New Colours for Nintendo DSi

According to CNET, Nintendo has announced new colours line-up for its upcoming DSi as seen in the picture below:



I wonder if there's a red colour version. However these new colours will not be seen in Singapore for quite a while as currently there are no news that distributors for Nintendo products will be bringing them in. *sighs*

Every time Singapore receives the goodies late and we have no choice but to live with it. This is boring, man. Living in Japan seems to be very good as all the things that I like have originated from Japan.

Anyway I am not sure whether I would be purchasing the DSi as I'm still using my Sony PSP Slim which is serving me well. The technology world moves so fast that it's impossible to keep up with the latest gadgets, no matter how drool-worthy they are.

If only I have all the money in the world, or if I just shut down permanently from the internet, then I won't have to agonize over things like that anymore. Haha!

Watching videos on my PSP 2000

All right. I admit that I am a super duper slowpoke when it comes to my psp 2000. I only just got my unit this year and started playing games that were outdated compared to those gamers who are probably playing the latest titles for their PSPs.

There are many things that a psp 2000 could do. Like playing music, watching videos and of course, playing games.

All the while I was only using my psp to play games. It was only a few days ago that I thought it would be nice if I could watch my favourite animes on my psp too. The only problem was the video format. Or so I thought.

I had read online that the psp is very picky in using a particular format for video playing. The only acceptable format was MPEG-4 and nothing else. Well, I had some of those format video files and I thought I could use them for viewing on my psp. Boy, I was wrong.

I thought by just putting the video files onto the memory stick would solve the problem but yet I still couldn't view my videos. Something had to be wrong somewhere. It was only through research on the internet that I realised that I had to create a video folder in my memory stick and transfer my video to this folder before my psp could read the file.

Oh man, I felt so stupid when I found the solution to my problem. Nonetheless, here's a really old piece of news about the newly-released psp 3000. Here are some of the pictures taken of the psp 3000 as well as the psp 2000:

PSP 3000

PSP 2000

To me, the 2 versions does not look very different from each other. Maybe the psp 3000 looks a slightly more sleeker than the psp 2000. But other than that, it looks almost the same. Sony probably could have done much better with the new version but for now, the opportunity is lost this year.

Now I'm looking forward to the release of Nintendo's DSi next year and it looks better with each version upgrade. Pictures of the new DSi are posted below for references:








The new DSi will much more slimmer than ever before and it will also comes with an SD card slot, as seen in the picture above. Looks like things are going to get very exciting as the 2 gaming devices gear up for the consumer dollar next year. Who knows, I might even be tempted to buy the DSi next year.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed now.

=)

This is a follow-up picture to my first discharge on the 6 cells battery for my MSI Wind. Click on the thumbnail to get a bigger picture.



As the battery is still new, I will need to discharge it a couple of times before it finally stabilizes. But overall, the battery life for the 6 cells is around 5 hours, give or take. This is provided if the screen brightness is set to the minimum level and with only WIFI turned on. I rarely use other functions like the webcam or the bluetooth technology.

This in turn, helps to increase the battery life and giving a much more favourable lifespan than the 3 cells battery shit. I am a light user and my main activity is web-surfing. So this Wind works out to a nicely timing of roughly 5 hours and that's more than enough time.

However the battery life is still pretty much dependent on the user's usage pattern. If you turn on all the functions and do intensive work like photoshopping or browse videos all the time, stream music in the background, etc then you will drain the battery much faster.

Me is something of a computer idiot so web-surfing and a little bit of photoshop is pretty much all I do on my Wind.

Next I will post up comparison pictures of the 3 cells and 6 cells battery as well as the overclock function to give a rough idea of what my Wind is capable of doing. Not by much though. =(

Oh well. At least it's better than nothing. Tada!

Nintendo's New DSi Coming Soon

According to CNEt's Crave, Nintendo is going to release a new successor to the incredible successful DS Lite, the DSi.

Judging from the pictures below, it looks like Nintendo's gotten itself a bestseller. Yet again. But will it help to defeat the almighty Sony PlayStation Portable a.k.a. the PSP?






I personally own a PSP and so far I am very happy with its performance. The games that are designed for the PSP are varied and fun as well. There's no lack of choices of games to choose from.

Now I'm hooked on playing Burnout Legends and it's gotten me crazy over cars too. Just look at the Formula One posting which I did the other time. It's addictive, I can honestly tell you that. Which other car game will let you crash your car and still award you points for doing so? In fact, the more spectacular the car crash is, the more points you will get awarded. It's so fun!

