M.Y. Lessons Learnt

Boston is really a nice city. Check out the photo album (an utility called SimpleViewer is used) to find out … http://www.80days.com/boston/

Filed under: Book, Off Topics, Photography, Travel on August 20th, 2008 | No Comments »

In my home town there is really no place for GPS as our city is so small and the transport system is so efficient that we can always go to one place from another easily. With the help of 3G iPhone and its AGPS, the trip to Boston was my first time to travel abroad [...]

Filed under: Services & Products, Technology, Travel on August 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

One of the first things to do in my Boston travel planning is to get tickets for the Blue Man Show (one of the best multi-media shows in USA). To promote e-Commerce, I of course first visited their official ticket site - www.ticketmaster.com to buy tickets. Unfortunately, all tickets were sold out for all the [...]

Filed under: Entertainment, Services & Products, Technology, Travel on August 4th, 2008 | No Comments »

As far as I can tell, the best in-flight entertainment of any domestic flight within USA is not the movie / TV shows / Games (as there is none for shorter flights), not the food / drink (as you need to buy your own drinks) and certainly not the flight attendants (you probably know why). [...]

Filed under: Services & Products, Travel on August 4th, 2008 | No Comments »

My friend browsed thru my photo book and his first question was “How come the weather was so good in every place you went to ?”. Hmmm … good question, isn’t it ? So I answered, “Visit the place again, until you see the blue skys.”
Anyway, it’s raining in Boston, and I suppose I need [...]

Filed under: Photography, Travel on July 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

The first copy of the photo book is good looking and beautifully printed, so I think it is time to make it public and available for sale online in Blurb.com. One can pick up a copy of the book with soft cover, hardcover with or without dust jacket.
Frankly, I don’t expect to sell any, but [...]

Filed under: Book, Photography, Travel on June 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This beauty finally arrived from the mail and it looks absolutely gorgeous. It took altogether 4 weeks to finish and here are the details:

Day 01 - download the free software BookSmart from Blurb.com
Day 02 - starts the “design” of the book … and it lasts 15 days, as I needed to select the photos, add [...]

Filed under: Book, Photography, Travel on June 17th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Let’s say you have a boring photo with some small cars and people … can we do some tricks to improve it ?
The following is a photo taken in a recent cruise tour to Taiwan.

Then an area with the objects were selected; invert the selection; apply Gaussian blur; and then adjust the brightness & contrast [...]

Filed under: Photography, Travel on June 16th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Taipei may not be the first choice of many people to travel, but in fact the city changed a lot in the past few years that I certainly think worth a visit. You know, if one can afford the time and money, one shall always revisit a place every few years. So, what are the [...]

Filed under: Photography, Travel on June 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

Tin Hau, also known as the Queen of Heaven and Goddess of the Sea, who enjoys a special place in people’s hearts thanks to our city’s long maritime history. Many people celebrate Tin Hau’s birthday every year and the most famous festivities is a spectacular parade through the streets with teams of performers, including lion [...]

Filed under: Entertainment, Photography, Travel on May 5th, 2008 | No Comments »