Tuesday, 29 June 2004
Apple announces new products @ WWDC!
Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs introduces 3 new Cinema displays and demonstrated Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger at the Apples Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco this morning.
The new family of Apple widescreen flat panel displays come in sizes of 30-inch, 23-inch and 20-inch; the Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger has over 150 new features and is due to ship in the first half of 2005.
Friday, 25 June 2004
Our Hope!
We've always been interested in the Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm 1:4 IF-ED G lens, but did not have the chance to test it. Fred having only briefly handled it once loves the handling but was not sure of the optical quality. After reading this review, we are even more convinced to take a closer look at it. We hope Nikon Singapore will release the lens to the local market so that we can get of hands on it soon.
Thursday, 24 June 2004
LaCie SilverKeeper 1.1.2
LaCie SilverKeeper 1.1.2 is a freeware application that automates backups to external storage devices; essentially any read/write device that can mount a writeable volume on the Macintosh Desktop can be used. It's really neat piece of software that all Macintosh users should not be without.
Wednesday, 23 June 2004
Nifty trick with iPod
iPod revolutionalise the way we carry our music collection with us, we no longer need to bring along tens of CDs or MDs in order to enjoy our favourite selection. This is a great benefit for road warriors as it can lighten load significately. Another advantage of the iPod is its ability to record audio, and store it Digitally. For more details on how we can go about making audio recordings using iPod, do checkout this article for more info.
Thursday, 17 June 2004
Nikon Capture 4.1.2
Nikon has just released Nikon Capture 4.1.2 update, it features several bug fixes and useful enhancements. Do head down to this page for more info or click here to download.
Wednesday, 09 June 2004
New Power Mac G5s!
Apple has been wetting our taste buds! Not long after they released the nifty Airport Express? They have released brand new Power Mac G5s!
The Power Mac G5 line has dual processor models with speeds of 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.5GHz. The 2.5GHz model packs so much power that Apple has designed a liquid cooling system. The dual 2.0GHz and dual 2.5GHZ Power Mac G5 models also come with three PCI-X slots.
As usual, they all feature the SuperDrive at 8X. And they come with two FireWire 400 ports, three PCI expansion slots, ADC connector, DVI connector, analog audio in, analog audio out, optical S/PDIF in, optical S/PDIF out, front headphone and speaker jack and built-in Gigabit Ethernet as standard equipment.
All models are AirPort Extreme-ready and feature an optional internal Bluetooth module.
Tuesday, 08 June 2004
Airport Express
Apple has recently released a mobile Airport base station! *excited gasp*
It allows you to enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of your house. To share a single broadband Internet connection and USB printer without inconvenient cables. You can also create an instant wireless network on the go.
Extremely portable, AirPort Express weighs 189 grams and fits in the palm of your hand. And because it contains an internal universal AC adapter, theres no need to carry extra cables or a power supply. Just unplug and go.
Thursday, 03 June 2004
Adjusted Refresh plug-in
Adobe has just released the Adjusted Refresh plug-in for Photoshop CS, this plug-in addresses the time it takes to visually preview some filter updates. With this plug-in, display is redraw in smaller pieces hence time taken to see the updated preview is reduced. Do check this page for more details.
Wednesday, 02 June 2004
A Good Deed on Vesak
On Vesak Day yesterday, the group of 3 i.e. Peng Eik, Fred and myself went on a mission. The mission was to prevent people from releasing animals in public areas like reservoirs and canals.We were recruited by NParks as volunteers for this nationwide "exercise".
Celebrating Vesak day has its long-standing tradition, that is to release animals. Most people believed that releasing captive animals would bring good luck or to gain good karma. This is because they feel compassion for living things and want to do their best for animals in dire need of help.
However, they do not realise that the act of releasing those animals would be a cruel one. Commonly released animals such as, Red-eared Sliders (also known as the simplistic terrapin) and American Bull-frogs are not native to Singapore and thus would not be able to survive in the wild. They would also serve as competitors for living space and food against Singapore's own native wildlife.
Animal release especially during Vesak Day has become a commercialised affair. Wild animals are caught and sold at a fee to supplement the demand for this act. We should not encourage the capture of wild animals to contine.
Sadly in SIngapore, many people do not realise that it is a offence to release any animals into the public parks.
Peng Eik & Michelle on a duty @ Upper Seletar Reservoir.