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Apple Patent Says Adios to iPod’s Click Wheel?

October 29th, 2006 by Marie in Tech News, iPod gadgets

If it weren’t for that click wheel, the iPod would probably be less symbolic. Consider, for example, navigating the iPod via the touch screen. Or, finding barely visible buttons on the frame of the display. Apple has apparently been experimenting and filing patents for this type of navigation control for quite some time now, but the patent only got published last Thursday. From the looks of it, we’d soon be watching more videos from our iPods and playing songs less often. It isn’t really a black or white concept. Apple’s been looking into a hybrid, just to appease you guys who’ve fallen so faithfully for the click wheel. If this hybrid sees the light of day, we’ll be seeing a virtual wheel in the touch screen and a bunch of other navigation controls in the display frame as well. The perfect reason for this, according to Apple, is that the display ought to take more space in the device, and the click wheel is indeed going to get in the way. And if it does see the light of day, expect something more freakish features in the iPod versions of the future. In the patent diagram, Apple showed that the iPod would have a sensor that will detect whether you’re lying down or standing up. The text, display images, and touch screen controls would change horizontally or vertically and adapt to your spatial orientation. Neat! Apple didn’t confirm, however, whether the new features will be included in all the iPods or in the latest video-playing versions only.

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Do-it-yourself GPS system for your car

November 5th, 2006 by Marie in Electronic Gadgets, Vehicle Gadgets

Some people think they’d have to spend thousands of bucks for built-in or standalone GPS system in their car. Why not? However, if you’re like me who would have to think twice before splurging on such expensive buys, wouldn’t it be more practical if you could just buy the cheapest GPS device and navigation software in the market, install the latter on the device, connect it on the PDA, and run the car “your” way? It’s even way smarter, if you think about it, since a built-in GPS system may have a non-intuitive interface or inaccurate maps. A do-it-yourself GPS system lets you personalize everything on a bargain. Think: all you really need is an ordinary PDA, a Bluetooth-enabled GPS unit, and a navigation software of your choice. Then go and hit the road! Ohlamon lets us in on this neat trick: If you already found the nav software, PDA, and GPS unit with Bluetooth capability (there’s even a solar-powered one which you could just position in your car where there is sunlight), then mount it on a holder. When both the devices are turned on and charged, create and enable Bluetooth partnership by following these six easy steps:

1. Tap Start -> Settings -> Connections tab -> Bluetooth.

2. Tap “Turn on” Bluetooth button or checkbox.

3. Tap Bluetooth > Devices tab > New Partnership. Your device searches for other devices with Bluetooth capabilities, and displays them in the list.

4. Tap the name of your GPS device, and tap Next.

5. In Passkey enter an alphanumeric passkey between 1 and 16 characters, and tap Next. (You will find this passkey somewhere in you GPS device documentation)

6. Tap Finish. Find Connect in the menu of your GPS device, then set up and run your navigation software.

This trick isn’t possible with my Nintendo DS (yes, there are custom maps for the DS that you can download on the console) but with any Bluetooth-enabled GPS unit and an ordinary PDA, this is really child’s play. You don’t even have to be a geek to get the GPS thingy going in no time! ————————————————————————————–

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Super Mini Putt-Putt

Posted Oct 01, 2006 at 01:56AM. Listed in: PSP Tags: Lua, Photoshop, PspFanatic

How does one actually code golf games in Lua in one week? Well, you can ask PspFanatic, ’cause he just gave us a little bit of teeing fun in his ‘brew, Super Mini Putt-Putt. The game is obviously a tiny putt game with eight holes. And if you’re wondering what’s wrong with the graphics, err, it’s PspFanatic’s very first try at coding and design. He promises us that next time, he’ll try to work it out with Photoshop. The controls are pretty simple: all you need is to tinker with the analog stick, the X, and of course the Start buttons to get going. The analog stick moves the direction where you want the ball to go, while pressing the X button hits the ball. Start button exits the game. It’s a nice game for a first-time coder, so keep it up, PspFanatic. You guys can check out the game here as it’s quite a quick download, too. Download: [Super Mini Putt-Putt] Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

