Mynabird Productions

幸福要自己去闯黄莺莺

2011-12-29T22:05:00.000+08:00

Uniqlo Clock (Nice)

2011-11-09T22:08:00.001+08:00

TURISAS - Rasputin

2011-09-25T20:57:00.000+08:00

Rock music version of normal songs: Me First And the Gimme Gimmes

2011-09-11T16:52:00.001+08:00

Nice

Aircraft angle of attack and stall

2011-08-01T22:02:00.001+08:00

Interesting.

Miyuki Nakajima -- Japanese artist

2011-04-23T12:28:00.001+08:00

Nice music from this female Japanese artist. Although i don't understand what she is singing.

Enjoy

Punggol Tree Lodge build-in Jogging Track

2011-04-17T21:42:00.001+08:00

View Larger Map

Total Distance for 1 lap: 684m

Ants... How they work.

2011-03-06T14:36:00.000+08:00

Interesting.

Found: Joanna Wong, Jazzy song singing artist

2010-12-12T13:25:00.002+08:00

http://www.sonymusic.com.tw/album_info.php?al_prodno=88697455712

http://www.youtube.com/user/joannawangVEVO#p/u/0/76olBh3UHKA

Enjoy
Have a nice day

Hakujaden The White Snake Enchantress

2010-10-04T21:49:00.001+08:00

Nice oldies animation. of Madam White Snake

Techno Chicken

2010-02-25T22:14:00.001+08:00

Dream a little dream - With animated cartoon

2010-02-22T23:38:00.000+08:00

Really made my day.

Interesting Seitz 360degrees tripod

2010-02-18T22:49:00.000+08:00

All the marathon on the earth

2009-12-07T21:03:00.000+08:00

http://aimsworldrunning.org/Calendar.htm

21km Training Route

2009-12-07T19:15:00.003+08:00

View Map 2 in a larger map

Standard Chartered Marthon 2009

2009-12-07T18:33:00.004+08:00

View Map 1 in a larger map

A good free Image viewer and image printing software

2009-12-07T16:41:00.001+08:00

This software has these features that i need:
1) able to generate contact sheet
2) able to print with adjustable gamma correction
3) viewer (browser for all image files)
4) free (for non commercial use).

http://www.xnview.com/en/index.html

Clean and Green Singapore's MTV

2009-11-05T23:00:00.000+08:00

Metallica 's "Enter the sandman" with full orchestra

2009-10-12T23:04:00.001+08:00

Found this album. Never knew metallica performed with a full orchestra. Wow.

A fork spoon.

2009-10-10T20:22:00.001+08:00

Found this fork spoon long time ago on internet.

Finally manage to find this locally in singapore and bought one.

also found locklace, lazy man shoe laces.
http://www.locklaces.com/purchase.html

Survivorman Spoof

2009-10-05T21:49:00.000+08:00

Do not turn on electronic devices during Air-craft critical phases, Take off and landing. Thanks

2009-09-14T17:29:00.001+08:00

A great article about electronic device's EMI emission created by passengers
electronic devices.

From article, devices are: Mobile phone, PDAs, laptop computer.

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/unsafe-at-any-airspeed/0

Ok.
Have a nice day.

Movie: Pixar's UP

2009-09-14T17:08:00.001+08:00

One of the better Pixar's animation movie.
This is the soundtrack i found on youtube.

Enjoy.
Have a nice day

Completed "Howl the moving castle" Papercraft model

2009-09-06T23:57:00.002+08:00

Wow!, finally completed "Howl the moving castle" papercraft model after on-off weekends for 3 months.

Ok.
Have a nice day.

AHM2009, Sheares Bridge Run 2009

2009-08-16T15:09:00.001+08:00

Completed my AHM2009/Sheares Bridge Run 2009

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A interesting website, the Tao of Backup

2009-08-11T23:54:00.000+08:00

Interesting website.
http://www.taobackup.com

Happy national day singapore. Jog 16.6Km from Hougang to Punggol End to punggol Park

2009-08-09T13:41:00.002+08:00

Happy National Day Singapore.

I would like to wish everyone a happy national day.

Had a great jog today on national day. Total distance 16.6Km

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Have a nice day.

Check Singapore Charity Fund Raising Events

2009-08-09T11:36:00.001+08:00

Here is a website to check Singapore's charity fund raising events.
http://www.ncss.org.sg/events/index.asp

Scorpions - Wind of change

2009-08-02T21:43:00.001+08:00

Orchestra version with the scorpions.
Kind of weird feeling.

Enjoy
Have a nice day

A good link to information about photography basics

2009-08-02T21:14:00.001+08:00

A excellent link to some tutorial about basic of photography
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=309544

Enjoy
Have a nice day

Cadbury Eyebrows advertisement.

2009-07-25T22:09:00.001+08:00

Music by artist: freestyle
Song: Don't Stop the rock

Punggol runners club

2009-07-19T10:48:00.000+08:00

This is the the blog of the runners i met on 19 July at punggol end.

A person i met by the name of Jimmy Sim, told me that they start the jog at sengkang CC every sun.

http://punggolrunners.blogspot.com/

ok.
Have a nice day.

