Saturday, June 28, 2003
178
The atmosphere was quiet and windless. People moving on with their own life while ignoring everything that was going on around them. A couple, holding hand walking slowly, passing a bench. Both were smiling, no doubt enjoying each other’s presence. Both were minding their own business. Both were ignoring the man sitting on the bench.
The man on the bench however was observing the couple as they passed him by.
“A lovely couple…” Chiron said.
Chiron sighed as the couple disappeared in the mist of the trees. There was no one else there saved a few birds singing happily celebrating the warm summer. “Too warm...”, he thought. He was sweating but he tried to forget the discomfort by continuing on reading his book. The book was already crumbling, stolen, or rather a souvenir taken from a varsity library years ago.
“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength… the truth could not stray farther than this”. He said that every time he finished up the book. He closed up the book and there was a person, walking towards him, wearing a dark blue shirt with an ugly tie.
“Afternoon Chiron, I see you still have your favorite book”. Link was Chiron’s colleague back when they were both serving the same course.
“I like Orwell's dystopia idea."
“Right, anyway, have you heard the news?”
“Yes, I’ve heard. It came at a surprise”.
“Really? Why do I have the feeling that you are not telling me the truth?”
Chiron was taken aback by Link question. Nevertheless, he kept his posture cool. “What do you mean?”
“Oh come on, I know you are involved in it. All the evidences my contacts provide lead to you. One way or another, the roads end right at you”. Link was serious on this. Never had Chiron saw Link being so serious. The cold hard stare was penetrating Chiron’s composure slowly; slowly but for certain. Silence conquered the moment. “How could you do this to me? We have known each other since we started our pioneer project!”
“I see that there is no need for hiding anymore. For how long have you found out about me?”
“Since Prometheus’ hacking. Somebody was caught but it seems that he was merely a puppet.”
“Lithium. He was a fool. You are right, he was serving a puppeteer.”
“And you are, Him?” Link was careful to stress on the word Him, the notorious shadowy figure that eluded power that be.
“Yes, I am Him. But you too are a fool Link. For all this, you should have suspected me. In fact, this mystery has not ended yet.”
“Yet? It has. I’ve caught you…”
“You’ve caught me alright but the story does not end here”, Chiron was quick to cut Link. “You my friend, is also playing Lithium’s part. You are a puppet”.
“If I was the puppet, then I am the puppet with that outsmarted his master. The story ends with you Chiron”.
“Wrong Link, there is a war going on, a war on the other level. I am simply the war loser.”
“You are lying. If I was a puppet, where’s my string then?” Link took something from his pocket and pointed it towards Chiron.
“It hurts doesn’t it? Being manipulated for a greater purpose”, a sneer came from Chiron’s breath.
“An odd attitude for a man who is on the other end of a gun.”
“We control the Sphere. The Guilds are nothing but pup…” Chiron stopped short. A great pain was emerging from his back. A pain so great that he could no longer concentrate on Link.
“Chiron!”
“Link… stay out of this…“
Link spotted the assailant and shot a few bullets. He was about to run towards the shooter but he couldn’t move his feet. Moments later, he couldn’t even stand on his feet. In the end, he laid besides Chiron.
“Chiron… who was… that?”
“Crazy.”
“Crazy?”
“Use the Force Luke”.
“What the fuck?”
"Let go Luke... Luke, trust me”.
He woke up and realized he forgot to switch off the television.
The atmosphere was quiet and windless. People moving on with their own life while ignoring everything that was going on around them. A couple, holding hand walking slowly, passing a bench. Both were smiling, no doubt enjoying each other’s presence. Both were minding their own business. Both were ignoring the man sitting on the bench.
The man on the bench however was observing the couple as they passed him by.
“A lovely couple…” Chiron said.
Chiron sighed as the couple disappeared in the mist of the trees. There was no one else there saved a few birds singing happily celebrating the warm summer. “Too warm...”, he thought. He was sweating but he tried to forget the discomfort by continuing on reading his book. The book was already crumbling, stolen, or rather a souvenir taken from a varsity library years ago.
