Nike + iPod = I'm concerned...

Well, looks who has a new gadget!! New year new resolution, well so far I am keeping my words. I've been pretty active lately and been going to gym regularly. Normally first thing I do at gym is to jump on a crosstrainer, but last training I decided to jump on a treadmill and had a run instead. I had to say it almost kill me after a 2 min run! LOL.... poor effort. Oh well, at least I managed to walk and run for around 2.8km within 20 mins. Pete and I decided to set a goal this year and perhaps to try the City2Surf in August. So we both decided to get each a Nike + Ipod, and start running more often. Dare to say we are so inspired by our friend Morgan and his amazing stamina with his running. So hopefully I will be fitter, healthier.... and hopefully the cool little gadget will be on my shoe the whole time and not in the drawer.... well not too soon... I hope.

iPhone

I am blogging here at 7a.m in the morning. I actually already up around 5am in the morning, couldn't sleep. So instead I decided to wake up early and do bit of work, browsing flickr, update myself what's new in the cyberspace. And then this fresh fish just came out of the water!!!

Apple has just announced their latest coolest gadget ever, the iPhone!!!

Speculations been circling around the internet space for a long long time that the next generation ipod will be a full screen video interface. But damn, how would I imagine that Apple took one step further and turn it into a mobile phone!?!? So far I am loving what I saw, definitely is the gadget of the future everyone will have, or at least MUST have. All-in-one and fit in your pocket, what else can you ask for? Make toasts for u in the morning?!?!?


P/S: try the "Maps" section demo, I like how Steve Jobs just made a prank call to Starbucks in San Francisco.

According to Fortune Telling Birthday Book

Well I was in the bookshop looking for photography books, and decided to learn more about the photography history. I am seriously clueless when you come to ask me about the history of photography and definitely not a photographers name dropper. So I bought a few books by Taschen, and trying to pursue my photography career. While I was paying for the books, Pete saw this little red book and decided to get it as well. It's quite an interesting book while one of my sydneyphotobloggers owns one and predicted our fortunes for us. Well not sure about the others, I thought mine is pretty accurate.

So if you want to find out yours, just leave your DOB on comment and I will tell your fortunte for you. :)

DNA Art

Just saw this website called DNA11, and I think probably one of the coolest thing I've ever seen. It is your own DNA art framed on the wall. What you have to do is send your own blood sample in, they extract your string of DNA out under microscopic camera and turns it into an Art! Genius!!! I am digging the back light glow frame, at a USD$1300 a pop, mmmm maybe I can cut myself and let it bleed, so I can see what I can come up with.

My new messenger bag

Yay!!! Finally I have a new camera bag for all my heavy loaded camera gears. I've been using an average size LowePro since I owned a Canon 10D and works like a treat until my addiction to photography getting serious and owning more and more gears. Now my canon 20D together with the battery grip is a tight fit inside the small bag. Not to mention the extra new macro lens that I just bought not along ago. So I've decided to invest into a bigger bag for all the equipments.

I've been doing research on which camera bags to get and also like the idea of a messenger bag that doesn't shout out "camera bag". The obvious choice is the Crumpler million dollar bag, because everyone has them! And also just because everyone has one, so I despise the idea of getting one like everybody else with the bag shouting out as "camera bag". Mind you they ain't cheap either at $180 a pop, and I hate their logo. So I went for alternatives and got myself a Timbuk2 messenger bag.

The cool thing about Timbuk2 bag is you can customise your own bag using their online ordering system. Way cool. So the one you seeing in the pics is my own signature custom-designed bag for moi!!! And it's great size for all my camera gears too. The only drawback is it's not made for camera, but simply a messenger bag, so there is no padding inside. So next step, I will have to sew some padding inside to make it cosy and comfort for my camera. Love it.

Early Xmas Present.

...from Myself!!! I've decided to invest into a good lens for my Canon 20D. I've done lots and lots of research over the internet to see which lens is the best to get yet convenience and affordable. So finally I've decided to settle on the Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 USM Macro Lens. I've seen some good photos from the lens, my brother owns one as well and he has been taking some great photos. I can't wait to give it a good run and see what I can come up with. I probably will go to this Xmas outings this Sunday and meet up with some of the photography enthusiasts from flickr. Should be fun.

