Great website for checking world weather

This is a great website for checking world weather. Great to use for planning your next holiday.

http://www.worldweather.org/

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

あなただけを (chinese version is 流水年華)

Japanese version:


Chinese version:



Nice music
Enjoy
Have a nice day

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 42Km run

Completed the run in 5Hrs and 2mins.

GPS tracked the entire run, including going to the toilet at east coast park.

View Larger Map

Enjoy
Have a nice day

Why we need engineers

Videos from TI (Texas Instruments)

Enjoy
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My StandChart training route (13 Km)

Quite a nice route to run.But along the way the road there are heavy vehicles, due to some construction works along the way.


View Larger Map


Thanks
Have a nice day

Recycling of Canon's Ink cartridge

I have been accumulating used canon ink cartridges.

Recently emailed canon, regarding recycling of
 empty ink cartridges.
Here is their response to my email.

Thank you for your e-mail.  You can drop off
your Canon inkjet cartridges
at any one of our four locations for recycling:

Canon LiNK @ VivoCity
Canon Business Solutions Centre @ HarbourFront
Canon Digital Lab @ HarbourFront
Canon Customer Service Centre @ HarbourFront

Please refer to the link below for the addresses.

http://www.canon.com.sg/index.cfm?fuseaction=contactus&prod_type=visitus


So!!! Do recycle your used ink cartridges.

Have a nice day.
Be friendly to environment.

Some nice free tools

Some nice tools for dvd/CD recovery
http://dvdisaster.net/en/index.php

http://parchive.sourceforge.net/

Some nice tools for geotagging
http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/wiki/GettingStarted

http://www.geosetter.de/en/index.html

Have a nice day

Shanghai Jiangnan Tour 2008

Went for a holiday to shanghai and jiangnan(consist of various small cities) . Not bad.
Weather is nice but the air quality there is not as good as singapore.
Temperature is around 14 degrees to 22 degrees celsius.

Below is a image of the covered route. Entire tour was monitored using GPS.



ok.
Have a nice day.

Nice and good article from yahoo.com

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081012/twl-where-s-the-money-1be00ca.html

An extract from the article:
If you're looking to track down your missing money _ figure out who has it now, maybe ask to have it back _ you might be disappointed to learn that is was never really money in the first place.

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Nice hokkien song. 祝福

Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

Buddy, Electric Car

Interesting Electric car

http://www.elbilnorge.no/index.php


I wonder we can use this car in singapore?

Congratulation and Happy Marriage to Stephen and Shufang

Congratulation to stephen and shufang, i wish both of you a very happy, loving and everlasting marriage.

Possible good book: The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind (Paperback)

Seems like a good book to read.

The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind (Paperback)

http://www.amazon.com/Executive-Brain-Frontal-Lobes-Civilized/dp/0195156307


Have a nice day..

Free F1 Simulator from Singtel

http://www.singtelrace.com/Simulator_download-the-simulator.aspx

Enjoy.

The Last Lecture. Condolences to Prof Ooi Ban Leong

As most of people had heard of the story of professor Randy Pausch whom even under his final stages of cancer still conducted his final lecture for his students.

http://www.thelastlecture.com/


Recently, one of the NUS professor, Prof Ooi Ban Leong whom last taught us part time students's lecture in 2008. Recently met with a traffic accident and passed away.
Felt sad and also glad that i have been able to attend his lecture and being taught by one of the most experience lecturer in the microwave engineering studies.

Straits Times News link: http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_272763.html

my condolence goes to family members of Prof Ooi.

Telemarketers, want a loan and do you speak chinese?

Recently, i have received many calls from telemarketer asking me to: make credit cards, take a loan, china lady asking if i speak chinese (scam).

Eg.
http://www.ftcsg.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=34&func=view&catid=8&id=46

And also people in this forum had also received such calls.
http://www.flowerpod.com.sg/forums/index.php?showtopic=68964&mode=linear

Well.....?

