Why Starhub....

Just can't get things right the first time?

When I activated my autoroam service for my mobile subscription before I go overseas, I only came to realise that they did not activate the service as told when i landed on foreign land, where my dear thought something had happened to me. Fuck.

When I subscribed to an additional tv set top box for my room, the stored channels are not what i had subscribed. I had to call them to rectify this. Double Fuck.

When I subscribe to their MaxOnline plan, my network connection bandwidth belongs to the pool for the cheaper plan. Think they could rip us off if they did not go to their site to check the bandwidth huh. Triple Fuck.

And now the bill they have sent me for the MaxOnline, they include the charge for the modem which $500! The contract clearly stated the modem comes free with the subscription. Ultimate Fuck!

Can't they just fucking get things right the first time? My dear called them StarFuck for a good reason (and ya, her starfuck mobile reception sucked to the core in her room and no, she's not living in a bunker but 2 storeys above ground level, go figure.)

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Cramped...

Today feel a bit lazy to ride, plus bike needs maintenance which i don't wish to stress it further, so decided to take our Mass Rapid Transit train to work.

I don't know if i had made the right choice in taking public transport, cos what i see today really puts me off.

The crowd situation at the station is getting from bad to worse, people literally have to squeeze with each other so tightly like sardines in a can. People pushing at each other without even a word of "excuse me" to get out of train. Guess the government needs another courtesy campaign to educate the people (well, we are the only country which actually have this kind of campaign to teach people how to be courteous where makes Singaporeans looks like savages dressed in coats and dresses.)

Thank the guy up there that i don't have go through this shit everyday :)

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PS3 Photo Slideshow

For those who are waiting to own or not getting this console, I will like to take this chance to show you how the console is capable of displaying photos in a slideshow....in a unique and nice way :)

Woohoo!

The new firmware for PS3 arrives today. As expected, the system notified me of a new update from the server. Tried to upgrade via connection thru the console but connection to the server seems to be pretty unstable as i got disconnected halfway during downloading. So i go the old school method: download the firmware using download manager on my pc, copy the file to my thumbdrive, and insert into the console for upgrade.

The whole process only took me less than an hour and now i have set my fav photo as wallpaper. Plus i could eject disc with my controller without ever touching the console, which will translate into fingerprint-less panel lol.

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Celebrating....

15 years of text messaging....

Just days after the IBM ThinkPad threw a shindig for its 15th, now we've reason to don our party hats once more for yet another notable birthday.

The mobile phone industry is celebrating the 15th year of the Short Message Service Center (SMSC), which was the "principal application behind text messaging first brought to market by Acision in 1992." Over the years, the basic SMSC box has evolved into an IP-based SMS architecture, and while early iterations had a capacity of ten messages per second, current setups can handle a nearly infinite amount (good thing huh?).

So here's to you, dear SMS, and while we certainly hope you manage to hang around another 15 years or so, how's about cooling off the perpentual price increase along the way?

Source: Acision thru Engadget Mobile

PS3 owners Rejoice!

New PS3 firmware should be coming in within this week....

Changes in the firmware as follows:

• Ability to rearrange games on the XMB
• Option menu now includes "eject disk"
• Press triangle to eject games/CDs/movies in the XMB
• XMB backgrounds
• Change the folder classification
• Emoticons
• Change CD output to 44.1/88.2/176.4kHz
• Force 24Hz output for Blu-ray over HDMI
• Change PS3 video settings in-game
• "Bit Mapping" in the "Music Setting"
• Save AVCHD type animations from a Memory Stick
• Change settings like upscaling while playing PS and PS2 games
• Add bookmarks
• Web browser security function in the browser's tool section
• Avatar moves during audio visual chat

Cool... now no more fingerprints on my PS3 on the EJECT button....

To those drivers who.....

talks and sms on cellphones while driving, READ THIS!