Me and my Katamari

Another reason why I love my PSP so much. They finally releasing the Katamari game on PSP!! Woo hoo!! I can hardly wait!! It is releasing in Japan on Dec 22, but US version wont be release till 2006. This time instead of going to roll up junks to build a cosmo, now they going to take a vacation and the prince is asked to build some katamari islands for the homeless animals. Another cool feature of the game is it can link up 4 PSP wirelessly to play simultaneously! Total cool!! I can't wait!!! Hmm another thing add to my wishlist!!

iTunes Store + HD Trailer

Long awaited Australia iTunes Store is finally here. Not like we can't download songs from internet, ninemsn and Telstra BigPond already have this service for a long time, but just because this time is by Apple, so everyone is jumping ship and following the hype. Now you can download a song at $1.69 or the whole album for $16.99, is definitely cheaper buying a CD. But actually Ninemsn Music is cheaper at only $1.49 a track and $14.99 for the album. But then, I think I would still buy CDs if the album is really worth it cuz the sound quality is still better on a CD than MP3.



Another thing worths mentioning is the new Apple trailer page. I like watching trailers and get all excited about the upcoming movies. What makes it even better is now you can watch the trailer in High Definition. The file size is bigger than normal trailer, but is definitely worth the wait.

Space Odyssey 2005

Can anyone guess what this sci-fi capsule spaceship lookalike thing is? Click on to be amazed!!!

If Japs can have a water squirting at your bum hole toilet bowl, why can't cats have a toilet that will scoop out the poop itself? This little gadget called "Litter Robot" is one of the latest invention for the cats while they doing their business. Your cat jumps inside, poo in it, then it will automatically rotates after 7 mins. The heavy poo will fall into the trap, and it will reset itself for the their next visit. It's ingenious product, and looks fucking cool! It's selling at USD$329 a pop, and shipping from USA to Australia would be a killer. But if you love your cat so much definitely worth it, not to mention my little experience with my Pepe isn't going so well...

My new Canon 20D

Finally my Canon 20D arrived today. I have been playing around with it abit tonight, and here's just a picture I took of Pepe in raw format and post-processed. The color of the image is bit funny, because the original photo is yellow because Pepe was sleeping infront of the halogen heater. But I am loving it so far :) Already plan for a day trip to Katoomba this weekend and give the camera a good test out up in the mountains. Should be fun. Click on the image to check out the details of the image, is ARRSOME!

Sony DSC-R1

I used to be a Sony cybershot hybrid-SLR digital camera fan, and I have owned all last 3 models until the last model I owned was disappointingly unsatisfied. The last model DSC-F828 half-SLR pretending digital camera was a dud. Despite the 8 megapixel (in reality, you only get 7.2 megapix) feature on the camera was a good catch back then, but the noise on the pictures taken were unbearable. So I didn't own it long, and quickly got rid of it and switched to Canon 10D and I couldn't be happier.

Today I just read about Sony is going to have another model of those hybrid SLR-pretend digital camera coming out this November. This time they don't called it like they used to anymore (eg. F717, F727 or F828), the model now is called DSC-R1. And so far it claims to be the first non-SLR digital camera with 10.3 megapixel. But it's fucking ugly in my humble opinion!!! What's with that flip up LCD screen and swivel back and front??? It just not user-friendly. So basically, if you don't want to flip it up, you will have to take your shot from the waistline, looking the LCD from the top. And why would you want to flip to the front anyway?! As if the shooting object can see what u trying to do?! Unless u really love yourself so much and have to keep flipping backward to keep taking photos of one self. By putting the LCD on top, which means leave a wide space at the back, and it just look weird. All they trying to boost is about how good the LCD is, with a larger format sensor, but it doesn't affect the quality of the image taken. It might look good on the LCD, but the truth is when blow up on PC screen it will be just as same. In my opinion, all the extra features are just gimmicks, unless they sort out the noise reduction issue when shooting at ISO 400 or in low night. But at the price at only US$1000, I guess is worth to give it a try when you can't afford a big gun like M16.

G-spotting

A new nifty gadget by google, this application allows you to track visitors to your website using Google Maps called the gVisit, but they are not affiliate with Google itself. So the pic above is showing all the users' G-spots who visited to my website. You can zoom in real close even find out what street they live in, but I assume the G-spot probably indicating the ISP location instead of the real G-spot of the user, depends on the network set up. The G-spots are growing, almost like having a massive bukkake.



This is Ah-Jing's G-spot. Now we all can stalk her! LOL, feel any orgasm coming?!

The Latex Rubber Girl

Warning : Not Safe For Work!