SBR 2008 and AHM 2008 GPS route

Great run today for the Sheares Bridge Run 2008 and Army Half Marathon 2008

Completed around 2hrs and approximately 15mins, need wait for official results.
A total approximately 22.5Km according to my GPS, but i think should be 21Km+

Below is a GPS plot of the running route.

View Larger Map

ok.
Enjoy
Have a nice day

My Tiny review of 12 Lotus and Money No Enough 2

Watched both movies at one go, today at cathay.

Movie 1, 12 Lotus.
Quite touching as a whole movie. With some parts of the movie, abit dragging.
Hokkien songs not as surprising as 881 movie.
Jack Neo's hokkien songs in his movies are more well used.
Some twist and a few surprise guest actors in the movie.

I give rating of 6/10

Movie 2, Money No Enought 2
Also quite touching. More jokes and funny. Caters greater audience base compared
to Royston Tan movie 12 lotus,which seems to contain quite abit of artistic
movie feel.
A good morale education movie.
BTW: do not leave the seat immediately, there are some extended movie clips
after movie ends.

I give rating of 7.5/10



ok.
Have a nice day

Normal / Non normal

Image from:

http://xkcd.com/242/

Sudoku Generator

http://www.opensky.ca/~jdhildeb/software/sudokugen/

Enjoy
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Regarding turning on electronics device on aircraft/airplane

Read this:
http://gpsinformation.net/airgps/gpsrfi.htm

In summary:
Don't turn on your device during take-off and landing, if your device causes problem with the electronics of the aircraft, you may endanger the lives of all people on the aircraft.

So be responsible, don't turn them on.

BTW: normally the voice-over on the aircraft would say that only turn on device when in cruise mode.


Enjoy
Have a nice day

Question: Can you turn ON GPS device on-board commercial airlines?

The question is can i turn ON my Garmin Vista HCX handheld GPS on board commercial airlines, i meant for then entire duration from take-off to landing.?

As we all know, most electronics device emits some or abit of RF noise/interference.

Why i want to use my GPS onboard the aircraft? reason: i want know where am i when the aircraft is flying and how fast is the plane flying.

So with regards to the RF noise/interference, this may affect the aircraft safety and operation and may endanger lives of people onboard the aircraft.

Therefore i emailed our Singapore's number 1 airline in the world. Singapore Airlines regarding this particular issue. We have to be responsible for our actions which may also affect others.

The replies are as follows:
1)
xx/xxx/xxx


Dear xxx

Warm greetings. Thank you for your e-mail dated 2 August 2008.

With regards to your query, may I explain that as the portable GPS is a
transmitting device, it has to remain switched off for the

I hope this helps to clarify. Please feel free to let me know should you
have
further queries.


Yours sincerely


xxxx
Manager Customer Services
________________________________________________________________________
Visit us at http://www.singaporeair.com
________________________________________________________________________

2)
Dear xxx

Good morning.

Please be informed that in general, all electronic devices must be
switched off at all times as it may inadvertently affect the aircraft
systems.
You may wish to check again at the counter as they may be able to give you
a more definite answer after seeing your device.

Thank you for writing to us.

Best Regards,
xxxx
SIA Corporate Sales





So the conclusion:
The next time i go travel, i will need to go to the service counter at the airport, show them my GPS device and ask them whether i can leave it on for the entire flight.

Thanks to SIA for the very responsive and quick reply.
Have a nice day.

Video: 3000 Barrel Physics on Crysis Game

Excellent video clip on demonstrating the physics capabilities of the "Crysis" Game.





Enjoy
Have a nice day.

The Electric EEL (AKA Power Generator/Shocker)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel






Enjoy.
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Beatrix Potter (saw it on google)

Wikipedia link to information about her life story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

Kids stories by her and many other stories:
Kids' Corner - Featuring the Stories of Beatrix Potter (and more!)

Marathon running ?