“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength… the truth could not stray farther than this”. He said that every time he finished up the book. He closed up the book and there was a person, walking towards him, wearing a dark blue shirt with an ugly tie.
“Afternoon Chiron, I see you still have your favorite book”. Link was Chiron’s colleague back when they were both serving the same course.
“I like Orwell's dystopia idea."
“Right, anyway, have you heard the news?”
“Yes, I’ve heard. It came at a surprise”.
“Really? Why do I have the feeling that you are not telling me the truth?”
Chiron was taken aback by Link question. Nevertheless, he kept his posture cool. “What do you mean?”
“Oh come on, I know you are involved in it. All the evidences my contacts provide lead to you. One way or another, the roads end right at you”. Link was serious on this. Never had Chiron saw Link being so serious. The cold hard stare was penetrating Chiron’s composure slowly; slowly but for certain. Silence conquered the moment. “How could you do this to me? We have known each other since we started our pioneer project!”
“I see that there is no need for hiding anymore. For how long have you found out about me?”
“Since Prometheus’ hacking. Somebody was caught but it seems that he was merely a puppet.”
“Lithium. He was a fool. You are right, he was serving a puppeteer.”
“And you are, Him?” Link was careful to stress on the word Him, the notorious shadowy figure that eluded power that be.
“Yes, I am Him. But you too are a fool Link. For all this, you should have suspected me. In fact, this mystery has not ended yet.”
“Yet? It has. I’ve caught you…”
“You’ve caught me alright but the story does not end here”, Chiron was quick to cut Link. “You my friend, is also playing Lithium’s part. You are a puppet”.
“If I was the puppet, then I am the puppet with that outsmarted his master. The story ends with you Chiron”.
“Wrong Link, there is a war going on, a war on the other level. I am simply the war loser.”
“You are lying. If I was a puppet, where’s my string then?” Link took something from his pocket and pointed it towards Chiron.
“It hurts doesn’t it? Being manipulated for a greater purpose”, a sneer came from Chiron’s breath.
“An odd attitude for a man who is on the other end of a gun.”
“We control the Sphere. The Guilds are nothing but pup…” Chiron stopped short. A great pain was emerging from his back. A pain so great that he could no longer concentrate on Link.
“Chiron!”
“Link… stay out of this…“
Link spotted the assailant and shot a few bullets. He was about to run towards the shooter but he couldn’t move his feet. Moments later, he couldn’t even stand on his feet. In the end, he laid besides Chiron.
“Chiron… who was… that?”
“Crazy.”
“Crazy?”
“Use the Force Luke”.
“What the fuck?”
"Let go Luke... Luke, trust me”.
He woke up and realized he forgot to switch off the television.
Thursday, June 26, 2003
177.8
The __earthinc Version 2. Test.
Second Test.
Third Test for archives.
Fourth Test.
Fifth Test for directory.
Sixth. Graphics Test.
Seventh. Support codes.
Eight. Repairs.
p/s - OMG, today is my sis' birthday! OMG! Gotta call home.
The __earthinc Version 2. Test.
Second Test.
Third Test for archives.
Fourth Test.
Fifth Test for directory.
Sixth. Graphics Test.
Seventh. Support codes.
Eight. Repairs.
p/s - OMG, today is my sis' birthday! OMG! Gotta call home.
Sunday, June 22, 2003
176
While I was reviewing for my macroeconomics exam up in the Graduate Library’s sixth floor, I found something that is so ironic. The Law of Demand, one the fundamental basics of free market economy is based on the Slutsky Equation. The equation was derived by Eugen Slutsky, a Russian economist who lived during Lenin’s reign. Back then, Russian, known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, the only entity that managed to turn the modern world into a safer bipolar order.
C.C.C.P. or better known to the non-Russ speaking people as U.S.S.R. was a communist. Yes, it was but a world with protons and no electrons make life very difficult indeed. Proton is fun but with no electron, there will be no cathode ray tube, meaning I won’t be able to enjoy giving a n00b teammate a headshot with my shotgun at pointblank. W00+! l33+ rules.
The world is certainly a strange place to live in.
Let’s do this again.
