The cable TV recently rerun the classic movie “Casino” by Martin Scorsese and it really reminds me the beautiful neonlights and signs of Las Vegas … you know, no matter how popular the new LED lights are, only the old style neon signs have the taste of LV.
Filed under: Travel on December 30th, 2006 | No Comments »
Tourists spend most of their time around the Strip of Las Vegas but in fact they really shall spend a night to the Frement Street of Las Vegas downtown (oh yes, believe it or not, the Strip is not the downtown of LV).
With neon lights like this, who need special effect ?
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Being an “IT Practitioner”, it is really hard to convince me to place my bets or even sit around a gambling (ooops … gaming) table, even in Las Vegas.
You know, everyone can calculate the odds of winning and you will know it’s a sure loss. So what I did was to tour around the casinos, [...]
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OK, we are the person of the year 2006, according to Time. According to the magazine, we are the person of the year because instead of watching TV after work, we write, we shoot, we video etc. and contribute those contents to the web. And many of those contents, actually changed the world. Hmmm … [...]
Filed under: Services & Products, Technology on December 28th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Now everyone of us owns one, two or even three digital cameras. We have mobile phone cameras, idiot-proof digital cameras and digital SLRs … and we can capture any image around us with just a flip of finger.
But what if you can capture something really touching, something that can tell a story, even though it [...]
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Years ago, whenever I visit a bookstore, I would spend a long time around a revolving bookstand next to the cashier - the bookstand of “Bluffer’s Guide”. There could be two dozens guides and each of these cover a topic - from astrology to wine and women. And I reckoned it’s the perfect way to [...]
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Merry X’mas and Happy New Year!!
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See things from new angles, find things from new places, do things with new methods …
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ITU 2006 is really grand … unfortunately all I have is a phone with a crappy camera. Anyway, just see below pictures for the booths of two Chinese companies. One has to believe, China is the next giant.
The booth is so big that there is an elevator inside to transport you to the third floor [...]
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Checked the Samsung booth (see below … so big …) and my dream phone SGH-i600; then compare to the phones in SE booth. You can tell South Korea is the new leader.
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