So for us people, wanting a StandChart's 42Km finisher T-Shirt,

According to the WIKIPEDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon

Approach generally taken towarding finishing a marathon.
1) Run from water point to water point.
2) Walk through the water stop area and instead of being spilled,consume the fluids
3) Training, begins from gradual increase distance to finally a little decrease in distance for recovery
4) Allow body to adapt to the new stresses, and overtraining results in lowered endurance and speed, posts greater risk of injury.
5) Cardiac risks during or after a marathon in within period of 24 hrs
6) Immune system suppressed for a short time.


Thanks
Have a nice day.

Running long distance may weaken immune system

Last week ran almost 13Km at one go, from hougang florida condo to punggol end and from punggol end back to punggol park.
Now i think suffering from some dehydration and weak immune system, developing some flu-like symptoms, sometimes ok , sometimes not ok.

Ok. So that is a lesson for me to reduce my running.

Here are some useful info for preparing for SBR2008, Standchart run 2008.

1)
http://www.runningforums.com/Running_while_sick_t23731.html

2)
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/rw_news_frameset.html?http://www.runnersweb.com/running/rw_training.html

3)
http://forums.runnersworld.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/697106477/m/5711007952

Wish everyone best of health
Have a nice day.

George Eastman House On-line Gallery

An Excellent website containing archive old photos by George Eastman House
http://www.geh.org/

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

Enjoy
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A nice piece of oldies music: Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree

One of my favorite oldies song.I think there is more than one version
of this song.



Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

Warren Buffett quotes from a news article.

Regarding a newspaper article sent by my friend, which was about some quotes given by Warren Buffett

These are those quotes:
1) "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."

2) "Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it."

3) "Of the billionaires i have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars."

4) "The smarter the journalists are, the better of society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body."

5) "You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."



I like the final quote.

"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."

And it seems to be right. In life we need to make the right decisions. Once made, no more turning back ahead. Although sometimes in life you are given a second chance.


Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Corbin Sparrow and a maybe a singapore car factory

Here are the info on the electric car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbin_Sparrow

The car is called Corbin Sparrow, made by a company called corbin motors

A singaporean is now working out a partnership with the US company to build a car factory in singapore.
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/263992.asp

Wow.
Have a nice day.

Singapore's Starbuck's Cheese Cake VS IKEA's Cheese Cake

Hello.

Just a few days ago,my colleague told me that Starbucks Cheese Cake are the best.
Well. Just thought i must try it.

Went to starbuck's at shaw towers(in singapore, there are many many outlets, i saw at least 3 outlets in suntec), and ordered a 'new york cheese cake'.
Having tried IKEA cheese cake for numerous times, i compared the taste to this starbucks cheese cake. No difference. The sweet sugary layer at the bottom is thicker
for IKEA's, and also for starbucks, they sprinkled some coffee power on top of the cheese cake. I am thinking could be that both IKEA and starbucks cheese cake are made by same local confectionery.

Starbuck's cheese cake cost $6.30
IKEA's cheese cake cost $3.80

Verdict: Eat IKEA's Cheese Cake and also order a cup of free flow coffee for ultimate experience.

Haha.
Have a nice day.

A new cafe and also Wireless @ SG

There is new cafe opened at Hougang Community Centre, just beside my Blk 1 along Hougang Ave 3

The cafe is called Marble Cafe. Heard the owner said all their food/drinks are prepared using Diamond Water. And also food are based on healthier menu.

I tried their "Marble Coffee", which is actually Kopi,O. Not bad , $2.00 a cup. They used a espresso machine to make.Heard is premium java beans.


They also sells cakes etc..

My review: I think the cafe can survive for at least 1 to 2 years. Feng Shui is also not bad. It is located at the previously Gym Room.


BTW: there is wireless @ SG finally available at our area.

Do try out.

Have a nice day.

Mr Woo's Robots , Made in china

According to the video, that guy has no formal education, and has build many robots out of scrap metals and parts.