While I was returning to my friend’s place from the Graduate Library political section up in the very quiet, an almost white noise audible sixth floor, after sleeping a total of two hours inside a carrel instead of revising macroeconomics for a full 5 hours, I grasped something.
In our life, we perceived many things for granted. In fact, I dare say that most of the thing in our life, from the basic necessity such as water or family members, we assume that these things will be with us forever. Despite knowing that these things would one day be lost, we still consider it as “unlimited resources”.
I myself used to take things for granted. Frankly, even right now, although realizing the reality, I still take some things for granted. But unlike some people, or should I say unlike most people, I realized it.
My idiotic perception, being taking-things-for-grantedism crumbled when I was about 19. I was sleeping and was about to awake from a sweet slumber. The sun rose and heated up part of my room. Slowly, the heat started to annoy me and thus, I decided to wake up. So I opened my eyes and observe the same old room, always the same, always never changing. Whilst I was contemplating on whether waking up was worth it, I tried to move my right hand from the part. Oddly, nothing happened – no movement by the hand. Imagine, you tried to move your one of your body parts, and nothing happened. At first, I thought something heavy like a hard covered Physics book fell and rested on my hand. I made a few more tries until I finally realized my right arm couldn’t be move anymore!
How rude was I awakened, facing the possibility of losing a hand to absolute no reason. My thought was full of terror. Worse, it was my right hand, the hand that I used to feed myself, to write, to type and to do countless other things.
I sat up on my bed and touched the dead hand. It was cold and it certainly reinforced my fear. My right hand had every other human’s feature but the sense of touch. My left hand picked its counterpart up and released it from the highest possible point and sadly, it fell downward, as fast as the gravity. Later, I tried every other thing in hope that I could control the other arm again.
It took me quite awhile to absorb reality. I almost shed tear knowing that I’ve lost an arm.
Despair was the only thing in my mind until I felt that my right arm’s fingers were actually moving. Suddenly, I felt Prometheus in my right arm flesh and soon, my arm was mine again to do as I please. My joy overfilled my heart and shoved despair away from my thought.
I was thankful to have my hand again and ending this entry with a cliché, from that moment on that I stopped taking things for granted.
This cliché has a far reaching consequence. Not only do I cherish every moment for the existence of my organs and all, I starts to sympathies for others shortcoming. I had a rather indifferent feeling on the incapables back then.
Most important of all, perhaps it started the green spark in me. I’ve stopped wasting water and electricity when I don’t need it. I’ve started to save and conserve almost everything. I’ve started to see the reason behind the concept of three green arrows making a 360 degree vector. I’ve begun to stop using paper towel needlessly. Perhaps, maybe this clichés, the lesson in life, usually, the kind of manuscript an elementary school kids would write was the seed to my belief in environmentalism.
I later found out that the hand was numbed due to lack of blood circulation.
On personal note, University of Michigan offers major in Economics, concentrating in Green Economics. Sassy. And on July first, I’ll be heading to Yosemite National Park in California for hiking for a full ten days. I hope the journey from Detroit to Yosemite will be via Los Angeles and San Francisco. W00t!
Sorry Tod, I guess the deal to Florida is off. I rather hug a red sequoia than a naked chick. Wait a minute, what am I doing? For the love of God, it’s naked chicks.
Before ending this entry, I would like to share a joke. I am a male so I can’t help being a little bit chauvinist.
“Recently scientists revealed that beer contains small traces of female hormones. To prove their theory, the scientists fed 100 men 12 pints of beer and observed that 100% of them gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became emotional, couldn't drive, couldn't think, and refused to apologize when wrong. No further testing is planned...” – tobp.com
p/s – The new design is in and the code implementation will be done soon. By soon, I mean snail mail’s soon.
p/p/s – change of plan. Since the ticket is getting pretty expensive, I’m rerouting my route from via Los Angeles to via San Francisco. My initial budget was near USD500 but after rearrangement, the budget when down to USD400 level. Sounds a lot but I am sure my mother will inject something into my account later. Anyway, with all the money in the account, I think I could afford it without even feeling the pain.
