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Where I write things out: meals worth remembering, trips, gadgets, and the odd strong opinion.

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  • September 30, 2005

    OS X 86 available for retail… in Bangkok

    The fact that retailers in Bangkok can openly display pirated software (although made up to look very authentic), is a perfect example of why education is greatly needed in…

  • September 11, 2005

    Hongkong Disneyland

    Much hype had been surrounding the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland tomorrow. Many have talked about the number of tourist from mainland China and elsewhere in Asia to Hong…

  • September 11, 2005

    Hongkong Disneyland

    Much hype had been surrounding the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland tomorrow. Many have talked about the number of tourist from mainland China and elsewhere in Asia to Hong…

  • September 4, 2005

    Katrina Themed Virus Attack Hits the Net

    WARNING! to the few friends who are still using Windows based computers.

  • September 1, 2005

    Philips to demo roll-up display at IFA

    This Philips technology is exactly the type of device shown in the motion picture “Red Planet“. Remember the electronic roll-up map that the characters use to check their…

  • August 26, 2005

    U.S. Copyright Office contradicting the US eGovernment Act of 2002

    Another example of IT department taking the easy way out.

  • August 24, 2005

    Movie: Stealth

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  • August 21, 2005

    Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    This evening I went to see the movie “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at Broadway Theater, Olympian City Plaza.

  • August 17, 2005

    Realistic facial animation

    At this year’s SIGGRAPH, SofImage; a subsidiary of Avid, demonstrated their software “Face Robot“, which allows animators to create facial expressions. More on that in The…

  • August 16, 2005

    Disasters Come in Threes?

    WARNING: The following post may offend some readers.

  • August 13, 2005

    Geo Location

    Today I decided to use my account on Flickr.Com to highlight some of the photos I had taken over the years, which are stored on Fotki.Com.

  • August 12, 2005

    Adding Geo Tags to Photos

    I like what Phillip Torrone describe so much that I added his technique to my photos on Flickr. Along with the other Geo Meta data in my site.

  • August 10, 2005

    Digg Leeching Exposed

    With the proliferation of “Social Bookmarks Managers” like Furl, Del.icio.us and Digg.Com it is unfortunate that people like those described in this article (by…

  • August 8, 2005

    The 2000 Mark

    Another month another milestone has been reached for my online store. Today I reached 2000 feedback points on eBay while still maintaining a 100% rating. According to most,…

  • August 7, 2005

    Movie: Robots

    This afternoon I went to see the movie “Robots” at AMC, Festival Walk.

  • August 4, 2005

    Another Thing to Add to the ¥100 Store

    What can you get for ¥100 in Japan? Well they have “¥100 Stores” like those “$1 Stores” in North America and “$10 Stores” in Hong Kong. They also have vending machines dotted…

  • July 27, 2005

    Sony® PSP™ Firmware 2.0

    Today Sony released the long awaited firmware update v2.0 for its PlayStation®Protable (PSP®), which contains among other improvements a web browser.

  • July 25, 2005

    Movie: The Island

    This evening I went to see the movie “ The Island” at Golden Harvest Theatre, Ocean Terminal.

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