Simply Amazing and inspiring.
Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Street Fighter 4

Wow. The gameplay's 3D graphics, seems to bring out the actual representation of the spirit of the game.


Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Some music from 1900s from 78rpm cylinders

How to tie a tie.

Hello , All

Recently i needed to tie a tie for attending an event.

So by the power of internet, i found this website to teach me how to tie a tie.
http://www.tie-a-tie.net/windsor.html

Ok.
Enjoy
Have a nice day.

How to Sync Contacts from Outlook to WM Phone

Recently my friend bought a HTC Diamond phone.

But the user manual is 6.324MB and 268Pages.
What the ..... Crap. To use a phone we need to read a 268 Pages manual.
ok.

But the real problem my friend had with the phone is to copy his contacts from
outlook into his new HTC diamond phone. To the idea is to sync the contacts from Computer to the Phone.

so to speed up the process of learning to use the phone, i have created a .pdf
to instruct on how to sync the contacts from computer to phone.

http://mynabirdp.googlepages.com/Sync_Contacts_to_HTC_Diamond_Simple.pdf

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Specifications of My Computer DELL Inspiron 8200

A brief history of my computer. Bought in the year 2002, and i have been using it since then.
From day one until now, i have upgraded it's ram from 256MB to 640MB and upgrade the HDD from 20GB to 80GB and also bought a new replacement Battery Pack, as the old one died.

May consider replacing it's 128MB ram module to 512MB so that the system has 1GB ram.

And may also consider dismantling the machine apart and clean it up then assemble it back.
Here are some links to DELL's documentation, in case anyone else need to dismantle the machine.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins8200/en/sm_en/specs.htm#1103762
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins8200/en/sm_en/remove.htm#1084976
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins8200/en/
http://www.mediusrete.org/solid/dai8200.html

System Information
System chip set	Intel® 845MP
Data bus width	64 bits
Microprocessor address bus width	32 bits
Graphics bus	32-bit AGP 4X
PCI bus	33 MHz

PC Card
CardBus controller	Texas Instruments PCI 4450/4451 CardBus controller
PC Card connector	two (supports two Type I or Type II cards or one Type III card)
Cards supported	3.3 V and 5 V
PC Card connector size	68 pins
Data width (maximum)	PCMCIA 16 bits CardBus 32 bits

Memory
Architecture	PC2100 DDR
Memory module connector	two user-accessible SODIMM sockets
Memory module capacities	128, 256, and 512 MB
Memory type	DDR SDRAM
Standard memory	128 MB
Maximum memory	1024 MB
Memory access time: clock speed	266 MHz

Ports and Connectors
Serial	9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible, 16-byte buffer connector
Parallel	25-hole connector; unidirectional, bidirectional, or ECP
Video	15-hole VGA connector
Audio	stereo (line-in) mini connector; microphone mini connector, stereo headphone/speakers (line-out) mini connector
PS/2 keyboard/mouse	6-pin mini-DIN connector
USB	two 4-pin USB-compliant connector
Infrared	sensor compatible with IrDA Standard 1.1 (Fast IR) and IrDA Standard 1.0 (Slow IR)
Docking	200-pin connector for a Dell™ docking device
S-video TV-out	7-pin mini-DIN connector for S-video, composite video, and S/PDIF (TV/digital audio adapter cable supports composite video and S/PDIF)
Modem	RJ-11 port
Network adapter	RJ-45 port
IEEE 1394	4-pin serial connector

Communications
Modem:
Type	integrated v.92 56K
Controller	softmodem
Interface	internal AC 97 bus
Network adapter	10/100 Ethernet LAN on system board
Wireless	internal Mini PCI Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless support

Video
Video type	128-bit hardware accelerated
Data bus	4X AGP
Video controller	NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go™ ATI Mobility™ RADEON™ 9000
Video memory	NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go™ ATI Mobility™ RADEON™ 9000
LCD interface	LVDS
TV support	NTSC or PAL in S-video and composite modes