While I was reviewing for my macroeconomics exam up in the Graduate Library’s sixth floor, I found something that is so ironic. The Law of Demand, one the fundamental basics of free market economy is based on the Slutsky Equation. The equation was derived by Eugen Slutsky, a Russian economist who lived during Lenin’s reign. Back then, Russian, known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, the only entity that managed to turn the modern world into a safer bipolar order.
C.C.C.P. or better known to the non-Russ speaking people as U.S.S.R. was a communist. Yes, it was but a world with protons and no electrons make life very difficult indeed. Proton is fun but with no electron, there will be no cathode ray tube, meaning I won’t be able to enjoy giving a n00b teammate a headshot with my shotgun at pointblank. W00+! l33+ rules.
The world is certainly a strange place to live in.
Let’s do this again.
While I was returning to my friend’s place from the Graduate Library political section up in the very quiet, an almost white noise audible sixth floor, after sleeping a total of two hours inside a carrel instead of revising macroeconomics for a full 5 hours, I grasped something.
In our life, we perceived many things for granted. In fact, I dare say that most of the thing in our life, from the basic necessity such as water or family members, we assume that these things will be with us forever. Despite knowing that these things would one day be lost, we still consider it as “unlimited resources”.
I myself used to take things for granted. Frankly, even right now, although realizing the reality, I still take some things for granted. But unlike some people, or should I say unlike most people, I realized it.
My idiotic perception, being taking-things-for-grantedism crumbled when I was about 19. I was sleeping and was about to awake from a sweet slumber. The sun rose and heated up part of my room. Slowly, the heat started to annoy me and thus, I decided to wake up. So I opened my eyes and observe the same old room, always the same, always never changing. Whilst I was contemplating on whether waking up was worth it, I tried to move my right hand from the part. Oddly, nothing happened – no movement by the hand. Imagine, you tried to move your one of your body parts, and nothing happened. At first, I thought something heavy like a hard covered Physics book fell and rested on my hand. I made a few more tries until I finally realized my right arm couldn’t be move anymore!
How rude was I awakened, facing the possibility of losing a hand to absolute no reason. My thought was full of terror. Worse, it was my right hand, the hand that I used to feed myself, to write, to type and to do countless other things.
I sat up on my bed and touched the dead hand. It was cold and it certainly reinforced my fear. My right hand had every other human’s feature but the sense of touch. My left hand picked its counterpart up and released it from the highest possible point and sadly, it fell downward, as fast as the gravity. Later, I tried every other thing in hope that I could control the other arm again.
It took me quite awhile to absorb reality. I almost shed tear knowing that I’ve lost an arm.
Despair was the only thing in my mind until I felt that my right arm’s fingers were actually moving. Suddenly, I felt Prometheus in my right arm flesh and soon, my arm was mine again to do as I please. My joy overfilled my heart and shoved despair away from my thought.
I was thankful to have my hand again and ending this entry with a cliché, from that moment on that I stopped taking things for granted.
This cliché has a far reaching consequence. Not only do I cherish every moment for the existence of my organs and all, I starts to sympathies for others shortcoming. I had a rather indifferent feeling on the incapables back then.
Most important of all, perhaps it started the green spark in me. I’ve stopped wasting water and electricity when I don’t need it. I’ve started to save and conserve almost everything. I’ve started to see the reason behind the concept of three green arrows making a 360 degree vector. I’ve begun to stop using paper towel needlessly. Perhaps, maybe this clichés, the lesson in life, usually, the kind of manuscript an elementary school kids would write was the seed to my belief in environmentalism.
I later found out that the hand was numbed due to lack of blood circulation.
On personal note, University of Michigan offers major in Economics, concentrating in Green Economics. Sassy. And on July first, I’ll be heading to Yosemite National Park in California for hiking for a full ten days. I hope the journey from Detroit to Yosemite will be via Los Angeles and San Francisco. W00t!
Sorry Tod, I guess the deal to Florida is off. I rather hug a red sequoia than a naked chick. Wait a minute, what am I doing? For the love of God, it’s naked chicks.
Before ending this entry, I would like to share a joke. I am a male so I can’t help being a little bit chauvinist.
