Bad Flickr

Hmm...Flickr is on a PMS today. There's something wrong with the server from morning till now (1 plus), because "some of our image caches flaked out on us, which caused all sorts of weirdness on the site." So reads the flickr blog, the only page that I'm directed to when I log in. This has prevented me from posting new pictures up.


Well I must say that my account views are soaring quite rapidly now, as much as 50 views a day, up from the pathetic and piteous 5 to 10 usually...So I should congratulate myself. :D

Oh and if all goes well, I should have my Canon 350D kit sometime soon!! (Nope, no more S9600...)

I know I should be talking about love

Yes, love is in the air today, it's Valentine's Day...But here I am, sitting in front of my computer, feeling really bored and tired. Well not that there isn't any work to do, but I just don't feel like doing anything.

I guess that for us students, Valentine's Day should be more appropriately termed Friendship Day instead, because most of us, I believe, do not have romances yet. Infatuations, yes, maybe, perhaps. But nothing like the sort of long lasting relationships. Come on, what are the chances that the girl you like in your class will be your future wife?

Well let me give you a peek into what's going on in my mind now...as I've really nothing else to write about.

I'm dreaming that I own a new digital camera. The new Fujifilm S9600 'prosumer' range of cameras, somewhere between a DSLR and point-and-shoot. I'm imagining how great it would be if I could own one, and go out shooting and feeling like a professional. I'm wishing, and hoping, that I would get one of these great semi-pro cameras really soon, at a reasonable price that I can afford...for that simple and un-pro DSC-W1 that I have shall not satisfy my craving for a more capable camera.


The S9600, I wonder...is it going to be just a dream, or shall it be reality?

I badly want a new camera, yet the Canon 350D price tag immediately kicks me out of the EOS world!

The Illusionist

If you are truly bored and really badly need movie therapy, then The Illusionist is a good movie to catch. A compelling and gripping tale of magic and illusion! Brilliantly crafted plot!

Vista hands-on

Just a few hours ago at VivoCity Best Denki, I got to play around with some Vista laptops, and managed to shoot some pictures (using my camera phone) at the same time. There were only 3 notebooks running Vista, with the rest running XP/XP MCE even though the sticker reads "Windows Vista Capable". I think they just can't bother to upgrade all the machines.

This big board caught my attention as I entered the store:

The Vista welcome login screen:

Vista desktop (Home Basic edition):

A laptop running the Home Premium edition:

The much celebrated 3D Flip, activated by pressing Windows + Tab:

Oh! And not to mention Office 2007, the impeccable and highly popular productivity suite, is out!

Lastly, I got to see this super minute tablet PC, which is just too puny and slow to function as a good tablet, but it's still worth a second look:

So...Vista is out in stores now! All you pee-cee users, check it out!