Is it a bird? It is a plane? No, It's Latex Rubber Girl! Another Japanese fashion sense like you never seen before. We've seen the Gonguro Gals* are slowly disappearing, and Gwen Gwen bringing a new hit and re-emerges the Harajuku Gals, so the Decorers^ are back! And what I have here is for those who likes to be a little bit kinky in their lives, perhaps like to dress like a Giant Vagina on their heads, or maybe as a little puppy to be your Mistress' slave. Kariwanz, a website belongs to Karin and Wanco. On the site it says, Wanco in Japanese language means 'doggie'. Ms. Karin is the keeper of the doggie. It's just our relationship. We create original 'fetish items' made of rubber, leather and so on. We love joyful event, and delicious food.

I would have to say the costumes are pretty amazing, almost like out of a sci fi movie. They all come in themes like, Baroness, The captain of Duck, SweetRose, Pink Pink and Blow Up! (pic above). You know the smell left on your hands whenever you finish washing the dishes with rubber gloves on, well now just imagine that stink is all over you. Not to mention, the sweat and all, definitely not easy to be kinky and look pretty.

* Gonguro Gals - Those who likes a fake tan so much, will dye their pale japanese skin into a fake dark brown color, and with bright color make up, normally is pale white lipstick. And Ayumi Hamasaki was one of the Gonguro Girl once.
^Decorer - one who thinks their body is a blank canvas and like to decorate it with beautiful colorful objects they can find and hang around their bodies, for eg, Hello Kitty plush, Mardi Gras colorful beads, and Pink, yes lots of Pink! Cuz they ain't no Hollaback Gal!!

007: The Lady with the Golden Wand.

Potter, this is a magic wand, not for you.

Bond, James Bond. The man, the secret agent, the heart throb, the horny bugger, the man with all cool gadgets. But what about a woman who just wanna be like James Bond who owns flashy gadgets and being secret?! Here is what I have for you...

Mi-Su, an innovative sex toy design company in UK, has created a luxurious product range which is a fusion of jewellery and sex toys. Made of solid titanium, rose quartz and obsidian, and adorned with diamonds, sapphires and other precious and semi-precious stones, the products are both decorative and fun. For a more personal touch, the full range of birth-stones and zodiac stones is available.


The Mi-Su custom-made Couture, I called it "The Strawberry Kisses".

Not everyone can afford a phoenix-feather wand like Harry Potter does, in other words, not every woman can be as classy as Audrey Hepburn, owning one of this Titanium Wand. You have to have a deep pocket, and dig out a whopping of £1300 (approx. US$2,273.73) for this magic wand!!! Ooohhh yes... a very expensive orgasm indeed.

And if you get bored with the Golden Wand, buy another 9 more, line them up from 1 wand to 4 wands in 4 rows respectively, you can have your own little 10 pin bowling at home. Just don't chip it cuz it can be nasty the next time when you wanna grind it.


Thanks to Nelson for the resource, who's your DADDY?!

Would you like to buy a vowel?

Haven't been so excited about a keyboard for quite a long time, finally there is something that caught my eye. Optimus Keyboard they called it, is designed by Art Lebedev Studio in Russia by the founder named Artemy Lebedev of course. I don't know many Russians in my daily life, but man, check out those geeks genius from the company, very intensed indeed.

Optimus Keyboard, the keyboard of the future they called it, every key is a stand-alone display showing exactly what it is controlling at this very moment.

What it means is it uses OLED technology to produce this keyboard. Each and every key is its own LCD display, all of the keys themselves are fully programmable to allow the user to set the keys up to any configuration they wish. The keys can be programmed for games like Quake, applications like Photoshop, and even languages. Not to mention the keyboard has a very sleek design as well.


The keyboard is in production now and will be coming out soon in year 2006. Apparently the images of the keyboard from the website is only a prototype and not the real thing. All the images are 3D rendered, I am pretty impressed to say the least.

R2-D2 Drink Cooler

Man..... why Japanese always have the cool stuffs and we don't! :( Apparently only 2000 lucky winners can win this R2-D2 pepsi cooler dispenser. Just picture this of my future new office:

1. My Gorillaz figures on top of the desk


2. A 2ft salt water tank with a Nemo swimming in it


3. A R2-D2 Drink dispenser


4. Ambient music broadcasting from the Bose dock system

iPod upgrades.

Man, now I feel like an upgrade on my 20gb iPod with this new color version one. Not that it is much a bigger improvement, but who doesn't want something just a little bit extra? I think able to view images on iPod in color is pretty cool, even though the screen is small and I can do the same thing on my digital camera or the PSP, but the iPhoto wall can be an interesting little cool project I would like to try using the color ipod.