“Recently scientists revealed that beer contains small traces of female hormones. To prove their theory, the scientists fed 100 men 12 pints of beer and observed that 100% of them gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became emotional, couldn't drive, couldn't think, and refused to apologize when wrong. No further testing is planned...” – tobp.com
p/s – The new design is in and the code implementation will be done soon. By soon, I mean snail mail’s soon.
p/p/s – change of plan. Since the ticket is getting pretty expensive, I’m rerouting my route from via Los Angeles to via San Francisco. My initial budget was near USD500 but after rearrangement, the budget when down to USD400 level. Sounds a lot but I am sure my mother will inject something into my account later. Anyway, with all the money in the account, I think I could afford it without even feeling the pain.
Sunday, June 15, 2003
175
Something I found over the net.
"Age old dilemma: If someone gives you a penny for your thoughts, and you put in your 2 cents, what happens to the other 1 cent? I'm guessing taxes."
Well, under Bush administration, I am sure you will be getting the other cent back, at the expense of the Big Brother.
Something I found over the net.
"Age old dilemma: If someone gives you a penny for your thoughts, and you put in your 2 cents, what happens to the other 1 cent? I'm guessing taxes."
Well, under Bush administration, I am sure you will be getting the other cent back, at the expense of the Big Brother.
Thursday, June 12, 2003
174.1
Top of the Park is just around the corner. It's on the Friday the 13th. Wait a minute, OMG, it's Friday the 13th!!!
On the other note, read this. It couldn't be anymore truer. If Malaysia was up against Michigan in this category, Michigan would have pounded Malaysia to death.
Top of the Park is just around the corner. It's on the Friday the 13th. Wait a minute, OMG, it's Friday the 13th!!!
On the other note, read this. It couldn't be anymore truer. If Malaysia was up against Michigan in this category, Michigan would have pounded Malaysia to death.
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
173
The __earthinc has been added to BlogShares.com and soon, it will be added to the public index for trade.
Btw, a few changes will be carried out for this site before September 2003.
The __earthinc has been added to BlogShares.com and soon, it will be added to the public index for trade.
Btw, a few changes will be carried out for this site before September 2003.
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
172
Update on __earthinc’s Best of 2003 Awards nominations. Click here for Round One.
The news of the year – The Gulf War II and its related news, Malaysia-Singapore relation, N. Korea Nuclear row, SARS outbreak, Indonesia crackdown on Aceh Rebel, Israel-Palestine Peace Road Map
Space news of the year – The lost of SS Columbia, Japan's First Spy Satellites, Galileo System, Mars Express Launch
Environmental news of the year – ANWR survives Bush’s drilling plan, Water Conference in Japan, Australia's Great Barrier Reef Plan, Damming of the Yangtze River
Sport news of the year – Ajax into UEFA CL Quarterfinals, All-Italian European Cup Final, First women in USPGA Men's Tour, Mighty Ducks for Stanley Cup
Crap of the year – Freedom fries
Person of the year – George Bush, Jacque Chirac
Joker of the year – George Bush
Loser of the year – Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair, France, Aceh Rebel
Beauty of the year – Alexis Bledel, Christina Aguilera
Bitch of the year – MSNBC, NY Times
Fucker of the year – David Liu(he nominated himself)
Critique of the year – [Still searching]
News feeder of the year – [Omitted]
Computer of the year – [Award suspended]
Quasi-computer of the year – [Award suspended]
Motherboard of the year – [Still searching]
Processor of the year – AMD Athlon XP, Intel Pentium, Intel Centrino
Video card of the year – GeForce 4 FX 5900, ATi Radeon 9700 Pro, ATi Radeon 5000 Pro
Sound card of the year – Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
Speaker of the year – Creative Inspire 6.1 [Still]
Mp3 player of the year (hardware) – Apple’s IPod, Creative's NOMAD
OS of the year – MS Window XP, OS X
Programming language of the year – [Award suspended]
Web browser of the year – IE, Netscape, Opera
Firewall of the year – ZoneAlarm
Tracker of the year – VisualCare, nMap, LANGuard
AV of the year – McAfee VirusScan
Digicam of the year – Canon
Image editor of the year - Adobe Photoshop
HTML editor of the year – Notepad, FrontPage,
Search engine of the year – Google
Portal of the year – Yahoo!