British teen imprisoned for texting-related death

It goes without saying that talking whilst driving (let alone texting) isn't exactly the safest practise and unfortunately for a British teenager, she could have four solid years to think about it. Rachel Begg, who was found to have used her cellphone nine different times in the 15 minutes prior to crashing into a grandmother's vehicle and subsequently killing her, was recently found guilty and sentenced to four years in prison. To make matters worse, Begg was driving nearly 70 miles-per-hour on a dark, rainy night, and the judge reportedly emphasized how costly her lack of reason was.

Better leave the texting 'til after the ride's over, eh?

Source: Textually

A Global Warning....

What? Laptops attacking Owners holding N-Series Phones????

Apparently the statement "What Computers Have Become" by Nokia had upset many old school laptops....

True or not, it's up to you to believe. Tell me personally when it happens ;)

Link

Frozen Bubble for S60

For those who own a Symbian V9 S60 3rd Edition phone, you can check out this game.

Very much resembling the Puzzle Bubble, it spotted very nice graphics at 320 x 240 resolution. Best of all, IT'S FREE!



Download here

Source: Darla Mack

For the N95 owners...

Found this tip for those with loose slider mechanism on their phones. Hope this helps.

This is my guide on how to sort a wobbly n95 slider. WHAT YOU NEED: 1 n95, 1 torx screwdriver and 1 roll of electrical sticky tape, i did this fix with my vodafone branded n95, images taken with my t-mobile n95, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Start by turning your phone off and removing the battery and battery cover, then pull the back cover off by easing it out away from the slide like this......
Then remove the cover from the phone like so ...... At each side of the n95 you will see 2 black metal strips (1 each side) held in place by 3 silver screws, heres the pic of the black metal strip .......
Now undo the 3 screws from 1 side and keep them safe (do 1 side at a time, its easyer) , and remove the black metal runner ......
Now the fixing part, put the metal strip on a surface face down so the lip is pointing upwards, get your electrical tape (iv used blue so you can see it) and cut a thin strip and place it on the black metal runner under the lip like so ....... Do this twice with each black runner so your slide will be tight once its back together, once you have done the first side, take the second black runner from side 2 and do the same, u'll notice one black runner is smaller than the other, don't mix them up when you put them back onto the n95 ......
When finished and ready to put the runners back on u may have to force them into place, don't worry they will fit, as you put the runners back on you will notice that the runners are pushing the white plastic runners down onto the slide, this is how it makes the slide nice and tight, then screw the runners down tight and pop ur back cover back on starting with button side first like this .....
Source: Howard Forums

Transformers The Game.

Borrowed this game from a colleague, wanting to try out the game to see if i will buy it for collection.

The graphics in this game is very stunning in 1080p resolution, where you see the holes the robots made on the road as they move, vehicles and structures being destroyed as the robots slammed onto them. Literally, almost the entire city map you can see on the screen are possible to destroy. Especially when you get into a close quarter brawl, the extent of damage you and your enemy inflicted upon the city is really a beautiful sight. I am so tempted to destroy every piece of the city but being an autobot you will fail your mission if you cause too much destruction. I have yet to try out using the decepticons, but guess i'll have a blast wrecking havoc in the city lol.

However, the game is not without bugs. Firstly, the camera alignment is so retarded that from time to time the robot will be facing the direction opposed to what you want it to be. When i am playing the Hoover Dam stage, my robot actually fell INTO the building block when i am supposed to stand on top of it! I had to transform numerous times just to get out of that mess. Bloody hell. Last of all, this game only took me less than 4 hours to reach the last stage of the autobot campaign. Although I'm not some professional player, I still find the game too easy to complete. This impression is based on me only focusing on the objectives and not on the bonus stages.

Although this game gives you some mindless wacking fun to destress yourself after a hard day's work, I personally find this game is kind of a rush job to cater to the release of the movie. Graphics are impressive but can be better. I'll give it a 6 out of 10

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N95 8GB Edition picture leaked on Internet

Looks better in this colour... I MIGHT get this if it's not a rumoured set LOL

Goodbye Pacnet, Hello MaxOnline

After almost 10 years subscribing to their services, I am pretty much disappointed that even to date, I was offered the same discount rate as I had gotten from them many years back. Other ISPs had offered bigger bandwidth for the same amount (imagine comparing 1.5Mbps to 12Mbps). And the lame excuse is that they could not match up with their competitors' pricing. 