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Sunday, April 29. 2007

When Rebecca Turns Into a Pillar of Salt

Back in the old Biblic days, when God or Jehovah saw how vicious the city of Sodom had been, there was no choice but to burn it. People were committing all sorts of felony, from raping women to mating with cows, from stealing property to stoning innocent “criminals”. These were abominable in the eyes of Jehovah. To save the righteous, the descendants of Abraham, God sent the angels to tell Lot’s household to flee before the city turns to ashes. But there was a dissident, Rebecca, who looked back upon the burning Sodom and morphed into a salt pillar.

Do Not Look Back

Would you have fled if you were Rebecca? This story has been passed down as a legendary fable on the curse of materialism. The Rebecca character, living with a rich husband in a luxurious estate, apparently couldn’t bear the thought of leaving all that wealth behind. It’s a human foible — we are all susceptible to committing. I would have hesitated if I had less faith. Now, anyone who says she’s not feeling any bit of remorse at such a hasty and obscene departure is a liar.

Rebecca and Jane Eyre

I remember Rebecca back in the 1940s as a romantic thriller film. The story revolved around a woman who was married to an older man — a gloomy character at that — a la “Jane Eyre” – experiencing the pain, fear, and guilt eating her up when she learns her husband’s ex-wife is also named Rebecca. So what exactly seems to be character Rebecca’s role in the Christian Bible and elsewhere? I knew someone named Becky who likes ballroom dancing. I don’t see any resemblance of her in any of those Rebeccas that I’ve mentioned, and certainly she doesn’t live a gloomy existence. You know there’s always a shattering of the myth.

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Sunday, April 29. 2007

Netzero for Dial Up Users

I’ve been mulling over the idea of getting me a bloody cheap but fast internet access accelerator. It won’t be exactly made for faster download but it could be a lot less troublesome compared to the real thing. For example, you can buy a premium brand of download accelerator for $35. A simple internet access accelerator can cost only $10. I’m thinking about Netzero ’cause I’ve been hearing about it from friends who are dial-up users.

Netzero Features

Exactly what are we getting from Netzero? Actually, you can get the same speed when surfing with Netzero platinum, and it costs only half the price of the leading brands such as Speedbit. You get a MegaMail feature with 25mb storage capacity. If you are not a Linux user, you’d most probably appreciate Netzero with its popup blocker feature. The Netzero software is free. The best thing I like about this is that I only need to sign up for the service – without asking for credit card information.

Alternative Download Accelerator

Netzero is for dial-up users. If I sign up, I get 10 hours of free internet access. All I really have to do is download the Installer. Clicking it would install the Netzero Hispeed. Now what happens to my downloads? Simply put, Netzero doesn’t equal your regular download accelerator’s potential for high speed downloading. But it’s good alternative, especially for those who could not avail of broadband access in their area. This is the next best thing to quality web surfing and downloading files.

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Saturday, April 28. 2007

Comparing Car Rates and Quotes

With the kind of driving record that Matt (my buddy) possesses, I doubt that he’d be lucky enough to find the best rates. Well, of course, some insurance companies give leeway to drivers who have bad records, but this comes with another price tag too. I told you it’s a big headache. I told him, “Why don’t you go check out NetQuote.com? The best quotes and rates could be found here. If you find a nice deal, lemme check the figures for you.” Then of course, he’d have to buy insurance only from a company with an A rating, because they are the ones who really pay.

Factors to Consider

That’s just about as far as I went. Basically, you will find the best insurance rating if know how to take care of your well-traveled Land Rover. For example, you live in a place where your car is less likely to get bumped by a 10-wheeler. It matters whether you’re a sedate 40-year old dude or a 25-year old drag racer. Sometimes, women get better rates than men, because they drive less aggressively. As for Matt, his main problem is his driving history and his car. It looks like a battered lemon now.