Messenger of the year – Trillian
Media player of the year – RealOne, Quicktime
Mp3 player of the year (software) – Winamp
Game of the year – Neverwinter Nights, Eve: The Second Genesis, C&C: Generals, Freelancer, Earth & Beyond, Impossible Creatures, Half-Life 2, Thief 3, Soldier of Fortune 2: Gold Edition, Splinter Cell, Championship Manager 4
Gamer of the year – Kelvin, Epol, Hong, Jebai, Hafiz Hasan
Weblog publisher of the year – Blogger, Movable Type
Weblog of the year – Games Design Art Culture, n3a
Fast food of the year- McDonald’s, Subway
Restaurant of the year – [Still searching]
Coffee shop of the year – Starbuck
Pop of the year – Mountain Dew
Dining Hall of the year – South Quad’s, West Quad's, Bursley's
University of the year – University of Michigan, Purdue University
Campus of the year (for Michigan) – Central Campus
Zoo of the year (Special Award) – University of Michigan’s North Campus
Reshall of the year – West Quad, South Quad, Baits I
Organization of the year – Solar Car Team
Workspace of the year – [Award suspended]
Professor of the year – George Johnson
GSI/TA of the year – -----------------
Course of the year – ECON 102, ECON 401
Building of the year – Michigan Union, SCT's workspace, Media Union, EECS Building, MLB, Lorch Hall, UgLi, Grad Library, Pierpont Commons
Hangout place of the year – S. University St.
Day of the year – Monday,Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Swear word of the year – Fuck Fuckity Fuck, sucks, screwed, dumbfuck
Planet of the year – [Searching]
City of the year – [Searching]
Mall of the year – Briarwoods Mall at Ypsilanti-MI, 12 Oaks at Novi-MI
Freeway of the year – I-90, USA
Street of the year – E. Liberty St., S. U. St., Main St.
Car of the year – Nissan Z, SpectruM, Celica
Book of the year – Animal Farm, Silent Spring, Blue Mars
Magazine of the year – PC Magazine
Text book of the year – [Screw this]
Football team of the year – AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Arsenal, Man Utd (Ack!), Arsenal, Newcastle, Celtics, Ajax ,Real Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Porto
National team of the Year – Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Brazil(Ack!), England
Sport site of the year – uefa.com, soccernet.com
NCAAF team of the year – [Waiting for the season to start]
Movie of the year – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Matrix: Revolution, The Pianist, X2
Disappointment of the year – Daredevil, The Hulk, Matrix: Reloaded
Flop of the year – [Award suspended]
Flop of the year – [Award suspended]
Short Film of the year – Animatrix
Cartoon of the year – South Park, Simpson, Futurama
Sitcom of the year – [Searching]
Group of the year – Evanescence, Dove, Disturbed, Deftones, RHCP
Song of the year - Bring me to life(Evanescence), Sea Song(Dove), Remember(Disturbed), Somewhere I Belong(LP), Can't Stop(RHCP), All the things she said(T.A.T.U.)
Update on __earthinc’s Best of 2003 Awards nominations. Click here for Round One.
