Google Cheque finally cashed in

Almost forgot that I've deposited my Google Cheque that I received > 1 month ago. Until today when I saw the weird looking S$139 statement in my account.

Wah, didn't know it takes this long to process an oversea cheque. On top of that, they actually minus off extra S$ 6.5 + 14, for processing fee I guess.

Which makes my effective "pocket money" of $107 from Adsense to be S$110 only.

But, nvm, something extra.

Sorry if I sounded so sua-gu, this is the first time I got an oversea cheque.

Kinect Control Windows 7

This might be something great to work on during free time.

Edwin Tan Photography

Been lobbying at Cari Chinese Forum Wedding section recently. Saw quite a number of beautiful wedding album by different professional/novice wedding photographers. Of course there are some of 'em which are so so, and some which really cmi (cannot make it). Its not easy to be a professional photographer, not only need to have the skills to take good photos, but also the skills to photoshop the photos after that!

Today, I'm going to share with you

Wedding Photographer - Edwin Tan.

Below are some of his work (that I've taken from his blog). Can visit his blog for more photos if you are hungry for more his work.

Comments:
I think what makes his photos stands out is that he has a lot of idea for the photos. Take the last photos that I screenshot-ed from his blog for example. Its just so childhood fantasy-liked.

Theres another trademark of his - mirror image, which I liked very much too. Can check this album. Most of the photos in this album are mirror image style.

Ah, watching all these photos has made my day.


Found out that he has a Facebook fan page too! And it has more than 10K fans.

Van Gogh from Space

Van Gogh from Space

NASA Satellite image of Gotland, Sweden.

Its beautiful, isn't it?

For those who don't know who Van Gogh is, try Google it.

From the Creator & Writer for Grey's Anatomy:

"I make stuff up for a living. Remember, it's not real, okay?"

Haha, everyone knows that. Just that the whole series of GA (Grey's Anatomy) is just so real. As if all the happenings and the way the characters are based on real life situation.

Great series. Highly recommended to watch. (Now is at Season 7 [: )

Catch the writers' blog at greyswriters.com.

16th Asian Games - Lee Chong Wee vs Lin Dan

Exciting game. Lee fought hard. I think Lin Dan still at advantage because he manage to anticipate and predict Lee's move, and reacted fast ahead, especially at net.

Still, very proud of Lee.

Samsung Galaxy S i9000 (Singapore) DXJPA (Froyo) ROM is out!

Yeap! For all Southeast Asia Galaxy S users, upgrade your firmware to Android 2.2 Froyo now! :)

Before you upgrade,

1. Backup all your important data, e.g. Contacts, Memo, although your data will stay intact with Kies upgrade. Just precaution.

This is what you can do to upgrade to Froyo using Kies:

1. (Important!) If you installed any Lag fix before, e.g. "OneClickLagFix 2+", undo them.
2. (Optional) Get the 3 buttons DOWNLOAD MODE working.
3. (Important!) Update to the latest Samsung Kies, refer to my post here. 
4. Install and run Kies.
5. Follow the steps in the Upgrade wizard. The process takes about 5 minutes.
6. Done!

If you prefer to flash manually using ODIN, download the firmware from this thread, and follow this post

If you unsure or whether to upgrade or not, these are the few advantages you'll get:

1. (So far) No more lag that you experienced in Eclair 2.1.
2. Added "sensor aiding" (to enhance positioning and save power using sensors) in Location settings.
• Basically means better+Faster GPS support compared to Eclair 2.1.
3. Able to use Froyo 2.2+ applications.
1. Chrome-to-phone extension in Google Chrome. (Not available in Sg yet).
2. updated Gmail App for Froyo 2.2.

Make Windows Load Your Desktop Before You Log In

Saw this video on Youtube. For those of you who thinks your desktop loads very slow, you can try this method save time - let your Windows load while you go do other things.

Pretty useful :)

上海美女教你吃大闸蟹

Crystal 超浪漫求婚

Still very sweet, although it looks like a Samsung advertisement :)

For those who can't tell:

• The girl is using Samsung Galaxy S.
• The guy is using Samsung Galaxy Tab.

If its really Samsung adv, I would say its a great strategy though, makes me digg out more info on Galaxy Tab.

The size of Samsung Galaxy Tab is just nice to hold using one hand - 7 inch ; As compared to 10 inch iPad, which is slightly big to hold using one hand.

And... its Android powered! :)

"...we can confidently say it's the best Android tablet on the market." - enGadget.

Read more about Galaxy Tab review at enGadget. The review is very throughout.

This is the official video from Samsung.

Nice, maybe will get one when I can afford. hahaha.

Entrepreneurs can change the world

Saw this video at HallwaysGarage and thought of sharing with all of you.