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Wednesday, May 2. 2007

Toshiba Gigabeat S versus iPod

I can only get fed up with so many white gadgets. I mean, we’re all looking at possible iPod killers now – the Creative Zen attempted but didn’t only succeeded terribly. But the Toshiba Gigabeat S series comes in three colors: red, black, and…well, white. It was also a tad heavier than the iPod but that shouldn’t be a big deal. It comes in both 30GB and 60GB hard drive capacities so storage is also not a problem.

Gigabeat Features

A horde of iPod suckers question the features of the Toshiba Giga. For example, I’m not sure whether it has a voice recorder, but it has an FM tuner and plays mp3 (and/but more often) wma formats. You can also use it with your Xbox and Tivo to make things more fun. The video monitor is so crunk – it’s a hefty QVGA screen. The battery allows this video to run for 5 hours while the Toshiba Gigabeat itself purports to last for 20 hours.

Is this an iPod Killer

The Toshiba Gigabeat S has just been released this May, but ever since January, the iPod folks on the other side of the island have been speculating on this Microsoft-powered mp3 player’s success. Of course, no player seems to beat the iTunes’ success, so good luck to the next iPod contender. Unfortunately, the Toshiba Gigabeat can only support WMV for video but the Media Player eventually works to transcode the other formats to play it back on PMC.

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Thursday, May 3. 2007

Soy Helps Fight Breast Cancer

Gail who is diagnosed with a possible breast cancer is having difficulty balancing her diet requirements. Like me, she used to like a lot of spicy foods. Now, tacos and burritos are a no-no but she’s been doing her best to incorporate non-dangerous (and even helpful) grubs such as soy beans in her diet. For instance, she makes non-spicy spaghetti but cooks up taco fillings along with it. The taco filling contains soy that helps prevent the spread of breast cancer.

Who Needs Soy Rich Foods

She told me it’s no longer a myth. I learned from diligent cancer patients that soy beans in the diet does deter the spread of deadly cancer cells. The only trouble is, you would have to be pre-menopausal. This is because the natural chemicals in soy are anti-estrogen which prevent the buildup of the hormones in the breast receptors. If you were post-menopausal, on the other hand, the “phytoestrogens” can work against you, since they can supply you with estrogen that is lacking in your body.

Soy Recipe

Now, let’s go to the yummy part. How can anyone with the deadly breast cancer still enjoy the taste of tacos without worrying about the aftermath of eating them? The secret is in adding the pork crumbles in the tacos as filling. You can still enjoy this savory southwestern dish while keeping the balance in your bodily hormones. The soy in your food can maintain the equilibrium if you follow the amount required by your dietitian.

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Sunday, May 6. 2007

The Finest 2007 JE Design Volkswagen EOS

First time I saw the JE Design, my carnal desires to hold muscle wheels have gripped me once again. I’m just not the type who likes the flashy bling-bling – call me a low-profile insured roadster, if you will. This German Volkswagen that rips the road is simply the type of car I’d be proud to show my mama, my girlfriend, and perhaps the entire womankind. The car just oozes with style and performance, it’s almost unbeatably sporty.

Features That Rock

Damn, that sleek diggety-dank dashboard! If you want to check it out like I did, go to the Serious Wheels website and take a peek at what’s making me itch. The JE Design package comes with front spoiler, blade included, the omnipresent but masterfully crafted rear wing (comes with rear apron), some nasty-looking headlight screens, and sidesills that come with clean air inlets. I’d say it’s the bomb. But of course, it won’t be called a muscle car if its performance doesn’t cut to your supersonic expectations.

