Michael Jackson (1958 – June 25, 2009)

Born as a black, died as a white.

He is the King Of Pop - Michael Jackson.

'Time Eater' Clock

Wow been a month since I last posted. Sorry!! Was very busy with lots of stuffs - PR Fairs, assignments, this and that and all.

Anyway, here's something interesting that you might like. A £1m clock called the "time eater" has been unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking.

They call it the time eater. With every snap of its fearsome jaws, sting of the tail and release of the claws, it devours another second.

This gold-encrusted monster - part grasshopper and part locust - advancing around the golden disc to measure the passage of time cost over £1million to make and seven years to build.

Unlike conventional clocks, the Corpus Clock does not use hands or digital numbers.

Instead it uses a series of 60 slits cut into the face, each six degrees apart, which light up to show the time.

The seconds are counted down by each step of the mechanical insect who crawls around the disc edged like a lizard's spine.

Its movement triggers blue flashing lights which dart across the clock-face, running in concentric circles to mark passing seconds before pausing at the correct hour and minute...

Top 5 Laziest Invention

COOL... BUY IT!!

TAR College Photoshop Edition

*For entertainment & educational purposes.

(Click to enlarge.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY ANDY LO

Author of Welcome To Andy Lo's.

SWC@McD & TARCian BBQ Photos

Photos of TARC SWC Party at McD Sunrise can be found here:

http://swcatmcd.blogspot.com/

Photos of TARCian BBQ at Paradise Beach can be found here:

http://swcbbq.blogspot.com/

Camera Lens - Front Element Scratches

Its amazing how much dust or how many scratches a front element can take without significantly impacting image quality. Here are a couple of images taken with a lens with a fairly bad front element.

You’ll notice they’re a bit soft and underexposed, but there’s no ‘image’ of the scratch, just like a dust particle can’t make an image on the sensor: the light bends to much through the subsequent elements for the dust or scratch to be visible in the image.

And the lens that took the images above:

As you can see, scratches and lots of dust in a lens may cause loss of contrast, loss of light gathering, and lens flare, but even so, will not be visible on the image. Dust on the sensor may show up on an image, but a bit of dust within the lens or scratches on the front element really aren’t something to worry about.

As a couple of people pointed out, that shattered lens did behave completely differently when we stopped it down and shot into the sun. The next shot is backlit by angled sun, stopped down to f7.1, and a pretty refracted rainbow shows up, along with a further loss of contrast. The last shot is directly into the sun, which would cause some flare with any lens, but nothing like this :-)

BTW – one interesting thing was when aiming into the sun the lens lost the ability to autofocus entirely, not surprising I guess when you see the final image.

BMX & Inline Freestyle Battle @ Queensbay Mall

DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM

RULES AND REGULATIONS / SYARAT-SYARAT
1. ‘BMX & INLINE freestyle battle’ is organized by Penang Extreme Sports Association (PEGA).
2. This competition is opened to all.
3. The contestants will be responsible for any injuries/accidents that occur during the competition.
4. The contestants will be responsible for their own belongings. The organizer will not be responsible for any losses.
5. The judges decisions are final. Any appeals will not be entertained.
6. The deadline for registration is 16th May 2009 and email your form to coollen@hotmail.com
7. Confirmation of registration is from 5:00pm – 6:00pm on 17th May 2009. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify any contestant who is late or has failed to attend the registration.
8. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify any contestant that does not abide by the rules and regulations stated in the registration form.

SEMESTER BREAK!!!

What would you do at home during your 3 weeks semester break?
A. Sleep in the morning and wake up at night.
B. Play games 16hours a day.
C. Eat all you want, everything is free!

[D.] All of the above. Muahahaha!!

TAKE 2 of MALAYSIA

Took these photos while I was reading the newspaper last Saturday at McDonalds.
I find some of the articles very interesting at times...
See the relationship/similarity between them?
Source: The Star newspaper - 26th April.

They always say a picture can tell a thousand words, so I'll let the pictures do the talking and you do the thinking.

New Balance = Dump Your Ex

Hard to believe? Too good to be true?
Well don't be naive. Those shoes on the NB racks are way too overpriced! So a RM100 discount is nothing compared to those RM499 price tags for a pair of colourful running shoes.
Go run.

Spottie The Spotless Dalmation

Spottie the Handsome Dalmation

Waiting...

