I was viewing old photos of mine when I got this error which kinda scared the hell outta me since I can’t do anything at all in the facebook.com domain and I even used a friend’s account to try and view my own profile but I got the ‘account unavailable‘ message.
Shit, have my fingers crossed.
Here we go, another competition for bloggers to win a BlackBerry Torch 9800 which was released in Malaysia 1-2 weeks ago.
At first glance, the Torch looks a lot like the other BlackBerry devices except when you slide out the physical QWERTY keypad, it’s basically the same industrial design that we’ve come to recognize from RIM over the past 2 years. The Torch runs on the newest BlackBerry 6 OS, sports a 5 megapixels camera, and promises improved media and browsing experience. Besides, it only weighs 161.1g! The Torch was released on 12th August, but fret not Malaysians, no more longggggg waiting date like the iPhone, because DiGi is bringing the Torch into the country with amazing deals that will make your jaws drop!
With the DG Smart Plan, you could get yourself a brand new Torch for only RM 1,499! Here’s why it’s the smarter plan for smartphones:
Surf SMART – Monthly Internet Unlimited plan for only RM 68
Call SMART – No minimum call usage
Save SMART – 100% rebate on the Internet Unlimited plan (terms & conditions apply)
Roam SMART – Unlimited data roaming for only RM 36 a day
Alright, now comes the big question, the Torch, is it hotter or smarter? As a consumer, usually we would opt for both but if you insist on letting me choose one out of the two, I’d go for a HOT phone, and a SMART plan. Since DiGi’s already providing us with a smart plan, then obviously the phone is FIERY hot.
The reason the BlackBerry Torch 9800 had me drooling all over it like some hungry wolf is simple. Compared to other devices released by other manufacturers, the Torch has that metal-like bezel around its edges like the BlackBerry Bold (my dad’s a Bold user), and it is only SLIGHTLY thicker than the iPhone 4, but hey it has a full physical QWERTY keypad! AND, most manufacturers go for streamlined and chocolate-bar-shaped design but Torch is shaped to fit right in your palm. Next, the phone comes with 4GB of internal storage, so we need not worry about the lack of storage, or when you need to get the microSD card for some reasons. Another reason for me to fall head over heels for the Torch is the fact that it retains the originality of all BlackBerry devices, including the design (except the new OS 6 but that’s another WOW factor too), and you can find the familiar call, back, end and BlackBerry menu buttons easily.
Now picture this, you are in the subway waiting for the train, and you figured you will tweet out the ‘human congestion’ that is happening at the station just so they will get a heads-up and avoid the rush hour. You take out your BlackBerry Curve, got on the Twitter application using the full 3.2″ touch screen, then slided out your full QWERTY keyboard to type in your tweet as onlookers went “WOW, that’s one hot chick (phone)”. BlackBerry Curve, the best of both worlds.
So in the end, the phone is HOT, coupled up with a smart plan, is hot AND smart. What are you waiting for?
Twenty Ten, or rather 2010, the newest theme available from the WordPress developers, is set to be released together with WordPress 3.0. The WordPress.com blogs were updated to 3.0 over the last weekend, and here we are, with the Twenty Ten theme as the default theme for new WP.com blogs, taking the place of the Kubricks theme. I’m sure we will all miss the blue header with curved edges.
But nevertheless, 2010 symbolizes a new hope in this year. Great job devs!
The Iron Man sequel was premiered in Malaysia on the 30th of April 2010, almost a week ahead of other countries. Tantamount to the first Iron Man movie, Iron Man 2 does not cease to surprise viewers with its breathtaking CGI. Trust me, you would never get tired watching Tony Stark talking and playing (yes, smashing down some Iron Man suit’s holographic blueprint with your hands and throwing it into another holographic basketball hoop IS considered playing) with Jarvis, the AI that powers everything in his house and amazingly, his suit.