Three Degree - When will i see you again.

2009-07-11T19:27:00.003+08:00

One of my favorite oldies song.

Enjoy

Possible Hydration System candidates (ZIPPER type)

2009-06-30T23:25:00.002+08:00

Recently thought of buying a hydration system.

These are the few possible candidates:
1) Hydrapak Reversible Reservoir II
Read some review, and it seems the reservoir has some plastic taste.
Design of the pack seems quite ok. Zipper abit small.

2) Source-Vagabond Widepack
Looks ok. From picture, it seem there is extra flab after zipping up the pack.

3) Platypus Big Zip SL
Looks good. Has a handle on top. The company seems to design lots of camping and mountain climbing equipments.

Ok.
Have a nice day.

Wow... someone did it using Canon 5D camera

2009-06-24T13:18:00.004+08:00

Have a nice day

Jog from Hougang via buangkok drive , to riverside park and back to hougang 15Km

2009-06-21T11:11:00.001+08:00

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Enjoy the route
Have a nice day

Jog from Hougang to Punggol End via Buangkok Drive

2009-05-24T13:05:00.001+08:00

A total of approximately 10Km

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Have a nice day

Times of your life by paul anka

2009-05-19T22:16:00.001+08:00

Nice song.

Enjoy
Have a nice day

Simon Ng, Wu Jun Hua

2009-05-15T20:59:00.002+08:00

A local music composer, recently turned singer.

Simon Ng
http://wujunhuasimon.com/

Have a nice day

The Beagle Board

2009-04-27T21:14:00.001+08:00

Just arrived, the Beagle board. Will try out some developments on this tiny cute little beagle board.

Thanks
Have a nice day

mini OSK green tea vs Ta-Fu green tea

2009-04-19T19:01:00.002+08:00

Wow... Interesting, as recommended by Qinghui, the OSK Green Tea is indeed good.

With the OSK tea bag, a cup of tea made to similar concentration as the Ta-Fu Green Tea, the OSK tea has a lighter taste and not as bitter as Ta-Fu. In terms of quality, i think OSK has a high quality. Ta-Fu green tea seems like of older type of tea leaves, easily leads to a darker and very very slightly more bitter taste.

My verdict: OSK green tea is good. (if you want to enjoy a good cup of tea to relax.) . Ta-Fu green tea is great for after meal.

Thanks
Have a nice day.

Wow... LEGO battleship

2009-04-15T21:46:00.000+08:00

This shows that there is nothing impossible, except the determination to do it.
Wow... Inspiring....

A big hardware supermarket at along UBI crescent

2009-04-11T15:40:00.003+08:00

Found a great hardware (五金) Super market at along UBI crescent.

Actually i saw this shop 2 years ago, but i forgot where it is located.

Here is a link to their website:
http://www.homely.com.sg/

Bought a 10m long Stanley Measuring Tape for $29.95 (inclusive GST).
They sell all sorts of hand tools, eg. wrenches, spanners, saw, paints, ladders .....

Ok
Have a nice day.

Fire Extinguishers list of companies

2009-03-16T22:24:00.003+08:00

A link to Singapore's National Fire Safety.

the webpage contains a link to a download of a list of approved companies selling and servicing of fire extinguisher.

Thinking of buying a new fire extinguisher for my house.
http://www.nfec.gov.sg/prods_fire_safety_equip.html

good to have one at home. But make sure your fire extinguisher is loaded and serviced.

ok
Have a nice day

DELL XPS 13 , IT show 2009 offer

2009-03-15T23:18:00.002+08:00

DELL XPS 13, offered at $2499 + $50 off
specs: Intel core 2 duo P9500 (2.53Ghz)
4GB DDR3 (after free upgrade,worth $200)
320GB HDD
13.3 WXGA WLED Display
256MB Geforce 9500M
Hybrid SLI
1 year XPS premier service
----------------------------
Free extras:
free 4GB thumb drive worth $30
free McAfee 15 mths worth $29
Free Studio XPS 13 sleeve worth $50

Seems like a good deal. But................
i am still hoping that my current DELL Inspiron 8200 can still survive for 3 more years and make it a record 10 years life-span.

ok.
Have a nice day

Ponyo on the cliff (崖の上のポニョ)

2009-02-16T21:57:00.000+08:00

Japan Air Defense Orchestra, Ponyo on the Cliff

Another nice performance

and haha the kid version

Enjoy
Have a nice day

Dean Martin -- King of the road

2009-02-14T11:03:00.002+08:00

One of my favourite, don't know why i like this song alot.??

This is just one of the many version

Another version, by the original singer Roger Miller

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida

2009-02-13T20:51:00.001+08:00

Nice beat, nice music. Yeah

Enjoy

Have a nice day.

How to connect to machine of Mac OSX and Windows

2009-02-06T08:37:00.002+08:00

To access windows desktop from Mac OSX
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx

To access Mac OSX from Windows
http://www.wikihow.com/Setup-VNC-on-Mac-OS-X

Basically for both systems, you can use VNC server, if you prefer common standard software for both system.