The news of the year – The Gulf War II and its related news, Malaysia-Singapore relation, N. Korea Nuclear row, SARS outbreak, Indonesia crackdown on Aceh Rebel, Israel-Palestine Peace Road Map
Space news of the year – The lost of SS Columbia, Japan's First Spy Satellites, Galileo System, Mars Express Launch
Environmental news of the year – ANWR survives Bush’s drilling plan, Water Conference in Japan, Australia's Great Barrier Reef Plan, Damming of the Yangtze River
Sport news of the year – Ajax into UEFA CL Quarterfinals, All-Italian European Cup Final, First women in USPGA Men's Tour, Mighty Ducks for Stanley Cup
Crap of the year – Freedom fries
Person of the year – George Bush, Jacque Chirac
Joker of the year – George Bush
Loser of the year – Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair, France, Aceh Rebel
Beauty of the year – Alexis Bledel, Christina Aguilera
Bitch of the year – MSNBC, NY Times
Fucker of the year – David Liu(he nominated himself)
Critique of the year – [Still searching]
News feeder of the year – [Omitted]
Computer of the year – [Award suspended]
Quasi-computer of the year – [Award suspended]
Motherboard of the year – [Still searching]
Processor of the year – AMD Athlon XP, Intel Pentium, Intel Centrino
Video card of the year – GeForce 4 FX 5900, ATi Radeon 9700 Pro, ATi Radeon 5000 Pro
Sound card of the year – Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
Speaker of the year – Creative Inspire 6.1 [Still]
Mp3 player of the year (hardware) – Apple’s IPod, Creative's NOMAD
OS of the year – MS Window XP, OS X
Programming language of the year – [Award suspended]
Web browser of the year – IE, Netscape, Opera
Firewall of the year – ZoneAlarm
Tracker of the year – VisualCare, nMap, LANGuard
AV of the year – McAfee VirusScan
Digicam of the year – Canon
Image editor of the year - Adobe Photoshop
HTML editor of the year – Notepad, FrontPage,
Search engine of the year – Google
Portal of the year – Yahoo!
Messenger of the year – Trillian
Media player of the year – RealOne, Quicktime
Mp3 player of the year (software) – Winamp
Game of the year – Neverwinter Nights, Eve: The Second Genesis, C&C: Generals, Freelancer, Earth & Beyond, Impossible Creatures, Half-Life 2, Thief 3, Soldier of Fortune 2: Gold Edition, Splinter Cell, Championship Manager 4
Gamer of the year – Kelvin, Epol, Hong, Jebai, Hafiz Hasan
Weblog publisher of the year – Blogger, Movable Type
Weblog of the year – Games Design Art Culture, n3a
Fast food of the year- McDonald’s, Subway
Restaurant of the year – [Still searching]
Coffee shop of the year – Starbuck
Pop of the year – Mountain Dew
Dining Hall of the year – South Quad’s, West Quad's, Bursley's
University of the year – University of Michigan, Purdue University
Campus of the year (for Michigan) – Central Campus
Zoo of the year (Special Award) – University of Michigan’s North Campus
Reshall of the year – West Quad, South Quad, Baits I
Organization of the year – Solar Car Team
Workspace of the year – [Award suspended]
Professor of the year – George Johnson
GSI/TA of the year – -----------------
Course of the year – ECON 102, ECON 401
Building of the year – Michigan Union, SCT's workspace, Media Union, EECS Building, MLB, Lorch Hall, UgLi, Grad Library, Pierpont Commons
Hangout place of the year – S. University St.
Day of the year – Monday,Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Swear word of the year – Fuck Fuckity Fuck, sucks, screwed, dumbfuck
Planet of the year – [Searching]
City of the year – [Searching]
Mall of the year – Briarwoods Mall at Ypsilanti-MI, 12 Oaks at Novi-MI
Freeway of the year – I-90, USA
Street of the year – E. Liberty St., S. U. St., Main St.
Car of the year – Nissan Z, SpectruM, Celica
Book of the year – Animal Farm, Silent Spring, Blue Mars
Magazine of the year – PC Magazine
Text book of the year – [Screw this]
Football team of the year – AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Arsenal, Man Utd (Ack!), Arsenal, Newcastle, Celtics, Ajax ,Real Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Porto
National team of the Year – Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Brazil(Ack!), England
Sport site of the year – uefa.com, soccernet.com
NCAAF team of the year – [Waiting for the season to start]
Movie of the year – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Matrix: Revolution, The Pianist, X2
Disappointment of the year – Daredevil, The Hulk, Matrix: Reloaded
Flop of the year – [Award suspended]
Flop of the year – [Award suspended]
Short Film of the year – Animatrix
Cartoon of the year – South Park, Simpson, Futurama
Sitcom of the year – [Searching]
Group of the year – Evanescence, Dove, Disturbed, Deftones, RHCP
Song of the year - Bring me to life(Evanescence), Sea Song(Dove), Remember(Disturbed), Somewhere I Belong(LP), Can't Stop(RHCP), All the things she said(T.A.T.U.)
