guy in Marketing who's such a jerk to everyone needs to be put in his place...and how better than to ruin the ending of the movie he's been looking forward to seeing for the past three weeks?" Good point. ♥

Javahabit seems like a marketing trick by Starbucks, but after a further investigation (read: domain whois), I found that it isn't. Coffee is drugs and drugs are evil. Therefore, I don't drink coffee. ♥

Maybe I was just bored, but I actually found The Brunching Shuttlecocks Guide to Choosing a Password funny even though it doesn't really offer anything new. ♥

Dude, if my ISP wasn't sucking so much, I would've blogged a lot. ♥

If you're a big fan of Weblog Wannabe (which I doubt), you might have noticed a new tagline among the random taglines which says "will design websites for peanuts". It was inspired by my friend Troy's 200th weblog post. Now that I think about it, the tagline makes me sound like a monkey. Hrm. Maybe I should change it into "will design websites for breadcrumbs". Anyway, I just feel like posting. Thank you for reading and have a good day! ♥

I got some wordlove from Tim (thanks, Tim!), and now I'm spreading mine:

I had to come all the way to Seattle to find a girl from New Jersey
Not equipped with flexible poles
I am single and lonely
My nose hasn't begun running
Named explicitly as an Act of God
Revitalize link love
A famously androgynous rock star
I always wanted to be cool
My brain is very evil
I am an Elitist
Completely formatted for you
A whirlwind of adventure, romance, monkey-business and long-socked teeny boppers

Why don't you spread even more wordlove? How? By linking to your favourite webloggers using interesting snippets from their own weblogs, of course! ♥

i-like-pie is an error 404 page that tells you stuff and then gives you the finger. Yeah. That pretty much sums it up. ♥

transL8it! iz a frE, transl8n engN & DxtnRE 4 SMS lingo, txtN, acronyms & emoticons. Don't U eva try sndN me a msg UzN DIS tng f U don't wnt me 2 ignore U. ♥

Cat Boxing! Check out some movies and pictures of boxing cats. What could be more interesting than cat fight? Well, a lot of things are. I was just trying to be persuasive. Obviously, I'm not very good at it. Oh well. But if you like cats (or hate cats -- doesn't matter), click the link anyway! ♥

The purpose of this post is only to express how happy I am to already have one two four Blogathon sponsors. Yay! To become a sponsor, all you have to do is make a pledge here with the sum of money you're planning to donate and that'll be it. And thus ends the post.

Oh, by the way, I appeared to have deleted it but here's the infamous Quack-O-Matic bookmarklet. Just right click on the link and then choose "Add to Favorites..." and put it in your "Links" folder. Once added, it will open a window of quacky goodness when clicked. Fun! Well, maybe not. But that way you can bring Quack-O-Matic wherever you surf. Not that anyone ever asked for it. I was just bored. And my tummy is killing me. Boo. Hoo. ♥

The Real Reason I Watch the World Cup

Wannabe: i'm watching the world cup. i've no idea which teams are playing.
endorwitch: why watch telly when you can play on the net?? and who watches sports anyway? :)
Wannabe: us geeks don't watch sports.
endorwitch: exactly
Wannabe: oooh, 2-1 for Spain!
endorwitch: we're going for spain? who are they playing?
Wannabe: i dunno. hunks.
endorwitch: lol

PS. Please don't hold it against me :) ♥

Through the power of the internet, they found the Mustard Man. If you have never heard of the Mustard Man before and are wondering why people were looking for him, well, join the club! ♥

Cats in the Kettle gave me the biggest laugh I've had in, like, a couple of days (I laugh a lot, okay?). I had to play it half a dozen times before it stopped being funny. Go check it out! ♥

Pirates and those who love them will enjoy Arrgh! : the Pirate's Online Resource. It has pirate jokes, pirate humour, pirate brilliance and more. It also provides you with articles such as "How to make baby ducks out of wood". Not sure what it has to do with pirates. ♥

I was so silly. I thought iUndress was an Apple product that you could plug into your iMac. Heh. I'm not going to tell you what it actually is. You just have to see it for yourself. ♥

Two of the most influential people in my life (that's my mum and my big bro) watch the World Cup, so I do too, and so should you ;) Speaking of football, which footballer are you? I'm Rivaldo (I think he's from Brazil), which makes me one of the best players on the planet, lead by example, way too refined to rake my studs down anyones shins, and sometimes have trouble passing the ball to lesser players. Sounds cool enough :) ♥

