If you've not seen them, Wong Fu Productions is an amazingly talented group of people who've been producing a lot of videos on YouTube and I have to say that their work is crazy good. Here's their latest short and I think this pretty much relates to everyone who's been in a relationship. I love how the message was relayed and the progression of the short in general.
Did it strike a chord with you? Click here for the behind the scenes and director's commentary.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Penny Auction... Real Bargains or A Gamble?
A month or two back I stumbled on an online bidding site called Penny Auction which allows you to bid on mostly gadgets and electronic items (which tend to be quite pricey) and should you win, to purchase it at least 50% below market price.
In order to bid, you are required to sign up for an account with them at no cost and you get a number of free bids (I think it's 3 bids) to kick start your bidding experience on the site. Once you're out of bids, you will need to buy more bids in order to participate in the on going and upcoming auctions.
HOW IT WORKS
The concept is very simple. Each bid is in an increment of RM0.01. Each item being auctioned will have a preset duration on their timer and every time someone bids, the timer is restarted. To win the auction, you will need to be the last bidder when the timer ends and the system confirms that no other bidder is present. There's a 50% off market price guarantee as well so for every item in the auction that is won at a price higher than 50% retail price, the winner need only pay up to a maximum of 50% and the balance is compensated by Penny Auction.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
April's Fool on Gmail
I've never been a fan of April's Fool and maybe I've done a couple of pranks in the past when I was a kid but that's about it. I do however love to read on absurd "news" people and companies tend to put out on April 1st. Such example being Gmail:
Seriously? Gmail Motion? I thought this was hilarious the moment I saw the feature box on the login page:
They even went the extra step to make it look legit by putting it up on the top right corner of your mailbox page:
Supposedly it works by using your computer's camera to read your gestures and movements and their algorithm translates that into commands. But would you be ape-ing around in front of your computers with these gestures?
On their YouTube page, a commenter who had probably thought Gmail (Google) was serious suggested it would be better if they'd recognize sign language for this new feature. I didn't personally click on the "Try Gmail Motion" button but I assume it will tell you for real that it's a joke.
What corporate April's Fool joke did you see this year?
Another one would be that the iPad 2 will be hitting Malaysian shores on April 18th and is available for preorder now. Since there has been no official statement from Apple sources to validate this, let's just assume this is another April's Fool joke too. That said, the actual release in Malaysia might not be too far off either.
Seriously? Gmail Motion? I thought this was hilarious the moment I saw the feature box on the login page:
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Supposedly it works by using your computer's camera to read your gestures and movements and their algorithm translates that into commands. But would you be ape-ing around in front of your computers with these gestures?
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What corporate April's Fool joke did you see this year?
Another one would be that the iPad 2 will be hitting Malaysian shores on April 18th and is available for preorder now. Since there has been no official statement from Apple sources to validate this, let's just assume this is another April's Fool joke too. That said, the actual release in Malaysia might not be too far off either.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Taking A Break...
If you're one of my Facebook friends or my Twitter followers, you might already know that I've recently decided to resign from my job, my first job at that too. I've been working for the company for almost 4 1/2 years and felt that I was no longer growing in tangent with the company. During the course of my time there I'd been going through a lot of things on a more personal level that I feel needs time to sort through and find peace with. I needed to allow myself to put myself back together so I can offer the best me that I can be for myself and the people around me.
What I will miss is definitely my team in the office who effortlessly cracks me up and made my working experience a lot more fun. The wonderful seniors who offered me guidance and advise and to say that I've learnt so much from these wonderful people is an understatement. My team was my second family and I'd like to thank them for always looking out for me.
Since my last day in the office 3 weeks ago (has it been that long?), I've barely gotten any rest. LOL!! I feel like I'm probably busier and more tired than when I was working. Even the family trip to KL during the school holidays last week was exhausting! Fortunately though, we managed to escape KL's infamous traffic jams while we were there. Haha. After 4 days of driving in KL, coming home driving everywhere just seems closer.
On a different note, I highly recommend watching Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa (English Title: The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines) if you have the chance. Probably the best Malaysian film to date. I was personally blown away and can't wait for more. Seeing the english title states 'chronicles', I'm guessing there'll definitely be more.
Here I leave you with the official english trailer for the movie:
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Levi's Curve ID
The beauty and fashion community in the internet has been abuzz lately by the Levi's Curve ID jeans which launched in Malaysia a few months back (although it seems that it's fairly new in the US). I've never actually ever owned a pair of Levi's jeans since they never fit me just right. Plus, it was uncomfortable for me to have my jeans slung that low.
With this new line of jeans, Levi's claims to have a fit for curvier girls or as they put it, embracing those womanly curves. Anyways, I decided to give it a shot and entered my measurements on their website to see which curve I fall under.
