SD-Cards and Such ~ Fallin' in Luv with them 20080812

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SD-Cards and Such ~ Fallin' in Luv with them 20080812

It takes time to fall in luv.... especially with stuff like SD-Cards, flash memory stuff.

And these gizmos, tiny things, now hold up to 8GB comfortably (low error rate i hope). So i got myself two 8GB systems recently - Sandisk Ultra-II 8GB SDcard (S$50), and a Sandisk MemoryStick PRO Duo 8GB (S$86).

Now, it is interesting as the uses get interesting.

Plug and Play
With USB, the WINDOWS system recommends you "dismount" the ThumbDrive, then pull out. With the SDcard, you just pull out.

Many PCs have CardReaders, handling all manner of cards.

NAMING Names
Ha, what a simple and naive discovery that i can NAME the CARD at the root level. Meaning i slot the card into the PC, it usually shows "Removable Disk (I..)" and most times i could not figure out which slot the Card went into. I now name the CARD (a few characters) and then my card has an ID! The ID shows instead of "Removable Disk". When i plug it into another PC, the same ID shows! Now i am somebody.

Cameras and Film
It used to be that when we borrow a camera, the cumbersome film within needs to be completely shot off before we pull out the roll. With the SDcard, we simply borrow the expensive camera (without a card within) and shoot all we want (or just 1x shot), pull out my card, and return the camera. And you can use different cameras on the same card (yupz, a rather polygamous idea).

The Card within the Camera is just a Data Card, and you still can have folders and files of say, mp3 music, alongside. The camera does not care, and creates it's own DCIM folder of shots.

Files Transfers
With 8GB and fast write-read, it seems so easy just to drop stuff into a Card, unplug, replug into another PC and transfer (in your own home or workspace with multiple PCs). This network sharing folders and DVD writing and even the USB thumbdrive is obsoleted in some ways.


Media Players and KIDs learning
OK, i am not that great a dad (a poor one i must say) - so i get this PSP SONY for No4 kid. Besides his classical piano masterclass with a Maestro, and his twin screen PC with a powerful graphics card, he does not much look at other things. So i had a lesson of SET THEORY with him the other day, and decided to shoot the Summary, digital pix, and other chapters, and wahlah, used his SONY MemoryStick PRO (where his other game files are) and then he reads the notes from his PSP! OK, i could be more strict and Singaporean father like, but i am not a good dad, so this compromise. I sms him occasionally to ask him to read his Maths notes from the PSP (5 MegaPixel clear macro shots and zoomable). New ways to luv and learn, i guess.

I suppose you can shoot all manner of INFO and have the kid read them on their Creative ZEN Media Player, ipod Touch and such, and all MobileCell Phones with Video and Photo view capabilities.


TINY Carry Around
And it's tiny, so tiny. You can have a pile with you anytime. It's like BOOKS in a Card pile, many books to read from a card.


GIFT of a Card MEMORY
Memories make up what's left in life. OK, stop the sob sob.... Now, i know it's a small box for a Birthday or some festive occasion. A CardReader and 8GB (or 16GB) of a Card make a good gift in such modern times. Give it....


So go get yourself a Card. It can be the greatest self-help thing for yourself.

zzedy.
South.

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FAQ or FQ - Question The Question 20080425

FAQ or FQ - Question The Question 20080425

Why do we keep at being "wasteful"?

FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions.

You mean there are questions that are not asked?

May i propose a world wide change.

FQ = Frequent Questions.

So just have an FQ page in your www, blog, brochure....

moimoi

Lost in Jurong

Semesters of Life 20080401

Semesters of Life 20080401

Life is truly short. It's true.

So we have Life-Cycle Marketing, Counselling, and such.

And we have Seasons of Life (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter).

I'd like to say that Life has 4 Semesters. Life is a School. Life is Learning, till the very end.

Semester One:
1st Second to 20 years old

Semester Two:
20 to 40 years old

Semester Three:
40 to 60 years old

Semester Four:
60 to TheGraduation


Each semester - different things we learn, experience. Love and Hate different people. Taste and Touch different things. Succeed and Fail, Happy and Sad.

Yet it is just that, learning through the semesters, Open Book Exams, Project Submissions, Tutorials, Lectures, Playing Truant....

Forgetting, Re-remembering, re-enjoying.

Where are you now? Which semester are you in? Why are you doing what you are doing? Why aren't you?

What are your Remaining Years, whichever semester you're in? What is your Priority?

Who or What do you believe in? Want to bet your life on it?

When you graduate? Where will you be? Heaven Hell, Nowhere?


The Semesters of Life.


moi*moi
Down South

WaterClosets (WC) Flush Button WHY at the BACK? 2008*0323

WaterClosets (WC) Flush Button WHY at the BACK?

