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[austin_dern]

I got my voucher, for that wireless router. The redemption center's in Funan, the IT Mall, which has refurbished its ``Food For Geeks'' posters for the various fast- and real-food places and subterranean hawker center. Unfortunately after I found the place (they were hidden in a little numbered enclave with no explicit connection to the cable company) I discovered I needed my employment pass or passport too. But it's always pleasant wandering around a mall nearly entirely geared to the computer nerd.

The real curveball was the LaserFlair DVD store. On its TVs were playing Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Subtitle, The Incredibles, and Barbie's Fairy-Topia. About half the window was a pasted-on Barbie's Fairy-Topia advertisement, in fact, raising questions of what they expect from the mall's patrons.

The sound for Pirates of the Carribean, with subtitles turned on, was loudest; The Incredibles, no subtitles, was softer but more compelling since the Pirates bought the fallacy that movie actors must only whisper (this made the movie so irritating on the plane), and Barbie's Fairy-Topia was inaudible, but had full subtitles. I mention this because I grin childishly at the words Barbie's Fairy-Topia and beg your indulgence.

Trivia: The backup far-electrographic camera used on Apollo 16 was refurbished and taken to Skylab by the Skylab 4/3 crew, to observe the comet Kohoutek. Source: Skylab's Astronomy and Space Sciences, Edited by Charles A Lundquist, NASA SP-404.

Currently Reading: Don't You Know There's A War On? The American Home Front 1941-1945, Richard Lingeman.

Comments

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

I'm left wondering at what part Ken plays in Barbie's Fairy-Topia. There's so much I don't know!

Of course, if they really wanted to appeal to the geeks, they'd be showing something My Little Pony related. ^_^

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

I don't think I saw Ken in the bits I saw, but Barbie did have a pal who looked kind of like a fairy-winged Mowgli with green-spotted blue fur. Perhaps that's his secret life.

I don't think LaserFlair has, but I know HMV has some My Little Pony Video CDs, possibly even legitimate, maybe. I don't get the geekdom My Little Pony thing.

My Little Ponies are cuties!

[reptilemammal.livejournal.com]

I am just on a cutie thing I think. (see Gecko comment)

Actually the old MLP series was very good and it had characters that were enjoyable and you cared about, unlike Care Bears (oddly enough).

Care Bears I felt that kinda needed to put down, like what kinda trip are you on Funshine, tone it down a bit. Grumpy lower him a notch can't you just pummel him NOW!

Usually MLPs would go on fun little adventures/romps with some value added lesson to each episode and you could see that this is a natural part of MLP society (unlike Care Bears which pretty much tried to take over human society).

Re: My Little Ponies are cuties!

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

See, honestly -- odd though this may be -- the only Care Bears cartoons I've seen were some of the movies, which got heavy play on Disney Channel Singapore for a while. My Little Pony I've never seen outside commercials.

Now, Littlest Pet Shop, that I used to watch regularly, but that came after the 1980s toy cartoon craze, and it had a wonderful surreal side.