And I am:
I'll probably find some time to drop by the Levi's store here and see for myself how well these fit. If they are as amazing as they claim to be, I might just snag me a pair since I only have a couple pairs of jeans at the moment. And even those seem to be a bit more loved *ahem ahem*.
I recommend entering your measurements instead of taking the quiz to find your curve ID. I feel it's a bit more accurate since it uses actual measurements to identify your specific curve instead of your personal perception of how your body looks like. Have fun and you can share your curve ID in the comments if you like. :)
With this new line of jeans, Levi's claims to have a fit for curvier girls or as they put it, embracing those womanly curves. Anyways, I decided to give it a shot and entered my measurements on their website to see which curve I fall under.
And I am:
I'll probably find some time to drop by the Levi's store here and see for myself how well these fit. If they are as amazing as they claim to be, I might just snag me a pair since I only have a couple pairs of jeans at the moment. And even those seem to be a bit more loved *ahem ahem*.
I recommend entering your measurements instead of taking the quiz to find your curve ID. I feel it's a bit more accurate since it uses actual measurements to identify your specific curve instead of your personal perception of how your body looks like. Have fun and you can share your curve ID in the comments if you like. :)
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Undeleting
I'm pretty sure a lot of us have either accidentally deleted photos or data from our memory cards or hard drives and wish we could take back what we'd just done right? Or the storage device just suddenly failed on us or gets corrupted? I used to think all is lost whenever something like that happens until I read an article in a computer magazine some years ago.
There is such a thing as "undeleting" or rather recovering those deleted or lost data from your storage medias (i.e. hard drive, USB drives, memory cards) as long as the data has not been overwritten with new data or information. So the key thing to keep in mind when something like this happens is to make sure you refrain from using the storage media prior to recovering your files.
If you're wondering what this magical solution is, it's actually pretty simple. The answer (at least for me) is Data Recovery Softwares.
Subsequent to reading the computer magazine, I did a quick search for the recommended software(s) and tried out PC Inspector Smart Recovery which worked wonders! It helped me to recover as much or the deleted photos as it could (unfortunately I'd already used the same memory card to take photos).
A couple of years back, I was having some problems with my laptop and I ended up missing a partition. And woe is me, that particular partition was where I had a lot of my documents, photos and other data (without back up) and for some odd reason, the OS just wasn't recognizing the partition. I tried the software above but unfortunately, it can't search for items in a "ghost" drive. So I ended up on another search for a software to help with my situation. Thank goodness, I managed to find one that actually worked, DiskDigger. It totally saved me! It managed to recover the data from the entire hard disk (not just by partitions) and I got my data back. Yay! It is available free for personal use but you'll have to deal with some annoying pop ups which personally I didn't mind as long as it could scan and retrieve. The license, should you choose to purchase it, is priced at $14.99.
Another nifty little piece of software is by Piriform (I love their CCleaner and Defraggler softwares) and it's aptly called Recuva. The software can be downloaded and used for free but if you like, feel free to send a donation to the development team at Piriform without obligations. If you click the "Download" button on the website, you'll be brought to the Download page showing another button with a price tag on it. This is only if you want to download the software with Priority Support (which they recommend). Otherwise, just scroll down a little and there should be links to download it free.
And there you have it. Don't fret if you wiped out your memory card by accident or was hit by plain bad luck and there was a power failure while you were in the midst of cutting and pasting your files between storage medias. Just download one of these softwares (or other similar ones) and you should be all set. I'm not saying that these softwares will be able to retrieve every single thing for you but it will help to retrieve most of them (which is better than nothing right?). There are still certain files that these softwares are unable to recover though. And unfortunately, all the softwares mentioned here are for Windows OS only I believe. Care to share ones that has worked for you (and for other platforms too)?
Hope this little bit of info helped some of you. *smiles*
There is such a thing as "undeleting" or rather recovering those deleted or lost data from your storage medias (i.e. hard drive, USB drives, memory cards) as long as the data has not been overwritten with new data or information. So the key thing to keep in mind when something like this happens is to make sure you refrain from using the storage media prior to recovering your files.
If you're wondering what this magical solution is, it's actually pretty simple. The answer (at least for me) is Data Recovery Softwares.
Subsequent to reading the computer magazine, I did a quick search for the recommended software(s) and tried out PC Inspector Smart Recovery which worked wonders! It helped me to recover as much or the deleted photos as it could (unfortunately I'd already used the same memory card to take photos).