The film starts where the previous film left off. After Tony revealed himself as Iron Man to the world, the publicity is overwhelming, with people questioning the safety of the United States in the hands of Iron Man. During a hearing in the movie, when Senator Stern asks Tony to turn over his Iron Man suit and its technologies to the ‘people of the United States’, Tony repudiated the request. Colonel Rhodes, a good friend of Tony’s, is then forced to read out a paragraph of his own report, where he knowingly wrote that Iron Man possesses a threat to the nation and her interests, but he then added that the country should consider including Tony in the chain of command. Ignoring the reaction of Senator Stern, Tony humorously said he will consider the post of Secretary of Defense, provided that the working hours are flexible.
The movie depicts Tony Stark as a playful, humorous and irresponsible man. Despite the promises he made to his country, he was shown partying in his suit at his residence with a lot of chicks. Rhodes, unable to bear with Tony any longer, stole the silver-coloured suit, a prototype of Tony’s current suit and fought Tony with it. The beams shot from both their palms’ arc reactors created a small explosion and both of them blacked out. The movie showed Rhodes leaving Tony’s residence and flying to the Air Force base. He then turned in the silver suit to the Air Force.
In overall, the movie revolves around the palladium in the arc reactor positioned on Tony’s chest, which is responsible for keeping his heart beating, starting to increase the level of toxic in his blood as a side-effect. The movie shows Tony checking his blood toxicity using a device once in a while, and the reading just keeps on increasing. However, Tony’s father, Howard Stark, founder of Stark Industries, saves the day when the town model he left Tony when he died, is ‘broken down’ by Tony into holographic images and moved around until a completely new element is created. The new element is the perfect substitute for palladium, without the side-effects, and gives more power compared to the old arc reactor. The new element is ‘inserted’ onto a triangle-shaped metal and hence the newly-designed triangular housing on the suit.
No movie is perfect without a final kiss scene. Pepper Potts, Tony’s personal assistance, is a workaholic. However, their relationship is a tad bit unusual. The pair care for each other, but their work relationship comes first. Pepper was appointed CEO of Stark Industries in the movie, and she can be seen working hard to get the company back on its feet. After the final fight scene where Tony works together with Rhodes who is wearing the weaponized silver suit, Tony and Pepper kissed on the roof a building they thought was vacant. Then Rhodes was found sitting there and he said something about ‘Get your own roof!’, very funny, really.
The movie is better than its predecessor, in my opinion. Definitely worth watching. Two thumbs and two toes up!
I was never a fan of P2P (peer-to-peer) downloads, from the old school Bearshare that we used during primary school days, to LimeWire, and now Xunlei etc etc, reason being I detest the speed of P2P downloads (and torrents too!), or at least I detested. I know the speed of P2P downloads depends a lot on other factors like the number of peers and of course, the speed of your internet connection.
But instead of saying I hate P2P, I shall say that I was blinded by the misconception that P2P downloads are “unreliable, slow and possibly harmful“, harmful because you have no idea where the file is hosted and what is the actual source. But P2P downloading has improved a lot by the years and we can see a steady stream of 150kb/s downloads now for 1mbps line users.
I was shocked (yeah, laugh all you want =.=) when I was downloading a 1.2GB movie from Xunlei and the speed was 150kb/s. And of course, I didn’t suddenly jerk up from my sleep and say “Hey, P2P, free movies, sounds good..“, I was baffled and frustrated with the Moral project paperworks that I’m working on (tugasan harian + kerja amal), and so it would be a “waste of my internet time” and so I tried out Xunlei, because my Biology teacher said she downloaded hundreds of episodes of Hong Kong cantonese drama off Xunlei (shhhhhhhhh!).
So the point is, something that WAS the way it was, isn’t always the way it IS. 
cheers.
Streamyx, dubbed the slower ISP ever, does it again!
KUALA LUMPUR: Repairs to a fault in the submarine cable network linking Malaysia, Europe and the United States are expected to cause disruptions in nationwide Internet services from today until May 2.
Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) said it was taking active steps to minimise disruptions by having additional links on other routes and coordinating with other international carriers to provide additional bandwidth for its customers.
