Am an addict

I never believed those ppl who uses BB to be an email addict..or the right term crackberry.
Well, I stand corrected. It is so addictive.
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The Mac Wannabe

After coming back from Msia..i decided to get a new toy...so last tuesday after coming back from the office...search the eeepc in ebay. I was looking for the 7inch model but then i just realised..7 inch is not enuff to watch my movies...so i i think i can afford the extra 2 inch for couple hundred bucks. So after searching in ebay for couple of minute most f the retailer comes from china or hong kong...its a bit dodgy and expensive delivery...so i googled it in google obviously and found the cheapest offer in www.shoppingsquare.com.au.

So i picked the white one..coz it screams " When i grow up, i wanna be a macbook!" slogan and checked out my shopping cart... Paid it the next day via Bpay...coz i lost my sim card back in msia so i cant get the TAC from the internet banking..it was pretty easy and safe. On thursday morning, i checked the status of my order...it was changed from unpaid to paid..then 1 hr later the status changed again to prep for delivery. On late thursday, the system prompt me a consignment note issued by the courier co. I checked into their online system but it returned an error...the note does not exist..oooppss...not a very good sign....but i stayed calm till friday before i push the panic button. On friday morning...went into their online tracking again..and voila...it's in sydney and on its way to my office... I usually addressed it there coz other half dun want to be disturb during her beauty sleep. Around 3pm, the courier man walked thru the door and i jumped in joy!

So...since friday night till sunday...i've been in front of the new toy..pimping it out like there's no tomorrow...I won't go into details of the innards of the piece of machinery..google it and read their professional review...way easier and better grammar than me..but i would like to say...it's good enough for me....and here's why

1. it has SSD not the spinning HD..less capacity but shock proof
2. SD card reader builtin - i hate to pull out the sd card from the camera and plug it in the external card reader...it's a waste of time and space
3. very light - the thinkpad is 1.2kg but this one is less than 1kg..it's has gone thru serious diet
4. great community - www.eeeuser.com - i've got alot of info to install ubuntu from this site.....
5. wifi enabled...i can't imagine living without a wireless router nearby...dunno why

Hsdpa for everyone

Once awhile u'll be amazed on things u take for granted...always lower ur expectation and hope for the best...it happened to me 2 days ago while surfing the net with my trusty ol dopod...yes hunn...it's old...1 yr old in handphone year is a lifetime....back to my story...I noticed the network icon changed back and forth between 3G and H...I know usj are covered under 3G before I left msia but the new icon did piqued my curiosity a bit..I mean I think I know what H stands for..but for a local company...in msia? I dun think so....so I tap the H icon and lo and behold..the hsdpa network pop out..it's like the greek gods have ascended from the high heaven and blessed the network...while writing this entry I just finished the game god of war on psp..sorry for the lame metaphor and influence...there was tears of joy running thru my cheek...words just can't describe the joyous feeling..

Celcom..u pulled it thru....u stepped up and delivered..to the malaysians already knew abt this...sorry for the late news highlight...yawn...i'm just so impressed!
Hopefully they will cover my hometown in within the next 6 months...I hate using dial up to breath the air of world wide web....dear zeus...am not asking much..just a 3G would be ok....

To celcom - Always under commit and over deliver....

new and old

When the other half conquers the laptop...I'm not getting any TLC from her or the laptop...that's huge problem I usually have since it's her laptop..so that's when I decided to get a wii..it has a browser for internet surfing..I was contented for a while..but to write an entry with it is a pain in the butt...also typing with dopod...such a small keyboard i'm getting thumb cramps....

So yesterday wifey gave an ok to get laptop....woohooo..my 1st choice is a macbook....yes morgan..I didn't get a macbook yet...the pic I showed u previously just me buying it for my officemate...I dun print money here...and after setting it up for arlene...I fell in love with the small details they had in the laptop..its an engineering marvel..when I compared the screen side by side with the thinkpad...it has more umpphh...more lively and vibrant colours...now I understand why graphic designers and photographers prefer apple than windows...or maybe the thinkpad had too much smudges..finger prints...food leftover...bacteria under the keyboard...I can grow a bacteria farm on it...anyway I decided its just too pricey and overrated...I still prefer the thinkpad over anything else...the best analogy is to describe a thinkpad like a volvo and macbook like porsche....volvo exudes prestige and safety and the latter just to show off...nuff said

So now my 2nd choice and only choice I guess is to get an eeepc...the ultra cheap and portable laptop..its been in the market for almost a year and making dell and hp looks like an idiot...they are hammering the market and the major manufacturer are trying to play catch up....they just announced the 8.9 inch screen version for aud550..and the 7inch older sibling popping up in ebay for half the price...heck i'm cheap...just to surf and do some blogging would be enuff with the small screen..not like i'm gonna write a freakin novel or do programming on it....also would be great for a travel companion and dump all my pics in there...

And yes..talking abt pictures...my dslr pic counter have rolled over to 00001 while i'm in kedah...meaning we've shot over 10,000 pictures when I got the camera back in dec. That's quite a feat but saddening coz I still think the pic I took really sucks...and I hate photoshopping pictures..its not my thing....but I truly hold wht the guy who invented light bulb commented on his failure..."I have found 1000 way not to invent a light bulb"..was it thomas edison? Too lazy to look up on wikipedia.....till then..

War driving in Putrajaya

While waiting for the missus for her so called appointment in the parking lot...i booted up the thinkpad and surprisingly there was 2 unsecured access point....tried the 1st one which has 70% strength..failed and then tried the 2nd one only 4% signal strength..and voila..i'm in heaven...that's why i loved the thinkpad....my dopod can't even find any of the access point...i usually don't agree of unsecured APs..but my cases...kudos to Bhg Sistem Maklumat...i'm bored and needed to be online....

test 1 2 3

testing 1 2 3

updating from my very own new toy.....mrs thinking pad
bye bye mr thinkpad...i will no longer hijack you frm evil dearie
and evil dearie....thank you very much.....but this is not my birthday present yach

p/s: maybe u can get me the extended battery kannn???!!