Gorillaz in vinyl

Just received the Gorillaz figures I've ordered from Kidrobot. They are awesome and they are huge!!! Definitely worth every single penny. The only thing I would like to improve on the figures are articulations, there are not very posable, apart from arms and head. But still, since they are already in cool poses I kinda don't mind it. Go and get them now, only 2000 set limited. But you can wait for the Red Edition which is coming out soon. Check out my Flickr for more pics.

My new Razr.... SHARP!~

Finally I had enough with my 3G phone, and decided to get a new one even the contract hasn't finished with 3!!! Gosh how much I hate 3!!! I've been missing voicemails, missing messages and missing calls!!! And the phone keeps running out of memory, and the battery life lasts just one day, and is fucking big like a log!!! Let's forget about it cuz now I am very happy with the new phone, oooo yes.... my new baby, the Motorola V3 Razr.


From my 3's log, to a slim design Razor is a treat. Now I can carry it around in my pocket without my pants falling down. Not to mention the new phone is so light and I accidentally dropped it last night in the club... My first day owning the phone and I dropped it... wooo.... ^_^'

Don't you like my Sushi wallpaper?! hahahah... It makes me hungry whenever I open my phone.



And the illuminated keyboard is very sexy...

Lego Mecha

I don't remember LEGO is that much fun!! This guy been posting his creation of androids, mecha using LEGO on the flickr, is quie jaw dropping. Then I ventured to this site where there is a group of never seen daylight LEGO enthusiasts, came up with something truly amazing LEGO bots.

The world is round

I finally got a fisheye lens that I am happy with. The fish-eye camera I bought from Lomography is utterly crap. It already broken just after 1 month, with the shutter button won't fire anymore. Then, I've been hunting for a fish-eye lens on Ebay, and not surprise all the good shit are from Russia. The first lens I bought was a Zenitar M 2.8/16 lens from Russia. I took a few shots and wasn't happy with the angular field as the pictures appeared curvy, but not much. So decided to sell it off.

This new one I got is a Peleng 3.5/8AC lens, and you definitely can see the fish-eye results. The lens is custom made to fit the Canon EOS mount, but it does come with lots of different adaptors for other cameras too. Somehow, the mount just fits in but it doesn't lock, so having bit trouble while trying to adjust the aperture and distance on the lens and the whole thing turns. Need more practice on it I think. And one more issue I found with these fish-eye lens is they don't have microchip sensor built in, so it can't really send any data back to the camera body to give you the information on your viewfinder. So sometimes when I take a picture and while trying to save it into the flashcard, it just crashed!!! Because there is no information trying to save into the flashcard together with the image and it just won't recognise it and gave me "ERROR 2" on the LCD screen. I am bit worried about it actually hopefully it won't crash the OS in the camera. If not, I'll be fucked. But still, I have great fun with it, and planning to go to Hunter Valley for the long weekend and take some great shots at the vineyards. There are more pics taken using this fish-eye lens in my Flickr.

I ♥ MY PSP

I did few research to see which is the best way to get the PSP at the most reasonable price, at the end of the day, Ebay is still the place to go for. Sony has already announced the retail price in Australia will be at $429 when it comes out in September, that price is for PSP itself and not the value pack which is what I got for only US$260 (about AUD$320). The Value Pack has the case, cables, earphones, 32mb memory card etc. Unless if you are not fuss about owning one, but if you do thinking of getting one, then I advice you not to wait, cuz the price won't be cheap when it gets here after the shipping and custom tax. Overseas model is just as good since there is no region lock on all the games.


I can tell you the PSP is soooo sexy!!! The game is amazing just as good as playing on a PS2, but this you can bring around and play anywhere you want! On the bus, train, and even in the office!! I only bought 2 games, Wipeout Pure and Lumines (Tetris like game, quite addictive), and I am loving both.



PSP is not just a game console, it is almost an entertainment device which u can upload your photos to view on the big screen, watch movies, and listen to mp3s! The UMD disk has the capacity of 1.8gb of space, which means a lot of mp3s, and a very high quality movie and lots of pictures. Well this technology yet to come so far you can only upload to a Sony memory stick.

It has a thumbnails feature showing all the photos in the memory stick which is quite nifty. It is soooo good to view the image you've taken on a big wide screen on the PSP. It is awesome!! Definitely a handy feature while on holiday checking out the pics I've taken.

Are you game?

I've been told there is a parcel waiting for me at home.... from Japan, and the parcel is scented with sweet aroma, I wonder.... and I can't wait to get my hands dirty with it... will keep you posted with the outcomes what I think of is.

Still have no clue... find out yourself.

New game consoles revealed

PS3, Nintendo Revolution, Nintendo Gameboy Micro, and XBOX 360.