Its true. Most of the time, great ideas are simple ideas that can solve our daily problems; Most of the time, great ideas are our childhood ideas.

Remember a quote from the speaker at Tertiary Tech Conference (TTC) that I went to few months back:

If your idea is not simple, most likely its not a great idea; If your idea cannot be described in a short phrase, most likely it will not work out.

Airport: The Musical Flash Mob

Nice! Hope to see more of these :)

--
Side note:

Flash mob should be performed at open spaces.

Remember I accidentally bump into a flash mob at ION Orchard few weeks back. The mob was at the basement, which is very crowded cramped. Ah, can't even enjoy the performance well. And the performers also can't really dance well because of the people that walks around. Really... FAIL.

Hope that organizers for these kind of events plan ahead, and at least try to simulate/rehearse before the actual thingy.

But still flash mob is a very good idea. I LIKE.

My Secondary School Teacher

after (2010) - before (2001)

Just realize one of the people in my FB friends request is my secondary school teacher.

Don't why today suddenly decided to look through the photos of the people in my request list. And when I browse through her profile photo, I suddenly saw the old class photos.

No wonder I couldn't recognize her last time, because its so different. Its like totally different person. And she even tattooed!

2 year old translator

So cute. :)

Next time I also want to teach my kids different languages :)

Labistory - by "Group of 1987"

Part 1

Part 2

Not bad for a video from "Group of 1987" and "Centre of Picture Creation S/B".

Can tell that they went through a lot of detailed planning, before actually start video shooting. And the director/videographers quite experienced also, taken a lot of nice angles during the 2-days shoot.

Saw in the blog that they (Jayz, the producer) actually just started learning video-editing with Premier Pro when editing, quite impressive.

Not bad for '87 "youngsters. Haha. At least they've found their interest, direction. Not easy.

Thumbs up to Jayz and team.

Taken from labist0ry.blogspot.com.

Reminds me of the Big3 Productions, a small Sg startup video production company, founded by a group of friends, but actually gotten a lot of big deal, even from Sentosa.

After Monday n Tuesday even the Calendar says...

The next trend - Web on TV

Many, including me, believe that this is the next big thing. Google TV, Apple TV... In fact, I find many of my tech savvy friends already plugged their LCD/LED TV to CPU, and watch movie from harddisk / ppstream.

Maybe its about time the conventional TV channels to join the list of elimination, just like news papers, radio channels...

Find out more about Google TV here.

NASA Image of The Day

Face-off with Robonaut 2.

Robonaut 2, a dexterous, humanoid astronaut helper, will fly to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission. Although it will initially only participate in operational tests, upgrades could eventually allow the robot to realize its true purpose -- helping spacewalking astronauts with tasks outside the space station.

Image Credit: NASA/JSC Robert Markowitz

The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched

The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 carrying Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Scott J. Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka to the International Space Station.

Image Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi

Wedding Cinematography standard

Saw a friend's photo (and video) coverage on his friend's wedding. Looked through the whole photo album and have this feeling that the photos composure, settings and even focus point of some of the photos are just off.

Hmm, at least, its gives me idea of what kind of photographer (or videographer) I will look for next time ;)

Personally, I like work from Liwei.

One of his latest work.

Dexter + Samantha Same Day Edit from Liwei on Vimeo.

Tsubohachi @ Iluma Bugis

Tsubohachi 
#04-08 Iluma,
201 Victoria Street, Bugis.

Date: 28 October 2010
Saw a couple of bad reviews about this restaurant (here and here) before going there, but didn't expect it to be this bad.

My comments:

• Long serving time. It took more than half an hour before our food is finally served.
• Bad service. There are many stuff around, but they all seems too busy to take our orders. And some of the staff is dedicated to just a table? Thats what I observed.
• A bit overpriced for the food quality and quantity. I would rather go SushiTei.
• Cockroach on food? I wonder how they get class "A" for hygiene.

The dishes that we ordered.

The cockroach that is on my food.

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Anniversary Present :)

她给我の二周年礼物 - 我爱吃的巧克力蛋糕 :)

:)

我给她の礼物 :)

不知不觉，我们已在一起两年了。她对我的生活细节/习惯了如指掌；在我生病时，无微不至地照顾我（这两年，我生了4次大病）；常常改变她自己来适应我。最重要，和我share同样的目标。

这些日子，真的觉得很温馨有她时时照顾我，陪着我（配合我闹） :)

我真的觉得很幸运牵了她的手。

还有很多未来的日子。

More to come.

做作的我还拍了这张照　=.='

Life-like AIST Robot

4 years, from Asimo (movement) to full facial expression. Just left with development of unsupervised-AI-learning. Then we will have a complete human android.