Audio
Audio type	AC97 (Soft Audio)
Audio controller	Cirrus Logic/Crystal CS4205
Stereo conversion	18-bit analog-to-digital 20-bit digital-to-analog
Interfaces:
Internal	AC 97
External	microphone-in connector, stereo headphones/speakers connector, and stereo line-in connector
Speaker	two 4-ohm speakers
Internal speaker amplifier	1.9 W per channel into 4 ohms
Volume controls	keyboard shortcuts, program menus

Display
Type (active-matrix TFT)	SXGA+, UXGA, or Enhanced UXGA
Dimensions:
Height	228.1 mm (9 inches)
Width	304.1 mm (12 inches)
Diagonal	380.1 mm (15 inches)
Maximum resolutions	1400 x 1050 at 16.8 million colors (SXGA+) 1600 x 1200 at 16.8 million colors (UXGA and Enhanced UXGA)
Response time (typical)	20-ms rise (maximum) (SXGA+ and UXGA) 30-ms fall (maximum) (SXGA+ and UXGA) 9-ms rise (maximum) (Enhanced UXGA) 16-ms fall (maximum) (Enhanced UXGA)
Refresh rate	60 Hz
Operating angle	0º (closed) to 180º
Pixel pitch	0.20 x 0.20 mm (SXGA+) 0.19 x 0.19 mm (UXGA and Enhanced UXGA)
Controls	brightness can be controlled through keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard
Number of keys	87 (U.S. and Canada); 88 (Europe); 90 (Japan)
Key travel	2.7 mm ± 0.3 (0.11 inch ± 0.016 inch)
Key spacing	19.05 mm ± 0.3 mm (0.75 inch ± 0.012 inch)
Layout	QWERTY/AZERTY/Kanji

Touch Pad
X/Y position resolution (graphics table mode)	240 cpi
Size:
Width	64.88-mm (2.55-inch) sensor-active area
Height	48.88-mm (1.92-inch) rectangle

Track Stick
X/Y position resolution (graphics table mode)	250 count/sec @ 100 gf
Size	protrudes 0.5 mm higher than surrounding keycaps

Battery
Type	66-WHr "smart" lithium ion (4460 mAh)
Dimensions:
Depth	88.5 mm (3.48 inches)
Height	21.5 mm (0.83 inch)
Width	139.0 mm (5.47 inches)
Weight	0.40 kg (0.88 lb)
Voltage	14.8 VDC
Charge time (approximate):
Computer on	2.5 hours
Computer off	1.5 hours
Operating life	approximately 2 to 4 hours, depending on usage and configuration
Life span (approximate)	400 discharge/charge cycles
Temperature range:
Operating	0º to 35ºC (32º to 95ºF)
Storage	–40º to 65ºC (–40º to 149ºF)

AC Adapter
Input voltage	90–135 VAC and 164–264 VAC
Input current (maximum)	1.5 A
Input frequency	47–63 Hz
Output current	5.5 A (maximum at 4-second pulse); 4.5 A (continuous)
Output power	90 W
Rated output voltage	20 VDC
Dimensions:
Height	27.94 mm (1.1 inches)
Width	58.42 mm (2.3 inches)
Depth	133.85 mm (5.25 inches)
Weight (with cables)	0.4 kg (0.9 lb)
Temperature range:
Operating	0º to 40ºC (32º to 95ºF)
Storage	–40º to 65ºC (–40º to 149ºF)

Physical
Height	44.5 mm (1.75 inches)
Width	331.0 mm (13.03 inches)
Depth	276.0 mm (10.87 inches)
Weight (average, depending on configuration)	3.46 kg (7.64 lb)

