Several people have complimented this nice photo. Pity that few people have complimented the subject of the photo. I must agree that the photo is pretty well taken. He looks so peaceful, happy and relaxed. His facial expression hints of a little smile.
It’s funny how some gadgets are not so intuitive to use that one needs to find help. Fortunately Google comes to the rescue. It’s the Nokia N97’s digital compass that I did not know how to use. I would have expected to run an app, and the compass would just work. Like, for example, how Nokia Maps would read the compass information to automatically orientate the map display according to where the phone was facing.
Of course we already know that Apple’s Mac hardware has enjoyed steady growth in the market share of desktop and notebook computers. But it is always a pleasant surprise to see it featured in TV programmes, movies, and other mass media. A colleague pointed out something interesting. The web configuration interface of our new Cisco Wireless LAN Controller features a Mac in the splash screen welcome page.
I’ve upgraded my Nokia N95 8GB to the new N97. I figured it was about time. Note quite so much that I needed a new phone just right now. But time to capitalize on the high trade-in offer of my N95 8GB before the value drops too much. Time to sell off my N95 8GB before it becomes broken (as it almost did).
A little misadventure with my Nokia N95 8GB a few days ago prompted me to check out, among other things, synchronization capabilities with web-based services: Google Sync and Nokia’s own Ovi. The promise of synchronization with “the cloud” is that your precious data can be available through multiple channels (such as different phones, computers, etc), and at the same time, “the cloud” serves as a sort of data backup too.
This ICT I achieved something. It is not something very spectacular or terribly significant. But as we try to spend the long hours as fruitfully as possible, this is nevertheless something notable, at least on a personal level. What’s that? Well, there is this flight simulation arcade game in the spec mess, I cleared the Intermediate Level.
Baby #2 came home today. He was discharged from hospital on schedule according to the “standard maternity package”. Yeah, it sounds like we’re booking a holiday tour. Actually he was showing a little signs of jaundice, but the levels fell below the threshold on discharge day, so the paed allowed him to go home.
We still haven’t thought of a name, so he’s still Baby #2 now. I hope he doesn’t mind. He should be happy that his name is so important that we’re taking so long to decide.
Baby #2 is strong. At day 1, he was already trying to lift his head. He loves to crane his neck and turn to look around. Babies this age aren’t supposed to be seeing much yet, so I’m surprised that he’s turning he head around so much as if he is really trying to explore his surroundings.
This is the Western breakfast served to us at our $430-a-night room. (Actually it is another $60 for companion stay.) Yes I know this is not your typical hotel, no need to expect first -class food service. But I didn’t remember the food to be so uninteresting the last time. My first impression this time was that even airline food looks and tastes better.
I heard that the iPhone 3G’s camera wasn’t all that wonderful. But I never knew it was that bad. If you actually need to take pictures, the iPhone 3G’s camera is totally a joke. You really need the iPhone 3G S upgrade. Here’s some side-by-side photo comparisons taken with the 3G and 3G S by Guy Kawasaki, one of my favourite writers.
This is the Nokia 5730 Comes With Music phone which, as the display says, will be coming soon. It seems like lately Nokia is releasing a whole bunch me phones that look and function about the same. Case of giving customers a false sense of choice?
— Posted from my N95 Lifeblog.
Back to this stall for their yummy beef brisket again. It's at Holland Road Hawker Centre. It's really good. But the funny thing is that they are supposed to be famous for their pork ribs I think (which I've not tried).
— Posted from my N95 Lifeblog.
