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Man, please don’t tell me there’s gonna be a Hot Toys Joker version 4. A teaser image of the v4 Joker figure (above and elsewhere in this entry) has been doing the rounds recently on a few figure-collector forums after the announcement of the MMS DX Police Joker. As you can see from the MMS DX Police Joker image below, a normal Joker figure can be seen in the background with the “Let’s not blow this out of proportion” pose from the movie.

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… is a must for all Mac owners because, quite frankly, Macs are not built the way they used to be. Back in the days, Macs would have zero problems for years. Now, it’s a different story. So, today I just had to get it for my iMac.

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Steaming hot tea linked to cancer

Drinking steaming hot tea has been linked with an increased risk of oesophageal (food tube) cancer, Iranian scientists have found.

The British Medical Journal study found that drinking black tea at temperatures of 70C or higher increased the risk.

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Death link to too much red meat

Scientists have produced new evidence suggesting eating lots of red and processed meat damages health.

They found big meat eaters had a raised risk of death from all causes over a 10-year period.

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Awesome… I am a big fan of both

My new mobile unit from work. Top of the line Unibody MacBook (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo) with 4GB Ram… nice. A MacBook Pro 17-inch would have been nicer, tho…

Hot Toys announces a new line of high-end collectibles dubbed, MMS DX, which sports more life-like elements thanks to a brand new technique of manufacturing devised by their in-house engineers. And it just happens so, the the 3rd Joker figure (Police Officer version) from the Dark Knight line is the first figure for the high-end MMS DX series…

… and it looks pretty badass!

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OK… this Japanese movie is shaping up to be one visual masterpiece! Goemon is based on the story of legendary folk hero, ninja warrior Ishikawa Goemon (石川 五衛門), whom lived between 1558-1594. Goemon is the Japanese equivalent of Robin Hood – a thief whom stole valuables and gave them to the poor. Apparently, Goemon is notable for being boiled alive in oil after a failed assassination attempt on Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉), the ruler of Japan at the time.

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Let’s help save the world! I have a good few eco-bags at home which I use when I do grocery shopping in my neighbourhood. I also have one in the office because a lot of times, I would go to the local convenient store and buy coke, crisps, chocolates, etc. I’m definitely not a saint but I ‘try’ to do what I can (which is not much because half the time, I forget to bring the eco-bags, doh!).

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… last Saturday and he is finally becoming himself again this last day or two. The first 4-5 days after the surgery, Kurara was rather inactive – spending most of his time lying down in the cage and barely eating nor drinking. Kinda worried me a bit considering with Ulala, he was practically fine the very next day spending his time out of the cage, running around, chewing newspaper, etc. I guess there is a difference between breeds on how they deal with these situations. Or it could just be a personality thing.

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… of a Swiss friend are visiting Tokyo for a few days therefore we hung out for dinner at some Izakaya last night drinking, eating and talking silly. Are Swiss people generally funny? These guys crack me up!

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