Environmental
Temperature range:
Operating	0º to 35ºC (32º to 95ºF)
Storage	–40º to 65ºC (–40º to 149ºF)
Relative humidity (maximum):
Operating	10% to 90% (noncondensing)
Storage	5% to 95% (noncondensing)
Maximum vibration (using a random-vibration spectrum that simulates a user environment):
Operating	0.9 GRMS
Storage	1.3 GRMS
Maximum shock (measured with the hard drive in head-parked position and with a 2-ms half-sine pulse):
Operating	122 G
Storage	163 G
Altitude (maximum):
Operating	–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)
Storage	–15.2 to 10,668 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)

A piece of Eurodance Trance Music

Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia (Paul Van Dyk Remix)



Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

Some nice music to listen

60s Oldies but goodies


70s Music



80s Chinese Music


90s Technos


BEST TRANCE,TECHNO,PROGRESSIVE,EURODANCE

Seagate Freeagent Go

Have a look at the review in the URL below:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/storage/seagate-freeagent-go160-page1.html

BTW: Bought the Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB, for S$109 , which is
about $0.68 per GB.

Kayangel Island. Nice clear sea water. Saw it on TV

View Larger Map

Ok
Have a nice day.

Singapore Bay Run 2008 : Training Routes

Route 1: shorter (13.7Km)

View Larger Map

Route 2: longer (17.7Km)

View Larger Map

But before trying these routes, will need to progress from
5Km , 6Km , 8Km , 11Km and then these training routes.

Ok.
Enjoy the jog, if interested.
Have a nice day.

HDD Based Multimedia Player , for couch potatoes

Introducing these ultimate HDD based multimedia player with HDMI output,
for all couch potatoes out there.

Basically these players has built in HDD,
plays at aleast some of these formats:
- MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
- MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG)
- MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
- VOB
- AVI, ASF, WMV
- Matroska (MKV)
- MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4

and files of various codecs, such as XVID , MPEG , MP3 ,etc..
Some of these boxes had WIFI built in, and able to surf youtube,etcs...
Other boxes also has ethernet connection.

Plus the most important of all for couch potatoes, a remote
control controller for the box.

These are the boxes:
1) Picture linked from the URL below:
http://www.digitalconnection.com/products/video/tvixm6500a.asp

2)Picture linked from the URL below:
http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

3)
Picture linked from the URL below:
http://www.hdx1080.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=115

4)* this player plays RMVB
Picture linked from the URL below:
http://ownitfirst.blogspot.com/


ok. Couch potatoes, go get a box.
Have a nice day.

A nice eurodance music: Sash , With my own eyes

A Nice piece of music.


Enjoy
Have a nice day.

A nice piece of oldies music , 劉文正 - 童年 - Childhood

Ah... Seems like time flies so fast and we have all became adults.

Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

TI's OMAP Processor

Picture Linked from:
http://focus.ti.com/graphics/wtbu/blockdiagrams/l4_omap2420.gif

An Example of modern Embedded system. A single chip that performs so many task
and need only some peripheral chips to perform specific hardware task like WIFI, GPS, etc...


The TI's OMAP chip is one of the chips that you could probably find in some of the modern smart phone. Good and efficient chip.


Ok.
Have a nice day.

Patent case in singapore. Haha. What patent.??

Check below link for some discussion on the issue.
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1972366&page=19

The Curta Calculator

A picture of Curta Calculator, Image from Flickr.

Virtual Curta Calculator
http://www.vcalc.net/curta_simulator_en.htm

It's user manual
http://curta.org/wiki/CurtaManuals


Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Mars Rover Phoenix and Hasselblad camera

Some links to interesting video regarding the launch of Mar Rover Phoenix which had successfully landed on Mars.
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/phoenix/640/p

Hasselblad camera used in space mission. Excellent pictures from space in these links.
http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space.aspx
http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space/space-cameras.aspx

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Nice Documentary from MIT 2.007 Course

A interesting documentary regarding some history of a interesting university module called 2.007 at MIT university. They learn through design, fabrication, trial and learn from failure.

Click To Play

Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

Singapore Flyer. Nice.