I'm not a big game player, cuz I don't even have time to finish my Katamari Damacy game! But anyway, who doesn't like to see some new gadgets that you can drool a bout? Since last week, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo had started to reveal their latest game consoles that will be unleashed next year 2006. To start off with, we have Microsoft put out the ugly "Foxtel set-top box" like console, called the Xbox 360. If you do a size comparison with the first XBOX, I guess this new Xbox 360 is consider rational size as a console, but still will be an ugly plastic box sitting in your lounge room. The controller isn't much to talk about really, the design hasn't changed much compare to the old one, apart from is white. Microsoft always just like to have the "best" of everything, and they do have better performance and graphic quality over PS2, and some games screenshots from the Xbox 360 does look saucy, as you can hardly see the polygonic 3D objects but with a smoother texture rendering edges.

As for Sony Playstation, what were they thinking when they designing the PS3?!?!?! I am quite disappointed with the design of the console. It is one ugly mutha fucka! You would have thought they can come up with something more stylish and compact after the slim design PS2, but the new PS3 is a fucking giant shoe box! But that'
s not it, have you seen the indigenous boomerang lookalike controller?! I think the long handles and the turbo dual shock mode do serve another purpose, if you know what I am saying.... Overall, I am not impressed.

But on the bright side, Nintendo has raised the bar and came up with something nice to look at and clever too. Nintendo announcing the new console called the Nintendo Revolution, so the question is, what happen to the Gamecube? I don't mind the minimalised style of the console, just a nice slick shiny box with blue led glow on the CD rom slot. If is not because they have very limited games available, it definitely will be on my wish list. I don't mind those cutie cuties games from Nintendo, but I just wish they can break the boundaries bit more and away from the old cliched Mario Bros and Zelda. If the Nintendo Revolution doesn't awe you enough, well check out this new little Gameboy Micro by Nintendo too! It's only 0.4inch thick and around 2 inch wide. Well is cute, is pocketsize, but I doubt is playable for the big-thumbers, might end up with Arthritis.

Guess what it is?

I got home and saw there is a parcel waiting for me. I was so excited!! Have a guess what it is.... Find out next page.

Happy!!! Just bought this Adidas Watch on Ebay the other day and it didn't take long to arrive from Singapore. The design is different and I like the simplicity of the digital clock display. One thing bugs me is you only can read the time by pressing the button, and the time will only show for like few seconds. I wish it can transform me from place to place though. that would be cool!

Looks like I will be having cereal for lunch for the next few weeks!!!!

Nikon Coolpix S1

One more word - HOT! Currently owning way too many cameras, from Lomo to large format, to polaroid, to underwater Camera, to digital, but this little cute gem definitely can't be left out! At the moment I have 2 digital cameras, one (Canon 10D) for professional use, and one (Pentax Optio S4) just light-weight to carry around. The Pentax Optio is good to carry around but I found the quality isn't that impressive. I would definitely switch to this new Nikon Coolpix S1 once it comes out in April. The price is not too shabby at all at only USD$380, I think is very reasonable price.

For the specs part, The S1 has a five megapixel CCD, a three times folded-optics zoom lens (a first in a Coolpix) and a 2.5" LCD monitor (another Coolpix first). The S1 also features some Coolpix technology such as Face Priority AF, in-camera red-eye fix and D-Lighting. The (admittedly pretty stylish) Coolpix S1 will be available in three colors; black, silver and white, it will be out in April at about US$ 380. Additionaly there will also be a waterproof case available. The waterproof case definitely a thumbs up for me, I love to take it down underwater and snap pics of the fishie while snorkelling... YAY! And it comes in 3 colors, well White is my pick.

Moto Razr V3

One word - HOT! I can't wait till my contract with 3 to finish so I can switch my fucking brick (Motorola A920)! This new released Motorola Moto Razr V3 does get my attention. It is only at 0.54 inch thin and weighs 3.35 ounces, and the design is seamless and slick. I don't normally use mobile phone much except few phone calls and sms, so features of a phone really doesn't bother me much, so long it has the basic features and shit. That's why normally I just go for the design. I still consider Motorola has the best mobile design ever. I used to have the 360 degree swivel phone, after watching Sammi Cheng using one in the movie. Actually I still like that phone alot. There is no other phone companies can beat Motorola as far as I am concerned. Nokia, just trying too hard with their design, the real thing always look so plasticky. Nokia die-hard fans will always say they familiar with the functions and where buttons are on a Nokia and found other phones user-unfriendly. And for Sony-Ericsson, well the phone is well-built, mainly focus on features. But the design is so-so really. Since K600 to P800, the design is still the same without changing much. So this time I would really give the new Moto Razr V3 a big thumbs up.