PC Inspector Smart Recovery
(Freeware)
A couple of years back, I was having some problems with my laptop and I ended up missing a partition. And woe is me, that particular partition was where I had a lot of my documents, photos and other data (without back up) and for some odd reason, the OS just wasn't recognizing the partition. I tried the software above but unfortunately, it can't search for items in a "ghost" drive. So I ended up on another search for a software to help with my situation. Thank goodness, I managed to find one that actually worked, DiskDigger. It totally saved me! It managed to recover the data from the entire hard disk (not just by partitions) and I got my data back. Yay! It is available free for personal use but you'll have to deal with some annoying pop ups which personally I didn't mind as long as it could scan and retrieve. The license, should you choose to purchase it, is priced at $14.99.
DiskDigger
(Free for personal use)
Another nifty little piece of software is by Piriform (I love their CCleaner and Defraggler softwares) and it's aptly called Recuva. The software can be downloaded and used for free but if you like, feel free to send a donation to the development team at Piriform without obligations. If you click the "Download" button on the website, you'll be brought to the Download page showing another button with a price tag on it. This is only if you want to download the software with Priority Support (which they recommend). Otherwise, just scroll down a little and there should be links to download it free.
Recuva by Piriform
(Freeware with option to donate)
And there you have it. Don't fret if you wiped out your memory card by accident or was hit by plain bad luck and there was a power failure while you were in the midst of cutting and pasting your files between storage medias. Just download one of these softwares (or other similar ones) and you should be all set. I'm not saying that these softwares will be able to retrieve every single thing for you but it will help to retrieve most of them (which is better than nothing right?). There are still certain files that these softwares are unable to recover though. And unfortunately, all the softwares mentioned here are for Windows OS only I believe. Care to share ones that has worked for you (and for other platforms too)?
Hope this little bit of info helped some of you. *smiles*
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Online Shopping Just Got Better
I love almost every form of shopping. Window shopping, retail, groceries and online shopping, I love love love it. Not everything in Malaysia is cheap and not everything is sold in or shipped to Malaysia. So in comes the wonderful world of online shopping.
Online shopping is big in the US and looking at the country geographically, online shopping is probably one of the most convenient ways to go these days. So how'd I get sucked in to this modern day shopping experience? Well, it developed from looking for cheap finds on eBay and Lelong to international sites that shipped to Malaysia (like Amazon.com
) to checking out sprees & blogshops and then to getting so frustrated a lot of the things I wanted to buy were sold on sites that shipped internationally but didn't include Malaysia in their list or shipped only to the US and Canada.
eBay & Lelong
This is probably one of the most popular forms of online shopping available. There are typically 2 types of sales on these sites, auctions (highest bid wins the product) and buy now sales (direct purchases without the need to bid). Lelong was previously also known as BuySell.com.my and is quite popular locally. It is used by both commercial users (store owners, small business owners) as well as the regular customers (who occasionally sells second hand goods). What I like about Lelong is that they offer an option to verify your account with them via phone and NRIC verification so sales activities feels a bit more secure. Now, Lelong has a few other sister sites to further complement their existing services among which are Superbid.com.my (a 12 hour bidding fest held every Wednesdays) and Superbuy.com.my (an online store offering a host of different products to consumers at sometimes lower prices).
While Lelong is geared more towards the local scene, eBay has a much wider network of sellers and buyers. You can purchase from sellers abroad who accept international payments and offer to ship here. There are however a lot of scammers floating around on the site so there are some precautions to take to avoid having someone dishonor the sale. I'll talk more about what to look out for in another post.
Online shopping is big in the US and looking at the country geographically, online shopping is probably one of the most convenient ways to go these days. So how'd I get sucked in to this modern day shopping experience? Well, it developed from looking for cheap finds on eBay and Lelong to international sites that shipped to Malaysia (like Amazon.com
) to checking out sprees & blogshops and then to getting so frustrated a lot of the things I wanted to buy were sold on sites that shipped internationally but didn't include Malaysia in their list or shipped only to the US and Canada.eBay & Lelong
Image from Lelong
This is probably one of the most popular forms of online shopping available. There are typically 2 types of sales on these sites, auctions (highest bid wins the product) and buy now sales (direct purchases without the need to bid). Lelong was previously also known as BuySell.com.my and is quite popular locally. It is used by both commercial users (store owners, small business owners) as well as the regular customers (who occasionally sells second hand goods). What I like about Lelong is that they offer an option to verify your account with them via phone and NRIC verification so sales activities feels a bit more secure. Now, Lelong has a few other sister sites to further complement their existing services among which are Superbid.com.my (a 12 hour bidding fest held every Wednesdays) and Superbuy.com.my (an online store offering a host of different products to consumers at sometimes lower prices).
Image from eBay Malaysia
While Lelong is geared more towards the local scene, eBay has a much wider network of sellers and buyers. You can purchase from sellers abroad who accept international payments and offer to ship here. There are however a lot of scammers floating around on the site so there are some precautions to take to avoid having someone dishonor the sale. I'll talk more about what to look out for in another post.
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