Took the Singapore Flyer Ferris Wheel.
Below is the height profile taken with my Garmin Vista HCX.

When at ground level in the building the GPS reads about 35m , and the max height is about 160.5m so the height when inside the singapore flyer ferris wheel at max point is about 160.5m minus 35m, about 125.5m ??



Ok.
Enjoy
Have a nice day

张国荣 - 风继续吹 alternate version 山口百恵(Momoe Yamaguchi) - Sayonara no mukougawa

Introducing a song famous among cantopop music by leslie chueng (张国荣 - 风继续吹)
Leslie Cheung Cantopop version:


This song has a japanese version by
山口百恵 (Momoe Yamaguchi) -- Sayonara no mukougawa
Below are two versions of the song i found on youtube. Nice lady.
Version 1:

Version 2:


Wikipedia info about her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momoe_Yamaguchi


Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Interesting Stop-Motion Music Video

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Ice Cream anyone ??

Have not tried these out yet. Will give them a try.

The Daily Scoop at Sunset Ways
41 Sunset Way, #01-04 Clementi Arcade, Singapore 597071
Tel: (+65) 6463 3365
Email: icecream@thedailyscoop.com.sg
Our operating hours:
Mon-Thu 11am - 9pm
Fri & Sat 11am - 10pm
Sun 2pm - 9pm
Closed on selected public holidays


Ice Cream Gallery
Main Branch
491 River Valley Road
#01-20 Valley Point
Singapore (248371)
Tel: 6235 0870
Fax: 6235 9201

Outlet
20 Eastwood Road
Eastwood Centre, #01-13
Singapore (486442)
Tel: 62462926


Island Creamery
10 Jln Serene #01-05 Singapore 258748

Cellphone Wrist Watch

Interesting.
http://www.mycellwatch.com/phpBB2/

But how usable is it??

OpenMoko Freerunner Opensource Linux Smartphone

Anyone interested and living in singapore, and if interested can participate in
group purchase for cheaper price.
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973:_GTA01Bv4_versus_GTA02_comparison


See below for the group sales:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GroupSales#Singapore

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WinXP Service Pack 3

Go there for WinXP SP3 Update.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx

My Mexican Catus Plant

Horray for my Mexican Catus plant.

BTW: i fed it with 100 Plus drink.

1/3 of a can of 100 Plus drink can filled up
the pot easily. The remaining 2/3 was given to other plants.


Enjoy. But don't eat my catus. :)
Have a nice day.

A review of Inkjet printer ,by trustedreview. Seems like canon is best.

From the reviews, it seems canon has the overall best in printing inkjet photos for long lasting.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/printers/review/2007/04/21/The-Inkjet-Investigation/p1
http://www.trustedreviews.com/printers/review/2007/08/12/The-Inkjet-Investigation-Part-2/p1
http://www.trustedreviews.com/printers/review/2008/04/29/The-Inkjet-Investigation-Part-3/p1

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Enjoy
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Wine Investment. Haha

Got a phone call from this company call Universal Assets Group, regarding wine investment.

They say to expect , 8 to 10% returns and also capital protection.
http://uagrp.com/index.html

Well. I guess , nowadays , everything can be a investment.

Linksys NSLU2 , Networkstorage link

A device that has a 266Mhz XSCALE processor and 64MB ram. Runs Linux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2
Update 1:Seems like , the linksys NSLU2 is discontinued.
Update 2: Here is a link to lots of NAS , https://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/twiki/bin/view/Sonstiges/NetworkAttachedStorage


Actually it's specification is quite similar to my broken Jornada 568 which has a Intel StrongARM 266Mhz processor and 64MB ram. The bad thing is that this device does not expose USB ports and other I/O. Will need some mods to access these I/O. Will install uCLinux.


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Some Educational videos of science.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html?pop=yes&pid=604#

In youtube, search for keywords 'MU1'
and for other episodes , keywords 'MU' and the number eg. MU1,MU39


Enjoy.
Hmmm... Have a nice day.