More Than Just a Looker

Problem whether to use a gasoline or a diesel engine? It’s almost unlikely that the JE Design will fail you. ‘Course there are lots of superb-looking cars out there (as for example, the 2006 Alfa Romeo Spix Concept by Creatix or the 2003 LotusType 119B, anyone?) but I need a more sedate way to show off. Within 7 seconds, you’re scrunching your tires at 62 mph, breaking the record of ex-version 7.8 seconds. This is so sleek, I almost forgot that the coilover suspensions reach a 35-65 mm adjustment rage.

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Tuesday, May 1. 2007

Too Much Piddle Can Kill

The first time I heard the term “polyuria”, I wasn’t scared. I felt that it was a little too tame a name for something that keeps a person occupied with his bodily fluids 24/7. When I was doing interviews with people who had diabetic symptoms back in New Orleans, the word itself struck fear among the patients. Imagine visiting the omnipresent public bathroom every 15 minutes or so, pissing a saucerful, and then going to the kitchen to get something to drink. Polyuria and polydipsia go together.

Loss Of Calcium

There was one patient that actually fell on the floor one time and just writhed. I imagined it was a possible episode of epilepsy, but it wasn’t. The loss of calcium resulted in his violent spasms. The scary thing about this urinating excessively is that it causes a disturbance in the body chemistry. This symptom, along with excessive drinking, springs from the brain, the kidneys, and the fluids in the body. It may begin from as early as infancy.

Whence Polyuria

A person who is urinating excessively has compounds in the bodily fluid that causes this nonstop release of water. Also, if there is any disease in the kidney, there is loss of control over the fluid release. The pituitary gland in the brain controls the urine flow from the kidneys – but polyuria destroys this ability to control the urinary tendencies. My brother once joked that if anyone among us suffers from polyuria, there should always be a constant supply of tampon and diapers in the backpack.

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Sunday, May 6. 2007

Kona Belle Vue Bed and Breakfast

The only thing I hated about Kealakekua Bay is the way it is pronounced. Otherwise, I would live for the parasailing sessions, right in the heart of the Bay, at Captain Cook’s monument. I think the nearest comfort you’ll ever get to when you’re done snorkeling and hiking is to sleep with a fluffy pillow and a nice, cozy bed at Kona Belle Vue Bed and Breakfast. The price of the rent for a 4-day tour at Kealakekua isn’t so steep. It won’t be hard on the budget if you were to revel at this tropical Hawaiian city only once a year, as I do.

What to Do at Kealakekua

I did what my friends had pushed me into doing. Ok, call me a landlubber, but I don’t favor the back-breaking hiking sessions a lot. Instead, I don my snorkeling gear and make sure I had some companions which will guide me around the Captain Cook monument. At the end of the day, when I can’t snorkel anymore, I just enjoy the view at Kona Belle B&B. There’s an entire mass of land covered with coffee and other tropical fruits I barely see in the mainland US. Alone, I’d take the much-hyped Orchid Suite. With my friends, the space should always be bigger, so we occupy the Rose Suite.

On Horseback and Windsurfing

Now, this is the understated part. The Kealakekua Bay can also be toured on horseback. I hadn’t planned on this, nor the sun-drenched morning hike, but the staff at Kona Belle B&B had egged me into trying out the other more strenuous pursuits. After half an hour down the dirtroad (of some obscure name I couldn’t even pronounce), I gave up and escaped. I rented wind surfing equipment with some dude who also rented a suite at Kona Belle B&B. We spotted spinning dolphins along the way.

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Thursday, May 3. 2007

Tomatillos Garden Food

I’ve never known how to cook a tomatillo jam until I grew a shrublike plant with yellow flowers and thick-husked fruits. They are more often called ground cherries. Lots of gardeners in Texas (of various zones) dote on the tomatillo because these edible flower-fruits reseed like hell they don’t have difficult time planting them. Another is that these tomatillos have been good sources of Vitamin C like any citrus fruit. So far, I’ve collected recipes which allows me to include the tomatillo in the meal.

Mexican Dishes

For instance, I’ve tried salsa. There’s no doubt that only in salsa will you be able to exploit the real taste of the tangy sweetness tomatillo. There are species that taste like pineapple. Some like to put the Aunt Molly variety into various chili recipes and jams. My cousin never thought it’s possible to feed humans with tomatillos but he’s done some experiment with the chickens in the backyard. As long as it’s warm and sunny, there will always be tomatillos in the garden.

Salsa and Chili Recipes

The sauce made of tomatillo, mixed with onions, olive oil, jalapeno, oregano, chili, beans, cilantro, chicken stock, and also lime juice makes for a really savory chicken stew. I’m sure no one likes to eat ground cherries stewed in a hot weather, but wait till the end of fall arrives. With a tomatillo in your garden, you don’t have to visit Mexican restaurants each time you’re craving for salsa and chili. A pureed version of the tomatillo salsa also makes for an amazing bowl of tortilla snack dips.

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Monday, May 7. 2007

Grilling Salmon Like a Pro

Cooking a smoky fish recipe is one thing, but grilling it without ruining the skin is another. In fact, the trouble with fish-grilling arises when I’ve just set up the Hibachi with the right amount of coal, with the vents keeping the constant flow of air inside, but the heat becomes uneven in a span of thirty minutes or so. I’d grit my teeth in frustration when the skin gets stuck on the parallel wires. Also, there’s the potential of burning the lower area of the salmon and leaving the upper side raw.

Check Your Coals

I thought I learned from mistake, or maybe it was just some well-groomed French chef back at cooking school who taught me tricks to maintain the heat level so as not to burn the salmon when being grilled. Actually, what he did was check the coals time and again. In some tropical areas I’ve been to, they wrap the fish in aluminum tin foil or banana leaves. Since these aren’t always available, the French chef, in his faltering English, demonstrated to me how he positioned the fish away on the opposite side where the coal lumps are placed.

Alternative Tricks

Somehow, I never thought my Hibachi would be too small for this salmon grill trick to work out. He showed me eventually how to put an improvised insulator such as an aluminum pan right over the grill, while putting another mesh or fish grill above it. If this still sounds inconvenient, he asked me to baste the salmon with lemon juice while rotating the Hibachi time and again. At the rate I’m going, I told him, I’d probably be finished in five hours!

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Sunday, May 6. 2007

No Photo No Date

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with asking for a photo if you were going to date a guy or a girl. I mean, schmeeves, dudes. What’s a profile for if it doesn’t have a photo? The last sin you’ll ever commit at pre-dating stage is to eat out with a total no-name-face gal. After all, you won’t ask a girl you meet on the subway if you haven’t caught a glimpse of how curvaceous her ass is. Or how you like the glint of her curly eyelashes, or even the sight of her attractive auburn hair. Photos speak way more mysteriously than a Mona Lisa portrait — especially if they belong to strangers.

Guys Are Visual

Guideline Number One is to never date someone who hasn’t placed a photo in her profile. This is the Visual Age (as it has always been) so no matter how much Adobe Photoshop retouching has been done to a butt-ugly missus’ photo, it’s still way better than none at all. The bottom line is that you got to have an idea of how she looks like and it will always be up to you whether you’d be happy to go cellulite-hugging or fugly-kissing anytime of the day. As things always spiral down to a happy ending, if she shows her butt in the photo, it would be a hell lot better for both of you.

Ladies Intuit

I don’t know if it works with girls, but I know a woman named Cindy who doesn’t look at a guy’s face to tell if he’s a hot number or not. She can always tell by intuition. Guys aren’t so smart at this. They talk on the mobile and convince the lady she’s going out with a nice dork, only to realize she comes around with a boyfriend that looks like he’s got a nine-inch nail. Profile photos can really trick you, so ask the girls how to learn to intuit whether someone is a gravy date or not. But I’d stick to the guideline, if I were you.