Ok.
Have a nice day.

Zhi Wei Dou Shu

2009-02-01T16:54:00.001+08:00

Here is something interesting... for those people who are superstitious or curious on some ancient chinese art of calculation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zi_wei_dou_shu
http://chinese-astrology.blogspot.com/2005/08/zi-wei-dou-shu-what-is-it.html

Interesting.
i wonder....

Songsmith

2009-01-29T16:56:00.002+08:00

Interesting software for creating background music for creating song.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/download.html

Some of interesting demo for songsmith
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=33C9533F899548DD

Enjoy.
Have a nice day

Cool gadget from ASUS, EEE Keyboard

2009-01-09T13:15:00.000+08:00

Haha.. just when we thought due to the economic crisis, we have nothing new or interesting to spend our hard earned money. Here come a suprise from ASUS.
http://www.osnews.com/story/20736/Trends_Are_Cyclical_the_Asus_Eee_Keyboard

Enjoy
Have an nice day

Free open source 2D arcade game

2009-01-04T11:44:00.003+08:00

A link to a interesting free game. Don't know how good is the game yet.
I have not tried it.
http://www.secretmaryo.org/index.php?page=game_downloads&sid=?sid=daddf3e1c7244c205c9c46db8908f159

Enjoy
Have a nice day

Great website for checking world weather

2008-12-27T21:25:00.001+08:00

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)

2008-12-13T19:52:00.000+08:00

Japanese version:

Chinese version:

Nice music
Enjoy
Have a nice day

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 42Km run

2008-12-08T11:40:00.001+08:00

Completed the run in 5Hrs and 2mins.

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

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Enjoy
Have a nice day

Why we need engineers

2008-12-01T10:01:00.000+08:00

Videos from TI (Texas Instruments)

Enjoy
Have a nice day

My StandChart training route (13 Km)

2008-11-15T10:44:00.002+08:00

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

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Thanks
Have a nice day

Recycling of Canon's Ink cartridge

2008-11-11T10:02:00.004+08:00

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

2008-11-07T10:25:00.002+08:00

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

2008-11-05T22:44:00.003+08:00

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

2008-10-13T08:51:00.001+08:00

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

2008-10-10T22:25:00.000+08:00

Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

Buddy, Electric Car

2008-10-07T21:06:00.001+08:00

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

2008-09-23T12:56:00.002+08:00

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)

2008-09-23T12:55:00.000+08:00

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

2008-09-15T13:14:00.000+08:00

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

Enjoy.

The Last Lecture. Condolences to Prof Ooi Ban Leong

2008-08-28T12:57:00.004+08:00

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?

2008-08-27T16:31:00.003+08:00

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

2008-08-24T15:07:00.005+08:00

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

2008-08-19T09:43:00.000+08:00

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

2008-08-12T10:25:00.001+08:00

Image from:

http://xkcd.com/242/

Sudoku Generator

2008-08-08T08:43:00.000+08:00

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

Enjoy
Have a nice day

Regarding turning on electronics device on aircraft/airplane

2008-08-05T13:32:00.001+08:00

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?

2008-08-05T13:06:00.003+08:00

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

2008-08-01T16:19:00.003+08:00

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

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

The Electric EEL (AKA Power Generator/Shocker)

2008-07-29T16:29:00.001+08:00

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

Enjoy.
Have a nice day

Beatrix Potter (saw it on google)

2008-07-28T09:22:00.002+08:00

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 ?

2008-07-24T09:27:00.001+08:00

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

2008-07-24T09:10:00.000+08:00

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

2008-07-22T13:39:00.001+08:00

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

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

Enjoy
Have a nice day

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

2008-07-20T23:25:00.001+08:00

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.

2008-07-16T10:27:00.002+08:00

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

2008-07-16T08:59:00.001+08:00

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

2008-07-12T16:19:00.002+08:00

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

2008-07-12T16:17:00.000+08:00

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

2008-07-08T17:46:00.001+08:00

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

2008-07-08T10:22:00.001+08:00

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

2008-07-01T13:04:00.002+08:00

How to tie a tie.

2008-07-01T09:57:00.003+08:00

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

2008-06-23T11:38:00.003+08:00

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

2008-06-20T11:26:00.002+08:00

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

2008-06-19T23:26:00.000+08:00

Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia (Paul Van Dyk Remix)

Enjoy.
Have a nice day.

Some nice music to listen

2008-06-18T10:51:00.002+08:00

60s Oldies but goodies

70s Music

80s Chinese Music

90s Technos

BEST TRANCE,TECHNO,PROGRESSIVE,EURODANCE

Seagate Freeagent Go

2008-06-16T12:50:00.002+08:00

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

2008-06-13T22:42:00.005+08:00

View Larger Map

Ok
Have a nice day.

Singapore Bay Run 2008 : Training Routes

2008-06-13T22:14:00.003+08:00

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

2008-06-13T09:50:00.003+08:00

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

2008-06-11T15:12:00.001+08:00

A Nice piece of music.

Enjoy
Have a nice day.

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

2008-06-09T13:59:00.001+08:00

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

Enjoy.
Have a nice day.