Right, back to the DSi.

For now, it's not yet available in Singapore and so there's not much comparison to make between PSP and the DSi. From the pictures, all I can say is that the new look is definitely much more gorgeous and sexy than before. Nintendo fans would find it hard to say no to this baby.

Furthermore, this sleek baby comes with a SD card slot which definitely is a big plus for the gamer. Besides offering the options to store more games, it also offers music playback as well as images storage.

By the way, it is reported that the DSi will come equipped with a 3 megapixel camera and that seems to put it on top of the PSP right now. The PSP doesn't come with an internal camera, you will need to purchase an external camera which will definitely add cost to your total package.

Nonetheless, it's still early days yet and fans in Singapore will have to settle for wait. Japan will be the first country to get the new DSi since Nintendo originated from Japan (I think). By the time it comes to Singapore's shores, we would have more information to make a comprehensive choice then.

Who will win, PSP or DSi? You decide.

Value of Websites

Through the MSI Wind forum, user dennis_advent had posted an interesting website and it appears to calculate the value of websites that you might want to buy.

If you are interested to find out the worth of your website. you can click here to enter the page. However, I suggest do take this with a pinch of salt, ya?

Kekeke...

Harry Potter game delayed too

Now the effect from the postponed Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has finally rolled over to the HP game franchise.

According to this report from Los Angeles Times, Electronic Arts (EA) has decided to delay the next installment for the HP games but no date was stated in the report. Although I am not a big fan of the games, I do feel a little annoyed at all these delaying stories.

Does it do any actual good for the companies involved? If they are bent on hurting their own reputations, so be it.

Just don't try to pin the blame onto the consumers when their sales take a dip, that's all.

Love being at home

Home is where I belong and where I want to be when I need time to myself. My weekends are mostly spent at home as I rarely go out these days.

Today is no exception as well. Look what I got for my lunch instead.




Looks good, doesn't it? Although it doesn't seem to be a very healthy choice of food but it's pork chops with chips. What's more could I ask for? This kind of lunch doesn't come very often and so naturally I polished off every single bit of food there. Oh, the lunch is prepared by my mum and I used my new Nokia N95 8GB to take the shot. Hmmm... seems pretty good there!

Plus that dash of chilli is so powerful that it leaves my tongue tingling for more. Yum!!! Naturally, I had a pot of blueberry tea for companion but I didn't take a picture of it.

Till next time then.

Tada!!! =)

It's the Comex 2008!

In the blink of an eye, 3 months have passed and it's now time for another big IT fair. This time round, it's called the Comex 2008, where all sorts of appliances can be found under 1 fair. Plus it's one of the biggest fair ever, occupying the whole exhibition levels of Suntec City.

With such a crazy huge area to cover, certain measures must be taken so that I don't ended up getting lost amongst the numerous vendor stalls. One main thing that I'm going to catch at the fair is the MSI Wind's 6-cell battery.

I made my way down to Suntec City today, right after the official ending of the JCI audit. I felt that it was a waste of my time to attend this last day of audit as I don't see myself being useful to the audit. Yet my boss insisted I have to come back on this Saturday to fulfill whatever needs she sees.

In the end, all I did was nothing. I just remained at my desk, doing nothing but surfing the Internet since I was so bored. I don't intend to do any serious work at all since it's a weekend.

Right. Back to the Comex 2008.

By the time I managed to reach Corbell's booth, it was nearing 2.30pm. But I ended up getting disappointed as I was told there's no stock for the 6-cell battery and there's no pre-order list for it as well.

In the end, I ended up getting gadgets that were totally bought on the spur of the moment. See the pictures below.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T300 and accessories

A free dry box for my Sony camera

Nokia N95 8GB

Yep. I bought a camera AND a mobile phone. Right on the same day too. Crazy eh? I don't really know the reason why I bought the Sony camera. Perhaps I was just too frustrated with my Casio Exilim EX-&0, which couldn't give me excellent night shots.

So far, I have not tried out the Sony camera yet but I hope I won't ended up being disappointed again. By the way, it comes with 5x optical zoom as well. So perhaps in future I could capture better shots of those stars when I go to their concerts. Hmmm...

