A Halloween of Photo and Sketches

Happy Halloween, folks! I don't know what got into me. I'm not one to celebrate this scary night but I've got more than a treat for you. I've got a photo and two sketches! Have a great trick or treat but stay safe!

Turquoise Smurf

When was the last time I shared something Smurf? I couldn't remember but can't help but to share this. Angry turquoise Smurf that I came across via flickr blog's "Catchy Colours: The Turquoise Selection":

Ground Break

A discussion today that somehow led to a site ground break prompted this sketch 😁:

Starship in a Flurry

The McDonald's Nanoblock of Food Icons continue with a McFlurry:

And an Apple Pie:

Looking at them close-up and at different angles, they could be anything, especially the apple pie which could have been a very blocky starship.

Previously, there were the French Fries and Big Mac.

My 2 Minutes with the iPhones 6S and 6S Plus

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What can one do when one craves for a iPhone 6S but holding back because of the high price courtesy of weakening Ringgit and introduction of GST? Well, one would visit a reseller and at least hold the phones for a few moments!

Besides holding and admiring the rose gold 6S and silver 6S Plus, the other thing I did was to test out 3D Touch. The expected Haptic feedback was really solid. A little of peek and pop here and there. The next thing I tried was to switch between apps using 3D Touch by pressing deeper on the left of the screen. First time didn't work but the second time it happened. Not 100% intuitive, then, but good enough to spawn rumours that the home button is on its way out.

I had to hit myself when I realised that I've forgotten to test out how deep pressing would turn the software keyboard into a trackpad (similar to touching the keyboard on the iPad with two fingers). Unfortunately, I was already miles away from the store. Another time, then.

Concluding: While I was all excited over how Apple introduced 3D Touch during the keynote, I left the store feeling both Apple and developers have yet to squeeze out the technology’s full potential. There are still some ways from "cool to have" to a "must have". But don’t get me wrong. If I have got the money, I’d get one and being masculine and all, I’d get the rose gold one. :P

Leaves of a Palm

A couple of days ago, while roaming around at a site, I came across some palms so I took a photo. Only just now I revisited it with Instagram and did some rotation, cropped and applied the Skyline filter. My first intention was to have a straight up vertical photo of the leaves but I did something like that in B&W with some other leaf recently so, yeah, I thought this would look nice, too.

Toxic Sungai Muar

Another river in Malaysia getting polluted beyond hope if nothing is done to stop the source of pollution:

Muar Fishermen Association chairman Zainal Abdul Jalil said this was because rapid development of industries, including factories which dumped chemical wastes and affluent into the river had threatened the survival of various species of fish.

I'm surprised that the news piece did not mention the need for action to be taken against the source of pollution.
via The Sun Daily.

Half a Mac, Nano-fied Fries and Nanoblock-ed Kitties

Here are two of the McDonald's Nanoblock series of Food Icons currently available for collection (each is RM6 with any purchase). The last I heard, these icons were sold out at a lot of places. Good luck finding one if you have not already done so.

Almost two years ago, I've also managed to snap a photo of a few Nanoblocks Hello Kitties while walking around a local shopping mall. Here it is again:

Nature Rules Along the Road in Style

In my quest (hahaha, sounds like a great mission) to be more human, along the way I discovered nature never stops to balance itself in this planet, despite humanity's destructive behaviour. Given time, nature will win. 

Previously on a similar topic here.

Shadows and Pie

I can't explain what got into me but today, I tried to venture beyond my usual sketches - I tried putting shadows into a pie. As you can see, I've got big problems with applying shadows. Really need to go back to classes! :X

Well, I can always say that in this world, shadows don't appear as they are but that could be quite lame. :D

Stuck in a Jam

Traffic was really bad today on my way home from work. I was not pleased to be in this condition considering toll hikes are on the horizon. To relief the displeasure, I had this done:

What do you get when you keep forgetting to take your pineapple home?

A very ripe pineapple. My colleague left his pineapple in the office over the weekend and didn't turn up to claim it today. The normally greenish skin is turning yellow and gold. It's got to be very sweet now!

A photo posted by @ionbuck on Oct 12, 2015 at 8:36am PDT

Early end for this papaya leaf.

This papaya leaf was probably grind into its current state by some vehicle tyres but it did look kind of artistic so there you go if you were guessing why I took the photo. The papaya leaf had gained some traction lately in Malaysia ever since the dengue outbreak and an official recommendation from the Health Ministry.

A photo posted by @ionbuck on Oct 10, 2015 at 8:59am PDT

Zite Integrates into Flipboard and I discover a Dude Who Spent 18 Hours in a Starbucks

I love Zite because it learns to show me the news that I like to read. I also like Flipboard because it's presents news in a nice layout. I had wondered when will Flioboard do the inevitable after it acquired Zite - 2 become 1. Well, I'm sorry to say I found out about it only today because I've not used Zite for a long time. I could hardly finish my Feedly "Must Read" news!

I might have been too lazy to post this but the newly formed Flipboard-Zite relationship actually thought I would like to know a Huffington Post dude's experience when he decided to spend his 18 hours in a Starbucks, from open till close. Well, Flipboard-Zite was right. I did read the whole thing and now you could, too, if you decide to click here.

Swamped with Work

It's been crazy lately. Being swamped Swarming with work inspired this sketch today: