2011-03-31
New Samsung LCD TV
Xperia Play is Here
Launch event video: http://youtu.be/CmEvo3Zxzq4
I ended up on TV because I won a ticket to the VIP event that very night.
The YouTube Create page
2011-03-30
2011-03-28
2011-03-26
2011-03-25
3DS Launched Today
2011-03-23
2011-03-22
Tiny Fanless Motherboard
2011-03-19
e.on Energy Saving Pack
Made in Japan/China
I read the book made in Japan by the Sony founder a while ago. And recently I found this book made in China by Pun Ngai. Originated from Hong Kong, Pun was a Ph. D student of University of London. Pun went to Shenzhen, China to be a factory girl in order to experience the life of factory workers in China first hand.
2011-03-15
London Olympic Ticketing Starts
27 July 2012 Friday 19:30-22:30 Opening Ceremony Olympic Stadium Tickets:2 £40.24
12 August 2012 Sunday 19:30-22:30 Closing Ceremony Olympic Stadium Tickets:2 £40.24
Total maximum cost: £170.48
Update 2011-04-26: The ticket sale will end today at 11:59pm
2011-03-11
Biggest Earthquake Hit Sendai, Japan
Sendai, the city I lived in. D=. Aobaku, where my University is, Tohoku Dai.
1000+ death already. Including 200+ body found, drown to death, by Miyagi police.
"宮城県警によると、同市若林区で溺死と見られる遺体２００～３００人が発見された"http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20110311-OYT1T00956.htm?from=top#
Update 2011-03-12: Sendai Death 500, counting. Total death toll 1k+.
10k+ people isolated at the moment, limited water, limited wireless connection, limited electricity
News TV stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jishinsokuhou
Update 2011-03-14: Death toll 1.5k+, counting. Have been a series of aftershocks over the weekend
Update 2011-03-18 1886 people dead (the breakdown today: Miyagi 785 dead, Fukushima 431 dead)
Update 2011-03-18 Japan updates the scheduled electricity outage map and timetable http://setsuden.yahoo.co.jp/
Update 2011-03-19 Death toll 7,300. And it was 6k+ earlier.
Update 2011-03-22 Death, 9080. 13,561 people still missing.
Update 2011-03-27 Death 10k. 17,541 missing.
Update 2011-04-02 Death 11.8k, 15k missing
Update 2011-04-11 Death 13.1k, 14.4k missing
Update 2011-04-17 Death 13.8k, 14.1k missing
Update 2011-04-27 Death 14.4k, 11.6k missing
Update 2012-03-11. 1 year after the big magnitude 9 quake and tsunami. 15,850 deaths, 6,011 injured, 3,287 people missing
2011-03-08
Google Map 3D and Latitude Checkin
Google Map 5.2.1 is just out. Here's a screens of Cardiff Castle, UK. One of the few places with 3D. The 3D looks better than on iPhone. And Google Latitude Checkin allows auto-check-in
2011-03-04
Nintendo 3DS
Update: it was fun! Lots of laughs from me, my gf, and her mom. all the AR card and shooting-faces-in-the-air games. 3D looked nice. And will take loads of 3d pictures at my gf's univ. One problem though. it only comes with a 100V charger
Update 2: Cost me around 330 pound. 270 for the unit, 15 for shipping, and 45 for custom. Ship from Golden in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong (ironically, 10 min walk from my folk's place in Hong Kong).
Update 3: The Japan launch was Feb 26th, 2011 and European launch will be March 25th. And Hong Kong managed to get a hands-on on Feb 25th, ahead of the Japan launch. It was selling for HK$3099 at that time with Ridge Racer being the most expensive game.
Update 4: Professor Layton is the best selling launch game.And out of the games I bought, one DSi-only game "My Cooking Coach" does not boot due to region lock. Others were okay. Getting "Street Fighter" the end of March 2011. There's an AR card function to show 3D models from the AR Cards, think figurines.
http://uk.kotaku.com/5770099/this-could-be-the-first-nintendo-3ds-unboxing-video/gallery/2
World's Top 3 Fastest Internet
2011-03-01
2011-02-28
Coco Before Chanel
Watched this movie about the French brand Chanel. The movie was in French with forced English subtitle. Not recommended unless you are earning a fashion degree. I think the actress added some crazy personality to the character Coco Chanel.
More rail near my place
96.4 per cent of Overground arrived on time. Top in UK according to the Evening Standard newspaper
London Chinatown Goodies
週刊ジャーニー, Chinese soup bag (think tea bag for soup), Guilinggao Turtle Herbal Jelly, Wong Lo Kat Herbal Tea, spatula, Chinese soup spoon, wooden foot massage thingie
2011-02-27
WebQQ
The top tool bar reads: WebQQ, App Market, QQ (the messenger, I believe), Group, Tencent Weibo (=Twitter-like service), QQ Mail, SoSo.com Search
Down there on the left, there're weather, a clock, a gameboy-like widget with some advert of QQ game.
On the right, I can login to my QQ messenger for instant messaging.
Currently version 2.0.
2011-02-26
Words with Friends, the Scrabble-like Game
Add me, username billhungdotnet
Android link: http://media.tested.com/uploads/0/1507/20427-wordsfriends_super.png
iOS link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words-with-friends-free/id321916506?mt=8
Top Grossing iOS Apps in Japan now
Momotaro, completed with some 3D graphics and board game-like gameplay.
2011-02-24
Pvblic Library
Update: It turns out, it was a reminiscence of old alaphabets
http://wiki.answers.
2011-02-23
Gift from France
My sister asked some friend to hand me these gifts from Sophia-Antipolis, France. They look like chocolate, post-it note with a kiss. And "Le petite Marseillais Savon Soin à l'huile d'Argan Nourrissant" (whatever that means) and Avène Cold Cream (not in pic)
2011-02-21
Cube Store in London
Those stores renting out cube paces to people who want to sell their used items or gadgets are very popular in Asia. Here's one in London chinatown
2011-02-14
Samsung Android Video Editor
2011-02-12
BBC iPlayer on Android
QQ Mail and the Google Buzz-like feature
2011-02-11
2011-02-10
2011-02-08
New book from the author of Liar's Poker
Fans of Liar's Poker should get this book, along with "Mr China" the book
Motion Sensing Google Home Page today
This is supposed to move without clicking if your device has an accelerometer. Can someone try this and report?
Clicking on the google logo bought me to a google search of Jules Verne, the French author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) according to wikipedia.From the official Google Blog, "Today's doodle, celebrating Verne's 183rd birthday, tries to capture that sense of adventure and exploration. Using CSS3 (and with help from our resident tech wizards Marcin Wichary and Kris Hom), the doodle enables anyone to navigate the Nautilus down (nearly) 20,000 leagues with the simple pull of a lever. And for those using devices with built-in accelerometers and the latest versions of Google Chrome or Firefox, it's even simpler—just tilt your device in the direction you want to explore and the Nautilus will follow."
The Chinese are Coming, the TV show
"Justin Rowlatt investigates the spread of Chinese influence around the planet and asks what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower."
Description http://www.bbc.co.uk
Video http://www.bbc.co.uk
2011-02-06
Farmville around Chinese New Year
After a long haitus, re-visiting farmville revealed that there are suddently 30 farmville cash there (must be farmville version of Chinese New Year red packet). I used 15 to buy a new Chinese New Year costume.
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