[Shibuya]Jaywalking Army
Originally uploaded by akumach.
More umbrellas from akumach!
Saturday, 6 October 2007
[Shibuya]Leader of the Pack
[Shibuya]Leader of the Pack
Originally uploaded by akumach.
An interesting shot and the horizontal crossing lines vs the people with umbrellas really make the photo stand out.
Friday, 5 October 2007
From flickr: Esca-troncs
Esca-troncs
Originally uploaded by mmarsupilami.
Hmmm... looks like not good for the environment but nice photo nonetheless.
Thursday, 4 October 2007
// onceUponA_timeIn_Bologna THerewAS_aGirL wHoWAlk_tHeSKy WatERing_thEStreets
// onceUponA_timeIn_Bologna THerewAS_aGirL wHoWAlk_tHeSKy WatERing_thEStreets
Originally uploaded by //bwr.
WOAH! Flying lady!
The Dell Experience (cont'd, cont'd)
I really hope this is the last time I need to blog about this! The previous times are here and here. Today, Dell sent yet another technician (different from the one that called me yesterday) but I was impressed with this one. He disassembled very quickly and had this know-what-he-is-doing thing. Replaced the motherboard, replaced the heat sink and replaced the sound card (!!!).
He then reassembled the whole laptop back quickly as well. Unlike the previous two, he did not need to look here and there to see if he missed anything. CONFIDENCE!
At last, Dell redeemed itself... I hope... so far things tested out fine... keeping my fingers crossed. Unfortunately, I am quite sure that the 'new' motherboard in this laptop is really a refurbished one... but as long as it works fine... I do need to consider extending the warranty, though.
He then reassembled the whole laptop back quickly as well. Unlike the previous two, he did not need to look here and there to see if he missed anything. CONFIDENCE!
At last, Dell redeemed itself... I hope... so far things tested out fine... keeping my fingers crossed. Unfortunately, I am quite sure that the 'new' motherboard in this laptop is really a refurbished one... but as long as it works fine... I do need to consider extending the warranty, though.
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
More Donuts!
Previously, when the Pavillion opened last week... or was it the week before last? Anyway, I had no intention of going there until my burger loving friend andrewk shared out this J Co Donuts and Coffee (from Indonesia). Looks delicious enough... so fellow 67s and friends, when shall we throng the place?
Apparently, our favourite Big Apple Donuts was based on their concept! Oh no! What happened to originality??? Check out the photo below at those yummy donuts!
Photo and news source: masak-masak
Apparently, our favourite Big Apple Donuts was based on their concept! Oh no! What happened to originality??? Check out the photo below at those yummy donuts!
Photo and news source: masak-masak
The Dell Experience (cont'd)
Dell's supposedly senior technician called me today but I realised he was the first guy that came and changed my motherboard. Told him I am not free today so we rescheduled the appointment for tomorrow.
Previously The Dell Experience here.
Previously The Dell Experience here.
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Project 365! DAY 38
Project 365! DAY 38
Originally uploaded by boadiceafairy.
It's Wednesday midnight, mid-week. Should we all get into the mood of luuuuuuuuuuuuuv?
Only 999
By 1 January 2008, the emergency numbers 991 (medical), 994 (fire) and 112 (mobile) will all be merged back to 999 (currently used for police). However, users dialing the older numbers will still be routed to 999.
The Star Online Nation "999 for all emergencies" article also stated that "...callers can expect their calls to be answered within 10 seconds or after four rings." That sounds great! Calls will be fully managed by TM (Telekom Malaysia) but judging from my Streamyx connection tonight, I remain skeptical.
The Star Online Nation "999 for all emergencies" article also stated that "...callers can expect their calls to be answered within 10 seconds or after four rings." That sounds great! Calls will be fully managed by TM (Telekom Malaysia) but judging from my Streamyx connection tonight, I remain skeptical.
Oh, Maybe No Toll Increase
Today Star Online reported that the deputy prime minister said the cabinet had not decided on whether to increase the toll rates. Hmmm... let's see.
Previous post about toll hike was yesterday here.
Previous post about toll hike was yesterday here.
The Dell Experience
Let me tell you about my Dell experience. And as expected, it can't be good, unfortunately. It all began when the Wifi switch on my company laptop failed. Whenever I flicked the switch to off position, the wifi would intermittently turn on and off, and the on-screen display will also appear on and off. After keeping the switch at the 'on' position (which sort of eliminated that problem), I couldn't hold it anymore and called Dell.