Today is a happy day because my old pal Jordan has brought his weblog back to life again. Yay! Please give him a warm welcome back to Bloggerville the way he gave me a warm welcome when I just started blogging :) ♥

evolt.org's Browser Archive contains just about every browser in existance. I was tempted to download IE5.5 so I could downgrade my browser (because I don't like IE6 much) but had to change my mind after seeing the huge file size. Oh well. I guess I'll just learn to love IE6 and get over my infatuation with my sweet, darling IE5.5. ♥

This one is for Rebecca, the only Oreo fan I know: How Much is Inside a Pack of Oreos? Oreos don't taste so bad, but the black colour is quite a turn-off. Food is not supposed to be black, says the girl who won't eat fish unless it's all black and burnt. Mmm, burnt fish! ♥

Are you a blurter or a brooder? According to the test results, I'm a brooder and my ideal partner is a blurter. Hmm. Not really. I think I'd much prefer someone who is in-between because blurters tend to scare me off. ♥

Weird Words Index lists a bunch of -- you guessed it -- weird English words. From it I learned about the word titubation, which, surprisingly, has nothing to do with either breasts or masturbation. ♥

The next time you get drunk, hump at something (in a non-sexual way), have someone take a picture of you while doing the humping, and then submit the picture to ihumpthings.com, just because you can. ♥

So I finally got around to upgrading my browser from IE5.5 to IE6 last night, and the first thing I noticed was that some sites that looked fine in IE5.5 had horizontal scrollbar in IE6, and one of them was designed by me. It's really bugging me. I thought it looked okay in resolutions higher than 800×600, but apparently it doesn't. I shall make it my weekend project to fix it. Site owner, beware! ;) ♥

I scored a 19 in this fly eatin' game. My mother would be so proud. Click the frog to make it stick its tongue towards the flies. Sometimes the tongue just isn't long enough. ♥

Just gotta show you a cute picture of MetaDuck :) The duck must be very excited. ♥

Bubble Bees is a fun little game. But of course I didn't really get how it works until halfway into the game. I scored only 240. I like the background music, but it might get to you if you're not really into whimsical piano piece. ♥

According to my Cartoon Super Hero Quiz results, if I were a cartoon super hero, I'd be the original animated Batman. That's interesting because I'm neither rich nor have a sidekick. Anyone want to be my Robin? ♥

UMass researcher finds most people lie in everyday conversation. Women lie to make the person they are talking to feel good and men lie to make themselves look better. And all this time I thought women were more insecure than men :) ♥

My current Blog.Element is still the same with the last time: Tungsten (W), the highest melting metal. Woo! I'm tough! (Yeah right.) ♥

I read this article last year when I still had an office job: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love, and was very much inspired by it. Now, about a year later, I am actually making a living doing what I love! I'm not making enough money to go splurging once a month yet. Hell, I'm not even making nearly enough to pay the bills. But I'll get there someday. Soon. I'll get there. And to the nice person whom I owe $50, I will pay you back. Promise! :) ♥

Looking for any older version of Netscape (hopefully not for browsing purpose)? Chances are, Netscape Browser Archive has it. They even have Netscape 0.9x versions, released in late 1994. Did you ever have the pleasure (?) of using it? ♥

GOMOWYOMOWFO! Play the mow ball, which is a flash game of lawnmower soccer. Playing it is quite an exercise for your fingers. ♥

Petsorfood.com provides you with pets ready to eat. Mmmmm, sweet and sour kitten! Be sure to check out the recipes. (link c/o Jordan) ♥

What kind of monkey are you? I was expecting to get orangutan, but I got "Hear No Evil" instead. Know my mind. Don't take any bull. Cynical, sarcastic and unique... and prone to pessimism. Sounds about right. Heh. ♥

Forget arm wrestling. Let's do toe wrestling! The phrase "muscular toes" just came to mind. Kinda hard to imagine. ♥

For the curious, here's the sexual calorie counter. Dressing up afterwards with your wife knocking at the door seems to be a good exercise. ♥

I asked for help to troubleshoot a PHP script earlier today and thanks to Lionfire, the script works beautifully now. I was planning to use the script to power the web baby project, but later I found that the script just wasn't shaped for it. Anyway, if you need a simple photo gallery script with built-in comment feature like this, you can download the zipped file here (12kb). The installation instruction is available in browse.php file. ♥