Dear AhTuan,

I like to, er, "sh*t," quite often. But i also like to SMELL like CalvinKlein "Obsession." Especially in public places I have to do it often. The Sit-Down WC is now even at National Parks LOOs.

There is a method: Always FLUSH when the things come out. Because i learned from Sec1 Science (the Teacher gave me my current name) that WHAT you SMELL is WHAT is. So, if you smell "sh*t," you are taking in molecules of it.

So please FLUSH often, as they come out.

BUT it is hard to turn back to PRESS the BUTTON to flush! The AUTO type cannot work, because you must WALK away from the WC, and you can't do that right?

Please ASK-TELL-SUGGEST your WC designer friends to design it such that the BUTTON can be reached EASILY. Easy to press, as if you got only 1 Hand.

OK, that's it. RULES: Flush OFTEN, so no smell oozes out to others outside your cube. Design such that the BUTTON is pressable by a One-Hand person.


Zeddy
At WISMA Singapore

MyLife in OneMotion or NoMotion - Let There Be Light 2008-0224

MyLife in OneMotion or NoMotion - Let There Be Light 2008-0224

Dear Dear,

You see, we tried to find that SENSOR Switch to TURN ON then OFF (by Setting the Time) - but we could not, except that FLOOD Light with a TIMER Adjust (at SIMLIM TOWER, 40$).

I went to HomeFIX GWC and they have similar FloodLights, around 38$, quite nice. But again, the wires are not connected, they expect us to DIY or get the electrician to do it for the garden or something.

And there is NO SUCH THING as a Sensor Switch to TURN ON a SOCKET - so that you can PLUG In anything, a table lamp, a radio, a TV, a FAN.... turn it ON just by WALKING BY. No Such Thing! But the uses are so obvious - why turn ON a light for a long time when you just need it for a minute walking by that corridor? If you have both hands full, wouldn't it be nice to turn on the FAN just by walking by, and setting it to run for 30minutes only?

So i guess someone has to invent this and market it, sell it, and the world will save energy quite a bit. Let it be me?

And i felt GREAT just now because i managed to wire up the FLOODLIGHT, place it outside my bedroom, and it only REACTS when the place is dark. If the hall light is ON, it obeys, it keeps still (there is a DAYLIGHT SENSITIVITY adjust). It felt good.

Let there be light, with NoMotion, sort of....

rgds.zeddy.

I Luv NO-ManWomans - We All Like YESMEN 2008-0221

I Luv NO-ManWomans - We All Like YESMEN

It's amazing how easy it is to say NO.

Can we implement this new idea soon - NO, too expensive.
Let us spend time to solve this problem - NO, too late already.
Can we try this new concept at the eating place - NO, people like the familiar.
Would you love me? NO, i am loving someone else....
Can we - NO NO NO, i said NO, and don't you ever come to me expecting a YES!

We all Like and NEED YESMENWOMEN.

But i Luv NO-manwomans.

When they say NO, and give you several REASONS why it CANNOT, WILLNOT, SHOULDNOT, NEXTTIME.... you have now FREE Consultation to OVERCOME the obstacles to implementing your new IMAGINES CREATES INNOVATES more successfully!

We pay millions to research firms to provide "analysis of market needs and expectations" - why not just go to the whatever place and THROW UP an idea, and you'd get torrents of NO NO NO CANNOT CANNOTs.....

From the NO-NOs, you construct your solutions, special attentions to specific customer-user concerns.

And strangely, it is the NOmanwomans who'd be the fuel for your solutions to humankind (and some animals). The YESman will keep you safely where you are, don't have to move a thing.

iLUV NOmanswomans... (if only i can overcome the emotional bashing from them).

Ya, please don't agree with me, JSN... (Just Say NO).


zzed,
very sick, coughing, fever....
2008-0221-0651

Excuse Me, Are you a Male? 2008-0217

Excuse Me, Are you a Male? 2008-0217

Why is it that they still have toilets (public) that have the Male Female label only on the door?

And invariably, the cleaners keep the doors wide open, for good reason, and then a full bladdered male comes rushing into a toilet, only to be screamed at by a bevy of powdering ladies.

Or worse, a girl has to peek into a room to see rows of men posturing, spewing stuff....

So why can’t they just place the labels on wall where we all can see clearly, so that when we are urgent, With One Look [Sunset Boulevard musical] , we can let it all out safely. Not too HIGH (like in FUNAN Mall), and not too hidden....

So why still like that, after all these years?

Excuse me, are you a male toilet...? And, yes, how we do miss MsHicks....

Dezzy
Lone Southern Star