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SWING SET …
Image by mrbill78636
… a swing set on a playground is a really great way to sit quietly for a long time and just talk things out. Late at night is best.
For me, the playground and the swingset is a magic place where good things happen. For that reason, I’ll voice a dream and maybe the magic will take over and make the dream come true. Here’s something from CGW I might just have to have:
MSI US Launches 20-inch, All-in-One Desktop
Category: News
28-Aug-2009
City of Industry, Calif. – MSI, a manufacturer of computer components and systems, announced the next-generation, all-in-one desktop PC, the Wind Top AE2010. The AE2010 is upgraded with an AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core processor for increased computing power. It features a touch-enabled, All-in-One PC with a 20-inch widescreen.
The new AE2010 also includes a VGA input and output allowing the user to utilize the All-in-One PC as a monitor or transfer video data to another television or computer screen.
Graphics capabilities have been improved via the on-board ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card with DDR3 128MB VRAM. Users will experience brighter colors, sharper contrast, and improved picture clarity, says a representative. Design functionality has been improved with the addition of a VESA standard wall mount.
The MSI Wind Top AE2010 features touch-enabled applications, wireless connectivity, SuperMulti DVD Rewriter, and a built-in webcam and microphone for maximum personal computing. Whether you are sharing and editing photos, videoconferencing, browsing the Web, or completing school or work products, the AE2010 provides the necessary tools.
Starting at 0, the AE2010 also features a 320GB hard drive, 6 USB ports, 4-1 card reader, and a color-matched multimedia keyboard and mouse. The ultra-silent, state-of-the-art cooling system eliminates traditional cooling fan noises and keeps the noise level no more than 26 decibels.
iPhone
Image by cjmartin
The iPhone killed the SmartPhone
Stock chart for the 9th of January 2007, the day the iPhone was released. Compared are, Apple, Research in Motion, and Palm.
MacWorld keynote is was from 12pm – 2pm.
tuaw breakdown:
12:15 The Intel transition.
12:20 Paramount movies and the new iTunes ads.
12:25 AppleTV announcement and demo. Ships February 2007.
12:40 The iPhone. Ships June 2007.
12:40 It’s an iPhone. It has no keyboard, runs on "OS X", syncs to your home computer OS X data, and has the following hardware features.
12:55 Interaction demo: multi-finger gestures, iPod functionality and cover flow.
1:00 Call-making demo: Conference calls and visual voice mail.
1:15 Content demo: iPhotos and rich text e-mail; surfing with Safari and Widgets.
1:30 Content providers: Google and Yahoo executives.
1:40 Accessories and Price announcement.
1:50 Cingular partnership discussed.
1:55 Wrapping up, thanking employees, mini-Concert.
2:10 The end.
Ami
Image by TMAB2003
Ami Bangali.
Tagged by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/]
The following is heavily inspired by the narrator’s voice in Amelie.
1. I like it when I am writing with an ink pen and I can see the ink on the paper dry.
2. I like my hand as a dark shadow pressed against the bright white wall by my bed with my room lit by just my computer screen.
3. I like it when a car passes by and I can watch the light pattern change on my bedroom ceiling at night.
4. I like it when I can pop my ears open in a high speed elevator.
5. I like it when I can feel the shock-wave from fireworks.
6. I like it when the pillow is all cool when you flip it over.
7. I like open source software.
8. I like it when I feel the sideways g-force when making a sharp turn while driving.
9. I like the bloom of green in spring, more so than the colourful flowers.
10. I like the gratification I get from stains that come off with just the right amount of effort.
11. I like the way the blinds on my window look on a bright sunny day – with the gentlest breeze, they look like piano keys to me.
12. I like cats and dogs.
13. I like engineering – that’s why I am in it.
14. I like the random.
15. i like to play reels of memory in my head.. from when I was less than 8 years old.
16. I like the Golden rule.
17. I like to sit idle at times.
18. I like tool-kits.
1. I dislike being confused when I am confused about the direction of the source of a sound.
2. I dislike dusty wires.
3. I dislike being just a passenger in a car on an open road.
4. I dislike how I cannot keep the right stress on tones for different syllable of words..like "photographer" or "heart/hurt".
5. I dislike lack of green in snowy winters.
6. I dislike having no air movement in my room.
7. I dislike overcooked carrots.
8. I dislike bananas that are too ripe.
9. I dislike not being able to fall asleep when I am anticipating something exciting to happen the next morning.
10. I dislike tissue paper after it has been all crumpled up.
11. I dislike roaches.
12. I dislike being not able to memorize – hence I am not in something related to Bio.
13. I dislike crowd-psychology.
14. I dislike intolerance.
15. I dislike pixelated video.
16. I dislike backward incompatibility.
In the picture I was trying out my home-made paper soft-box/diffuser(?) on the on-camera flash. Managed to soften it down quite a bit. =)