Spottie belongs to no one. Yes, sad but it's true. Spottie is a spotless Dalmation, perhaps around 6 or 7 months old, and a handsome male. Spottie roams around Permai Park, looking for other dogs to play with, lurking around restaurants along the area, and with luck someone dining there will be kind enough to share a bite of food with him. When it rains or when it's sunny hot, he'll just have to rely on his natural instincts to find a safe shelter. Despite the sad sad life of a abandoned dog, Spottie is smart, intelligent and active. Spottie doesn't bark or bite at anyone or anything, and is a very sociable dog.

Last Wednesday evening while I was walking past Annabelle's with my camera tucked behind me, I saw Spottie sitting at the door so I gave it a pat on the head, it didn't bothered him. I grabbed my camera, he saw the camera and quickly ran away with his head down probably shocked and thought the camera might be something harmful. I squatted down to convinced him that I meant to harm to him, lowered the camera, called his name(I asked the waitress for the name) and within seconds Spottie regained his trust towards me and my camera and came back. Since then he wasn't camera shy nor Andy-phobia anymore. That'ws when I took the opportunity and got these beautiful shots of Spottie inside Annabelle. We became friends since then.

If only I can pet Spottie as my own doggy, my companion. Can I?
He's got nowhere to go, does he?
"Don't breed or buy when shelter dogs die. "

Shimano CN-HG53

Shimano CN-HG53
Deore/Tiagra

New chain for my 2 year old Tanky Race Elite.
Shiny bling bling greasy Shimano chain. Haha!!

And it'll all be over when I go off-road again.

Specifications
Color - Gray
Speeds - 9-Speed
Chain Compatibility - 9-Speed
Weight - 296 g
Width - 6.6 mm
Links - 116 links

Also bought these from KTCycletron - SARS Lock-On grips which will replace the worn out Bontragers that has served me very well for the past 2 years of riding. ;-)

SARS Lock-On

Rainbow Cafe

MAP

Tel: 04-8995190 or 019-4412979 (Mr.Low)

E-mail: flouworld@gmail.com

Business Hours: 11am – 3pm, 6pm - 10:30pm
Closed on Mondays

Address: No. 26, Permai 32,
Lebuh Lembah Permai 4,
11200 Tanjung Bungah, Penang.

FOOD

Pumpkin and Carrot Soup (RM4.50)

Rainbow Lava (RM5.20)

Potato Wedges (RM4.30)

Classic Alio-Olio Spaghetti (RM7.90)

Lemon Chicken (RM9.90)

Chicken Chop (RM9.30)

Fish & Chip (RM7.50)

Pan Fried Dory (RM9.10)

Mixed Spices Butter Fish (RM9.10)

Oven Roast Chicken (RM9.90)

A very nice warm place for western style dining accompanied by smooth jazz music. The wooden themed interior creates a sense of western culture ambiance and while the restaurant faces a playground, making the place very peaceful and quiet especially at night.

Food is very good, served fresh and warm. Every meal is individually cooked appropriately without artificial flavorings or spices. Even the coffee is freshly brewed!

The only downside will be the waiting if you are dining in a large group because it takes time to prepare the food.

Kung Fu feat. Master Pheh

Chinese martial arts, also known as wushu (traditional Chinese: 武術; simplified Chinese: 武术; pinyin: wǔshù), and popularly as kung fu (Chinese: 功夫 pinyin: gōngfū) consists of a number of fighting styles that were developed over the centuries, after having incorporated forms that came into existence later. Some of these include Bagua, Drunken Boxing, Eagle Claw, Five Animals, Hsing I, Hung Gar, Lau Gar, Monkey, Bak Mei Pai, Praying Mantis, Fujian White Crane, Wing Chun and Tai Chi Chuan.

There are also common themes to the different styles, which are often classified by "families" (家, jiā), "sects" (派, pai) or "schools" (門, men) of martial art styles. There are styles that mimic movements from animals and others that gather inspiration from various Chinese philosophies, myths and legends.

Some styles put most of their focus into the harnessing of qi energy, while others concentrate solely on competition and exhibition. Each style offers a different approach to the common problems of self-defense, health and self-cultivation. Chinese martial arts can be split into various categories to differentiate them: For example, external (外家拳) and internal (内家拳).

Chinese martial arts can also be categorized by location, as in northern (北拳) and southern (南拳) as well, referring to what part of China the styles originated from.