So? That's it? That really got me peeved. And after looking through opinions from other users in some forums, I had decided to get Starhub's Maxonline subscription plan to continue my net surfing/gaming hobbies.

So after 3 weeks' wait, I finally gotten this modem from them and begin the new bandwidth experience!

New TV for the New PS3

Playing PS3 with a 15" CRT TV is really a pain. I can't even read the chinese characters properly in Grand Turismo HD Concept, to the point I have to strain my eyes with it. I figured that with that kind of video quality (if there's any to talk about) I and Dear can't even enjoy the Blu-Ray's High Definition movies at all. It is then I had decided to get a HD ready LCD TV in order to enjoy the full picture quality of the machine.

Why HD-Ready (1080i) and not getting a Full HD (1080p) TV you might ask? For the clueless, Full  HD TV currently in the market only comes in panel sizes greater than 40" and I am only looking into a 26" TV. As a small panel, its native resolution is not possible to support 1080p resolution. 

I had been doing some research on the TV and LG's LC7R TV seems to fit my requirements pretty well. Another TV to look at is the Pany's Viera TV (forgotten the model, sorry about that). So what's good about this TV?

- 2 X HDMI ports that takes in 1080p streams (but downscale and upscale video to panel)

- Looks simple and elegant (speaker grill are not that obvious)

- 10000:1 contrast ratio

- Brillant picture quality

Of course prior to getting this TV I have to obtain the green light from the "commander" before going ahead with the purchase. Eventually I got the green light and we headed down to Bukit Panjang Plaza where my colleague, Ivan, had told me about the LG promotion by Harvy Norman over there. Went down to take a look and the salesman told me that the batch TV sets they have  are made in Korea instead of Malaysia. In addition, it is selling at a promotional price which is almost $400 off its retail price, plus a petrol voucher to top it off. Really sounded like a good deal. After much thought and seeking Dear's opinion, we decided to go for the TV. 

After cleaning up the room, removing the old TV and PS2, I made a minor arrangement and this is how it looked like (yes, the one covered in yellow cloth is the PS3). Not very neat but not that chaotic too. After the arrangement, I came to realise one thing: somehow unconsciously I had become a LG supporter LOL (coz I have a LG LCD monitor and HDD recorder as well)...

Although Dear is not very happy about spending $2000 over 2 weekends just to get a good gaming equipment, but nevertheless she knew that I liked them and allow me to get it. Muack!

Ultimately I will hope that she will enjoy the HiDef movies I bring back to watch as much as I do and also to enjoy the PS3 experience with me. :)

Temptation that can't be resisted..

Yes, i almost forgotten about it until Weiming brought it up again, and made me itch to get the PS3.

In view of the upcoming GST increase, we decided to get one before that to avoid paying the extra tax for it (considering that it is already dang expensive). So after getting approval from the "commander", we headed down to Tampines Courts to get the console, only to find out that they have stopped selling them due to some "internal" problems. Seems to us that only Sony Gallery shops are selling the consoles exclusively. In my opinion, that will seriously affect the sales of the PS3. Well nevertheless i feel safer getting from Sony shops than from third party retailers.

Of course, first thing is to set up the console and update the firmware. That was at my woman's place. When i got it home, i did a major rearrangement on my entertainment corner and finally found the new spot for the console.

Now, who's joining me for frag session in Resistance?

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Bike Gadget Trial

Hilary was mentioning about this voltage stabiliser he used on his bike which he claimed that it had smoothened his low end power of his duke. After selling off his bike, he wanted me to try out on my bike to see if it helps.

Well, after putting it on, it did smooth out the roughness on my bike's low end, pick up is smoother.

However, it won't be with me for long since he's gonna bring it with him to USA. Dang.

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