Now I just have to wait patiently till my contract finishes, the Moto Razr V3 now is selling at AUD699.00 in Australia. OUCH!

PDD - Helix mobile

Normally I don't just plug any new mobile that release in the market but this one caught my eye. PDD, UK's number one product innovation consultancy, will be displaying the Helix concept phone at the 3GSM World Congress. This mobile definitely not something you see everyday. Not like the Nokia new released, I had a look of the real thing at the shop and the phone looks so plasticky, is like a $2 toy. Design wise, both thumbs up for me, it is a clam-shell mobile with a screen that rotates 180 degree when open to show the large equaliser when using it as a MP3 player. Oh yes, not just MP3, it might have minumum of 20GB storage for songs and photos, and a Whopping of 5.0 megapixel camera built in. I think all the phones nowdays should be as useful as this one. If this prototype really going to be released then I think this will come to my wishlist replacing my iPod and my Hutchison 3 phone and my Pentax 4 digital camera.

PodBrix

Not a Lego fan myself, used to when I was 8yo, but this one is for Lego and iPod die hard fan. This little lego has nothing to do with you iPod what so ever. It just says it all on the site "PodBrix sells modified minifigs inspired by the popular ad campaign for portable music players. In the future we may branch out to other related minifigs." In another words, "We just like to suck cocks and take credits and make some big bucks out of someone elses original idea and bite me!" Well there you go, limited to 300 pieces but 300 suckers already bought them. All gone.

A story about a cat and an apple

Everyone is trying to real hard to bring the iPod down, and this time is Napster showing their secret weapon. By offering $15 per month and you can download as many Mp3 as you want. However, only if you have to choose from one of the 2 ugly Mp3 Players that comes with the deal. The offer is pretty good, but I think the die hard iPod fans will not even think of an Mp3 player with any other color than white as the new black.

Starck naked

This cordless mouse that comes with my Acer PC has been acting up recently. It keeps dropping out and won't receive any signal, even I've just replaced with new batteries. So decided to get a new mouse with 'cord' so I don't have to deal with this 'wireless' problem again. There are so many mouses to choose from nowdays, but have decided to get the new Microsoft mouse designed by Philippe Starck fo $59.95 (not cheap). Well, the design is cool, but the mouse itself really doesn't do much. At first I thought there are 2 extra buttons for 'back' and 'forward' function like other mouse has. But it was just part of the design!!! RIPP OFF!! The blue light kinda cool, and the whole left panel is the left button and same for the right side. So have to hold the mouse very gently cuz is very easily to rest your hand on the right button and opens up the right menu whole time, kinda annoying! It only took few hours, the mouse started to make squeaky noise when I press the left button gently... fucking annoying!! Never ever tempted to buy an useless product just because it looks cool. Lesson learnt.

idog

(Fanning my both hands over my face frantically like accepting the title of Miss Peageant), Oh my god!~ Oh my god!~ I can't believe this!

Just found out through TodayisToday, Sega Toys Japan is going to release a new robot pet name idog, that goes with your ipod!! idog will have all the sensors like an AiBO by Sony, plus more!! Once you hook up your ipod to the idog, it will serenade to the music playing the song through the speaker on its belly, and it will start waving its tail, head and ears synching to the rhythm of the songs!! It will be releasing in Japan on the 2nd of April, they haven't announced the price yet, but I assume gonna be expensive :( Maybe my Japanese friend at work can help me to get one... mmm let me add it to my wishlist... *wink wink*

iPod Shuffle

Apple finally revealed the new generation for their beloved popular iPod. From a cigarette case size down to credit card size, and now the brand new petit iPod Shuffle, just as big as a chewy. A little tiny gadget, comes in 512mb or 1Gb capacity of storage which holds up to around 240 songs. The technical part, everything works the same, but without click wheel nor a screen display to see what you are playing cuz it is called "Shuffle", so the whole idea is to listen to songs randomly and just enjoy.

Apple is not the first one who came up with the idea to have mp3 player the size of a chewing gum as there already tons of them in the Hong Kong market. Since I already got my iPod 20Gb, so I won't worry about too much to have one of this. However, to alot of trend followers, whatever released by Apple is a 'cool'! Right? Admit it, gadget will always be a trend statement, showcasing the status of coolness, chic, and won't be long, Sydney sidewalk will be full of wankers with a white chewing gum hanging on their necks, listening Shannon Noll, "what about me?"...