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Monday, April 30. 2007

Polipetti in Salsa di Pomodoro

The secret to a mouth-watering (and highly digestible) octopus dish is the length of its cooking time. The meat of octopus is not really tender enough for chewing, so we have to allow more time to cook them overlow heat, simmer, and then cook for more until they become soft enough to the the bite. Also, the octopus, since it comes from the sea, has a strange fishy smell, so it must be rinsed well. If you read the Sopranos Cookbook, you probably have a fair idea of how Polipetti recipe is whipped up. It’s a Neopolitan sea dish known for its tangy taste.

Polipetti Ingredients

2 lbs of baby octopus or about 6 pcs
2 cups of tomatoes peeled, chopped
1/4 cp of olive oil
1/4 cp of parsley, flat leaf, chopped
2 pcs chopped cloves garlic, large
red pepper
salt
6-12 friselle (also slices of Italian bread, toasted)

Polipetti Cooking Instructions

Polipetti in Italian means many little tentacles – which we cannot eat unless we remove the beaks on the end of each of them. First, combine all the main ingredients: the baby octopus, the tomatoes, oil, parsley, garlic, the pinched red pepper, with some salt to add flavor. As soon as the sauce comes to a boil, lower the heat and let it simmer for about 45 minutes. Stir this polipetti sauce mixture occasionally. Then, remove the cover and let it simmer again for another 15 minutes. Pierce it with a fork or knife to see if the octopus meat is tender enough or if the polipetti sauce is already thick. Place the cooked sauce on the softened friselle on six plates. Top the Polipetti dish with the baby octopus sauce and a pinch of parsley.

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Saturday, May 5. 2007

Nip Tuck Fourth Season

Plastic enhancements aside, I still vote for Nip/Tuck as the most groundbreaking national manifestation of our obsession to be physical. That confusing to you? Take that as a hint on this hit TV show’s Season 4 episodes. Guests will come and go, and although I don’t follow the episodes strictly as I do my nightly regimen of drinking black coffee, I still find the new cast a little far out. Why not? If you got ‘em Brooke Shields, Rosie O’ Donnell, Peter Dinklage, and Catherine Deneuve in the list, what more could you ask!

Catherine Deneuve Plays Widow Character

You don’t want to know what’s going to happen. But oops, my lips aren’t sealed so here goes the story: Catherine Deneuve, the French diva, will perform the part of the widow who gets her breasts enhanced! (Hey, that’s not the story). Duh? So what is so unusual about this? Her character will insist to the doctor to instill the ashes in the silicone so her husband
would eternally be near her bosom! Take that as the New Age of Literalism.

Brooke Shields Becomes a Nympho

Peter Dinklage plays the baby’s night nurse role when he was the former Station Agent, and Rosie O’ Donnell has been keeping things under wraps as to what scene she will be guesting on. Brooke Shields will be the mad scientist — er, psychiatrist, who is secretly burning for her patient Dr Troy. Apparently she is an obssessed nymphomaniac herself and Christian is sensing he may not be the bachelor that he really is (talk about identity crisis. I thought we’re only going to be physical here!). But hey, it’s Nip/Tuck, so don’t wonder anymore.

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Thursday, April 26. 2007

Get Rich With Arbitrage Trading Services

Ever heard of the word “arbitrage”? Now, if I tell you that people offering arbitrage trading services come poor and go rich everytime, will it make sense if you ambition to become an arbitrageur someday, too? A lot of people are looking at arbitrage askew. I see the posts on forums, and I hear the buzz about it in the financial investment industry. They often look at an arbitrage trading service as a get-rich-quick scheme. Although many people look at arbitrage trading as a dubious way to earn profits, lots of smart people have taken a step forward to pursue this engaging and wealth-creating endeavor.

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How Arbitrage Trading Works

Simply put, an arbitrageur buys from one inexpensive market and sells it to another market, which would be willing to purchase on just a little added cost. This is possible with almost all types of valuable goods, services, and currencies and the arbitrage trading could happen in seconds. Stock market arbitrageurs possess extremely powerful computer and software to calculate how much profit there will be in one stock exchange market if they buy the stocks and sell them to clients. Individuals won’t see the small difference in value without these computers.

Trading Arbitrageurs

Arbitrage trading also happens in sportsbook betting, in merchandise bulk purchases, and in the currency exchange. Online sportsbooks create odds that allow the bettor to bet on possible wins while making profits on the bookie’s side. If you’re a merchandise trader, you simply acquire bulk products at a discounted price from the factory and sell them to clients who are willing to pay you if you give them a lower price than normal. If you’re a currency trader, you would have to look for the exchange rates of currencies in several countries and have the dollar and the euro, for instance, exchanged for a profit.

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Saturday, May 5. 2007

Tony Hawk Project 8 Screenshots

Tony Hawk’s just the regular guy who kicks up a couple of skateboarding tricks each time. From his Project 8 screenshots though, you could tell though that it was just more than the cruising style — but the variety of stylishly animated backgrounds and the experience of “being there” as a player because of the realistic attributes. The Project 8 screenshots found at http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/gallery/1480/Tony-Hawks-Project-8/p1 could very well spell the difference between a commercial success on this new Tony Hawk adventure or a flop, so go check ‘em and judge ‘em yourself.

Checking Out the Screenshots

As for me, there’s no other skateboarding game more noteworthy. Although little has been said of this upcoming Tony Hawk release, my X-box console holding fingers are already crossed. I want Tony Hawk to come out as a hit as badly as I want to get a grip of the mouth-watering Project 8 screenshots. I’m sure my comrades, who are less of fans than I am, would look at me as though I just swallowed a flying lizard. They didn’t think Tony Hawk was doing great acts.

Coming in November

But the screenshots prove otherwise. Project 8 won’t be released until November, but the facelift has been rumored to be as engaging as any. The skating environment could now be morphed according to the player’s will. For example, the buses and rails could be arranged and repositioned, there will no longer be load tunnels, and all of these with the help of the hammer icon. There’s also the existence of the new flip trick called “Nail the Trick”. So far, if you’re lucky and skillful enough, you just might progress from Am to Pro to Sick levels in no time.

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Thursday, April 26. 2007

The Victorian Gold Rush

Life, history aside, reveals that wherever there is a goldmine, people will pack their bags and hurrily take flight like flocks of birds following the strong easterly winds. I mean, a literal “gold mine”. Or call it a gold rush, if you will. It happened in 1851 in Victoria, Australia. It was then a colony of Britain. Upon learning that there were nuggets of gold to be found in almost all parts of Victoria, from Castlemaine to Ballarat and Bendigo, the population of Melbourne boomed. Evidently, the Victorian gold rush spawned an era of prosperity in this former British colony.

Where Nuggets are Found Everywhere

I was looking at a Gold Museum which reminded me of how rich Australia was in gold during that point in the country’s history. Miners from Europe began to dig at Specimen Gully, Mount Alexander, Walhalla, and Mount Tarrengower. At Mount Tarrengower, the Aborigines actually found gold specks on the soil without digging. The most remarkable gold mining that occurred was at Walhalla, where after 40 years of mining, 50 tons of gold had been produced.

Future Gold Mine Prospects

Even though gold mines have been exhausted in the 19th century, people are still speculating on the possibility of finding more gold. After the First World War, there have been few laborers left to dig. The Victorian gold rush has caused a population boom and prosperity. Profits went to England anyway, but there was still enough to sustain Australia to the next generation. This time, as the price of gold was beginning to soar, the government is looking at the prospect of gold mining once more. But the reefs were to be found in deeper soil now, and more sophisticated equipment would have to be used.

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Sunday, May 6. 2007

NYC Wireless Unhooks New York Computers

It’s reasonable enough: We pay for cheap broadband access, or we use the internet almost anywhere in the state of New York. Maybe even at Central Park, while feeding the pigeons. At least, this is what I’ve acquired from the latest Apple Podcast brought to us by no other than Dana Spiegel, a wifi buff like anyone of us, and the high chief of NYC Wireless. Basically, the project will examine the state of broadband in NYC and the possibility of setting up wireless hotspots everywhere.

Project Wifi4NY

There had been news of the same endeavors in Santa Clarita, California, but so far, the NYC is the first to break ground. This July alone, there will be meetings held for all the volunteers whose agenda is to follow through a pilot project called Wifi4NY. Led by Andrew Rasiej, the event aims to begin doling out free routers at East Village. People in the neighborhood will be asked about their opinion on this, the technical matters will be tackled, and the group will have to address the number of routers that would be needed to make East Village virtually wireless.

From Brooklyn to Bronx

These high-tech volunteers are out to do their jobs for the day. NYC Wireless is non-profit, and most other volunteers would set up wifi hotspots at cafes, day care centers, and restaurants from Brooklyn to Bronx in order to let New Yorkers know how wifi has been changing the way people are doing business and communicating. Is this the end of broadband? At about the same time I’m writing this, elsewhere in the US, a great number of residents are still getting internet access from dial-up. How ironic.

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Saturday, April 28. 2007

Quick Guide to Prepaying Mortgage

My mom raised me single-handedly. I can’t imagine her selling the house in less than 10 years after she had acquired mortgage loan. Her friends from California suggest that the interest rate will eventually go up and she would suffer if she didn’t prepay. For a single mother, this could be tough. She had even considered applying for government housing assistance in the past. But now she is earning well working in the bank and engaging in business, and she had been able to buy property. How to pay for the mortgage is what remains to be her constant problem.

Factors to Consider

In the first place, her business-minded friends knew more than I do about property preservation. She kept asking me whether I liked the new house or not, and if I plan to stay at the county long after I get hitched. This I can’t seem to give a straightforward answer. But she was looking at the merits of prepaying the mortgage loan: will it actually save her bucks in the long run? Her friends told her she should consider the growing interest rate, the length of her stay, and the possible deductions she might earn if she prepaid the loan.

Boon and Pitfalls

As for me, I don’t plan to relocate. It’s nice to have a home to go to in California. Maybe I can have stints in New York or Chicago for months or years, but I will always come back to my hometown. So I told her maybe prepaying the mortgage loan is a good option. Discounts — yes, she can get them, but only maybe after 5 years. Now, if the interest rate for the mortgage loan increases, the prepaying way would definitely be an advantage. However, she could use the money for something else, maybe an investment in the bank stocks, or a consolidation. It’s a really tricky situation.

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Tuesday, April 24. 2007

Investing On Apartment Property

I took a long view down one splendid apartment’s window and I saw nothing but big opportunities. Oh, also a lot of great investment ideas for real estate and some brown dog poop down the sidewalk. I’ve been debating whether this apartment is going to be a dinosaur of an investment for me, or whether I’m leading myself into a pit where there is no exit when I go bankrupt. Damn, this is one hell of a decisive moment. I’m a realtor with no exact game plan here – but my light bulb is on.

Purchasing Strategies

I could hear an aunt, who is a broker, telling me: “You should network with other brokers like me. We can give you the best ideas that would turn a creek into a condo.” Buying this apartment? Nah. Yes, okay, I’m thinking. I was supposed to consider my age, the risks that I’m willing to accept, the goals that I’m trying to accomplish, and my exit strategy in case my plans stink. Am I after the cash flow, security, or depreciation? Am I buying this apartment for long-term profits? Can I actually keep this apartment profitable without the tax hassles?

Property Analysis Tool

Another broker from Maryland advised me to be very, very sure of the apartment before I actually buy it. Numbers don’t cover the whole essence of the deal. He even asked me to input the data into a free property analysis tool, which calculates real estate cap rate, yield, gross rent margin, cash flow (before and after tax), and rate of return, among other things. I keep walking around asking, do I know the vacancy rates, the rent, expenses, and property appreciation rates? This would be a good time to mull over.

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