Anyway, I got lots of accessories to go with my Sony camera. It comes with 2 memory sticks with adaptors, 2 batteries, 1 cleaning kit, 1 mini-tripod, 1 leather casing, 1 dry box and a course for learning how to use Sony cameras effectively. All these for $499.

As for the nokia phone, it happened to be a good bargain as it was selling for $488 with a 2 year re-contract of my plan. Add to it the trade-in I got for my Sony Ericsson K800i, the phone only costs a cool $368, which is several hundreds cheaper than before.

Truly a good bargain, though many people at the Comex bought the iPhone instead. Guess iPhone's sexiness still works here. Almost everybody who got to Singtel counters had indicated they were purchasing the iPhone. I seem to be the only odd one out with a Nokia phone and an old model at that. But I have been hankering after this N95 8Gb for ages. Its price was the only factor that stopped me from buying. Paying $698 for a phone that's not the IT phone of the moment simply doesn't sway me.

Now it's a different story. Wee... I'm still trying to figure out how to use the phone as the functions are totally different from Sony Ericsson's version. Damn...

Overall, I am quite pleased with my purchase. So, till the next IT fair shall we meet again.

Tada....

Shameless People on Internet

It's been quite some time ever since that fateful posting from a certain netizen called billovee, whose post about getting a free 6-cell battery from Corbell received numerous flames from the hardwarezone community.

Now, he's back with yet another ridiculous post which can even be construed as slander, if things were to get extremely bad. I have put his post below:




This guy is so adamant about getting his 6-cell battery that he has no qualms about destroying both Corbell's and Digital Life's integrity just to get his wish granted.

Bribery is a serious crime in Singapore and if this matter were to get reported to CASE, it could result in a terrible press coverage for both Corbell and Digital Life, even if they are eventually found to be innocent of any charges.

This billovee is super shameless and he has certainly made many netizens feel utterly disgusted at his behaviour. There is no such thing as free lunch in this world, don't he understand this very basic human concept?

All I can say is that this guy has no shame and moral in his life teachings.

Used battery or not, it's up to Corbell's discretion on whether they want to issue any free batteries to anybody who bought the MSI Wind. I say, if the guy is so adamant about getting his 6-cell battery, then he should sell off his Wind and get a Asus EEE Pc, which currently offers a 6-cell battery in the 1000H series.

In any case, I hope this guy stops showing up at the forum to create a din because it's not going to do anybody any good at all.

Shameless indeed.

Frustrated with Lil Green Patch!

I am very frustrated with Lil green Patch's numerous glitches and today's glitch is the worst. This is what I got when I logged on to my patch just now:

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Your (Lil) Green Patch has more than 200 plants and is at risk if you make any changes to it. Please don't accept any more plants, sell plants in Marketplace or buy plants in the Store till this message stops showing up above your (Lil) Green Patch. We are working to fix the issue. Thanks for your patience.

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I don't understand why they had to set a limit of 200 hundred plants to every patch. The main goal for the application is to get more plants sent so that sponsors would donate money to save the rainforests. So, the more you send, the more money you raise.

Yet they are setting this limit which will restrict users from sending more plants. This defeats the purpose of saving the rainforests through the use of this application. This is in addition to the annoying acceptance of plants requests on a click by click basis. This is simply a big waste of time and now with the limits set, this application has lost its appeal for me.

Initially, when I was playing this application, I was so in love with it as the plants were cute and I get to contribute to a good cause.

Now everything has changed and it remains to be seen whether the developers will listen to the users' comments and improve the application. Otherwise I will no longer use the application.

=(

dblO Fun!

Right after the concert, both mayi and I headed off to dbl O for a night of dancing.

It had been quite a while since the last time we went to dbl O. Our usual haunts are either MOS or Phuture. I used to enjoy clubbing at MOS but lately it's getting way too crowded and the kind of people who gather there are not your friendly type too. They jostled around you while you are trying to dance and it's not pleasant at all.

Initially, mayi wanted to go MOS but I suggested dbl O since xin always go there for clubbing and I am getting really tired of MOS.

Well, dbl O indeed did not disappoint. For one thing, the drinks are cheap and the music is great. I had a good time dancing to many familiar songs like Backstreet's Back, Baby One More Time, Umbrella and The Way I Are.

So many good songs in such a short span of time really made my night. Though at first mayi wasn't feeling very well after we had our tequila shots. Hmmm... probably she wasn't used to the tequila used. I don't know but probably MOS used a different brand of tequila. Heehee...