Updates:
This is funny. http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif. I rest my case.

Pepe growing up...

Snapshot an awe

I was so excited about this new camera that I picked up last Saturday even though the deal with this guy was so cheesy like in a movie. I had to wake up early in the morning to drive all the way to Turramurra to do this deal as the seller had a cricket game whole day and won't able to make it but only early in the morning. When I got there, I had to make a phone call and asked the seller to come and meet me at the address he gave me. So I waited there, and this Black guy came out from somewhere totally different from the address he gave me. So he greeted me and showed me the camera in the bag, explaining all the equipments are inside the bag etc and telling me he is from Jamaica and how it has different plug. I already kinda expected he would have got the camera from Ebay or some other countries as the offer I got the camera is quite reasonable for a Canon 10D. But the camera body does look good and spotless and here come the cheest part, I have to take out my wallet and gave him a stack of $50 right on the spot, next to the busy Pacific Highway. And he started to count the money right on the spot, this is the part I hated the most. I know it was totally a "LEGAL" transaction next to the road, but it fucking look like I am buying drugs off him and definitely look like an activity can easily attracted some police attention. But anyway, I just quickly said thanks and made my way off the crime scene.

I took the afternoon testing out the new baby. I went to Dubbroyd Park and follow the bushwalk to take some pics of the mother nature. The results are awesome especially the strong depth of field on this camera is impressive. But the seller only sold me a 64mb Flash Card which easily used up after few shots. So today I checked out the Ebay and found the latest fastest 1Gb microdrive Flashcard and placed an order. Hopefully I will get it on time before my Tasmania trip this Xmas. Here are some samples from the camera.

I am a Camera Freak

I have to admit I am a camera addict! So far I own 6 Cameras, a 1980s Olympus P half size 35mm camera, a Minolta underwater 15ft camera, a Lomo camera, a Lomo big format 160 camera, a Sony DSC-F828 8.0 megapixel cyber-shot and a recently bought 4 mega pixel Pentax Optios S4. But now my hands are itchy and is time to upgrade my Sony F828. I've owned the previous model F717v and it had been a good camera for a long time till I thought the 8 Megapixel is the way to go and upgraded to the Sony F828. However, as there are few limitations on the Sony F828 compare to the other SLR Digital Camera, so I've decided to upgrade to a Canon 10D. Even though the Canon 10D is only 6 mega pixel, but I have seen the quality of the images taken using it and I have to say it is much better than the Sony F828. But of course, the price for a Canon 10D is very nice too! Just the body alone already cost about $1700.00. Since I only owned the Sony DSC-F828 only for about 6 months, and is still almost like new, so I've decided to put on Ebay and sad seeing it go. If there is anyone out there interested, check it out, if you've been always on a small compact digital camera and thinking about upgrading and don't wanna spend too much, well then... here's your chance!

Livly Blog Pet

Saw 冬之谷 has a little cute blogpet, so I ended up with one myself. I called it "Pepe", name after my cat. I've set it up but unfortunately I can see Pepe no where I think is because I am behing firewall at work. I am not sure how to make it appears on the screen or how to feed him and increases its experience. It is quite an advance blog pet simulation as you can change the environment, the pet image and even using it to communicate with other bloggers. It's worth a try.

Ayu... so thin. Snapped!

Talking about Ayumi Hamasaki, Panasonic just launched the world thinnest Ayumi limited edition digital camera - D-Snap AS30. This is a hottie! At the moment I have a Sony F828 Digital Camera and I found it tedious sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is a crap camera, apart from the high noise level on the image, it is quite a good camera. Sometimes when you wish you have a small gem can just fit into your pocket when you go out to pub or dinner with friends, so you don't have to carry a huge camera bag around everywhere you go. I was eyeing the Sony DSCT3S 5megapix digital camera but after discovering this cool Panasonic 9.9mm thick digicam, I think this gotta be in my wishlist. 9.9mm thick, cool design, 3megapix just high res enough for some daily shots. The only thing is only released in Japan, now getting one is a question.

You're Toasted!

Just imagine when you wake up in the morning and trying to figure out what boring breakfast you gonna have this time...zzz...z.... If I got this little gadget I am definitely won't be skipping my breakfast every morning like I do now.

Behold!!! The Sanyo Hello Kitty Toaster! It doesn't just toast your bread, it toast a Hello Kitty face on each slide! How much fun would that be?! The problem is though, you probably won't want to smear the jam or butter on the toast since is soooo pretty!!

iPhoto, iWant! U2?

I am like Vicky Pollard goes "Ooohh my God!" Just found out the speculation about Apple gonna release a new iPhoto with photo viewer feature finally come true! The new iPhoto is hot! 60gb! LCD screen display!! How can you resist?!? It makes

Not just that! They even launching the limited edition U2 ipod after they have done an ad for them. The slick black with red dial!! Oh my mutha fucking god!!! I WANT ONE NOW!!!!!

Pimp Watch

Watch for pimps! I just had a quick browse at Tokyoflash website and noticed they have just released another new pimp watch. The watch itself looks fucking hot from the images they've put up on the website and I got sucked into it. I bought one of their previous release pimp watch and it was shat! The watch itself came with very dim LEDs light and you can hardly tell what time it is. And the seller from US offers to replace the LED to the better ones. Not just that, the images always showing how cool it is with the LEDS light up showing you the time but in reality, you have to freaking keep pressing it to show the time as the it only will lights up for like 5 seconds and goes off again. To make it worse.. if you read the description closely "The watch measures 2.9 cm wide, 5.5 cm long and 1.1 cm thick." ..... 1.1cm thick!?!?!?!? You will be like wearing a fucking brick on your wrist! It does look cool, but is not usable!

Sidekick Bag

I am a happy camper today! My Lomo Sidekick Bag finally arrived! I've ordered it for weeks, and even called Austria up to chase after them. Finally they got their gear up and posted it over last week. For those who doesn't know what Lomo is, check this site. Basically this bag is a camera bag, which you can store your lomo camera, rolls of films, even your lomo photo album! The bag is made of vinyl, lots of storage, with the #1 golden rule embossed on the front - Carry your camera everywhere you go (how true!). This definitely will encourage me to carry my cameras around more often and snapshot around!~ Swanky!!

FriendZoo!

If I was 5yo kid again! This will definitely be in my hot list and I will love school so much till I will on this FriendZoo PC night and day!!! This desktop is designed for educational purpose in japan for kids. They are a low end PC, a celeron, 256mb RAM, 40gb, and TFT 15" monitor. But still, I showed to Jay from work and he just logged in a request for me to have one on my desk! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

TO:CA

Came across this little gem by a Japanese Designer, Kouji Iwasaki. It a block of wood, or issit a clock? I still havent figured out it suppose to work with the LED display on just a piece of wood. Starting price at 30,000 YEN. I think is worth it :)

Read here at Mocoloco

Or if you are rich you can get it here

iWant!

I used to have an ipod and never thought much about it, so I sold it after 1 week on Ebay. As I always thought I never get the chance to use it much since I drive to work and listen to MP3s on my PC instead. But the new released Ipod Mini and the latest Ipod with 20gb and 40gb capacity definitely makes me drool all over it again. Just to let you know I've put inside my wish list so perhaps one of my wish for this upcoming October birthday will come true... (wink wink!)

Pixelblocks

I totally dig this new style of LEGOs called Pixelblocks. It is more or less the same as LEGO is just more in square shape and translucent. So if you have a great pixel image and wanna make it into a wall feature, well get this pixelblocks, I suggest 2800pcs to make a nice piece of art to hang on your wall. I can't wait to have my hands on some of these goodies. Find out more about this toy :

http://www.pixelblocks.com

I wanna be the next Quentin Tarantino!

I always dream of making a short film, but the hand held handycam always let me down with their quality. And I came across this site today and found this little gadget. The smallest, lightest and most affordable HD/Super 16 film camera in the world. The price is bit overbudget for a homemovie making dreamer like me, but definitely is a good investment if you really into making a movie like Steven Spielberg. Check it out

Say "Cheezz!"

Lately I've been bit possessive over Cameras! I just can't stop looking at cameras and feel like getting them all! My very first camera is an automatic SLR by Yashica, and it was a good experience and learnt alot what a fascinating camera is. Then 2nd one is a SLR Minolta, and then a 1mg FUJI digital, and then a 5mg Sony DSC-F717v. The Sony one has been a good camera for 2 years and finally I got rid of it last week and got a new one! The new one is a Sony DSC-F828, and which has a whooping of 8mg! I am so looking forward to my Europe trip and give me a good test run!

Today,
an email came in and showed me this little gadget! A nice vintage Medium Format HaiOu Camera. The beauty of this little bugger is it takes medium format photos which uses 6x6cm negative film. Which means the picture will be more accurate and sharper. Not to mention can be quite wanky and get all attentions from passerbys by having one around your neck taking tall building, weird architects around City. If you are wanky and take shitty photo then this is for you.