Sunday, 28 September 2008
Thrills & Spills
The Singapore Formula 1 GP was finally over with Fernando Alonso driving a Renault coming in first and Nico Rosberg in a Williams-Toyota taking a well deserved second even after taking a 10 seconds drive-through penalty. Sitting comfortably in third place was Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren-Mercedes, inching ever closer to his world championship title dream. There was lots of thrills and spills during the race, Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and David Coulthard (Red Bull-Renault) drove off with their refueling hoses still attached to their cars, Nelsinho Piquet (Renault), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) and a few other drivers hit the concrete walls at different parts of the race. Is this a successful F1 race by Singapore? Judging from the coffeeshop talk among the Ah Peks, the men in suits during lunch hours and the crowds at the race. Suddenly everyone is into the Formula 1 fever! We certainly think so. :-) Definitely looking forward to the next race!
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Singapore F1 GP fever
The Singapore Formula 1 GP has just started, here's a photo of the track when the lights were being stressed tested before its grand opening on Friday when the actual F1 drivers and their cars take to the roads. The lights were blinding and it was as though you were driving during the day! From the looks of it, it is a very tricky circuit with high accelerations down the straights and quick braking maneuvers to overcome the many tight and near 90deg-angled turns.
We are in for a terrific show this weekend! ;-) No predictions here, as street circuits are very unpredictable. Alonso might just be reclaiming his pride from the last Valencia street circuit. :-P Then again, who knows?
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Milltek designed exhaust for Scirocco
Milltek Sport has completed the development of a performance exhaust system for the VW Scirocco GT 2.0 TSi. The system features slightly enlarged twin 80mm tailpipes, larger, full bore pipework and acoustically efficient silencers for better exhaust gas flow. It will increase the cars performance and enhance driveability, and meeting the TÜV regulations. The exhaust system should be available in the UK by October. Now when will the car be launch in Singapore? :-P
Monday, 22 September 2008
Words Of Wisdom
More of His grace to others show,
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love who died for me. - Hewitt
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Garmin MapInstall & MapManager
Garmin has update its MapInstall & MapManager application for Mac, check out this page for more information.
Saturday, 20 September 2008
KPE tunnel opened
Finally, the KPE tunnel was opened today. We hope it'll cut our travelling time to the city or beyond and relieve the congestion along certain parts of ECP and PIE. Keeping our fingers crossed.
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.2
Apple has just updated the RAW file compatibility (version 2.2) for Aperture 2, and iPhoto 08. This update adds compatibility to Nikon D700 DSLR and many other digital cameras.
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Nuvi 760 software version 4.10
Garmin has updated the firmware (version 4.10) for Nuvi 760, do check out this webpage for more information.
Sunday, 14 September 2008
First overseas trip
We adopted Stitch from our recent trip to Japan and he has been lovingly called the "Blue Monster". (We know, not much creativity here... And whoever adopts stuffed toys?!) Since then, he has been loved dearly and last week, he found himself in Japan and the U.S.! Not bad for a first trip eh? :-)
Friday, 12 September 2008
Pump prices down!
Pump prices have gone down by 5 cents per litre across all grades. Hurray!!!
Garmin RoadTrip 2.0.1
Garmin has finally released RoadTrip 2.0.1 for Mac! RoadTrip enables a user to view Garmin maps; plan route and upload/download information to their Garmin GPS receiver. Formally known as Project Bobcat during the beta testing phase, it was renamed as RoadTrip with the official release. We hope Garmin will come up with a Mac version of NRoute in future, so that Mac users can use their computers to receive live GPS signal and use it for navigation.
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Words Of Wisdom
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
iPods revamped
The iPod lineup has been revamped and here are the summary:
iPod classic - Only a single model will be available from now on. 120GB model in silver or black that is as sleek as the previous 80GB model. Retailing for SG$398.
iPod nano - New sleek casing, new software and in 9 different colours. Comes in 8GB and 16GB, retailing for SG$248 and SG$328 respectively.
iPod touch - 2nd generation, sleeker design and new software. In 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. Going for SG$388, SG$498 and SG$648 respectively.
iPod shuffle - 5 different colours, two different capacity. 1GB retailing at SG$78 and 2GB retailing at SG$108.
*All prices obtained from Applestore Online.
Tuesday, 09 September 2008
Apple special event keynote
Steve Jobs was on hand to announce a series of music related news during a special event keynote. Catch it online at this webpage.
Monday, 08 September 2008
OnyX 1.9.7
OnyX was updated to version 1.9.7. The checking the S.M.A.R.T. status has been improved. Rebuilding the Spotlight Index in the Automation panel and other bug fixes, and improvements were added to this update.
Thursday, 04 September 2008
Sirocco coming?
We've heard unconfirmed report stating that the Sirocco will hit our shores before the middle of next year. Whether this will really happen, remains to be seen. :-P