Meet MetaDuck. MetaDuck is Quack's cousin. Unlike Quack, MetaDuck can actually say "Quack! Quack! Quack!" I sent MetaDuck to live with Troy in Canada last year. Troy has recently given MetaDuck permission to travel with SMooSH to the U.S. for about ten days. MetaDuck is very excited and Quack is green with envy. Quack is still hanging out in my room due to the lack of fund to send him off to travel. But someday Quack and MetaDuck will be re-united once again. Have a safe trip, SMooSH and MetaDuck! ♥

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics points out some movie scenes that totally disregard the laws of physics in blatantly obvious ways. I think the most frequently made blunder in movies is the problem with windows (no, this time it has nothing to do with Bill Gates's creation) where people jump through plate glass windows without receiving a single scratch. ♥

Domain Stain generates weird or dirty domain name for you and then tell you whether it's taken or not. Some domain names that I don't have the heart listing here are unbelievably unavailable. ♥

You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to learn to fold the new US$20 bill so that it shows hidden pictures of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. ♥

What element are you? I'm hydrogen. Light and airy. Lack of confidence. Not knowing where to fit in. Insecure. A great person. Should try not to be so shy. Ummm, 'kay. You? ♥

Neave's Webgames has a collection of classic games, such as Pong, Snake, Pacman, Space Invaders, Hexxagon, Simon, Tetris, and Tic Tac Toe, that you can play online. I still have no idea how to play Simon. The highest I could score was 2 points. ♥

I have found that cooking can make me feel not so bad when I'm feeling sad so I decided to change the question under interactive section *points to upper left corner* Post your answer! ♥

Sorry for the lack of bloggage lately. It's not that I've been sick or depressed or busy or anything. I've just been a real sleepyhead. I've been sleeping all night and up all day! Can you believe it? Well, maybe you can since it's a "normal" human being's behaviour. But the thing is, I can be online only during the night because I don't have my own phone line anymore. So there.

Anyway, I just thought I'd post this. I feel kind of guilty after I learned that I actually got some breadcrumbs from a few generous readers (thanks so much!). It makes me feel like a lazy, overfed duck. Well, maybe not overfed. I don't even have enough money to pay this month's bills. Boo. Hoo. ♥

If you live in Canada or get Canadian television, you'll get to watch World Beer Games, in pursuit of the best beer nation, on June 12. You know, just in case you're interested. ♥

Here's a site where the world's flags were given letter grades. Indonesia's flag got away with a B (70/100). I guess it's way too simple. How well does your flag grade? ♥

So I just found myself in yet another financial dire street. Every time I feel like I'm beginning to be able to stand up on my own two feet, life always makes me crawl again *sniff!* It's so frustrating. Anyway, you can now tip the duck if you feel like it. The duck could use some bread crumbs. ♥

To the person who stole my weblog design, could you please remove my Nedstat code? You're screwing up my site statistics. If you don't know how, let me know and I'll show you how to do it. Har har! ♥

Feel like ooh and aah-ing at pictures of cute little kitties? Go to Rate my Kitten. The #1 kitty is so cute! I always have a thing for orange cats. (link c/o Tom) ♥

Stumbleupon is an interesting concept. The toolbar allows you to rate the sites you stumbled upon and share them with other Stumbleupon community members. It's like blogging, but different. ♥

75 or less is a site where you can find music reviews in 75 words or less. The review on Moby's latest CD really didn't help me decide whether I should buy it (when I have money to spend, that is) or not. And I didn't know that there was a band named Yahoo! ♥

Sonar Challenge Top 100 is a very simple game. All you have to do is keep the ball from hitting the ground with your mouse. The best thing about this game is really the commentator. His commentary never failed to break my concentration. That's the excuse I'm going to use for scoring a measly 27. ♥

How to Give Off the Impression That You Might Be a Raving Homosexual is a hilarious Flash movie. Enough said. ♥

I actually remember seeing about half a dozen of the 25 Sexiest Movie Moments but I don't think I found them very sexy. But then again, who am I to say. I'm probably the only person this side of Bloggerville who practices abstinence. ♥

ObitMessenger is a very unusual service. It keeps you up-to-date on "obituaries that interest you". Who would pay for this service, I wonder. Gravediggers? ♥

Blast Billiards! is a fun game (though it runs a bit too slow on my slow computer). It's just that I'm not very good at it. I'm good at games that require speed but lousy at those that require co-ordination. ♥