Robotic Gibson Guitar

Wow the robot has taken control of the tuning of the guitar

Check out this robotic guitar.
http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/story5.html


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Some kid , build a 1:2 size tank

http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html

Wow.
Too bad we can't do it in singapore.

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Why it sucks to be an enginnering student

According to the wired article. The Top 5 reasons why it sucks to be an engineering student.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/top-5-reasons-i.html

ok.
Have a nice day.

Try HD video Clips, prepare for HD revolution

To prepare yourself for HD revolution, try these clips.
http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/index.php

For my P4 1.9Ghz mobile with GF440Go, i can only play 720p video and CPU utilization is already 40% to 60%.

For 1080p , i can't even play the video. :(

Try it.
Have a nice day.

Music from Kylie Minogue & Kermit the frog : "Especially for you"

Nice song from Kylie Minogue. Previously she sang it with Jason Donovan.
But anyway, i still like this song.


Enjoy
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The Ventures (To be in 2008 rock and roll hall of fame)

The Ventures , will be place in the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10th march 2008


http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/2008-inductee-announcement

another nice music from them.

Nice music.

Violin and piano rendition of yanni's One man's Dream


The rest of videos of various other music renditions with violins. from the same musician. http://www.youtube.com/user/sori1004jy
The musician is a lady , seems to be a korean.


Keiko matsui's music.


She is one of my favorite smooth jazz and new age artist.


One of my recent jazz cd purchase is a compilation from Thelonious Monk.
Here is one of his famous works.



Another recent cd purchase is from Pink Martini. Excellent lounge music.
here is Sympathique from pink martini


Enjoy .
Have a nice day.

EEEpc killers

From HP.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/hps-umpc-2133-revealed/

Everex CloudBook
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/everex-cloudbook-delayed-again/

Cybertron PC CM900
http://eeepc.net/cybertronpc-cm900-new-eee-clone/

Elonex ONE
http://www.elonexone.co.uk/

万利达PC81001

http://www.xmfish.com/supe/index.php/uid-2622-action-viewspace-itemid-9129


Wow...

Stephen Chow's Movie CJ7 my rating

After spending my 9 dollars and 50 cents for the movie ticket and watching it. i give it a 7.5 out of 10.

Nice Computer graphics , especially the parts where the stephen chow's son is day dreaming of making use of the alien to help him cheating in exams and fighting his school mates. Idea is a bit like doremon.

Overall i like the music inside the movie. The tracks are Sunny by Boney M and also the tune I like Chopin by Gazebo.

CJ7 - The Trailer
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Music inside CJ7 -- I like Chopin by Gazeo
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Music inside CJ7 -- Sunny by Boney M
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Ok.
Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

d3o Special Shock Absorbing Material

Enjoy.
Have a nice day

Interesting article about two intelligent man

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-02/ff_aimystery?currentPage=all

But , they have mental problems.

Wireless Power . Hmm ??

http://www.powercastco.com/index.php?page=techover


Well , from the website it says uses RF , and it is low power.
But if it is low power then , it may takes a long time to recharge your devices.

?? By the way Nicole Tesla , thought of this a long time ago. But on a greater scale, which is to transmit power across the globe. All over the place.


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Make your own vacuum tube. Excellent.

Ever though of a shortage of vacuum tube for your hi-end amplifiers, how about make
one yourself. Ha ha just kidding.
This guy is really good in fabrication.I guess he is a old-hand in vacuum tube fabrication. Should learn from him.

Fabrication d'une lampe triode
Uploaded by F2FO

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Cool: Videotrace , generate 3d model from video

http://www.acvt.com.au/research/videotrace/


Interesting.
Have a nice day.

Recumbent bicycle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle


A type of bicycle that you has a seat and you cycle lying back.

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At the Padang on New year's eve

Panorama done using Hugin