“Despite these initiatives, customers using Internet services nationwide may experience some degree of service degradation, such as slow browsing while accessing international websites.
“Customers using Virtual Private Network and other critical business applications linked to Europe and the US will be assured of minimal service degradation, if any,” said TM in a statement yesterday.
TM will also provide necessary updates on the progress of the restoration works.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused and assure customers that we are taking all necessary measures to ensure that customers experience uninterrupted service.”
Not only do we pay more for slower internet speed compared to other countries, they even cap YouTube’s streaming speed during weekdays.
Truly Malaysia boleh.
Nothing feels better than using your very own phone. My Sony Ericsson C905 was bought last year and 2 weeks ago, after I spammed call David over something, I kinda smashed it too hard on my desk and I never noticed the screen displaying weird patterns. When I tried to charge it on that night, it displayed a message “Battery could not be charged, please use original SE battery pack.” WTF. I was in a bad mood that night, and this did nothing to improve my mood.
Furious, I ripped open my old phone and took out the battery pack (which, amazingly, shows 96% battery even though it’s been 6 months since I last charged and put it away). I put it in my C905 and CRAP, it still told me that I can’t charge it. I diagnosed that as a firmware issue. Angry and TL, I went to bed after telling dad about that.
Second day, went to Gurney where I bought the phone to claim for warranty. The guy took away the entire phone except the SIM card. 1 miserable week using my dad’s G900, which, even till now, I’m still not accustomed to using it.
Then today mum brought me over to Gurney after school to get my phone back. I was so happy that I ran up to the shop. Despite the fact that I never got to backup my contacts (because I can’t go into the phone’s interface, weird patterns), I’m still happy to get my phone back. So any of you guys who text me a lot, scroll to the bottom of the page to get my number and text me your name .
Pengajaran: Don’t let your phone die. Treasure it!
PS: This post is so not my style of writing, but heck cares.
The sole purpose of movies is to entertain, besides raking in cash. Have you ever watched a movie and felt inspired, intrigued, frightened, or even hopeful? Some movies like 2012 make us think twice about our actions that are polluting the planet and let us realise the consequences of failing to do so, though I admit the CGIs are a tad too exaggerating.
One of the greatest movies in 2008, Iron Man, with its impressive demonstration of what technology is capable of, makes us feel impressed, and maybe the U.S. are even reverse engineering the ideas from the movie! Similarly, I, Robot opens up another possibility in the future – humanoid robots serving -and rebel against- human. The Resident Evil series shows us how science can go terribly wrong as an underground research facility spawns flesh-devouring zombies.
Umbrella corp., the corporation behind the biological weapon researches in Resident Evil.
But, my point is, what we see in movies are always the good/cool side of things. It depends on the genre of the film itself too, of course, and I’m not suggesting that mutated zombies are cool, but what we see aren’t what things really are most of the time.
Movies open a new space in our heads, giving us food for thought, new ideas. We reflect upon ourselves. After I watched Iron Man, when I was walking out of the cinema, I imagined myself as that guy and took out my phone and imitated that flipping gesture Stark used to answer his phone, and failed miserably.
Movies are indeed one of the greatest things we can enjoy in our lives. Cheers!
With the iPad released just a week ago, Apple decided to keep the atmosphere high. They unveiled the features of the long-awaited iPhone OS 4.0, promising increased stability, support for multitasking (which is missing in earlier versions and caused a lot of inconvenience) which is available only for the iPhone 3GS and iPod 3rd gen.
In my opinion, the update will either be released as a free update with a lot of patches for jailbreaks or as a paid update.
And obviously, I have nothing special to update, hence the lame post.
Friday was the only day when students were allowed to bring cameras to school to shoot photos for every class’ own column in the graduation magazine.
Here are some shots.
Photos are © of Yiyang and Max.
My bookmark =.= @Cash card LOL.
Max carrying me =.=
“made love” LOL.
Okay this is funny. Everyone had their calculators out when taking photos with maths teacher.
Speechless. Photo of the day LOL.