Nonetheless, she managed to recover on time for a round of fantastic dancing. The night would have been perfect except for a speck of dust that marred a bit of fun. A guy was trying to be funny with me and he thought he might get a chance in trying to get me into sexy dancing. Ha!

He got the wrong girl though. I just kept doing things the opposite way that he wanted me to do. He wanted a yes but I gave him a no. For one thing, he's way too short for my liking. Hahaha!!! Besides, good guys don't hang out at such places. Only jerks looking for a good time and easy prey come to this place. But hey I still got to give them some credit. At least they know when to back off.

Anyways, people go clubbing simply just to have fun. So do I. Only my fun is pure dancing. Wee!!!!

Bidding War No More *sobz*

Now that the bidding war is over, all that's left are just some very minor buyers who happen to be my lil green patch buddies. I suppose they are trying to help me raise up the value of my photo. See below:


So now there's nothing extraordinary to post anymore. Boring. =(

New Owner This Time Round. Phew!

Yippee! One of my lil green patch friends have bought my photo over. So glad to have a new breathe of air. Phew!



Tada!

Oopsies! Facebook?

Hi there! My photo has just gotten another new value. That's very nice! Hee...




However, the new owner of my photo seems quite determined to mark it as his and so he titled it with his name. I want to change away the ownership but it's not editable. *sighs*



Oh well. It's only a game. Nothing to worry about. ;P

More Facebook? Crazy!

Ok, I know this is getting a bit too much but I can't resist posting the latest bidding results of my photo. So here goes:




Hee.... more and more bidding comes along and pushes up the value of my photo. That's a very good thing, in my opinion. So there!

Another Boring Post on Facebook

Oh no! Here's another boring post on the same old new. It looks like I don't have anything else better to do other than post these updates of my bidding values. Heehee...




In any case, I have a brand new owner who, by the way, is one of my lil green patch friends, another wonderful but problematic application on Facebook. I shall write about it in another time. See ya! ;)

Yo! Facebook Owned!

Ha! Here's yet another rambling on the Owned updates for my profile. See below:



New owner! It's a woman fighter! LOL! Ok, I may have gone off the mark. But it's interesting to see new bidding occurs each time I logged in. It's all in a day's fun, really. =D

New PSP Slim Case

I had just came back from a BBQ session at Angeline a.k.a. mayi's house, exhausted but feeling very satisfied. Besides me, Felice a.k.a. maomao also came for the BBQ session. Xinhui a.k.a. xin didn't turn up eventually due to some personal matters.

Nonetheless, the 3 of us enjoyed ourselves despite the unpleasantries from mayi's elder sister. Between the 3 of us, we managed to set up 2 BBQ pits and got some food cooking sizzling hot before the elder sister came over and took away all our cooked food to share with her own set of friends. This left us with only raw food in which we had to cook again before we could fill our stomachs.

Magdeline is such a horrible person that mayi had the misfortune to live with all her life. She is such a huge disgrace to the family. All of us were busy preparing the necessaries for the BBQ, like setting up the BBQ pits, cooking the food and the eventual cleaning up of the BBQ equipments but all her elder sister did was snatched our food away without a word of thanks.

Her friends were even worse than the sister. They just came over to the BBQ session and ate up the food without offering a single helping hand to us nor a word of thanks. They should be ashamed of themselves and rightfully so, since they are working as full-time teachers in public schools.

Is this the way for public teachers to carry themselves in front of other people? NIE should sieve out all these bad apples lest they teach the wrong values to the future generations. Bah!

Right. Enough about those ungrateful sods.

Aside from the excellent food, I had also managed to get a beautiful PSP Slim case for myself at Bishan Junction 8. Needless to say, it is in black colour.

Here are some pictures of the case which I took with my Sony Ericsson K800i mobile phone:







Now my beloved PSP Slim is finally getting the proper home that it deserves. With this case, I don't have to worry about scratches marring the beauty of my black PSP Slim anymore. What a relief!

My Desired PSP Slim Colour

How I wish I can modify my current Piano Black Sony PSP Slim to this awesome combination colour skin.




I simply adore this colour combination to bits. However I have no idea how to go about changing the colour. Qisahn.com doesn't seem to offer such services as well. So now I am stuck on getting my desired PSP Slim colour.

Besides, don't you agree that the colours are so striking that makes the PSP Slim that much more drool-worthy? Oh well, looks like my search is not gonna end anytime soon.

*sighs*