I was impressed that the second day, a technician came and changed it. I was also amazed that he took the whole laptop apart and changed the motherboard just because of the Wifi switch. Anyway, all seemed fine until I went home and started playing this very old game (approximately 5 years or so old). It was smooth for the first... ummm... 5 seconds, perhaps, and then the laptop fine started to spin and sounded louder than usual. The whole game became jerky until it was unplayable. It was considered graphics intensive during its time but nowadays, any laptop with integrated Intel graphics would be able to play it. And mine is a nVidia 7400 Go.
Sigh... so the next day, I called Dell again. The following day, another technician came with cooling pads and a new fan with the believe that previously, the technician did not replace the pads which caused contact of the processors (Intel Core 2 Duo and nVidia) to the heat sink to fail. The technician could not scrape off the old thermal pads, so he stuck the new ones on top of the old ones (!!!). After assembling the laptop again, I held my breath and we tested. The system diagnostics were fine but the game was not.
He called some tech support and came back to uninstall and then reinstall the graphics drivers. Surprisingly, it worked fine... but after the tech left, the problem came back. For your info, I tried playing the game in air-conditioned and without air-cond environments. Previously, I never had this problem.
So, what do I do? I called Dell again (yesterday). This time, the support guy said he will send a senior tech and a new motherboard. He suggested that it would be best that I send it in but it was not possible as I need the laptop for work. To my disappointment, the senior tech did not show up today. I called again and the reason was Dell ordered a lot of parts (horrors!) and that caused the delay. The support assured me the senior tech will show up tomorrow.
We shall see...
I was impressed that the second day, a technician came and changed it. I was also amazed that he took the whole laptop apart and changed the motherboard just because of the Wifi switch. Anyway, all seemed fine until I went home and started playing this very old game (approximately 5 years or so old). It was smooth for the first... ummm... 5 seconds, perhaps, and then the laptop fine started to spin and sounded louder than usual. The whole game became jerky until it was unplayable. It was considered graphics intensive during its time but nowadays, any laptop with integrated Intel graphics would be able to play it. And mine is a nVidia 7400 Go.
Sigh... so the next day, I called Dell again. The following day, another technician came with cooling pads and a new fan with the believe that previously, the technician did not replace the pads which caused contact of the processors (Intel Core 2 Duo and nVidia) to the heat sink to fail. The technician could not scrape off the old thermal pads, so he stuck the new ones on top of the old ones (!!!). After assembling the laptop again, I held my breath and we tested. The system diagnostics were fine but the game was not.
He called some tech support and came back to uninstall and then reinstall the graphics drivers. Surprisingly, it worked fine... but after the tech left, the problem came back. For your info, I tried playing the game in air-conditioned and without air-cond environments. Previously, I never had this problem.
So, what do I do? I called Dell again (yesterday). This time, the support guy said he will send a senior tech and a new motherboard. He suggested that it would be best that I send it in but it was not possible as I need the laptop for work. To my disappointment, the senior tech did not show up today. I called again and the reason was Dell ordered a lot of parts (horrors!) and that caused the delay. The support assured me the senior tech will show up tomorrow.
We shall see...
Monday, 1 October 2007
The Ancient Atari
Wow, I had one of these, the Atari 2600! My first every owned IT-related stuff. I remembered playing Space Invaders, Pacman, Battlezone and Haunted Mansion on this. I used to have it plugged to a B&W TV, too! My mom bought this from a neighbour some 20 over years back. I still remembered having to buy new joysticks as these often broke quite easily. I must have been an Atari fan because after that, I bought the 3-in-1 Atari 520ST (PC DOS+ Apple OS + Atari OS in one, though I think it was really a con job because running DOS on it was really, really, really disappointingly slow, not so sure about the Apple OS).Source: Retro Thing "The Atari 2600 celebrates 30 years of low-rez fun" via Engadget
More Toll Increase to Greet 2008
As promised by our government when they increased certain toll rates earlier this year, next year will see even more increases. Eight toll concessionaires will increase toll rates by up to 10%. Works Minister Datuk S. Samy Velu said that he will bring the matter up to the cabinet and probably find ways for the concessionaires and the government to bare bear (thanks, andrewk for pointing this out) part of the costs. Nothing is confirmed yet at this moment, though.
Source: Star Online Nation "New toll rates by eight concessionaires from Jan 1"
Source: Star Online Nation "New toll rates by eight concessionaires from Jan 1"
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